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After a full ten minutes, including the first pathfinder ship and the troop carrier behind, the fleet finally hovered over the river, but the neat formation was already scattered. [Ran^Text^Library] [www]. [774] [buy]. [com] qiuu. The update is so fast.

Hui Shi's sharp gaze fell on Chen Cun's boat through the heavy sail shadows, and said coldly: "The thunder is cleaned up by Chen Village, but now there is such a big accident, we must be held responsible, and call those who are responsible!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The interpreter ran to the bow of the ship and shouted loudly.

At the moment of the explosion of the frigate, the four Chen Cun brothers all realized that something was wrong, indeed, the thunder was swept by himself, and a frigate was blown up, can the British spare themselves? Sure enough, the boat had just stopped when the voice of the interpreter came.

"Big brother, what should I do?" Chen Lao Er asked uneasily.

Chen Laosi said sadly: "Do you think the British can let us go? It's better to fight, and you can pull a few pads on your back when you are dying! ”

"Alas~~" Boss Chen waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Pull the cushion back? If you look around, as long as we make the slightest move, Yingyi's artillery will come first, and with our best efforts, how many of them can we sink him? What's more, if we all die in battle, what will happen to the old and weak 'women' and children who remain in the village? Forget it, let's just go over honestly and see what the British will do with us. ”

Boss Chen looked like a hero in the twilight, and the other three also felt panicked in their hearts, this is a pure disaster, but what else can you do if your life is in the hands of others?

The four brothers went down to the boat, and fifteen minutes later, they appeared on the Duke of Wellington, and Gilhanga suddenly shouted: "Kneel! ”

"You" Chen Lao's face had just changed, and Chen Lao Liu had already hurriedly pulled him, signaling that he couldn't bear to 'mess up' with the big plan.

"Huh!" Chen Laosi sighed heavily, and knelt on the deck with the three brothers with great grievances.

Wu Jianzhang swept his eyes coldly. He put on a smiling face, half-bent over and said, "Mr. Huishi, the people from Chen Village are here, what do you want to ask?" ”

Hui Shi said expressionlessly: "You ask them if they did it on purpose." ”

"Yes!" Wu Jianzhang turned around. Standing up straight, he asked: "Bold Chen Village, dare to collude with the short 'Mao' and frame Lord Yang, what crime should he be guilty of?" ”

To tell the truth, the four brothers couldn't wait to kick Wu Jianzhang into the river. The ugly face was disgusting, but at this time, I could only swallow my anger. [&28909;&38376;&23567;&35828;&32593;&119;&119;&119;&46;&114;&101;&109;&101;&11010;&120;&115;&46;&99;&1111;There are almost all the books I want to read.,It's faster than the general station.,There are no ads in the whole text.。 ]

Boss Chen suppressed his anger and arched his hand: "My Ah Village has never been slow to serve the court, and the third child was killed by the short 'Mao' last year, and the fifth child was hit by the short 'Mao' thunder not long ago. I can't even find the bones, this hatred and hatred, I don't share the sky, how can I collude with the short 'hair'? Please learn from Lord Wu and all of you. ”

"Humph!" Wu Jianzhang snorted coldly: "That's a good thing, what happened just now, Lei was swept by your Chen Village, it must be that you and others deliberately kept a few to frame Lord Yang!" ”

"Wronged!" Chen Lao Liu immediately shouted, "Lord Wu." Ladies and gentlemen, we did clean up, otherwise why didn't so many ships blow up? In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the short 'hair' must have placed a mine under deeper water, and our rigging can only sweep the water surface one foot below, and the foreign man's boat has a deep draft, so it was 'waved' and reached, which is completely caused by the cunning of the short 'hair', and we don't want to do so. ”

Chen Lao Liu's explanation is reasonable, in fact. No one thought that at this moment, Chen Cun dared to go against the foreigners, Wu Wenrong and Gil Hang'a both nodded, and Wu Jianzhang also felt that there was nothing to ask, so he set his eyes on Hui Shi.

The interpreter paraphrases the original words. Hui Shiluo sank and said: "The fundamental reason for the destruction of a warship by our army is that Chen Cun has neglected its work, and the responsibility cannot be shirked, so first, we must make full compensation.

The destroyed frigate has been in service for no more than five years and is the main warship of the Navy stationed in Singapore, which will obviously have a serious impact on the safety of Southeast Asian waters, and even affect the security of Singapore.

There were a total of 257 officers and soldiers of all ranks on the ship, and they had to be bereaved by Chen Village, which should have been different according to different ranks, but it was an unintentional mistake to think in Chen Village, so the net was open, and the minimum standard could be 10,000 pounds per person, a total of 3,570,000 pounds, which would be settled within two months after the war!

Second, Chen Cun, as the executor of mine clearance, must re-clean the water surface, and if any more mines fail to be cleared, he will be punished as a crime of collaborating with the enemy! ”

When the translator relayed it, everyone was fiercely 'pumping', three million five hundred and seventy thousand pounds, according to the official exchange rate of one to three, that is more than ten million taels of silver, no matter how rich Chen Cun is, it is difficult to say whether he can afford to compensate, maybe even if he has, he will definitely be stripped of his bottoms.

An old frigate with more than 200 lives dares to ask for 10 million taels of silver, what is the lion's mouth? This is the lion's mouth!

But the British have the strength and the capital to sit on the ground and bargain, and Chen Cun is slaughtered by others, and it is impossible to even make a counteroffer, so to speak, after this battle, Chen Cun is finished, and the British have been skinned and 'cramped', and the extortion is clean, and even the money for repairing the ship can not be 'spent', and in the foreseeable future, Chen Cun will be completely beaten back to its original shape, and decades of hard work will come to naught, and it will become a dilapidated small fishing village!

The corners of Wu Jianzhang and Gilhang'a's mouths twitched secretly, originally they were still counting on making a lot of money by raiding Chen Village's family and exterminating the clan, but this is good, the British took the lead, and all the oil and water were fished out by the British.

Although the four Chen Cun brothers have made enough money by shipbuilding over the years, more than 10,000 people in the village have to eat, and there are also Guangdong officials who have dotted up, it is very good to be able to make up two million taels in cash, and the compensation is 10 million taels, even if the land in the whole village is sold, it is not enough!

After brushing it, Chen Laosi couldn't bear it, stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "Your fucking heart is too dark, let's go bankrupt, owe a lot of debts, and let us go to death, since Hengzhi is a death, then fight to break the net, brothers, fight!" ”

Although Hui Shi didn't understand, he could guess what he was going to do when he saw Chen Laosi's look, and he had already beckoned first, and more than ten British soldiers 'raised' their guns and surrounded the four Chen brothers tightly.

Chen Cun can break through the name of Nuoda, the only way to 'door' is to fight, although the brothers are not as good as Su Sanniang, Shi Dakai and other masters, but they still have some kung fu, but they are pointed at guns, what else can they do?

Boss Chen immediately pulled Chen Laosi: "Kneel, do you want to harm the whole village?" ”

"Big brother!" With a plop, Ah Lao Si knelt down and cried on the ground: "The foreigners are 'forced' us to a dead end, I hate it so much, why do you say that we build ships honestly?" I have to provoke the Democratic Alliance, and now I haven't even 'touched' the 'Mao' of the Democratic Alliance, but our Chen Village has already been 'bankrupt', and the fifth child has no bones, and he is hea~~"

The so-called man has tears and does not flick, the big man actually cried heartbreakingly, this is obviously the collapse of the 'spirit', and there is no room for defense when he is blackmailed by the British.

Wu Wenrong was a little unbearable, and persuaded: "The asking price of foreigners is a little high, but the shape is stronger than people, what else can you do if you shouldn't go down?" After all, the thunder was swept by you.

In fact, according to this official's point of view, things are far from being helpless, you Chen Cun has been active on the ground in Guangdong for many years, and there are always some relatives and friends. With your shipbuilding skills, within ten or eight years, you should be able to pay off the arrears, and then slowly recover your vitality, alas~~ In this world, as long as people are there, it is better than anything. ”

After sighing heavily, Wu Wenrong said to the translator again: "Chen Cun's compensation for such a huge amount of money is indeed not enough, this brother, may I ask Lord Yang, can you reduce it some?" If you 'force' people to a dead end, who will clear the mines? ”

The translator was also sympathetic to Chen Cun's plight, nodded his head, and relayed it truthfully.

Huishi and Brandt muttered and discussed for a while, and then said: "Okay, I will sell Lord Wu a face, three million five hundred and seventy thousand pounds, you can remove the change, 'pay' three million five hundred thousand pounds, please Chen Cun hurry up and clear the mines, before dark, our army must land." ”

According to common sense, the reduction of 70,000 pounds is equivalent to 210,000 taels of silver, and Wu Wenrong's face is worth 210,000 silver, which is still 'quite large', but compared to Chen Village's sky-high compensation, this is tantamount to a drop in the bucket.

After the translator said Hui Shi's request, Boss Chen's 'legs' were weak and he almost fell on the deck, borrowing money is easy to say, but offending foreigners, others are afraid to avoid it, who dares to lend money to himself? Taking a step back, even if you can borrow it, you can only borrow usury, and the capital of millions of taels of silver, with rolling interest, will not be able to pay it off in ten lifetimes!

In particular, he had to be 'forced' to clean up the more difficult deep mines, which would definitely increase the casualties, and if it weren't for the drag of his family, Boss Chen would have had the urge to die with Hui Shi.

Thinking of his wife, children and clansmen who were far away in Shunde, Boss Chen suddenly softened, arched his hand with his arm that trembled slightly, and left quickly with his three younger brothers.

Huishi and Berlant couldn't help but 'exchange' a knowing smile, and both knocked on the cigarette, although it is difficult to 'deliver' the loss of a frigate, the result in exchange is three and a half million pounds, that frigate is an old model more than ten years ago, it is not worth anything at all, and after deducting depreciation expenses, it can only be worth 100,000 pounds!

As for the pension of a soldier killed in battle, the average annual salary of a British industrial worker is only fifteen pounds, according to this standard, even if the pension is tripled, it is only forty-five pounds, which is equivalent to the profit brought by each British soldier killed in battle is nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-five pounds.

Coupled with the net profit of 900,000 pounds from the sinking of the frigate, the East India Company's financial embarrassment will be greatly alleviated. Ha Novel R1071