Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1227 Disposal of spoils

Galle is an important commercial port on the island of Ceylon, and it is also one of the transit points along the trade route to India. Ceylon itself also produces a lot of spices and gemstones, so many ships will berth here to supplement food. water, renovate ships, and trade goods.So the scale of the ship repair yard is quite considerable.

However, after Li Huamei towed the Griffin into the ship repair yard, the estimated value here was as high as 12 Spanish pesos—the power of the [-]-pound cannon is too obvious, not to mention the many holes in the hull. The looting of the deck and sail cables by the grape bombs caused all the sail cables to be scrapped, three masts had to be replaced, and a large number of damages on the deck needed to be repaired.In addition to money, it will take three months of construction.

Li Huamei was a little hesitant. She originally planned to restore the Griffin and use it as her flagship—since she wanted to formally defect to the Australians, her "capital" had to be strong.The size and shape of the Griffin were to her liking.But the cost and the construction period were unacceptable to her.

While hesitating, a Spanish gentleman wearing a blindfold appeared, and he offered to buy the Griffin for nine thousand Spanish pesos—including the cannon, gunpowder, and weapons sold in the warehouse: including several hundred Matchlocks, some swords, and a few small cannons.

This suggestion immediately moved her. Although the Griffin was a good ship, she couldn't afford to waste time, and secondly, she didn't want to spend too much money on it.Besides, after the official surrender, it is very likely to get a better ship from the Australians.

So the deal was negotiated at [-] pesos.The Spanish gentleman readily took out a check from an Indian Brahmin merchant that could be cashed in Goa and Macau and paid the bill.

Her only request was to remove the Gryphon head sculpture on the bow—a loss of almost [-] pesos for this, but Li Huamei thought it was worth it: now she finally had something that even the Australians didn't have.

After selling the badly damaged Griffin, the repair of the Hangzhou was quick.While urging ship repairs, Li Huamei disposed of the spoils.

The main prize is the captives.Since the sisters had a little trouble with the Portuguese colonial authorities last time, this time, in order to show their attitude, they had to sell these Danes to the governor at a half-sell and half-giveaway price, so that the governor can make a small fortune. a fortune.

Those who can exchange for ransom are officers and senior crew members, and no one will pay ransom for ordinary crew members.And there were not many Danes among the group.Li Huamei simply gathered the rest of the people together and asked them to choose one of two options: either follow her, or squat in the dungeon of the governor's mansion, waiting for interrogation by the governor and the bishop.If you are lucky, you will be hanged for secular piracy; if you are unlucky, you will be dealt with as religious "heretics". Those who are willing to repent will act as hard labor rowers and burn to death for sticking to their beliefs.

Everyone immediately changed clubs, and the slightly injured were treated briefly.Don't worry about those who are seriously injured - because they have already died at sea.

Those ravaged and sickly Arab slaves were sold on the pier, and they seemed to be okay to give some salted fish to recuperate and transport them to Lingao with European women.This journey is very safe - according to Li Siya's old rules, it is absolutely forbidden to engage in women on board, and disembark at will.

Among the captives, Li Huamei left behind a teenage girl from Axum as her maid. The specialty of Ethiopia is slaves. These East Africans are tall, powerful, and handsome, and they are very popular sources of goods in the slave market in the Middle East.He must be a good hand if he strictly trains himself.To commemorate this victory, the little girl was named Li Ying.

As for Pastor Carlson, as soon as he heard about the Portuguese territory, he hid below the deck and did not dare to come out, for fear of being caught and "saved" by the Portuguese. Heretics are often more risky than heretics these days. ***Captives can still be slaves and sailors.Heretics who refuse to repent will taste like the stake of the Inquisition.

In exchange for protection, Carlson was to serve as a sailor until Lingao, and her wife was kept in the hold with the other women to avoid accidents.Li Huamei vaguely remembered that there seemed to be one or two Protestants among the Australians, but she couldn't figure out whether it was a Lutheran cult or a Calvinist cult.In fact, she doesn't believe in anything. In order to take care of the emotions of the crew, she usually pretends to believe in both Mazu and the Virgin Mary.

It was already the end of August to arrive at Lingao again.She delivered the urgent order on time, and proposed to the Ministry of Colonial and Trade that she had a batch of goods for sale-they could give the Ministry of Colonial and Trade priority in bidding.

This time, Li Huamei has regained the glory when she first came to Lingao: Although Quark Poor has already shipped a boatload of big horses, the market is far from saturated, and it would be nice to see more than a dozen more ——What's more, there are rare Nordic species in this group of female slaves.

Skade is still depressed recently: several radical veterans still publish one or two pseudonymous articles in the newspaper criticizing "Right capitulationism" and "turtle conservatism" without naming their names.Skade is suffering: the Colonial Department has a lot of expansion and trade plans, the long-distance expedition to Hokkaido to find coking coal mines, and the establishment of seasonal trade posts and perennial trade posts in the Ussuri River and Heilongjiang Estuary The base's trade in reindeer skins, lichen dyes, and further penetration into the interior of the base has been unsuccessful. I heard that he was criticized as a "left-leaning adventurist blind move."

"Mother Xipi, this is capitulationism, that kind of adventurism, won't I become a mouse in the bellows?" Skade sulked in his office on the third floor overlooking the big sand table, "It seems that this executive committee member is It's too cold to be at a high place - those who have no foundation can't sit still!"

After counting, the current seven executive committee members, plus one non-voting chief of staff, except for their own executive committee members, all of them either have their own fundamentals, or are in constant communication with other executive committee members.In contrast, not only did he have little contact with other executive committee members, but he also had no reliable allies in the Senate.The Guanglei faction, a powerful faction in the Ministry of Colonial Trade, is self-contained. Although it is very supportive of its own work, it is not caring, and it may not be reliable when it comes to big issues.

In the midst of depression, when he heard the news of Li Huamei's return, he was not very interested in it—he had known about Li Huamei's application for "naturalization" for a long time, but it was not his business: naturalization was a matter for the People's Committee of Civil Affairs , and the specific review was handled by the General Political Security Bureau.He's not a fan of Da Hang Hai, and he doesn't have much fantasies about this name and this woman - Li Huamei is just a very useful businessman to him.The arrangement of this urgent order was also made according to the request of the Planning Institute.

"Just follow the normal procedure—" Skade waved his hand.

"Chief, she also shipped a batch of 'special use for the office'..."

Skaide shivered -- "special use in the office" is a euphemistic code name, but it is actually the code name of the female slaves who specialize in supplying elders.

He suddenly regained his energy: "Send people to purification first! Tell the pier and the quarantine camp: I'll be here in a while."

When Skaide saw the appearance of the "goods", he was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to invite Xiao Zishan to "inspect the goods".

The director of the general office appeared immediately, and Skaide talked about the "Yangma Jing" to Xiao Zishan who came to "inspect the work" with joy:
"...There are actually many different breeds of wild horses. Based on my past experience in Europe, Nordic women have the title of 'goddess of poor breasts', with relatively small breasts. Look, these are typical Nordic horses," he said. While talking, pointing, "At best, they are B cups. But don't look at them generally with small breasts. Their skeletons and chins are not as wide as German horses, and they are not as narrow as British women. Their legs are very slender. Compared It is in line with the aesthetics of the elders."

Xiao Zishan nodded repeatedly.

"...In addition, the Nordic Aryans have evolved in the cold zone for thousands of years, and they have been tested by high-fat foods. They are neither as easy to gain weight as Eastern European women, nor as easy to age as Southern European women. Besides, the Nordic people still mainly eat fish at present. No matter how small the breasts are, they are stronger than Ming Dynasty and Japanese women..."

Xiao Zishang admired his theory very much, nodded and said: "It's a pity that it's missing."

Except for the Arabs, there are only seven female slaves from Northern Europe: one is a Swedish wife, three Danish widows, one Danish loli, and two German women, but they are from the Holstein-Schleswig region, It can barely be regarded as a Nordic Yanmar.

"It doesn't matter, the source of goods can be opened up slowly," Skade patted his chest, "Didn't you get a Swedish priest this time, and a few Danes, you can open channels from them..."

Skade is not very worried about the source of Northwestern European wild horses. The Thirty Years' War was a very cruel war, which plunged the entire Central European region into blood and fire. Displacement of people was commonplace. Men who lost their homes could become mercenaries, and women had to follow the army as prostitutes.As long as you are willing to spend money, you will definitely not be able to buy a woman—it's just that the journey is a bit far away, which is more troublesome than going to Basra.It takes less than three or four years to go back and forth...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help sighing again: It can only be used as a long-term plan.

At this moment, Li Huamei was in the captain's cabin of the Hangzhou, calculating the income and expenses of the voyage on the ledger.

Don't look at Li Siya and Li Huamei's extravagant and extravagant behavior on weekdays, they spend a lot of money, they have the air of a wealthy family and a heroine on the sea.In fact, the two sisters have very strict control over money in and out - Li Siya has no permanent property except for a big house and two boats. Although she makes a lot of money in maritime trade, robbery, selling intelligence and contraband, her expenses are also very high. Big: Just maintaining the scene in Macau, the protective cover, and the intelligence network in various places is a huge sum of money. If you can't make ends meet, you will soon be stretched.

(End of this chapter)