"Mr. Foreman, why did you sell this ship when you had traveled thousands of miles to the East, and it was the time to reap a good return?"

Soon after leaving the port, Li Hongyu quietly asked Foreman, who had led him on the ship, to see the ship, and he felt that Foreman must have something unspeakable to hide, otherwise he would not be reduced to the field where the ship was sold, and if he returned with a full load of goods, he would make a lot of money.

Of course, Li Hongyu has no interest in indulging in other people's privacy, but the equipment on this ship is simply the configuration of the navy, and Foreman must have spent a lot of effort and energy to buy it, and he hopes to make friends with such capable Western merchants.

"Li, since you have already bought this ship, then I will tell you the truth, if it were not for the helplessness, I would not have sold it anyway."

Foreman couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, and then an excited look appeared on his face, "If I arrive in your Ming Kingdom, I can at least double the price." ”

"Our Da Ming?"

Li Hongyu's eyes flashed with a hint of astonishment, he still thought that Foreman was coming to India to do business, and then reminded, "Mr. Foreman, Daming is implementing a sea ban, and the government will not sit idly by and watch such a large ship appear on the coast of Daming, I'm afraid no one will dare to buy your ship." ”

"Li, it's not that I underestimate your Ming Kingdom, although your country's 6th Army is very strong, the navy is too weak, even if I have my ship, I can't do anything."

Foreman smiled when he heard this, and said disapprerovingly, "I'm just a businessman, just bring the goods to complete the transaction, as for how they use the goods is their business." ”

"Maybe the people who bought the ships will sell it to your court, and make a lot of money out of it, and with those ships you will be able to deal with the hated Spaniards and Dutch."

As he spoke, Foreman looked at Li Hongyu with a smile, "Li, you are an official of the Ming Kingdom, you won't buy this ship for your own use!" ”

"Of course, I can't disobey our Emperor Taizu's ban on the sea." Li Hongyu laughed when he heard this, it seems that Foreman thought that he wanted to buy this four-masted sailing ship to resell it to the Ming court, and then make the difference from it.

However, Foreman guessed that it was not far from ten, but he never imagined that the young official of the Ming Empire standing in front of him would be the commander of the Ming Navy, so naturally he would not covet any difference.

"Mr. Foreman, do you have any other ships?" Then Li Hongyu was attracted by another thing, and looked at Foreman with interest, he listened to Foreman's words as if the meaning was more than just an auction ship.

"Of course, if it weren't for those damn ships, I wouldn't have gotten to the point where I'd have to sell them to keep up with the expenses." Foreman couldn't help but smile bitterly, as if he was worried about the sale of the ship.

"How many boats do you have?" Li Hongyu's eyes couldn't help but light up, this was undoubtedly good news for him, if there were a few more four-masted or three-masted sailing ships, then he could let the soldiers of the sailor division train.

"There are four more, two each of the three and four masts, all of the latest styles, and I have staked all my belongings in order to get them." A smug look appeared on Foreman's face, as long as he handed over the goods this time, he would be able to make a big windfall.

"I'm willing to pay twice as much for all your goods, so that you can return to your home country and reunite with your family, and you don't have to enjoy the pain of traveling."

Li Hongyu suddenly laughed, stretched out two fingers to Foreman and said in a deep voice, this is undoubtedly good news for him, with these five ships, he will have the confidence to confront the Dutch, and will force the Dutch to sit down and negotiate with him.

"Twice?" Foreman was stunned for a moment, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face, so that he could at least make twice as much money, and he could also end the gold rush in the East that had almost exhausted his energy.

"I'm sorry, I can't say yes." Just when Li Hongyu thought that Foreman would agree to the deal, Foreman turned pale and rejected Li Hongyu's proposal.

"Mr. Foreman, this price is already very high, I think it will be difficult for your buyer in Daming to give this price, and it will save you the next trip to the East." Li Hongyu thought that Foreman wanted to sit on the ground and raise the price, so he said solemnly.

"Li, you misunderstood, the price you offered is very attractive, but I have promised the buyer that I can't trade with you."

Foreman hurriedly explained, "If you also need these goods, I can trade with you next time." ”

"Mr. Foreman, I wish us all the best in our cooperation." Li Hongyu felt a little surprised, but he didn't expect Foreman to be a very honest businessman, so he smiled and stretched out his right hand.

"I'm looking forward to working with us."

Foreman was slightly stunned and then shook Li Hongyu's hand, and was quite surprised by Li Hongyu's move, you must know that Orientals, especially people in Daming, do not need to shake hands, and Li Hongyu naturally used the handshake ceremony.

"By the way, Monsieur Foreman, since you are French, have you ever heard of a merchant named Bastian?"

After shaking hands, Li Hongyu opened his mouth and asked Foreman, Bastian is a French businessman who signed a contract with Sun Hongye, and he doesn't know what happened to him, so maybe Foreman knows his whereabouts.

"Bastian?" Foreman was slightly stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu in some surprise, "Li, do you know Bastian?" ”

"No, I haven't seen him, I used to buy some goods from him, but he broke the contract, I want to know if something happened." Li Hongyu suddenly felt that there was a play, and from Foreman's words, he seemed to know Bastian.

"Do you know Sun from Guangzhou?" Foreman couldn't help but glance at Li Hongyu and asked tentatively.

"Sun Hongye is my friend and my business partner." Li Hongyu nodded quietly, it seems that Foreman not only knows Bastian but also has a good relationship between the two, otherwise how would he know Sun Hongye.

"So you bought these boats!" Foreman looked at Li Hongyu in surprise when he heard this, and said to himself, "No wonder Sun of Guangzhou still has so many arms, it turns out that he has a cooperative relationship with your Ming Navy." ”

In European countries, arms dealers like Mr. Li were common, often close to the military, and Foreman began to think that Mr. Sun was buying the ships and weapons for smuggling them at sea.

But now he is more and more convinced that Sun Hongye is just a middleman, and the buyer behind the scenes is Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu is an official of the Ming Dynasty, so there must be a way to sell these ships and weapons to the Ming navy and make a huge difference from it.

"Mr. Foreman, it seems that we misunderstood Mr. Bastian, and thought that he wanted to break the contract after receiving the deposit."

Li Hongyu couldn't help laughing, "Mr. Foreman, where is Mr. Bastian, I want to thank him personally." ”

He also thought that Foreman's ships were purchased by the Ming smuggling group, and the purpose was to strengthen the armed forces of the sea voyage, but now it seems that he has thought too much, and those smuggling groups have not yet bought such a big war ship.

"Bastian had some business to do in Paris, and he didn't come with the fleet this time." Foreman's face showed a hint of embarrassment, and then he replied with a casual smile, "Next time he goes to your Ming Kingdom, he will definitely visit Mr. Li." ”

"Then I can look forward to the arrival of Mr. Bastian."

Li Hongyu naturally noticed the subtle change in Fellman's expression, but he couldn't find out the secret now, so he replied with a smile, presumably Bastian had encountered some big trouble, otherwise he would not stay in Paris, and he and Sun Hongye had negotiated a huge business.

"Lee, how is that island?"

Li Hongyu and Foreman stood on the deck of the bow of the ship talking and laughing, and when they saw a rocky island in the distance, Foreman said with a smile, thinking that it was an excellent target for testing guns.

"Isn't it a little far?"

Li Hongyu glanced at the rocky island almost a mile or so away, that is, about three miles away, and suddenly felt a little surprised in his heart, could it be that the effective range of the ship's artillery could be so far!

"These guns are the latest models, with an effective range of up to 1.2 nautical miles, and there is no gun in Europe that can hit farther than it." Upon hearing this, Foreman immediately showed a smug look, and he was full of confidence in the range of the artillery.

"Oh?" Li Hongyu was taken aback in his heart, and his brows furrowed.

The maximum firing range of the Daming artillery is only a little more than two miles, and it is still the kind of bulky iron cannon, and the effective range of the artillery transported by Foreman this time can reach three miles, and the Daming is really too bad compared to it.

"You have a saying in the Ming Dynasty, so that hearing is false, seeing is believing, whether these cannons can hit so far, let's see."

Foreman thought that Li Hongyu didn't believe it, so he smiled and ordered a sailor who walked in front of him, "Go, tell York, let him prepare ten cannons and aim at that rocky island in the distance." ”

The sailor bowed to Foreman and walked away quickly, and then the four-masted galleon turned its bow and aimed one side of the ship at the rocky island in the distance, and the ten gun windows in the hull gun compartment opened one after another, revealing the swarthy muzzle.

Yang Li'er, Youlan, and Sakurako Yamashita heard that they were going to test the cannon on the rocky island, and stood on the deck of the bow of the ship with great interest to watch the excitement.

"Hold your ears later, the cannon will be loud." Li Hongyu smiled and reminded them that the ten cannons were in the cabin at everyone's feet, and once the cannons were fired, there would be a loud roar.

"Hmm!" Yang Li'er nodded excitedly, she learned from Li Hongyu that the artillery on the Western warship was powerful, and she couldn't wait to see it, and now it was just right to see if it was as powerful as Li Hongyu said.

"Lee, you can give the order." After the gun compartment was ready to fire, Foreman smiled and said to Li Hongyu, as the future owner of this ship, of course, Li Hongyu will give orders.

Li Hongyu frowned slightly when he heard this, and walked to the side of the microphone that gave orders to the artillery cabin, and Yang Li'er and the three of them covered their ears in unison when they saw this.

"A salvo, fire!" Coming to the microphone, Li Hongyu gave an order to the sailors in the gun compartment in a deep voice.

Bang!

A moment later, with the trembling of the ship's hull, a dull and huge roar was heard from beneath everyone's feet, and clouds of smoke rose from the gun bay.

"Brother Sheng, look!"

Yang Li'er looked at the ten black projectiles flying out of the gun bay with a happy face, let go of the hand covering her ears, and excitedly pointed to the black projectiles and said to Li Hongyu, it was the first time she had experienced this kind of scene with ten artillery pieces.

Boom, boom, boom......

Under the concerned gaze of Li Hongyu, Yang Li'er and others, ten projectiles drew a graceful parabola in the air and landed accurately on a rocky island in the distance, exploding one after another, with flames soaring into the sky and stone chips flying.

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