Chapter 5 Seeking Wealth and Risk(2/2)
Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Mr. Brand, I am honored to see you."
There are naturally translations next to it.
Brand then saw Davis in the crowd. The two hugged each other very affectionately. Brand couldn't help but be excited. A few years ago, Mr. Davis couldn't look at him even if he looked at him, but now he is completely on the same level as him.
Mr. Davis's smile was a little stiff, and Brand said to himself that I was doing things for the Great Chinese Emperor, so you naturally became jealous.
"David, this is Lord Duhan, the Qin envoy of the Qing Dynasty, who is here to hand over the ship." Davis introduced the two, and someone next to him handed over the letter written by the Six Kings to Brand.
Brand was slightly stunned and said, "Please, please go here."
He took the group to the lounge of the building. Brand opened the letter and read it. The tone in Chinese and English was indeed written by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He also mentioned his instructions when handing him over to do this job, which no one knew.
"How could the handover be here?" Brand asked in confusion.
Ye Zhao sighed and said, "You may not know that the bandits are coming east these days, which has jeopardized the safety of the Shanghai Concession, so I think delivery at sea is a perfect solution. In this way, there is no need to park in Shanghai Port and go directly to the destination."
When Brand saw Davis nodding slowly, he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll feel relieved one day earlier if I hand it over to your country."
Ye Zhao waved his hand and someone gave him a few contracts. Brand was slightly stunned. When did the Chinese become so formal?
Ye Zhao smiled again and said, "Just sign here. Let's go back to the land and we will make up for another *** ceremony." He said, "Come the captains of the three ships, and there are also contracts for them to sign."
Brand nodded in agreement and asked someone to invite the captain of the three ships.
The two of them were sitting on the sofa and printing the signatures and sealing the exchange contract. Brand saw that Ye Zhao was signed by "Ma Dayong". He was a little strange. Before he could ask questions, Ye Zhao had already smiled and said, "This is the name of the admiral of the navy in our country, and he fully granted me the power to accept."
Brand nodded, without doubting it.
Not long after the two signed, the captains of the three gunboats entered the lounge together, all tall and extremely burly. Ye Zhao nodded, and naturally someone sent the letter of contract.
At this moment, the door of the lounge was suddenly pushed open, and a Western sailor hurried in and whispered a few words in Brand's ear, and Brand's face changed immediately.
"Wait a minute!" Brand shouted at the three captains who were looking at the stars and preparing to sign the contract. The three captains were indeed a little dizzy, with an annual salary of 3,000 pounds. This is the top income level of cabinet ministers. How many people in London have such high salaries?
"Mr. Brand, what's wrong?" Ye Zhao looked at him with a smile.
Brand looked at Ye Zhao hesitantly, looked at Davis, and said, "Who are you?"
Ye Zhao smiled and said, "The Chinese are the Qingshui Master who came to receive the ships." But he said it in English.
Brand shouted: "Come, come! Catch them!"
In the lounge and in the corridor outside the lounge, sailors from both sides immediately drew their guns toward each other, and their swords were tense.
Davis whined in his heart, it was over, but the matter was exposed at the end, but everything was over this time.
At this time, a steamship was parked next to the cruiser of Princess Anna. Roberto and Duhan boarded the boat and rowed over quickly.
Ye Zhao smiled and looked at the three captains, raised the contract signed by Brand, and said, "Mr. Martin, Mr. Hugo, Mr. Taylor, in this contract, Mr. Brand has transferred the three ships to the Chinese Navy. In other words, he is no longer your employer and has no binding force on you three. As for whether you are willing to be hired by me, you don't need to ask for his consent."
The three captains looked at me, and I looked at you, and they were all hesitant.
Brand shouted, "You are not allowed to sign, please order them to be arrested. They are liars! They are liars!"
Ye Zhao ignored him and said to the three captains with a smile: "I am the prince of the Qing Dynasty and the supreme leader of the Guangdong Navy. How could he be a liar? Ask Brand, are I telling lies?"
The three captains looked at Brand, and Brand said angrily: "These three ships were bought by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He is a rebellion party, a rebellion party!"
Ye Zhao smiled and said, "You can't say this nonsense. Mr. Brand, if you force me to become a rioter, according to Chinese laws, you will be beheaded!" He turned to the three captains and said, "You want to earn high salaries and want to make a fortune in China. Working for me is the best way."
The three captains didn't know what was going on, but the Chinese man opposite was the prince of the Qing Dynasty, which seemed to be fake, so it was naturally a hundred times heavier than Brand's errands and tricks.
Captain Taylor gritted his teeth and suddenly signed his name.
Ye Zhao looked at Martin, who was the captain of the Princess Anna. The sailors on the ship followed his orders. As long as he was willing to cooperate, the matter would be halfway.
Martin's eyes flashed with a cunning light and shook his head and said, "Prince, I can't figure out the problem of your Qing Dynasty. I won't work for you until I don't know the whole story."
Ye Zhao was about to say something again, the metal door in the lounge was opened, and Roberto and Du Han rushed in panting. When they saw Ye Zhao, Du Han's eyes turned red and he shouted: "Treacherous, you are so brave!"
Davis, who had just thought there was a turnaround, immediately felt weak when he saw Roberto and collapsed on the sofa.
Brand was ecstatic and walked over quickly, chattering with Roberto, then turned around and shouted to the three captains: "This is Mr. Roberto, the General Secretary of the Shanghai Industrial Department! He is a good friend of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. You are working for the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, not for the princes on the fiefdom." It was difficult to explain the relationship between the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and this prince for a moment. It can only be described as the Western feudal system, which also made them understand that the so-called Chinese princes were just small vassals on the territory of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
All three captains had heard Roberto's name and immediately saluted respectfully. A trace of uneasiness flashed across Taylor's face, who had signed the contract.
Mr. Roberto took off his hat and smiled and bowed slightly to Ye Zhao. His Chinese was fluent: "Your Majesty, I have heard of your name for a long time. It is my honor to see you today. Please return to the boat. I will definitely go to Guangdong to visit you another day."
When Roberto was about to let Ye Zhao go, Du Han's face turned pale. Today is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Two steamships loaded with merchant sailors, plus the sailors of these three gunboats, Jing Xiang could not escape. But Mr. Roberto said this, Du Han also knew that the British had the consideration of the British and could not expect him to help him capture Jing Xiang.
Ye Zhao smiled slightly: "Mr. Roberto, I really hope to take you for a ride." He shook the letter of contract in his hand, "If Mr. Roberto doesn't abandon him, he can now take my Guangdong Navy cruiser to Guangzhou."
Roberto frowned slightly: "Prince, why bother with you? Please understand my difficulties."
Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Does Mr. Roberto understand my difficulties? Do I need your approval when I bought the ship?"
Roberto's face changed again and again, and he said, "Your Excellency the Prince is trying to make a fuss."
Ye Zhao laughed: "No matter what, the acceptance contract has been signed. I have to settle these three ships. Mr. Roberto still wants to expel me by force? Do you dare?"
The two of them answered, Roberto used Chinese and Ye Zhao used English. The more polite Roberto was, the harder Ye Zhao was, the more threatening Ye Zhao was.
It wasn't Ye Zhao pretending to be arrogant, but to those three captains, it could be seen that all three captains were afraid of Roberto. If they didn't suppress Roberto's arrogance, it would be difficult to accomplish anything.
At this time, Ye Zhao turned to the three captains and said to Taylor: "You go back to the ship to reorganize the sailors, let's go south to Guangzhou." He also said to Martin and Hu Ge: "If you don't sign a contract, I will remove your captain from your position."
Taylor hesitated a little.
When Du Han heard Brand overturn Ye Zhao's words, he saw the three captains hesitant and immediately shouted: "I will hire you now, each of whom will earn 5,000 pounds a year!"
Ye Zhao smiled slightly and said to the three captains: "You have also seen Brand's style of conduct. When will Beijing sign the contract letter for you? I can guarantee that you will be removed from your post within a year."
A trace of greed flashed in Martin's eyes and suddenly said, "Emperor and Prince, whoever can pay 10,000 pounds annual salary will work for whom I work!"
"Okay, ten thousand is ten thousand!" Du Han agreed without any worries and fooled the foreigners first. When you arrive in Beijing, will you still have to do it?
Ye Zhao frowned and then made a gesture behind his back.
With a "bang", Martin was about to tear the deeds in his hand, but suddenly there was a blood hole on his forehead and he fell to the sky.
Everyone in the room was stunned, and Ye Zhao threw the revolver back behind him.
"Crash", all the guns behind Roberto pointed at Ye Zhao.
Roberto's face was gloomy and said coldly: "Prince, you can't even leave now! Please go back to Shanghai with me. I want to discuss with your government office how to deal with your crimes."
Ye Zhao smiled: "I am instigating a warship to turn against you privately. This is a death sentence in the Qing Dynasty. I deeply regret his death. I will definitely come to Shanghai to apologize in the future. But today, Mr. Roberto, you want to detain me, yes, and give it to the person who wants to punish me for death. But Mr. Roberto, from now on, I don't know who will guarantee your safety. If you are chopped off your head because of you, Mr. Roberto, I can guarantee that even if you return to the British land, if there are no hundreds of guards in and out, including your family, you will definitely die on the streets one by one! Mr. Roberto, I really don't want such a tragedy to happen."
Roberto's face changed several times, but he knew that Ye Zhao was not a false intimidation.
Ye Zhao turned to Taylor again at this time and said, "You are the captain of Princess Anna for the time being, with an annual salary of 6,000 pounds for the first year." He looked at the sailors of Princess Anna in the lounge and said in a deep voice: "Let them all put down their weapons."
Seeing the arrogance of the Chinese prince, Mr. Roberto seemed to be scared, and the captain was even killed. Look at me and I look at you. Finally, one of the sailors took the lead and hung down the muzzle of Ye Zhao and others, and the others slowly lowered their weapons.
Du Han is a civil servant. When he saw the scene of bloody murder, he was already trembling and could not speak for a moment.
Taylor was excited. He was the first to sign a contract. The employer turned out to be so powerful. He immediately shouted the sailor to inform the first mate, second mate and other leaders to go to the captain's room for a meeting. He went outside and asked the crew members who were confronting the sailors of the Garmin to put down their weapons. Soon, the tension outside the lounge relaxed.
In the lounge, Ye Zhao waved his hand and put the letter of contract, and said to Roberto slowly: "Mr. Roberto, it's reasonable, these are all internal affairs of our Qing Dynasty. The three ships have been accepted by our Guangdong Navy. I hope you will no longer interfere. From a commercial perspective, these three ships are already the property of the Guangdong Navy. Does Mr. Roberto have to undermine the trade principle?"
At this time, Hu Ge also signed the contract book awkwardly and handed Ye Zhao a copy. Ye Zhao smiled and said to Chen Yong: "Go and go back to the Blue Rose with him to reorganize the sailors and bring a few more people."
Chen Yong nodded understandingly, and naturally wanted to monitor and control him so that he would not be able to do anything.
Roberto finally nodded: "Your Excellency Prince, you are right. I will no longer interfere in today's matter, but you shot and killed a British citizen and hope to explain it in writing. I will discuss the measures we will take with the consul of the country."
Ye Zhao nodded and said seriously: "It must."
Du Han knew that the situation was hopeless and his face was ashamed. Ye Zhao smiled and bowed to him: "Mr. Du, I will report to the emperor after returning to the capital that the Guangdong Navy will fight to fight the thief and live up to the emperor's high hopes."
Duhan didn't speak and followed Roberto.
When the three gunboats slowly turned south, Ye Zhao sighed and sat on the sofa with some fatigue. The guards and sailors in the lounge quietly retreated.
After lit a cigarette, Ye Zhao stood up again, walked to the glass window, and looked at the huge creature composed of these three giant steel cannons, and his joy was unspeakable.
With these four main battleships, and purchasing some small gunboats, a navy with powerful combat power will take shape.
Although the mercenaries from the Europa countries on the ship prepared contracts, Taylor was still available when he arrived in Guangzhou. As for most technical officers, including Hu Ge, they naturally had to be sent to the Shipbuilding Academy as instructors. Although they had a generous salary, they would not use them to control the ships.
The Guangdong Navy took turns to train on the Dinghai. Even if there is no foreign instructor group, the Dinghai can be completely operated by Chinese sailors. The navy officers and soldiers can also get started quickly. It takes one or two years before the Dinghai can leave the foreign instructor group. It is no longer the same.
Whether it is the Naval Academy or the Martial Arts Hall, they are slowly changing the officer structure of the Pingyuan Army, and everything is happening unknowingly.
It's just that the way home is not that easy, right?
Although these foreign mercenaries only make money, what would they think if the news of their own shooting of Martin is spread?
Ye Zhao took a deep breath of cigarettes and looked at the dazzling silver giant ship in the sun, but no matter what, enjoy the joy of victory first.
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Emperor Ye’s career is getting bigger and bigger, and a new volume has begun.
Three dragons play with pearls. When I see a friend confused about the three dragons?
The six kings, Ye Zhao and the little princes led by the two empress dowagers are the three dragons.
The new volume should be the first highlight of this book, it should be exciting, with many conflicts, many collisions, and many beauties.
But exciting stories need to be driven by motivation, and those who are the best are also motivation.
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Chapter completed!