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The decoration in the hall is resplendent and splendid, Xiao Lang'er actually doesn't like this rich style very much, but in the eyes of Vice Island Master Li, it is like this, plus the two women are inconvenient and can not supervise the style of decoration, and some Western nude female oil paintings are hung on the wall, so it is a relatively vulgar decorative style, a work of art that meets the inner needs of pirates, and this place is used as a place for the island owner to deliberate.

Upstairs is the owner's wife's room, there are about a dozen rooms, maybe I hope the owner can marry a few more wives, the third floor is the owner's spacious bedroom, which lady needs to accompany every night, just put a fish lamp in front of which lady's room, has said that the owner wants her to accompany tonight.

Huahua and Qiao Ye kept shaking their heads when they came to see it sometimes, do our island owners have so much energy to deal with a dozen ladies?

At the back of the hall there is a basement, which is also very spacious, mainly used for the personal property of the owner, and in the back treasury is stacked the property of the island, which is used for the payment of salaries and daily expenses, and the huge key is in the hands of the two ladies, and must be opened by both ladies.

Twenty or so slave girls were busy preparing for dinner, and a long oval marble table was placed in the middle of the hall, and the table was full of all kinds of delicacies, mainly seafood, and some silver bowls and copper kettles were polished and shining. On the table, there are bamboo leaf green, Xifeng wine, rum and the like.

The slave girls carefully poured wine, some of them were taken captive, some were rescued from slaves on other ships, interspersed with a few black slaves, and a few women with blond hair.

When Father-in-law Liu and the others entered the hall, their eyes were straight, and they were stunned when they saw all kinds of slave girls bare-chested and showing their firm breasts, and he liked the style of the hall very much, and he wanted to stay here and not leave.

Leading everyone to take a seat, Xiao Lang'er sat in the main seat, the two ladies one left and one right, Liu Jin's father-in-law, Shi Lang, Tie Xing, Miss Windsor, and the two deputy island owners sat next to them in turn, this was a high-level meeting, and the small and medium-sized leaders did not participate, mainly considering that it was too chaotic and did not know etiquette. Beside them, some beautiful singers were dancing, and slaves were waiting.

Xiao Lang'er raised the wine glass and said happily, "Welcome to Grandpa Liu Jin, Commander Shi Lang, Miss Windsor to Butterfly Island, I, as the owner of this island, welcome you with wine! I hope you will drink a few more glasses!" Everyone picked up the wine glasses and drank happily.

While sandwiching the dishes for the two ladies next to them, the two ladies were very happy, and their faces were peachy. Sometimes I gently rubbed Xiao Lang'er with my feet and smiled at him.

Father-in-law Liu has never eaten some products on the sea, and keeps asking this and that, "Master Hou, you are living a fairy-like life, at ease, and accompanied by a good couple, no one can compare to you, how can you wander around!"

"Father-in-law Liu, it's good to live a day or two like this, and once it's a long time, I'll get tired of it, so I hope to walk around, and then come back here, only to know that the days here are cherished. As he spoke, he glanced at the women on the left and right.

"I know that the owner of the island, like me, likes to explore everywhere, is not satisfied with ordinary life, and pursues adventure and excitement!" Miss Windsor lifted her chin lightly, her eyes charming, and her face flushed after drinking a little wine.

"There are not many such people in the Ming Dynasty, but in our western countries, there are many people who choose to venture everywhere, and some even find the New World, which is called the Americas, where there is countless gold and wealth. Miss Windsor said lazily.

"When we came back, we became very rich, and the natives there were still naked and in ignorance, and I think we went to help them and let them enter civilization. ”

Stretching out his long fingers to flick the glow-in-the-dark cup, shaking the yellow liquid inside. "So I traveled everywhere, hoping to share my knowledge with you, came to Daming to do business, transferred Daming's silk, tea, porcelain to our country, and then shipped our goods to Daming, we can get ten times the profit, the Spanish royal family, they especially like Daming's items, and it is fashionable to use Daming's items. Everyone was a little stunned when they heard what she said.

"These are not nothing, when I was sailing in the sea, I also encountered some bizarre things, such as the attack of the Norse sea monster on the ship, the mermaid singing on the reef to attract the sailor, and then pulling him to the bottom of the sea. Windsor looked at everyone and wanted to hear it, and continued to tell such a story, and Liu Jin's father-in-law was dumbfounded.

"There was a time when our merchant ships were sucked by a whirlpool and entered a strange world, where the civilization was different from ours, they sat in a room like a saucer and flew around, very fast. ”

"Another time, I dived to the bottom of the sea, there was a very tall tower at the bottom of the sea, and it was shining with golden light, and I wanted to dive, but the water was too buoyant to dive, and I really wanted to see what was inside. ”

"Also, when passing by a small island, the tribe there has a skull made of crystals in their hands, and they can speak and predict the future world. ”

Everyone was fascinated by what they heard, and they all wanted to go to the sea for an adventure, especially Huahua and Qiao Ye, who wanted to follow their men on the sea together, but now that they have children, they are bound to their feet, and they look enviously at the people who can go to the sea to adventure. Tie Xing sat on the side, not very cold to Windsor, he was constantly drinking, trying to get himself drunk, and there was too much bitterness in his heart.

"I will tell you these opportunities in detail, and there are many stories I hope to share with you next time, it's too late today!"

"This time I went on an adventure with the owner of the island to go to the South Seas and Africa, and it will definitely be very interesting! There will definitely be more stories, and I think when we come back, we can sit down and share them." ”

The others listened quietly, Miss Windsor had seen so much, she had been to many places, and it was really rare for a girl to be so bold. There is such insight, and the most important thing is that it is so charming and radiant.

Huahua looked at Qiao Ye and then at Miss Windsor, with an inexplicable jealousy and loss in her heart. Originally, before Miss Windsor came, many people's eyes would stare at her, moved by her flamboyance and coquettishness, but now that Miss Windsor appeared in the hall, everyone's eyes were directed at her, and they were all attracted, as if she had some kind of magic in her.

Seeing Miss Windsor's bumpy body, she suddenly lost her self-confidence, and her man kept staring at her, so she was very annoyed in her heart, and walked out under the pretext of being uncomfortable.

Qiao Ye walked over to accompany her, took a walk outside, looked at the stars in the sky and sighed, women are like stars in the sky, but they are not the brightest one, this foreign girl is a big crisis for them, it is possible to occupy a room on the second floor to compete with them for favor, plus there are two women waiting in Peach Blossom Spring.

Qiao Ye doesn't care how many of his husbands he marries, as long as he is good to himself, in this society, who is rich and powerful who is not three wives and four concubines? Just comfort Huahua intimately, don't worry so much, the most important thing is to be happy.

At the end of the banquet, Xiao Lang'er arranged for the guests to rest, or went to the tavern to continue drinking and chatting, and watching the dance of the beautiful girls.

Xiao Lang'er left the two deputy island owners behind and asked them about their situation and whether their previous ideas had been realized. The personnel situation of the island, the financial situation, the training of pirates, the creation of weapons, etc.

Now there are three hundred and ninety pirates on the island, and one hundred and twenty slaves have been taken captive, and together with the eight widows who have just arrived on the island, there are one hundred and twenty-eight in all, and if these slaves behave well, they can be let go after three years of work on the island, and the rich slaves can be ransomed for one thousand taels of silver each. But most of them were relatively poor, and there were very few rich people like Miss Windsor in the past.

The two deputy gang leaders then introduced them one by one, and Xiao Lang'er praised them for their efforts, and each of them could withdraw five hundred taels from the island treasury to reward them.

Now the funds of the island treasury are not abundant, there were 80,000 taels of silver and 500 taels of gold in stock, and there is a lot of construction on the island, I don't know how much there is now?

"Fugui, how many taels of silver are left in the island's treasury now?" Xiao Lang'er asked.

"The island lord, there are account books for the expenses of the past two years, and I will hand them over to you later, I will only talk about the general situation now, the total cost of renovating the island lord's mansion is 20,000 taels, the cost of planning each department is 13,000 taels, the cost of repairing roads is 4,000 taels, the construction and maintenance of pirate houses costs 5,000 taels, the cost of building a three-masted gunboat costs 8,000 taels, and the cost of pirate salaries is 5 taels per person per month, a total of 390 pirates total 39,000 taels, a total of 89,000 taels. Our income depended mainly on the plundering of ships and the plundering of the coastal areas, and once a month five ships went out to plunder, and the average amount of property obtained each time was about 2,000 taels, making a total of 48,000 taels. It was converted into 39,000 taels of silver left on the island, and the gold was still 500 taels if it was not touched. Li Xiucai, the deputy owner of the island, told the owner of the approximate expenditure. "Of course, in the event of looting, casualties and ship damage are inevitable, and there is also the need to replenish personnel and treat the wounded and sick, and it is inevitable that it will cost money, which must also be deducted from the island. It will probably cost more than 5,000 taels of silver every year. ”

Xiao Lang'er listened carefully, the money on the island is becoming less and less, there are many places to spend, and when I open my eyes, many mouths on the island have to eat, spend, and play, and I have to find a few ways to make money.

In this way, a ship tax bureau was set up on the island, under the banner of the Marquis of Haijing, on behalf of the emperor to collect sea taxes, and all merchant ships and fishing vessels passing through the island were taxed, and the Ming merchant ships were taxed at ten taxes and foreign merchant ships at ten taxes and three taxes, according to the profits on board. I made a fortune in the mainland this time, and first funded the development of the island with 100,000 taels of silver bills. ”

When the two deputy island owners heard this, their faces were shocked, this island owner was too generous, even Daming did not collect taxes on merchant ships, but dared to collect ship taxes, and threw out 100,000 taels of start-up construction funds.

But I feel that collecting taxes is the fastest way to get money, and I don't have to fight for my life like before, and I can collect money properly.

Gather the big and small leaders to the council chamber tomorrow noon to unify their opinions, and I have some ideas to announce.

Li Fugui and He Meng couldn't sleep with excitement after they went back, feeling that the times were about to change.