Chapter 81 (1/2)

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!”