Needless to say, when Yan Changwu announced Storm's joining in public, it caused a burst of exclamation in the hearts of the senior officials of the Beigang Army!

When did the arrogant Dutchmen join our group of outsiders, rebellious people who are not recognized by the government!

But this is a fact, Storm changed into the uniform of the North Port Army, carried the rank of lieutenant colonel, and the position was the chief instructor of the naval division!

This made Li Ying a serious threat, he became the commander of the sailor battalion by virtue of his qualifications, but he was not a very qualified fleet commander, and Storm was a fleet commander from a professional background, starting as a sailor when he was young. To a junior officer, to a senior officer, to a captain, and finally to the commander of the fleet, he is very familiar with all the processes on the ship, and he is very good at repairing and building ships!

He was a real coachman at sea, commanding galleons to sail the ocean, from the Atlantic Ocean around the Cape of Good Hope, into the Indian Ocean, and then to the Pacific Ocean, across three oceans.

With his example, and four Dutchmen under Yan Changwu, all of whom were Storm's henchmen and close subordinates, all of whom were experts, Barents, Costet, Siresma, and Lubbers, Costyt and Siresma were naval officers, Lubbers was a doctor, and Barents was proficient in building ships!

Yan Changwu thought to himself: "Labor and management have money at the beginning, and the technology tree has opened!" Refreshing! ”

In addition to them, there was also a Dutchman, to be exact, the Jew Sherlock, who was also willing to stay, his galleon and 150,000 taels of silver were robbed by Yan Changwu, but he had to serve Yan Changwu.

"They fight for you, I can make money for you!" Sherlock Mao then recommended himself as authentic.

"I'm rich!" Yan Changwu said disappreciatively.

"No one will make more money, you will be arming a lot of warships in the future, the more money the better, I will be able to make money for you! Make lots and lots of money! Sherlock said confidently.

Makes sense!

Now the foreign smuggling trade is nominally the leader of Yan Changwu, accounting for 20% of the trade volume (in fact, it is the proportion of the number of ships / tonnage agreed by all parties), but it is managed by the cheap father-in-law Yang Tiansheng (it will take six or seven years to be able to marry Miss Ying'er of the Yang family, and according to the social atmosphere at that time, it is not suitable for unmarried couples to meet before they get married!). Six or seven years is not short, it is difficult to say what kind of changes will occur in the future, so Yang Tiansheng is a cheap father-in-law), the trade between the mainland and the Japanese is very prosperous, and there is also a lot of business to Luzon and Java, so you can imagine how much money the maritime merchants who take this line can make!

If Yang Tiansheng said that business was not good, what could Yan Changwu do with him!

It's a good thing to add new fleets to compete for share, and he's a big leader, and now he has four big ships, what can others do with him!

"But how can I trust you?" Yan Changwu asked.

"We can sign a contract!" Sherlock said without hesitation.

The young dragon head stared at Sherlock, he looked back calmly, the two looked at each other, Yan Changwu suddenly laughed: "Okay, I'll give you a galleon, the principal of 100,000 taels of silver, you can make money for me!" ”

"Thank you!" Sherlock bowed.

So Chen and Bin drafted a contract, stipulating the rights and obligations of both parties, and agreed that the two parties would be divided into Sherlock II and Yan Changwu would be eight, and as a result, Yan Changwu would be changed to his seven Sherlock III.

"Work hard for me, and you will earn more than just money in the future!" Yan Changwu told Sherlock Dao.

"My sir, I will definitely make a lot of money for you, and I will satisfy you!"

"Go ahead, pick your men!"

……

On the pier of the North Harbor, two Dutch galleons were crowded, and after paying 45,000 silver dollars, the Hongmao prisoners of war were released except for those who remained.

They wore the clothes given to them by Yan Changwu and brought a gift: a bag of dried sweet potatoes and boarded the galleon.

Some people had a lot of money, and they became "experts" of the Ming people, and they were courteous, in addition to the salary of fifty taels of silver per month, the Ming people also gave a lot of local products as gifts before leaving, including deer skins, dried seafood, silk, tea, etc.

Most of the people look very good, after all, the food of the Ming people is good, although the work is hard, when the exercise.

As an experience, most of the people's dried sweet potatoes were not dropped, they were chewing in their mouths, waiting for the boat to sail.

In a closed carriage on the edge of the docks, Storm was saying goodbye to the former captain of the Andrew, Shebas.

"You're really not going back?" Shebas disagrees with the authentic.

What's so good here, this is a rural area, there are not even a few more big ships, and Batavia is a developed area, with hundreds of big ships, strong trade, and many opportunities!

"I can't go back!" Storm said bitterly: "The fall of Orange City has a lot to do with me, I will return to Batavia to go to court martial!" ”

"However, not being able to go back does not mean that it will not be possible in the future!" He forced a smile and said, "The big dragon head privately promised me that he would give me the title of earl in the future!" ”

Perhaps it was the longing of a frustrated man, but Shebas disagreed, and he promised: "Your family, you will take care of it for you!" ”

"Thank you!" Storm took out two bags, one large and one small, both heavy, he opened the small bag, and the golden light shot out, and inside were a full hundred small judgments of the shogunate (there are many gold and silver in the Wa Kingdom, and the small judgments are common currency, standard gold coins, one is one or two) and handed them to Xie Bas: "This is your reward!" ”

"Thank you!" Xie Bas honestly and unceremoniously put it away, in the world of foreigners, no matter how good the relationship is, no matter how thick the favor is, you have to collect money to do things, Storm knows it very well.

"Please take this bag back to Amsterdam and give it to my home, please!"

"In God's name, I will do it for you!" Shebas solemnly promised.

Storm felt a little at ease, he could only believe in him, and he also believed in Yan Changwu.

There are 300 small coins in the big bag, and I take them home, hoping that the family is doing well!

The money was Yan Changwu's settling-in allowance for him, and Yan Changwu promised that if he controlled the trade routes, then he would take care of his family, either send someone to go, or entrust someone to go.

……

After Shebas left, Storm rode in a carriage and rushed to the far side of the docks, where two dry docks were being built out of cement!

Yan Changwu, with his assistance, is ready to set sail!