After dinner, William knelt in front of the jade pillar, with Baixing and Niutai on both sides of the jade pillar.
Yuzhu sat in front of the desk, with paper spread out in front of him, holding the quill and ink he got from William in his hand.
"Dear Mr. William, the questions I ask you now must be answered truthfully, do you understand?" Yuzhu did not threaten William, but William naturally knew the power of it...
"Yes, I will definitely tell you everything I know." William was extremely afraid of being soaked in the smelly water in the water prison, so he quickly expressed his feelings.
"Well, I want to know the real situation of Miss Alice's family." Yuzhu didn't want to alert the snake, so he deliberately asked about the situation of Miss Alice's family first.
"Miss Alice's family is a fallen marquis. Her father is dead, and her brother John has the final say in the family..." William had Alice's idea for more than a day or two, and naturally he was interested in her.
The situation at home is well understood.
While Yuzhu listened carefully, he took the quill in his hand and wrote down the key points on the paper.
According to William, Alice's brother John, who inherited the title of Marquis, was quite good at business, but his shortcomings were his lust and gambling.
In addition, Alice's family has been in decline, and its status in Britain has plummeted.
Yuzhu took a puff of his cigar and took a sip of whiskey with ice and water. Well, it must be a good thing to have such a cheap uncle who is greedy for money and lust.
However, the English vocabulary of this era is still very different from modern English.
Yuzhu must ask for the specific spelling of words in order to grasp the true meaning.
However, this doesn't affect anything.
Even in the era of great enrollment expansion, instead of expanding the number of doctoral students, enrollment has decreased.
It is no exaggeration to say that in Yuzhu's era, as long as he could successfully graduate with a doctorate, he had certain real abilities.
The doctoral thesis must be written in English.
After grasping Alice's situation, Yuzhu asked William: "How many tons does the largest battleship in the Royal Navy fleet weigh? How many heavy guns?"
"Sir, the largest sailing battleship of the Royal Navy is already 3,500 tons..." William did not dare to conceal the truth, and introduced the truth in detail.
According to William's confession, the Royal Navy currently has five first-class sailing battleships, each with a tonnage of approximately 2,500-3,500 tons.
This big monster on the sea has three artillery decks, the number of artillery pieces is between 106 and 122, and the number of sailors and gunners is more than 900.
In addition, the artillery equipped by the British Royal Navy is divided according to the weight of the projectiles. There are mainly five types of artillery: 9 pounds, 12 pounds, 18 pounds, 24 pounds and 32 pounds. The calibers are respectively 10.4 cm, 11.5 cm, 13.1 cm, 14.4 cm and
15.9 cm.
Through William's introduction, Yuzhu learned that the flagship of the Royal Navy was extremely expensive, with one unit costing more than 100,000 pounds.
You must know that the total foreign trade of the United Kingdom in this era is only ten million pounds. Moreover, the total tariff revenue of the United Kingdom is only more than one million pounds.
Well, Dai Ying really values the maritime hegemony. Historically, he has been desperately engaging in an arms race and building Dreadnought-class battleships in order to maintain the huge advantage of the two powers.
The two-power standard, that is, the naval strength of the United Kingdom must exceed the combined strength of the second and third largest navies.
Next, Yuzhu asked about William's family situation in detail.
When Yuzhu learned that there were actually two sons who came to Guangzhou with William, Yuzhu couldn't help but smile.
Very good, great, very powerful!
Non-my family, its heart must be different!
Yuzhu knew better than anyone in his heart that neither William nor Alice had merely surrendered temporarily due to the pressure of his power.
Now that William has brought his two sons to the Qing Dynasty to do business, it is simply a God-given opportunity.
William will definitely be held hostage in Guangzhou. However, among William's two sons, Yuzhu only plans to choose one and let him go back to England to help with matters.
Yuzhu does not know how to build a ship, but he understands human nature.
Only one of William's two sons returned home, and Yuzhu was not afraid that he would go against his will.
The logic is actually very simple. If the one who goes back is unwilling to work hard for Yuzhu,
That is to say, he is not sincerely trying to redeem his father William. Hehe, by that time, he will not want the inheritance rights of the family wealth.
Britain at the beginning of the eighteenth century was a typical liberal capitalist society.
The characteristic of capitalist society is that if you have more money and status, you can bribe officials to make more money.
The reality in British society is very real. If you don't have money, you are just a little red guy who no one cares about.
The Qing Dynasty was exactly the opposite of the Great Britain. In the Qing Dynasty, power meant wealth. For example, He Zhongtang and Yu Jingqing.
Yuzhu's questions became more and more detailed, and William was so shocked that he could describe it as a tsunami.
Through William's introduction, Yuzhu suddenly discovered that the French fleet in this era was actually very powerful.
Although, a few years ago, the fleet of the Sun King Louis XIV was completely wiped out.
However, the French were very wealthy and built an unusually large number of ships, which actually exceeded the total tonnage of the British fleet.
The British capitalists with marine consciousness are actually very difficult to coax. However, the French capitalists who are like country bumpkins are different.
Hehe, in front of Yuzhu's eyes, a golden avenue with winding paths suddenly appeared.
More importantly, there is no psychological barrier at all for William, a British national, to deceive the French.
Yuzhu took several puffs of the cigar, but because he was puffing too fast, he choked with tears and runny nose.
These are tears of joy!
After interrogating William, Yuzhu was full of surprises.
Because, just on top of William's merchant ship, there were more than a dozen flintlock muskets and two 18-pound cannons, as well as several barrels of gunpowder.
Yuzhu can completely understand William's approach. With so many pirates now, if merchant ships don't hide some guns and cannons, they'd be dead!
Hehe, Dai Zi is hiding in this supervisory office.
Yuzhu decided to go south with Dai Zi, but he actually took a certain risk.
However, he was an authentic bannerman, not a Han from the south. Even if Kangxi became suspicious in the future, Yuzhu would have room for evasion.
After studying the foreign guns and artillery clearly, it will be easier to attack Junggar in the future, and the reasons are ready.
Late at night, when Yuzhu went back to his room to go to bed, he suddenly realized that the two girls, Xingrui and Xingjiao, had to work extra hard to serve them, fearing that they would not be able to squeeze them out.
Yuzhu was a human being, not a god. Under the attack of Erxing, he turned into noodles in less than half an hour.
The mountains are high and the emperor is far away.
In this supervisory office, Yuzhu is the ancestor who has the final say.
When the sun was shining on her buttocks, Yuzhu slept until she woke up naturally.
After Yuzhu woke up, Xingjiao had already stood up, leaving Xingrui still lying next to him.
Wrapping Xingrui's waist, Yuzhu teased her with a smile: "Last night, you two almost sucked me dry."
Xingrui pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Xingjiao said, if I don't squeeze you dry, I will definitely take advantage of that foreign woman."
Yuzhu gritted his teeth secretly, Xingjiao Nizi was indeed extremely cunning and cunning, and understood the weaknesses of men.
The rain and dew were given to Er Xing, but naturally they could not be given to Alice. It was as simple as that.
Alice's brother John is very unreliable.
According to Yuzhu's judgment, even if Alice is used as a hostage, John may not really care about her safety.
Therefore, Yuzhu did not plan to use the method to deal with the William family, but changed his tactics.
Hmm, there are so many women who don't care about men.
However, it is still rare to see women who don’t care about their children.
Objectively speaking, Alice's belly was enlarged and she gave birth to a baby, also an illegitimate child, which could not affect the family inheritance rights of Yuzhu's serious sons.
Over there with Dai Ying and Gaul Chicken, almost all the powerful people have mistresses, and illegitimate children without family inheritance rights are everywhere.
Five days later, an invitation was posted under the jade pillar, inviting all the foreign merchants from the Thirteen Yi Hall to visit the Supervisory Yamen.
In private, Yuzhu can speak English like crazy, but in public, he can't be so reckless.
When the foreign businessmen gathered together, a variety of self-service meals and drinks filled the back garden of the Supervisory Yamen.
While the foreign businessmen were whispering and speculating on the new supervisor's intentions, Yuzhu took Alice with him and made his official debut.
Today, Yuzhu is not wearing the casual clothes of the Qing Dynasty, but a complete white suit, holding a civilized stick in his hand, and wearing a British high-top black bowler hat.
This kind of hat can just cover the ugliness on the head.
"Darling, please allow me to introduce you to you. This is the Chairman of the Macau Branch of the East India Company, His Excellency Lord Churchill."
Alice held Yuzhu's arm and introduced Churchill to her man with a smile.
"Your Excellency, I am honored to meet you." Churchill took off his top hat, bent down and waved it in salute.
Yuzhu was thinking about the East India Company's stocks, so he was naturally very polite to Churchill.
"Dear Lord Churchill, on behalf of Guangdong Customs, I would like to sincerely welcome you to Guangzhou." Yuzhu deliberately pretended not to understand English, and let Alice do the translation.
Churchill really thought that Yuzhu could not understand English, so he smiled and said to Alice: "Dear Lord Alice, I heard that Sir William has been looking for you everywhere."
Alice could tell that it was obviously a well-intentioned reminder from Churchill.
However, the plan was already finished and it was too late.
Not only did William fall into Yuzhu's hands, but Alice herself became the caged bird of the evil man.
Yuzhu enjoyed this wonderful feeling of pretending to be confused while pretending to be confused. He pretended to stare at Alice blankly, as if waiting for the woman to translate.
Alice secretly gritted her teeth. Damn it, she was stupid enough to provoke such a terrible man. It was really a tragedy.
According to William's introduction, in 1670, Charles II issued five laws, granting the East India Company the autonomy to occupy territory, mint coins, command forts and armies, form alliances and declare war, sign peace treaties, and conduct civil and criminal proceedings in occupied areas.
s right.
Yuzhu knew very well that the East India Company's stocks would be very valuable in the future. As long as he bought them, he would make a huge profit.
This is like, in 2004, when Penguin was listed in Hong Kong, the opening price was 4.37 yuan.
If at that time, a lucky person bought millions of shares and held them for a long time.
Hey, wait for the ninety-fold profit!
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