In the castle built by the Japanese, Duke Colster's face looked very ugly at this time.
"pirate?"
"This can never be a pirate. How could a pirate own more than ten large ships and act so quickly, decisively, and very accurately know the day when we were transporting treasure in Accra, and looted our treasure worth more than five million taels of silver?"
Treasure."
Kolster looked at the map of West Africa. When he first received the news, he couldn't even believe that his fleet was stationed on Fernando Island and could radiate to the entire Gold Coast.
However, there were pirates who plundered Accra right under their noses. The wealth that several Spanish colonies had plundered in a quarter was all robbed in one fell swoop.
"Al Hoceima port was looted, and Accra was looted by pirates~"
"They all have the same style. There are more than a dozen or twenty large-scale ships and a huge number of pirates. They act quickly and decisively. At the same time, they cooperate with each other internally and externally to accurately control the days when we transport the treasure."
"There's no way this is a pirate!"
Duke Colster said categorically.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Duke~"
"Something happened again~"
Just as Duke Colster was studying these pirates carefully, Adjutant Real hurried in.
"What happened?"
Duke Colster asked quickly.
"We just received news that Altyn was attacked by pirates and suffered heavy losses. The entire colonial stronghold was almost completely looted, and more than two million taels of silver were stolen."
"Also, the Saint Mary, which was transporting treasures from Emera back to Spain, was robbed by pirates at sea. Treasures and goods worth more than three million taels of silver were looted."
Real said hurriedly, while also marking the location and route on the map.
"Alkin, Emera?"
When Duke Colster heard this, he quickly looked over. These two places are also in West Africa, but they are closer to Spain and not in the Gulf of Guinea. The surrounding area has always been rich in gold and is an important source of slaves.
, is also a colonial stronghold ceded by Spain from the Portuguese.
"We were attacked by pirates at almost the same time as Accra~"
"Where did so many pirates appear?"
"Al Hoceima on this side of the Mediterranean was attacked by pirates. Altyn, Emera, and Accra were also attacked by pirates. They were all attacked at about the same time. It is impossible to say that it was the same group of pirates."
"But this was not done by the same group of pirates. Why are their styles so similar, even exactly the same? These pirates have many ships, and they are all large sea vessels. Where did such a powerful pirate group come from?"
"A pirate from the Ottoman Empire?"
"But the ships used are of the style of ships built by Western European countries, and the pirates are also different from those of the Ottoman Empire."
"The pirates of the Ottoman Empire were mainly active in the Mediterranean and had never come to West Africa."
Duke Colster frowned and analyzed and studied carefully.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Duke~"
At this time, someone came over in a hurry and said: "I just received news that the Sunset City of the Japanese people was attacked by a group of powerful pirates. They suffered heavy losses. The Sunset City was almost razed to the ground, and there were many casualties."
"Sunset City?"
When Kolster and Real heard this, they quickly looked at the map, then looked at each other and said, "It's right next to us!"
"Send the order~"
"All warships will immediately go to sea, in a group of five, to patrol the surrounding waters. If any suspicious ships or fleets are found, report them immediately!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Duke Colster quickly ordered.
The Spaniards hate pirates with all their teeth.
In the past, Spain suffered from robberies by English pirates, Viking pirates, Ottoman pirates, and Middle Eastern pirates. It was an era when piracy was rampant.
The pirates of the Ottoman Empire, North African pirates, and Middle Eastern pirates even landed directly in the towns and ports of Spain to plunder.
Rob the Spanish people's wealth, burn down the towns, plunder the people and sell them as slaves to the nobles in the Middle East.
Such pirate robberies once caused huge losses to Spain.
Later, Spain's maritime power became more and more powerful, and it gradually gained the power to protect its homeland.
However, in overseas colonies, merchant ships were still threatened by pirates. Vikings, England, and the French were specifically focused on plundering Spanish treasure ships and merchant ships.
It made the Spaniards' lives worse than death.
After working so hard to plunder some wealth from overseas colonies, he was intercepted on the way.
For this reason, Spain expressed its protest and anger to England, but the King of England ignored this at all, and even openly supported it, issued privateering licenses, and participated in dividing the pirates' loot.
This greatly angered the Spanish, and they accumulated deep hatred with the English. This was also the reason why Spain had to fight England to the death in both wars.
(Historically, the conflicts and grievances between England and Spain also arose from this. It was not until the Spanish Armada was defeated by the English that Spain’s maritime supremacy fell into the hands of the English. At the beginning, it was very poor.
The English made their fortune by accumulating wealth through such despicable and shameless means.)
It was not easy because the Ming Empire's navy was chasing pirates in all sea areas, so the pirates stopped for a while.
Now it suddenly started to break out again, and it seemed to be even more rampant than before.
Directly looting Spain's important overseas colonial strongholds, causing Spain to lose millions of taels of huge wealth in one go.
Corster could already imagine the angry look on the Spanish King's face in the palace, and he probably didn't know how many exquisite porcelains from the Ming Empire he would throw away.
And the order urging him to destroy the pirates is probably already on his way.
Soon, Spanish warships were like mad dogs, quickly attacking in all directions looking for those nasty pirates.
At the same time, also on Jin Island, another large island in the Gulf of Guinea, Huang Chong, the founder of Saber Colonial Trading Company, was also worried at this time.
Golden Island, formerly known as Bioko Island, was first discovered and named by Portuguese navigators. However, because nothing valuable was found on the island, the Portuguese never set up a colonial base here.
Until the year before last, Huang Chong, who had retired from the army, and a group of veterans formed an overseas expedition team and came to West Africa, and then discovered gold mines on this island.
Therefore, Huang Chong simply formed the Saber Colonial Trading Company with his fellow expedition members, officially declared their possession of the island, renamed it Golden Island, and began to establish a colonial stronghold on the island to mine gold.
The members and shareholders of Saber Colonial Trading Company are all retired soldiers, but they are not children of any big families. They are ordinary people with limited family backgrounds, funds and connections.
Although everyone has moved their family members to Jindao, there are only less than a thousand people in the entire Jindao.
The Ming Dynasty was the oldest and poorest colonial trading house among many overseas colonies. It even had only three ships for external transportation and communication, and two of them were small ships.
Without enough funds, the people of the Saber Colonial Trading Company even had to cultivate land on the island, plant rice, etc. to make a living.
Although he was weak in strength, he discovered a gold mine on the island, which meant that he was guarding the gold ingot, so many people coveted the gold island.
Fortunately, they were composed of retired soldiers and had strong fighting power. With their strong fighting power, they were able to repel several groups of colonial trading houses who wanted to seize the gold islands and gold mines, and gritted their teeth to keep their own gold islands and gold mines.
“Pirates wreak havoc in West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea~”
"Even the Sunset City of the Japanese was attacked~"
"The Spaniards' Accra and Altyn were also plundered~"
"Not long ago, the Spaniards also sent troops to rob the Persian island of San Antonio, which is just south of our Golden Island. Who knows if they will come to rob our Golden Island."
Huang Chong summoned many shareholders of Saber Colonial Trading Company, looked at a map, and said with a sad look on his face.
It has to make people worry.
The Golden Island is a gold ingot, but the one that occupies this place is a small business like Saber Colonial Trading Company. They have no background and no strength. With less than a thousand people on the island, how can they keep their own Golden Island and gold?
"Afraid of their hammer~"
"If they dare to come and snatch our golden island, we will fight them to the end. Even if they are just playing, we will kill them."
Beside Huang Chong, Li Meng said fiercely.
"It's just that I'm afraid of a hammer~"
"If they dare to steal our golden island, we will fight them tooth and nail. If we can't fight head-on, we will play sneak attacks and travel notes with them. Anyway, we have already figured out the situation on the island. When the time comes, we will hide our wives and children in the mountains.
We just play with them slowly."
"Yes, yes, the Golden Island that we first discovered and occupied must not be thrown away. I also plan to pass it on to our descendants from generation to generation."
When the others heard this, they also started shouting.
Those who dare to venture overseas and explore are naturally not easy to mess with, not to mention that they are all retired soldiers. Everyone has learned a lot of good skills in the military.
"Don't get excited, don't worry too much~"
"We are people of the Ming Dynasty. If they want to touch us, they should think twice before doing so."
"But we still have to be prepared. If these pirates really dare to come, we will make sure they never come back!"
Huang Chong waved his hand, and everyone suddenly became quiet. After thinking for a while, he said.
As soon as he finished speaking, a siren sounded outside.
