Lu Ming

Chapter 123 The Jeweled Agreement

After the agreement was reached, the cross-travelers immediately released almost all the Dutch captives—except for two Dutch carpenters who were already working as squad leaders in the kiln area.The two have since died and will no longer appear in public.

Due to its large draft, the Sloten was dragged into the Taijiang River by the Yuandou, which deliberately lowered its sails at high tide, and consumed its diesel reserves.This is also part of the plan to show their muscles through the crowd, and the meaning represented by the red hair is so smart, they must be able to understand it, which can be reflected from their pale faces and gestures of the cross in front of their chests at that time.

First they were sent to be arsonists, and then they were sent to dredge the river. The Dutch captives who died and injured a lot were finally reunited with their relatives in the Japanese village!The Japanese village has now been reduced to a temporary inn, and all the Dutch crew will live here in the next few days; the previous permanent residents have all moved to the Chikan New District, including the Banda slaves.

In the evening, several Dutch executives once again enjoyed a simple but rich dinner. During this period, CEO Xia appeared briefly again, and disappeared again after a toast.

Several Dutch people love the antique solar lanterns on the dining table, but they are not for sale, so no matter how the red hair asks, laments and lures, Cai Feiming always shakes his head and smiles without saying a word.

After the dinner, the drama meat came.

The red-haired people were brought into a room, and inside there was a fat and white man who was sitting at a big black sandalwood table and waiting for them.Van der Hagen knew the fat man: Wang, the official in charge of managing the finances.

Seeing a group of people entering the room, Wang Liguo smiled and stood up to make way.

The white light of two solar lamps illuminates the black sandalwood table, blue and white, bucket color, bright yellow, bright red. Inside the colorful official kiln porcelain plates, there are strings of white pearls, pink pearls, Purple pearl, black pearl.
Bejeweled and colorful, the ebony wood table is full of colorful colors, and the halo is changing every moment, making the viewer dazzled and breathless.

After a long time, Cai Feiming explained to a few Dutch people whose eyes were full of little stars: the silver coins and goods in the shop were all confiscated by us, well, we know, the old ones or There are more or less losses.

We still follow the old rules: private low-interest credit loans, you pick pearls on the spot, Nuyz comes first, Vander Hagen follows, and the others last.A few old men don’t need to leave oil paintings as collateral, just get a handprint from Lao Wang after they are selected, and remember to pay the principal and interest in full next time.
Although Nuiz also raised the issue of the private property of VOC employees during the negotiations, everyone knew that there was little hope; these yellow-skinned nobles seemed to be extremely sensitive to such words as compensation and restitution, and they rudely refused at that time. Possibility of further discussion on this issue.

Well, none of that matters now.

For Nuiz and others, these superb pearl jewelry can undoubtedly sell at a high price in Europe: look at those French, British, Russian queens, queens, queens, and kings, dukes, and electors who use pearls The portraits hanging all over the upper body can tell how much European nobles love pearls.

After 1530, many countries in Europe began to legislate on pearls, stipulating that people must wear pearls according to their social status and status. In 1612, the British royal family legislation stipulated in detail: Except for the royal family, ordinary nobles, scholars, doctors and their wives are not allowed to wear pearl-studded costumes, nor can they be used in other decorations.In this way, the status of pearls can be seen - spots.

The so-called Pearl Age in Europe started from this period.Members of the royal family, ladies and other upper-class people all use pearls as decorations to show off themselves.

Elizabeth I's favorite jewelry was pearls. She bought pearls bushel by bushel (buying in baskets).

Under the fire-breathing eyes of his subordinates, Nuiz stretched out his hands tremblingly, and chose the largest necklace on the table, with a curved crystal base and a wide necklace composed of two strings of black pearls.The exquisite pearl inlay technology and the extremely delicate crystal bottom of the later generations make this necklace unique. Meilun Meiyang "I swear, it will definitely appear on the tender chest of a certain queen!" Mr. Nuizi's eyes at this moment Blurred, caressing the object in his hand, murmured.

In the corner of this room, there are some lacquered boxes where the books are shipped to the senior officials.Wang Liguo picked out some of them, and put the necklaces into a small lacquer box stuffed with cotton, and then put the small box into a middle box filled with reed wadding, and then put it into the big box, put wax on the side seam and lock it, and stick it seal
Don’t laugh at this matryoshka packaging method. There was no vacuum-sealed packaging in the age of great voyages. Jewelry documents were packaged in this way in the harsh environment of the ocean. This is why the lacquerware of this book is popular among Europeans.Including valuable goods such as silk, there are also large boxes with small bags, and the bottom of the box must be padded with a frame, otherwise the often leaking cabin will easily destroy the goods.

The last step is to sign the contract and press the fingerprint.

Of course, as a mutual gift between the leaders of the two sides, there will be a piece of gold pearl jewelry, which will be presented to Governor Cohen of Batavia in the name of Xia Xianze.The jewelry and a greeting letter will be handed over by Mr. Nuiz, the only item that the Dutch do not need to pay back.

After everything was over, the Nuyzi team, who took the initiative to upgrade themselves to "old friends of the time traveler", held the lacquer box and went back to rest contentedly with their beards curled up.

Early the next morning, the Nuyz team came to the wall of the Dayuan Commercial Building, waiting for the legendary firepower display.

What are friends?A friend is someone who is willing to put yourself in your shoes.Dutch friends can now understand the meaning of this kind of border exercise, which is extremely common in later generations, so their emotions are relatively stable today.

The M2 heavy machine gun was placed not far from the northwest corner of the fort, and the Dutch were only allowed to watch it outside the fort.Some idlers, including Cai Feiming, were smoking and chatting on the wall at this time. They were standing on the wall on the side of the gate of the business hall. Not long ago, Vander Hagen was standing in the same position, witnessing the terrifying scene of M2 and RPG. .

500 meters away, a group of laborers are nailing some wooden figures into the sand on Dayuan Island. This distance has exceeded the length of the original M2 shooting from the sand dunes to the store.

The wooden figurine is very rough, with a square head and trapezoidal upper body barely cut out, and the legs are sharpened to facilitate insertion into the ground.

(End of this chapter)