The Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce's round-bellied sailing ship loaded with 300 boxes of top-quality tulip bulbs set sail again in the eyes of everyone who did not understand, looking at the route, Mr. Van der Kamp is a tenacious man, he still has to sail to the Baltic Sea, which means that he will pass through the last tragic plundered sea, which is enough for any merchant to cause fear in his heart, and this weapon merchant did this, he fearlessly and recklessly drove the round-bellied merchant ship with zero defense, and once again handed over his fate to the unpredictable sea。

All the merchants who knew the whole thing well gave a thumbs up to Mr. Van der Kamp, a weapons merchant who really had the courage of a wealthy merchant.

But courage is spirit, and that is what Mr. van der Kamp is worthy of, for in business, the arms merchant does not know if he has been messing with the barbarians of the north too much, and his business model is very dull and rude.

Top tulip bulbs are now the fastest-growing commodity to be traded, and almost all of Europe's capital is involved in this speculation, so it makes sense that the sluggishness and thin margins of other trades are very reasonable.

If Mr. van der Kamp's business had been half as brave as he was, he should not have chosen to lend 300 boxes of tulip bulbs to the East India Company in the first place, knowing that on the IOU he signed, Mr. van der Kamp was required to return to the East India Company 300 boxes of tulip bulbs of the same grade, and the interest on the lease of them, and the increase in tulips was now obvious to all.

This means that Mr. Van der Kamp wants to cash out these 300 boxes of precious little treasures first, and then obtain new profits through capital operation, and the terrible thing is that the increase in these profits must be higher than or equal to the profit appreciation of the tulips themselves, only in this way can he ensure that he will have enough funds to buy 300 boxes of tulip bulbs of the same grade for return.

And that's not all, in addition to this, Mr. van der kamp also had to pay the interest on the tulips lent by the East India Company, which was equivalent to the total profit he had to make in a short period of time from the tulip increase plus interest, and it was already impossible to preserve the capital of this business.

No matter how naïve it is, I am afraid that this figure must be added to the net profit that Mr. Van der Kamp himself needs to make, but what business can now expand its profits faster than the tulip trade? Only when the story of the Arabian Nights happens, can the arms merchant hope to turn around, but the story of the Arabian Nights undoubtedly requires excellent luck to happen.

There is a saying in the Dutch language called "bad luck is like a thorn vine", which means that bad luck does not end so easily, which is similar to the Chinese "blessing is unequaled and misfortune does not go alone", and the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce did not hand over the good luck of the Arabian Nights, but in terms of confirming the proverb, it has a good performance.

Less than a day after the round-bellied merchant ship sailed, almost immediately after the attack on the White Tulip, the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce had once again encountered privateer pirates.

Just like last time, the attacking ship also flew the black pirate flag, in addition to this, they also flew the former flag of the Shupaya Chamber of Commerce, but the lower right corner of this flag was cut off, indicating that the origin of this ship was the Shupaia Chamber of Commerce, which was different from ordinary pirates.

The difference from the last time was that instead of two three-masted armed galleons, it was a large three-masted armed sailing ship that was larger, but this had nothing to do with a round-bellied merchant ship, it was nothing more than the difference between resisting for 1 hour and resisting for 45 minutes.

"Ouch, I didn't expect that 'A (fake) fish also led out the real king', our little broken action is really full of twists and turns. Lao Wang leaned comfortably on the railing of the ship's side, as if he did not care about the danger that was in front of him.

"Uncle, don't be too hanging, if you play big, you will really be sunk by the enemy desperately, then it will be a lot of fun. "Takenaka is the youngest, and he is indeed the most worried person in the team, only he is worried about Lao Wang's witty words in the team channel.

"Got it, when did you see your uncle and couldn't get along with the money, wait, act according to the plan, Boss Tan, you're also ready to do it. Lao Wang replied, moved his facial muscles, and changed his face to a calm and uneasy look, unfolded his binoculars, and observed the incoming ship in the distance.

"Captain Van der Kamp, what should we do?" a voice rang out.

The person who came was the first mate of the round-bellied merchant ship, he was a Dutch sailor who was newly mentioned by Lao Wang, experienced, and the old man who began to follow Lao Wang at the earliest time during the Xiulan period, at this time, the hope of the whole chamber of commerce was on the round-bellied merchant ship under his feet, if he was attacked by pirates again and lost the tulips on the ship, the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce said that he would go bankrupt because of high debts, and the captain himself would be killed by debt collection because he was unable to repay, this situation, this situation could not help but make this sailor who already had a sense of belonging to the chamber of commerce anxious, but his own ability was limited, so he could only come to ask his captain。

"Don't panic, the enemy is still some distance from us, we are Dutch, the wind is always on our side, correct the course and sail to the port of Hamburg, as long as we can enter the port, the pirates will not dare to risk attacking us there. Lao Wang frowned tightly and said a solution that was not a solution.

Pure merchant ships in the face of the enemy, there is indeed only such a way to go, although the cargo on the round belly sailing ship is very valuable, but in fact the weight is not large, if you don't care about the life of the mast, you can still fight in speed.

The first mate took the order, and after a series of adjustments, the round-bellied sailboat took advantage of the wind to rush headlong in the direction of the port of Hamburg.

The privateer pirates immediately discovered the target's intentions, the modified warship itself is faster than the merchant ship, although they do not have the ability of the Dutch sailors to grab the wind, but they have a good foundation, this is like driving an ordinary sports car and a supercar driver competition, even if the driver who drives an ordinary sports car has better skills, but when running a straight road, the final winner must be the driver who drives the supercar, this round-bellied merchant ship can escape for a while, but it will definitely not be able to escape, the privateer pirates as long as they can intercept them before the other party enters the safe sea.

And so, the sea race began.

The distance between the privateers and the round-bellied galleons grew smaller and smaller, and the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce looked more and more panicked, and the privateers became more and more excited, and the speed race turned into a simple math problem as time passed, and everyone on both sides knew that the answer to this problem was not optimistic for Mr. Van der Kamp.

Seeing that the round-bellied sailboat was about to be overtaken, the shadow of a lonely island appeared on the sea level, which was the symbol of the entrance to the port of Hamburg Helgoland, there was only one lighthouse on the island, and it did not have the ability to moor any ships, according to common sense, whether it was a pursuer or a fugitive, it was just an insignificant landmark, and now this landmark was slowly changing from small to large in their eyes, and then slowly from large to close, the round-bellied merchant ship was in front, and less than 300 yards behind her, the large armed galleon of the privateer three masts followed, and the two ships scrambled to pass the cape of Heligoland, and it took only another 10 minutes, the round-bellied merchant ship will become a meal on the plate of privateers!

After the privateer pirates followed the round-bellied merchant ship over the cape, the lookout post on the ship suddenly found in horror that on the back of the cape of this landmark island, there was a sailing ship quietly moored in the shallow bay, as if they had known about their arrival in advance.

It was a four-masted Galen armed merchant ship, equipped with a black Skula bow statue, and there seemed to be nearly 20 guns on one side alone, plus the shotguns on the bow and stern of the ship, which made her appear very violent, and on her hull, several prominent words were inscribed in Dutchland, which was the name of the ship, the White Tulip.

She was like a quiet hunter, who had been waiting patiently for her prey for a long time, and the pirate privateer that had appeared told him that the wait had not been in vain, that the prey had finally arrived, and that it had been plunged headlong into her carefully arranged trap.

The captain of the privateer looked at the White Tulip in shock, and he suddenly remembered the information he had heard the other day.

The White Tulip was attacked in the waters off the port of Hamburg, a shipload full of cargo, more than half of the sailors were killed in the battle, and only a few dinghys escaped!

This naval battle information was brought back by the remaining members of the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce, and the whole article explains how badly the White Tulip and the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce lost and how heavy the losses were, but there is no clear news that in the end, whether the White Tulip returned to the arms of the sea god or not, could it be said that from the beginning, this was designed!?

Tan Liang's figure appeared on the White Tulip, he led the sailors who had been "killed" to be nervously busy, the ship was sailing from a stationary state and preparing to enter the state of naval battle, in addition, the ship also had another group of active figures, that is, the Swedish Navy loaned the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce as temporary thugs of the sailors and their captain Charlie.

This clever and romantic Frenchman was one of the best gunners in the entire North Sea and Baltic region, and by this time he had led the Swedish naval gunners to aim at the privateer ships that were overwhelmed but still chasing the round-bellied merchant ships.

"Boss Tan, do it!" Lao Wang coldly ordered in the team channel, and he continued to drive to the port of Hamburg with a round-bellied merchant ship without looking back, and the rumbling sound of cannon was already heard behind him.

There have been many naval battles, and it is not interesting to repeat the situation, in short, the Swedish Navy trained by Bergstone and Boss Tan have joined forces, and it is not even possible to deal with a few hired thieves, and the real focus of the matter is the round-bellied merchant ship loaded with 300 boxes of top-grade tulip bulbs at the feet of Lao Wang.

After sailing for about 2 hours, the round-bellied merchant ship successfully anchored in the port of Hamburg without any danger, and the troubled Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce finally got a temporary respite!

Lao Wang didn't say a word, unloaded the ship as fast as possible, and went straight to the port exchange with 300 boxes of top tulip bulbs, saying that he wanted to sell all the top tulip bulbs in his hand.

At this time, tulips were in short supply, and when these rare treasures appeared on the counter, the old face of the exchange owner almost smiled like a daisy.

Although the tulip trade is now in an upward trend, but the plant itself is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, the rarer the variety, the greater the increase, the Dutch merchant in front of him is simply the kindest in the world, but also the most idiotic person, he stupidly killed the hen that lays golden eggs!

Lao Wang changed hands and harvested 660,000 silver horse swords, which is the largest cash flow in his hands since he entered the world of the Age of Sail, but as I said before, the problems he faces still exist, just relying on the meager dividends of shipping profits and price differences in different places, it can't fill the huge interest gap of the East India Company, and everyone is waiting for him to act, to see how he creates miracles.

However, in the next few days, the miracle did not happen, and Monsieur Onis, the head of the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce, took over the largest bar in the Hamburg port area, the "Sepiolite Pipe", and led his sailors to a drunken death.

He generously rewarded the sailors with 50 silver swords for revelry, invited everyone to drink, and even the sailors who had lost all their money at the gambling table cried before him to get half of the silver horse sword change to return to their capital.

Finally, this generosity was not confined to his own sailors, for Monsieur van der Kamp was willing to help whenever he came, and he himself, of course, lived in a land of flowers.

Everybody is stupid, is this arms dealer crazy? Everyone knows about him borrowing tulips from the East India Company, and looking at the way he is now, has he given up? Do you want to have a good time before you die?

As for the Argoth Chamber of Commerce that is allied with him, they are quietly running their own business, and a few small boats are running in and out of several ports near Amsterdam, because of the "outstanding" performance of their allies, they are now receiving little attention, I don't know whether they want to stay out of the matter or draw a line, but they have never severed their alliance with the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce.

Another week passed for Mr. Van der Kamp to get drunk, and during that time, the price of tulips began to climb wildly again, making the arms dealer who had previously cashed in the tulips even more stupid.

At the same time, both shipping and privateering on the sea are becoming more and more intense, and people find that the craziest people are mainly the newcomers who have behaved in place some time ago, as interactive characters, they don't know why, and they think that the climax of the tulip feast continues to attract these Robin Hoods at sea.

But there is a group of people, they know better than anyone else, but even if they know, even if the environment is bad, they still desperately go to sea to trade, desperately plunder ships, because they are the selectors, and the time for the second step of the task is about to come to an end.