Chapter 81

William hank is very upset now. As a major of the Royal Army of the British Empire, he was sent by his superior to deal with those barbarians in this kind of place where birds do not shit and chickens do not lay eggs. Before this kind of work, it was enough to have a junior officer to lead, but why should I lead this time?

"Did I find out about that damned captain Jones and Mrs. Charles stealing Qing? Jones, this damned guy is getting back at me? "

"It must be so, or why would Jones want me to lead the team here to deal with these barbarians?"

Sitting in the windy tent, William hank spat hard, then unscrewed a precious bottle of Scotch whisky from a distillery in Scotland, and took a hard drink. It was like a belch.

The wine in hand is worth two royal rose gold coins. It is a very precious bottle of wine. The other four bottles are also the most precious of the goods.

Jones, that damned guy wants me to trade a bottle of this wine for a hundred beaver skins. Go away with your eggs! If you dare to send me to such a place, I will drink up your wine!

Major hank took another big drink, and his face flushed.

This Scotch whisky is made from barley mixed with other grains. After several times of distillation, it has a high degree. Major hank, though tall and strong, can't resist this kind of high degree whisky.

It's more than 600 miles from Jamestown. It's a long way to go, and it's very difficult to walk, especially when you enter the Appalachian Mountains. And the most troubling thing was the sneak attack of those damned Powhatans before they went into the mountains.

Although the British Empire has completely defeated the Powhatans, there are still some brainless Powhatans secretly attacking the British. They will burn down the tobacco fields and farmland of the British and attack the isolated British.

Even though Colonel Hank and his party were all elite army soldiers, they walked along with fear of meeting a large number of Powhatans.

"God bless me, I didn't meet a large number of Powhatans on the way here. The scattered dozen or dozens of Powhatans are not enough to see. The flint guns in the soldiers' hands are not vegetarian." Major hank said to himself

It's God's blessing to be able to walk here safely.

Major hank raised the bottle of whisky worth two royal rose gold coins in his hand and shook it gently with great satisfaction.

Major hank knew very well that even in Jamestown or in England, this kind of whisky was not affordable for people like him. According to the current currency regulations, two royal rose gold coins are equivalent to four pounds. At this time, local British workers can only get ten pounds a year, and they have to support their families. Captain hank, as a major in the Royal Army, was paid only forty-eight pounds a year.

That is to say, major hank can only buy such a bottle of wine with a month's salary.

But now, the precious whisky that used to be only seen but not drunk is in captain Hank's hand. He still has two mouthfuls of this kind of liquor in his stomach

"Hum, I still want to exchange a bottle of wine for 100 beaver skins. Jones, you blue pond man, go to dream!"

Now beaver skin is a very popular high-grade fur in Europe. A complete beaver skin is worth two shillings. If a bottle of whisky worth four pounds can really be exchanged for 100 beaver skins, it can be sold at a high price of 200 shillings after it is transported to the UK.

Now a pound is worth twenty shillings, and a shilling is worth twelve pence. That is to say, the two hundred shillings are worth ten pounds! Five bottles of wine is fifty pounds, and Jones can make a net profit of thirty pounds!

Thirty pounds is a huge sum of money in these days. Now Britain has not implemented the gold standard, and the pound has not been linked to gold. At this time, the pound is far more valuable than the pound of later generations. Now a pound is a pound of silver, and thirty pounds is thirty pounds of silver!

But at this time, silver is not very popular, and the krona silver coin made of silver is gradually withdrawing from the market.

However, according to the current regulations of the Bank of England, the exchange ratio of gold and silver is 1:15.2, that is to say, if the 30 pounds are converted into gold, it can be converted into two pounds of gold, that is, almost 0.9 kg of gold! In modern times, the gold is almost worth 300000 yuan!

Major hank doesn't like paper money or silver money. His favorite is gold! He came to the new world for gold.

According to the soldiers who came back from the new world, the new world is full of wealth. Those stupid barbarians have many good things in their hands. Unfortunately, those barbarians are very stupid. They can exchange more than ten precious beaver skins with one iron pot. And a bottle of high whisky can be exchanged for dozens or even hundreds of beaver skins!

If major hank knew something about later generations, he would describe the new world like this: people are stupid, money comes quickly!

As a result, major hank, who was a lieutenant three years ago, followed the Royal Navy warships to the new world. Because he had to fight not only with the barbarians, but also with the damned franceans, before he set out, Lieutenant hank was promoted to captain hank.

Then in recent years, he fought bravely and command well, and was promoted to major, which was regarded as one of the middle-level officers in the Royal Army.

Of course, in recent years, he also made a lot of gold by trading with the barbarians.

But what he didn't expect was that Captain Jones, the top commander of the Royal Army in Jamestown, sent him to such a place to make a deal, which really made major hank angry.

Originally, major hank regarded Colonel Jones as the best leader, but this time, the image of Colonel Jones in his eyes all collapsed.

So major hank is going to take revenge on that damned Colonel Jones.

Of course, there is no way for him to retaliate against Colonel Jones in Jamestown. As the top military officer there, if major hank dares to do anything out of line without the help of Colonel Jones, the guards around him will shoot major hank.

That's why major hank is here to spoil Colonel Jones' goods.

After another gulp, major hank felt a little dizzy, so he decided not to drink today. But it's really delicious. It's worth four pounds!

As soon as the cork was plugged back into the bottle, a voice rang out: "major, is it convenient for you now? The people of gaoshu tribe want to have a talk with you... "