Watching the Dawn

Caribbean Sea, Port of Spain.

Humphrey Douglas wore a new officer's gown and took twenty followers to the merchant ship.

His residence is no longer that small attic. On the west side of the town, close to the church, a small two-storey stone structure villa became his new residence, where his wife and daughter were waiting for him. It can be said that although he did not return to Port of Spain once this month, his family almost jumped from the slum area to the aristocratic area under the attention of the people of Hong Kong.

What happened in the middle is more legendary than the novel.

As he re-entered the ground in Port of Spain, countless people knew his return. Most of these people are his creditors, but no one dared to come straight to negotiate.

I finally returned home. After arranging the work of twenty followers, the rest of the time belonged to the family. In fact, Humphrey Douglas has another task that he has long discussed with Lu Yuan, and he needs to take this opportunity to carry it out. The two-million-dollar document belongs to him, but not to him.

In two days, to complete the task assigned by Lu Yuan, but also to rush back to Francois, this is the time he can leave for the family. Kissing her lovely daughter and consoling her hungry wife, it wasn't until the beginning of the Chinese lantern that Humphrey Douglas showed up with his blushing wife in the restaurant.

The restaurant has been replaced with a dozen-meter-long beech dining table, covered with white tablecloths, and neatly arranged twelve pairs of silver tableware. But no one was sitting at the table right now, a dozen ornately dressed people stood in the hall, and more people lined up outside the door. At the entrance of the hall, there are two small tables, and the two documents are divided into two columns to handle large amounts of arrears.

I do n’t know how Humphrey owed so much debt. Although most of the debts are very small, in a sense, it is also an amazing talent to allow so many people to lend him money. .

But now, Humphrey hasn't even intervened in the handling of those debts. Every time when the document counts a certain number of bills. In the lobby, a gorgeously dressed person will stand up to subscribe, pay the creditor, and take the bill.

In this way, not long after all, Humphrey Douglas's entire debt was concentrated in the hands of these ten people. When Humphrey fell into poverty, he borrowed money from almost everyone in Port of Spain, up to dozens of gold coins. As small as a few coppers. Now that Humphrey has developed, not only has it paid off the debts of most people, but also everyone who has left will be respectfully presented with valuable gifts by the entourage to thank them for their past help.

This behavior has undoubtedly won praise.

Wait until the people around are gone. The Douglas and his wife appeared beside the dining table. They diligently invited guests to the table, and brought the wine, plates of precious fruits and delicacies to the table.

A dozen or so guests were already seated at the dining table, and they whispered to each other, with different expressions on their faces. Today, they were all invited by Humphrey Douglas. In addition to the cordial invitation, the invitation also asked them to assist in dealing with the debt problem. This kind of request is not common, and even looks aggressive! But because of the news that Humphrey became a member of the "Opera". It's no secret here. Therefore, among the ten largest creditors invited today, some people still helped to deal with the debt, while others were ignorant from start to finish.

After all, not everyone is lending out of goodwill, and now Humphrey Douglas came back with twenty sturdy men, things are not right. However, these people are also the top figures in the port of Spain. Since they are all gathered here, it is impossible for Douglas to do extraordinary things. In this case, a few people who did not help to deal with the debt gradually let go. Drink up indulgently.

The lively dinner lasted until late at night before it came to an end after dessert and black tea. Mrs. Douglas smiled and directed the men to remove the cutlery and left the restaurant with a man to discuss things.

Humphrey Douglas issued a circle of top-grade cigars provided by Lu Yuan, and then broke the silence in a burst of turmoil and introduced the conversation to the topic.

"Please check my letter of credit first." He first took out the two-million bill and gave it to the old man sitting on his left hand with respect. When the old man took the bill, his hand shook obviously! He then took out a magnifying glass. Check it carefully. Five minutes later, he held the thin paper with both hands and gave it to the next person ...

Humphrey didn't want to move out a box of gold coins to show off his wealth, but he didn't have time to exchange this note at all. Moreover, most of the remaining gold coins in the Caribbean Sea are of inferior quality, and those with high gold content have entered Lu Yuan ’s pockets in the selection of usury shops.

Humphrey Douglas clapped and said when all the people had finished watching.

"Gentlemen are the people who have given me great help. In order to express my gratitude to everyone, I am willing to pay a price of 120% and buy the debts in your hands."

"Generous!" "Very generous!", A dozen guests happily applauded the host. Seeing the entourage putting a pile of new blank bills in front of Humphrey, they became more envious. Being able to use such payment notes guaranteed by loan sharks is like an identity. Most of them just lent Humphrey a few thousand pesos, and it was almost impossible to financially have a payment bill.

"Please allow me to withdraw the documents stored there, thank you." Humphrey Douglas stood gracefully and politely, and looked at those who did not help him deal with the debt. Sure enough, there are not many idiots in this world. From the two million bills he took out, with a crushing gesture, everyone knows that his drunkard's intention is not to drink.

Those who did not reach out to help can only leave with 20% more income and cannot participate in the next cake distribution.

Although they were very reluctant, they had already revealed their roots and could only leave with the calculated interest and a 20% note. The remaining six people were all agitated and waiting for the next topic.

The shrivelled old man sitting on the left hand side of Humphrey coughed a little, attracted everyone's attention and said, "Humvry, it is not as simple as paying us back? Any ideas? Let ’s talk about it. If there is enough profit and all of you here are people with the status of Port of Spain, why would you cooperate together once? ”

As a contract society, a successful loan-to-loan transaction leaves a good credit record, which provides the basis for cooperation again. What's more, there is no upper limit on the credit rating of Humphrey, who currently wields bills.

"I think everyone already knows that I'm playing in the 'Opera' for the time being." Humphrey said straight away. The six people nodded one after another, no matter what because the person in front of them was a big pirate. "But what you may not know is that I am mainly responsible for the handling of loot and the supply of materials ..."

He paused for a moment, and saw that although all of them were still maintaining the etiquette, they all had dilated pupils and shortness of breath. Obviously they guessed something, and they were extremely excited.

"I want to invite you to set up a chamber of commerce to purchase supplies and deal with loot for the" Opera Theatre ". My share capital is two million. You can use your debts and other resources to buy shares." Humphrey. Douglas said at last that this lighted everyone's eyes like a flash of lightning.

Anyone, as long as there is a boat to go to sea, and then go to the local governor ’s office to register to establish a simple chamber of commerce. You can run a boat, you can transport goods, you can sell food, even fishing. As long as the taxes are paid in the name of the Chamber of Commerce, the Governor ’s House will protect your basic rights.

But that refers to the publicly established chamber of commerce.

A non-public registration like this, but the privately established chamber of commerce is controlled by a few people who control more than half of the local market. That only means high-margin but invisible transactions-smuggling of contraband, pirate sales, etc. The lowest profit Is 50%. If you can be responsible for the sale of pirates such as the "Opera", profits will be jealous even for the Governor.

Looking at the six excited guests, Humphrey Douglas took a sip of cigar and let the smoke cover the smile from the corner of his mouth.

The captain's account did not deal with it.

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After Lu Yuan left, most of the adjutants on the ship would continue to beg at sea in the future, although each of them had millions of net worth. But people in rivers and lakes, unable to help themselves, as a member of the "opera", the reputation will force them to be able to get rid of the sea in a short time.

They may become admirals and captains, they may also join pirates, or become officers in a country. The money Lu Yuan left them could not guarantee them a lifetime. Therefore, Lu Yuan hopes that the existence of such an underground chamber of commerce will not only combine the interests of everyone well, but also maintain the friendship between each other.

They may belong to different camps in the future, and may have their own positions, but only if everyone keeps the same interests in private and supports each other, they can certainly go further together.

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Two days later, the transformation of the ship was completed, and the warship disguised as "Barbados" left Francois and sailed quietly south.

The Spanish Treasure Fleet on the south is heading for Belize.

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The British and French fleets gathered at the Royal Port of Jamaica ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ It is only two days away from Belize, and their goals are unknown.

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After some battles, the three contractor teams that understood each other as hard bones finally had to sit down and negotiate.

At the negotiating table, the brain-opening night performance puts forward a novel point of view-the main **** requires each team to obtain a private plagiarism certificate, but it does not seem to require the team to maintain a consistent camp with the country that issued the private plagiarism certificate!

This speculation was well received.

Seemingly seeing the possibility of teaming up with the contractors, everyone focused their attention on Spain and the United Kingdom, which is one of the best in the Caribbean.

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