Chapter 550: The Golden Route

As Nadim expected, Chen Xie did have such thoughts, but he also thought and told others, these are two concepts. How so? steal the limelight of the protagonist, you are Zhou Jie, you are not good at acting, and you steal the spotlight. Uh, no, it's not good to be an obedient servant, and you like to be in the limelight.

Such a servant, Chen Xie has to clean up, he can't let him continue this style of doing things, he has to let him know that he should be a man with his tail between his legs, and it's not time to his tail yet.

"Well, that's a good idea." Chen Xie showed his usual expression in front of the pit, and his eyes were squinted when he smiled. Those who know him well know that someone is going to be unlucky. "Well, General Knight's ransom, you can be generous and help him out. Pick a better ship from the fleet, and I'll sell it to him at a discount, and you can help with the money. I've always been soft-hearted, and General Knight can't go back without sailors? So five hundred sailors, he chooses for himself, and the ransom is yours. For the sake of my own people, half sell and half give, and I will just collect 100,000 gold coins from you. It doesn't matter if you can't take it out for a while, just return it slowly. The interest rate is according to the normal loan of the bank. People say, "Am I very merciful?" ”

In front of a bunch of people, Chen Xie said that later, he was already gritting his teeth. Nadim was frightened and knelt on the ground trembling, but he didn't get the slightest sympathy, and the people around him were gloating, this kid had just lived two days, and he didn't know what his name was, and he had to go to heaven if he didn't clean up. 100,000 gold coins, converted into Ming silver coins, the price of huàn is five to one, this is 500,000 silver coins. If you kill Nadim, you won't be able to take it out, and the interest on this thing is not low.

That's it. Nadim will have to live in poverty for the next 10 years, if not longer. This is the price of being in the limelight, and no one will pity him in the slightest.

The reception dinner was tossed until midnight, and when Chen Xie returned to the bedroom, he saw Ava kneeling at the door. This girl is really unlucky, and she has a father who likes to be in the limelight. It's going to be kneeling there dozing off. She didn't dare to leave, let alone go in and wait. If you go in, the red lady will be on duty tonight, and she will be able to beat her ass to pieces. If she leaves, she won't see Chen Xie, she will really have nightmares at night.

"Master!" Hearing the movement, Ava immediately sobered up, and she didn't dare to think about it, so she could only look at Chen Xie timidly. Poor baba, with big eyes full of tears and looking like they were about to cry. Women are born actors, which Chen Xie understands very well. Nadim is a person to use, but he can't be soft on the beating, and he can't relax his restraint because of this woman.

The red lady came out, stood at the door and looked at Ava kneeling on the ground, and sighed: "Master." She's not easy either. ”

Chen Xie nodded and said, "Come in and talk, what does it look like to kneel at the door." "The face of the red lady. Chen Xie must give.

There are so many women, but the one who is really favored is the red lady, and other women always lack a little personality fit in Chen Xie's mind. Not to mention the three girls who sent them, those girls are so pitiful. However, Chen Xie is a very ruthless bastard now, and the benefits will definitely not be given to the three families in vain. They must be made to give. Know that it doesn't come easily. Another problem is that Chen Xie's heirs have not been so vigorous, which is somewhat of a broadcast.

Sitting on the sofa, Chen Xie took the teacup brought by Ava, and the warmth was just right to relieve hangover. Dry it in one bite. Chen Xie said: "There is no way to change your father's affairs. But you can rest assured that Knight won't let him give this money for nothing. Even if you can't pay him back for a while, you will be able to repay him through guò trade in the future. ”

Chen Xie still hasn't said a word, that is, the Anglo-Dutch war will start in a few years, and it will be difficult to replace the money. Now it's just to comfort Ava, Chen Xie doesn't plan to spare Nadim so lightly. This guy really doesn't know how to converge, Chen Xie doesn't like it very much. Nadim must not have watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, otherwise he wouldn't have learned from Yang Xiu and played some tricks to figure out his intentions.

Interested subordinates never make themselves appear so smart. When necessary, you also need to play dumb to show that your boss's abilities are above you. People who don't understand this truth are still crooked nuts, so isn't that looking for a cut?

Ava looked at the red lady with a pleading eye, this one didn't dare to interfere in politics, and said to Ava with a smile: "It's so late, just sleep here, and I'll talk about it tomorrow." It's not easy for these words to come out of the mouth of the red lady, she has always been a single soldier, even if she has no strength at all, she won't admit it, at most take a break, and then go into battle again.

Hearing this, Chen Xie turned his head and smiled bitterly, in exchange for a roll of his eyes. I had to shrug my shoulders and didn't speak again.

Early in the morning, the prisoner of war camp was bustling. Recruitment began, and the conditions were very simple, recruiting those with families first. This condition is very popular, and these prisoners of war are very cooperative, lining up and going to check their bodies one by one and fill out the forms. For the rest of us, let's go out and work, the road outside the city is still being repaired.

Equally lively are the recruitment points on the streets, where Dutch people who are not prisoners of war are recruited, and the police and urban management bureaus need manpower, and they can eat this bowl of rice if they are strong and obey the rules. One thing that's interesting is that the so-called bad record is not protected for those who are native. Why there is such a rule, no one will know, and they will not care.

Once a superior person, now a second-class person, and he has to obediently accept management and training. This is the era of the jungle, and the loser doesn't have that much to talk about. To be able to give them a career to earn a living is a blessing. As for resistance or something, you go and look at the bayonets of those armies.

The police and chengguan are not equipped with standard weapons, they are equipped with knives and sticks, and the officials have a short gun. It's the armies that really dominate the city. The recruitment proceeded very smoothly, and in just one day, 1,000 people were recruited, and the positions in the police department and the urban management bureau were full. Then get your uniforms and get trained, these things are a matter for later.

As the situation in Batavia gradually stabilized, the schedule for Chen Xie's return was also proposed. After the first convoy arrived, it was the day Chen Xie left. The so-called first fleet arrived, that is, the transport fleet that departed from Dayuan, as long as the ships came from, not only the Zheng family's fleet, but also the fleets of the three allied countries. The Zheng family fleet was charged, while the allied fleet was free. There is no way not to be free, this battle is fought, Yan zhòng weakened the power of the Netherlands, and everyone took advantage. If you don't make some effort, why should you share the benefits? Just because the trade between the Netherlands and the Ming was interrupted in the short term, it was enough for them to make a lot of money. The merchants of the three allied countries, without much effort, waited in Xinghai City and could get the goods they wanted.

The first flotilla finally arrived, bringing with them a large amount of military supplies, as well as various medicines. Among them, medicine is the key, and a large amount of artemisinin is a life-saving elixir in Xinghai City. These medicines are not only in great demand locally, but also bought by merchants from various countries as life-saving medicines for self-defense. Southeast Asia has always been a region with a high incidence of malaria. Don't underestimate malaria, it's a deadly disease that kills people isn't new at all. At the time of the Great Discovery, the number of Europeans dying of malaria was overwhelming. Why else is cinchona so expensive? This thing just saves lives. However, now this kind of drug with great side effects is basically out of market when it is hit by artemisinin. A lot of silver fell into Chen's pocket.

The three major Chinese families in Xinghai City showed great economic strength at this time. The captured Dutch ships, they almost had the lion's mouth wide open, and they had to eat them all. Of course, this thing is impossible, Chen Xie gave them fifteen at most. The other ships, after being repaired, were not enough for the maritime merchants from the Ming Dynasty. Just look at the shipyard in Huating, and the orders will be sent to the year after tomorrow. It can be seen that with the opening of the sea, the huge trade profits have made the merchants of the Ming Dynasty crazy.

The fleet brought news of Brunei, and a supply ship docked in Brunei, sending a large amount of iron products, military rations, cloth, ammunition and other supplies. Because the stainless steel teacup was replaced with a piece of dog's head gold, Chen Xie specially asked the fleet to send a batch of stainless steel products, intending to continue to fool the local natives. pit them, Chen Xie has no psychological burden at all. In this kind of modern society, ten yuan for three products, the profit is no longer against the sky.

Let's put it this way, the route of the South Seas, everything can be transported, you can make money, as long as you come, you can return with a full load.

Escorted by twenty third-class battleships and thirty fourth-class battleships, Chen Xie's royal fleet returned with him. The ship was full of products from the South Seas, and it was possible to make a lot of money when it was transported back to Huating. On Chen Xie's flagship, the gold is calculated by the ton, and this trip is very cool, it is really a bumper harvest. Not only robbed other people's vaults, but also looted all kinds of gold, and there was still a surplus of three tons of gold.

Back to Dayuan, Chen Xie did not stay long, and after the poor work, he continued to go north to Huating. When he arrived at Huating, when the royal fleet docked, Zhang Xun was immediately overwhelmed by the merchants waiting here. Pepper, copper ingots, nutmeg and other things don't need to be seen at all, and they are directly sold one by one. There was a ship in it, and it would never let people go up.

This ship was not loaded with any Nanyang products, but with a ton of various gold coins and gold, which Zhang Xun wanted to send to Beijing to show off to the emperor. It was also Chen Xie who deliberately asked him to do this, the purpose, hehe. Looking back and knowing the profits of the royal fleet's trip, the entire Jingshi must not go crazy. When the entire Ming Dynasty has the ability to invest in sea trade, what else can stop the blowout of the Ming Dynasty's marine consciousness? Who else dares to go against Chen Xie, who has pinched this golden route? (To be continued......)