Although Wang Xinyu spoke the English of later generations, there was still a big gap between it and the English of this era, and his English level was not too good, but Albert could still hear that the Ming general in front of him was speaking the language of their English!

"Oh, God! Dear General Mingguo, do you also know our English language? Albert was surprised. However, there is no standard difference in Wang Xinyu's English tone, he doesn't mind, many foreigners learn the languages of other countries, and it won't be too standard to kill more, right, it's not surprising, it's strange that this Oriental can actually speak English. You must know that in this era, since the British went to Japan and were squeezed out by the Dutch, there was no British base in the Far East, and the nearest British base was far away in Chennai in the Bay of Bengal, thousands of miles away from here, and it took two weeks to take a smooth boat ride, so the Far Easterners could speak English? That's incredible.

At present, the Strait of Malacca is still in the hands of the Dutch, Portuguese and Spaniards, and the British can only sneak through Malacca like thieves, taking advantage of the Dutch and Spaniards' inattention. Albert also sneaked through Malacca at night this time, entered the golden waters of the Far East, and ran away if he wanted to make a fortune. Who knew that he was chased by the Dutch all the way, and the way back was blocked. I had to flee all the way here.

Albert secretly swore that if he survived this time, he would never come to the damned East again, unless the mighty fleet of the British Empire could defeat the Dutch and Spaniards in the East.

Wang Xinyu replied: "I don't understand other languages, but I understand English!" ”

"I didn't expect that! A Ming native from the Far East will understand our English! Albert sighed.

Wang Xinyu suddenly changed his face and asked Albert sharply: "Since you are British, why don't you hang out the British flag?" What pirate flags are hoisted? If you had hoisted your British flag earlier, this battle between us could have been avoided! We have more than a hundred casualties! You've also suffered more than thirty casualties! ”

Albert's mouth opened in astonishment: "We were pirates by nature, and we don't know what you have to do with the Dutch. ”

"If you said it was British, we wouldn't have done it with you! You British are enemies of the Dutch, and we are enemies of the Dutch! Wang Xinyu's words stunned the British.

"Oh my God!" Albert's eyes widened and he felt incredible, "Although this is my first time in the Far East, when we were in the East India Company, we heard that the Dutch East India Company didn't do business with Zheng Zhilong, the first pirate of the Ming Kingdom?" Zheng Zhilong also exterminated other pirates with the help of the Dutch? You are Zheng Zhilong's people, why are you enemies of the Dutch again? ”

"That's the old yellow calendar from decades ago! Zheng Zhilong had a falling out with the Dutch before, and although he was rebuilt later, but now that Zheng Zhilong has fallen into the hands of the Qing people, his life is almost impossible to save, how can he do business with the Dutch? Now the sea area here is under the jurisdiction of Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Chenggong does not like the Dutch. We are waiting for our chance, and when the time comes, we will teach those arrogant Dutchmen a lesson! ”

"I see! If I had known, we would have gone straight to you for supplies! Albert sighed.

Wang Xinyu said angrily: "But we fought a battle, and our Ming Navy lost so many people!" Now you've been captured by us! Your ship will be my trophy too! ”

"Admittedly, we are now captives, and our fate is now in your hands. But I want you guys to give us a little food and a boat to put us back. Albert said tentatively.

"Hahaha!" Wang Xinyu laughed, "We lost so many people, just let you go back?" ”

"And what are you going to do with us? We've lost a lot of people! Albert was so frightened that his voice trembled a little.

"What I want is for you to stay and join our navy! Help us train sailors for soft sailing boats! We need a fleet that can compete with the Dutch! Wang Xinyu finally put forward the conditions.

Hearing that his life was not in danger for the time being, Albert was relieved: "Since we have a common enemy, then I can consider helping you." ”

Wang Xinyu added: "I will pay you a salary!" On top of that, I want to buy more soft sailboats, and you guys will help us build this navy! By the way, I haven't asked your name yet! ”

Albert replied: "Dear General Mingguo, my name is Albert, and I am a former Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy of the British Empire. ”

"My name is Wang Yu, and I will be your boss in the future! You can call me Boss Wang, or you can call me Commander Wang. Wang Xinyu smiled and stretched out his hand.

Albert hurriedly shook Wang Xinyu's hand: "Thank you very much for the respected boss Wang!" We, the sailors of the British Empire, will be happy to serve you! ”

Wang Xinyu mentioned another thing: "We will have a large number of ceramics, tea and silk to Europe in the future, but we don't want to give this money to the Dutch to earn, I think this trade should be handed over to our friends: the British will do it, Mr. Albert, you say yes?" ”

"Oh my God!" Albert felt as if Lady Luck had befallen him, "Of course! Those dirty, vile, shameless Dutchmen who monopolized the routes to the East! Boss Wang, these things you said are priceless to be shipped to Europe! It's a pity that now that the Strait of Malacca is in the hands of the Dutch, we have to make a detour to transport goods to Europe. ”

Wang Xinyu nodded: "Not bad!" So I need you to help me build a naval fleet, and I want to use this fleet to defeat the Dutch and help you get through the Strait of Malacca! It's good for both of us, Mr. Albert, don't you say? ”

"Of course! We've fought with the Dutch a few times too! In Europe, they were beaten by us so that they couldn't turn over at all! But in the Far East, we are too weak! If you want to fight the Dutch, I can have someone find our Earl Clarendon and sell you our decommissioned ships if you need them. Albert laughed.

Wang Xinyu asked, "Who is your king now?" ”

"Now we are in chaos in the country, and the parliaments that have seized power are in control. But the Duke of York, who was the toughest against the Dutch, has returned home, and there is a good chance that he will be our king again! I believe that as long as he comes to power, he will definitely increase the war against the Dutch! Albert replied.

The surrounding Ming soldiers were at a loss to see their main general chatting with this Englishman for a long time, they didn't know why their main general understood the language of the Taixi people, and it seemed that this Taixi people seemed to have a good relationship with their main general.

Chen Lei asked, "Lord Wang, do you know this Taixi person?" ”

Wang Xinyu turned to his soldiers and said, "Brothers! These Tessies are actually our friends! They are also enemies of the red-haired ghosts! The first battle just now was a complete misunderstanding! I now declare that they are also part of our Great Ming Water Master! This is Mr. Albert, who will be our Sailor Coach from now on! This ship is called the Drake, and it's our first soft-sailed battleship! Mr. Albert also promised that he would let the British sell us more ships! We won't have to be afraid of red-haired ghosts in the future! ”

"Wan Sheng!" The Ming soldiers cheered one after another.

Although the two sides have just fought a battle, since it is a misunderstanding, and it does not count the casualties of each other, the Chinese are actually very tolerant, especially to friends.

Then, these British pirates were officially incorporated into Wang Xinyu's own naval division, the Drake, and became Wang Xinyu's first Western warship.

Albert took Wang Xinyu to visit the entire battleship, walked from the captain's room above to the ground cabin, and also opened the gun hangar and let Wang Xinyu see the weapons inside.

"You have more than 200 flintlock pistols, give me half first!" Wang Xinyu said.

"No problem! Now you're our boss! Albert was very generous enough to have more than a hundred flintlock pistols supplied to the Ming army.

Wang Xinyu returned Albert's short gun to him: "There is a flintlock short gun in the warehouse, I will take one, this gun is your pistol, and I will return it to you." ”

"Thank you, Boss Wang!" Albert took his pistol and sword

Later, he talked about the salary: "Mr. Albert, I will leave twenty of you as instructors, and I will pay them ten taels of silver a month. You may not know ten taels of silver, which is probably equivalent to about one pound of yours! For the other sailors, we will pay them according to the standard of two taels of silver per month. But since they don't need to be instructors for us, then you can take them with you as you please, and you're still the captain of the Drake, and you can rob Dutch and Spanish ships without revealing your identity. We divide the looted property according to the international standard ratio of pirate leaders and pirate ships, Mr. Albert, do you think this is okay? ”

"Great!" Albert was delighted, "Robbing the Spaniards and the Dutch is our favorite thing to do!" ”

"By the way, there is one more thing, when you return to Chennai, find a way to get a few more boats, and help me recruit a group of sailors, I need your ships to transport my goods out. I intend to set up a Ming Empire Nanyang Company, and I can give you a handsome reward for the profits of our goods transportation to Europe trade. It's just that we don't know the profit of the trade yet, and when the time comes, we will evaluate the bonus for you based on the profit. Wang Xinyu threw out another tempting condition.

Albert knew that when ceramics, tea and silk from the Far East were shipped to Europe, the price would rise more than ten times or even dozens of times, which was a huge profit! Although this Boss Wang hasn't said how much reward he will give and how he will share it, he will definitely be a monopoly in the future! If you can do a good job in business with the Far East, maybe you can become a nobleman when you go back! If the king is happy and gives him a knighthood, it will be a blessing for future generations.

But there is a real problem at the moment: the Drake is in tatters, and it needs to find a port to repair it quickly.

"In this way, let's use two boats to pull your boat and go to Zhoushan together. When you get there, there will be boatmen who can help you fix the planks, connect the masts, and connect the cables. As for the canvas, we may not be able to get that big canvas, and you may have to go back to Chennai to get it completely repaired. Wang Xinyu proposed.

"I'm just afraid we won't be able to go back to Chennai, the damned Dutch are waiting for us in the Strait of Malacca." Albert said disappointed.

Wang Xinyu drew a picture on the table, pointed to the strait between Java and Sumatra, and said: "You can bypass it from here, and then turn northwest to bypass the Strait of Malacca and return to the Bay of Bengal." As long as you get to the Bay of Bengal, the Dutch will not dare to trouble you. ”

Albert nodded: "The sails are a little less, but they can be used." ”

There were also some crew members on the Drake who were suffering from sepsis, and after Wang Xinyu went to see the crew, he asked people to fetch their own wooden boxes.

Walking up to the crew members, Wang Xinyu opened the wooden box, took out the tea leaves, and asked the crew members to chew the tea and swallow it.

"Tea cures sepsis?" Albert was amazed.

"Green tea is totally fine! I don't know about oolong tea or black tea. As long as you prepare green tea, drink tea while sailing, and chew a few sips of tea leaves from time to time, you can cure sepsis! But this secret, I can only tell my friends! You must not tell this secret to the Spaniards or the Dutch! ”

"No problem at all! We certainly won't expose our secrets to our enemies! Albert said with a smile.