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Not long after, Li Yuanqing saw Niu Gensheng, who had not been seen for a long time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Niu Gensheng hurriedly knelt down in front of Li Yuanqing, tears welling up in his eyes: "I have seen the general in my humble position." ”

Li Yuanqing hurriedly pulled Niu Gensheng up affectionately and patted him on the shoulder: "It's dark, and I've lost some weight." How are these days? Are things going well? ”

Niu Gensheng hurriedly smiled: "General, things are going well. When that day was done, the next evening we set sail with a few white sailors leading the way, and the journey went smoothly. It's about a day later than your trip, General. Now, Sansheng is leading the fleet to rest in a small bay more than ten miles away. ”

As he spoke, Niu Gensheng respectfully handed a list to Li Yuanqing: "General, this is the harvest this time!" ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, glanced at it, and couldn't help but show a wordless smile on the corner of his mouth.

Valen da Gama, I'm afraid I want to hang myself now!

Not counting these Spanish warships, just real money, plus antiques and collections, I am afraid it will be worth at least 200,000 taels of silver.

These 'old fritters' are really rich!

It's no wonder that people say: "When the cannon goes off, the gold is ten thousand taels!" ”

Compared with this business~, what Raushzi's sea trade is simply weak.

"Gensheng, hard work! You go back and rest first! If there is anything, let's talk about it tomorrow! Li Yuanqing smiled and patted Niu Gensheng's shoulder.

Niu Gensheng was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Yes!" ”

Watching Niu Gensheng leave, Li Yuanqing's mood also became happy.

Lose in hake, but gain in herring.

You can't generalize about everything!

After collecting his thoughts, Li Yuanqing gathered his thoughts on the Dutch East India Company again.

Although they are notorious, it is undeniable that they have gone ahead of the Ming Dynasty in terms of vision, strategy, layout, and means.

For example, at this time, Cohen had a very detailed grasp of Li Yuanqing's news, but the reason why Li Yuanqing was able to know him was completely based on the accumulation of knowledge in later generations.

For another example, there are many multilingual 'brokers' like Ben Coster, but on Li Yuanqing's side, Joseph can only take a little top.

Not to mention the warships.

I don't know if I don't compare, but when I compare, I know how much gap there is between the two sides.

Fortunately, although Cohen 'ran away', he pulled down Li Yuanqing less than five meters, and Li Yuanqing was in the core position of Brunei at this time, everyone still has a chance!

After cleaning up, Li Yuanqing returned to Wan'er's room to rest, which was also to make up for the mistake he made last night.

Wan'er is also in a much better mood today, very gentle and soft, and she is doing her best to serve Li Yuanqing.

But Li Yuanqing somehow, even if Wan'er under him was almost overwhelmed, Zhang Chunxue's inexplicably vivid pretty face always appeared in his mind......

What the fuck is this......

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The next morning, the trade between the fleet and the Brunei side officially began.

Brunei is a free trade port, relatively speaking, more free and more dynamic than Manila, Jakarta, and Malacca, which were under colonial control.

Large ports such as Manila and Jakarta, small businesses and small households basically do not have many opportunities, and they are not even qualified to buy goods.

But in Brunei, that's not a problem.

The Chinese, the local natives, including many whites, were very interested in the cargo on Li Yuanqing's ship.

The whole dock is full of all kinds of languages, the sound of bargaining, and the bustle is very lively.

Ben Coaster came to his senses at this time, came to Li Yuanqing's side in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Honorable General Li, look~~, your goods are really popular!" ”

Li Yuanqing glanced at him with a smile, "Ben, yesterday, there was something I always wanted to mention to you, but after thinking about it, I still felt too reckless." But ~~, today, I have thought about maturity, so, I want to bring it up to you directly. ”

Ben Coster already understood Li Yuanqing's intentions a little at this time, and he couldn't help jumping straight with his heart 'plopping', and said with a busy smile: "Honorable general, if you have any orders, you can speak to me bluntly." Your servant, Ben, is willing to serve you sincerely! ”

Li Yuanqing laughed: "Ben, I think you can be my personal staff and provide me with analysis and intelligence on some matters." As for the salary! I can get you an annual salary of five hundred taels! ”

Five hundred taels of silver, even if converted into gold coins, is by no means a small amount! It's enough for Ben-Coaster to live a life like a master in the South Seas, even if he returns to Europe, this guy will definitely be able to mix in the middle class.

At such a time, a fool will refuse.

He hurriedly smiled and said, "Honorable general, your servant Ben is willing to sell this life to you." But -----"

He paused for a moment, but said: "Honorable general, you also know that I am still working part-time in the Dutch's East India Company, and I am afraid that I will ...... some affairs."

Li Yuanqing laughed: "Ben, my friend, you don't have to worry about this matter. I'm not going to make it hard for you. I won't let you do what you're embarrassed about. It's just a little thing, you need to provide me with analysis and intelligence! ”

Ben Coaster couldn't help but be overjoyed, and couldn't wait to kiss Li Yuanqing a few times.

After chatting with a smile for a while, Li Yuanqing took the lead in paying Ben-Coaster a hundred taels of silver 'sincerity gold', and said with a smile: "Ben~, I'll give you your first task now!" ”

Ben Coster pricked up his ears, "Honorable General, I'm listening!" ”

Li Yuanqing smiled: "I need more, white people like you, who are proficient in Chinese, Dutch, or Spanish and Portuguese!" Well! Best, they can be as gentlemanly as you. As long as you can find one for me! I'll give you a commission of ten taels of silver!" There is no upper limit! ”

Ben Coaster was instantly overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Honorable general, you, are you serious? ”

Li Yuanqing's face suddenly turned cold, "Ben~, my friend, don't you believe in my majesty?" ”

Ben Coaster couldn't help nodding desperately, and hurriedly laughed: "Honorable general, I have many such friends!" Wait, I'll write now! ”

Seeing that he was about to leave in a hurry, Li Yuanqing had a smile on his face even more, and shouted at his back: "Ben~~, I will stay in Brunei for half a month, I hope you can help me and others as soon as possible!" ”

Niu Gensheng also got up at this time, walked quickly to Li Yuanqing's side, and hurriedly whispered: "General, you, do you really plan to give this white-haired monkey so much silver?" In case, he really found a few hundred, then, wouldn't we lose a lot? ”

As the leader of Li Yuanqing's personal soldiers, Niu Gensheng naturally wants to stay by Li Yuanqing's side at all times.

Although before, he went out to perform extremely private tasks and had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, but at this time, even if he was a little tired, he still wanted to stay by Li Yuanqing's side.

Of course, Li Yuanqing understood Niu Gensheng's thoughts, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Gensheng! You have to remember the phrase, put a long line to catch a big fish! Even if he could find a hundred, a thousand, so what? But it's a matter of two pieces of silver! You need to remember that with these 10,000 taels of silver, we can't get rich, and without these 10,000 taels of silver, we can't be poor! But if you can get a good reputation, why not do it? ”

Although Niu Gensheng still didn't understand what Li Yuanqing meant, he nodded respectfully and meditated hard.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile.

This model similar to the transmission ~ sales has not experienced the baptism of the information explosion era in later generations, how can Niu Gensheng react for a while?

And the reason why he wants to 'throw' the silver out like this is also the result of careful consideration.

If you follow the normal regulations, he Li Yuanqing wants to establish his intelligence system in Nanyang, I'm afraid ~~, if you don't have ten or eight years, don't even think about it!

Moreover, the Chinese are actually very conspicuous in the Nanyang area, and if they are not careful, they can easily become the victims of these white-haired monkeys.

To build such an intelligence chain with a lot of money really outweighs the loss.

And the idle whites, second-rate people, sailors, retired soldiers, and officers in the Nanyang region are simply as many as cattle hairs, eight ~ nine times out of ten, these people are not too happy!

This~~, isn't this the most 'cheap' labor?

It's like a pass ~ sell, one belt two, two generations four, unlimited power to open down.

They are Li Yuanqing's intelligence system, but they can also act as Li Yuanqing's 'headhunters' and help Li Yuanqing find more real craftsmen with real talents and learning!

As for the silver consumed, 'income according to work' and 'installment payment', for Li Yuanqing, it is not easy to catch?

However, although there are many merchants in Brunei, because most of them have limited capabilities, they can eat Li Yuanqing's goods, but only a few.

After working all day, in the evening, Guan Canghai came to report to Li Yuanqing that the number of transactions reached nearly 2,000 times throughout the day, but the transaction amount was only about 150,000 taels.

According to preliminary estimates, the gross profit of the Changsheng Battalion fleet is between 70,000 and 80,000 taels.

"General, this place in Brunei is still too small! If we want to gain something here, I'm afraid, it's very difficult! If we want to make a lot of money, we will have to try our luck in the Persian Gulf according to the original plan. I heard that some countries in the Indian Ocean are rich in all kinds of gems, and these treasures will definitely be liked by someone if they are shipped back to Daming. ”

Guan Canghai said to Li Yuanqing with a smile.

At this time, from the time of going to sea to the present, the fleet is basically only shipping, but not buying, the entire fleet, nearly 20,000 people, eat, drink and Lazar every day, without the slightest production of their own, all rely on purchase, this is by no means a small amount!

Li Yuanqing smiled: "What? Can't get enough of it? ”

Guan Canghai couldn't help but smile bitterly: "General, it's not that you can't bear it, it's just that you're ...... Ay! How to say it. If this development continues, I always feel that I have no confidence in my heart! ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, took out a list from his pocket, and handed it to Guan Canghai.

Guan Canghai took it and glanced at it, and was stunned on the spot, and after a moment, he hurriedly looked at Li Yuanqing and said, "General, this, this, this is ......"

"Huh. This is the fat that was fished out of Valen da Gama's body before, Canghai, if you look closely, it's not bad, right? ”

“………”

Guan Canghai is speechless!

This, that's not bad!

It's a lot of money!

Let's not talk about silver, just these Spanish warships, all of which are new ships that have not been launched for three or two years, must be worth more than 100,000 taels of silver!

"General, this ......"

Li Yuanqing smiled and patted Guan Canghai's shoulder: "So, Canghai, everything, we have to consider it from multiple angles!" Man! How can you let the urine suffocate to death? During this time, in addition to trade, you should also pay more attention to whether there are any powerful pirates in this area! These pirates, they're all treasures! ”

Guan Canghai also instantly understood what Li Yuanqing meant, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "General, wonderful, wonderful!" If we can find a few such pirate dens, we can not only train our troops, but also ...... Hey hey ......"

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