The deep, deep sea, sparkling in the moonlight, the inky sea gently quivering at night, the currents lapping against a swarthy reef island.

The steamship Garmin floated quietly on the east side of Reef Island, and there was not a single flash of fire on board, like a silent ghost ship.

On the deck, Ye Zhao was pacing, and the sea breeze was blowing, cool and wet.

Ye Zhao knew that the small island not far away should be Sheshan Island, which was under the jurisdiction of Shanghai in the future, and it was the first outpost in Shanghai and the observation and communication station of the East China Navy.

Now the island is bare, and the lighthouse built by the British twenty years ago has long since been abandoned.

There was the sound of footsteps behind him, and Davis walked over slowly, apparently, he couldn't sleep at all.

"Your Excellency, where do you want to take me?" Davis asked, slightly uneasy.

Ye Zhao smiled, took out a cigarette, handed one to Davis, lit another one himself, and then threw the match to him, saying, "Mr. Davis, don't worry, I won't hurt you." ”

"So, what exactly do you want me to do for you?" Davis's face was full of puzzlement, he could know what the general of Guangzhou came to Shanghai for, what he approached him for, his whereabouts were exposed, and he fled to the sea, and he really didn't know what else he could help him.

Moreover, Why take Mimna on board?

This steamer, disguised as a merchant ship, was full of sailors with loaded guns, but after all, it was only a ferry without artillery, and if it was attacked by gunboats, it would have no power to fight back.

"Mr. Davis, have you made your decision?" Ye Zhao looked at him with a smile.

Davis smiled bitterly: "Honorable General, do I still have a choice?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled, took two steps closer, and whispered to him.

The look of surprise in Davis's eyes grew stronger and stronger.

…… The distant sky gradually turned white.

The steamer also slowly sailed out of the island, circling in the waters of this area, and if you didn't pay special attention, you would think that it was an ordinary merchant ship sailing out of or heading for Shanghai Port.

It's just that at this time, on the mast watchtower and deck, more than a dozen sailors each have a clairnability mirror, and they are nervously searching around.

In the lounge of the amidships, Gao Heer stood in front of the glass window, also holding a telescope and looking into the distance.

Ye Zhao leaned on the sofa and sipped tea, and called him with a smile: "Tom, don't tense your nerves too tightly, relax, the sentinels each have an observation area, you can find it, and they can naturally find it." ”

Gao Heer knew that he was a little nervous, but he couldn't help but be nervous, pretending that the plan of the Qin Cha to hand over in the sea near the dock had failed, and now there was only one way, that is, to stop the gunboat halfway, but he couldn't sail too far from Shanghai, otherwise, it would be difficult to find the route of the opponent's fleet in the vast sea.

Although the International Chamber of Commerce is only a civilian armed force, it will certainly hire steamers to intercept suspicious ships at the request of the Qing Dynasty, and if the gunboats cannot be found, they will enter the Shanghai dock, and all the efforts made will be in vain.

Gao Heer didn't care much about whether the general Wang could succeed, he was worried that if the artillery ship entered the Shanghai dock, the Chinese magnate would not lead the sailors to rob it, and then everyone on the steamer would be in great danger, and maybe they would die.

"The so-called wealth is in danger, Tom, you must remember this saying, the wise saying." Ye Zhao put down the teacup and paced to the window.

What should I do if the three gunboats were really taken by the Six Kings?

Looking at the sea and sky in the distance, Ye Zhao thought silently.

The metal hatch of the lounge creaked open, the guards made a gesture of please, and Mimna, dressed in a snow-white gauze skirt with her surname, walked in with small steps that scratched her bones.

She ignored Gao He'er beside her, walked straight to the window behind Ye Zhao, wrapped her arms around Ye Zhao's waist, embedded her pretty face on Ye Zhao's shoulder, and said in a greasy voice: "Honey, do you miss me?" ”

Obviously, Davis didn't tell her Ye Zhao's identity, and she didn't know anything about the current situation.

Ye Zhao smiled and asked, "Mr. Davis is asleep." ”

Mimona gently bit Ye Zhao's ear, feeling the fresh smell of the Chinese man, and her body gradually became a little hot, "We, where are we going?" "The voice is charming, soft and inaudible.

Ye Zhao asked her to coax Mr. Davis to rest in order to recuperate, lest Davis be seen as flawed when the artillery ship was handed over, and Mimna would obviously be mistaken, thinking that Ye Zhao wanted to have an affair with her.

Before Ye Zhao could speak, Gao Heer's face suddenly changed drastically, and he said, "It seems to be a patrol ship of the International Business Group." ”

At this time, on the deck, those sentries dressed as merchants and laborers put away their clairvoyant mirrors, and not far away, a paddle wheel slowly approached, and flags were displayed on the paddle ship of the international merchant group, which was to ask the Garming to stop the ship for inspection.

"What's going on?" Mimona also saw that something was wrong, and asked Ye Zhao again: "We, aren't we going to Guangzhou?" Why do you keep going around in circles? ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand, bracing his cheeks and considering the situation in front of him.

Mimna is good at observing people's colors, and when she saw Ye Zhao's expression, she slowly let go of the hand that hugged Ye Zhao and leaned in front of the glass window to look down.

After the meal, the two boats gradually approached, and the small boat was lowered on the paddle wheel of the international merchant group, and several sailors rowed over the small boat.

…… Mr. Roberto's villa is extremely luxurious, resplendent like a small palace, and it is said that this three-storey western-style building and decoration cost no less than 20,000 pounds to buy ornaments, which is really the first house in Shanghai.

In the study room of the villa, there are Persian couches and sturdy ebony writing desks, low bookshelves carved from hardwood, richly bound books, and the whole furnishings are solemn and harmonious, and two silver-gray tapestries of the famous French Gobelin cover the four walls, and the shepherds and trees on the tapestries are lifelike.

Mr. Roberto sat on the sofa and tapped his pipe with a relaxed expression, and said with a smile: "Dear Du, are you too worried? As a senior class of Jardine Hong, he speaks Chinese very well, and he is the chairman of the seven-member board of directors of the Ministry of Industry.

And Du Han, who was opposite the coffee table, looked solemn, frowned and put down the coffee, bitter and unpalatable, just like his current mood.

"Du, I promise you that I will be present when I receive this fleet, and you can rest assured that there will be no accidents. Although you have lost the certificate of the Qing Emperor, I can vouch for you with my credibility, and there is no one in China who does business in China who does not know me, and no one will doubt my reputation, and I am still very confident in this. ”

Du Han shook his head and said: "I am very relieved to have your guarantee, what I am worried about is that the person who stole the Guan Fang seal yesterday was instigated by Jing Xiang, maybe Jing Xiang will come to Shanghai, you also know that he has a lot of Western friends, and he will definitely do everything possible to sabotage our handover plan." ”

Roberto nodded approvingly: "You are right, Jing Xiang is not a simple person, so I have communicated with Mr. Max of the merchant group, and the merchant group has hired patrol ships to inspect the docks and suspicious ships in the offshore waters, even if they can't expel him, they will not have time to play small tricks." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Roberto." Du Han's smile was still a little bitter, whether he could hand over smoothly was one thing, but he lost the seal of Guan Fang and the emperor's imperial pen, and returned to Yanjing, the emperor will definitely be responsible, at best he will be punished, and if he thinks about it in the worst, he doesn't know how to deal with him.

Du Han picked up the coffee cup, suddenly, his hand shook, the coffee cup fell to the ground, he stood up suddenly, and said in a trembling voice: "Jing Xiang, will Jing Xiang cut off his beard at sea?" ”

"Truncated beard?" Mr. Roberto was a little puzzled.

"That's it, it's to intercept the gunboat purchased by the emperor at sea and receive it under my pretence!" The more Du Han thought about it, the more cold his back became.

Roberto's face grew grim.

...... "Not good, it seems to be those three gunboats!" In front of the glass window, Gao Heer, who was holding a clairvoyant mirror, changed his face greatly.

On the deck, the mercenaries of the International Chamber of Commerce had boarded the Garmin and were talking to the "merchants" who were meeting them, and in the distance, the faint black dots in the clairvoyant mirror gradually revealed their grandeur, and the towering artillery was faintly visible.

This, this is the worst situation, the mercenaries of the International Merchant Group are not easy to deal with, but at this time, the gunboat fleet has arrived, in such a situation, how can they pretend to be Qin Cha and hand over people? One could only watch as the gunboat fleet passed by.

"My lord, what should I do?" Gao Heer's heart jumped when he asked, he was really afraid that as soon as Ye Zhao waved his hand, he would fight with others.

Ye Zhao's face was cloudy, and he suddenly turned to Mimna, took out a bill of ten pounds and one thousand pounds from his sleeve and gave it to Mimna, and said with a smile: "You go down and drag them down!" He pointed to the employees of the International Merchant Group who came up to inspect the deck, and said, "This is your hard-earned money." ”

Mimona smiled and stuffed the ten pounds into Ye Zhao's hand, "Honey, I can't ask for your tip, don't worry, I'll go and send them away." ”

Ye Zhao stuffed the ten pounds back and said with a smile: "The thousand pounds is yours, the ten pounds are for them, and you remember, it is delaying, not sending them away." "Tipping a merchant employee a thousand pounds is really a cover-up.

Mimona was stunned, and immediately screamed in surprise, and didn't say no more tips, grabbed the thousand pounds and kissed it, and then kissed Ye Zhao's face, and then walked out quickly.

Ye Zhao turned his head to a guard on the side of the door and said, "Inform the sentry post, wave the flag, and ask the gunboat fleet to stop the ship!" Then he said to the other person: "Go and inform Mr. Davis, and bring the first-class official uniform and the big one." ”

Gao Heer was stunned for a moment, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord." ”

The two guards had already walked away quickly.

Gao Heer only felt dizzy in his brain, and said hurriedly: "My lord, it's too risky." ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly: "Don't you remember what I told you?" Rich and dangerous, you are too attention-grabbing, just stay here, don't go anywhere. ”

Gao Heer knew how much the temper of this Chinese magnate was, so he had to smile bitterly and nodded, and when Ye Zhao went out, he slowly took out his revolver and wiped it gently, it was already like this, he could only resign himself to fate, wait for a while, and fight chaotically, looking for an opportunity to save his life.

In the captain's room of the Wesley, Mr. Wenger stood in front of the glass window with a coffee cup, he was the commander of the Wanlun Bank, and he was also the commander of the merchant group on this ship, and the same clerk of the Wanlun Bank who led the team to board the suspicious steamer to inspect was Brown, and he had a very good relationship, and the two often cooperated together to add private goods.

In fact, the International Business Group was originally composed of foreign bank employees.

Looking at the deck of the steamer, Brown was laughing with a blonde woman, and Wenger shook his head, it turned out that it was also a European merchant ship.

I wonder why Mr. Roberto wanted them to lose their work and come to sea to check for any suspicious ships. The merchant group was originally formed voluntarily by the staff, but the staff of his Jardine House were the least active, the merchant group was used to protect the safety of the concession and prevent the Taiping Army and other political axe rebels from making trouble in the concession, not to come to the sea to inspect, and he Roberto was not the commander of the merchant group, so what qualifications did he have to ask the members of the merchant group to perform duties that should not be performed by them?

Battleship cruisers purchased by the Great Qing Kingdom? Jokes, what does it have to do with the merchant group?

However, although Wenger disagreed in his heart, he could only muttered in his heart, if he offended Roberto, then no one would be able to mix in Shanghai.

"Mr. Wenger, it's strange that the Garmin is waving the flag and asking the gunboats coming from the south to stop their ships." Beside Wenger, a member of the merchant group who was observing with a telescope was full of doubt.

Wenger was startled and looked over to the deck of the Garmin again.

On the deck, a group of people were walking past Mimna and Brown.

Ye Zhao had a sticky beard, looking extremely old, wearing a first-class civil official's crane supplement uniform, holding a ruby crown in his hand, but he was covered with a big coat, but he couldn't see it. Behind him, there are all Chinese and foreign, and Davis is mixed in it.

When passing by Mimna and Brown, Ye Zhao stopped, smiled and stretched out his hand to shake Brown's hand, and said, "Mimna is my English teacher. ”

Brown shook hands with Ye Zhao blankly, not knowing what Ye Zhao meant by this, Ye Zhao smiled again: "I am Mimna's Chinese teacher." ”

Brown felt that this person didn't know what to do.

Ye Zhao whispered a few words to Mimna, Mimna giggled, leaned to Brown's side, touched Brown's arm intentionally or unintentionally, and said in Brown's ear with red lips: "This is a madman, you send him away and salute him, he is the most proud of this." ”

Thrown away by Mimna's flattering eyes, Brown was light and fluttering in the clouds, and he really turned sideways to salute Ye Zhao, and Ye Zhao smiled, and walked to the deck behind the stern with the pedestrian, and the deck was about to put a few boats down, but across the stern, Wenger and the others could not see it.

In the paddle steamer captain's room, Wenger saw this scene, and was a little inexplicable, but saw the pedestrian walking to the side of the ship, and Brown put on a red hat to the Chinese who gave the sailor salute.

Wenger suddenly realized that he was an official of the Qing Dynasty, and he wanted to come to Brown to get to know him, no wonder there was talk and laughter.

Is it an official of Shanghai Province? Sent out by the Chin?

Brown didn't know the difference between the various gemstone tops of Qing officials.

…… At the forefront of the gunboat fleet was the battleship "Princess Anna", and in the stern lounge of the battleship, Brand held a clairvoyant mirror and observed the two steamers blocking the front of the small fleet, the Garmin and the Wesley, both of which had Caucasian men with guns on their decks, and it looked like they should be ships of the International Merchant Group.

Just why would the merchant group send two steamers to intercept their own fleet?

Brand was the charge d'affaires of a foreigner who helped the Qing Dynasty to facilitate the purchase of gunboats, and he made tens of thousands of pounds of money from it, and became the upper class of London in one fell swoop.

"Mr. Brand, the Wesley is sending a signal for inspection." A sailor hurried into the lounge to report the news.

Brand was relieved. The flag is short, and sometimes it depends on how to understand it.

"Pick someone up." Brand instructed the sailors beside him.

When Chen Yong stepped on the deck of the "Princess Anna", he couldn't help but touch a few handfuls on the shiny metal railing, and his heart was inexplicably happy, but when he turned his head to look, the master was still so calm, he was busy suppressing the excitement in his heart, and hung his head to follow the team.

Brand personally went down to the deck to greet him, and saw a red-topped official, Brand put his hand on his chest, and saluted with a gentlemanly salute: "My lord, I am an envoy for the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Mr. Brand, it's an honor to meet you. ”

Naturally, there is an interpreter next to it.

Brand immediately saw Davis in the crowd, the two hugged very affectionately, Brand couldn't help but be excited, a few years ago, Mr. Davis would not look at him, but now he is completely equal to him.

Mr. Davis's smile was a little stiff, and Brand said in his heart that I am doing things for the emperor of China, and you are naturally red-eyed.

"David, this is Lord Duhan, the envoy of the Great Qing Kingdom, who has come to hand over the ship." Davis introduced the two of them, and someone next to them handed over the letter from the Six Kings to Brand.

Brand was slightly stunned and said, "Please, please go this way." ”

took the group to the rest room of the aposto, Brand opened the letter and saw that it was bilitated in Chinese and English, and the tone in the letter was indeed the handwriting of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and he also mentioned the entrustment when he was entrusted with this errand, which no one else knew.

"How did you hand over here?" Brand asked, confused.

Ye Zhao sighed and said: "You may not know, these few days the bandits are advancing eastward, and the safety of the Shanghai Concession is critical, so I think it is a foolproof strategy to deliver at sea, so that there is no need to anchor at Shanghai Port and go directly to the destination." ”

When Brand saw that Davis also nodded slowly, he smiled and said, "It's okay, if it is handed over to your country one day earlier, I will rest assured one day earlier." ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand, since someone sent a few deeds, Brand was slightly startled, when did the Chinese become so formal?

Ye Zhao smiled again: "Let's sign it here, go back to the land, let's make up another grand ceremony." He added, "Bring the captains of the three ships as well, and there are deeds for them to sign." ”

Brand nodded in agreement, and then asked someone to ask for the captains of the three ships.

The two of them sat on the sofa and brushed the signed and stamped exchange deed, Brand saw that Ye Zhao signed "Ma Dayong", a little strange, before he could ask, Ye Zhao had already smiled and said: "This is the name of my country's Admiral, and I have full authority to receive it." ”

Brand nodded, not doubting it.

And not long after the two signed, the captains of the three gunboats entered the lounge together, all of them were tall and extremely burly, Ye Zhao was open, and naturally someone sent the deed over.

At this moment, the door of the lounge was suddenly pushed open, and a Western sailor hurriedly ran in and whispered a few words in Brand's ear, and Brand's face immediately changed.

"Wait a minute!" Brand shouted to the three captains who were about to sign the deed, the three captains were indeed a little dizzy, with an annual salary of three thousand pounds, which is the top income level of cabinet ministers, how many people in London have such a high salary?

"Mr. Brand, what's wrong?" Ye Zhao looked at him with a smile.

Brand looked at Ye Zhao hesitantly, looked at Davis, and said, "Who are you?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Chinese, come to receive the ship's Great Clear Water Division." But it was in English.

Brand shouted, "Someone, someone!" Get them! ”

In the lounge, in the corridor outside the lounge, the sailors on both sides immediately drew their guns and faced each other, swords rattling.

Davis groaned in his heart, it's over, it's over, it's still revealed when it comes to the end, this time it's all over.

At this time, next to the cruiser Princess Anna, a steamer was moored, and Roberto and Duhan got on the small boat and rowed over quickly.

Ye Zhao looked at the three captains with a smile, held up the deed signed by Brand, and said: "Mr. Martin, Mr. Hugo, Mr. Taylor, in this contract, Mr. Brand has transferred the three ships to the Chinese sailors, in other words, he is no longer your employer, and he is no longer binding on the three of you, as for whether you are willing to be hired by me, you don't need to ask for his consent at all." ”

The three captains, you look at me, I look at you, all a little hesitant.

Brand shouted, "You are not allowed to sign, order them to be arrested, they are liars!" It's a liar! ”

Ye Zhao ignored him, and only smiled and said to the three captains: "I am the king of the Great Qing Kingdom, the supreme leader of the Guangdong Naval Division, how can I be a liar, you ask Brand, am I telling a lie." ”

The three captains all looked at Brand, and Brand said angrily: "These three ships were bought by the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom, he is a chaotic party, a chaotic party!" ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "You can't talk nonsense, Mr. Brand, if you force me to become a rebel, according to Chinese law, you will be beheaded!" Then he turned to the three captains and said, "If you want to earn a high salary and make a fortune in China, working for me is the best way." ”

The three captains didn't know what was going on, but it seemed that the Chinese man on the other side was the prince of the Great Qing Kingdom, so it was naturally a hundred times heavier than Brand's errand and miscellaneous weight.

Captain Taylor gritted his teeth and snapped his name.

Ye Zhao looked at Martin, Martin is the captain of the Princess Anna, and the sailors on board obey his orders, as long as he is willing to cooperate, the matter is half done.

Martin's eyes flashed with a sly light, and he shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, I can't figure out the problem of your Great Qing Kingdom, and I won't work for you until I don't know the ins and outs." ”

Ye Zhao was about to say more, the metal door of the lounge was opened with a bang, Roberto and Du Han rushed in panting, seeing Ye Zhao, Du Han's eyes were red, and he said loudly: "Traitor, you are so bold!" ”

Davis, who had just thought that there was a turnaround, saw Roberto's legs immediately weakened and sat down on the sofa.

Brand was overjoyed, walked over quickly, chattered to Roberto, and then turned back to the three captains and shouted: "This is Mr. Roberto, the director of the Shanghai Ministry of Industry!" You are a good friend of the Emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom, and you are working for the Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, not for the prince in the fiefdom. It was difficult to explain the relationship between the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty and the prince of the county for a while, and it could only be described by the Western feudal system, which also made them understand that the so-called Chinese prince was just a small vassal in the land of the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty.

The three captains had heard Roberto's name and immediately saluted respectfully, and a trace of unease crossed the face of Taylor, who had signed the deed.

Mr. Roberto took off his hat and smiled and bowed slightly to Ye Zhao, and he was fluent in Chinese: "Your Excellency, I have heard your name for a long time, and it is my honor to meet you today. ”

Hearing that Roberto wanted to let Ye Zhao go, Du Han's face was pale, today is a golden opportunity, two steamers full of sailors from the merchant group, plus the sailors of these three gunboats, Jing Xiang can't escape. But Mr. Roberto said this, and Duhan also knew that the British had British considerations, and he could not be expected to help him catch Jingxiang.

Ye Zhao smiled slightly: "Mr. Roberto, I really want to give you a ride." He shook the deed in his hand, "If Mr. Roberto doesn't give up, he can take the cruiser of my Guangdong Navy Division to Guangzhou now." ”

Roberto frowned slightly: "Your Excellency, why do you bother, please understand my difficulties." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Then does Mr. Roberto understand my difficulties?" Do I need your approval for my sailors to buy ships? ”

Roberto's face changed again and again, and he said, "Your Excellency the Prince is arguing with strong words. ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Anyway, the contract has been signed, I am going to decide on these three ships, and Mr. Roberto still wants to expel me by force?" Do you dare? ”

The two replied, Roberto used Chinese, Ye Zhao used English, the more polite Roberto was, the more Ye Zhao forced each other, and the more threatening.

It's not that Ye Zhao is pretending to be arrogant, but to tell the three captains, it can be seen that the three captains are very jealous of Roberto, if they don't suppress Roberto's arrogance, it will be difficult to succeed.

At this time, Ye Zhao turned to the three captains and said to Taylor: "You go back to the ship to rectify the sailors, and let's go south to Guangzhou." Then he said to Martin and Hugo: "If you two don't sign a contract again, I will dismiss you as captain." ”

Taylor hesitated.

Du Han listened to Brand turn over Ye Zhao's words, and saw the hesitation of the three captains, and immediately shouted: "I will hire you now, each with an annual salary of five thousand pounds!" ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, and said to the three captains: "You have also seen Brand's style of acting, when did Yanjing have a deed for you to sign?" I can guarantee that if you go with him, you will be dismissed from your post within a year. ”

A trace of greed flashed in Martin's eyes, and he suddenly said: "Emperor and Prince, whoever can contribute an annual salary of 10,000 pounds, I will work for whomever I want!" ”

"Okay, 10,000 is 10,000!" Du Han didn't have a word to agree, first fool the foreigners and then say, when you arrive in Yanjing, then it's up to you?

Ye Zhao frowned, and then made a gesture behind his back.

With a "bang", Martin was about to tear up the deed in his hand, when suddenly there was a bloody hole in his forehead, and he fell down to the sky with a poof.

The room full of people was stunned, and Ye Zhao threw the revolver back behind him.

"Whoa", the guns of Roberto's entourage were all pointed at Ye Zhao.

Roberto's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Your Excellency, even if you want to leave now!" Please come back to Shanghai with me, and I will discuss with your country's yamen how to deal with your crimes. ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Privately instigating the warship to defect, this is a capital crime in my Qing Dynasty, I deeply regret his death, and I will definitely come to Shanghai to ask for guilt in the future." But to-day, Mr. Roberto, you can detain me, and give it into the hands of those who want to punish me for my capital crimes. But Mr. Roberto, from now on, you don't know who will keep you safe. If you and I are beheaded, Mr. Roberto, I can vouch for it, even if you go back to England, if there are not hundreds of guards in and out, including your family, you will surely die in the streets one by one! Mr. Roberto, I really don't want such a tragedy to happen. ”

Roberto's face changed several times, but he knew that Ye Zhao was not lying and threatening.

Ye Zhao turned to Taylor again at this time and said, "You are temporarily the captain of the Princess Anna, and the annual salary for the first year is six thousand pounds. He looked at the sailors of the Princess Anna in the lounge and said in a deep voice, "Lay down your arms." ”

Seeing the arrogance of this Chinese prince, Mr. Roberto seemed to be scared, and the captain was even more killed, these sailors, you look at me, I look at you, and finally one of the leaders lowered the muzzle of the gun pointed at Ye Zhao and the others, and the others slowly lowered their weapons.

Du Han was a civil official, and he had already trembled when he saw the bloody and murderous scene, and he was speechless for a while.

Taylor was the first to sign the contract, and the employer was so domineering, he immediately shouted to the sailors to inform the first mate, the second mate and other leaders to go to the captain's room for a meeting, and went outside to ask the crew members who were confronting the sailors of the Garmin to lay down their arms, and soon, the tense atmosphere outside the lounge was relaxed.

In the lounge, Ye Zhao waved the deed in his hand again, and said to Roberto in a slow voice: "Mr. Roberto, it is reasonable, this is the internal affairs of my Great Qing Kingdom, the three ships have been taken over by my Guangdong Navy, I hope you will not interfere again, from a commercial point of view, these three ships are already the property of the Guangdong Navy, Mr. Roberto must destroy the principle of trade?" ”

At this time, Hu Ge also signed the deed and handed a copy to Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao smiled, and said to Chen Yong: "Go back to the Blue Rose with him to rectify the sailors, and bring a few more people." ”

Chen Yong nodded knowingly, wanting to monitor and control him, lest he play any tricks.

Roberto finally nodded: "Your Excellency, you are right, I will not interfere in today's matter, but you shot a British citizen, I hope to explain in writing, and I will discuss with the consul of the country the measures we will take." ”

Ye Zhao nodded, but said with a straight face: "Definitely." ”

Du Han knew that the general trend had gone, his face was like ashes, Ye Zhao smiled and arched his hand to him: "Lord Du, I will tell the emperor when I return to Beijing that the Guangdong sailors will fight bravely to kill the thief and live up to the emperor's high expectations." ”

Duhan didn't say anything and followed Roberto.

When the three gunboats slowly turned south, Ye Zhaocai let out a long sigh and sat down on the sofa a little tired, and the guards and sailors in the lounge quietly retreated.

After lighting a cigarette, Ye Zhao got up again, paced in front of the glass window, and looked at the behemoth composed of three steel cannons, the joy in his heart was indescribable.

With these four capital ships and the purchase of some small gunboats and gunboats, a powerful naval division has a prototype.

Although the mercenaries of the Europa countries on the ship have prepared contracts, when they arrive in Guangzhou, Taylor can still be used, and as for most of the technical officers, including Hu Ge, they will naturally be sent to the Harbour Master School as instructors, although they are well paid, they will not be used to control the ship.

Even if there is no foreign instructor corps, the Dinghai can be completely operated by Chinese sailors, and the officers and men of these three ships can also be used very quickly, compared with the Dinghai, which takes one or two years to leave the foreign instructor corps, it is no longer the same thing.

Whether it is the Ship Master School or the Lecture Hall, they are slowly changing the officer structure of the Pingyuan Army, and everything is happening unconsciously.

It's just the way home, I'm afraid it's not that easy, right?

These foreign mercenaries, although they are only for money, but when the news of their own shooting of Martin spreads, what will they think?

Ye Zhao took a deep breath of his cigarette and looked at the dazzling silver giant ship in the sun, but no matter what, let's enjoy the joy of victory first.

(To be continued)