Chapter 73: British are very gentleman
Of course, it is impossible for the British to sell to Yan Changwu just because they took a bath. As the red hair fan, they decided to sell the two big ships to Yan Changwu for profit, hoping that Yan Dashao would use them to defeat the South China Sea and Southeast Asia. The Dutch and even the Spanish!
Nanyang is a big piece of fat. Britain has been developing in India for many years. The benefits that Ahsan can bring to the British are not as good as the one year's trade in Nanyang.
Nanyang spices shipped to Europe are more expensive than gold! There are also Eastern tea, raw silk, and porcelain, all of which are several times more profitable.
Furthermore, Sir Simon Fox heard that Sherlock, the Queen's merchant of the Southeast Mansion, said that the sugar in the Southeast Mansion was ready to be shipped in large quantities, and the respectable red-haired fan's eyes were red!
If the British get these sugars, they can dump them in India and the Middle East, which is absolutely a huge profit!
Now there is sugar production in Nanyang, but it is controlled by the Dutch, and the British cannot get it. The Southeast House is an area beyond the control of the Dutch. They also have enemies with the Dutch. If they don’t support them to fight with the Dutch, they will be caught after returning to China. Admiralty reprimanded!
In your affection and my intention, the British have formed a loose alliance with the Southeast Mansion.
Of course, when the Dutch and Spaniards in this area are eliminated, the relationship between the two parties may be another matter.
The transaction reached is:
1. The British sold Yan Changwu's four third-tier battleships (battleships) at a discounted price of 200,000 taels of silver each with guns.
The price of a Tier 3 battleship is almost 60,000 pounds (a Tier 1 battleship is worth 100,000 pounds). At that time, the British pound was worth money, which can be called golden pounds. One golden pound is worth 3 taels of silver (in the future, silver will become less and less valuable, and the most One gold pound is worth 7 taels of silver), 36.18 million taels of silver, plus artillery, the British are indeed a price of conscience.
Second, the British will deliver the Cambridge and Breda first, and the other two will be delivered next year.
The two warships are gone. The crew will take the second-hand Spanish galleons from the Southeast Province back home, each worth 5,000 pounds, for a total of thirty thousand taels of silver.
3. A large number of copper cannons, gunpowder and spices (the British ships also traded with the Dutch) brought by the British with the ship were purchased by the Southeastern Government, and the price was about one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Fourth, the Southeast Government is paid in installments. The first installment is 500,000 taels of silver, of which 30 taels are deposits for the latter two battleships.
Yan Changwu had to pay 250,000 taels of silver, and the other 250,000 taels owed by the goods, including raw silk, tea, and porcelain. The main part was raw silk, and each load was 65 taels of silver (a 100 catties). Tea is also purchased in large quantities, plus porcelain.
So, the Southeast Mansion has made a big move. Here we are preparing to fight the Ming Dynasty navy, and there we have to smuggle a lot of goods from the Ming country to make up the purchase price.
Very funny thing, but there were many steadfast patriots in the Ming Dynasty. As long as Yan Changwu paid happily, they would be happy to serve Yan Changwu.
5. The sugar produced in the Southeast Prefecture is underwritten by the British to offset the payment for the warship next year and the shortfall this year.
In the future, the British have obtained the monopoly right to sell sugar in Southeast Province.
6. The British sent instructors to teach the Southeast Mansion how to maneuver and use artillery. At the same time, they sent technicians to teach the Southeast Mansion how to make artillery!
Seven. The Southeast Mansion provides convenience for visiting British merchant ships and warships, and ensures that they will not take hostile actions against British ships (for example, arresting ships without cause).
Yan Changwu won a right. If the British committed a crime in the Southeastern Mansion, they must be handed over to the Southeastern Mansion. Otherwise, the Southeastern Mansion would not accept the British ashore!
Sir Simon Fox agreed to this request. At that time, Britain did not have the pride of an empire after the sun did not set, and did not have a strong sense of presence in India and Asia.
After the two parties reached an agreement, they signed each other's names on this "Agreement on Friendly Commerce between the Southeastern Military Government and the Kingdom of Great Britain"!
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At noon, the banquet was delivered by the service ship in the port. The two parties had lunch together. I wish you a happy cooperation.
Yan Changwu is very happy. With a large warship, he has confidence!
Once these four Tier 3 ships are in hand, in theory, even Batavia in the Netherlands would not take it seriously and dare to fight one.
Yan Changwu never got off the ship. By mid-afternoon, he borrowed the officer’s restaurant and met with the officers and technicians who had volunteered to sign up and were screened by the British to introduce the situation and welcome them to serve in the Southeast.
Stop talking nonsense, straight to the point is to clearly mark the price:
The salary for the captain rank is 120 taels per month, and the reward salary is 60 taels;
The salary of the chief voyager is 50 taels, and the reward salary is 25 taels.
Carpenters, artillery chiefs, etc. are paid 30 taels of silver, and the reward salary is 15 taels.
The remuneration of the artillery quality technician is the same as that of the navigator.
This kind of treatment is not bad. For example, in the British army, the captain’s monthly salary is 28 pounds, which is equivalent to 72 taels in silver. The navigator’s monthly salary is 9.1 pounds, which is more than 27 taels in silver. The monthly salary of other officers is mostly 4 pounds, which is equivalent to silver. A mere 12 taels.
There may be extra money, but it will not happen every month, and when there is extra money, there may be a big risk.
Incentive salary mainly depends on performance, the better you do, the more you give.
Most of the British who dared to board the ship were seeking money, and they were satisfied with the salary, and everyone hit it off.
After discussion, Yan Changwu hired 35 British officers and five artillery technicians. He is by no means a junior brother. He has also been a captain for a while, so it is natural to see if he is capable.
I have to say that the quality of British officers is still quite high. After all, in the unpredictable and vicious ocean of enemies, they cannot cope without real talents.
Everyone is very happy, Yan Changwu feels like a tiger with wings!
A three-tier battleship that can sweep Nanyang, suppress the Daming navy, and turn the shogunate into a tortoise!
Coupled with the continuous shipbuilding of my own shipyard~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and the ability to build artillery, then I can defeat the Hong Maofan in the Southeast Asia and control Malacca. I am the king of the Asian ocean!
Yan Changwu touched his chest and touched the statue of Mazu made of hanging mutton fat and white jade, and sincerely thanked Mazu for his blessing.
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That night, with the exception of a few officers, most of the senior British military officers went to the shore to have a banquet. The two sides signed a friendly agreement to become a quasi-ally, and they could go ashore.
And the crew members would form a team to go ashore, declare military discipline before dispatching, and must not cause trouble on the shore, otherwise they would have to stay on the shore to receive treatment.
On the whole, the British are still very gentlemen and do not make trouble. . . It's just that they don't like Kaohsiung very much!
Throughout Kaohsiung, the private sector is equivalent to Yan Changwu’s long-term worker and a military port. There is a shortage of materials for exchange, so ordinary British people can’t get any personal belongings to make extra money.
Of course, except for the officers, Yan Changwu provided them with tea, rice wine, silk, local products, etc. It was quite pleasant to let them each have a big bag.
In the next few days, both sides were very busy. Yan Changwu had to prepare supplies and silver to take the ship. Sir Simon Fox was very talkative. He believed that Yan Changwu, when the payment was not fully paid, let Yan Changwu take over the two big ships. , And their crews will enrich the other two cruise ships and the two Spanish galleons vacated by the Southeast Mansion.
Three days later, the British ship left Kaohsiung Port and headed northward to visit Daming's neighboring country, which is covered with water.
The two parties agreed that when the British ship returned, they would give all the unpaid materials and money.
The Cambridge, of the two third-tier battleships, was renamed "Southeast", raised Yan Changwu's general flag and became the flagship of the Southeast Fleet, and Breda was renamed "Taiwan"!
