European Financial Emperor

047 Mercenary Corps (1)

The Blackhammer Fleet, which reunited the scattered forces in Panama, encountered the British navy stationed in Central and South America.

When the British Navy received information on the slave market brought by the Blackhammer fleet, they responded quite well.

“I can really find the location of the slave market. Now, all that remains is to press the US based on this information. We Britain will never forget the hard work of the Blackmaul fleet.”

“Thank you. So now we just have to stop the influx of slave ships?”

While Britain is said to be committed to eradicating the slave trade, it is another matter for the Dutch fleet to destroy the slave market in the United States.

To destroy the market, it would have to land on American territory, which meant that the Netherlands had to invade the United States.

That’s why Ben Heren drew a clean line here.

John Eflick, commander of the British Expeditionary Forces in Latin America, was well aware of the Dutch position.

“If the Prince continues to play, our British Royal Family will reward you accordingly. However, as promised, I would like to set up an expeditionary force base in the western part of North America so that we can contain the American slave trade.”

“Well, nothing to worry about. We, Sir Richerkirk of the Netherlands, will build an expeditionary base with great ingenuity and great firepower. I hope that the British royal family will hand over the land to the Netherlands through negotiations with Spain as promised.”

“of course. I heard that not long ago, an envoy of the British Royal Family had departed for the Netherlands. Perhaps by now, I think we have entered into contact with the Dutch royal family.”

The long expedition to America ended here.

The Black Hammer fleet, which returned to Panama to procure supplies, made its way home without casualties.

Lee Hwan purchased a merchant ship capable of transporting 1,200 rescued slaves from this expedition, and filled the cabin with supplies to eat and clothe them.

African liberated slaves expressed their deep gratitude to Yi Hwan.

“Thanks to Nari, we were able to survive without starving. Thank you very much!”

“Now you are freed from slavery by the king of the Netherlands. Say hello not to me, but to the Dutch royal family.”

“We don’t know about those things. We just know that the Lord saved us.”

All the freed slaves said they hoped to go down to Ritterkirk.

Lee Hwan informed Ben Heren of this fact.

He said he would accept a flight to Ritterkirk if he had a facility that could accommodate 1,200 people.

Now they were able to follow Yi Hwan as they wished.

After traveling for about 4 months, Lee Hwan and the imperial voyage returned to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.

The rewards and loot they received were divided among the shares that would go to the royal family and shareholders in the East Stellar Accounting Office, and they took the rest.

Although more than 70% of the money was taken by the state and shareholders, the money earned by the soldiers from this short expedition was hard to earn even after working for more than five years as the merchants lost their bones.

With this amount of money, you could probably buy a house in a high-end residential area known in Amsterdam.

After completing the 2nd expedition, Yi Hwan, who was returning to Literkirk, received a letter from the royal family.

The school paper was accompanied by a license to allow Lee Hwan to form a mercenary corps, along with registration documents from Holland Shipbuilding, the best shipbuilding company in the Netherlands.

“This is a bounty from Willem I, the great ruler of the Netherlands. A subsidy for building an expeditionary base in western North America will also be paid. In addition, the British royal family decided to provide the necessary funds for the organization of the mercenary corps. They also said that captive slaves would be accepted in East Stella and granted their pardons.”

“Tell His Majesty that the castle is ruined.”

“Yes, then, may God’s grace be with you in the future!”

After receiving the king’s instruction, Lee Hwan’s heart was pounding.

He boarded three merchant ships from South America and headed for Ritterkirk.

Recently, Ritterkirk has almost completed the canal construction, so it was not too difficult for large merchant ships with 300 people to enter the port.

Thanks to this, Lee Hwan was able to reach Ritterkirk without stopping by riding the Mars River from Amsterdam through Rotterdam.

Residents came to meet the news that Lee Hwan had returned.

“The boss is back!”

“Hurray, long live!”

His popularity seemed to skyrocket.

Lee Hwan disembarked with 1,200 freed slaves and headed for the East Stella headquarters.

The executives of East Stellar Company, who had already met the welcome queue, waited for Lee Hwan’s instructions.

“Would you like to register liberated slaves as residents of our Ritterkirk East Stella headquarters?”

“Let’s do that. Then expunge the slavery and re-register as a commoner.”

“Yes, I understand. So, are you going to hire them at the headquarters?”

“That’s right. However, we need to establish a settlement in the northern part of America and establish a fleet base, so please create a mercenary company under the East Stella Company and register it there.”

“I will put it into action right away.”

He had just returned to the headquarters, but a pile of documents was piled up like a mountain in front of Lee Hwan.

The contents of one pile of papers were reports of how the company developed, so there was no boredom to read them.

While taking a bath in warm water after unpacking the bag, Lee Hwan meticulously looked at the contents of the documents.

The first thing to pay attention to was the development of weapons and the acquisition of bonds.

Not long ago, there was news that the Nobel family developed nitroglycerin and started the production of high explosives, and Christopher, who was buying a company and real estate in the United States, decided to establish a distressed bond purchase company in partnership with an English nobleman.

This would play a decisive role in Lee Hwan’s advance into North America.

Joshua continued to report along with Lee Hwan’s first meal at the company after the expedition.

“The development of the rear-mounted cannon is now near completion. However, it is expected that it will take about 2-3 months for the barrel to stabilize.”

“That is enough. In the next six months, we will go to North America, so we just have to complete it by then.”

“Yes, sir. And the Yorkfield family in England has been proposing to form a British bond management company in partnership with the Ritterkirk family.”

“Yeah, I just looked at the previous report and it said so. Who are the Yorkfields?”

“These are people who, after working with Jews, left a big mark in the London financial district as a bond trader, and then expand their influence all over Europe. It happened that Christopher was lucky enough to be able to connect with them.”

“Does your family have a high reputation?”

“There is a bit of an image of Susan-no, but at least it is known that he doesn’t hit his partner in the back.”

“Hmm, what if that’s the case? Let’s hold hands. Nothing bad for us.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Everything was going smoothly.

Indeed, it could be said that it was worthwhile to go down to South America and fight for their lives.

***

A week later, the Imperial Sailing Corps, which had grown to a size of 32,000, formed a total of 120 squadrons and set out on a voyage to eradicate the slave trade and loot conflict areas.

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Meanwhile, the soldiers trained at the Ritterkirk military base went on an expedition with weapons and personal equipment provided by the Dutch royal family.

In addition, 30,000 troops from the Ritterkirk Training Center went to the capital Amsterdam to receive military training.

As a result, the Netherlands had an army of 62,000 and, armed with the new rifles of the entire army, succeeded in establishing the most dangerous armed force in present-day Europe.

At this point, Lee Hwan thought that he should release a new weapon and a new cannon.

He communicated this to the messenger of Ben-Heren, who came down once a week.

“Tell me that you are launching a new product from the East Stellar Company.”

“Yes, I understand. Please wait a week.”

Despite its military downfall, the Netherlands must have been the wealthiest country in Europe.

The Dutch government paid all the money for the 62,000 guns Lee Hwan distributed in gold.

Now is the time to think about how to use this gold.

Lee Hwan decided to build a real estate purchased overseas and organize a mercenary group to defend it.

“Make sure to issue a large-scale recruitment notice for the East Stella mercenaries.”

“Where should the recruitment area be?”

“I also like Europe, Africa and Asia. Please let them know that wherever you are, you can earn a high salary if you just have training and proof of thought.”

The biggest difference between regular troops and mercenaries is their loyalty.

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Mercenaries do not have the patriotism of the regular army, no matter how strong they are, so when the situation becomes unfavorable in a hand-to-hand battle, they often throw away their weapons and run away.

It was because the military law governing the mercenaries was rather weak and there was no justification for risking their lives.

Lee Hwan thought that it would be difficult to run a business overseas with such a mercenary group.

“What happened to setting up a European financial company?”

“We have obtained accreditation to set up companies in London, Amsterdam and Paris.”

“Good. Start working as a receptionist with the goddess based on the gold we received from the royal family. And at the same time, let’s set up an insurance company.”

“An insurance company?”

“It’s mainly about setting up a company that pays life allowances for mercenaries and manages severance pay.”

“If you say life allowance… … .”

“If you die in battle, you get gold as a lump sum. If you work for more than 20 years, you will be paid severance pay.”

“But if we do that, our finances will be quite tight.”

“I know. So, the mercenaries are obliged to pay insurance. If you pay insurance like that, you will drastically reduce the amount of treatment you receive at East Stellar Company’s hospital by 90%, and the money you paid for life insurance will be added to your retirement pay later. That’s how we manage the fund and use the accumulated credit ratings to invest money in companies and reinsurance for the royal family.”

“Ugh! After all, the boss is resourceful!”

If it is difficult to expect loyalty from a mercenary, you should at least create an excuse to fight to death even if it is a waste of money.

Hwan Lee intends to establish an insurance company in order to induce loyalty to money and strengthen the stability of the financial company.

Joshua suggested that Lee Hwan consider entrusting the business to the Morgan family.

“I think the Morgans are the best fit for this job.”

“Ah, yes. Then let them do it.”

Following his instructions, the Morgan family began to move.

However, he could not even imagine what kind of result the simple instruction to create this bank would produce in the future.