Lao Wang put down all the lifeboats on the Golden Lion and let the remaining sailors drive to escape, in addition to his desire to fulfill his promise to Frank, Lao Wang also clearly realized that his personal charm was limited, and he was not so big "Wang Baqi", now his foothold is not stable, and if he rashly uses this batch of mourning soldiers, God knows what chaos will happen, and it is better to digest the fruits of victory.

Shocked and furious at the news of the defeat, Martin Schoe, who had received the results of the naval battle, crushed the cup of the fine brandy in his hand, and then in a rage, he slammed the table with his bloody hand, cursed "Dutch moths" incessantly, and kicked several dogs who wanted to go in and pay their respects.

But it doesn't help to be angry, the Golden Lion has now officially become Wang Mancang's trophy, as a child from a poor family, Lao Wang has never had that kind of "original plot" and other stinky problems, it is a good thing to use, how can there be any second-hand attention.

And, for a three-masted vessel of the Initial Chamber of Commerce, the Golden Lion is really good.

She was a typical light galleon, built by the shipyards of Plymouth, England, on orders from the Shupaia Chamber of Commerce, and it is true that the Holy Roman Empire was increasingly aware of the importance of the sea, but at heart it was still a more traditional land power, and the shipbuilding industry was not developed, so many orders were made in the Netherlands or England.

The Golden Lion is considered big compared to Maria and Lilu's "Little Fly", but in fact, according to the classification of ship types, the Golden Lion is still only a small three-masted Galen sailing ship.

It was 106 feet long, 36 feet wide, 12 feet draft, and had a displacement of about 330 tons, 12 3-pounder guns on each side, two 2-pounder cannons and 2 shotguns in the bow and stern gun emplacements, and the cargo hold had been modified by the Shupaia Chamber of Commerce to hold 110 tons of cargo when fully loaded, and 15 people could sail hard, but it would take at least 40 sailors to get the full performance of the ship.

Unlike the Dutch round-bellied merchant ships, which were only used to load cargo, the hull of the Galen ship appeared narrow and streamlined, and Lao Wang once gently knocked on the planks of the hull when cleaning the battlefield, and the sound was dull and thick, and it was very solid.

As the main ship on the ocean in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Galen sailing ship was actively and widely used, and each country claimed to have invented the Galen ship, but it has always been argued that there are different Galen construction concepts in each country.

The Dutch people were inclined to seize the wind and control the ships, so no matter how small the Galen ship would be made in the form of four masts, the Spaniards were still rich at this time, the Armada was newly defeated, but the emaciated camels were bigger than the horses, and the sea supremacy was still Spanish, so they were full of confidence in tonnage and solidity, and there were many strong large Galen ships with a displacement of 600 tons.

The English, who undertook the Golden Lion, firmly believed in flexible gunnery, so the lower hull wall panel of the Golden Lion was through the structure, so that 12 gun emplacements were not the maximum number of her one-sided guns, Mary simply calculated that if the cargo was appropriately reduced, the number of one-sided guns of the Golden Lion could reach 15.

The Golden Lion itself is Lao Wang's biggest harvest, maybe Frank went out to do the war, so he didn't load the goods at all, which made Lao Wang a little disappointed, after all, the team is now in the grass creation stage, and money is needed everywhere.

Lilu's Xiaofei came back in a circle, the battle was nearing the end, the girl couldn't believe her eyes, the two of them boarded the ship to fight, and actually completely suppressed the enemy dozens of times their own size, and successfully captured the ship, which was in the concept of the Dutch merchant girl, it was simply incredible.

"I said, Mr. Van der Kamp, have you served under several legendary admirals, otherwise, I really can't figure out why you are so strong. Lilu also boarded the Golden Lion, saw the mess on the deck, took another breath of cold air, and asked Lao Wang a little.

"Guess what?" said Wang, who smiled and didn't answer, just threw the question back to Lilu and let the little girl think for herself.

Lilu was a little annoyed and said, "I said Mr. Van der Kamp, is this your attitude towards your allies? Don't forget the victory in this naval battle, there is also the credit of our Argoth Chamber of Commerce!"

This is Lilu's misunderstanding of Lao Wang, it's not that his brother doesn't want to say it, it's just that now he has entered the trial world in advance, and the spatial prompt information is not yet complete, and he doesn't know what a "legendary admiral" is, so he slyly plays a Tai Chi pusher, and then sets Lilu's words by the way.

"President Argoth, please don't be angry, I just want to relax after a tense battle, are you so interested in these people, can you tell me who you like the most?"

Lilu was asked by Lao Wang, her eyes flashed with little stars, and she said like a girl: "Of course, it is the commander of the water army of the Ming Kingdom, Miss Huamei Li, in Chinese should be called Li Huamei, she is the most powerful, and very civilized, unlike other high-level Ming countries, she actively accepts Western things, and even gives herself a European name, called Maria, for the convenience of communication." ”

Lao Wang glanced at Mary, that means, you can be this name, up to the legendary admiral, down to the round-bellied merchant ship, all of them are this name.

The beautiful reporter rolled her eyes and ignored him, and took the two sailors down to check the condition of the Golden Lion's artillery.

Lao Wang himself laughed twice, and said that he thought that he handed over Wang Mancang because his parents were too casual, but he got such a name and got rid of the scum, and now it seems that this foreign beauty reporter is not very good, it is estimated that this Mary is Xiu'er, Juan'er, Cuihong, Shufen and the like on the foreigner's side, maybe he can't catch up with my Wang Mancang.

"Mr. Van der Kamp, what are you laughing at?" asked Lilu when she saw Wang's expression.

"Uh... It's nothing, so apart from this heroic female of the sea, do you have any favorite legendary admiral, I mean, closer to us?" asked Wang perfunctorily.

"What else?" said the young girl, frowning, "I don't like the rest, but Pietro Barudis of Spain, a Catholic fanatic, and if a ship from a Protestant country encounters him at sea, he'd better run for his life."

There is also Barbarossa Hayreddin, who served the Ottoman Turkish Sultan, this guy is the most famous Barbary pirate, who operates on the North African coast of the Mediterranean, and is an old rival of the Barudis just mentioned, he is ***, probably because of religion, they often fight in the Mediterranean, but it's none of our North Sea's business.

A little closer to us is Admiral James Clifford of England, that guy is a privateer, but now he has been officially canonized as a knight by the queen, but the business he did at sea has not changed, Spain's several cross-sea expeditions to Britain, he has also made great achievements, and now it should be the strongest in our North Sea, and he has stepped into the threshold of the legendary admiral.

Sweden in the Baltic Sea began to pay more attention to sea power in the past two years, and the Vikings went into the water again, and there was an uncle named Hedram Bergstoun who called himself the regular army of the Swedish Navy, and the rise was very fast, but it was more in the limelight, and it was not a real legend.

In addition, there are the Arabs of the Indian Ocean, Woodin, the great pirate Agisha, several legendary pirates of the New World, our Dutch spice giant in Southeast Asia, Mr. Jakun, in short, if you want to talk about the heroes of the sea, it will be impossible to talk about it for days and nights. ”

"It's really a treasure, President Agoth, but how did you say that these admirals seem to have a hero list ranking?"

"To put it simply, it's nothing, Shupaiya is just a branch of the Hanseatic Business League that is about to decline, and the business at sea is the three cities of Oslo-Hamburg-Copenhagen, which are completely unenterprising, so self-contained, except for bullying the new forces, nothing else, to have the current belongings is completely piled up by time, give me half a year, and it will definitely crush the Shupaiya Chamber of Commerce. ”

Lilu replied, her face full of confidence, her age and youthful personality easily made people forget an important fact, this girl is also a female maritime merchant with Dutch blood in her veins, this kind of person will not be mediocre.

"Mr. Van der Kamp, look at the blue sea. Lilu pointed to the sea, her eyes blazing, and said: "Every seafarer runs to the sea, in order to realize their dreams here, in this process, the power of role models is great, in order to pursue the goal, we will also become stronger, isn't this a happy thing?

Lao Wang looked at the high-spirited young girl, nodded with a smile, and secretly said that it was good to be young, and then lowered his head thoughtfully.

The thoughts in his heart are not as enthusiastic as Lilu's, and the title of "Legendary Admiral" has been deeply registered in his heart, and his keen intuition as a selector tells him that part of their tasks in this world are likely to fall on these few people.

"After talking for a long time, Mr. Van der Kamp, you haven't told me if you have served under these big men or not, and what is their sailing experience?" Lilu finished her gushing introduction, and found that Lao Wang still did not answer the question directly, so she had to ask again.

"I'm really not, I haven't seen any of the admirals you mentioned. ”

"What!Then why are you talking to me for so long?!" Lilu's angry willow eyebrows were upside down, and she pointed at Lao Wangdao.

Lao Wang behaved very innocently, shrugged his shoulders and said: "Like you, I am very interested, as an example, to run towards my dreams, and besides, I didn't tell you, you yourself said it for a long time." ”

"You..."

Because Mr. Van der Kamp did not know what to do to anger President Argoth, Miss Van der Kamp never gave Mr. Van der Kamp a good face again, and when she met Miss Hunter and little Van der Kamp, she still loved to talk and laugh, but when she saw the arms merchant, she immediately had a gloomy face.

Due to the capture of the Golden Lion, the three of them sailed directly back to the port of Amsterdam, only here, can it be more convenient to complete the change of ship name, rearmament and other matters, which is convenient for them to sail again.

After paying the various final payments of the Maria and the cost of repairing some ships, Lao Wang still has 600 horse sword silver coins left in his hand, which is the surplus money, and the next thing is the input.

Lao Wang's goods shipped to Hamburg are relatively in-demand commodities, not hobby and popular products, but the market is bullish, and the goods of about 1,800 swords were finally sold for nearly 4,000 swords, which is a doubling profit.

There are also sirens feathers, this kind of goods are extremely scarce, usually not common, but after all, the number is too small, and it can't set off a trend of popular products, Lao Wang sells at a high price, each box is priced at 2000 horse swords, it can be said that this trip has no capital, and it catches up with Lao Wang's regular goods to make a profit.

Lao Wang took advantage of the victory to pursue, and used the money to buy guns and ammunition from Hamburg, all loaded on Lilu's three-masted merchant ship, this ship will also set off after Xiao Fei set off, Lao Wang's cautious idea is that even if this naval battle is lost, he and Mary Takenaka should still have a chance to board the clipper boat and escape for their lives, and return to Amsterdam, the interests of selling goods are still there, so as to facilitate a comeback.

However, now that the naval battle was won, the three-masted merchant ship also arrived safely in Hong Kong, and the goods of 8,000 swords made a profit of 1,500 swords.

Lilu and Lao Wang finally reconciled, and they still had to deal with Shu Paiya together, just a sentence or two of bickering would not make Miss Argoth really angry.

The Golden Lion, oh yes, is now called... Xiulan, this name is mainly regarded as a commemoration of Lao Wang's first love, who has never succeeded, in his words, it is "Xu Chuan is called Maria, then Xu Chuan is called Xiulaner." ”

Takenaka and Mary didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, just busy on the ship, using a lot of work to offset the embarrassment on their faces and hearts.

The preparation work took two days, during which time Lao Wang also successfully registered the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam, and the Xiulan became the only three-masted sailing ship owned by the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce.

After discussions with Takenaka and Mary, Wang finally defined his chamber of commerce as a "risky merchant" chamber of commerce.

The so-called adventurous merchants, those who were mentally prepared for high-risk commercial activities and went to trade in certain seas, they were in fact privateers, and in the Netherlands and England, such things were not uncommon, Protestant countries needed to rise rapidly, looting was protected by the government, and was called "privateering" by civilization.

On the bright side, everyone is serious about trading, as long as they encounter Spanish or Portuguese ships, then they will selectively do some stabbing and chaotic things.

For this purpose, the number of one-sided guns on the Xiulan was expanded to 15, in addition to the original 12 3-pounder guns, there were 6 4-pounder guns, and it weighed 1 pound, and the 4-pounder guns could already penetrate the hull of a military-grade sailing ship in a naval battle.

In addition, the purchase of small items such as hook locks, ammunition, muskets, etc., as well as the replenishment of sailors and navigation equipment, were also carried out simultaneously, and after a meal, Lao Wang only had a pitiful 3,000 horse swords left in his hands.