Yang Feng's doing these things inevitably aroused doubts in the British. After all, a huge fleet with a total tonnage of more than 20,000 was parked in his home port, and no one would feel comfortable. However, he was in Rothschild Bank and Bahrain.
The deposits of nearly ten million pounds in the bank were enough to dispel any doubts of the British, so all British ports allowed his fleet to dock under the banner of merchant ships, and recruited retired naval officers on a large scale.
Four destroyers and six landing ships require at least a thousand crew members. Jin Yuan's branch in Hong Kong sent him another 500 Chinese. In this way, he also needs 500 European employees, but he is recruiting here.
It is not difficult. Even if you tell them that if you follow Big Boss Yang, you must be prepared for war, those adventurous ghost guys are also flocking to it. The reason is very simple, high salary, and there is also pension insurance, which is good for those who die in battle.
There are also high pensions.
You must know that ordinary British people at this time only earned a few dozen pounds a year, just enough to buy a bottle of shampoo from him, and the minimum wage he offered to mercenaries and crew members was one hundred pounds a year. Officers and
Senior crew members have higher salaries and other benefits. With such good conditions, not to mention retired sailors, even active-duty sailors are ready to take advantage of them.
In addition to the crew, he also needs a commander, a real naval commander, to command an armored cruiser. His Captain Ballmer, who was a privateer captain, is barely competent, but if he commands a fleet of more than a dozen battleships,
fleet, this may be a bit difficult for him.
"General Langweili, I invite you here this time for a very simple reason. I believe you should know that there is a fleet of mine parked on the Thames. Of course, you can call it a fleet. I need a fleet.
Fleet Commander, I wonder if you are interested in this?" In his manor, Yang Feng said arrogantly to the British Reserve Fleet Commander Lang Weili who was invited by him.
"Dear Pasha, as an active officer of the Royal Navy, it is difficult for me to agree to your request." Langweili said in embarrassment. He did not dare to put on airs in front of Yang Feng. This Chinese, whether in the Navy or in Congress,
They all have huge influence, and even wanting to kick him back to his hometown to farm is just a matter of words.
"General, this problem can be easily solved. I will ask His Excellency the Lord Admiralty to give you a leave. As for how long it will take, I will tell you later. Your military rank will be retained. When you work for me until you want to come back, I think there will be a
Your new military rank is waiting for you." Yang Feng said.
No matter how Lang Weili is evaluated by later generations, he must admit that he is still very capable in managing the fleet. Besides, he has been in East Asia for so many years, so he must be very familiar with this sea area, which is very important to him.
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Yang Feng has talked to this point, so Lang Weili can't refuse anymore. As for his salary, this is very simple. Now money is just a prop to Boss Yang. He waved his hand casually, and every time
Three hundred pounds a month, this figure immediately strengthened Lang Weili's determination to hang out with him. You must know that the monthly salary given to him by the Beiyang Navy was only seven hundred taels of silver, which is equivalent to more than one hundred pounds. Now Yang Feng not only pays him three times
The salary will increase his military rank, so why not do it?
After all, as the commander of the reserve fleet, he is nothing more than a cold bench with a salary. It would be good to be promoted to a military rank in another ten years. Not only does he have a high salary, but he can also be promoted if he is well served, so why not
for?
In this way, Yang Feng's fleet was finally completed. On a cloudy day with turbulent waves, under the rainy farewell of London's wealthy people, the respected Yang Feng Pasha took his fleet back to his territory for inspection.
Of course, a big shot like him would definitely not go on vacation to the extremely hot Kuwait. It is said that Yang Pasha’s final destination is Western Australia, where he also has a vast pasture. I believe he will spend a wonderful time there.
Xia Tian, this can be seen from the four charming little beauties behind him.
This time, in order to keep a close eye on his fiancé, even Lin Luoke went with him to visit the old Erikson who had been a missionary in China for more than ten years. It is said that he has now spread his mission to Jiangxi.
Otherwise, Yang Feng could have met his future father-in-law when he went to China last time.
One armed yacht, five warships, and six landing ships lined up in a column and sailed out of the Thames Estuary at a speed of 18 knots, turned southwest, sailed out of the English Channel, turned due south, and then headed east through Gibraltar, entered the Mediterranean, and passed through the Suez Canal.
After exiting the Red Sea, it turned north and finally entered the Persian Gulf and reached Kuwait, Yang Pasha's territory.
After coming back more than a year later, this small town has a completely new look. The walls that were originally destroyed by his cannon have been repaired, including the dilapidated residences inside. It even looks much more prosperous than before. This is not surprising.
It is difficult for a free port not to prosper. It was originally an important commercial port in the Persian Gulf. It used to be restricted by water resources. After Boss Yang took over, he built a 3,000-ton merchant ship specifically to transport water from Basra. This problem no longer exists.
Dear Mayor Hyde, he even built a public bath very extravagantly, and divided it into two parts for men and women. Of course it was not free, but the fee was very low, which was just to maintain normal operations. This move gave him and the great master immediate access to public baths.
There is no need to explain the reason for the unlimited support of those young men and women, so when Yang Pasha disembarked from the ship, he was supported by all the people.
"You, a foreigner, used bloody methods to drive away their monarch who had ruled for hundreds of years, and killed thousands of them in the war. You even allowed your subordinates to wash the city. Now, just over a year later, they can
To support you so much, is it possible that you have some magic skills?" Xue Fucheng said in astonishment. Of course he could see that the respect on the faces of the residents on both sides who cheered for Yang Feng in unintelligible languages came from the bottom of their hearts.
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"Because I gave them what they wanted." Like a leader standing on the Tiananmen Gate, Yang Feng waved to the welcoming crowd with satisfaction and said with a shrug, "Did you see that ship? That is
It specializes in transporting water, and this city is drier than our northwest Gobi, so there is nothing in this world that cannot be bribed. The key is whether what you offer is suitable."
Of course, this guy was not planning to stay in Kuwait. Living in such a hot place was simply torture for him. The next day he left 500 garrison troops, and then all the other 2,000 mercenaries landed.
The ship then set sail for Western Australia.
After arriving in Western Australia, the fleet stopped at Fremantle Port. The accompanying mercenaries disembarked to rest and notified the second batch of mercenaries who were training in Kalgoorlie to come. Yang Feng took the accompanying four daughters Lin Luoke and
Xue Fucheng and Zhang Quan went to Perth together. After entering the city, they found that the place seemed to be more depressed than the last time they came.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, why do I feel that there are so few people in Perth?" After meeting with the Prime Minister of Western Australia, he asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Mr. Yang, many people came here to dig for gold in the past. Now that the gold has not been found, they will naturally not stay here anymore. In fact, this is what it was like here." The Prime Minister of Western Australia said with a wry smile.
Of course they can't find gold. The real gold mine is in Yang Feng's manor! The Golden Mile has long been turned into Yang Feng's vacation villa. Tens of thousands of these bare trees have been planted on it, and they are almost transformed into
It has become the Kalgoorlie Forest. It is not easy to plant trees there. In order to maintain Boss Yang’s hobby, his workers there have to use cars to transport water for special irrigation.
"This is not good. I can't just watch this city decline. Let's do it this way. I will invest as much as possible here in the future, but one thing is that the wages of locals are too high, making it difficult for companies to be competitive.
I must hire a group of Chinese workers from China, but I will maintain a one-to-one ratio between local employees and Chinese workers, but the government of Western Australia must give Chinese workers and white people the same political status." Yang Feng said, this is
A good opportunity to take advantage of.
"Mr. Yang, we must know your investment amount, otherwise it will be difficult for the Western Australian Parliament to agree to this." The Prime Minister of Western Australia said that although the anti-Chinese here is not serious, it is not very welcoming to Chinese workers. Yang Feng's
Mercenaries are one thing, but large-scale Chinese immigration is another.
"I can't say this now. In fact, the best option here is to develop the steel industry. There is no steel plant in Australia yet, and no valuable iron ore has been discovered in Eastern Australia. Yang's mining will be carried out in Western Australia.
If iron ore can be found through large-scale exploration, then a steel plant can be built in Perth. With a steel plant, everything will be available, including railways, machinery plants, arsenals... you can build whatever you want." Yang Feng is very courageous.
He waved his hand and said.
In this case, let's wait until he finds steel, but the Prime Minister of Western Australia doubts this very much. There are more than one British company looking for minerals here in recent years, and they all went back empty-handed.
"But even prospecting requires a lot of investment, so I must get the exclusive exploration and mining rights in a certain area, otherwise I will not invest." Yang Feng looked at him and said calmly.
This is understandable. No one can let the mine they have worked so hard to find end up in the hands of other developers.
"That's no problem, but where do you need to go to prospect?" the Western Australian Prime Minister asked.
Yang Feng took a map of Western Australia, first lay on it and looked at it for a while, as if he was concentrating on thinking, then he casually drew a circle on it with a pen, threw the pen away and said, "Here."