After dinner, William knelt in front of the jade pillar, and Baixing and Niu Tai arranged on both sides of the jade pillar.
Yuzhu sat in front of the desk, spread out the paper in front of him, holding the quill and ink that William had obtained.
"Dear Mr. William, I must answer the questions I ask you now truthfully. Do you understand?" Yuzhu did not threaten William, but William naturally knew the power of it...
"Yes, I must speak everything, I will say everything." William was so scared that he was soaked in the stinky water in the water prison.
I quickly expressed my thoughts.
"Well, I want to know the real situation of Miss Alice's house." Yuzhu didn't want to alert the snake, so he deliberately asked about the situation of Alice's house first.
"Miss Alice's house is a devastated marquis. Her father is dead. Her brother John has the final say at home..." William took Alice's idea, and it has been a day or two, so he naturally has to do with her family.
I know the situation very well.
While listening carefully, Yuzhu held the quill in his hand and recorded the key points on the paper.
According to William, Alice's brother John inherited the title of Marquis and was very good at doing business.
The disadvantages are lust and bets.
In addition, Alice's family has fallen and its status in Britain has fallen.
Yuzhu sucked a cigar and tasted another whiskey with ice and water. Well, it must be a good thing to have such a greedy and lustful brother-in-law.
However, the English vocabulary of this era and modern English still have very different differences. Yuzhu must ask about the specific vocabulary spelling method in order to grasp the true meaning of it.
However, this doesn't affect anything.
Even in the era of large-scale enrollment expansion, doctoral students not only did not expand enrollment, but instead reduced their enrollment.
It is no exaggeration to say that in Yuzhu's era, as long as a doctor who could graduate successfully, he had certain real skills.
Doctoral thesis must be written in English.
After grasping Alice's situation, Yuzhu asked William again: "The largest battleship in the Royal Navy fleet,
How many tons does it weigh? How many heavy artillery do it?"
"Sir, the largest sail battleship of the Royal Navy today has three or five hundred tons..." William dared not conceal the truth and introduced the truth in detail.
According to William's confession, the Royal Navy currently has five first-class sail battleships, each with a tonnage of about 2,500-
Between 3500 tons.
This big monster at sea has three layers of artillery decks, with the number of artillery between 106 and 122, and the sailors and gunners are capped with more than 900 people.
In addition, the artillery equipped by the Royal Navy is divided into 9 pounds, 12 pounds, 18 pounds, 18 pounds, 18 pounds,
Five types of artillery, 24 pounds and 32 pounds, with calibers of 10.4 cm, 11.5 cm and 13.1 cm, respectively.
14.4 cm and 15.9 cm.
Through William's introduction, Yuzhu learned that the Royal Navy's flagship is extremely expensive, and one ship needs it
More than 100,000 pounds.
You should know that the total amount of British foreign trade in this era was 10 million pounds. Moreover, the total tariff income of Britain was only more than one million pounds.
Well, Dai Ying really attaches great importance to maritime hegemony. In history, he has been desperately engaged in arms races and built fearless-class battleships, which is to maintain the huge advantage of the two strong standards.
The two strong standards, namely, the naval strength of the British must exceed the sum of the Navy's No. 2 and No. 3 powers.
Next, Yuzhu asked in detail about William's family situation.
When Yuzhu learned that there were two sons who came to Guangzhou with William, Yuzhu couldn't help but smile.
Very good, great, very powerful!
If you are not of my race, your heart will be different!
Yuzhu knew better than anyone else that William or Alice were just temporarily surrendering under his power pressure.
Now, since William brought his two sons to the Qing Dynasty to do business, it was a god-given opportunity.
William must be held hostage in Guangzhou. However, among William's two sons, Yuzhu only planned to choose one and let him go back to England to help with the business.
Yuzhu really doesn't know how to build a ship, but he understands human nature.
William's two sons only went back, and Yuzhu was not afraid of him being slandered.
The logic is actually very simple. If the one who goes back is unwilling to do his best to do things for Yuzhu.
In other words, I was insincerely trying to redeem my father William. Hehe, by that time, I would not want the inheritance rights of the family’s wealth.
Britain in the early 18th century was a typical free capitalist society.
The characteristic of capitalist society is that if there is more money, there will be status, and you can buy officials and make more money.
The reality in Daying's society is very real. If you don't have money, you are just a little red man who is unwilling to be.
The Qing Dynasty was exactly the opposite of Daying. In the Qing Dynasty, if you have power, you will have money. For example, Hezhongtang and Yuzhenqing.
Yuzhu asked more and more, and William was shocked. He could be described as a tsunami.
Through William's introduction, Yuzhu suddenly discovered that the French fleet of this era was actually very powerful.
Although, a few years ago, the fleet of King Louis XIV of the Sun was wiped out.
However, the French were very rich and the scale of shipbuilding was extremely huge, which actually exceeded the total tonnage of the British fleet.
The British capitalists with ocean awareness are actually not easy to deceive. However, French capitalists who are like local buns are different.
Hehe, a winding path of golden light appeared in front of Yuzhu.
More importantly, letting the British nationality Xiao William deceive the French have no psychological barriers at all.
Yuzhu sucked a few sips of the cigar, but it was so fast that he choked and tears flowed.
These are tears of joy!
After interrogating William, Yuzhu was surprised.
Because, just above William's merchant ship, there were more than a dozen flintlock rifles and two 18-pound cannons, and several barrels of gunpowder were hidden.
Jade Pillar can fully understand William's approach. At the moment when there are many pirates, if the sea merchant ship does not hide some guns and cannons,
That's what I want to die!
Hehe, Dai Zi was hiding in this supervision yamen. Yuzhu decided to take Dai Zi to the south, but in fact he took a certain risk.
However, he was an authentic bannerman, not a Han man from the south. Even if Kangxi became suspicious in the future, Yuzhu would have room to shirk his grudges.
After studying the guns and cannons of foreigners, the reasons for fighting Junggar in the future are ready-made.
Late at night, when Yuzhu returned to his room to bed, he suddenly realized that Xingrui and Xingjiao were serving each other very hard, for fear that they would not be able to squeeze them out.
Jade pillar is a human being but not a god. Under the attack of Erxing, within half an hour, he became the noodle mountain high and the emperor far away.
In this supervision yamen, Yuzhu is the ancestor who has the final say.
When the sun shone on his butt, Yuzhu slept until he woke up naturally.
After Yuzhu woke up, Xingjiao had already gotten up, and only Xingrui was still lying beside him.
After snatching Xingrui's snake waist, Yuzhu teased her with a smile: "Last night, you two almost sucked me dry."
Xingrui pursed her lips and smiled, saying, "Xingjiao said that if you don't squeeze you dry, you will definitely have the idea of that foreign woman."
Yuzhu gritted his teeth secretly. Xingjiao's girl was indeed extremely cunning and cunning, and she understood the weaknesses of men.
Yu Lu, after giving Er Xing, it was natural that she could not sprinkle it on Alice. It was so simple that Alice's brother John was very unreliable.
According to Yuzhu's judgment, even if Alice is used as a hostage, John probably wouldn't really care about her safety.
So, Yuzhu did not intend to use the method of dealing with William's family, but changed his trick.
Well, women don’t care about men’s situations, as numerous as cows.
However, it is rare for women who don’t care about their children.
Objectively speaking, Alice's belly is getting bigger and having a baby is also an illegitimate child, which cannot affect the family inheritance rights of Yuzhu's serious sons.
In the side of the Kaiying and Gaul Chicken, almost all the powerful have mistresses and illegitimate children who have no right to inherit the family.
It can be said to be crawling everywhere.
Five days later, Yuzhu invited all the foreign merchants from the Thirteen Yiguan to visit the Supervisory Office.
In private, Yuzhu can speak English, but in public, he can't be so reckless.
When foreign merchants gathered together, various self-service meals and wine filled the back garden of the supervisory yamen.
Just as foreign merchants were whispering to speculate on the new supervisor's intentions, Yuzhu and Alice officially made a debut.
Today's Yuzhu does not wear casual clothes from the Qing Dynasty, but a whole white suit, holding a civilization stick in his hand, and a black round hat with a British high-top.
This kind of top hat can just cover up the ugly things on your head.
"Darling, please allow me to introduce you to you. This is the Chairman of the Macau Branch of East India Company, Lord Churchill."
Alice, who held Yuzhu's arm, introduced Churchill, who came over with a smile, to her man.
"Supervisor, I am honored to see you." Churchill took off the hat on his head, bent down and waved his hat and saluted.
Yuzhu was thinking about the stocks of East India Company, so he was naturally very polite to Churchill.
"Dear Lord Churchill, I represent Guangdong Customs and warmly welcome you to Guangzhou." Yuzhu deliberately pretended not to understand English, and let Alice go to the center to interpret.
Churchill really thought that Yuzhu couldn't understand English, so he smiled and said to Alice: "Dear Lord Alice, I heard that Lord William has been looking for you everywhere."
Alice could hear that it was obviously Churchill's kind reminder.
But the journey was already done, and it was too late.
Not only did William fall into Yuzhu's palm, but even Alice herself became the cage bird of the demon man.
Yuzhu enjoyed the wonderful feeling of pretending to be confused with his understanding. He pretended to be confused, looking at Alice, waiting for a woman to translate.
Alice secretly clenched her teeth. She was so stupid that she had provoked such a terrible man. It was really a tragedy.
According to William, in 1670, Charles II issued five laws, granting the East India Company independent occupation of territory, minting coins, directing fortresses and troops, forming alliances and declaring war, signing peace treaties and conducting trials on civil and criminal proceedings in occupied areas
Right.
Yuzhu knew very well that the stocks of East India Company would be very valuable in the future. As long as you buy them, you would make a big profit and make a special profit.
This is like, when Penguin was listed in Hong Kong in 2004, the opening price was RMB.
If at that time, a lucky person had bought millions of shares and held them for a long time.
Hey, Qing is waiting for a huge profit of ninety times!
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