One hundred and ninety-ninth section fake drama and singing
Chapter 199: Fake Acts and Real Sings
After passing under the camp gate, the front suddenly became clear. The tents used for the accommodation of pirates that were densely covered on both sides of the road were no longer visible in this camp gate. What appeared in front of everyone was a spacious open space. High above
Judging from the building materials scattered around a few feet away, this is probably the foundation of the government office that used to be the naval camp.
On the foundation of this house, there is a large tent sewn with various colors of silk and satin, which looks like a pirate. The tent doors have all been opened, and four burly men holding big swords are standing at the door. In front of the tent,
There is a flagpole standing in the open space, and hanging on the top of the flagpole is the flag with the character "Zhu" fluttering in the wind.
"please!"
Lin Baiguang walked into the Chinese army's tent. Faced directly with this merchant and pirate who had been on the sea for more than 20 years and had the same historical record as Zheng Zhilong, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. So far, no one in the crossing group has really seen this person in history.
As for celebrities, this is probably the first one.
Sitting on the chair in the center of the large tent is an old man in his fifties. He has gray hair and dark skin. He has a pair of sparkling fisherman's eyes. He wears an exaggeratedly luxurious Nanjing sapphire blue satin robe, a rhinoceros horn jade belt around his waist, and a
On top were soft leather boots. In his waist was a Turkish-style scimitar with a gold handle and a silver scabbard studded with jewels.
Lin Baiguang's first thought was very strange: He is dressed like this, isn't he afraid of the heat?
His mood immediately calmed down. After being stunned for a moment, he came back to his senses and quickly took a look at the situation in the tent.
This extremely luxurious and outrageous silk tent has a vast space, but it is filled with nondescript things. Various Chinese and Western luxury items are displayed in a haphazard manner. The original intention is probably to show off wealth, but in the end it looks like a grocery store.
General feeling.
There were less than ten people in the entire tent, divided into two rows and sitting on both sides. Obviously these people were the main leaders of Zhucai's gang. There were men and women, old and young, and the composition of the people was very complicated.
After seeing the situation in the tent clearly, Lin Baiguang strode up to Zhu Cai's old seat, bowed deeply and said, "Lin Baiguang has met all the great shopkeepers!"
Mr. Zhu Caiguang seemed to be very interested in Lin Baiguang. He looked him up and down for a long time and then said, "Where did Shopkeeper Lin come from from Lingao, Australia?" He spoke in standard Nanjing Mandarin.
Lin Baiguang hurriedly replied: "That's right, I'm here to greet all the great shopkeepers!"
"You're quite brave." Mr. Zhu Cai laughed and said straight to the point: "You Australians robbed my things and killed my people without showing any sign. Why did you come here without a tael of silver? Give it to me."
Making hangover soup?"
The leaders under the tent let out a burst of malicious laughter.
Lin Baiguang knew that Jianghu Hero's sobering soup was a famous dish, and it was usually made with human liver. His words included both his dissatisfaction and threats.
"Haha! We are new here, we don't know the way, and we were blind for a moment and collided with the power of the big shopkeepers. It's not our fault -" Lin Baiguang bowed deeply and said, "I would also like to thank all the big shopkeepers Haihan!"
"It's easy to say," Mr. Zhu Cai said with a smile, "It doesn't matter whether a tiger is powerful or not. It doesn't matter if you slaughtered all the good and bad Gou family members. It's just that the money, food and goods saved by the Gou family must be given to me.
Can you please explain? If you throw a piece of silver into the sea, I can still hear a sound, but when it comes to you, there will be no sound?"
Lin Baiguang was careful. Although the negotiation with Mr. Zhu Cai was just a pretense, in order to convince him, Lin Baiguang still prepared the negotiation materials in the spirit of pretending to be real. He thought for a while before speaking:
"It's clear to all the shopkeepers! Our elimination of the Gou family was really unintentional and not intentional." Lin Baiguang once again expressed that he had no hostility against him, "So when he released shopkeeper Shi, he proposed,
My Australian glass goods have no one to sell them on behalf of others in Nanyang..."
"Be it glass or mirror, they are all good things." Zhu Cai Lao smiled, "But they can't be worth the free money. What do you think?" Zhu Cai Lao's face suddenly darkened, "Don't be careless.
Tell me! Do you accept my terms?"
"How dare we neglect the affairs of the great shopkeepers?" Lin Baiguang continued to hit his Tai Chi pushing hands, but was careful not to offend him, lest he suddenly get angry and "push him out and chop him off." Although he could be like the protagonist in the novel and movie
Laughing to save yourself, but only God knows whether this trick works in reality.
"It's just a few words that you still want me to report -"
"Say it."
"The amount of cash required by the big shopkeepers is huge. I am waiting in Lingao, and I can't raise this much silver at the same time," he said calmly, "so the compensation of 40,000 taels is not something we can do.
I’m sorry that it’s hard to obey for the moment…”
Zhu Cailao's face became gloomy and uncertain, and it seemed as if he couldn't figure out what he was thinking. But Lin Baiguang noticed that his eyebrows were gradually twisting up - this was a sign of anger.
"As for the loan and the supply of firearms," he said, "my leader has already approved it-"
"Humph." Zhu Cailao's eyebrows could be seen loosening again.
"...There are just a few conditions."
"Haha, if you don't want to pay back the money, you still have to impose conditions?" Mr. Zhu Cai laughed again, "It seems that I have no choice but to lead a team to come to collect the money with interest!"
"This person doesn't dare to work hard."
"Hmph, how many people and ships do you have in Lingao? Even if you have four clippers and one iron ship, can you withstand our group of 600 ships and 20,000 brothers?!" The leader had already jumped out and shouted angrily.
"I can't wait for a small situation in Lingao. How dare I compete with the big shopkeepers?" Lin Baiguang knew that this guy was probably coming out to make a fool of himself. "It's just that the Gui Gang is facing a big enemy right now, and some people want to get rid of the big bosses."
The shopkeeper is quick, at such a critical time, I believe that the shopkeepers will not do such things that put the cart before the horse..."
This sentence directly hit the vital point of everyone in the big tent. The so-called personally leading the team to Lingao to ask for it was originally a threatening word - now they have to fight Liu Xiang even if they want to return to Guangdong with the whole team.
That's fine. I'm afraid that if we can't reach Lingao, half of the manned ship will be lost at the Pearl River Estuary. Although the Australians have fewer people and fewer ships, they are the masters of strong ships and powerful guns. Even if they can smash such a hard walnut, they will have to break it.
Losing troops and generals, Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang were finally advantaged in vain.
"Does Shopkeeper Lin know very well what's going on at sea?" Mr. Zhu Cai said slowly, "Tell me, what conditions does your leader propose?"
"The loan matter——"
"Wait a minute!" Mr. Zhu Cai stopped him from speaking and sneered, "Don't let the words pass by yet - give me a clear message: Are you going to pay this debt or not?"
"It is natural to pay back debts. But my leader feels that he does not owe the big shopkeepers any money..."
"What?!"
"fart!"
"Take him out and chop him with a knife! You can't let such a arrogant bastard live!" The crowd in the big tent suddenly became violent.
"Everyone, please listen to me." Lin Baiguang knew that he was in great danger. In fact, it didn't matter if he made an empty promise - it would not be fulfilled anyway. But he deliberately wanted to give up his position and give Mr. Zhu Cai
He must leave a deep impression on his subordinates, otherwise the pirates will not take him seriously at all if he agrees to whatever he says.
"We destroyed Goujiazhuang, and the property we got was also the Gou family's property. How can we say it is the property of the big shopkeepers? Even if there is a debt, the money should be recovered from Gou Er - he can pay it back
Alive."
The leaders below were almost going crazy, and they all wanted to rush up and tear him to pieces. Although Lin Baiguang had already realized that he didn't care about life and death, he still felt frightened. He didn't know that he was "pretending to be shocking".
Does rhetoric work?
Zhu Cai Lao waved his hand to stop the noise of his men. He looked at Lin Baiguang coldly, and after a while, he nodded:
"What hatred do you have against the Gou family?"
"There is no grudge, it's just the so-called eradication of the grass-"
"Okay!" Zhu Cai Lao nodded, "Once Gou Er and his son are captured, I will send someone to negotiate with you and see how much money you should pay back to me!"
In fact, the Cross Time Group was not interested in whether Gou Er was alive or dead. Lin Baiguang's making a fuss about him was just a ploy to confuse Mr. Zhu Cai.
"As for the loan, the leader has already approved it." It's just that no cash will be used, and all payments will be made with Lingao circulating coupons. The amount is one million yuan. The loan period is one year, and no interest will be charged for the first three months, and then every month
One centimeter." Lin Baiguang said, explaining the concept of the circulation coupons they issued in Lingao.
"Take pieces of paper to pay brothers?" someone asked angrily.
"Trading coupons are used to buy things." Lin Baiguang showed no sign of weakness, "How can I say that you are being paid."
In fact, the Executive Committee's policy is to issue export credit loans - although they do not intend to actually give Zhu Cai Lao this loan, one million tradable notes is not a small number, and it is impossible for them to use precious resources and
The production capacity is focused on producing weapons for Zhu Cailao.
Several leaders were so angry that they wanted to rush up and kill people directly. For them, without money, they could not pay their salaries, and they could not stabilize the morale of the army. No matter what the Lao Shizi circulation coupons could buy in Lingao, they would not be able to buy them in this foreign country of Fujian.
It’s just a piece of waste paper!
"These are the various goods that our leader is preparing to supply to your gang. All of them can be paid for with currency notes."
The executive committee promised to sell a wide range of things, from artillery, muskets, ammunition to various medicines, dry food, and sugar. Not only the types were written, many items were also drawn with patterns and simple explanations - it looked a bit similar.
Advertising brochure.
As for the price, the price is clearly marked, and there is no deception. There is also a line of small words: "real price transaction, no explicit or implicit deductions."
"Did you build these - in Lingao?"
"Exactly," Lin Baiguang saw the change in his expression and knew that this thing had touched him.
"I want your artillery. The 24-pounder is called Caron. I want thirty of them! How soon can I get them?"
"There is no ready stock. It will take at least two months to prepare materials for casting."
"It's been too long." Mr. Zhu Cai shook his head, "I can't catch up."
Lin Baiguang was originally afraid that he would buy the cannon before launching an attack on Min'an. Once the details changed, the direction of history might be very different. Now it seems that Mr. Zhu Cai has no intention of delaying the attack plan. This reassures him.
"Although it has taken a long time, the cannon still has to be used."
"Yes." Mr. Zhu Cai nodded, "If we don't have money, how can Lingao have enough food?"
"Every time there is one yuan of circulating coupons out there, there is a pound of brown rice in reserve in Lingao."
Mr. Zhu Cai nodded and said: "Okay."
The two parties agreed that the goods would be picked up by Zhucai Laopai Ship itself, and the payment would be deducted from the credit limit.
As for repayment, Zhu Cai Lao naturally had no place to find circulation coupons to repay the principal and interest, so the two parties agreed that Zhu Cai Lao would use the loot to pay the loan and interest. The two parties had a detailed discussion on how to calculate the value of circulation coupons and how to discount the goods.
.Lin Baiguang also prepared a detailed and thorough plan with the Finance Committee in advance.
Although the loan plan will not be implemented at all, this policy of issuing credit loans will also be implemented in the future. Making a plan first will not be in vain.
Lin Baiguang was overjoyed when he saw that more than half of the matter was over. Zhu Cai Lao suddenly smiled and asked: "You gave me one million to buy cannons and food. Aren't you afraid that I will deal with Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang will deal with you later?"
This question is not a tricky one, but it comes out of the blue and has the power of a knowing blow. Lin Baiguang quickly composed himself:
"The great shopkeepers are wrong," Lin Baiguang said, "Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang are such people, how can they be given the head so easily?"
The implication is that he simply does not believe that he can defeat Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang immediately - this is naturally true.
What Lin Baiguang wants to convey to Mr. Zhu Caiguang is: if Australians want to survive on this Fujian-Guangdong ocean, they will not allow any force here to become dominant. Supporting Mr. Zhu Caiguang is to protect themselves - Australians do not want to give up.
Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong are in charge.
This makes sense strategically and is reasonable. I can’t help but Mr. Zhu Cai doesn’t believe it.
Mr. Zhu Cai nodded: "You are quite honest."
Lin Baiguang smiled and said: "I am a younger child, how can I hide my thoughts from my seniors?"
Zhu Cai Lao asked Shi Shishi to take Lin Baiguang to the back camp of the Chinese army and pull out a tent for him to rest. Lin Baiguang knew that more than half of the matter was already over, but with a cunning person like Zhu Cai Lao, how could he use this trick?
It's still unclear whether I can hide it from him.
Although he was uneasy in his heart, he pretended not to care and followed Shi Shishi into the tent.
"This tent is yours."
"Thank you so much, Brother Shi." Lin Baiguang glanced at the tent and felt dumbfounded. The furniture was robbed from a rich man's boudoir. The embroidered curtains were hung in a mess, and there was only a large bed with bed boards.
, there is even a dressing table with some tea cups and teapots on it.
"I'm sorry, brother, we are begging for food at sea, and these guys are all found at short notice-" Shi Shishi had seen the living standards of the people across the world.
"No matter where you are, you can't care about it when you go out."
"Haha, brother will give you some fun later." Shi Shishi laughed a few times. Lin Baiguang knew that he was probably going to get a woman.
Not long after, Shi Shishi brought someone to deliver a woman as expected.
"How is it? This woman is not bad, isn't she? She is the daughter of a wealthy family! There are not many people to play with, so she is quite new..."
Having a relationship with a local woman involves risking your health, something the Ministry of Health has repeatedly reminded. Although Lin Baiguang has had opportunities to find women in secret since D-Day, he has never gotten involved - succumbing to sexual desire is a weakness of human nature.
mark.
But at this time, he decided to use this woman. He knew very well the mentality of this kind of lower-class gangster: drinking and playing with women are more important than anything else. If you don't do it, you are "nothing". This is what he has achieved.
It is very detrimental to carry out work based on their trust.
I saw that the woman who was sent was about 20 years old, and she was fair and tender. She didn't look like a girl from a seaside family, wrapped in a man's blue cloth, looking listless.
"You should have a good time tonight!" Shi Shishi seemed quite proud, "The big shopkeeper really thinks highly of you, and even specially asked to find a woman for you. Haha, none of our little bosses here are treated like this.
Here." After saying that, he asked someone to bring in a food box:
"There is nothing delicious on the island. This is just a petty thought of the big shopkeeper."
"I can't afford it, I can't afford it. The boss is so flattering -"
"Hehe, just enjoy it." Shi Shishi said with a smile, and then said seriously, "If you have nothing to do at night, don't go out. You are not allowed to walk around in the camp at night. If you are caught, you will beheaded - you are the big shopkeeper
Although it is not necessary to behead your distinguished guest, there is no need to suffer in vain."
"With this house full of spring, why should I go out into the dark to eat the sea breeze?" Lin Baiguang sent him away in a perfunctory manner.
Lin Baiguang sent Shi Shishi away and went to the food box to open it. Lin Baiguang was surprised. The dishes inside were unexpectedly exquisite: seared goose feet, stir-fried mutton, tofu and crab soup, pickled oysters... in the middle
There are two porcelain jars. When you open them, you can see that one contains snow-white rice, and the other contains chicken soup with sour and sour leeks.
In addition to the dishes, there are also two bottles of wine, one yellow and one white.
It is really a big deal to prepare such a table of dishes on a small island with such a small space and cook them so beautifully.
He originally thought that it was just coarse fish and big meat - how could pirates pay attention to what they eat? He overlooked one point. The merchant pirates in this time and space are not divided into families. Apart from the big ones, Mr. Zhu Cai and his group of leaders
A pirate is also a big businessman, and he always pays attention to his diet and daily life.
However, when Lin Baiguang thought about the pirates who were guarding the door and mentioned supply difficulties and that some ships were even broken, he realized that this kind of luxury was built on the vast poverty - he did not feel any emotion from this, but secretly
Happily, the upper levels are extravagant and extravagant, while the lower levels are starving. The cohesion of this team is not much better. The possibility of success of my own poaching operation becomes even greater.
"What's your name?" Lin Baiguang took some time to ask the woman who was still sitting on the ground in a daze as he helped himself to a drink.