The captain kept his composure, but the sailors next to him stared intently at the muskets in their hands. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Judging by these flint guns alone, this fleet is a formidable fleet. Although the ships are eccentric, although it is not known what the level of the gunners is, at least not too bad.

This kind of welcome ceremony was something they had never seen before, but it worked surprisingly well.

I thought about arguing about such unreasonable things, but I didn't say a word. The captain understood that this group of people was showing their attitude, and on this ship, they could only follow the rules of this fleet.

They are either lazy, or they simply don't want to, or they don't know the rules that the captain knows.

But rules are rules, and different places have different rules.

Whoever rules the world is the rule of the world.

After a short exchange, Jian Chen finally knew that the ship was a Dutch ship, and it was not known if it was legal, and his language level was limited to simple communication.

Whether it was legal or not was for the Dutch, and the Dutch ships that appeared in Spain's sphere of influence did not need to be thought of to know that they were not legal for Spain.

It was impossible for a foreign trading vessel to be legal for Spain in this area.

The Spanish royal family strictly forbade trade between the colonies, as a royal monopoly, and forbade the fleets of the rest of the countries to set foot in the colonies of New Spain and the West Indies.

Trade between the various colonies belonging to Spain was strictly forbidden, and even more so for the rest of the country.

Even trade in Spain itself had to be granted royal permission and could only be traded from Seville to certain ports.

Nominally, any goods that were not a monopoly of Spanish trade appeared in the colonies, and all Spaniards who came into contact with them were to be put to death.

The fleet also needs to be strictly restricted and cannot be navigated at will.

It was necessary to register, register, count, and then form a fleet to sail together, hoping to eliminate any possible free trade at the root, thus monopolizing wealth into the hands of the royal family.

However, this requires a high level of organization, a civil service that is not afraid of death and no greed for money, or a committee to eradicate smuggling, piracy and corruption.

Apparently not, the sea became a haven for smugglers and pirates.

This is also the reason why Chen Jian shouted about ideology such as free trade in Mincheng early on. It was a good excuse for war, and he had already found it for the members of the National People's Council, who represented the interests of the maritime merchants, the big millers, and the big merchants, and it was up to them to use it if they were willing to use it. As a party with a developed handicraft industry, under free trade, the interests of commercial capital and industrial capital are identical.

But before these things can brew, he needs to establish contact with the smugglers and pirates here.

Those smuggling things have to be done by these people. These people were all people who had fallen into the eyes of money, and if a new country emerged from the fog to the north of the colony, and the country's handicrafts were just enough to meet the needs of the colony, they would soon unite with the merchants of China.

In the absence of a commission for the suppression of the Spanish Crown, and since it ruled a vast colony in the age of sailing ships, the restrictions on trade of the Spanish crown were reduced to a display in the face of the greedy Viceroy and the Authority.

The smuggling trade required a high level of connections, close ties with colonial officials, and a large amount of money in bribes every year to turn a blind eye.

The church side also has to be taken care of, and the church in the colony is powerful, and it will be difficult to do a lot of things here.

Some of the secret ports are known only to some of the most well-connected smugglers, and sometimes these officials will tell the pirates about their fleets to get a piece of the pie or help sell the stolen goods.

is such a worse era, and the same scene is put in any corner of the world at this time, and there is no sense of disobedience.

Jian Chen didn't care what the ship was doing at this time, and he didn't care much about how much gold, silver, or cargo they had on board.

Pirates are not all so romantic, the whole pirate group is mixed into peasants and goes to the island to farm land and sell food to the rest of the pirates; There are also those who wash their hands in the collective golden basin and go to plant sugar cane; There are even those who go to the manor villages of the colony to steal cattle and dry beef jerky and return to China to set up stalls to sell...... The light of romantic freedom shrouded only the pirates who were very lucky and famous, and only obscured the rest of the poor light.

Jian Chen was extremely interested in the ship's connections, which had silver coins on board and various cargo that were in high demand in the colony. All he wanted was some Spanish gold and silver coins, some cane sugar, some carmine, fur, spices, and other goods that were extremely rare for the Chinese homeland, in order to lure him to open the Age of Discovery.

Rushing into the ports of Spain can cause unnecessary trouble, especially his face:

The Spaniards, who had recently carried out a massacre in Manila, were now fearing retaliation from the Ming Dynasty. Some wealthy families also moved from Manila to the Americas and West Indies, and the news must have reached this side.

The sudden appearance of his fleet, which smells of China everywhere, is likely to be a war, and he is not ready.

In order to have a good talk with the captain, Jian Chen asked the trainees to put Yang Sen in the cabin and keep him strictly guarded.

He didn't want to be put on the table when he didn't understand the language, in case this ship was still a righteous and righteous person, and took out enough money to ransom Janssen's ticket, it would be very bad for him.

It is better to communicate in half-baked Dutch and gestures than to need another distrustful translator who is also half-witted.

After some exchanges, a small banquet was held in the captain's room, and there was no wind or waves, and it was good weather.

The Dutch captain first thanked Jian Chen for his help, and also said that he also came for peace and would not have any conflict with Jian Chen.

Jian Chen took out a bottle of excellent high wine, toasted with the captain, and then asked someone to bring out gold nuggets and silver coins.

The captain picked up a silver coin and looked at it, not recognising the strange symbols and patterns on it, but believing it to be a real silver coin with no less silver content.

In an unfluent language, he expressed his desire for charts, and that each different chart could be exchanged for a large amount of silver and gold.

At the same time, he expressed his desire to be able to trade with the Spaniards, a word he had already spoken very well.

The Dutch captain suddenly understood that this group of people was his peers, but he didn't know which country's peers.

This group of people were not Spaniards, could not even speak Spanish, and obviously could not have the right to the concession trade.

The strange-looking person on the other side, although he is not very old, can feel that the other party is also a veteran.

When Jian Chen stammered words like smuggling, the captain breathed a sigh of relief.

Two days later, on a small nameless island, the Dutch ship docked on a desert island. Jian Chen sent carpenters and seamstresses to help them mend the sails and masts, and sent two flintlock pistols to the captain.

The captain took out dozens of nautical charts and reasonably traded seven catties of gold and two thousand Chinese silver coins with Chen Jian. Most of these charts are common West Indies, South Pacific, and European charts, which are readily available in some of the larger port cities, and do not require as many silver coins, let alone gold.

When Jian Chen put out the samples of the goods he was going to sell and said that he would give the captain one-thirtieth of the intermediary fee, the captain finally became excited.

Cotton, glass, silk, simple porcelain, gunpowder, mirrors......

Cotton cloth is not as good as Indian cotton cloth, but the quality is not bad, which can be sold quickly in the colony.

Silk is similar to the products of the silk weaving mills in the colonies, and the quality is slightly better. The porcelain is slightly worse, not as good as Chinese porcelain, and the shape is not very good, but it can also be sold.

What surprised the captain the most were the glasses, mirrors, and swords......

These glasses are better than the glass of any workshop in Europe. In particular, some glass crafts have the same luster and quality as crystal.

And those mirrors are several times better than the Venetian mirrors. Once this kind of mirror appeared, it would be popular in the European courts, so that the Venetian mirrors could no longer be sold.

Swords, muskets, gunpowder, and the odd oil-like oil of the whale oil could be sold for a good price.

A thirtieth share, it's almost like a robbery. If this fleet was full of such goods, he would not want gold or silver, but only a part of them to be shipped back to Europe, and he would become a wealthy merchant himself, and would become a celebrity in Amsterdam because of this adventure.

As for the crooked thoughts, the captain did not move. A small group of pirate wolves may not be a match for this fleet, and if the young captain can keep his promise, no one else will need to share the pie.

Driven by interest, the captain took out the charts and told Chen Jian that about four degrees further south, there was an archipelago to the east, which was a distribution center for pirates to sell stolen goods and smugglers.

It's not a secret, and any captain who roams the waters knows it, including the Spaniards.

These goods can be sold out within a month, and many people will choose to take over.

Jian Chen said that he wanted cane sugar, sugar cane seedlings, dyes, or gold and silver coins, and was not very interested in the rest.

Sugar and sugar cane were both locally produced goods, and dye smugglers and pirates were also abundant, but gold and silver coins were the currency in the first place.

But the captain still made a request, he hoped that Chen Jian would be able to pay for the reward he was entitled to with the cargo on board.

The captain understands the profits, and when his ship is repaired, he will make a fortune when he returns to Europe.

Chen Jian generously agreed, and the limited exchanges between the two sides revolved around interests.

Chen Jian was not too worried about the possible dangers, although the people in the fleet had little combat experience, they still looked very scary.

Outside the island, the Lanfang demonstrated a side-chord salvo to help impress the captain as an intermediary.

By the way, detonators and glycerin explosives were assembled to dry after wetting, a volley of musketeers, two incendiary bottles filled with gasoline and the rest of the mixture thickener.

The earth shook, the smoke was filled, and the flames were raging.

In fact, most of these people have never been on the battlefield and have never killed anyone. It's not a battlefield, it's not so panicked, and it's scary enough to drill.

Look at the shattered stones that have been blown up and the strange explosives that far surpass the black powder, the musketeers who fire extremely fast and don't need to be dispersed too much, the Molotov cocktails that seem to burn even the stones when they get on the stones...... The sailors on the Dutch ship were shocked and kept drawing crosses, and their hearts were palpitating.

"Oh God...... Where did this group of people come from? ”