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Under night, the "Elona" slowly sailed into the Francois Pirate Port on Martinique. [No pop-up novel website]
The "Siren" was also renovated here, and this was August's home base. At noon, he took Christina ashore to visit some uncles and elders. At night, the safest passage was cleared silently.
Francois Pirate Port is the second best deep-water port among Pirate Ports, after Bermuda Pirate Port. And because August's father led others to build this port, he has very deep connections here. But when the "Opera House" was most active, it never had any contact with the port. Therefore, even if something happened in the future, no one would be able to piece together these clues.
This is the wonderful use of Lu Yuan's Xianqi.
Under August's guidance, the ship did not stop at the ordinary dock outside, but went straight through a hidden waterway and entered a closed dock. The whole process was carried out under the cover of night, with no orders or lights, so it would naturally not attract anyone's attention.
Lu Yuan's plan this time was very bold, and he had to do everything carefully.
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The captain's cabin of the "Elona", all people above the adjutant level. All gathered here.
Lu Yuan sat behind the big table with a ship design drawing in front of him. But the drawing technique doesn't look that professional.
Sitting next to him were John and Humphrey, both of whom had military backgrounds. Sitting upright and very politely.
Li Huamei sat against the floor-to-ceiling window, looking sideways at the moonlight outside the window, in order to stay away from his annoying big bed. Instead, August and Christina didn't care and sat directly on his bed, holding hands and whispering. Their relationship had improved during this period and they were already living together directly.
Although Father Padley was invited, he simply refused to attend after learning that it was about "pirate matters". Then he shut himself up in the chapel and went to complain to God.
Oh, there is actually a parrot, but its mouth is too big and it likes to eavesdrop. For example, Lu Yuan now knows exactly what kind of underwear Yesou wears, so he doesn't want to become gossip news one day. In order to prevent the news from leaking, Doug the parrot was stuffed with a piece of pastry and put in a cage.
"You know, there will be a big deal next." Lu Yuan said. Let everyone cheer up! You know, they have been working as thugs for a month, ever since they were hired to round up the "Flying Dutchman", and they have been in a state of crazily amassing money.
During the battle to round up the Dutchman. They captured four Galenic warships and then resold them directly to the Spanish Governor Leblanc, making a million pesos profit this time alone! Don't think it's too expensive. Four three-star Galenic warships that can be repaired and used are sold for 250,000 pesos each. It is definitely a price that is extremely conscientious! The new ship must cost millions.
Of course, the 6-far profit is more. "Treasure of the Inca" delivered by Elizabeth. It's all his. In addition to the part that was directly put into Alona's space, the rest was also resold for seven to eight million pesos.
6 far from needing money, he only needs gold and gems.
Therefore, Lu Yuan used Pedro Hotadu's loan shark shop to continuously convert the money into gold bars, gold coins and even ores with high gold content, and then put it into the Alona Ring. Since the Spanish treasure fleet was doing the same thing, Lu Yuan and the treasure fleet searched for gold at the same time, causing precious metals (gold and silver) to skyrocket.
However, because Luyuan only accepted gold and released a large amount of silver, and Pedro Hotadu's shops were mainly in the northern Caribbean Sea - this led the treasure fleet on the northern line to take the initiative to exchange the collected gold premium for silver, which indirectly As a result, in Lu Yuan's eyes, the value of robbery on the northern front plummeted!
Later, when they were working as thugs, they adhered to the three principles of being steady and ruthless, and they must hit the target. While stalking them, they successfully captured seven British warships. This batch of sales of warships and employment fees allowed the "Elona" to once again gain a large amount of coins and supplies from Spain and the Netherlands, approximately close to 4.5 million.
In one month, the income of five hundred and fifty thousand, even though this was a special situation during the war, still made Humphrey Douglas dizzy! This is really unimaginable! Because Misha was away, Humphrey Douglas also served as the logistics sergeant, and he did a good job. In Lu Yuan's eyes, his "trade" level was the highest on the ship, and even though he was short of money, he handled tens of millions of dollars without touching a single peso, which made Lu Yuan trust him very much.
"Humphrey~Humphrey!"
"Ah~!" Humphrey came back to his senses and looked towards Lu Yuan embarrassedly. He was thinking about something just now and got distracted unknowingly. If John sitting next to him hadn't woken him up, Humphrey might have continued to lose consciousness.
"I'm sorry!" Humphrey Douglas apologized to Lu Yuan.
"It doesn't matter. Humphrey..." He took out a money bag and handed it to him, "This is your salary, a total of six hundred pesos. Do you want to count it?" The surrounding adjutants burst into laughter. the sound of.
Humphrey took it with a red face. Less than a week after boarding the ship, he knew he was wrong! Even an ordinary sailor despises his salary... You can imagine how stupid he is. Although he was embarrassed, he was still calm. One is because it has become a classic joke for everyone. He has been made fun of many times and is used to it. Another thing is that he feels at ease because he knows that Lu Yuan is not a greedy boss.
A lot of money came from his hands, and the boss had already determined the destination of the sold goods long before they turned into money. Because you don't need that much money, there is not much gold that can be purchased in the Caribbean, and no matter how much money you have, it becomes just a number. Therefore, Lu Yuan deposited a large amount of the fleet's profits in loan shark shops in the names of his subordinates, preparing to distribute them to them at the appropriate time.
That number...can definitely induce heart attacks.
"Humphrey, this next mission may be dangerous, or it may be easy. Among us, you are the only one who has a family. So I will give you two days of vacation, and I hope you can arrange your home well..." 6 Yuan instructed, Humphrey Douglas nodded vigorously. In fact, his wife and daughter have been taken to Port of Spain in the Caribbean, and their living conditions have been greatly improved. Lu Yuan has always been a very thoughtful person. "It seems that I need to sign a new contract with you. Don't let John help you this time." Lu Yuan's words caused a burst of laughter again.
Then Lu Yuan just took out a piece of paper and handed it to Humphrey Douglas across the table.
It was a note stored in a loan shark shop in his name, but it was not handled by Humphrey Douglas and he had never seen it.
Seeing the numbers on it, Humphrey's heart stopped beating instantly, and then he couldn't help but burst into tears!
Worries and pressures such as debts, the lives of his wife and children... everything was wiped away by this thin piece of paper. He knew that the number could hire a navy fleet to work for him! Even if he slaps LeBron in the face with this ticket, he will greet it with a smile. He... is definitely not worth this number.
"Thank you!" He stood up and said with all his strength. Almost everyone can hear the implicit meaning of "my life is yours".
Lu Yuan nodded, "There is a boat at the dock. Go quickly. You only have two days... I will see you here again in forty-eight hours."
"Yes, Captain!" Humphrey Douglas saluted and left in a hurry.
"How much does that cost?" Christina asked August in a low voice. She was very smart and had already figured out that Lu Yuan divided the officers and crew into two groups, with John on one side and August on the other. Eighty percent of Humphrey's money was deposited through August.
August didn't hide anything and directly made a "two" sign. Christina opened her mouth, and after a while, she excitedly grabbed August's sleeve and asked, "Then how much is my share?!"
"It's a quarter of mine." August replied angrily, and Christina immediately pouted in dissatisfaction. In fact, the money she gets is not a lot. After all, she is a jack-of-all-trades on the ship, the best substitute. She is not specifically responsible for any aspect of work, and her actual role is limited.
"But the figure is equivalent to your father's annual income." August's additional explanation made Christina happy again, and she grabbed his sleeve in excitement.
At this time, Lu Yuan had already arranged the work of several more people.
This was not a spoils-sharing meeting. No one except Humphrey got their share of the spoils. Lu Yuan has been arranging the modification of the ship and how to restrict the crew from going ashore.
"But what exactly do we want to transform the ship into?" Li Huamei asked a little confused. She was confused by what she heard just now, what kind of scaffolding, what kind of wood board painting, etc., it didn't sound like renovating a ship, but more like setting up a stage in her hometown.
Lu Yuan picked up the cardboard on the table with a smile and showed it to everyone, "Just change it to look like this, don't worry about the inside, as long as it looks similar!"
Looking at the frigate with a straight deck drawn on the cardboard, the single-story forecastle and stern tower of the old era are still left, and each gun emplacement on the side of the ship is painted in a black and white grid...
"This... this..." August was speechless for a long time before saying, "Why do I look so much like the Barbados..."
"That's right!" Lu Yuan nodded, "We just want to dress up as the 'Barbados'! They have cheated us so many times, it's time to pay back some."
Everyone was speechless.
Thinking that a shocking case was about to be framed on the "Barbados", everyone had an indescribable feeling. In short, they were quite sweaty. (To be continued...)
