Yang Feng's engagement in these things inevitably aroused the confusion of the British, after all, a huge fleet with a total tonnage of more than 20,000 was parked in his own port, no matter who would be uncomfortable, but his deposits of nearly 10 million pounds in the Rothschild Bank and the Bank of Bahrain were enough to dispel any doubts of the British, so all the ports of Britain allowed his fleet to dock under the banner of merchant ships, and recruited retired naval officers on a large scale.

Four destroyers and six landing ships, at least a thousand crew members are needed, and Jin Yuan's branch in Hong Kong sent him another 500 Chinese, so he also needs 500 European employees, but it is not difficult to recruit people here, even if they sue them, they must be prepared for war with Boss Yang, and those ghosts who are full of adventurous spirit are also eager for this, the reason is very simple, high salary, in addition to pension insurance, and there is a high pension for those who died in battle.

You must know that at this time, ordinary people in Britain only earn dozens of pounds a year, just enough to buy a bottle of shampoo from him, and the minimum wage he offers to mercenaries and sailors is 100 pounds a year, and the salaries of officers and officers are higher, and there are other benefits.

In addition to the crew, he needed a commander, a real naval commander, to command an armored cruiser, and his privateer-turned-Captain Ballmer was barely up to the task, but it would be a bit difficult for him to command a fleet of a dozen warships.

"General Luang Weili, the contemptible man invited you here this time, the reason is very simple, I believe you should know that there is a fleet of mine parked on the Thames now, of course you can call it a fleet, I need a fleet commander, I wonder if you are interested?" In his manor, Yang Feng said with a proud face to Lang Weili, the commander of the British Reserve Fleet that he had invited.

"Dear Pasha, as an active officer in the Royal Navy, it is difficult for me to grant you this request." Lang Weili said with great embarrassment, he did not dare to put up a fight in front of Yang Feng, this Chinese has huge influence whether in the navy or in the Congress, even if he wants to kick him back to his hometown to farm, it is only a matter of words.

"General, this problem is easy to solve, I will let His Excellency the Minister of the Navy give you a vacation, as for how long it will be released, your rank will be retained, and when you work for me until you want to come back, I think there will be a new rank waiting for you." Yang Feng said.

No matter what later generations say about him, it must be admitted that he is still very capable of managing fleets, and besides, he has been in East Asia for so many years, and he must be very familiar with this sea area, which is very important to him.

Yang Feng has said it to this point, Lang Weili is naturally not good to refuse, as for his salary, this is very simple, now money is just a prop for Yang Da Boss, casually waved his hand, three hundred pounds a month, this figure immediately strengthened Lang Weili's determination to mix with him, you must know that the monthly salary given to him by the Beiyang Navy Master is only seven hundred taels of silver, which is equivalent to more than one hundred pounds sterling, and now Yang Feng not only gives him three times the salary, but also will let his military rank be upgraded by one level, so why not do it?

After all, his current commander of the reserve fleet is nothing more than a cold bench for receiving a salary, and it would be good to be promoted to a military rank in another ten years, and now he not only has a high salary, but he can also be promoted if he serves well, so why not?

In this way, Yang Feng's fleet was finally completed, on a cloudy day, turbid waves churning, under the rain of the rich men of London, the respected Yang Feng Pasha, took his fleet back to his territory to inspect, of course, a big man like him, will definitely not go to Kuwait for a vacation to the hot dead, it is said that Yang Pasha's final destination is Western Australia, where he still has a vast pasture, I believe he will spend a good summer there, which can be seen from the four charming little beauties behind him.

This time, in order to keep an eye on his fiancé, even Lin Luoke followed, and by the way, he went to visit the old Erikson, who has been a missionary in China for more than ten years, and it is said that he is now preaching to Jiangxi, otherwise Yang Feng will be able to see his quasi-old man when he goes to China last time.

An armed yacht, five warships, and six landing ships sailed in a column at a speed of eighteen knots out of the Thames estuary and turned southwest, out of the English Channel and then due south, then eastward to Guò Gibraltar into the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal out of the Red Sea, then northward, and finally into the Persian Gulf to reach Yampasha's territory of Kuwait.

After more than a year, this small city has been renewed, the city walls that were originally destroyed by him with cannons have been repaired, including the dilapidated houses inside, and even look much more prosperous than before, this is not surprising, it is difficult for a free port not to prosper, this was originally an important commercial port in the Persian Gulf, and it was previously restricted by water sources, after the takeover of the big boss Yang, a 3,000-ton merchant ship was specially used to transport water from Basra, and this problem does not exist anymore.

The esteemed mayor of Hyde even built a public bath very luxuriously, and it was divided into two parts, men and women, of course, not free, but the fee was very low, that is, to maintain normal operation, this move allowed him and the great master to immediately gain the infinite support of those young men and women, as for the reason for this, there is no need to say, so when Yang Pasha disembarked, he was supported by all the people.

"You are a foreigner, you have driven away their monarch who has ruled for hundreds of years by bloody means, and killed thousands of them in war, and even connived at your subordinates to wash the city, and now it has only been more than a year, they can support you so much, could it be that you have some magic that you can't do?" Xue Fucheng said in amazement, of course he could see that the respect on the faces of these residents on both sides who were cheering at Yang Feng in an incomprehensible language was from the heart.

"Because I gave them what they wanted." Like a leader standing on the tower of Tiananmen Square, Yang Feng, who waved to the crowd of people in the middle of the road with satisfaction, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Do you see that boat?" It's dedicated to transporting water, and this city is drier than our Northwest Gobi, so there's nothing in this world that can't be bought, the key is whether what you produce is appropriate. ”

Of course, he was not prepared to stay in Kuwait, and it would have been torture for him to live in such a hot and dead place, and the next day he left behind 500 troops, and then the other 2,000 mercenaries all boarded the landing ship, and then set sail for Western Australia.

After arriving in Western Australia, the fleet stopped at the port of Fremantæ, and the accompanying mercenaries disembarked to rest, and notified the second group of mercenaries who were training in Kalgoorlie to arrive, and Yang Feng took the accompanying Lin Luoke and Xue Fucheng and Zhang Quan to Perth together.

"Your Excellency, how do I feel that there are so many fewer people in Perth." After meeting with the Prime Minister of Western Australia, he asked with a puzzled expression.

"Mr. Yang, a lot of people used to come here to pan for gold, but now that the gold has not been found, they naturally won't continue to stay here, in fact, this is what it was originally like here." The Prime Minister of Western Australia said with a wry smile.

Of course, they can't find gold, and the real gold mine is in Yang Feng's manor! The Golden Mile has long been turned into Yang Feng's holiday villa, and tens of thousands of trees have been planted on it, and they are about to become Kalgoorlie Forest, you must know that it is not easy to plant trees in that place, in order to maintain Yang Da's hobby, his workers there have to use cars to transport water for special watering.

"That's not good, I can't watch the city decay, so let's do it, I'll invest here as much as I can in the future, but one thing, the wages of the locals are too high, so it's difficult for the company to be competitive, I have to hire a group of Chinese workers from China, but I will keep the number of local employees and Chinese workers at a ratio of one to one, but WA Zhengfu must give Chinese workers the same Zhengzhi status as whites." Yang Feng said that this is a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

"Mr. Yang, we have to know the amount of your investment, otherwise it will be difficult for the WA Council to agree to this." The Prime Minister of Western Australia said that although it is not strictly anti-Chinese here, it is not very welcoming to Chinese workers, and Yang Feng's mercenaries are one thing, but large-scale Chinese immigration is another.

"I can't say this now, in fact, the best choice here is to develop the steel industry, there are no steel mills in Australia so far, and there is no valuable iron ore found in Eastern Australia, Young's Mining will conduct large-scale exploration in Western Australia, if you can find iron ore, then you can build a steel plant in Perth, there are steel plants, railways, machinery factories, arsenals... Build whatever you want. Yang Feng waved his hand very boldly and said.

In that case, let's wait for him to find steel, but the Prime Minister of Western Australia is very suspicious of this, and there is more than one British company looking for mines here over the years, and they all went back empty-handed.

"But even prospecting requires a lot of investment, so I have to get the exclusive right to explore and mine a certain area, otherwise I won't invest." Yang Feng looked at him and said lightly.

This is understandable, no one can let the mines they have worked so hard to find end up in the hands of other developers.

"That's fine, so where do you need to go for prospects?" The Prime Minister of Western Australia asked.

Yang Feng took a map of Western Australia, first lay on it and looked at it for a while, making a concentrated thought, then took a pen and drew a circle on it, threw the pen and said, "Here."