Of course, the British could not sell it to Yan Changwu just because they took a bath, as the red-haired fan, they decided to sell the two big ships to Yan Changwu for profit, hoping that Yan Dashao would use them to defeat the Dutch and even the Spaniards in the South China Sea and Southeast Asia!

The Nanyang region is a big fat meat, and the British have been developing in India for several years, and the benefits that those Ah San can bring to the British are not as much as they can earn by doing trade in the South Seas for a year.

Spices from the South Seas are shipped to Europe at a higher price than gold! There are also oriental tea, raw silk, and porcelain, all of which are several times more profitable.

Besides, when Sir Simon Fox heard that Sherlock, the royal merchant of the Southeastern Province, had said that the sugar of the Southeastern Province was ready to be shipped in large quantities, the eyes of this respectable red-haired man turned red!

If the British get this sugar, they can dump it in India and the Middle East, which is definitely a huge profit!

Now there is also sugar production in the Nanyang region, but it is controlled by the Dutch, and the British can't get it, and the southeast province is an area that the Dutch can't control, and they have an enmity with the Dutch, and if they don't support them to fight with the Dutch, they will be reprimanded by the Admiralty when they return home!

With your affection and my intention, the British formed a loose alliance with the Southeastern Province.

Of course, when the Dutch and Spaniards were eliminated in the region, the relationship between the two sides might be different.

The deals reached are:

1. The British sold Yan Changwu four third-class battleships (battleships) at a preferential price of 200,000 taels of silver each, with ships and guns.

The price of a third-class battleship was almost 60,000 pounds (a first-class battleship was worth 100,000 pounds), and at that time the pound was worth a gold pound, which could be called a gold pound, and a gold pound was worth 3 taels of silver (after the future, the silver became less and less valuable, and the most one gold pound was worth 7 taels of silver), 36,180,000 taels of silver, plus artillery, the British were indeed a conscience price.

Second, the British delivered the Cambridge and Breda first, and the other two ships were delivered next year.

The two warships were gone, and the crews were to return home on second-hand Spanish-style galleons from the Southeastern Province, each worth 5,000 pounds, for a total of 30,000 taels of silver.

3. The large quantities of copper cannons and gunpowder and spices brought by the British with the ships (the British ships also traded with the Dutch) were purchased by the Nannan Province for about 100,000 taels of silver.

Fourth, the southeast province paid in installments, the first installment was 500,000 taels of silver, of which 30,000 taels were the deposit for the last two battleships.

Yan Changwu had to pay 250,000 taels of silver, and the other 250,000 taels of arrears, which were offset by goods, including raw silk, tea and porcelain, and the bulk was raw silk, 65 taels of silver per load (a load of 100 catties), and tea was also purchased in large quantities, plus porcelain.

In this way, the southeast government has to make a big move, this side is ready to fight with the Ming Dynasty sailors, and the other side has to smuggle a large amount of goods from the Ming State to make up enough money.

It's a very funny thing, but there were many staunch patriots on the side of the Ming Dynasty, as long as Yan Changwu paid happily, they would be happy to serve Yan Changwu.

5. The sugar produced in the southeast province was underwritten by the British, and was used to offset the payment for next year's warships and this year's shortfall.

Later, the British got the monopoly right to sell the sugar in the southeast province and were responsible for selling it to the outside world.

Sixth, the British sent instructors to teach the southeast province the skills of ship and cannon operation, and at the same time sent technicians to teach the southeast province the technology of making guns!

7. The Southeast Province shall facilitate the arrival of visiting British merchant ships and warships, and shall guarantee that no hostile acts will be taken against British ships (e.g., arrest of ships without reason).

Yan Changwu won a right, if the British committed a crime in the Southeast Mansion, they must be handed over to the Southeast Mansion for disposal, otherwise, the Southeast Mansion will not accept the British ashore!

Sir Simon Fox agreed to this request, and Britain at that time did not have the pride of the empire on which the sun never set, and did not have a strong presence in India and Asia, so they did not dare to do so.

After the two sides reached an agreement, they signed each other's names on the "Agreement of Friendship and Commerce between the Southeastern Military Government and the Kingdom of Great Britain"!

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At noon, the service ship from the port sent a banquet, and the two sides had lunch together, wishing the cooperation a happy one.

Yan Changwu is very happy, with a big warship, he also has confidence!

Once these four third-class ships are in hand, theoretically speaking, even Batavia in the Netherlands will not take it seriously and dare to fight with them.

Yan Changwu never got off the ship, and in the afternoon, he borrowed the officers' canteen to meet with the officers and technicians who had volunteered to sign up and had been screened by the British, introduced the situation, and welcomed them to serve in the Southeast Province.

Without further ado, let's get straight to the point by clearly marking the price:

The salary of the captain rank is 120 taels of silver per month, and the bonus salary is 60 taels of silver;

The captain's salary is 50 taels of silver, and the bonus salary is 25 taels of silver.

The salary of the carpenter and the gunner's chief is 30 taels of silver, and the reward salary is 15 taels of silver.

The treatment of the Cannon Quality Technician is the same as that of the Navigator.

For example, in the British army, the captain's monthly salary was 28 pounds, which was equivalent to 72 taels of silver, the captain's salary was 9.1 pounds per month, which was more than 27 taels of silver, and the monthly salary of other officers was mostly 4 pounds, which was only 12 taels of silver.

There may be extra money, but it won't be every month, and when there is extra money, maybe it's also risky.

Reward wages mainly depend on performance, and the better you do, the more you give.

Most of the British who dared to go on the ship were seeking money, and they were satisfied with this salary, and everyone hit it off.

After negotiations, Yan Changwu hired thirty-five British officers and five artillery technicians, he was by no means a junior brother, and he had also been a captain for a while, so it was natural to see at a glance whether he had the ability or not.

It has to be said that the quality of British officers is still quite high, after all, they are trying to survive in the unpredictable sea of wind and waves and the enemy's ferocity, and they cannot cope with it without real talent and learning.

Everyone was very happy, Yan Changwu felt that he was like a tiger!

A third-level battleship that can sweep across the South Seas, suppress the Great Ming Naval Division, and turn the shogunate into a shrinking turtle!

Coupled with the fact that my own shipyard continues to build ships and has the ability to build cannons, I can defeat the Hongmaofan in the South Seas and control Malacca, and I am the king of the Asian seas!

Yan Changwu touched his chest and touched the statue of Mazu made of hanging mutton fat white jade, and sincerely thanked Mazu for her blessing.

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That night, with the exception of a few officers, most of the senior British officers went to the shore for a banquet, and the two sides signed a friendly agreement to become quasi-allies and could go ashore.

The crew of the ship went ashore in a team, and before the departure, they declared military discipline and that they were not allowed to cause trouble on the shore, otherwise they would have to stay on the shore to receive and dispose of it.

On the whole, the British are still very gentlemanly and do not make trouble... It's just that they don't like Kaohsiung very much!

In the whole of Kaohsiung, the people are equivalent to Yan Changwu's long-term workers, and it is also a military port, and there is a lack of materials for exchange, so ordinary British people can't get any private goods to make extra money.

Of course, except for the officers, Yan Changwu prepared tea, rice wine, silk, local products, etc., and let them each have a large bag, which was quite pleasant.

In the next few days, both sides were very busy, Yan Changwu wanted to prepare supplies and silver to prepare to receive the ship, Sir Simon Fox was very talkative, he believed that Yan Changwu, when the payment was not fully paid, let Yan Changwu take over the two large ships, and their crews enriched the other two cruisers and the two Spanish galleons vacated by the Southeast Province.

Three days later, the British ships left the port of Kaohsiung and headed north to visit the neighboring countries of the Ming Dynasty.

The two sides agreed that when the British ships returned, they would give all the unpaid supplies and money.

Among the two third-class battleships, the Cambridge was renamed the "Southeast", raised the general flag of Yan Changwu, and became the flagship of the Southeast Fleet, and the Breda was renamed the "Taiwan"!