In front of the musket and raw silk, the shopkeeper immediately chose the musket.

Although the price of raw silk is very profitable, it is nothing compared to the Japanese cowards.

Although Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou and other famous anti-Japanese generals dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders, it was only the main force, and the Japanese bankrupt samurai and pirates still attacked the coast sporadically, causing considerable losses.

Moreover, if you smuggle out to sea and don't have equipment, how can you sail safely?

More importantly, with the elimination of the main force of the Japanese pirates, the government's control of muskets became more and more stringent, and the number of guns owned by the people became more and more difficult.

Therefore, the excellent musket of the Macau red-haired ghost was sought after, and Robin brought the musket and was welcomed.

Robin then sold fifty arquebuses in exchange for fifty quintals of raw silk and three thousand taels of silver.

"Sir, there will be goods in the future, please continue to come to our Li family, our Li family is also a little prestigious in the whole of Fujian!"

When the shopkeeper saw the deposit of three thousand taels of silver, his eyes lit up, and he said very politely.

Then, on the recommendation of the guide, in the presence of the Autonomous Organization of Macau Merchants, the order was signed.

Robin felt that his business was worth it, but he didn't know that he was being ridiculed by the Grape Man.

"My God, someone actually buys goods in Macau, which is more than three layers of precious!" The Portuguese merchants laughed.

"The English are stupid, do they know what business is? At least another hundred years! ”

"If it weren't for the order of the Royal Government, I wouldn't want to bring this group of English people to the East?"

"Whatever? Let's just continue to do our own business and let them suffer! ”

None of the Portuguese merchants bought goods in Macao, which was only a piecemeal purchase, and large quantities were not suitable.

They directly contacted the gentry in Fujian, Jiangnan Province and Zhejiang Province along the coast, fixed the way, and then stopped at the coast to make a large purchase.

These have long been formulated, and they are much more cost-effective than Macau.

And if they knew that there was raw silk, their faces would be wonderful.

Of course, our Robin didn't know that he was now complacent about his cargo.

A month later, Robin took the cargo and the fleet with him and began to start his return voyage.

After more than a month of sailing, from the South China Sea to the Bay of Bengal, Robin and his party did not continue to move forward after searching for a while on the east coast of India, but stopped.

"Look, gentlemen, this is a fertile land, a river delta, and it is the most suitable place to be our trading post!"

Standing on the land in front of you, feeling the sound of the river, and looking around, it is rich in rice, jute, crisscrossed by rivers, and the plains are endless.

Faced with such a scene, Robin couldn't help but sigh softly to the rest of the captains who followed.

"Looking at Macau, think about the prosperous scene, for the sake of future interests, there must be a trading post here, in order to make the interests of the kingdom even greater!"

The flat and fertile land reminded Robin of the prosperity of Macau, and he was deeply aware that the kingdom had a trading post at this time, which was an urgent need.

"Mr. Hunter, we don't have much money to build a trading post at this time, the money has been exchanged for goods!"

The merchants on the side welcomed the construction of the trading post, but they were shy and did not have extra funds to build it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, before we traveled, Your Majesty instructed me that it is not our first priority to establish and find suitable trading points in my kingdom, and to make money!"

Robin. Halt turned, glared at him, and said sharply to the merchants around him.

"We will take most of the goods to Goa and sell them to the Portuguese, while the rest will stay here and buy off the Mughal officials and buy the land in front of us, which will be our future transit point and trading post!"

Robin's voice was loud and loud, and the rest of the people could only agree.

Most of the team on this trip were private merchant fleets owned by the royal family, and Robin, as the person in charge personally appointed by His Majesty the King, still had a high prestige, and everyone had to listen to him, even if it was a merchant of the Duke's family.

Subsequently, after leaving behind a few thousand pounds and more than a hundred sailors, Robin took most of the goods to Goa, ready to sell most of them, and finance the construction of more trading stations.

As a member of the remaining team and the temporary captain, Will can only choose to face the tasks assigned by Robin.

First of all, after investigating, Will found that the geographical location in front of him was prominent and fertile, belonging to several villages.

In this way, Will did not choose to buy directly from the villagers, but directly approached the Mughal officials and prepared to buy directly from him.

"Sir, where do you need to buy the land?" The translator who was temporarily found loyally translated the words of the pot-bellied official in front of him.

Will, who was looking at the fair-skinned and fat official in front of him, did not dare to be rampant, but said very low-key and modestly:

"We are merchants from England and want to buy some land here at the mouth of the surrounding river (the Ganges) and make it a trading post!"

"Yes, but you have to buy the land for 1,000 roubles, and you have to pay a tax of 3,000 roubles a year!"

The official was very talkative, did not care at all about the loss of land, and directly put forward the conditions.

Moreover, compared to the Indians he had seen, the skin was fairer, and the facial features were more three-dimensional and more beautiful.

"Yes, but I'm curious, why is the price of land cheaper than taxes?" Will was weird.

"That village called Kolkata is a place where the untouchables live!" The official had a look of disdain and disgust on his face, as if the mention of the word untouchables was an insult to him.

Although he didn't understand what a pariahs were, Will didn't feel pity for them being forced to leave, but was a little happy in his heart.

Building a trading station requires a lot of labor, and the villagers who have lost their homes are not the best cheap labor?

As a result, Will signed a contract with the officials and began building a defensive trading post.

As he expected, the villagers who had been driven out of the village by the officials had no choice but to seek work from Will and others in exchange for food.

More than 200 villagers, large and small, built a trading post with earthen walls within half a month, which was very profitable.

Standing on the roof of the house, watching the huts rise from the ground in front of him, Will was full of emotion at this time:

"This place used to be called Calcutta, so let's continue to Calcutta in the future! These villagers have also made a lot of contributions! ”