334. Raleigh Escape
Huamei reminded me of what Griska would do next. According to her meaning, no matter who she is, there must be a stage of observation and investigation to test him and avoid other unexpected situations.
I thought about it and she was right. Although she said it was not a question of hiring people and no doubts, necessary tests and assessments are indispensable.
After thinking about it all night, I decided to hand over something to Grisca - before leaving Europe, I received a letter from Rodriguez. He and Woodin's business in the African business district were running smoothly, but they seemed to have encountered some tricky problems.
I was in a hurry at that time and didn't have time to take a look. I just wrote back and said that I would send reinforcements in time.
Later, because I concentrated my efforts to solve the problem here, I ignored that end. But yesterday after seeing the military deployment provided to me by Old Alfred, I suddenly remembered this incident again.
After being under military pressure from Britain and economic pressure from the Netherlands, Spain spared no effort to colonize and expand outward. The most urgent task was to consolidate its existing territory.
Africa, as the back garden in Spain's mind, has been very unstable in the past two years. First, the British were frustrated, and the Portuguese were igniting the fire behind the scenes. This year, it was attacked by me and Woodin, which made the Western authorities very angry.
So in the past two months, while trying to avoid large-scale battles, they have taken various small actions to erode various parts of Africa, harassing the actual local occupiers, and waiting for an opportunity to gain greater benefits.
In this way, the existing local forces feel great pressure, and it is no wonder that Rodriguez wrote a letter to tell the matter.
The first thing I was going to hand over to Grisca was to turn around and go to Africa again to help Rodriguez stabilize the situation and solve the problem.
I didn't say that he would fight against the Spaniards, but asked to solve the problem. As for how to do it, it was just how he answered the questions!
I gave him full guarantee of the funds. Anyway, the wool comes from the sheep, so I don’t feel sorry for it, haha.
Griska took the order. He was just surprised that I gave him so much money at one time and the heavy bag of money. Whether it was trust or a test, it was also something that needed to be weighed in his heart.
However, after all, I suddenly had the idea that the value-added operation is the best form of capital, and it is by no means the responsibility that capital should bear to hold them in the iron box.
But from the existing people, no one can fulfill this responsibility. In other words, I don’t have professional financial talents under my command.
This time when I returned to Europe, it is necessary to form a team or choose a reasonable business model. I said secretly in my heart.
But these are not urgent matters. Sending Grisca away, I must go back to Virginia now and see my poor little Roleigh. After I leave, will he be doing well?
I thought with a bad taste, but three days later, my fleet once again arrived at the Triangle Siege on the Virginia Coast, Jamestown.
It was a miserable look that all the eyes were filled with miserable colors! I couldn't help but sigh. Bullet marks were scattered all over the beach, walls and every corner of the city. It can be seen that this place was once covered with dense shells.
And deep in the bullet marks, there was a faint purple blood color that had been completely condensed! It seemed that people were fighting every inch of land here, and some people died silently.
When he saw Rolei, he was silently tidying up the wounds on his shoulders. Nothing on his body was clean and neat, but was covered with scars, looking very miserable and pitiful.
Seeing me entering the door from outside, he jumped up from the stool, and pulled me with tears in his nose and tears, "Your Earl! Your Earl! You are back!"
I looked at this handsome man who was known for his romantic and elegant style, and I really wanted to laugh but was embarrassed to laugh out loud. So I could only bear it and said vaguely: "Ah! Lord Rory! What's wrong with you?"
Rowley cursed in his heart, you obviously ran away by yourself, and he almost died when he left us here. Now he is asking me what's wrong?
But he couldn't say this. After all, now it's obvious that people are strong and weak, so he can only accompany him with an embarrassing smile: "We...ah, you can see that we need support. I mean, Lord Earl, is there really a need to continue defending here?"
I smiled slightly when I heard this and asked, "Hisser of Rowley, I don't know whether there is a need for defense here, and there is no requirement. Whether it can be defended or not, you need to answer it!"
Rory immediately stopped. Yes, he could not argue at all. Virginia was the area he found to please Elizabeth I. The Orientals came here from thousands of miles to help him. They should make their own decisions!
He grabbed his hair in annoyance, squatted on the ground in pain, rubbed his head hard and said, "Yes! Yes! Can you keep it? Ask me if you want to keep it! Ask me?"
His eyes suddenly lost their light and he said dejectedly: "Is this the price of pursuing noble women? It's too expensive!"
Seeing that he was so depressed and didn't want to hit him again, I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, man! I have already received the news that the Spaniards' strategic center has begun to move to the inherent territories of Africa and South America, and this is no longer the focus of their strategy!"
When Rory heard this, he jumped up and grabbed my arm and asked anxiously: "Really? Really? Lord Earl!"
I smiled again, but didn't say anything. Rory's face was flushed with excitement, and asked again anxiously: "Her Count! Where did this news come from? Is it reliable?"
I patted his arm again and said with a smile: "Absolutely reliable! So, Lord Raleigh, what are your plans?"
Rowley confirmed the news from my eyes. No, after this gospel, he almost burst into tears!
Poor Rory's eyes were red, and he was so excited that he almost didn't know where to put his hands! After a minute of confusion, he suddenly jumped and said, "Yes! I want to go back to report my work! Yes! I must go back to report my work to the Queen! Your Excellency Earl! Do you think so?"
I looked at the guy who was hurrying to leave, and replied with a suppressed smile: "That's right! That's right! Your mission has been completed very well. You should go back and report to the Queen!"
A look of gratitude appeared in Rolley's eyes. He grabbed my arm and tried harder. However, after a while, the expression on his face slowly became colder and he asked slowly: "Then...what to do with the endgame here?"
I gently pushed his hands away, sat on the stool and stretched hard, shook my head helplessly and smiled: "Go back and report your work! Your Excellency Rowley! I will clean up the mess for you here!"
Rory stared at his eyes in disbelief and asked, "Why? Why are you willing to help me like this?" At this time, he seemed to have forgotten the "sin" I had cheated him on his left-behind before, and his heart was full of incomprehensible gratitude.
I sighed and continued to answer weakly: "Because the queen's sweetheart is you! Lord Rowley! Only when you go back intact and perfectly is the fact that the queen values the most, and nothing else is actually important!"
As I said that, I sighed again, "So after I go back, I still expect you to say more good words to me in front of the queen!"
Rowley thought to himself that, but this was a reasonable answer. At the moment, he stopped moji and turned around to summon his own hands - of course, in fact, there were not many people - ready to leave this sad place.
When I left, including his surviving subordinates and the death row prisoners I left for him, he had quite a few men! But after these days of fighting, except for those who were seriously injured and had not healed, he could still fight, be able to do it, and go to sea with only a hundred or eighty people!
At this moment, Raleigh was really ecstatic. Finally, someone was willing to take the jar for him! He let himself escape from this boundless sea of suffering! That mood was so full of joy in poetry and books that he was ecstatic, and youth was accompanied by his youth!
Seeing him packing up his things in a hurry, he called on the medium-sized ship I gave him with friendship - a newly purchased modified Carac ship from St. John, and carried all the wounded up and took them back for treatment. And he almost ran away!
Even my proposal to hold a farewell banquet for him was rejected! He hurriedly ran away!
Seeing the ship go further and further, I couldn't help but shake my head. Although I don't have the ability to start a business, Isn't this the standardized ending?
Hua Mei next to her suddenly asked, "Qi Lan, you suddenly let this guy go. What are your plans?"
I looked at the vanishing ship shadow indifferently and said, "What I told him just now is the truth! Why? Don't you believe it?"
Hua Mei snorted, kicked me in the ankle and said, "If you believe you, you will be a ghost! Tell me quickly! What are your plans to hold?"
As he said that, he suddenly said "Oh" with a long "Oh" sound, pointing his finger at me with a sudden realization, "Do you fall in love with that leopard-print girl in Cham? You are ready to drive away this Raleigh and take it alone?"
I just felt a thunder falling from the sky! Is this woman's imagination so terrifying?
Seeing that I looked desperate, Huamei smiled like a little fox, and then asked: "Right? Right? Don't tell me why you did this? You are not a good person, nor are you relying on this to cling to the queen!"
I turned my head and looked at Huamei, and suddenly laughed. Huamei felt a little embarrassed when I saw it. I took out a piece of paper and handed it to Huamei.
As a result, she opened the paper a few folds, looked at it seriously, and asked in confusion: "Map? What is this map for? Qi Lan."
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and asked in surprise: "This is not Jin..."
Before I could speak, I covered her mouth and chuckled in a low voice: "Premature girls! Don't shout so loudly! Do you have any money to burn?"
Huamei laughed a few times, and Fang asked in a low voice: "Is it true? Is it really found?"
I nodded, huh, pulled her into the house, and then continued to whisper: "Mo's subordinates sent back the news. From here, we went southwest and walked about five days, and we did find the giant gold mine that Griska mentioned!"
Huamei continued to laugh and said, "So, you deliberately sent Raleigh away to mine, right?"
I knocked her head and smiled and said, "Are you stupid? Did the gold mine be dug in three to five days?"
Huamei looked at me with a puzzled look and said, "How do I know how long it will take to dig a gold mine? You're talking about your plan!"
I laughed in a low voice and said, "Drive Raleigh away, I am going to arrange for manpower to occupy the place and spend about two years to dig out the rich mines of the gold mine!"
Huamei asked strangely: "What about two years later? Do you want it?"
I knocked her head again and smiled and whispered: "Two years later, I will be able to fill the old mine, dig a new mine, and hand it over to Elizabeth as a tribute? What can I lose? "
After hearing this, Huamei looked at me and laughed. This is the most valuable magpie nest! I thought to myself. Poor Raleigh, he is more suitable to do his old job. It is more appropriate to continue to dress well as the queen's face!
Chapter completed!