Chapter 2244: Captain Don Larson
Latest website: Early in the morning, Barcelona on the east coast of Spain is still in peace.
This is a beautiful coastal city, surrounded by mountains and the sea, with a majestic terrain. It is the gateway to the Iberian Peninsula. It has a Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summers and mild and rainy winters.
Due to the favorable climate, the city has a wide variety of flowers, and each flower is hailed as the "Flower of Europe!"
The city has a large population and a developed economy, and it is also known as the "Pearl of the Iberian Peninsula".
The local society is prosperous. First, Spain has a lot of silver, and secondly, the city is the main city to undertake Chinese foreign trade products. Here, merchants accept Chinese products, and then distribute them by sea or land, and ship them to all parts of Spain or Europe.
The forest is big, so naturally there are all kinds of birds. After the arrival of Chinese products, the merchants paid taxes to the Kingdom of Spain honestly, but later discovered that the tax rate was too heavy. There were too many heroes reaching out to him, and they were overwhelmed. As a result, some merchants’ ships or warehouses had products such as tea, silk, sugar, tobacco, alcohol, etc. that the Kingdom Customs had forgotten to stamp on. Merchants shipped these goods duty-free to various places in order to make a lot of money.
Barcelona has too many non-taxable goods. For these kingdoms, the Kingdom of Spain can't take it lightly. It has sent a customs anti-smuggling team to inspect the sea and teach those merchants how to pay taxes.
This is a game of cat and mouse. The mice are cunning. They are familiar with every bay and island. Their ships are flexible and fast. More people have friendly exchanges with those determined patriots in the Spanish kingdom who hold the power. Knowing the news, the customs anti-smuggling team is often in vain when they are dispatched.
Barcelona is close to the Altar Road by the sea. It belongs to the wealthy area. The place is quiet and the surrounding facilities are complete---luxury stores, high-end restaurants, aristocratic schools, clubs, hospitals, churches, etc. are all available, with large green coverage.
In one of the small villas, there was a young couple. The man was less than thirty years old, with thick blonde hair, tall and mighty, and the woman was also full of blonde hair, handsome and beautiful, and they were a pair of beautiful people.
The man is called Ronaldinho Don Larsson, and those with "Tang" in the Spanish name indicate aristocratic origin. For example, the famous Don Quixote and Don Juan are all aristocrats.
Ronaldinho Don Larsson is no exception. He is a Spanish nobleman. Although his family is not rich, he also owns shares in silver mines in the Americas and owns wine estates. Therefore, Don Larsson There is no need to bend for the silver dollar. He was originally a customs anti-smuggling officer in Cadiz. He was not straightforward. He was good at sailing and hunting. He contributed a lot to the tax exemption of illegal businessmen in Cadiz.
Cadiz is located on the Atlantic Ocean west of the Strait of Gibraltar and is also a hit area for smuggling. Don Larson hit six smuggling ships in the waters near Cadiz, sank two, and captured three. He was transferred to Barcelona and was in charge of commanding a single-masted anti-smuggling ship "São Paulo".
Less than a month after he was transferred to Barcelona, he hit three smuggling ships on several voyages. Although he was not captured, it was just that he was not familiar with the sea. People said that after he was familiar with the sea, he was afraid that illegal merchants would not be able to escape his palm. heart.
The woman is his wife, Lana, who came from a noble family, and her husband and wife have strong feelings.
Don Larson had breakfast, put on a black uniform, kissed his wife goodbye, and stepped on his bicycle to go to work!
Bicycles are imported from China and are currently the most fashionable products in Spain and even Europe.
Nobles, wealthy people, and young people on bicycles, elegant and generous, are the most beautiful boys on the street.
Speaking of bicycles, the technological content of bicycles is not high. Europeans have developed well in science and technology. It is not difficult for Europeans to make bicycles through reverse engineering.
The hard part is how to sell, because the **** Chinese, they transported bicycles from the East to the West. There are so many freight costs. The price is cheaper than the Europeans built by themselves. It is even better. It is of high quality and low price!
If Europeans use tariffs to boycott the entry of Chinese bicycles, they can support a new industry in Europe. You must know that bicycles can drive many other industries, which is very beneficial to the economy.
However, there are illegal businessmen who do not pay taxes. As long as the bicycles they transport are allowed to land, the steadfast patriots in the Kingdom of Spain can help them obtain sales permits and sell them publicly. Municipal officials dare not control them.
It is necessary to intercept smuggled goods at sea, because once intercepted at sea, no reason can be found. Don Larson's performance is very important. He has a heavy responsibility to guard the country.
On his bicycle, Don Larsen arrived at the Barcelona Customs office twenty minutes later than the stipulated work time. Being late is not a problem for people like him. The key is that he knows that he has no cruising mission today, so Going late.
Generally, he reports to the customs building first, and then does whatever he needs to do.
When he arrived at the customs building, he was notified that Captain Don Iniesta, who was scheduled to perform a sea cruise today, was drunk last night and fell into a ditch on his bicycle and broke his leg. Unable to sail, temporarily reassign Don Larson to sail!
Accepting the order, Don Larson left the customs house, jumped into a small boat at the pier, and headed to his "São Paulo" on the anchorage.
There were many ships in the anchorage, and the small boat carrying Don Larson ran smoothly among the passing ships until he appeared on the side of the hull of the "São Paulo" in front of him, and heard the boatman pooping on the iron hook The sound.
The "St. Paul" is a single-masted ship with only one mast, longitudinal sails, and a very short bowsprit. The forward line has only one headsail. It is simple and straightforward, unlike the sails on three-masted ships. The pear blossoms are densely blooming, and the ship is five years old. Under the command of Don Larson, it is well maintained.
The stringer of the "São Paulo" is at a precise right angle to the keel and mast~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The side has been cleaned up, and the white-gloved crew carried the side cable wrapped in green tarpaulin and ran vigorously, Don Pull Elson heard the command of the sailor Qingyue sounded in the sun.
The boat touched the sloop and made a faint crunching sound. Someone on the boat heard it. Looking down and seeing Don Larson, he issued a harsh assembly order.
Don Larson climbed onto the boat from the port-side rope net, as agile as a monkey, showing his youthful vitality, climbed to the top, and simply overcame the bulwark.
As soon as his feet stepped on the deck, the ship heard rough commands, heavy leather boots stomping on the ground, the collision of the sailors raising their guns, and the hats on the officers’ heads were taken off as if they were swept away by the wind. Come down.
Don Larson stepped onto the upper rear deck and raised his hat to greet his subordinates.
Obviously they had been notified long ago, and they had made preparations before sailing.
Watching the rising sun, Don Larson held the hilt of the sword. He was full of fighting spirit, but he didn't know what was waiting for him!
