440 The Devil's Ship is gone

Captain Gu was really a little surprised when he heard this, he looked at the two of them in amazement, and didn't know what to do for a while, but he said in his mouth:

"That's what you're doing? Is it really going to ...... You want me to do it for you...... Father-in-law? ”

At this time, Zhu Beiguo said beside him:

"The two brothers Xue Huang are really the most lovely, I think it's good, the captain still took the wine from the two, okay......"

At this time, Gu Jin glanced at Zhu Beiguo, and his heart moved, although he didn't know what these young people were doing behind the scenes, but he also felt that there was no harm in this matter, and when he heard Zhu Beiguo say that he would take the wine, he knew what to do.

So Gu Jin groaned a little, and said to Xue Laixiang and Huang Zhiyan who were kneeling in front of him:

"You have the heart of knowing the kindness of the retribution, and I feel very comforted, thinking that the two people who have galloped the sea for many years are also heroic people, okay! I'll take you both as godsons!" It's just that if you are my family, there is one thing to keep in mind - although this sea is an extralegal territory, when you have more than enough to protect yourself, don't do anything that hurts nature and reason! ”

"Children remember their father's teachings!"

The two shouted in unison, and then paid tribute to the wine glasses together, Gu Jin was not polite, took the wine glasses raised above their heads by the two of them in turn, and drank them one by one.

"Cheers!"

"What the hell!"

The people around them began to cheer, and everyone followed suit, and drank the wine in their hands.

The two brothers Xue Laixiang and Huang Zhiyan were excited, and immediately kowtowed six times, shouting that the righteous father was on top, and the child Xue Laixiang Huang Zhiyan visited the righteous father, and the child received great grace and will serve the clouds for life, and also said a large number of blessings, including Captain Gu's wife and children were blessed one by one......

Captain Gu knew that at this moment, it seemed that he had to say a few more words, so Captain Gu turned his head to look around, and saw Zhu Beiguo Xu Zhi Ren Ke Wei @ Hongyi cadres squeezing their eyebrows at each other on the side, and knew that this was their handiwork.

Gu Jin's mind was spinning quickly at this time, he knew that if he really accepted Xue Laixiang and Huang Zhiyan, the two righteous sons, it would definitely be beneficial and harmless to everyone's future career development, but he also slandered, why don't you say hello to me in advance?

Especially what kind of scene should you say when you take in your son? Depend on! I'm completely confused!

So Captain Gu looked at Ren Kewei @ Hong and his group a little angrily, these brothers also seemed to realize that things were a little abrupt, and this thing was at least a little careless, but how to fix the etiquette and rhetoric in the back, these people were also confused, but at this time, the wood was already in the boat, and the brothers had to hide and pretend to drink water and not see, and left this problem to the father-in-law to deal with.

Helpless, Gu Jin had no choice but to turn around, with a spring breeze on his face, he got up and stepped forward to help Xue Huang and the others, saying that since the two descendants are so intentional, how can I, Gu Jin, bear it? I hope that in the future, you and I, father and son, will work together, advance and retreat synchronously, never forget the original intention, and keep the mission in mind...... Rise...... Fang lived up to today's friendship, after Gu Jin said this, he was out of words, he was embarrassed, or Zhu Beiguo woke up, he immediately pulled Ren Ke and Wei Hong over to drink and talk, congratulations to Xue Huang and his father-in-law for worshipping well, hugging their thick thighs, in short, after a lively time, finally the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves, and the banquet was complete......

On the morning of July 16, with a few long whistles, the Nicole and Pride finally left Hollow Harbor.

At this time, most of the people in the city of Holo were still asleep, and only a few soldiers patrolling the city walls and the merchants who were industrious and early risers on the docks witnessed the departure of the two "devil ships" from foreign countries with mixed feelings......

At this moment, in the royal palace of Hollo City, the young king suddenly felt a sense of loss at the departure of the Australians.

He found that he was actually in a good mood these days, because of the Australians, his political enemy, his uncle and the prime minister of Sulu, Lord Suhabidatu, not only lost a small half of his maritime strength, but also made a lot of real money for his trading house.

In these days, the young king listened with relish to the detailed descriptions of the naval battle of a few eunuchs ten days earlier, and not a single detail could be missed.

He also summoned Zheng Fu to his study more than once, and asked him to tell him in detail how his prime minister had to give in under the tough negotiation attitude of the Australians.

and what Zheng Fu learned from Captain Ha about the tragic situation of the three giant rowing sailboats under the firearms of the Australians......

The young king seemed to enjoy the process, because through this naval battle, the balance of power between the king and the prime minister changed subtly.

Yes, although the Prime Minister controlled and dominated most of the business with the Australians this time, the Prime Minister's Mansion was a heavy loss and a great loss of prestige this time only in terms of compensation and the return of the looted ships.

Although the king was young, he knew that the bad luck of his enemies was his own good fortune......

What His Majesty doesn't know is that the Prime Minister is not necessarily in a bad mood at present, although he blocked the gun for the king, lost his wealth, and lost his strength at sea.

However, this trade with the Australians did make him a lot of money.

Especially when he received from the comprador an estimate of the price at which this batch of rare Australian goods might be sold in other overseas ports, the prime minister was actually a little overjoyed - the ancients had a saying that "if you lose the east, you will reap the mulberry", if the value of this batch of Australian goods is really as the compradors estimated, then his loss a while ago is insignificant.

Don't forget, the Australian's ship will come again, the Australian's goods will be obtained again, and the Australian's procurement will continue to take orders, and he knows very well how much there is in it.

With this real money, the lost giant pulp ship will be bought, the lost soldiers will be rerecruited, and their own minions will be praised by the prime minister for his "brave responsibility for the king" and "wise decision" against the Australians.

Therefore, the strength of the Prime Minister's Mansion will not be lost much, maybe it will be enhanced, and the prestige of the Prime Minister will also be enhanced......

However, for the ordinary merchants, workshop owners, and civilians of Holo City, it was a different idea.

First of all, the general mood of the Australians is relieved - at least, there is no need to worry about the shells that may fall in their yards at any time, although the vast majority of the Australians' shells fell in the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Royal Palace that day, but after all, there were a few unlucky yards that were hit and caught fire.

At the same time, people can finally sleep soundly at night, because the dragon is finally gone with the departure of the "devil's ship", and there is no need to worry about the devil's ship moored on the sea day and night, threatening to capture the souls of the living at any time, and there will be no dragon's giant eyes shining on the city walls and courtyards in the middle of the night, causing children to cry and adults to fear, great, it is good to have a peaceful day without the devil's ship......

However, although the "devil's ship" of the Australians is gone, it has left a market of skyrocketing prices for the citizens of Hollow City and the merchants of Hollow Harbor.

The purchase of Australians is a lucrative business for His Majesty the King and the comptoirs of the Prime Minister's Office, but it is not worth the loss for the merchants who sell all kinds of goods and the workshops that produce all kinds of goods.

Although they had heard that the Australians were indeed purchasing their goods with real silver, they had never seen the so-called real money of these merchants and workshop owners.

Because they are not qualified to do business directly with Australians, think about it, if they don't even have the qualifications to do business directly, how can they get real money?

What's more, these merchants and workshop owners do not even have the ability to determine the selling price of their goods.

Because the officials and businessmen used the official price that had been set in the past to purchase their goods, and they had to add all kinds of overt taxes and fees, not to mention whether this official price could truly reflect their own costs and profits, and because the purchase volume was large and the quality requirements were very high, these merchants and workshops were exchanged for a pile of inferior copper coins that could be broken with three fingers after suffering all kinds of hardships.

However, the real suffering was yet to come, because of the sudden and massive purchase by the Australians, and the king and the prime minister's trading houses paid a large amount of copper coins to these ordinary merchants and workshop owners who produced and trafficked in these goods, and the direct consequence was that these moldy copper coins that had been lying in the treasury suddenly appeared on the market in large quantities.

But the problem is that at this time, the total amount of various goods in Holo City has not increased in equal proportions in a short period of time......