"By the way, Ziqi, you have to let Andre, Renlei and Colt know that the sea has not been calm recently, and our three allies still have to protect it in advance, as for the others, they should have their own destiny!

These things just said, you should hurry up, I have been busy recently, and I will be inseparable, and I can't take care of many things, Ziqi, you take care of the overall situation and don't have any problems. ”

Qin Ziqi and Sun Boqing are absolutely credible, Yang Meng is also evaluating whether to have a few more daughters, now he only has a girl in Yue'er, born in the Yang family, maybe it is Yue'er's blessing, or maybe it is Yue'er's misfortune, at a young age, Yang Meng has already sold Yue'er to Qin Ziqi's son Qin Hu, and if he wants to act freely, it is difficult!

Think about yourself, and then think about your sons, Yang Meng is also full of helplessness, he was born in the right year and the wrong year, and he doesn't know what happened after his death! Qin Ziqi and the four of them left, and Yang Meng sat alone for a long time before he walked into the mansion of the government office alone.

As the signing time of the shipyards of the five countries approached, the situation in Guangzhou became more and more wonderful, and Yang Meng did not know what the situation was at sea, but the table on the side of Guangzhou just confirmed the uncalm at sea.

Merchants from all over the world who were busy on the ship in the past began to land and gather in the supervision area established by Yang Meng to enjoy the delicious food of the Qing Dynasty, but everyone had an expression of unwillingness on their faces.

It was Andre who brought news from the sea to Yang Meng, Andre's expression was a little haggard, it seems that these days, this French official and businessman. I didn't encounter anything good.

"Yang Butang. Things at sea ......"

Andre looked at Yang Meng's eyes full of suspicion. These ten days of hard work are a lot of materials and wealth, the time to gather in Guangzhou, and in addition to the wind and waves on the sea, there are also more pirates who do business.

With financial and military strength, he is fully capable of building one at sea. A pirate legion made up of Europeans and Americans.

"Except for what the two of us are plotting with Renres, nothing else has anything to do with me.

A few days ago, Governor Bowing came to talk to me and wanted me to cancel the contract of the shipyards of the five countries.

The Five Nations Shipyard is indispensable to me and to the country behind me, and in your opinion, the Five Nations Shipyard is just the world's number one shipyard, for me and my country. These five shipyards are a shortcut for us to connect with the world.

Without the support of the state, I was able to build this huge shipyard of five countries. This is a holy decree given to me by our Emperor Xià, and I think you know these words, and it will not do me any good to obstruct the establishment of the shipyards of the Five Kingdoms.

Moreover, the shipyards of the five countries are not what you imagine, the money-losing business, the minerals of Australia and the Americas are a lot of income for us, when signing the draft contract, I have already analyzed the pros and cons, the huge resources of Australia and the Americas are enough to offset the 30% fixed income within ten years.

Large-scale mechanical mining, businessmen from various countries, do not have such financial strength, and Asia, as a transit point between Australia and the Americas, also has geographical advantages.

Nowadays, the mining stocks in Australia and the Americas are in the hands of businessmen from all over the world, making trouble at sea, and I have no such motive!

Andrey, what happened at sea? ”

Yang Meng is telling the truth, and this explanation also works for Andre, what kind of thing is England, the French as an old enemy know best, it seems that England has issued a so-called looting license again!

"This is the contract I won with Nyres, it is only fifteen million taels, and two ships were sunk by us in the process of looting, and I don't know if there is a contract on board.

Recently, the number of pirates on the sea has suddenly increased, and the number of increases is outrageous, many merchant ships have been robbed, from the South China Sea of the Qing Kingdom to Southeast Asia, from Southeast Asia to the Indian Ocean, countless pirates have suddenly appeared, and the machinery of the three ships I escorted from France has also been robbed. ”

The pirates hired by Andre and Renlei have also done a few big deals at sea during this time, and with the intelligence of Yang Meng's side and France, although the sea is big, it is still very easy for Andre to deal with a few merchants.

But who would have thought that the hunters who had returned with a full load would be ambushed instead? Fortunately, the pirates encountered near Malacca, and fortunately, Andrei's ships are all new merchant ships purchased over the years, otherwise, not to mention the goods, several drafts on Andrei's body would have changed hands.

"Pirates? But what the English dictated? These bastards, they really play yin.

Andrey, I still have a few warships under my command, most of them are hired European mercenaries, can you provide me with some military information, although my warships are few, but compared to ordinary pirates, I should still have a certain advantage! ”

France in Annam is a good intelligence channel, although Yang Meng has generally mastered the intelligence of pirates, but it is still possible to test France's intelligence capabilities.

"Yang Butang, what model of your warship is it?"

This time he came to the Qing Kingdom, Andre was really frightened, these pirates, although it is a threat to the shipyards of the five countries, but such a threat has nothing to do with Andre, their threat to the Yunyan Channel is the greatest, Yunyan This thing is not able to distinguish who owns the goods, once the pirates plundered Yunyan in large numbers, it will undoubtedly be a ruining blow to Andrei's business.

As soon as he heard that Yang Butang was interested in eliminating pirates, Andre also had the idea of cooperating with him.

"An old warship of the English style, with a displacement of three thousand tons and more than a hundred guns."

Listening to Yang Butang say his type of warship in a proud tone, Andre directly dispelled the idea of cooperating with him, such a warship, although the firepower is fierce, but the maneuverability is not good, and the light pirate ship fights, these old warships with old hulls and slow speeds, as long as they are attacked in close quarters. It can be said that there is no ability to resist.

"Yang Butang. Your three vintage English battleships. It is more suitable for harbor defense and fighting pirates, such a warship lacks flexibility and can only be beaten passively, if you have a fleet of more than ten warships, these giant ships may not be bad, but all three are such warships, even if they encounter pirate ships. I can only see them off.

These three warships, forming a fleet, are undoubtedly powerful, but once they are separated, the old hull is already overwhelmed, and once hit, it is easy to sink.

Moreover, the pirate ship at sea did not appear alone, my merchant ship was a new type of merchant ship. And with a small number of artillery, one or two pirate ships can still cope with it.

But this time on the way to Qingguo. I have also encountered new merchant ships converted into pirate ships, both in terms of speed and firepower, these pirate ships surpass the merchant ships carrying cargo, and there are as many as five of them, your three giant ships encounter, even if they can deal a certain blow to them, but your three warships, will definitely be sunk. ”

The giant ship gun group, although the power is not great, but in sea operations, speed and mobility are also the key factors in the decisive victory, the old warship with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, the speed may not even be half of the new merchant ship, Andrei's analysis is very objective, after he finished explaining, Yang Butang's face really showed a shocked look.

"How can there be so many, according to you, that the pirate ships of the sea, not alone, but in small fleets?

How much time would it take to refit such a warship? ”

Although he knew the information of the pirates, Yang Meng didn't know that it would be the pirate group that appeared, so the difficulty of exterminating the pirates increased a lot.

"It's slow! Even if it is a simple modification, it will take a month, and it is difficult for you to buy a new type of merchant ship, and even if you buy it, it is impossible to be faster than the pirates, and as time goes on, they will become more and more familiar with this sea, and even if you have a new warship, it will be difficult to deal with these pirates who are familiar with the sea.

As far as I know, the relationship between your country and England is also quite tense, and in the event of a war, you simply cannot afford to send warships at sea. ”

Andre's analysis is still objective, and his analysis also vetoed the suspicion that Yang Meng organized pirates, and many new merchant ships, whether they are England or France, will not be sold to foreign merchants.

From this point of view, the swarms of pirates at sea are really operated by England behind the scenes, and they are in distress this time, and England is inseparable from them, in response to these, Andre also proposed a more pertinent construction to Yang Meng, after all, the shipyards of the five countries will create him tens of millions of francs in the next ten years, and compared with these wealth, the private agreement between France and England is not impossible to reveal.

"Won't England do this, and won't it invite the European countries to fight back?"

"To be honest, even if the European countries work together, there is no hope of defeating England at sea, the English fleet, the experience of naval warfare is too much, unless it is a large number of ironclad ships, it ......"

Ironclads are a huge threat to sail warships, and now the main fleet of England is all wooden sail warships, as long as there are dozens of ironclad ships, it is not impossible to compete with England.

Thinking of this, Andrei suddenly paused, it turned out that this was the reason for the appearance of pirates, the Crimean War has verified the superiority of ironclad ships, and the thing of ramming horns has also become popular, ironclad ships can easily sink wooden sail warships, and the main construction of the shipyards of the five countries is ironclad ships, which is undoubtedly an extremely huge threat to England.

With the largest scale in the world, including the minerals of Australia and the Americas, I am afraid that in a short period of time, this Yang Butang will be able to raise an ironclad fleet, which is extremely fatal to the threat to England.

Australia, although it is a colony of England, but the British government can not and dare not prevent such commercial cooperation, once the formal contract of the shipyard of the five countries is signed, forced by the pressure of domestic businessmen, the British government, it is difficult to make a move on the shipyards of the five countries, in the face of huge commercial profits, the country is not the first to save zài.

Before England made a very heavy bet on Yang Butang's side, the advance injection of 25 million taels of silver is probably a trap for England, a trap for merchants from all countries to inject a large amount of capital, once the merchants of various countries come to the Qing country with a huge amount of money, as long as the legal pirate ship loots a few times, the military expenses of this dispatch will also be settled.

Yang Butang arranged an accident for the merchants of England, why not England?

Once the shipyards of the five countries cannot be built, the threat of England will be much smaller, without the participation of businessmen from all countries, England can completely attack the shipyards of the five countries, and use Yang Butang's method to continue the contract of the shipyards of the five countries, so that not only the shape of Asia, but also the pattern of Europe will also change.

Yang Meng is a little worried about the scale of piracy, Andre is worried about the pattern of Europe, and the Governor of Hong Kong Bao Ling can only be described as life is worse than death, all five merchant ships carrying seven government contracts were accidentally sunk, the goods on the merchant ship and the merchant ship itself are not valuable, what is worth is the seven-cent rough contract! It involves the ownership of nearly 20 million taels of silver.

Such a responsibility is not borne by the politicians involved in this plan, and the gold and silver of England's participation in the shipyards of the five countries have been misappropriated, and they thought that they could earn hundreds of thousands of pounds in profits in two months, but they did not expect it to be the end of the capital and the warehouse. (To be continued......)