It had been a full week since Adams and the other Dutchmen had been captured, and it had been a nightmare for the fifty Dutchmen, who had never imagined that they would one day be living and eating with a group of unclothed natives, or even doing the same work, and even believing that if they were allowed to work in this mine for a year without dying, they would be the same as the natives. God knows if those aborigines were also abused by the Australians.

Looking at the soldiers on guard with guns all around, Adams knew that it would be almost impossible to escape back to Batavia, and even if they escaped the damn mines, they wouldn't be able to go back without a boat.

"Hey, soldier, I think I need to talk to your commander, please let me know."

The person in charge of guarding the mine was an immigrant soldier, who had only learned to speak Mandarin for a long time, and he couldn't understand a word about what this white-haired Yiren said.

"Damn foreign devils, if you want to be lazy, hurry up and work, and cancel today's nest if you don't work."

Adams wanted to cry in the face of the fierce and vicious Australian garrison soldiers with guns, these damn GIs didn't know Dutch at all, and they knew that they should have told everything they knew in front of the officer who knew Dutch that day, and they wouldn't have suffered like this.

At this time, there may have been many Dutch sailors who thought the same thing as him, but the Australian old man seemed to have forgotten them, and brought them to this mine, and no one came to interrogate them.

Of course, how could our protagonists forget about this group of hapless Dutch pioneer expedition team, even if everyone forgets, Wang Hammer will not forget, how can a sea power activist who wants to quickly expand his naval strength forget a group of sailors who are skilled in sailing ships.

Because he has received an accurate answer from Lin Youde of the Ministry of Industry, if the Manchester City base wants to build a modern ship like the Sea Blue, I am afraid that it will not be seen in this life, not to mention the welding technology, even the steel smelting technology cannot fully meet the modern standards, these are still just basic, as for the various machines inside the hull, the crossing will not be built.

You Nanzhe, who worked as an engineer in the Jiangnan Shipyard before the crossing, gave a conservative estimate that after 20 years, an ironclad ship can be built at most, as for now, not even a Western ship and a Daming Fu ship can be built, and there are almost no shipbuilders in the entire Manchester City base.

After a total of everyone, as long as the Sea Blue breaks down, then the Manchester City base will be cut off from the outside world. It wasn't long before I was happy, and when I saw that the days were coming, a new crisis had arisen before I had already enjoyed it.

It is Lin Youde, You Nanzhe, Wang Tiehammer and the three of them are combined, these Dutchmen are treasures, even if there are no workers who can build ships in the more than 50 people, but there must be sailors who can control the sailboats, there is a lack of personnel who can overtake the ships in this period, and we have to quickly let the executive committee make a decision, get these people out to train a few talents in this area for the base, at least when the Sea Blue is broken, we can also drive the captured Dutch sailing ship out.

"Australia needs these Dutch veterans to serve us, and with their help, we will be able to train sailors who can operate sailboats more quickly for this era. It's very important for us, and the Sea Blue doesn't look like it's going to run right now, but we don't know when it's going to strike, so we have to have a way to deal with it. ”

"Then according to the meaning of the three of you, you want to release these Dutch, do you still want to get a navigation school out and hire these Dutch foreign teachers?" Ren Changle asked with a smile.

"Yes, that's right, it would be better if there were people who knew how to build ships, taking advantage of today's meeting, I have to say something, we immigrants should not only patronize the immigrants of the Ming Dynasty, but also absorb some of them in Europe, like those who know how to craft will be of great help to us, especially shipbuilding workers."

"It's not a difficult question for the old man, and now Europe is not very peaceful, full of landless peasants and unemployed workers in handicraft workshops, they don't have enough to eat, I think the Dutch may be willing to help us bring these people, they themselves do the work of the slave trade."

"Then this matter is decided, then your foreign trade department will get me some shipbuilding workers, I am waiting for someone to start work, the stakes are very important, no joke."

"I wonder if we should discuss the Dutch captives here to find out what they think." Xiao Baitu sat on the side and suggested, because he signed up for the recruitment to be an executive officer on Christmas Island, he was honored to be appointed as an executive officer on Christmas Island, and he was waiting to go now.

After being reminded, everyone also put aside the discussion for the time being, and sent Wang Annian, a guy who knew Dutch, to find out about the situation of the captives.

It is said that this guy has lost his soul since he found the beautiful girl on the Dutch ship, how can he revolve around her every day, although her identity is also a captive, but the difference is simply natural from Adams and others. He didn't give his own separate barracks to this Dutch girl named Anna to live in, and delivered three meals a day to her, which was quite a meaning to take this Dutch beautiful girl into his arms.

"Hi our Captain Adams, are you okay? Anna has been worried about your safety these days, I told her that you will be fine, you see what I have brought you, white bread, soy milk, these are all you like, and our Australian specialty kangaroo meat. ”

Wang Annian greeted Adams with a scowling expression, completely oblivious to the large bag on his head and the bruises on his face.

Looking at Wang Annian who was smiling brightly, Adams excitedly held his hand and shed tears, quite a little bit waiting for you to come.

After some conversation, Wang Annian knew that he had been beaten, called the soldier and reprimanded him, and then asked him if he had thought it through or if he was going to continue to work in the mining plant.

"No, no, king, you know that this is not a place for men," said Adams, who was holding bread in one hand and a cup and soy milk in the other, and said with hunger, "You don't know how much it smells here, and the hard and unpleasant black bread, I am so fed up, I will tell you anything you want to know." ”

"Very well, Mr. Adams, given your good behavior, if you tell us why you are in Australia, you will leave this nasty place, including your crew."

"Damn, it's all the damned Governor Van Dimen, he asked us to come out to find out where Australia is, and he is trying to find out the truth and report back, by the way, he must want to take revenge on you, because you shelled Batavia and made him lose face."

"And how did you find it, you have nautical charts?" Wang Annian then asked.

"No, no, we just heard that your location is south of Batavia, so we kept heading south, and we happened to be here."

"Very well, I am satisfied with your answer, Mr. Adams, is there anything else you would like to tell me?"

"Oh, by the way, please don't hurt Miss Anna, she's just out with me, she doesn't know we're looking for Australia."

"At this point, I think you can rest assured that Miss Anna is our friend of the Australians, and she will not be harmed in any way." Wang Annian said with a meaningful smile.

From his expression, Adams had already seen this guy's greed for Miss Anna, and silently cursed the damn Australian old man in his heart, hoping that Miss Anna's true identity would not be revealed.