Chapter 55: Finally waiting for an excuse
On February 2nd, the dragon looked up,
The sound of artillery rumbling on the sea outside Kaohsiung Port, the Southeast Fleet is training.
The sea breeze is blowing and the guns are screaming. Yan Changwu, standing on the open-air platform behind the "Kaohsiung No. 1" ship, expertly ordered underground: "Drive against the wind, right rudder, and 6 compass points in the direction of the wind!"
After a while, he issued: "Left rudder, 7 compass points with the wind direction!"
By constantly correcting the rudder position, the fleet, under his guidance, gradually approached the three floating ships on the sea.
training gave him sufficient experience, knowing how to deal with those targets, and driving the ship within the range of the artillery to attack.
These three ships are uncontrolled, let them float on their own, and the task of the fleet is to sink them.
approached a floating boat. With the bells on the ship, the port guns opened fire violently. The floating boat broke its masts, debris flying everywhere, and a mess.
The sea was filled with gunpowder. After a while, two floating boats were shot and tilted into the water, while the last floating boat was approached by battleships, simulating a gang attack.
The Marines attacked with platoon guns, hooked the floating boat with iron hooks, and jumped to help.
When was busy and had a lot of fun, the officer on duty reminded Yan Changwu: "A signal boat has come out of Kaohsiung Port, coming towards us!"
This kind of signal boat is made by Kaohsiung Shipyard and made of camphor wood. It can be used for patrols and transmission of orders. What can be done?
is really something!
boarded the sea merchant Sherlock from the signal ship. He is a red-top businessman who is responsible for making money for Yan Changwu's business. When they met, he shouted: "Warlord, the pirate wants to grab our ship!"
Seeing Yan Changwu's expression on his face, he hurriedly said: "But we ran away, the ship was safe and sound, but the cargo was abandoned!"
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A quarter of an hour later, at the officer’s dining room (which doubles as a meeting room), Yan Changwu learned what happened.
Sherlock is from the Netherlands and is a Jew.
Dutch business is heavy. It doesn’t care about the origin. The Jews do business like fish in water. Mr. Sherlock has made his business in Asia, and he has his own galleon at a young age, and he has become a rising star in the business world.
Unfortunately, he had bad luck. In Tainan, he even took his silver and galleon and became a prisoner of Yan Changwu. Of course, his money and galleon were confiscated.
Said Weng loses his horse and knows no good fortune. Sherlock actually took refuge in Yan Changwu and said that he wanted to work for Yan Dashao, but Yan Dashao actually trusted him and turned the galleon back to him for management, so he took advantage of his previous relationship with the Dutch. Started a trade.
He sold silk fabrics, pottery, porcelain and tea from the mainland to the Dutch East India Company in Batavia. From there, he transported metal, (light) artillery, gunpowder, linen, canvas, shipbuilding tools, etc., to the Netherlands, making a lot of money.
Soon after, he picked up six ships. His efficiency was very high. Often two ships were repaired in the dock, and the two ships returned to the southeast for loading. The two ships arrived in Batavia to unload the cargo, and the relay went back and forth without interruption. The land was doing business, and it became a liner, and silver and materials came in.
Others are really inferior to him, just a ship maintenance, but Southeast Mansion has a dock!
The maintenance of the vessel is fast and good, and it will be launched immediately after completion, without delaying business.
is blessed, other people can't do it like him, so it arouses others' hatred!
"It was the pirate Yang Lu who attacked us, but in essence Xu Xinsu was doing bad things. Even the Dutch said the same thing!"
Yan Changwu heard, hehe, they are all acquaintances.
Xu Xinsu, a native of Tong'an in Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian, and Li Dan (the Chinese captain, who persuaded peace between the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands), and became his trade representative.
And Li Dan and Yan Changwu’s cheap father Yan Siqi knew each other well, speaking of which everyone is really not outsiders.
After Li Dan's death, Xu Xinsu continued to trade with the Dutch. However, due to his lack of strength, he first bought out the key figure of coastal defense at the time, Yu Zigao, the chief soldier at that time, and became Yu's confidant, and then actively urged Yu Zongbing to agree. Encourage the pirates.
At the beginning of this year, Xu Xinsu finally persuaded Yu Zigao to recruit Yang Lu and other pirates, and then became the navy commander, commanding the newly recruited Yang Lu and his men.
After becoming an official merchant, Xu Xinsu, as an intermediary between the local government and the Dutch, became the only merchant who obtained a trade permit with the Dutch. Taking advantage of such a big advantage, Xu Xinsu almost took over all the business between the Dutch East India Company and China in the form of contract, and monopolized the trade between China and the Dutch.
He used 5 sailing boats to transport 200 daltons of raw silk from Zhangzhou to the Dutch, and later received a deposit from the Dutch East India Company for the purchase of 200 to 300 daltons of raw silk. Both received a high price of 142 taels per 100 taels (the cost price was 60 ounces). Two silvers and one load).
This high price was obtained by using his official status to suppress the export of raw silk from the mainland, and then dispatching the official navy to suppress other smuggling merchants.
Monopoly business, the Dutch can't stand it.
Some people may ask, don’t the Dutch have an enemy with Yan Changwu?
Hey, the red hair fan is the most real. If you have a silver dollar, you will lose any hatred. Sherlock stepped on Xu Xinsu's foot. The Dutch talent does not matter if he is from Yan Changwu~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Besides, Sherlock’s success is by no means a fluke. He will be a man. Buying the Dutch and breaking Xu Xinsu's monopoly again made the Dutch extremely happy.
As for the hatred with Yan Changwu, there is a chance to repay in the future, do business first, don't worry!
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Sherlock suddenly emerged. At the beginning of this year, he exported 600 pallets of raw silk at a price of 120 taels per pallet. The food was eaten from the tiger’s mouth, and the momentum was terrifying. How can Xu Xinsu bear this breath!
He first used official power to investigate the source of Sherlock's raw silk on land. He didn't expect that Sherlock would have the assistance of the "Ruifeng Silver". The background was actually Fujian Chief Envoy Liu Dajun, and Yu Zigao couldn't help it.
The chief envoy is the local chief official, honored as "Fang Bo" and is in charge of local government affairs. Like Yu Zigao, Liu Dajun belongs to the castrate party (Wei Zhongxian's person), but the civil and military are weak, and they are not against the board and refuse to cooperate. Xu Xinsu is helpless. , Yang Lu's fleet was sent out to the sea to intercept Shylock's fleet returning from Batavia.
Sherlock’s fleet is returning with cannons, and there are a lot of shipbuilding materials, which can be regarded as a very important shipping.
was intercepted in the Dongsha Islands area. When the two sides fought, they recognized Yang Lu, six boats on the other side, two boats were overloaded, and they were not turning well. Sherlock saw the situation not well and threw the cargo and fled quickly.
Yang Lu was unwilling to give up, catching up, intending to jump to help grab the side, and ended up eating bullets: The Sherlock ship carried a large black gunpowder "bomb" of the Southeast Palace "Armored Grenadier", and was thrown madly, and Yang Lu couldn't get on it. Together with the wind, Yang Lu's boat was lost after the galleon, which was full of wind and lightly loaded, drove at full power.
fled back to Tainan and said to Chen Zhongji that Chen Zhongji was furious and immediately called Sherlock to see Yan Changwu.
After listening to the report, Yan Changwu was not angry and rejoiced: "I finally waited for an excuse!"
