Smoke and cannon rumbling from the British gunboats!

It's a heavy artillery! The people on the four southeastern warships were panicked, Yan Changwu almost wanted to order a return fire, but fortunately, there was an old and serious Storm beside him, he suddenly stopped Yan Changwu's raised fist that was about to fall and said: "This is a salute, the British are saluting us!" ”

Looking closely, there is indeed no cannon discharge!

What's going on with this fork?

How did the British know I was on this ship?

Yan Changwu was a little surprised, but after a while, he understood the reason.

The British sent a small boat to transport several men to his flagship, and the Dutch Jews were seen through the binoculars, and the red-capped merchant Sherlock he sent was on the small boat, and there were three Englishmen next to him, one of whom he knew, Captain Baker, whom he had met in Moon Harbor!

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The conflict between the southeast province and the mainland was caused by Xu Xinsu, who traded with the Dutch, who tried to rob Sherlock, and Sherlock was left alone after successfully detonating the war, and this guy was a diligent man, and immediately organized a fleet to trade with Batavia.

Two ships were opened, loaded with goods, and they happened to encounter the British fleet on the sea of Hainan Island.

Captain Baker was on the ship, and when he saw the two galleons flying the flags of the stars and the sea, his heart moved, and he immediately commanded the interception.

Sherlock was startled at first, but when he saw that the other party was not hostile, he began to communicate with them.

It turned out that the arrival of this fleet was looking for his master, and the British wanted to trade with Yan Changwu!

"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SELL TO MY MASTER?" Sherlock, who spoke a little English, asked.

"As long as he can afford it, we will sell him the entire fleet!" The British are very frank and authentic.

"Scared!"

This is a three-class battleship and a five-class cruiser, a total of four warships, Sherlock knew that it was a big business as soon as he heard it, he knew very well what the master of the Southeastern Province needed most, so Sherlock immediately decided, entrusted his deputy to preside over the affairs of the fleet, and continued to Batavia, as for him, he took the British warship and went to the Southeastern Province together.

His deputy, who has a family in the Southeast Mansion, is not a problem with loyalty, and is also able to communicate with the Dutch and complete the transaction.

With Sherlock's guidance, the British fleet arrived at Kaohsiung with familiarity, and was immediately discovered by a patrol boat from the far away southeast province and reported it to Yan Changwu.

The British fleet moved slowly, giving the Southeastern Province time to react, and spotted a warship with the flag of the Overseer, and Sherlock immediately approached in a small boat.

"Not bad!" Yan Changwu patted his hand and said, "Well done!" ”

"Thank you, Overseer!" Sherlock is humble and authentic.

Captain Baker said in broken Chinese, "Dear Overseer, we have brought friendship!" ”

“VERY GOOD！” Yan Changwu showed his fluent English and said, "We will have friendship!" ”

Captain Baker was surprised and delighted, "God bless you for speaking such good English!" ”

He introduced his entourage, mainly the deputy commander of the fleet, Keppel, who, although he looked haughty, greeted Yan Changwu very warmly.

It seems that the British are indeed sincere, and they actually sent the second brother of the fleet to come over to meet Yan Changwu in a small boat.

He introduced to Yan Changwu the four visiting British warships, namely the third-class battleships "Cambridge" and "Breda" and the fifth-class cruisers "Centurion" and "Viscount".

Then the two fleets headed for Kaohsiung Harbor one after the other.

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Sir Simon Fox, who was on the third class battleship "Cambridge", carefully observed everything he saw along the way through a telescope and felt a little novel.

"Their battleships should be self-made, removing the (open deck) on the first and last floors, which is conducive to lowering the center of gravity and speeding up the ship, this is the development trend of the Grand Fleet, it seems that their designers are not simple."

"There are no ornate carvings on their ships, which is cost-saving, but they have lost their momentum."

There is a process of ship design, the warships of that period generally have fancy decorations outside the hull to increase their own momentum, especially large ships, such as the British first three-layer gun deck of the Royal Prince The carving and hull painting process took a full year, the hull sculpture of the "Royal Sovereignty" cost more than 6,000 pounds, equivalent to millions of pounds in later generations, which could raise an army at that time, its appearance was brilliant, and its enemies awe-inspired called the "Golden Devil"!

Later, when everyone communicated, when they talked about the poor appearance and decoration of the ships of the Southeast Fleet, Yan Changwu said honestly: "I don't have money to decorate!" ”

Sir Simon Fox laughed and thought it was.

The hundred-year-old navy is by no means a joke, the huge investment required by the navy has made Yan Changwu's meal four dishes and one soup, which is simple, and the money has been spent!

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When the British fleet entered the port anchorage of Kaohsiung, it caused a big sensation!

Many people flocked to the shore, vying to see the rare Grand Fleet!

"Warm welcome! Welcome, welcome! ”

On the wharf, thousands of marines lined up with guns and laid red mats.

Yan Changwu invited the British guests to walk through the red mat and accept the welcome of the marines!

On the same day, Yan Changwu hosted a banquet on the shore to entertain the visiting British guests, and at the same time sent a large number of fresh meat and vegetables.

In addition to the British on Yan Changwu's flagship, the British ships also sent more than ten people ashore, and Yan Changwu entertained them together.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, Sir Simon Fox, did not go ashore, and the British argued that the Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet generally did not go ashore when he was away.

Knowing that what they said was nonsense, the Southeast Fleet also added this clause to the military regulations.

After the Chinese food was served to the banquet one by one, everyone moved, and the British were not familiar with chopsticks and used spoons to complete the mission of food into the mouth.

Oh God, there is such a delicious thing in the world!

What beef soup, rice cakes, meat balls, shochu snails, french fries, oyster fried, etc., let the British almost lick the dishes clean, although our guys are not as thick as the British for the time being, but in terms of food culture, we hang these uncivilized red hairs!

At this time, the atmosphere was warm, and both sides were very polite and toasted frequently!

It's a country rice wine, and the red hair fan actually came to do it, and there was no stage fright at all!

Originally, Yan Changwu wanted to grow potatoes in Taiwan and then stuff vodka.

When it was planted, it was embarrassing to find that the yield of potatoes was too small to support the vodka industry.

You see, one-third of the cultivated land in the southeast province is planted with rice, one-third is planted with sugarcane, one-third is planted with miscellaneous grains, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, and most importantly, sweet potatoes, which are grown in too little and have to be eaten themselves (after all, they have not reached the realm of great food abundance), so vodka brewing has stopped.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone drank happily and talked about everything, quite a situation of "comrades and brothers".

There is no other reason for the rapid warming of relations between the two sides: there is no conflict of interest, there is room for cooperation.