Chapter 70: British visit
The smoke is raging on the British gunboat, and the guns are rumbling!
People are heavy artillery! The people on the four Southeast Mansion warships were panicked. Yan Changwu almost wanted to order a counterattack. Fortunately, there was an old and respectful Storm beside him. He stopped Yan Changwu’s high fist that was about to fall and said: "This is a salute. The British are here. Salute us!"
Looking over carefully, there is indeed no cannon ejected!
What's the matter with this fork?
How did the British know that I was on this ship?
Yan Changwu was a little surprised, but after a while, he understood why.
The British sent a small boat to transport a few people to his flagship. From the binoculars, he saw the Dutch Jews. The red-topped merchant Sherlock he sent was on the small boat. There were three British people beside him, one of whom he knew. It was Captain Baker who I saw in Moon Harbor!
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The conflict between the Southeast Mansion and the mainland was caused by Xu Xinsu, who traded with the Dutch, trying to rob Sherlock. Sherlock had nothing to do with him after successfully detonating the war. This guy is a diligent man and immediately organized a fleet to go to Bada. Via Trade.
drove two ships, loaded with goods, and finally came across the British fleet on the ocean surface of Hainan Island.
Captain Baker was on the ship and saw the two big sailing ships flying the star peaks and ocean flags. His heart moved and he immediately commanded the interception.
Sherlock was taken aback at first, and when he saw that the other party was not hostile, he began to communicate with them.
It turns out that the arrival of this fleet is looking for his master, and the British want to trade with Yan Changwu!
"What do you want to sell to MYMASTER?" Sherlock asked with a little English.
"As long as he can afford it, we will sell him the entire fleet!" The Englishman said frankly and honestly.
"Scare!"
This is a total of four warships of Tier 3 battleships and Tier 5 cruisers. Sherlock knew that it was a big business when he heard it. He knew exactly what the master of the Southeast Mansion needed most, so Sherlock made a decisive decision and entrusted his deputy to take charge of the fleet affairs. Continue to Batavia. As for him, he boarded a British warship and went to the Southeast Mansion together.
His deputy has a family in the Southeast, so loyalty is not a problem, and he can communicate with the Dutch and complete the transaction.
With Sherlock's guidance, the British fleet arrived in Kaohsiung familiarly, but was immediately spotted by a patrol boat from the Southeastern Mansion and reported to Yan Changwu.
The British fleet moved slowly, giving the Southeast Mansion time to react, and spotted the warship with the flag representing the warlord, and Sherlock immediately got in contact with him in a small boat.
"Not bad!" Yan Changwu patted his hands and said, "Good job!"
"Thank you Warlord for the compliment!" Sherlock said modestly.
Captain Baker said in bad Chinese: "Dear Warlord, we have brought friendship!"
"VERYGOOD!" Yan Changwu said in fluent English: "We will have friendship!"
Captain Baker was surprised and delighted: "You can speak such good English, it is God's blessing!"
He introduced the entourage, mainly Keppel, the deputy commander of the fleet. Although he looked arrogant, he greeted Yan Changwu enthusiastically.
It seems that the British are really sincere, and they actually sent the second brother of the fleet to meet Yan Changwu in a small boat.
He introduced to Yan Changwu the four visiting British battleships, namely the three-tier battleships "Cambridge" and "Breda" and the five-tier cruisers "Centurion" and "Viscount". This time the commander of the formation is Simon Fox. Sir, we will meet again later.
Then the two fleets headed for Kaohsiung Port one after another.
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Sir Simon Fox on the third-tier battleship "Cambridge" carefully observed everything he saw along the way through binoculars, and found it a bit strange.
"Their warships should be self-made. The first and **** (open deck) are removed. This will help lower the center of gravity and speed up the ship. This is the development trend of the large fleet. It seems that their designers are not simple. ."
"There are no gorgeous carvings on their ships, but it saves costs, but it loses its momentum."
There is a process in the design of warships. Warships of that period generally had fancy decorations on the outside of the hull to increase their momentum, especially for large ships, such as the carving and hull painting process of the Royal Prince, Britain’s first three-layer gun deck. It took a full year. The hull sculpture of the "Royal Sovereignty" cost more than 6,000 pounds, which is equivalent to one million pounds in later generations. It was able to raise an army at that time. Its appearance was magnificent and reverent by its enemies. Called the "Golden Devil"!
Later, when everyone talked about the poor exterior decoration of the Southeast Fleet, Yan Changwu said honestly: "I don't have the money to decorate!"
Sir Simon Fox laughed, taking it for granted.
The century-old navy is not a joke. The huge investment required by the navy makes Yan Changwu a meal with four dishes and one soup. It is simple and all the money is spent!
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When the British fleet entered the anchorage of Kaohsiung Port, it caused a sensation!
Many people flocked to the shore, vying to see the rare fleet!
"A warm welcome! Welcome, welcome!"
On the dock, thousands of Marines lined up with guns and laid red mats.
Yan Changwu invited the British guests to walk over the red floor mats and accepted the welcome of the Marines!
On the same day ~www.wuxiaspot.com~Yan Changwu hosted a banquet on the shore to entertain the visiting British guests, and at the same time sent people to deliver a large number of fresh meat and vegetables to the army.
In addition to the British who were on Yan Changwu's flagship, the British ships also sent more than ten people ashore, and Yan Changwu served them together.
The commander-in-chief of the fleet, Sir Simon Fox, did not go ashore, and the British pretended that the commander-in-chief of the fleet generally did not go ashore when he was away.
Knowing that they are talking nonsense, the Southeast Fleet also added this to the military regulations.
After Chinese delicacies were delivered to the table one by one, everyone moved the chopsticks. The British people were not familiar with chopsticks and used spoons to complete the mission of food in their mouths.
Oh, God, there is such a delicious thing in the world!
What kind of beef soup, rice cakes, meatballs, shochu, oysters, fries, etc. Let the British people almost lick the plates clean, although our guys are not as big as the British, but in terms of food culture, we hang these The uncivilized Hong Mao Fan!
At this time, the atmosphere is warm, and both parties are very polite and toast frequently!
used country rice wine, and the sambal fan came to do it, without stage fright at all!
Originally, Yan Changwu wanted to grow potatoes in Taiwan and then make vodka.
It was embarrassing to wait until it was planted. The output of potatoes was too small to support the vodka industry.
You see, one-third of the cultivated land in Southeast Prefecture needs to grow rice, one-third of sugarcane, and one-third of miscellaneous grains. The miscellaneous grains include sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. The most important thing is sweet potatoes. The amount of potatoes is too small. And it has to be eaten itself (after all, it has not reached the realm of great food abundance), so vodka brewing stopped.
After three rounds of wine, everyone drank happily and talked about everything, quite a "comrade plus brother" situation.
There is no other reason why the relationship between the two parties is heating up rapidly: there is no conflict of interest, and there is room for cooperation.
