"Have you heard any news about Vericro in the royal capital?" Claude asked.
Viricro was also a young friend of Claude and Bockar. Later, their family went to the royal capital, and Viricro entered the Guards Corps. During the five-year war in the eastern region, Claude met Viric
Luo once, it was at the commendation ceremony for him to receive the Knight Medal. Like him, Viriclot, like him, was awarded the Knight Medal because of his outstanding marksmanship and killed more than 200 enemies on the battlefield.
Bokhar nodded, then shook his head: "I didn't see Viricero, but I heard about him. At the party hosted by Madam Maria, I met a Guardsman named Nickerson.
After talking for a long time, I found out that he was Vericro's brother-in-law. He told me that Vericro had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel because of his meritorious service in the kingdom's civil war, but he was not in the royal capital.
Stationed in the county of Limassosia.
Five years ago, Viricero also got married. His wife was the second daughter of a hereditary earl, and her dowry was a large manor in Limassolia County. It was for this reason that Vericero applied.
He is stationed in Limassolia County. He currently has a son and a daughter, and his life is very happy. However, his father, Uncle Kubrick, is old, likes to drink, and is in poor health. Now he also lives in
In that manor."
"Time flies so fast. Back then, we were junior high school students in Bailu City. We were carefree and only knew how to play and fight every day. In the blink of an eye, we were far apart and had children." Claude sighed, got up and went to the wine cabinet.
I chose a bottle of fruit wine and prepared to pour a glass for everyone. But Uncle Lubiwell stopped me. He said that as he was getting older, it would be better to continue drinking black tea.
Bockaar also sighed, probably thinking of the happy time he spent in White Deer City. After a dull moment, he watched Claude pour himself some fruit wine, took a sip from the glass, and then hesitantly said to Ke
Lord said: "Actually, I saw Erikson on the way back. The black sail pirates he led robbed our refugee fleet..."
Claude raised his eyes and looked at Boquear, picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, continued to pour himself a second glass, and then asked indifferently: "What did he say to you?"
"This, this..." Bock'al thought for a moment and replied: "He wants to make some deals with our direct territorial war zone..."
Claude did not ask about the transaction, but frowned and walked around the room: "Tell me how you met with him and everything you talked about."
"I didn't recognize him at first. He looks completely different now than when he was young. He gives people a wild, violent and domineering feeling. His long hair almost reaches his waist, and he has an extra line on his face.
Scar has bright eyes. Although he has grown stronger and stronger, compared to me, he is still the shortest one among the four of us.
When we discovered the fleet of black-sailed pirates at sea, their dozens of pirate ships saw that our refugee fleet had no escort warships, so they sailed towards our fleet without any scruples. I could only order the escort to escort me at that time.
Guard squadrons are scattered and hidden throughout the ship, ready to use their accurate marksmanship to execute a beheading tactic on these pirate leaders.
So my ship faced the black-sailed pirate ships that rushed over and hoisted the flag of negotiation. Those black-sailed pirate ships were very disciplined. They surrounded our refugee fleet and did not board the ship. Instead, they used pirate ships to
The cannons on board, as well as the pirates brandishing various weapons, frightened the refugees on board with their vicious expressions and words, scaring many people into tears on the spot.
Erikson was standing on the bow of his pirate ship directing his ship to sail towards me. The closer I got, the more familiar I felt. Later, I tentatively called his name, and he recognized me because
He didn't even dare to recognize my figure. After he realized it was me, he ordered his pirate fleet to gather in parallel with our refugee fleet.
However, he was very cautious and did not come to my ship. Instead, he invited my father and I to go to his ship for a while. We boarded his ship, which is a three-pole ocean-going battleship of the Kingdom's Storm Fleet and is now his
The flagship. It has only been greatly modified, reducing the number of guns on the deck, adding two longitudinal sails, and the speed and stability have increased a lot...
There were a few pirates on the ship who knew our father and son. They were very happy to see us and called us by our names. I didn’t know them very well. My father later told me that these people who greeted us were all once.
The residents of White Deer Town were sailors on the Red Sea Shark of Captain Altruni, Erikson's father. Later, they all followed Erikson and left with his family when Erikson rebelled against the Storm Fleet.
Bailu Town.
Erikson entertained us in his captain's cabin. He asked me what I wanted, and I said give us some fresh meat. After drifting at sea for half a month, we ate those bread dumplings every day. I couldn't even dream about it.
We saw the scene of eating meat. Ericson laughed and asked us what happened to this fleet. I told him what happened. He was sad to hear that White Deer City was in ruins, and then ordered the people on the ship to
The chef cooked us a sumptuous meal.
After we had eaten, Ericson proposed that our family should follow him to the place where his parents lived in seclusion. He just wanted to go home to see his parents this time. According to his story, I guess he was searching for his father.
He joined the Storm Fleet and later found his father before betraying the fleet and returning to White Deer City to take his mother and the sailors' families with him, officially becoming a Black Sails pirate.
It is said that his parents live in seclusion on a large island deep in the Silent Ocean. There are a total of three large islands and a dozen small islands forming an archipelago. The large island where his parents are located can live between 20 and 30 thousand people. Currently, he
All the members and families of the Black Sails Pirates lived on that island, with more than 6,000 people. Ericson took his Black Sails Pirates fleet and conquered several islands in the waters of the Nubali Islands, forming the Thousand Islands.
A member of the pirate gang in the sea.
Every three months, Erikson takes a rotating fleet back to the island where his family lives in seclusion. He also transports some looted supplies and daily necessities to the families of his pirates. He wants to use our refugee fleet
We took them all over, but I refused, telling him that it was not that simple. There were more than 60,000 people in our refugee fleet, and transporting them there would only be a big mistake, and Erikson could not guarantee that he could provide so many people.
Required food and daily necessities.
Then I gave him a suggestion. If he needs to immigrate, he can go directly to the Kingdom to recruit unemployed sailors, crew members, and various craftsmen, and then arrange for their families to move to the island. This can increase the number of people
The population on the island can guarantee their loyalty, which is much better than trying to attack my refugee fleet. Moreover, you can control the number and progress of recruitment yourself, and you don’t have to worry about too many people making the island chaotic.
.
Ericson laughed loudly and said that I had changed a lot and that I was much smarter. He said that he didn’t have to take the idea of this refugee fleet, but he hoped that our family would follow him back, and that one day he would also return to the Fox Islands.
Like the United Kingdom, we can establish a kingdom of islands. At that time, I can be made a grand duke and become a hereditary noble. I immediately rejected his request and told him where my responsibilities lie. If he misses his old feelings, don't stop me from returning to the direct territory.
Return to war zone.
Ericson just sighed and stopped saying anything to recruit me. He was relatively well-informed in the waters of the Nubari Islands and told me that the Directly Administered Territory War Zone had completely defeated the Kingdom of Hicks and won the colonial war.
.And let me tell you that he was a little sorry for you in Bailu City back then, because he didn't know the inside story that his father was your father's partner at that time. He only thought that his father was hired by your father and was attacked by pirates...
...
He knows a lot about the overseas territories, and I suspect that his Black Sails pirates also deployed spies in our territory war zone. He said that he knew you were one of the five giants in the territory war zone, so he restrained his subordinates and did not come.
He attacked and plundered the coastal areas of the direct territory just because he didn't want to cause trouble to you. But he finally made a request to me and asked me to pass it on to you.
If our direct-controlled war zone can conduct some transactions with his Black Sail Island, he guarantees that his black sail pirates will not commit any crimes against the direct-controlled war zone in the future, and can even accept employment from our direct-controlled war zone to deal with those who come to harass and attack the direct-controlled war zone.
The Hicks Kingdom's fleet and other pirate groups dominate the coastal areas. As for the content of the transaction, it is nothing more than artillery and ammunition and other military supplies, as well as daily necessities such as grain and grass...
I thought it was strange at the time and asked him if he had been a pirate for so many years and didn’t he have reliable channels for selling and purchasing stolen goods? Ericson cursed loudly. He said that there were smugglers and stolen goods traders from the colonies on the west coast in the waters of the Nubal Islands.
The purchase price they offer is too low, often one-third to one-quarter of the market price of the goods.
Most of the Black Sail pirates are from the Kingdom of Overas, which is even more disadvantageous. In transactions with merchants from other countries who sell stolen goods, the purchase price is the lowest and the purchase price is the highest. But if you don’t trade with these black-hearted merchants,
There is no way to obtain supplies. They can only endure this loss and be deceived by that. So Ericson asked me to ask you if you can make this deal with their Black Sail Pirates?"
"Then Erikson released your fleet and gave you some food and water?" Claude said, and Boker nodded.
Claude looked at Bockaar's father, who was silent on the sofa next to him and had been drinking tea silently, and suddenly asked: "Uncle Lubiwell, what do you think of Erikson?"
Mr. Lubwell raised his head: "My opinion is that your childhood friends have changed a lot. You are now in a high position, and your reputation is spread throughout the territories and the West Coast Colonies. You also speak out in the war zone."
Ling Sui, many things can be decided with one word. In fact, Erikson has changed almost as much as you, except that he has become a pirate leader and you have become a kingdom general.
Although you have become one of the five giants in the war zone, you are still bound by rules. You must be thoughtful about what you want to do, and you cannot give people a reason to attack you. But I have no reason to do anything with Erikson.
Seeing this, he had no scruples in doing things. Just like when we explained to him that this was a refugee fleet, his first thought was to take the refugee fleet back to his hometown without thinking about it at all.
I wonder if I can arrange for so many people.
When he said that sooner or later he would establish an archipelago country like the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, and said that Boa would be granted the title of Grand Duke, I knew that he was very ambitious and did not take the royal power in this world seriously.
Maybe it's because he can no longer accept the constraints of rules after becoming a pirate. Everything is centered on himself and he is free and will not be interfered by anyone.
As for the deal that Erikson proposed with the Direct Territory War Zone, my suggestion is not to agree to his request. Because making a deal with him is actually increasing his strength and expanding the scale of the Black Sails Pirates. I regret Bok Al now.
The idea he came up with to go to the kingdom to recruit people was just a last resort for Bok'ar to allow the fleet to escape."
Claude lowered his head and slowly drank the fruit wine in the glass. Mr. Lubiwell's opinion was very simple. He didn't care whether Ericson was a boy friend of Claude and Bockard. He just expressed his feelings for Eli.
Kesen’s perception. Of course, as a businessman, he naturally hates bandits and pirates, gangs that get rich by robbing for nothing. They are natural enemies.
However, there are a few points worth pondering for Claude. First, Mr. Lubiwell said that Erikson is an ambitious guy who cannot stand any grievances and rules. This is a subtle expression that he is not optimistic about Erikson's future.
Accepting the recruitment from the territorial war zone prevented Claude from having such an idea. He specifically mentioned Claude's current status and Erikson's wild talk about establishing an archipelago kingdom, which meant that Erikson would not
Living under others, especially under Claude's command...
Second, since Bok'ar proposed to Erikson to recruit people in the Kingdom, Erikson gave up the idea of attacking this refugee fleet. It is obvious that he has listened to this suggestion. Next, he will pay
Various implementations have been carried out to expand the scale and power of the Black Sails Pirates. However, the Kingdom currently has no fleet to protect the coastal areas. For the Black Sails Pirates, it is an undefended area where they can plunder wealth and talents.
Third, with people and wealth, the power of the Black Sail Pirates will surely expand, but they need a large amount of weapons and equipment and various munitions, which cannot be obtained by plundering. At the same time, they also need to be relocated and settled in their home base.
There are enough living materials for the people, but these things are not something that Erikson can purchase from the colonies on the west coast. Even if he can purchase some of them, it will be very uneconomical because of the long transportation distance.
Therefore, the best trading partner can only be the directly-administered war zone. This is why Mr. Lubiwell does not want Claude to agree to trade with Ericson's Black Sails Pirates.
Sen came up with the idea of recruiting talents from the Kingdom itself, and by refusing to agree to Ericson's arms deal with the territorial war zone, he could curb the rapid expansion of the Black Sails pirates' power and prevent him from becoming an accomplice of the Black Sails pirates.
It’s just that what Mr. Rubwell doesn’t understand is that the territorial war zone needs time to digest the dividends of the war, heal the wounds of the war, and revitalize the economic development of the territorial war zone. Claude thought more carefully about this, and disagreed with Erikson
It is easy for the Black Sails Pirates to make transactions, but this will offend the Black Sails Pirates and bring the risk of pirate attacks to the coastal areas of the demesne.
During the colonial war, few pirates came to the waters of the directly-administered territorial waters. This was mainly because they were afraid of encountering the two fleets of the Hicks Kingdom and causing harm to themselves. Now that the war is over, offshore transportation in the waters of the directly-administered territorial waters will inevitably become more intensive.
Busy and prosperous, and the stability of sea transport trade lines without the threat of war will attract the attention of pirate gangs of all sizes. Before the ocean cruising fleet reorganized in the theater has not formed combat effectiveness, the offshore transport sea routes will suffer a great deal.
Risk of pirate attacks.
This is also Erikson's confidence in reaching a deal with the Territory War Zone. He should have seen this, so he proposed to accept the employment of the Territory War Zone to deal with other pirate gangs that harassed and attacked the coastal areas of the Territory. This is also a matter of drawing turf.
A way, but also to coerce the directly-administered war zone to accept the conditions of his deal...
It seemed that Mr. Lubiwell was right. Erikson's ambition was really great, so he didn't need to recruit him to become a naval general in the theater. It was just a pity that his young friend didn't have a long-term strategic vision.
Does he think that being a pirate can lead a happy life and even become a family legacy that can be passed down to future generations?
Claude has never taken pirates seriously, but what he needs now is time. After the train and railway in the territorial war zone are successfully developed, the next task is to move the steam engine to the ship, and at the same time build an armored or armored force.
An iron-shelled steam-powered ocean-going fleet. By that time, not to mention the sailing fleets of pirates, even those national fleets of the Farea continent that claim to be invincible will all be like dregs.
Erikson's Black Sail Pirates could indeed dominate the era of sailing battleships, but after the advent of the era of ironclad battleships, he had no choice but to hide in Tibet. There were many manpower and craftsmen who could build sailing battleships, but there was no pirate force.
Being able to make iron-armored battleships is exactly the foundation of a maritime power.
But before iron-clad battleships become a reality, the directly-administered territorial theater needs to rely on the reorganization of captured joint fleet warships to form an ocean-going cruise fleet, and first train its own naval officers and generals to lay the foundation for later iron-clad battleships and at the same time protect the direct-administered territories.
Security in combat zones and maritime areas.
Claude tapped the table with his fingers. There were many things. Before considering whether to make a deal with the Black Sail Pirates, the direct-administered war zone also had to deal with envoys and accusations from the royal capital. The victory over the Kingdom of Hicks had already
Nearly four months have passed, and the royal capital should have received the news. Without the threat of war, those emerging business nobles should happily board the warships coming to the overseas territories. Perhaps in their eyes, the war zones of the territories are just like a piece of land.
Big fat meat, waiting for them to take a big bite...