Galle is an important commercial port on the island of Ceylon, and it is also one of the transit points for trade to India. Ceylon itself also produces a lot of spices and gems, so many ships will dock here to replenish their supplies. Drinking water, renovating ships, and trading goods. Therefore, the scale of the ship repair yard is quite considerable.
However, after Li Huamei towed the Griffin into the shipyard, the estimated price here was as high as three thousand Spanish pesos - the power of the 12-pound cannon was too significant, not to mention the many holes in the hull, which was unique to Lingao Grape bombs plundered the deck and sail cables, causing all the sail cables to be scrapped. Three masts needed to be replaced, and there was a lot of damage on the deck that needed to be repaired. In addition to money, it also took three months of construction.
Li Huamei was a little hesitant. She originally planned to repair the Griffin and use it as her flagship. Since she wanted to officially defect to the Australians, her "capital" had to be stronger. The tonnage and ship type of the Griffin were very suitable. She wanted to do it, but the cost and construction period were hard for her to accept.
While hesitating, a Spanish gentleman wearing an eyepatch appeared and offered to buy the Griffin for nine thousand Spanish pesos - including the cannons on it, gunpowder and weapons sold in the warehouse: including hundreds of guns. Matchlocks, some swords and a few small cannons.
This suggestion immediately impressed her. Although the Griffin was a good ship, she could not afford to waste time, and she was not willing to spend too much money on it. Besides, after the formal investment, it was very likely that Get better boats from the Australians.
So the deal was settled for 10,000 pesos during the bargaining. The Spanish gentleman readily paid the bill with a check from an Indian Brahmin merchant that could be cashed in Goa and Macau.
Her only request was to remove the griffon eagle on the bow of the ship - which cost her almost five hundred pesos, but Li Huamei thought it was worth it: now she finally has something that even the Australians don't have.
After selling the severely damaged Griffin, the Hangzhou was quickly repaired. Li Huamei was supervising the repairs while handling the loot.
The main prize is the captives. Since the sisters had a little trouble with the Portuguese colonial authorities here last time, so this time in order to show their attitude, they had to sell these Danes to the governor at a price of half sale and half free. Jean The governor can make a small fortune.
Those who could be exchanged for ransom were officers and senior crew members, and no one would pay ransom for ordinary crew members. Moreover, there were not many Danes among this group. Li Huamei simply gathered the remaining people and asked them to choose between two options. One: Either follow her, or squat in the dungeon of the Governor's Palace, waiting for the interrogation of the Governor and the Bishop. If you are lucky, you will be hanged for secular piracy, if you are unlucky, you will be treated as a religious "heresy", and those who are willing to repent will be served as hard labor. The oarsman will be burned to death if he persists in his beliefs.
Everyone immediately changed their owners, and the lightly injured were treated briefly. The seriously injured were not treated at all - because they had already died at sea.
Those ravaged and sick Arab slaves were sold on the spot on the dock. Those who seemed to be okay were given some salted fish to nurse back to health and transported to Lingao with European women. This journey was quite safe - according to Li Siya's plan The old rule is that it is absolutely forbidden to have sex with women on the ship, and you can do whatever you want when you get off the ship.
Among the captives, Li Huamei left a teenage girl from Aksum as a servant girl - Ethiopia's specialty is slaves. These East Africans are tall, powerful and have handsome lines. They are a very popular source of goods in the Middle Eastern slave market. They are trained strictly by themselves.
She must be a good player. To commemorate this victory, I named the little girl 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 captured and "rescued" by the Portuguese. These days, heretics are often more risky than heretics. Muslim captives can even be used as slaves.
, be a sailor. Heretics who refuse to repent will have a taste of the stakes in the Inquisition.
In exchange for providing protection, Carlson had to work as a sailor before arriving at Lingao, and her wife was locked in the hold with 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 it out.
She knew clearly but didn't bother to figure out whether it was a Lutheran cult or a Calvinistic cult. She actually believed in nothing. In order to take care of the crew's emotions, she usually pretended to believe in both Mazu and the Holy Mother.
It was already at the end of August when she arrived in Lingao again. She delivered the urgent order on time. She also proposed to the Ministry of Colonization and Trade that she had a batch of goods for sale - which would give the Ministry of Colonization and Trade the right to make the first bid.
This time Li Huamei has regained the glory he had when he first came to Lingao: Although Quarkqiong has shipped a boatload of Ocean Horses, the market is far from saturated, and it would be nice to see more than a dozen more.
——What's more, these female slaves also have rare Nordic species.
Skade is still depressed recently: several radical elders still occasionally publish one or two pseudonymous articles in newspapers criticizing "right-wing capitulationism" and "tortoise conservatism" without naming them. Skade has a hard time talking about: colonialism
The Ministry has already had a lot of expansion and trade plans, including the proposal to conduct a long-distance expedition to Hokkaido to search for coking coal mines, and to establish seasonal trade depots and perennial bases in the Ussuri River and Heilongjiang estuary areas for reindeer skin, lichen dye trade and
The proposal to go further inland has always come to nothing, and some people have criticized him for being a "left-leaning adventurist blind move".
"Mother Xipi, this is capitulationism, such adventurism, wouldn't I become a rat 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 so cold at high places—you can’t sit still if you have no foundation!”
A quick calculation shows that the current seven executive committee members, plus a chief of staff who has no voting rights, except for themselves, all of them either have their own base, or are constantly at loggerheads with other executive committee members. In comparison,
Not only did he have little contact with other executive members, but he also had no reliable allies in the Senate. The Guanglei faction, a powerful faction in the Ministry of Colonial Trade, was self-contained. Although it was very supportive of his work, it was not considerate and required
It may not be reliable when it comes to big issues of right and wrong.
In the midst of depression, when he heard the news about Li Huamei's return, he couldn't arouse much interest - he had already known about Li Huamei's request for "naturalization", but it was not his responsibility: naturalization was a matter of the People's Committee for Civil Affairs.
, the specific review was handled by the General Administration of Political Security. He was not a fan of voyages, and had no reverie about this name or this woman - Li Huamei was just a very useful businessman to him. The arrangement for this emergency order was also based on
The requirements of the Planning Institute were met.
"Just follow the normal procedure -" Skade waved his hand.
"Chief, she also shipped a batch of 'special use for the general office'..."
Skade was shocked - "Specially used by the General Office" is a euphemistic code name, but it is actually the code name for the female slaves who specialize in supplying the elders.
He suddenly became energetic: "Send the people to be purified first! Tell the dock and quarantine camp: I will be here in a minute."
When Si Kaide saw the condition of the "goods", he felt happy and immediately sent someone to ask Xiao Zishan to "inspect the goods."
The director of the general office appeared immediately, and Si Kaide talked about "The Book of Foreign Horses" to Xiao Zishan who came to "inspect the work" with his eyes full of excitement:
"...There are actually many different breeds of Ocean horses. Based on my experience in going to Europe in the past, Nordic women are known as 'small-breasted goddesses' and have smaller breasts. You see, these are typical Nordic Ocean horses," he
While talking, he pointed, "It's a B cup at best. But don't look at their generally small breasts. Their frames and chins are not as wide as German Ocean horses, nor are they as narrow as British women, and their legs are very slender.
In line with the aesthetic values of the elders.”
Xiao Zishan nodded repeatedly.
"... In addition, the Nordic Aryans have evolved in the cold zone for thousands of years and have been tested by high-fat foods. They are not as easy to gain weight as Eastern European women, nor are they as easy to age as Southern European women. Besides, Nordic people still mainly eat fish.
No matter how small the breasts are, they are still better than those of the Ming Dynasty and Japanese women..."
Xiao Zishang admired his theory very much, nodded and said: "It's a pity that it's a little missing."
Excluding the Arabs, this group of female slaves only has seven people from Northern Europe: one is a Swedish wife, three Danish widows, a Danish lolita, and two German women. However, they are from the Holstein-Schleswig area, and
It can barely be regarded as a Nordic Yangma.
"It doesn't matter, the supply of goods can be slowly opened up," Skade patted his chest, "Why don't we get a magic Swedish priest this time, and there are also a few Danes, we can open channels through them..."
Skade was not very worried about the origin of the Ocean Horse in Northwest Europe. The Thirty Years' War was a very cruel war that plunged the entire Central Europe region into blood and fire. Displacement of people was commonplace, and men who lost their homes could become
Mercenaries, women have no choice but to work as prostitutes behind the army. As long as you are willing to spend money, you will never be unable to buy women - it's just that the journey is a bit far and 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 but sigh again: this 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 this voyage in the ledger.
Although Li Siya and Li Huamei usually act extravagantly and spend a lot of money, they have the air of being a daughter of a noble family and a heroine of the sea. In fact, the two sisters control their money in and out very strictly - Li Siya has nothing but a big house and two boats.
There is no permanent product outside the country. Although the profits from maritime trade, robbery, and selling intelligence and contraband are huge, the expenses are also huge: just maintaining the scene in Macau, the cost of protective shields and intelligence networks in various places is a huge sum.
Money, if you can't live within your means, you will soon be out of money. (To be continued...)