Galle is an important commercial port on the island of Ceylon. It is also one of the transit points for trade to India. Ceylon itself also produces a lot of spices and gems, so many ships will dock here to replenish food. water, refitting ships, and trading goods. [Read full text] Therefore, the scale of the ship repair yard is quite impressive.
However, after Li Huamei towed the Griffin into the shipyard, the estimated price here was as high as 3,000 Spanish pesos. The power of the 12-pound cannon was too significant, not to mention the many holes in the hull, which was unique to Lingao. Grape bombs plundered the deck and sails and cables, causing all the sails and cables to be scrapped. Three masts needed to be replaced, and there were a lot of damage on the deck that needed to be repaired. In addition to money, it also takes three months of construction.
Li Huamei was a little hesitant. She originally planned to repair the Griffin and use it as her flagship. Since she was going to officially defect to the Australians, her "capital" had to be stronger. The Griffin's tonnage and ship type suited her perfectly. But the cost and construction period were unacceptable to her.
While hesitating, a Spanish gentleman wearing an eyepatch appeared and offered to buy the Griffin for nine thousand Spanish pesos, including the cannons, gunpowder and weapons sold in the warehouse: including hundreds of guns. Matchlocks, some swords and a few small cannons.
This suggestion immediately impressed her. Although the Griffin was a good ship, she couldn't afford to waste time, and she was unwilling to spend too much money on it. Besides, after the official surrender, it is very likely that we can get better ships from the Australians.
So the sale was settled at a bargaining price of 10,000 pesos. The Spanish gentleman readily paid the bill with a check from an Indian Brahmin merchant that could be cashed in Goa and Macau.
Her only request was to remove the griffon eagle on the bow of the ship - which cost her almost five hundred pesos, but Li Huamei thought it was worth it: now she finally has something that even the Australians don't have.
After the badly damaged Griffin was sold, repairs on the Hangzhou were made quickly. Li Huamei supervises ship repairs while handling the loot.
The main prize was the prisoners. Since the sisters had a little trouble with the Portuguese colonial authorities last time here, in order to show their attitude this time, they had to sell these Danes to the Governor at a price of half sale and half free, so that the Governor could make a small fortune. A fortune.
Those who can be exchanged for ransom are officers and senior crew members, and no one will pay ransom for ordinary crew members. And there weren't many Danes among the group. Li Huamei simply gathered the remaining people and asked them to choose one of two options: either follow her or squat in the dungeon of the Governor's Mansion. Awaiting interrogation by the Governor and the Bishop. If you are lucky, you will be hanged for the secular crime of piracy; if you are unlucky, you will be treated as a religious "heresy". Those who are willing to repent will serve as hard labor oarsmen, and those who insist on their beliefs will be directly burned to death.
Everyone immediately changed their owners, and the slightly injured were given simple treatment. Don't worry about the seriously injured ones - they will have died at sea long ago.
The ravaged and sick Arab slaves were sold on the spot on the dock, and those who seemed to be okay were given some salted fish to recuperate and transported to Lingao together with the European women. This journey is quite safe - according to the old rules set by Li Siya, it is absolutely forbidden to have sex with women on the ship, and you can do whatever you want when you get off the ship.
Among the prisoners, Li Huamei left a teenage girl from Aksum as a servant girl - Ethiopia's specialty is slaves. Tall, powerful and handsome, these East Africans were a popular source of goods for slave markets in the Middle East. If you train yourself strictly, you will definitely be a good player. To commemorate this victory, the little girl was named Li Ying.
As for Pastor Carlson. As soon as he heard about the Portuguese territory, he hid below the deck and did not dare to come out, for fear of being captured and "saved" by the Portuguese. These days, heretics are often more risky than heretics. Muslim prisoners could still be slaves and sailors. Heretics who refuse to repent will taste the stakes of the Inquisition.
In exchange for providing protection, Carlson had to work as a sailor until reaching Lingao, and her wife was locked in the hold with other women to avoid accidents. Li Huamei vaguely remembered that there seemed to be one or two Protestants among Australians, but she could not figure out and was too lazy to figure out whether they were Lutherans or Calvinists. She actually doesn't believe in anything. In order to take care of the crew's emotions, she usually pretends to believe in both Mazu and the Holy Mother.
It was already the end of August when we arrived in Lingao again. She delivered the urgent order on time. And he proposed to the Department of Colonization and Trade that he had a batch of goods for sale - which would give the Department of Colonization and Trade the right to make the first bid.
This time Li Huamei has regained the glory he had when he first came to Lingao: Although Quarkqiong has shipped a shipload of ocean horses, the market is far from saturated, and a dozen more would be a welcome sight. ——What's more, these female slaves also have rare Nordic species.
Skade is still depressed recently: several radical elders still occasionally publish one or two pseudonymous articles in newspapers criticizing "right-wing capitulationism" and "turtle conservatism" without naming them. Skade was in trouble: the Colonial Office had already had a lot of expansion and trade plans, including proposals for a long-distance expedition to Hokkaido to search for coking coal mines, and the establishment of seasonal trade depots and year-round trade stations in the mouths of the Ussuri and Heilongjiang rivers. The base's proposals for trading reindeer skins and lichen dyes and moving further into the interior have always come to nothing. Some people have criticized him for being a "left-leaning adventurist."
"Mother Xipi, this is capitulationism. With such adventurism, won't I become a rat in the bellows?" Skade sulked in his office on the third floor overlooking the big sand table, "It seems that this executive committee member is It’s so cold at high places—you can’t sit still if you have no foundation!”
A quick calculation shows that among the current seven executive committee members, plus a chief of staff who has no voting rights, all of them, except for themselves, either have their own base, or are at loggerheads with other executive committee members. In contrast, not only did he have little contact with other executive members, but he also had no reliable allies in the Senate. The Guanglei faction, a powerful faction in the Ministry of Colonial Trade, formed its own entity. Although he is very supportive of his own work, he is not considerate and may not be reliable when talking about big issues of right and wrong.
In the midst of depression, when he heard the news about Li Huamei's return, he couldn't arouse much interest - he had already known about Li Huamei's request for "naturalization", but it was not his responsibility: naturalization was a matter of the People's Committee for Civil Affairs. . The specific review is handled by the General Administration of Political Security. He is not a fan of the great voyages, and has no reverie about this name or this woman - Li Huamei is just a very useful businessman to him. This emergency order arrangement was also made according to the requirements of the Planning Institute.
"Just follow the normal procedure -" Skade waved his hand.
"Chief, she also shipped a batch of 'special use for the general office'..."
Skade was shocked - "Specially used by the General Office" is a euphemistic code name, but it is actually the code name for the female slaves who specialize in supplying the elders.
He suddenly became energetic: "Send the people to be purified first! Tell the dock and quarantine camp: I will be here in a moment."
When Si Kaide saw the condition of the "goods", he felt happy and immediately sent someone to ask Xiao Zishan to "inspect the goods."
The director of the general office appeared immediately, and Si Kaide talked about "The Book of Foreign Horses" to Xiao Zishan who came to "inspect the work" with his eyes full of excitement:
"...There are actually many different breeds of Ocean horses. Based on my past experience in Europe, Nordic women are known as 'small-breasted goddesses' and have smaller breasts. You see, these are typical Nordic Ocean horses," he As he spoke, he pointed, "It's a B cup at best. But don't look at them. They generally have small breasts. Their frames and chins are not as wide as German Ocean horses, nor are they as narrow as British women. Their legs are very slender. Compared with It’s in line with the patriarch’s aesthetics.”
Xiao Zishan nodded repeatedly.
"... In addition, the Nordic Aryans have evolved in the cold zone for thousands of years and have been tested by high-fat foods. They are not as easy to gain weight as Eastern European women, nor are they as easy to age as Southern European women. Besides, Nordic people still mainly eat fish. Meat, no matter how small the breasts are, they are still better than those of the Ming Dynasty and Japanese women..."
Xiao Zishang admired his theory very much, nodded and said: "It's a pity that it is missing a little."
Excluding Arabs, there are only seven slave women from Northern Europe in this group of slaves: one is a Swedish wife, three Danish widows, one Danish lolita, and two German women, but they are from the Holstein-Schleswig area. It can barely be regarded as a Nordic horse.
"It doesn't matter, the supply of goods can be slowly opened up," Skade patted his chest, "Why don't we get a magic Swedish priest this time, and there are also a few Danes, we can open channels through them..."
Skade is not too worried about the origin of the Northwestern European Ocean Horse. The Thirty Years' War was a very cruel war that plunged the entire Central Europe region into blood and fire. Displacement of people was commonplace. Men who lost their homes could work as mercenaries, and women had to follow the army as prostitutes. As long as you are willing to spend money, you will never be unable to buy a woman - it's just that the journey is a bit far and more troublesome than going to Basra. It takes less than three or four years to come and go...
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh again: this can only be used as a long-term plan.
At this moment, Li Huamei was in the captain's cabin of the Hangzhou, calculating the income and expenses of this voyage in the ledger.
Although Li Siya and Li Huamei usually behave extravagantly and spend a lot of money, they look like daughters of noble families and heroines of the sea. In fact, the sisters have very strict control over money coming in and out - Li Siya doesn't have any permanent assets except a big house and two boats. Although she makes huge profits from maritime trade, robbery, selling intelligence and contraband, her expenses are also very high. Da: Just maintaining the scene in Macau, the protective shield and the intelligence network in various places is a huge sum of money. If you don't live within your means, you will soon be stretched thin. (To be continued.
