Six Hundred and Sixty Five Gentleman 1 Words

Shareholder of the Board of Directors of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, Chief of the Chamber of Commerce's flagship Valkyrie, three seats in the sail, four seats in the charge, directly under the fleet combat instructor, professor of marine nutrition at the University of Miami, vice president of the Boston Chinese Friendship Association, Miami The vice president of the Chinese Countryman Association, the honorary chairman of the American Taoist Research Association, a fugitive in the Kingdom of France, a student studying abroad, and Taoist priest Wang Ye of Longhushan Qingxu Temple are getting married!

It is reported that Shi Chaosheng, a great gentry from Xiangjiang County, Guangzhaoluo Road, was invited by a friend to visit the New World with his daughter. When they arrived in Miami, Miss Shi and Wang Daochang met by chance.

Shi Yuanwai has already agreed to this marriage.

As the news spread, all the Chinese in the United States played their crowns and celebrated. Some say that the girl from the Shi family finally got a good match in the third generation of cultivation, and some say that it is gratifying for Wang Yeluo to return to her roots, and there is even a saying that the Shi family is a high-ranking man who sold his daughter for money to tie up with the Drake Chamber of Commerce.

It's a pity that the rumors of many people are destined not to reach the ears of those who are really related.

Since the end of last year, Mr. Karen Scott and the famous American lady Izea Solomon stepped into the marriage hall, and a year later, Pansy Manor ushered in a new wedding.

Wang is also planning to adopt a Chinese-style wedding ceremony. He plans to host a banquet for congratulatory Chinese from the three mountains and five mountains on January 26 next year, which is the New Year's Eve of the Dingwei Year. Get to know the Shenglong Shuangxi who have lived in China for five thousand years.

There are still more than two months to go, and it must be too late to go back to the Qing Dynasty to buy. Wang Ye and Shi Chaosheng can only adapt to local conditions. If they need it, they can find it in the New World. In the Chinese community, the use of renovation, construction, books, and paintings must be perfect.

As a human being in two lifetimes, Lorraine didn't quite understand the meaning of this meaningless extravagance. But Wang Ye and Shi Chaosheng were very excited, and the merchant ships stocking goods went south and north three times a day, and it was hard to tell whether they were excited to get married, or Kan Jing finally found enough reasons to let go of their daughters.

Most likely the latter...

Because Lorraine remembers very clearly that Wang Ye's material desires in recent years have actually been very light. In addition to subsidizing the Qing people in Boston to study and hire workers, the only big expense is the three-entry mansion in Pansy Manor, a courtyard-style house.

"Weddings and funerals, leaving the old and ushering in the new, it's really a double blessing..." He sighed with emotion, and turned to look at Wang Ye and Shi Chaosheng, "Master Shi, Ming people don't speak dark words. Wang Ye, I will send it to Xing Where is the sincerity of the Dan family?"

Shi Chaosheng made a solemn promise: "From now on, the Citigroup of your Luoda family will be honored and honored with the Six Banners of my Dan family. In the whole South China Sea, there is no place where you can't go to a noble business. If he falls into the underworld, the Dan family will also order him to die, as a warning to everyone else!"

These words are tantamount to announcing that the Drake Chamber of Commerce has formed a secret alliance with the South China Sea Pirates, but that is not what Lorraine wants to hear.

In his opinion, the mere dark alliance is too much of a waste of Pirates' power, and they have greater value, which can help the Asian branch quickly and smoothly pass through the initial stage.

He invited Wang Ye and Shi Chaosheng to the desk, and Carmen was sitting on the side seat, holding a quill in his hand, and unfolding the parchment.

"Several adjustments." He said, Carmen wrote, "From January 1, 1788, Mr. Eddie Garman officially transferred from the African Branch, and at the same time set aside 20% of the shares he held in the African Branch."

"The chairman of the branch was taken over by the former Chief of Staff Office of the Secret Service Formation, Mr. Faramine Snapes, and the branch held 10% of the shares. Before the appointment of President Snapes, Barto Bagina, the vice president and admiral Mr. presides over the day-to-day work."

He paused, as if thinking of words.

"Officially opening the Drake Asia Chapter,

Headquartered in Mumbai, anchor port Sing Tao. Mr. Eddie Garman is the president of the Asian branch, and the branch holds 10% of the shares. "

Lorraine increased Eddie's club shares by 3 points, which seemed to be a small loss in the replacement, but everyone present knew that these 3 points were compensation for sending Wang Ye to Eddie's command. Also appease.

"Mr. Wang Ye, the former Valkyrie chef and a shareholder of the General Chamber of Commerce, transferred the Asian branch to serve as the vice president, and the branch held 10% of the shares. Mr. Tim Frain, the former admiral of the second formation directly under the branch, was transferred to the ocean admiral of the branch, and the branch held 5% of the shares. %."

"The start-up capital of the Asian branch is 100,000 pounds. The construction of Singdao and Sabang Port is under the responsibility of the General Asset Management Company, and the Mumbai headquarters is in charge of the Asian branch."

"Ericson..." Lorraine pursed her lips, "It's the flagship of the dead ghost Bonet who was blasted into a sieve by Neptune in Wai Rust and didn't sink in the battle. She has been repaired."

"However, her top speed of 9 knots can't find a place in Drake's existing fleet system, so she is simply organized into the second formation directly under her this time, with a total of 13 ships, which will be transferred to the Asian branch."

Carmen put down his pen and asked inexplicably, "You want to strip the entire second formation out of the direct fleet?"

Lorraine shrugged: "Since the first formation's tactical system has become more and more perfect, the second formation has long lost its equal position in the direct fleet. Frain is not incompetent, but compared to Hanji, he seems too much." mediocre."

"After Basseterre, the second formation was completely reduced to an escort formation. They couldn't find a chance to fight, whether it was the Miami War or the Wai Rust naval battle."

"Now even the special service formation has been expanded... I think that instead of letting them continue to be decadent in Lucy, it is better to let them become the team of the Asian branch and go to the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia to find their position again."

Carmen nodded: "What about Eriksson? You said that low-speed ships have no place in the faster and faster Drake fleet."

"This is about Uncle Shi..."

Shi Chaosheng, who listened to Wang Ye's translation for a long time, finally heard his name, and quickly cheered up: "Master Luo, is there anything we can do for the Dan people?"

Lorraine tapped the table with her index finger: "Uncle Shi, I am going to give up 20% of the branch shares for the Dan family. You can provide a list of shareholders to participate in the decision-making and dividend distribution of the Asian branch."

Shi Chaosheng was quite dissatisfied: "Luo Da is the head of the family, you and I are of equal strength, and this joint venture makes a living, but my Dan family only makes 20% of it?"

"The reason for the 20% is that this is the share of the entire Asian branch, and it is a full share, with the right to participate in decision-making." Lorraine patiently explained, "The structure of the Asian branch will include four routes, India, Qing Dynasty, Southeast Asia and Trans-Pacific Asian-American Ocean.”

"Among them, apart from COSCO Asia, which needs several years of accumulation and preparation, the other three will be able to complete the basic structure next year. Only the one from India to Europe can create a net profit of at least 150,000 pounds per year, which is 3 million shillings. It will be lower than the output from Qing Dynasty to Europe."

"20% of the Asian branch, converted to the Qing-Europe route, must not be less than 50%. If this is not satisfactory to the Dan family, don't your Dan family still want to get involved in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, which are beyond your reach?"

Hearing three million shillings, Shi Chaosheng knew that he underestimated Drake's size again.

The complete Asian branch will be a behemoth with an annual income of more than 500,000 pounds, which is about 10 million shillings, and 20% is 2 million shillings. Lorraine's contribution to the Dan family is by no means too little, but too much.

He frowned: "Luo Da is the head of the family, old man Meng Lang. I don't know what else my Dan family has to hand over such a generous charter?"

"50 boats." Lorraine flipped his hand, "10 Fuzhou boats over 30 meters long, 40 Guangzhou boats over 15 meters long, and supporting crew and an Inner Sea Admiral who listened to Wang Ye's words. I don't provide extra of shares."

"50 ships and an admiral..."

"The South China Sea is shallow and sandy, and the waterway is complicated. Fuchuan and Guangzhou Ship have excellent seaworthiness there. The more complicated the water surface, the better the performance." Lorraine said, "The situation in Southeast Asia is the same, and European-style ships cannot go. Chinese ships can take the route, so your ship is the best transshipment ship there.”

"As for warships... European-style ships have undergone several generations of changes, and the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, and the Qing Dynasty banned the sea. The two sides have widened the gap in parameters such as ship size, attack and defense, and speed. It's too far away, even if the Qing Dynasty exhausts the sea, it will not be the opponent of these powerful countries."

"The cargo fleet needs to be escorted, and the escort of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean is handed over to the second formation. The South China Sea and Southeast Asia need low-speed ships like Ericsson to complement the Chinese hard sail."

Speaking of this, Lorraine clapped his hands: "If Uncle Shi agrees, the Asian branch will have a capital of 100,000 pounds, 13 warships, and 50 transshipments. India has an agreed trade share, and the Qing Dynasty has tacit understanding , and Sabang and Sing Tao live at the beginning and end of Malacca.”

"In two years, she'll be Drake's biggest earning group, and we'll all be making a lot of money because of her."

Shi Chaosheng's face was cloudy and uncertain, he was talking about Lorraine's Eastern and Western warships, as well as the sesame pancake he drew and the price the Dan family paid for it.

After a long time, he stretched out his hand to Lorraine: "Luo Da is the master, a gentleman has a word!"

"A four-horse horse is hard to catch!"