"Sir, may I refuse?"

Facing the Chinese officers who boarded the ship, Captain Toms said in an extremely helpless tone. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

From the moment he came to Nipigon, he regretted it, why did he accept the employment of the Franks? If he hadn't accepted his offer, I'm afraid he would never have been here.

Sometimes greed kills everyone!

"Of course, as long as you pay five times the liquidated damages!"

Zhao Pingting, who stepped on the ship, answered the captain's question in fluent English, and he looked at the crew members on the ship with different expressions.

"This is true for each and every one of you, and you now have the right to choose to renounce the contract, if you do, you will have to pay five times the liquidated damages, which is $250 to $400 per person!"

According to the contract signed by Frank with these crew members, each of them has a monthly salary of more than double the past, even the lowest, there is a monthly salary of 50 US dollars, and it is because of this that they will accept employment, but although before coming, they had imagined various possibilities and risks, but they definitely did not expect that they would serve the Chinese. And also to transport Chinese soldiers on their ships, to transport Chinese soldiers to fight the British.

Perhaps, these crew members did not like the British, but that did not mean that they did not know what kind of threat the Chinese occupation of Canada would pose to the United States, and they also knew very well that if they were to serve the Chinese, then they were undoubtedly helping America's enemies.

However, in the face of five times the compensation, the crew members were silent, they simply could not afford to pay the money, and even their first month's income had either been given to their families, or had been spent on prostitutes, or they had lost at the poker table, and then the winners had spent on prostitutes and alcohol.

In short, now they don't have a penny left!

Who can afford to pay the liquidated damages in this case?

Not to mention the ordinary crew members, even Toms, who is the captain of the ship, can't pay either, in the face of the reminder of this Chinese officer, he has a wry smile on his face, and he doesn't know how to answer for a while.

While some American sailors were wondering whether to take the opportunity to escape, they only listened to Zhao Pingting continue.

"There is no need to doubt our patience in pursuing responsibility, we will use all means to obtain compensation, such as bounty hunting through bounties to bring debtors to our territory, whether it is acceptable under Chinese or American law, you will be taken to China, and then use your labor to pay off the arrears, but this process may take more than ten years, gentlemen, I believe you will make the most beneficial choice for you!"

In the face of such a threat, everyone was silent, and Toms, as the captain of the ship, naturally knew that this was not a threat, but to tell them the reality that a hundred dollars bounty was enough for bounty hunters to travel across the United States to find them, and when the time came, they needed to be very likely to become slaves of the Chinese.

"Captain, what are we going to do?"

Facing the crew's questions, when the crew were looking at him, Tom was silent, he first glanced at the crew, then at Zhao Pingting, and then at Zhao Pingting, and then spoke after a while.

"Mr. Zhao, you must know that we are the crew of a neutral country, and we have the right to refuse to sail to the area of engagement!"

"It's an area where the battle is going on!"

The captain's question made Zhao Pingting answer with a smile, he knew that the other party had accepted the reality.

"We will not let you into the area where the fighting is taking place, gentlemen, you are not soldiers, of course we know very well, please rest assured, we will not let you brave the artillery fire to transport our soldiers to the battlefield, what you need is to sail on the Great Lakes as you have done in the past, that's all!"

Is it really that simple?

I'm afraid only God knows, but now, Zhao Pingting knows that what he wants to do is to fool them in every possible way, so that these Americans will serve the Chinese army willingly, after all, in the next journey, there are still many places that need to use them, and they need to be used. It is even necessary to rely on these American crews!

"And, gentlemen, on the next voyage you will reap more than you can imagine! There is no doubt about this, China is very generous to its friends! ”

To show that he was right, as was the case with China's past armies, Mr. Zhao even ordered his soldiers to bring out a plate of silver dollars, to the astonishment of the American crews.

"As a token of my appreciation, each of you can get a ten dollar bonus!"

Before we even set off, we got ten dollars!

The generosity of the Chinese was so far beyond their imagination that these crews could not even believe their eyes, let alone their ears.

Perhaps they have seen too many so-called very generous people, but it is very rare to be as generous as the Chinese. One of the crew members even walked forward in disbelief, and then asked tentatively.

"Sir, you mean, each of us can get ten dollars? Right now? Don't have to do anything? ”

"Hey! Buddy! ”

Looking at this somewhat unbelieving American crew, Zhao Pingting said.

"Who said that you haven't done anything, as long as you are willing to serve the Chinese army, you are already making contributions, this money is just to show our gratitude, of course, in the future, you can also get more generous thanks, of course, this kind of gratitude is closely related to whether you can complete the navigation mission excellently!"

"Is it really for us?"

The crew asked again, and it wasn't until he got a second confirmation that the crew member picked up the ten silver dollars in disbelief, and even though he had the silver dollars in his hand, he still felt like he was in a dream, all this was so unreal!

It's like a dream!

Looking at the silver dollar in his hand, such a thought popped up in Tom's mind, he didn't know why the Chinese would do this, but looking at the elated crew around him, he knew one thing, now the big guys will not refuse to serve the Chinese, and even each of them is still looking forward to the next voyage, they can get more money, now the Chinese have proven their generosity, and for the crew, all they need is to complete their voyage as in the past, Then the Chinese will naturally give them generous returns, not just salaries, but also additional rewards!

"There will be brave men under the great reward!"

Looking at the American sailors who were preparing for the voyage, and looking at their elated appearances, An Guotao said to his chief of staff.

"When I first organized the Self-Defense Forces, not everyone wanted to join, and the solution was very simple, which was to give them a raise, because the salaries of the Self-Defense Forces were higher than those of lumberjacks, and it was easier, so many people were willing to join the ......."

As a soldier, Zhao Guoyong certainly does not agree with this method of conscription, but he does not deny that this is the most effective way, after all, mercenaries have always been the easiest to recruit, and even when His Majesty started the army, he relied on mercenaries - relying on high military salaries as a stimulus.

"They have to be Americans!"

As the chief of staff of the 167th Division, he reminded the division commander who was trying to solve the problem with silver dollars, and the biggest difference between the two of them was here, and this division commander may have been away from the army for a long time, so he was used to solving problems in the way of a businessman.

Just like now, he uses merchants to ensure logistics, uses merchants to buy supplies, and now he uses merchant ships to transport troops, and they are foreign merchant ships, no, now these ships are already Chinese merchant ships, but the problem is that the captains and crews on the ships are all Americans, only God knows what those Yankees will do.

"Americans?"

took out a piece of Long Yang, An Guotao said with a smile.

"A few decades ago, there was no United States, you see this ......"

Show the dragon in his hand, North America is different from the colonies, in the colonies may be circulating Chinese dollar banknotes, but in North America, the circulation is gold and silver coins, and for this operation, the military has prepared millions of yuan for them, An Guotao chose a method with the highest cost and efficiency to carry out this battle.

"Here, for those so-called Americans, there is nothing more attractive than these dragons, and believe me, as long as the price is right, I believe that even the defenders of Washington will abandon their positions and give Washington to us!"

Proudly throwing the silver dollar in his hand, An Guotao said with a smile.

"You don't know the Americans, these Americans may be talking about patriotism, or even talking about freedom, but in fact, their desire for wealth is far more than everything else, the reason why these Americans came from the Old World to the New World is to pursue wealth, which is what they desire, and now for us, all we need is to use their thirst for wealth, little by little to get them used to cooperating with us, you know, now we are at war with the British, For them, there is no psychological pressure to accept our money at all, but what when they get used to our money and serve us? ”

"What do you mean......"

Looking at this senior in surprise, for the first time, Zhao Guoyong found that he couldn't understand him, and he didn't expect him to be able to think so far. He was probably thinking not only of the power of these people in front of him, but also of the distant future.

"Betrayal,"

When he spit out these two words, An Guotao was still playing with the silver dollar in his hand, and he said slowly while playing with the silver dollar.

"When they get used to selling, they won't mind what they sell, as long as they can get something in return, we just want to help them get used to it now, who knows if it's possible to use these people in the future?"

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