Chapter 1579: Mr. Zhao is not a casual person
When Zhao Hao arrived in a small boat, the Liu Daxia had already hoisted all the flags, and the crew members were all dressed neatly. Led by Lin Feng, they stood in a neat line, warmly welcoming the commander-in-chief.
Zhao Hao climbed up to the deck in one breath along the climbing net. After standing still, he straightened his helmet and raised his hand to stop Lin Feng from saluting.
"Welcome home, heroes!" With tears in his eyes, he saluted solemnly to all the crew members.
With a swish, all the crew members returned the salute together. Everyone looked at their commander-in-chief excitedly, many of them with tears streaming down their faces, just like a wandering son returning home to see his mother.
"After three years and two months, the long-distance fleet has completed the circumnavigation of the world and is now reporting to the commander-in-chief!" Lin Feng could hardly suppress his excitement and said in a trembling voice, "Fortunately, we have fulfilled our mission!"
"Well, congratulations on completing the great journey! The Chinese nation will always be proud of you!" Zhao Hao kept saying this as he looked at Lin Feng, who was wearing a coast guard uniform and long boots, looking heroic and stunning. He was so happy that he was speechless.
Lin Feng was even more miserable, biting her lips and looking at Zhao Hao with red eyes, tears streaming down her face. Her silly little girl attitude surprised the crew members.
"Master..." Commander Lin never allowed herself to be passive. The next moment, she threw herself into Zhao Hao's arms, hugged him tightly like a koala, and cried, "Woo woo, I miss you so much."
The crew's eyes almost popped out of their heads. Is this still the commander who swore all day and was tougher than a man?
"Okay, I'm glad you're back." Young Master Zhao patted her back gently and said in a gentle voice like coaxing a child, "Master is always thinking about you."
"Disperse, disperse, take it back." Ma Yishan looked at it and thought, wow, the boss is too unrestrained. He quickly waved his hand to signal the crew to leave.
The crew members dispersed suddenly, looking back every few steps at their inviolable queen, who had become a little princess in someone else's arms. Many of them were secretly wiping away tears.
"Come on, come on." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly and patted Lin Feng's head, saying, "Your master's wife will be angry if she sees this."
"No, she said I can do it." Lin Feng hugged him tightly, but still let him go as she said.
"Oh, really? You guys are so close?" Zhao Hao thought to himself, it's a pity that you have more than one mistress. "Where is Xiao Jing?"
"She's waiting for you in the cabin." Lin Feng pointed to the largest suite on the stern deck. "She said she was afraid of losing her composure in public..."
Without her saying anything, Zhao Hao also saw the little bamboo on the stern tower, leaning against the railing with her heart in her hands. She was wearing a red skirt and black hair, like a blooming rose.
"My wife!" Zhao Hao ran over immediately and jumped up to the stern deck.
"Husband!" Zhang Xiaojing also ran towards him, and the two hugged each other tightly. They didn't separate until Zhao Hao picked her up sideways, kicked open the cabin door and walked in.
A scream was heard in the cabin, and Qianyi ran out, covering her eyes. She didn't know what inappropriate scene she saw, but her face turned red...
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The voyage from Verde Island to Yongxia City is 180 kilometers, and the winds in Yongxia Bay are calm, so it will take another day to sail.
It was noon when Zhao Hao and Zhang Xiaojing entered the cabin, but they had not come out until dark.
"Aren't they hungry?" Lin Feng, who was preparing to have dinner with his master, was waiting with an empty stomach.
"Commander, you eat first. The couple has food to eat." Ma Yishan sighed and scooped a bowl of soup for her.
"Nonsense, Xiaojing never keeps any food in her room. She is a lady from a wealthy family." Lin Feng didn't believe it.
"Well, you will know when you eat it in the future..." Old Ma sighed. Poor commander, why did he have to hang himself on a tree?
As it turned out, what Lao Ma said was true. That night, the couple really didn’t come out for dinner…
It was not until noon the next day that Zhang Xiaojing woke up from a deep sleep.
She opened her eyes and looked at Zhao Hao in her arms, burying her head in her chest like a child, with her hands still tightly clasped, as if she was afraid that she would fly away.
This scene seemed unreal to her. She reached out and touched his hard... stubble, which felt a little prickly. Well, this was not a dream...
Zhao Hao was also awakened by her touch. He opened his eyes and looked up at her face anxiously before he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Great, my baby is still here."
He hugged her tighter as he spoke.
Zhang Xiaojing also hugged Zhao Hao tightly, and after a long time she snuggled into his arms and kissed him passionately.
During the halftime break last night, the two had already opened up to each other, and now everything was self-explanatory.
After a long drought, the rain comes at the right time...
It was not until noon that the two, who were too hungry to have any strength, called off the trip. Zhang Xiaojing dressed herself first, and then helped Zhao Hao put on his clothes. Then the two of them walked out of the cabin arm in arm and went to the stern deck to eat.
"I thought you were cultivating immortals." Lin Feng, who had waited until the flowers had wilted, muttered, "I haven't eaten for a few meals. Aren't you hungry?"
"How can you not be hungry? I haven't seen your master for several years, and we talked until too late, so I stayed in bed for a while." Zhang Xiaojing said embarrassedly.
"Are you just talking?" Lin Feng curled her lips and scooped a spoonful of sour bamboo shoot soup. Hiss, so sour!
"Eat your meal." Zhao Hao glared at her and said, "How can you talk to Master's wife like that! I just found out why you came back a year late. This is simply nonsense. Don't you know that someone at home is worried about you?!"
Mr. Zhao's art of speaking has now reached perfection. Although his few words seemed to be irritating, they warmed Lin Feng's heart.
"We haven't settled accounts with you yet," Zhang Xiaojing was not far behind and immediately "attacked" Zhao Hao, saying, "You knew we were in the Red Devil's territory, but you still went to war with Spain."
"I'm sorry, tens of thousands of lives were in danger at the time." Zhao Hao immediately lost his temper and apologized to the two men, "I have to choose the lesser of two evils. I can't ignore the danger to tens of thousands of lives just because of the risk you might suffer."
"But since then, I have started to worry about you. Especially at this time last year, when you hadn't come back yet, I never slept well. As soon as I closed my eyes at night, I dreamed that something happened to you." He sighed and said with a look of fear:
"If you don't come back, I'm going to go crazy."
"Okay, okay, we're even now. Let's not bring up the past anymore," Zhang Xiaojing said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zhao Hao agreed immediately, and then asked Lin Feng curiously, "By the way, what's going on with those Spanish ships behind us?"
"Xiaojing didn't tell Master?" Lin Feng looked at Zhang Xiaojing in surprise.
"I won't take away your credit." Zhang Xiaojing, a girl born in an official family, always eats lightly. Even if she is very hungry, she only eats a little at each meal.
While Zhao Hao was still wolfing down his food, Zhang Xiaojing had already finished her meal and left. Of course, this was also due to the fact that she had not contributed much.
"I'm done eating, take your time. We're almost at the shore, I'll go take care of those little animals." Zhang Xiaojing said, gave Lin Feng a meaningful look, and then left gracefully.
Lin Feng knew that she was giving herself a chance. Unfortunately, Zhang Xiaojing didn't know that she was just a talker with zero practical experience.
But Zhao Hao didn't want to discuss that with her and was only interested in her gains.
"The Spaniards are extremely wealthy in America! Tell Master quickly, how much have you gained after looting for a year?" Zhao Hao asked anxiously.
"This number." Lin Feng raised three fingers.
"Three hundred thousand taels?" Zhao Hao smiled happily, "Not bad, not bad. This wave is not a loss."
"Tsk..." Lin Feng snorted complacently, "Master, you underestimate me, don't you?"
"What, three million taels?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but exclaimed in delight: "America is so rich? Then this year is worth it!"
"Not yet." Lin Feng shook his head like a rattle.
"No way, no way?" Zhao Hao's heartbeat obviously quickened, and he swallowed hard and asked, "Could it be... three... thousand... ten thousand taels?"
"A conservative estimate is 35 million taels!" Lin Feng's tail was almost up in the air. "And there are still a lot of treasures hidden on the island, there is no way to bring them back!"
"Oh my God!" Zhao Hao's jaw dropped to the ground in shock. He rubbed his head with both hands and said in disbelief: "Thirty-five million taels? All on these ships?!"
"Yeah." Seeing his master's stunned look, Lin Feng was extremely happy. He felt it was more exciting than robbing in America.
"Ahahahaha!" Zhao Hao couldn't help but burst into laughter. He was really about to go crazy with joy.
A round-the-world voyage brought back 35 million taels, which was equivalent to the annual income of the Ming Dynasty for three years!
This is more convincing than anything else!
Who dares to say that going to the West is a waste of money and manpower?
Let’s see who dares to say that the land outside the Ming Dynasty is a worthless wilderness!
From now on, the entire Ming Dynasty will be crazy about the great voyages!
This is more valuable than the round-the-world voyage itself!
Even if we ignore all this and just consider the economics - according to the agreement, as the investor of this round-the-world voyage, Jiangnan Group can first deduct the capital from the sailing gains and then share half of the profits.
Jiangnan Group invested 800,000 taels of silver in this round-the-world voyage, and now it can earn nearly 18 million taels of silver. Every tael of silver invested brought a return of 22.5 taels, which is really a huge profit!
Eighteen million taels of silver, enough to build a powerful fleet, and there is still enough to pay for the cost of immigration and development of Luzon!
How can I not love Lin Feng?
"Oh my!" Zhao Hao was so happy that he stood up and rubbed his hands and said to Lin Feng: "Oh my Phoenix, you make your master don't know how to love you!"
"You know." Lin Feng blushed, closed her eyes, and pouted her red lips.
"This..." Zhao Hao thought to himself, how can this be so embarrassing? But he couldn't bear to disappoint her, so he leaned forward and gave her a big kiss.
Unfortunately, the kiss was on the forehead.
Lin Feng couldn't help but feel depressed. But she was the kind of person who would become more courageous after facing more setbacks, so she pulled out her trump card and added:
"And we burned down the Spanish expedition base in the Pacific. They won't be able to invade Luzon for three or four years!"
"Ah? Really?!" Zhao Hao was stunned. This matter was even more valuable than 18 million!
Because what he needed most now was time. Building ships took time, and training a strong navy that could compete with the Invincible Fleet took even more time!
I never expected that Lin Feng could even solve this problem.
If Mr. Zhao doesn't take the initiative to satisfy the customers, he will be too sorry for them...
(End of this chapter)