On the question of what Grysca would do next, Hua Mei gave me a wake-up call. According to her meaning, no matter who it is, there must be a stage of observation and investigation, to test him, to avoid other unexpected situations.

I thought about it, and she was right. Although it is said that there is no doubt in employing people and no suspicion of people, the necessary tests and assessments are indispensable.

After thinking about it all night, I decided to give Griska one thing - before leaving Europe, I had received a letter from Rodriguez that he and Wooding were doing business in the African business circle, but they seemed to have encountered some difficult problems.

At that time, I was in a hurry, and I didn't have time to take a look, but I just wrote back and said that it would be properly handled, and I would send reinforcements in due course.

And then because I concentrated on solving this side of the matter, I ignored that end. But yesterday, when I saw the deployment of the military forces that Alfred Sr. had provided me, I suddenly remembered it again.

After being pressured by the British military and the Dutch economy, Spain spared no effort to carry out colonial expansion, and the top priority was to consolidate the existing territory.

Africa, as Spain's backyard, has been very unstable in the past two years. First the British were careless, the Portuguese were on fire behind their backs, and this year they were attacked by me and Wooding, much to the annoyance of the Western authorities.

So in the past two months, while trying to avoid large-scale battles, they have taken all kinds of small actions to encroach on all parts of Africa, harass the actual occupiers there, and wait for an opportunity to grab greater benefits.

As a result, the local forces are under great pressure, and it is no wonder that Rodriguez wrote a letter to tell the story.

And the first thing I was going to do was to turn around and go to Africa again to help Rodriguez stabilize the situation and solve the problem.

I didn't say that he would fight the Spaniards, but I asked for a problem, and as for how to do it, that is, the way he answered the question!

I gave him full protection for the funds, anyway, the wool is out of the sheep, I don't feel distressed, haha.

Grisca took the order. He was just surprised that I gave him so much money at one time, and the heavy money bag, whether it was trust or test, in his heart, it was also something that needed to be weighed.

However, with so much cash or silver bills all of a sudden, I suddenly had an idea that operation and appreciation are the best form of existence of capital, and it is by no means the duty of capital to let them sit in the iron box and mold.

However, none of the existing people can complete this responsibility, in other words, I don't have professional financial talents under me.

When I return to Europe, it is necessary to assemble a team or choose a reasonable business model. I said secretly in my heart.

But none of this is a matter of urgency, and I must go back to Virginia for now, and see my poor little Raleigh, who is doing well after I am gone.

I thought to myself, but three days later, my fleet was again on the Triangle Siege on the coast of Virginia, in Jamestown.

It's a miserable sight! I couldn't help but sigh. Bullet marks were scattered across the beach, the walls, and every corner of the city, and it was evident that it had once been covered by a dense barrage of shells.

And in the depths of those bullet marks, there was still a faint revelation of the purple blood color that had been completely condensed! It seems that in every inch of this land there are people fighting, and there are people dying silently.

When I saw Raleigh, he was silently sorting out the wounds on his shoulders, and there was no neat place on his body, but there were scars all over his body, and he looked very miserable and pitiful.

Seeing me enter the door from the outside, he jumped up from the stool, pulled me with a handful of snot and tears, and said, "Your Excellency! Your Excellency! You're back! ”

I looked at this beautiful man who was known for his suaveness, and I really wanted to laugh but was embarrassed to laugh out loud. So I could only endure it and said vaguely: "Ah! Lord Raleigh! What's wrong with you? ”

Raleigh scolded in his heart, obviously you ran away by yourself, and you almost died if you left us here, and now you are asking me what's wrong?

But he couldn't say this, after all, it was obvious that people were strong and weak now, so he could only smile awkwardly and say, "We...... Alas, you can see, we need support. I mean, Lord Count, is there really a need to continue defending here? ”

I smiled slightly when I heard this, and asked: "Your Excellency Raleigh, I don't know if there is a need to defend here, and there are no requirements, whether you can defend it, whether you need to defend it, you need to answer!"

Raleigh immediately froze, yes, he couldn't argue at all, this Virginia was the territory he found in order to curry favor with Elizabeth I, and this Oriental came thousands of miles here to help him, and he should make his own ideas!

He grabbed his hair in annoyance, squatted on the ground in pain, rubbed his head vigorously and said, "Yes! Yes! If you can hold it, you have to ask me if you want to keep it! Gotta ask me!"

His eyes suddenly lost their light, and he said dejectedly: "Is this the price of pursuing a noble woman?" It's just too expensive! ”

I saw that he was so depressed and didn't want to hit him again, so I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, man! I've gotten the news that the Spaniards' strategic center is beginning to shift to Africa and South America, and this is no longer the focus of their strategy! ”

Hearing this, Raleigh jumped up, grabbed my arm and asked anxiously, "Really?" Are you sure? Your Excellency! ”

I smiled again, but didn't speak. Raleigh's face flushed with excitement, and he asked urgently, "Your Excellency, Earl!" This! Where did you get this news? Is it reliable? ”

I patted his arm again and said with a smile, "Absolutely!" So, Lord Raleigh, what are your plans? ”

Raleigh confirmed the news from the look in my eyes, and no, after this gospel, he almost burst into tears of emotion!

Poor Raleigh's eyes were red, and he was so excited that he barely knew where to put his hands! After struggling for a minute, he suddenly jumped to his feet and said, "Yes! I'm going back to debriefing! Yeah! I must go back and report to the Queen! Your Excellency! Is that right? ”

I looked at the guy who was in a hurry to leave, and replied with a suppressed smile, "That's right! That's right! You've done a great job, and you should go back and report to the Queen!" ”

There was a look of gratitude in Raleigh's eyes, and his hand holding my arm was even harder, but after a while, the expression on his face slowly cooled, and he asked slowly, "What about ......it?" What about the endgame here? ”

I gently pushed his hands away, sat on the stool and stretched hard, then shook my head helplessly and smiled: "Go back to work!" Lord Raleigh! I'll clean up the mess for you here! ”

Raleigh stared in disbelief and asked, "Why?" Why are you willing to help me so much? At this time, he seemed to have forgotten the "sin" I had left behind before, and his heart was full of incomprehensible gratitude.

I sighed and replied weakly, "Because the Queen's sweetheart is you!" Lord Raleigh! Only your complete and successful return is the most important fact for the queen, and nothing else matters! ”

As I spoke, I sighed again and said, "So after I go back, I still expect you to say a few more kind words for me in front of the queen!" ”

Raleigh thought to himself, but it was a reasonable answer, and now he stopped inking and turned back to gather his men—of course, there weren't too many—to leave the gloomy place.

When I left, counting his surviving subordinates, and counting the death row prisoners I left for him, he had a lot of men! But after these days of fighting, except for those who have not recovered from serious injuries, those who can still fight, compete, and go to sea are only the appearance of hundreds of people and eighty people!

Raleigh was really ecstatic at this moment, and finally someone was willing to come to top the cylinder for himself! Liberate yourself from this boundless sea of suffering! That mood is really a comic book of poems and books, and the companionship of youth is good to return home!

I watched him hastily pack up his things, beckoned them to board the medium-sized ship that I had kindly given him, a newly converted Karak from St. John's, and carried all the wounded back for treatment. And he almost ran away!

Even my offer to throw him a farewell party was refused! He ran away in a hurry!

I couldn't help but shake my head as I watched the ship go farther and farther. Obviously there is no strength to start a business, but there is no courage to start a business, isn't this the end of the standardization?

Hua Mei next to her suddenly asked, "Qilan, you suddenly let this guy go, what are your plans?" ”

I faintly looked at the shadow of the ship that was about to disappear and said, "What I just told him is the truth!" How? You don't believe it? ”

Hua Mei snorted, kicked my ankle and said, "Only by believing in your words can there be ghosts!" Say it! What are your plans? ”

As he spoke, he suddenly let out a long "oh", pointed his finger at me and said with a sudden realization: "Did you fall in love with that leopard-print chick of Chamcham?" Ready to drive away this Raleigh and swallow it yourself? ”

I just felt a thunderclap fall from the sky! Is this woman's brain so terrifying?

Seeing that I had no love, Hua Mei smiled like a little fox, and then asked, "Right?" Right? Don't you tell me, why did you do this? You're not a good person, and you're not the master of clinging to that queen by relying on this! ”

I turned my head to look at Hua Mei when I heard this, and suddenly smiled. Hua Mei was a little embarrassed to see it, so I took out a piece of paper and handed it to Hua Mei.

As a result, she opened the paper, looked at it seriously, and asked suspiciously, "Map?" What is this map for? Qilan. ”

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, and asked in surprise: "This can't be a golden ......?"

Before the words came out, I covered her mouth and laughed in a low voice: "Losers! Don't shout so loudly! Is there money to burn? ”

Hua Mei giggled a few times, and Fang asked in a low voice, "Is it true?" Really found it? ”

I nodded, mumbled, and pulled her into the house, before continuing to whisper: "Mo's subordinates have sent back news, and from here to the southwest, about five days on foot, they have indeed found the giant gold mine that Griska said!" ”

Hua Mei continued to laugh: "So, you deliberately took Raleigh away so that you could start mining, right?" ”

I tapped her on the head and laughed, "Are you stupid?" Is the gold mine dug in three to five days? ”

Hua Mei looked at me with a puzzled look on her face and said, "How do I know how long the gold mine will take?" Tell me about the plan! ”

I chuckled and said, "Get rid of Raleigh, I'm going to arrange for people to occupy this place, and in about two years, dig up the rich ore of the gold mine!" ”

Hua Mei asked strangely, "What about two years later?" Don't you want it? ”

I knocked her on the head again, smiled and whispered, "Two years later, wouldn't it be better to fill in the old mine, dig a new mine, and give it to Elizabeth as a tribute?" What can I be missing? ”

When Hua Mei heard this, she looked at me and laughed. This is the most valuable magpie nest dove! I thought to myself. Poor Raleigh, he is still more suitable to go back to his old job, and it is more appropriate to continue to dress gorgeously and be the face of the queen!

There is no distinction between high and low, but the division of labor is different. Leave the dirty work to me!