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In the 19th century, sugar was one of the indispensable foodstuffs for Europeans.
Among the regions where sugar cane is grown, almost all of it is sourced from South America, which has recently temporarily stopped exporting sugar cane from Brazil.
In 1820, the Portuguese Regent Prince of Brazil returned to his home country after the end of the Great French War.
However, he returned home, leaving behind his son Pedro, who refused to return to his native Portuguese government and took the throne himself.
That was the end of Brazil’s independence in 1822.
Lee Hwan knew that Pedro was constantly trying to take control of the Brazilian government and seize power, and he was also well aware that his attempts to stop it at home had failed every time.
Rebellion against one’s home country was manifested in the eradication of trade.
As a result, sugar prices are rising very little by little, but from mid-22, it was clear that the conflict would intensify and the sugar price would rise rapidly.
‘Because it was historically.’
Even Lee Hwan cannot know the very detailed historical material of this era.
Lee Hwan didn’t know the reason, but one thing was certain: the materials that could be known in the future were pouring into Lee Hwan’s brain and injecting information as if he was awakening whenever he needed it.
That was the case even today.
I thought about which stocks in the future knowledge could benefit greatly from futures trading, and I came up with this answer.
Lee Hwan decided to unravel this whole story to John very slowly, little by little.
“Let us tell you one thing every fortnight that we can call good news. Maybe a week after I let you know, everything is going the way I said it would.”
“… … nonsense. That would be impossible even for Jesus to come.”
“I do not know. Will Jesus get it right? I’m a human being, so I’m just guessing with my eyes and coach.”
Lee Hwan, who was so confident, and John Morgan’s eyes, looking at him, crossed sharply.
He immediately took John into the office and decided to write a contract.
John Morgan sincerely asked Lee Hwan if he wanted to sign a contract.
“Are you really going to use it?”
“Sure.”
“Aren’t you going to regret it?”
“Of course not.”
“Yes, I will write it.”
After writing the contract, Lee Hwan decided to stamp each other’s seals and handprints.
After evenly applying the ink to the entire palm, Lee Hwan smiled and smashed the handprint.
Then John Morgan followed him and stamped.
“Now, in this way, we are now bound by fate. Do you admit it?”
“… … Sure. See you in three months.”
Although Lee Hwan is the president of this company, he was also just a kid who had just entered the terms and conditions.
Because of that, there were too many worries around him.
But he will definitely show it this time.
It means that he is fundamentally different from the ignorant little ones.
***
Shortly after negotiations for the private fleet were concluded, four high-ranking nobles, including Ben-Heren, had a secret meeting with King Willem I.
With Oscar Petervid’s performance, the negotiations ended fairly smoothly, so the remaining task was how to operate the private fleet.
King Willem I did not want the private fleet to be a one-off army.
“It is my only wish and the wish of the Netherlands to allow our private fleet to dominate the whole of Europe. The lords will have to come up with a way to make that wish come true.”
“Yes, my lord.”
said Jacob, Duke of Horn, a relative of the king and nobleman in the northern Netherlands.
“There are several problems with operating a private fleet.”
“How many problems?”
“We, the Netherlands, have been divided for such a long time. Even though a unified dynasty was established, it can be seen that it is divided into three major factions. In such a situation, it is questionable whether the Private Fleet will be able to do its job.”
“Are you saying that the beginning is good, but the end is just division?”
“That’s right. The organization of a private fleet that does not integrate the public opinion may cause a serious leakage of the national treasury.”
Horn’s words were not wrong.
Unless the political views are unified, the union of the South and the North cannot be expected, and unless some privileges held by the northern nobles are relinquished, it will only provoke resistance from many gentry classes.
“The Netherlands has traditionally been a strong gentry country. No matter how powerful our nobles may be, Gentry’s position in the current constitutional monarchy with a republican government is absolute. But now that the gentry class in the South has grown significantly, it will not be easy for our regime based in the North to arbitrarily form an armed group.”
“Hmm… … .”
“It is believed that there is a need for clear measures.”
Richard Ben-Herren, who had been quietly listening to Prince Horn, raised his hand.
The king then gave him the right to speak.
“Tell me.”
“Sir, if it is difficult to unite the national debate, why not give them food?”
“food?”
“I’m giving permission for private practice.”
“It’s already… … .”
“There will be a Greek War of Independence. If that happens, the Ottomans and the British will go to war, and hopefully we will have the power to plunder the Ottoman merchant and pirate ships.”
“Huh! You want to plunder the Ottomans?”
“Yes, it is.”
All of them had a blank expression on their faces.
Hana Ben-Heren continued to express her thoughts without stopping.
“In such a state, wouldn’t people be more excited if we put a huge amount of bounty on the targets of the private fleet and distribute the bounty evenly to investors?”
“Hmm, indeed.”
Ben-Heren began to unravel the story of the pirate that he had in his heart until now, to the king.
“When Soshin finished his journey to Asia and entered the Muslim lands, there was a battle not far off the coast.”
“Um, yes. I heard that was when cartridge rifles first shined.”
“That’s right. There, the current president of the East Stellar Company sniped the enemies 300 meters behind and retreated. More than 30 people, including the commander, were killed or wounded, and the pirates retreated. However, Lee Hwan, who was a sniper at the time, felt that they were quite well trained.”
“I was trained… … .”
“I think he studied or trained the linear notation of line infantry. They even appear to have been preparing to fire alternate shots.”
“The pirates are taking turns firing… … ?”
The most important thing in the battle between matchlocks, which had a range of about 50 meters at most, was the concentration of firepower.
Even if there was some damage, it was the only tactic of this era to focus firepower on the front and engage in an all-out war.
However, there was one problem with this tactic: if you lack mastery of guns or are dominated by your fear of bullets, it may be impossible to fight at all.
For this reason, the army that could fight the battle efficiently by studying the linear formation as much as possible would win the battle.
In times like this, it was not as easy as one might think to alternately shoot forward and backward.
It seems that the fact that the pirate group was preparing for it was not very normal, even in the eyes of King Willem I.
He was skeptical of this.
“Then you have a fairly advanced training… … .”
“To add even a brief insight into my beliefs, I think the recently disbanded British infantry unit or the soldiers discharged from the naval unit may have gone on to become pirates.”
“uk!”
“At that time, a huge number of US and British naval forces were stationed near Casablanca in northern Africa. What does it mean that the pirates plundered the coast even though they had nowhere to go by blocking the northern part of the continent?”
“… … inner pain?”
“That’s right. It was an insider weaving and hitting.”
Everyone here agreed with Ben Heren’s comments.
In particular, Jacob the Horn showed a more fierce response than the others.
“… … I knew it. Those f*cking British bastards!”
Jacob took a wife in England, but divorced him and had to watch his ex-wife remarry with an English nobleman.
Even my ex-wife returned all the dowry she had brought when she got married, so I almost became an idiot.
Of course, it was strange that the Dutch, who had been defeated in the English War, were so fond of Britain, but Jacob was even more serious.
Ben-Heren held the reins of the voice as the tide turned to him.
“Why don’t we define them as a private fleet and give them a privilege in case our fleet defeats them?”
“But I don’t think the British military will sit still. In any case, it is not a disgrace to them.”
“They are rumored to be actually a group of British deserters. If that happens, the British Navy, sensitive to desertion, will go out of their way to catch them and kill them.”
The problem of deserters was not simply a matter of tarnishing the reputation of the navy.
The British were experiencing the escapades of the soldiers who deserted and crossed over to the United States due to the rather harsh aspect of the war.
This was a huge blow to the regular army, and it could have been a fatal flaw in maintaining naval hegemony.
Everyone was satisfied with Ben Heren’s proposal.
“Um, good. Let’s do what the ball says. Please leave the preparations for this to Prince Ben-Heren.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Then let’s increase the order quantity for firearms in earnest and arm the army.”
King Willem I was in a position to hasten the arming of the army.
But before that, Adam Marques, Prince Marker, touched on what could be called a fundamental problem.
“Sir, but there is one problem. The company that was supposed to supply us with weapons.”
“You mean East Stella?”
“Yes, my lord. It is said that he is now under Prince Ben-Herren, but it is unknown how long he will be able to trust him.”
“Didn’t you say now that you are under Prince Ben-Heren’s?”
“It is now. Didn’t even Prince Hana Ben-Heren say that he was picked up from the country of Joseon?”
Richard Ben-Heren did not disclose to anyone how his relationship with Lee Hwan was formed.
If it wasn’t, it would not have been expressed that Ben Heren picked up Lee Hwan.
It was also true that Hana Yi Hwan was a foreigner, and it was also true that Ben Heren brought him to Gap instead of forming a vassal relationship.
He did not deny this fact.
“you’re right. Beliefs have picked up strangers.”
“Hmm, did you pick it up? If so, do you mean that the public also agrees that it is difficult to give trust to the man named Lee Hwan because he is a stranger?”
“I sympathize to some extent.”
Adam Marcurs emphasized that Yi Hwan is a foreigner and that in principle there is no need to be bound here.
“He can leave the Netherlands at any time he wants. If we leave for Prussia or England in this situation, we may not be able to defeat them forever.”
“Are you going to tell us he is a double-edged sword after all?”
Adam nodded at Willem’s question.
Then Adam offered a solution to this fundamental problem.
“Your Majesty, give him the title of nobility.”
“… … title?”