Chapter 36: The joining of Storm
Needless to say, when Yan Changwu announced Storm’s participation in public, it caused waves of exclamation in the hearts of the senior officials of the North Hong Kong Army!
When did the arrogant Dutch join us, a group of aliens who are not recognized by the government!
But this is true. Storm changed into the uniform of the North Hong Kong Army and assumed the rank of lieutenant colonel, and his position was the chief instructor of the navy!
This made Li Ying a serious threat. With his qualifications, he became the commander of the navy battalion, but he was not a very qualified fleet commander, and Storm was a fleet commander from Cobain. I started as a sailor when I was young. He is very familiar with all the procedures on the ship, and he is very good at repairing and building ships!
He is a real sea carriage driver, alone commanding the big sailing ship to sail across the ocean, from the Atlantic to bypass the Cape of Good Hope, into the Indian Ocean, and then to the Pacific Ocean, across the three oceans, it is conceivable that his joining is an extraordinary help to the North Hong Kong Army!
There are his role models and four Dutchmen who have invested in Yan Changwu. They are all of Storm’s henchmen and close subordinates. They are all expert figures, namely Barents, Kostit and Siresma. With Lubbers, Kostit and Siresma are naval officers, Lubbers is a doctor, and Barents is proficient in shipbuilding!
Yan Changwu thought: "Labor and capital have money in the beginning, and the science and technology tree has opened! Cool!"
Besides them, there is another Dutchman, Sherlock, a Jew, who is willing to stay. His galleon and 150,000 taels of silver were robbed by Yan Changwu, but he wanted to serve Yan Changwu.
"They fight for you, and I can make money for you!" Sherlock volunteered.
"I am rich!" Yan Changwu said disapprovingly.
"No one will make more money. You will have to arm a lot of warships in the future. The more money the better, I can make money for you! Make a lot of money!" Sherlock said confidently.
Something makes sense!
At present, Yan Changwu is the big leader in foreign smuggling trade in name, accounting for 20% of the trade volume (in fact, it is the ratio of the number of ships / tonnage agreed by the parties), but it will be managed by the cheap father-in-law Yang Tiansheng (it takes six or seven years to be able to marry Miss Yang’s Yinger, and according to the prevailing social ethos, unmarried couples should not meet each other before they got married! Six or seven years is not a short period, and it is difficult to say what changes will happen in the future, so Yang Tiansheng is a cheap father-in-law), Mainland China The trade with Japan is very prosperous, and there is also a lot of business to Luzon and Java. It is conceivable how much money the maritime merchants can make!
If Yang Tiansheng says business is not good, what can Yan Changwu do with him!
It is a good thing to add a new fleet to compete for share, and he is a big leader, and now there are four big ships, what can others do with him!
"But how can I trust you?" Yan Changwu asked.
"We can sign a contract!" Sherlock said without hesitation.
The young dragon head stared at Sherlock, he looked back calmly, and the two looked at each other, and Yan Changwu burst into laughter: "Okay, I will give you a big sailboat, a principal of one hundred thousand taels of silver, you give me it. Make money!"
"Thanks for the dragon head!" Sherlock bowed.
So Chen Hebin drafted a contract that stipulated the rights and obligations of both parties. It was agreed that the two parties would be divided into two Sherlock and Yan Changwu eight. As a result, Yan Changwu was changed to seven Sherlock three for Yan Changwu.
"Work hard for me, you will not only earn money in the future!" Yan Changwu told Sherlock.
"My sir, I will definitely make a lot of money for you, and satisfy you!"
"Go, pick your manpower!"
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At the North Harbor pier, two Dutch galleons were full of people. After paying forty-five thousand silver dollars, the red-haired prisoners of war were released except those who remained.
They wore the clothes that Yan Changwu gave them and brought gifts: a bag of dried sweet potatoes and boarded the big sailing ship.
Some people have a lot of money. They have become "experts" of Ming people and received courtesy. In addition to the monthly salary of fifty taels of silver, Ming people also gave a lot of local products as gifts before leaving, including deer skins and sun drying. Dried seafood, silk, tea, etc.
Most people have a good complexion. After all, Mingren’s food is good. Although he works hard, he works as an exercise.
is also regarded as an experience, most people did not leave their dried sweet potatoes, they chewed in their mouths, waiting to sail.
In a closed carriage on the edge of the pier, Storm was saying goodbye to the former captain of the "Andrew", Shebas.
"Are you really not going back?" Sebastian disagreed with authenticity.
What's so good about here, here is a rural area, there are not even a few big ships, but Batavia is a developed area with hundreds of big ships, prosperous trade, and many opportunities!
"I can't go back!" Storm said bitterly: "The fall of Orange has a lot to do with me. I will go to a military court when I return to Batavia!"
"However, not going back does not mean that you will not be able to do it in the future!" He smiled forcefully: "The big leader promised me privately that he would give me the title of earl in the future!"
may be the longing of a frustrated person, but Sebastian disapproved, he promised: "Your family, you will take care of you!"
"Thank you!" Storm took out two bags, one large and one small, both heavy. He opened the small bag, and golden light shot out. There were a hundred shogunate ministries inside. Gold is a common currency, standard gold coins, one for one or two) handed it to Sebastian: "This is your reward!"
"Thank you!" Shebass put it away honestly. In the world of foreigners, no matter how good the relationship is, no matter how good the relationship is, you have to collect money to do things. Storm knows very well.
"Please take this bag back to Amsterdam to my house, please!"
"In the name of God, I will do it for you!" Shebas solemnly promised.
Storm feels a little more at ease, he can only believe in him, and in Yan Changwu.
There are three hundred small sums of money in the big bag, take it home, I hope the family will be well!
Money is the settlement allowance given by Yan Changwu. Yan Changwu promised that if he controls the trade route, he will take care of his family, or send someone to him or entrust someone to it.
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After Xie Bass left, Storm drove to the far side of the pier in a carriage, where it was in full swing, and two dry docks were built with cement!
Yan Changwu, with his assistance, is ready to set sail!
