Chapter 1663 Ekaterina
Zeng Yunfeng couldn't send him a few boats in person and let him choose them by himself. This is a bit too nonsense.
Moreover, Jack Sparrow has not known whether he has been in trouble in recent years. The success rate of looting has become lower and lower. As his guys have also become lower and lower in grades and quality. Without mentioning their loyalty, their operating standards are far inferior to those who first followed Jack Sparrow.
Nowadays, pirates in the Caribbean Sea have been almost plundered by the Iron Kingdom, and most people have followed Zeng Yunfeng to become lords of all sizes and ship owners of privateer fleets in the Iron Kingdom.
Only a very small number of sailors are still wandering freely on the sea, which leads to an increasing lack of free sailors. After all, they can serve as soldiers and eat imperial grain, and it is the imperial grain of the pirate kingdom of the Iron Kingdom. In fact, most sailors are very clear about how to choose.
Instead of wandering on the sea and having no meals after eating, it would be better to defect to Roy Smith, the former pirate, and gain a stable life.
These sailors are different from those lords. The privateer team still needs them, but those lords may be a little embarrassed. There are some privateer licenses. On the one hand, they cannot get the license and cannot enter the privateer fleet, and on the other hand, they cannot enter the fleet system, which puts them in a dilemma.
So some of them have ambitious people, but now they don’t know what to do.
"By the way, boss, I don't know if you have heard of something!"
"You mean they gathered at St. Paul's party?"
"Well, some of them probably have a tendency to rebel."
Zeng Yunfeng shook his head, "Let them go and attack the Iron Kingdom. They don't have the courage to do so. Many of these people follow us to fight the country. I didn't treat them badly, but these people are just unable to settle for the status quo, and they cannot make short-term changes."
"The inevitable pain of reform is something we need to bear. I don't know how to arrange these old guys. I can only go with the flow and let them choose themselves!"
Gris Allen sighed, "In fact, we can build a private team to go to the Indian Ocean."
Zeng Yunfeng shook his head, "No, the diplomat just sent a letter, we have just joined forces with the Ottoman Empire. At this time, if we form a private team to go to the Indian Ocean to cause trouble."
"The Ottoman Empire and our partnership will soon collapse. After all, we have to go through the waterway through the Mediterranean and cross the land route from the Mediterranean. The caravan must pass through the throat position controlled by the Ottoman Empire, and we have to make some compromises with them."
"If our fleet's tentacles go deep into the Indian Ocean to do unsolicited transactions, they will undoubtedly bring some trouble."
"With our current tentacles, we cannot provide a large-scale supply to the Indian Ocean."
"Forming a private team will only go without returning like feeding bait."
Gris Allen actually knew about this situation, the Iron Kingdom established in the South American region, with its capital in Bogota.
The areas that the kingdom can radiate, namely the Caribbean and the Pacific region, and even farther away, such as the Far East, must cooperate with Mrs. Qing and others.
Or it is to establish the most basic basic ports and landing stops, but it is really hard to replenish a large fleet.
Gris Allen knew about this.
Zeng Yunfeng waved his hand, "Stop talking about this, look at this letter." As he said that, Zeng Yunfeng handed a letter to Gris Allen.
Gris Allen opened the letter in front of him curiously. After reading for a while, the muscles on his face were almost tangled.
"Boss, you don't want to."
Zeng Yunfeng smiled maliciously, "Oh, your childhood sweetheart is facing great difficulties in St. Petersburg now. Do you think we should help?"
"After our Russian diplomats discovered some of the situation, they sent us messages. Others don't know, but I know the relationship between you and her. Wouldn't you be prepared to help?"
Gris Allen shook his head helplessly.
“Is Russia too far?”
"Far? Not far at all." Zeng Yunfeng smiled, "According to my estimate, the next battle is still early. You happened to be using you at that time. Isn't you always persuaded me to make some sacrifices for the kingdom?"
Gris Allen had awkward face. He didn't expect that Zeng Luoye Smith was so stingy. He arranged a marriage for him, and Roye Smith gave him eye drops.
Zeng Yunfeng was happy and even patted Gris Allen on the shoulder, but the muscles on Gris Allen's face were a little stiff.
He hadn't seen the girl he used to be, but he was still a little worried when he looked at the message from the letter.
Caterina, the girl he once knew, has changed her name under the Orthodox Church, and the difficulties she faces now make Grisellen a little worried.
Gris Allen smiled bitterly, "But even if I go now, she may not be able to recognize me."
Zeng Yunfeng said indifferently: "If you have fish or not, you have to try it out. I originally thought that Frederick II would marry her into the Russian royal family, which would allow the Russian female Tsar Elizabeth to make some changes."
"But you also see that the strategic alliance between France and France is almost formed, whether from Austria or the other side."
"Frederick II will be very uncomfortable in the future. This former Prussian princess is not in good condition now. Don't you want to help her?"
Gris Allen was silent. He hadn't seen Ekadilina for a long time. If there was a feeling in his heart, there must be, but if he took advantage of the diplomacy of the White Iron Kingdom to help Ekadilina, Gris Allen asked himself that he could not do such a thing, at least in front of Zeng Yunfeng, he could not do such a thing.
Zeng Yunfeng comforted and said, "There is a good opportunity in front of him. Brother, you have to seize it. The Russian crown prince Peter and her cheap relative Empress Elizabeth have not had a harmonious relationship. Elizabeth probably just wanted her junior to help her lay an egg and give birth to a new crown prince."
"So Peter could hardly have too much contact with Catherine, even if he wanted to, he wouldn't dare."
"Once he has a heir, Queen Elizabeth will undoubtedly neglect him and even lock him up in a monastery."
You know, Empress Elizabeth also launched a coup and rose to power. There is still a Russian monastery that is still locked in Ivan VI.
If Tsar Elizabeth does not want to repeat the same mistake, the position of Prince Peter will be extremely embarrassing and may even face the danger of life and death.
For Crown Prince Peter, his wife is undoubtedly a hot potato.
And now Caterina is undoubtedly on the verge of life and death.
"If you can help you in time, it is undoubtedly the best solution for the Iron Kingdom!" """
"But the boss did this?"
Zeng Yunfeng waved his hand quickly, "Don't be anxious first, I'll give you time to think carefully. We don't have many requirements. If we can establish good relations with Russia and gain a foothold in the Far East, then the ships we set off from the Ryukyu Islands and walk the northern passage will have another supply land, which is undoubtedly beneficial to us."
Gris Allen asked with some confusion: "Boss, why are you so concerned about the land in northern America?"
Zeng Yunfeng smiled, with a mysterious face.
Chapter completed!