The "Challenger" belongs entirely to Ding Yunyi and is the first battleship in the true sense.
This powerfully equipped battleship will definitely shine brightly in the future.
Of course, how to change it so that others cannot recognize it is enough for Zhang Xianxuan to have a headache.
The "Viking" carried a large amount of property plundered by the Dutch in Taiwan and was about to be sent to Europe. Of course, these items no longer belonged to the East India Company.
At the same time, the personal belongings that Governor Putmans entrusted the Viking to carry were also eye-opening.
These were also collected from Taiwan. After careful counting, there were twelve gold ingots, the so-called gold ingots, with a total value of more than 10,000 taels of silver. Thirty-three small gold ingots were also worth 8,000 taels.
Silver up and down.
Putmans had a habit of converting all his wealth into gold, then casting it into gold ingots and gold ingots and transporting them back to the Netherlands.
In addition to these gold goods, there is also a batch of jewelry and utensils worth no less than ten thousand taels.
Zhang Xianxuan has been a pirate for a long time, so he did a rough calculation. The goods on the ship, these jewelry, and utensils are "stolen goods" and can never be sold at the original price. To those merchants who specialize in collecting stolen goods, they can only be sold at a 30% discount on the original goods, which is about
It can be exchanged for about 40,000 taels of silver.
Including those gold ingots and gold ingots, Ding Yunyi became a pirate for the first time in his life and made a lot of gains. He got 60,000 taels of silver in one go.
Ding Yunyi felt distressed when he thought that he could only get 30% of the cargo in the blink of an eye. But there was nothing he could do. These things were too hot to handle. If he sold them, he would be exposed immediately, causing a huge disaster. And now that he was short of money, the sooner he sold them,
It would be better to turn the things into cash, so we can only hand them over to those black-hearted businessmen.
According to the previous agreement with the brothers, 30% will be given to the brothers and 20% will be reserved as "public savings". After deducting these, Ding Yunyi will have 30,000 taels of silver at his disposal.
This time, Ding Yunyi lost four brothers and wounded six. After deducting pensions and disability funds, and including the Dutch sailors on the "Viking", each of them could receive more than a hundred taels of silver.
Everyone is very happy.
Being a pirate is indeed more promising than being an officer.
Ding Yunyi was so poor when he first recruited soldiers that he only offered two taels of silver as a monthly salary. These soldiers had to spend several years without food or water to save these more than one hundred taels of silver. Now it's all out of thin air.
After receiving so much money, how could anyone not be happy?
The Dutch sailors were even more happy.
Originally, it would have been good to leave one life behind, but now the young leader Ding Yunyi treated them equally and gave them money. He only felt that following the Chinese had a bright future.
It's a pity that they still don't know that the young man in front of them is a serious court official... Being a pirate is just his "hobby"...
Zhang Xianxuan made some calculations and decided to transform the "Viking" into a brand-new "Challenger", which was absolutely impossible without a large sum of money.
Ding Yunyi left him a few gold coins and asked him to purchase some modification items. He took his brothers and "returned to the court"...
Poleman and the Dutch sailors stayed on the "Challenger" to assist Zhang Xianxuan in completing the work. Thinking that he was originally a Dutch officer, and now he has transformed into a pirate, Poleman only found it incredible.
But what can be done? First, I lost a bet to Ding Yunyi. If I didn't keep my promise, I would be scorned. Even the sailors would no longer obey me. Secondly, I lost a large amount of wealth belonging to Governor Putmans.
, even if you go back, you will definitely receive the most severe punishment.
After much deliberation, hanging out with these Chinese pirates became my only way out.
Zhang Xianxuan's ship originally had no name. He felt that the name was very majestic, so he named it "Follower" and appointed Poleman as the captain of "Follower". He also assigned half of the red barbarian sailors.
and half of the Chinese sailors serve as the crew of the "Follower".
Now, Ding Yunyi already has two serious warships:
"Challenger" and "Follower".
Zhang Xianxuan was busy renovating ships on the unknown island, while Ding Yunyi and a group of brothers returned to Penghu.
Hong Tiaoyuan saw that they had been out at sea for two days, and "an accident occurred during training", four of them died and six were injured. He was very suspicious. How hard did his third brother train his brothers?
Looking again, everyone in the families of those who died had received a sum of money as a pension, and they became even more suspicious. Where did Ding Yunyi get the money?
Moreover, the brothers were careful not to allow others to approach a large box that was being moved off the ship. There were obviously valuables in the box.
Didn't he take his brothers out to sea to become pirates? According to Ding Yunyi's character, this possibility definitely exists.
But the thought passed by in a flash, and Hong Tiaoyuan forced himself not to think about it anymore.
Whether Ding Yunyi is a pirate or not, he just pretends that he doesn't know. Anyway, if the sky falls, his third brother will be there to hold him up.
Qin Yun, who came to the dock to greet Ding Yunyi, was very happy. Looking at the appearance of the third brother, this trip to sea will definitely be a great success.
Ding Yunyi pulled him aside and quietly told him what he had gained from his trip to sea. Qin Yun was stunned.
Who would have thought that Putmans would actually collect so many things from Taiwan? But when he thought about it, Putmans was really "poor", having worked so hard to make wedding dresses for others.
"Let the brothers be at peace during this period." Ding Yunyi whispered: "The disappearance of the 'Viking' will soon be known to Putmans. As long as he checks along the sea route, he will definitely know that the 'Viking' is missing."
The ship has been robbed. There are too many things involved in this matter, and Zheng Zhilong will definitely come forward to investigate. We must not let him put suspicion on us. With our current strength, Zheng Zhilong can strangle us to death with just one little finger.
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"Yes, I know." Qin Yun nodded: "I will ask people to pay close attention to the movements of Zheng Zhilong and Taiwan."
"Also." Ding Yunyi thought for a moment: "All the brothers who participated in the robbery this time were arranged to train in a nearby place. When the limelight is over, they will return to Penghu and let Bao Juhua take them. Remember, remember, their lives have always been
Difficulty, we got a sum of money this time, we must not let them be too arrogant. Zheng Zhilong is so sophisticated, any flaw is enough to kill us."
Qin Yun agreed to them all, feeling that the third brother had thought things through carefully, and was afraid that he had already thought of everything before taking action.
Ding Yunyi had to be so precise. This was a matter of losing his head. If the news leaked out, the guy's life would be at stake.
I am not afraid of death, but I cannot harm my brothers who are with me through life and death.