Simmons stood there, waiting under the surveillance of two natives. He observed Li Mingxun. The man was not interested in the captain's delicious wine and boxes filled with gold coins. Instead, he lingered in front of the bookshelf and the sea chart, especially the sea chart, which he had been looking at for a quarter of an hour and was still obsessed with.

After a long time, Li Mingxun raised his head, saw Simmons, and said apologetically: "Sorry, I never thought there would be such a sophisticated chart in this era, but I forgot about you."

"I know how to speak Chinese language, so I don't have to find a translation." Simmons suddenly said in Minnan.

Li Mingxun looked at him in surprise and waved his hand to let several natives go out. Simmons said: "Every Thais in this sea are coming to pursue the golden country that Marco Polo said. Although they did not find it in the end, in this sea, no matter what trade, you Ming country, you must deal with you Ming people wherever you are!"

"Get a drink, Mr. Simmons." Li Mingxun listened to Simmons' resentful voice, picked up a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet and poured it into front of him.

Simmons drank it all, and he asked, "What are you going to do with us? I mean me and the Spanish officers, soldiers!"

Li Mingxun smiled slightly and said, "Of course, I took my base back first, and then asked the Governor of Coquila in Manila for ransom. I set the standard for two thousand gold Ducart. Of course, given Coquila's massacre in Manila and his stingy style, this must be a long process, so you will have two choices. The first is to serve me and redeem yourself with your own salary, and the second is to become a slave to work and redeem yourself with your labor!"

"Two thousand gold Ducart? You are such a lion's mouth!" said Simmons.

According to European rules, Koquera can pay ransom to redeem the captured people, but only the captured noble officers, soldiers and people hired by themselves will not be treated like this. There are less than five officers alive today, and they are not worth even 200 Jindukat!

"I serve you, the noble Lord Mingguo." Simmons immediately said. He had no other choice. Coquera would only kill himself.

Lee Myung-hoon nodded slightly, poured another glass of wine for Simmons, and said, "You are free with your friends who have joined you to stop the atrocities. From today on, you will be my first mate!"

"The first mate of the San Juan?" Simmons stood up, looking confused.

Lee Mingxun shook his head slightly and said, "This ship has been officially renamed the Tiger Shark. You are the first mate of the Tiger Shark. My deputy. Of course, your salary should be the same as the first mate, with an annual salary of 100 Jindu Carter."

Simmons' face turned red. He stood there, his fists clattering, and suddenly grabbed the cup on the table and said, "I've done it!" After that, a glass of wine poured into his stomach.

Lee Mingxun smiled and said, "Mr. Simmons, now we should discuss conquering sailors now. After all, you and I cannot drive this 600-ton behemoth! Well... what if I give them a raise? I can give twice the salary that is the Spanish!"

Simmons immediately shook his head and said firmly: "Absolutely not. The sailors are not worth the price. This will disrupt the order of your fleet in the future. Sailors with too much money will cause trouble and escape. Although they can temporarily let them serve you, in the long run, it will be detrimental to your majesty."

Li Mingxun had to agree with this point. Since Columbus started the era of sailing, sailors have not been a popular industry. In the harsh navigation environment and sea life, it is common for sailors to lose one-third of the sailors on a long voyage. Only poor people and madmen will take the initiative to join the ranks of sailors. Most of the time, both warships and sea ships will catch strong men on board and become sailors.

The most common method is to sweep away the prisoners in the prison, while the inferior method is to invite people to drink in the tavern, and then take the drunk guys to the boat when the boat is driven. Because of this, sailors have no pursuit. As long as they go ashore, they will enter the tavern and brothels, spend all their money before the boat is driven, so that the sailors want the most is to get drunk and die at the sea.

And if a sailor has too much money, he will choose to escape!

Simmons thought for a while and said, "The sailors only need two things, wine and women. As long as they satisfy these two things, they will follow you wholeheartedly. I am very honored to tell you that since they came out of Manila, they have not touched women for four months, and the rum and beer stored by the Tiger Shark have been consumed a month ago."

Li Mingxun's eyes lit up. These two things are not difficult to solve. There are a lot of rum on the Yongjin and the two bird boats, and there are even more warehouses in Budai Port. As for women, although there are more men and fewer women in the trading house now, they can buy a batch from the Dayuan Port. Moreover, this is also the demand of other people in the trading house, and they will do it sooner or later!

"Yes, this is easy to solve, so now it's time to discuss how to leave Jilong Port!" Li Mingxun said.

Simmons patted his chest, bowed and said proudly: "Captain, as your first mate, please give me all this. If you cannot leave Jilong Port without any damage, Simmons is willing to drink for life!"

Li Mingxun naturally believed in Simmons' ability. At least he had no other choice. After giving the Spanish sailors a full meal, the Tiger Shark took everyone with him and drove out a dock filled with water under Simmons' command. Then he drove into the Chicken Horn Harbor. Simmons climbed onto the mast and kept giving orders, while the sailors were full of energy. The reason was very simple. After Li Mingxun agreed to arrive at his destination, all sailors could have a party for five days and enjoy free drinks.

The operation left Jilong Port was very smooth. Simmons deserved to be an experienced navigator. When the gun position on Sheliao Island could block the main channel and the eight-foot-gate channel, Simmons stepped deep into the military port with three twelve-pound cannons on San Salvador Castle, and used red shells to turn the military port of San Salvador into a sea of ​​fire. Then, taking advantage of the high tide, he drove close to the coastline of Sheliao Island. This was outside the artillery firing boundary. Unless the Spanish artillery raised the tail of the artillery cannon, he could only attack the mast of the Tiger Shark.

In just half an hour, the Tiger Shark rushed out of Jilong Port, and only got three shells on his body, and they all hit the sails.

"Captain, I have no intention to provoke your dignity, but before heading to your port, I want to know your identity. In fact, many people are speculating, are you an official from Ming Dynasty or a subordinate of Zheng Yiguan, or a wealthy merchant who traverses the Chinese sea?" Inside the captain, Simmons asked seriously after dinner.

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "I am not an official of Ming Kingdom, and I have nothing to do with Zheng Yiguan. I am the shopkeeper of Tenglong Trading Company."

"Tenglong Trading Company?" Simmons asked drunk.

Lee Mingxun said: "You can understand it as the future East India Company of the Ming Dynasty, Simmons, you will be glad to join me when my foundation was invented."

Simmons then confirmed that Lee Myung-hoon was just a little man, but he did not regret it at all. At least the bounty of the fifty Kingdu Carters in his pocket was making a pleasant sound, and Lee Myung-hoon was really rich, and the goods in the cargo hold were enough to make him a big profit.

The Tiger Shark went south along the Taiwan coastline. After confirming the safety of the waters around Budai Port, Li Mingxun ordered people to enter the port.

There were welcome crowds everywhere in the port, most of them were managers of the trading company. When they saw the huge warship sailing in, they were shocked in their hearts. If it weren't for the black-bottomed golden dragon banner of the trading company, they might have thought it was the Dutch who called it.

Most people did not expect Li Mingxu to succeed, but the huge warship that had been renamed the Tiger Shark was enough to prove that the battle was successful. Li Mingxun, who had disembarked, immediately placed four people who came off the ship, sent the people from the Huweilong Club back to their village club, and asked all the sailors to go ashore to give them clothes, food and the most important wine. He sent the business manager to the south to get a group of prostitutes.

But everything must be handled after the welcome ceremony. Lee Myung-hoon had to shake hands with the welcomed sleep, talk and hug, accept their cheers and praises, reward them with encouragement and support, listen to them tell them about the changes in Budai Port during this period, and inform them of the harvest of going out to fight. This is a tired process, but it is the best portrayal of success. Lee Myung-hoon is tired and enjoys it.

The next morning, Li Mingxun woke up from his drowsiness and looked out the window. It was already midday. The drinking too much wine at the welcome banquet made him feel a little headache. He lifted up the fur on his body. Li Mingxun called twice, Ah Hai walked in, looked at Li Mingxun happily, and said, "Master, go and eat something."

Li Mingxun patted the desk made of logs next to him and said, "Let the business manager put all the accounts here, and I want to see after dinner."

Li Mingxun walked down the wooden stairs and came to the restaurant on the first floor, which was sometimes used as a conference room. In addition to Lin Cheng insisting on being in the Kraluo Village to avoid arousing the suspicion of the Dutch, most of the other high-level leaders have moved here, so the port has also become the focus of the trading company's exhibition.

To Lee Myung-hoon's expectations, he saw Simmons here. He was chewing a piece of venison hard, and the plate in front of him was filled with bones. Lee Myung-hoon asked the chef to serve rice balls and a plate of sugar and sat opposite Simmons.

"Didn't you go to drink?" Li Mingxun asked lightly as he ate.

He didn't have to look at it, just knowing that the group of sailors placed in the warehouse had been filled with mud by free sugar cane wine, while the Spanish soldiers were temporarily detained, Simmons was given preferential treatment, a dry bedroom and the qualification to attend a welcome party.

"I just drank a little to help me fall asleep," Simmons whispered, then he said, "I made a walk around the port this morning."

After hearing this, Li Mingxun raised his head and smiled, "You must be very disappointed."

Nowadays, the trading company controls only more than a thousand people, and because Hongya Sixth Society cannot gain full trust, it is only hired to fish, log and cultivate farmland, and cannot truly participate in port construction. There are no more than 300 people working here, so even though it has been open for two months, Budai Port is still in a depressed state.

But Simmons shook his head slightly and said, "You are a person with extraordinary abilities and ambitiousness. Maybe you were right that day. I will be glad to join you so early in the future."

The size of Budai Port is indeed very small, but Simmons' perspective on things is different from many people. From the beginning of his departure from the Tiger Shark, he noticed the extraordinary port. Budai Port is at most a fish port at this time, but the giant Tiger Shark, with a displacement of 600 tons, actually docked directly on the dock. It was obvious that the port's connection capacity was aimed at such giant ships from the beginning.

There are not many buildings formed in the port, and the small building where I live is one of them. The building is built in a corner of the military camp and is protected by trenches and fences. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The overall defense design is very scientific and it stores enough food. Two hundred people can resist the attack of thousands of indigenous people. Even if the Dutch people on this island attack here, there will be no good results. This morning, the people here have unloaded eight eighteen-pound long cannons and a considerable number of shells and gunpowder from the Tiger Shark and placed them on the built-up turrets. The turrets arranged on the cape and sand dunes can not only prevent enemy ships from entering Budai Port, but also provide firepower support to the camp where the building is located.

As for the port design, it is even more amazing. The road design is very fast. The layout of buildings such as housing, warehouses, and warehouses is very scientific. There are countless blocks marked with lime. Simmons feels that this port was built from the beginning to meet the urban scale of 50,000 people.

Everything in the port demonstrates the ambition and ability of the owner here. Simmons feels that a huge castle has laid a foundation and is waiting for loyal and capable people to contribute to the bricks and tiles, and he should be one of the important people.

"What are you going to do next, Simmons wants to play for you," said Simmons. He didn't want to be just a first mate, which was not in line with his ambitions, and Simmons proudly believed that he had more to do.

Lee Myung-hoon said: "In a month, I will take an expedition, which requires elite troops and skilled sailors. I heard that you are not only an experienced captain, but also an explorer and officer. Mr. Simmons, it is time to show your true ability!"
Chapter completed!