"Pirate lair?!" When Adrian heard the news, he stood up from his chair. He couldn't help but be shocked. It turned out to be a pirate lair. Could it be that the Tidal Dolane family had fallen to this level?
Well, even if Adrian's own territory was attacked by the Black Bone Pirates twice, now a pirate lair has been discovered in the nearby sea. The Holy Spirit Elder of the Tide Dolani Family is not dead yet.
After a while, Adrian put away the shocked expression on his face, sat back on the chair, and asked in an indifferent tone: "Are they the Black Bone Pirates? Or other pirate forces in Starry, it seems that the tide
The Dolani family has really fallen, haha."
Adrian's face was calm, but he had begun to look down on the Tidal Dolani family from the bottom of his heart. He even used words full of contempt like "haha", although there was no family in the big forest.
Bandits exist, but people are like this. Those bandits have nothing to do with Adrian, and pirates can directly threaten the security of their own territory, which is close to the territory.
Ralph, Alfred and Alice wisely did not complain about the Tidedolane family with Adrian. That was not something they could do. Adrian could ridicule and scorn without any pressure, especially now,
Adrian and the Tidal Dolanei family have completely broken up with each other, but they can't, that is the Great Elder clan, so Alfred replied:
"It doesn't seem to be the Black Bone Pirates. Lord, I sent a marine scout and his sea hound to follow them all the way in the deep sea and found the location of their lair. I didn't see the Black Bone Pirate Flag, or even the Black Bone Pirate Flag.
I didn’t see Starry’s fourteen-pointed star flag, so I guess it’s a wild pirate.”
The ridicule at the corner of Adrian's mouth became even louder: "Wild pirates? It seems that the Tide Dolani family has really fallen to the point of hopelessness. If the main battleship or even the elite battleship of the Black Bone Pirates can hide from the Tide
As for the coastal defense of the Dolani family, then I would laugh at their low ability at most, but if even wild pirates openly appear in their defense area, then someone is either treasonous or completely rotten. Of course, I would rather be the rear guard.
Or, well, preferably the latter."
Faced with Adrian's serious accusations and even random accusations, others were a little indignant, but wisely remained silent, although they all believed that each other would not betray their own people, and Adrian would not betray them.
, but once a bad habit is formed, it will be difficult to change it.
Of course Adrian also knew this truth, and he did not want his subordinates to be all servants who were embarrassing to others, so he waved his hand and said to Alfred:
"Afu, do you have a chart? I mean a detailed one."
Alfred took out a scroll made of a huge piece of papyrus from his snakeskin bracelet. Alice collected all the items on the big coffee table in front of them, and then Alfred took out the scroll of papyrus.
The straw paper was spread out on the coffee table, which was a chart of the entire south coast. Alfred pointed to a very small island:
"This is a detailed chart purchased in Badland, Lord. It records detailed geographical and hydrological information of the entire south coast and southern seas. This wild pirate lair is here, three days' journey from Angloo, and 300 meters away.
We have more than three days to go. According to the survey of the ocean scouts, this group of wild pirates has about 600 people. There are two mast-rigged pirate ships and a different number of smaller pirate ships. A town has been formed in their lair.
And the scale is not small, it seems to have existed for a long time, well, they once robbed a grain transport ship of the high-ranking Elf Arudo family in front of us."
Adrian knew that the Arudo family was a small aristocratic family of high-ranking elves. It was the kind of high-ranking elven family that had never produced a Holy Spirit elder. It was located in the northeast of the mainland. Its family territory of Shambhala was famous for producing high-quality Baslaitahei.
Mai is famous for being a wealthy family that is rare among small aristocratic families.
It seems that this group of wild pirates robbed the Arudo family's grain trading cargo ship. Adrian asked: "What size is the Arudo family's grain ship? Can we know exactly how much grain it transported?"
Or you can make a rough estimate."
Alfred thought for a while and said with certainty: "It is a large two-masted grain ship. Looking at the waterline, it should be fully loaded. The amount of grain transported by the entire ship will not be less than 150,000 kilograms."
150,000 kilograms, that is 150 tons. This transportation volume is already considered huge in this world. 150 tons of grain can provide at least 500 people with food rations for a year. This is the consumption without non-staple food. If non-staple food is considered
factors, this number will have to double.
Take bugbears as an example. After adding fish and meat as non-staple food, each bugbear’s daily staple food before processing weighs about 600 grams. This is already Adrian’s
The biggest eater among my men.
And why did this group of wild pirates rob such a huge amount of grain? It couldn't be for their own consumption. First of all, rye is not delicious. It is only used as an excellent livestock feed because of its relatively high fat content.
Secondly, the lair of this group of wild pirates is located in the southern sea where fish resources are abundant. There must be no shortage of non-staple food, so are they robbing rye to raise livestock? Stop making trouble, this is even more impossible.
Let me ask if they can have the leisure and leisurely life of raising livestock, what kind of pirates can they be? If they can survive in a valley that no one wants in the interior, or if they can be pirates, then they must have a certain degree of force and courage.
You will not be rejected even if you take refuge with a small lord or a low-level elf noble.
So in Adrian's opinion, the reason why this group of wild pirates robbed rye that was neither delicious nor necessary had only one purpose: to sell it. In other words, they had channels to sell the rye, so the matter was
It’s interesting. If there is a channel, it means that they have at least one partner with legal status, or they are simply pawns supported by someone to do dirty work.
It was the Tidal Dolane family, or someone else, but Adrian quickly eliminated the Tidal Dolane family. No matter how depraved and miserable the Tidal Dolane family was in Adrian's eyes,
But all in all, the Holy Spirit Elder of their family is still there, so it is unlikely that he would do something so easily caught. The best they can do is turn a blind eye.
The Tidal Dolani family may be suspected of malfeasance in their duties, and may even acquiesce to the existence of this group of wild pirates after receiving benefits, but if they want to raise wild pirates in their own defense area, I'm afraid they really don't have the courage, so Ai
Derian asked again: "Are there any signs of this group of wild pirates trying to rob our Sun Vine? I mean, have you been attacked?"
Alfred didn't think about it. He said with certainty: "They tentatively approached the Sun Vine, but they quickly gave up after we sent out sea hounds to drive it away."
This is interesting. The Sun Vine flew the flag of the Foehn Windflee family, but it still came on board regardless of it, and left decisively after being expelled by the Sea Hounds. It was a group of limited but lawless madmen.
?
At this moment, Adrian made up his mind: These wild pirates cannot stay. Since they have shown their tendency to attack, it means that they don't care much about the flag of the Foehn Windford Lei family. Their tea trade will definitely expand in the future.
It is said that you will be bitten hard if you don't wait for a flaw to be revealed. Since the Tide Dolani family is unreliable, then you can praise the family flag with the blood of wild pirates.
Now that he had made up his mind, Adrian no longer hesitated and ordered: "Ralph, go write an invitation to my father and Mr. Abram, inviting them to my World Tree Manor tomorrow afternoon to taste the latest...
A batch of green tea, and also informed the four leaders of Mellie, Olhe, Bull and Tutam. The marine scout force sent all the sea scouts and sea hounds, and the archers, hunters and bugbears each sent 20 people.
I want the twenty most elite among them to be on standby at any time. Well, my escort troops will also join the battle when the time comes."
"Lord, do you want to take action personally? For your safety..."
Adrian waved his hand to interrupt Ralph's dissuasion and said: "I am a brave man with the title of 'Dragon Slayer'. Besides, my father and Lord Abram will definitely join the war. Well, I will convince them."
Yes, don’t worry, it’s okay.”
Ralph sighed and went to write the invitation, while Adrian turned to Alfred and said: "Afu, after you hand over the magic crystal and supplies to Ralph clearly, tell all the information about this gang
We have sorted out all the information about the wild pirates and notified Tutam, asking him to send bugbears to conduct a comprehensive inspection and repair of the Sun Vine. Well, thank you for your hard work, Fu, and welcome home."
So Alfred also left. Adrian's last words of welcome home seemed to wash away Alfred's fatigue and dust all at once. He immediately went to work with great energy, not wanting to rest for a moment.
…
In the afternoon of the next day, Aragund and Abram arrived as scheduled. After a while of greetings, the three of them came to sit down in the living room of Adrian's World Tree Manor. Alice and Vicky sent gifts to the three of them together.
After serving the latest batch of green tea, Abram took a sip of the green tea in front of him and sighed:
"Although I still feel bitter when I enter the mouth, the more I feel like this, the more charming the aftertaste becomes. I really like this new drink invented by you Aidan more and more. Well, the tea is very good. If you need anything, I will
Say it, Aidan."
Abram has obviously seen through Adrian's purpose. In his eyes, Adrian is not the kind of playboy who just invites friends to play together. Besides, he and Aragund are still on duty.
Derian is not so ignorant.
Adrian did not hesitate and said: "I really can't hide it from you, Uncle Abram. It's like this. My trading ship Solar Storm has returned, but on its way back, it was attacked by wild pirates...