Chapter 44 Compensation for Losses
"Two, this is, a little heart!" After the three of them entered the cabin, Fernando Torres took out a wooden box, took out ten gold bars from the wooden box, and handed Zheng Zhilong and Wufeng five gold bars respectively. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although Fernando Torres's Chinese is very stiff, he is the only one who can be proficient in Chinese among these Francos.
Wufeng unceremoniously took the five gold bars in his hand, weighed them, and estimated that there were about a hundred taels. Wufeng couldn't help but think: Fortunately, this shot was not in vain!
Seeing that Wufeng had accepted the gold bars, General Zheng Zhilong's heart was also relieved, and he was worried that he would not accept the gold in Wufeng. However, General Zheng Zhilong really thought too much, at least in Wufeng's opinion, these are what he deserves.
But Wufeng is not a person who sees money, and naturally asks these Francophiles for the losses suffered in Xiangshan County this time: "I don't have to worry about you, but how do you plan to compensate for the damage in Xiangshan County?"
"That's right, you must compensate!" Even if there is no wind and no mouth, General Zheng Zhilong is going to talk to Fernando Torres about compensation, after all, five gold bars are not enough for Zheng Zhilong to risk sparing these enemies.
Although Wufeng and Zheng Zhilong both privately received the benefits of each other, the losses suffered by their own country could not be recovered, to be precise, the gold bars just given by Fernando Torres were just money to buy their lives. But instead of buying his own life back from the imperial court, he temporarily saved his own life and his subordinates from the hands of Wufeng and Zheng Zhilong.
"I know, I know!" Fernando Torres naturally knew that if he did not pay a little compensation this time, his own life and that of his compatriots would be in jeopardy.
It's not good, the emperor of the Ming Empire, Long Yan, was furious, and it was not impossible to send troops to attack their motherland, after all, the prestige of the Ming Naval Division had already spread far and wide as early as one or two hundred years ago.
"Because of our recklessness, we, intend to compensate Xiangshan County, 1,000 taels, silver!" Fernando Torres relied on the fact that he had just bribed General Zheng Zhilong and Wufeng, and did not want to compensate too much. Fernando Torres scolded Zheng Zhilong in his heart, thinking that this bastard was usually either blackmailing or detaining them.
It's just that General Zheng Zhilong and Wufeng didn't say anything, General Zheng Zhilong felt that the money didn't go into his pocket, as long as he could explain it to the above. And Wufeng didn't know if 1,000 taels was enough to compensate for the damage in Xiangshan County this time, so he didn't say anything.
But Fernando Torres didn't know what these two people were thinking, and hurriedly said: "2,000 taels of silver! In addition, General Zheng will be compensated for 500 taels of silver for military expenses!"
Fernando Torres compensated Xiangshan County for the economic loss of 2,000 taels and had nothing to do with General Zheng Zhilong, but the compensation for the military expenses of 500 taels could allow General Zheng Zhilong to give an explanation to the brothers below.
General Zheng Zhilong has never been a lone eater, so the soldiers below will be willing to follow him. At least he, the general, will let his subordinates have a mouthful of soup to drink while eating meat. It's just that the 500 taels of silver will be divided equally, and each of the soldiers who followed this time will be divided into about one tael of silver. But for their little salary, that's almost a month's income.
"Ahem!" General Zheng Zhilong coughed twice deliberately, which can be regarded as a hint to Fernando Torres!
Fernando Torres also knew that such a small amount of compensation would not be enough for the imperial court to pardon their attack on Xiangshan County in this short time. Now they can only increase the compensation again, and then bribe the county order of Xiangshan County to save their lives.
"We can compensate your country with 6,000 taels of silver, and General Zheng with 1,000 taels of military expenses, you see, is that okay?" In fact, this is all the compensation that Fernando Torres can afford at present.
Although they still have a lot of property in Nanyang, most of which are real estate, it is impossible for them to sell it. Moreover, these 7,000 taels of silver are not something that can be taken out immediately, and they need to be sent from the Nanyang base camp.
"Okay, it's just that this young man is not my person!" General Zheng Zhilong reminded the other party, although he was very satisfied with these compensations, it did not prevent him from using this opportunity to enhance his friendship with Wufeng.
At least in General Zheng Zhilong's view, if you want Wufeng to be such a young and promising person, there must be a strong division behind him, and with Wufeng's youth, he will have such a strong martial arts, and he will definitely have higher achievements in the future. Why not take advantage of this opportunity to make a good influence on the other person?
Fernando Torres didn't know what Zheng Zhilong was thinking, he was very reluctant to get the money, but he also reluctantly gave Zheng Zhilong and Wufeng five gold bars each again. After all, if Wufeng and Zheng Zhilong slaughtered them, then the money didn't belong to each other, so it was better to take it out to save their lives while they were alive.
Coupled with what he gave before, there are already ten gold bars on Wufeng's body.
It's just that Fernando Torres felt that he had lost a lot, so he should have made some demands, and said again: "You two, we want to lease a piece of land in Xiangshan County!"
"I won't be involved in this!" General Zheng Zhilong immediately put aside himself and the matter of leasing.
Although he received the benefits of the other party, it was just a circumvention of the other party's life, as for other things that exceeded his authority, General Zheng Zhilong would not do it. And in Zheng Zhilong's opinion, even if these Francophiles really migrated to Xiangshan County, their fleet would always have to come in from the South Seas. No matter what, this cash cow can't run away.
After listening to General Zheng Zhilong's words, Fernando Torres was so angry that he almost flipped the table, but fortunately, he still maintained a trace of rationality, and secretly scolded Zheng Zhilong in his heart for being a cunning old fox.
If Fernando Torres knew that Zheng Zhilong had always seen them as cash cows, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood and die on the spot.
In this battle, for Fernando Torres, not only did he not get the slightest benefit, but also lost 20 gold bars and 2,500 taels of silver. In addition, this time the Franc Robot also lost a lot of warships, and it can be said that the loss of these Franc Robot is really not small.
And General Zheng Zhilong also knows what it means to accept it when he sees it, after all, these Franc machine people have a few catties and taels, and General Zheng Zhilong and his several lieutenants know it. However, Wufeng was dealing with the Francophile for the first time, and he only thought that because of these Francophiles, he had made the Xunzhou Mansion sacrifice dozens of officers and soldiers! If he didn't take the opportunity to trap the other party, it wouldn't be Wufeng.
Wufeng heard that General Zheng Zhilong did not plan to participate in the matter of the Franco-Robot wanting to lease the land in Xiangshan County, but Wufeng wanted to use this matter to continue to pit these Franco-Man, so he said: "I can help with this matter!"
This is not nonsense, because the Wantong Dart Bureau is responsible for escorting firearms, and it must be personally accepted by the county order of Xiangshan County. And because Wufeng helped Xiangshan County resolve the crisis this time, the county magistrate of Xiangshan County wanted to meet with the people of the Wantong Dart Bureau.
Wufeng's idea in his heart is very simple, since these Franc Robot people like to lease land in Huaxia so much, then he will find a piece of uninhabited land for Franc Robot people to develop for them!
But Fernando Torres didn't know that Wufeng was calculating them Western barbarians, and immediately said happily in blunt Chinese: "Shaoxia, what you said is true?"
"Then it depends on your sincerity!" Wufeng smiled evilly, and General Zheng Zhilong did not make a sound when he saw this scene, but silently closed his eyes. Fernando Torres is his cash cow! For General Zheng Zhilong, the benefits of this time have been enough. The next time I look for some other reason to continue asking for Fernando Torres, it will be the same.
"I know! I know!" Fernando Torres wasn't stupid, he knew what no wind meant. Seeing General Zheng Zhilong close his eyes, he also knew that General Zheng Zhilong was planning to be blind and pretend not to know anything.
Fernando Torres took out the rootless gold bar from the wooden box again and handed it to Wufeng, and said very sincerely: "Shaoxia, this matter will get rid of you!"
Receiving such a thing, it is naturally impossible for Wufeng to let Ling Er know. What's more, Ling Er is still with Nangong Wu, who is a brocade guard, although Wufeng has a clear conscience, but there are some things that should not be known to too many people.