People in the New World of Bantuga Island are very familiar with them. They may not know what the capitals of the White Eagle Federation and Santis are named, but the famous island of Bantuga Island is well known to everyone on the street.
place.
Bantuga Island is an island located in a sporadic archipelago dozens of miles southeast of the east coast of Haigar. It covers an area of only 300 square miles, which is similar to a town on the modern earthly land of China.
Although it is very small, tens of thousands of people gathered on this small island back then, most of which were pirates, sailors, slaves and merchants. This is the number of people that many colonial cities in the New World cannot reach. Of course, what we mean here is
Colonists, not indigenous populations.
You should know that in the most prosperous era of Bantuga Island, Franklin, the current financial capital, is a city that has just developed into a population of more than 100,000 thanks to busy maritime trade.
The reason why this small island is so famous is that the port of Bantuga on the island was the most famous pirate port in the early years of the Great Age of Discovery, and the best place for trade and selling stolen goods in the New World at that time.
At first, the island was just because it had fresh water and could serve as a supply point between the Old and New World trade routes. At that time, the two continental trade was mainly concentrated in the Porduga and Sbanian colonies in the Southern and Central continents.
The Brook and Franz colonies on the northern continent replaced Emsdan shortly after they were just beginning to sprout in international trade.
Later, the pirates gathered here spontaneously and built the island into their unlawful land and a paradise for pirates.
At its peak, Bantuga Island was said to have a permanent population of nearly 100,000, and there are hundreds of thousands of people every year.
Then the pirate son continues to tell:
"According to the information left by my great-grandfather, on the day of the shortest day and the longest night every year, that is, on the winter solstice, starting from Bantuga Port to the east and then going south, there is an undiscovered one that can be crossed by the undiscovered one.
The sea of stars, a new route connecting the old continental route, is the secret my great-grandfather got on the pirate ship. Because that pirate ship has been destroyed, only the only surviving great-grandfather knows this secret."
John calculated in his mind that although the sea of stars belongs to the tropical zone, it is in a low latitude north of the equator, so this day should be called the Winter Solstice. If it is the southern continent south of the equator, it should be called the "Summer Solstice" in turn.
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"Tomorrow should be the winter solstice, but you can make time very accurate..."
James Hawkley said embarrassedly:
"I have no choice. I have been waiting in Port Franklin these days for a long time. Those capitalists are not interested in the secrets I told. I have to wait for your highness to seize the last opportunity to lean over when you return home. I hope your highness can give me one.
Chance!"
John nodded with joy or sorrow:
"It's okay, you forced me to move. Let's go to the place where your great-grandfather had an adventure!"
James Hockley was overjoyed when he heard this and began to discuss the route with Captain Frank.
For countries in the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice (December 21 or 22 of the Gregorian calendar) was the day when the sun was directed to the Tropic of Cancer, and the summer solstice (June 21 or 22 of each year) was the day when the sun was direct to the Tropic of Cancer.
In countries in the southern hemisphere, the day when the sunlight hits directly on the Tropic of Cancer on the winter solstice is the day when the sunlight hits directly on the Tropic of Cancer on the summer solstice is the day when the sunlight hits directly on the Tropic of Cancer. The two are exactly the opposite.
Although many parts of this world are different from the Earth, this astronomical law is basically consistent.
Although James Hockley was excited, he was not a fool. He knew that he had hidden his hand and did not say the specific location, for fear that the people of the Red Dragon King would leave him alone to take advantage of him.
John was not angry about this and waved his hand and ordered the captain Frank to turn around and go to Port Bantuga as the other party said. Although it would be a bit far away, the highway of the Red Dragon Maharaja will be delayed by at most a day and a half.
Just time.
Soon, after redirecting from the Red Dragon Maharaja, because the distance was not far, they arrived at Bantuga Island, where the famous Pirate Port is located, in about five hours.
Because in the past hundred decades, the order of the New World has stabilized. For the huge trade in the Spice Islands, the largest financial owners behind the pirates, Brooke and other countries have also supported the suppression of the pirate group. Therefore, the pirate port in any city in the New World has been prosperous.
It soon declined, and now it has become a place for trading and selling dirty places for smuggling merchants and spiritual pirates. It is also a well-known attraction for wealthy people who come to travel to the old continent to check in and visit. Many large cruise ships will stay on this small island for a short time.
This has maintained the livelihoods of no more than a thousand people living on the island.
The entire Bantuga Port is actually very small, with only one port that can be parked with dozens of small and medium-sized merchant ships, which made John and others a little disappointed. However, from the fact that the island was abandoned, we can vaguely see the past.
Prosperity scene.
There are no suitable berths at the port, which is not friendly to large ships like the Red Dragon Maharaja.
Fortunately, the Red Dragon Maharaja did not mean to enter the port, but just walked around the waters outside the port and turned toward the east.
Along the way, James Hockley looked at the charts and used sextant to measure the distance, trying very hard to guide the sailors.
It was not until two hours later that the sun was over, and the golden afterglow was over, that he announced that it was not far from the right place.
At this time, the sound of a wake-up call suddenly came to the boat.
Dangdangdangdang...
This is the bell that will only ring when encountering a sudden situation.
A crew member will come to report immediately.
"Your Highness, Colonel, we found an unknown object following us, underwater..."
When everyone heard this, their faces changed.
Compared to the alarm when discovering James Hawkly's boat, the unknown object found by the lookout this time was obviously underwater.
In fact, the most terrifying thing at sea is not encountering storms or pirates.
For the Red Dragon Maharaja, first of all, it is not the storm season at present, and it is not unfamiliar to sail on mature waterways, so it is very slight for encountering irresistible storms.
Most pirates are small clutches driven by Hawkley, who are tied to each other, and the largest one is just three-masted sailboats that do not exceed medium-sized merchant ships.
Those primitive wooden sailboats, unless they were big guys with seventy or eighty cannons from the Brook Class I battleship, would not have any threat to the Red Dragon Maharaja, which was based on the steam battleship.
That kind of small boat came to board seven or eight, and the Red Dragon King didn't fire a single shot. With the strength of the hull, they were destroyed.
So in the hearts of the crew led by Frank, what they fear most is the threat of falling.
This threat refers to the large or even giant sea beasts. In the ocean where non-human home court, this kind of giant beast is not wanted to face it, and cannot compete with the invincible naval fleet of the Brook Royal Navy.
The existence.
Unless there are multiple super-silver or even gold-level powerhouses in the country, even if the Brook Royal Navy is used to round up the sea monsters, the success rate will be less than half, and even if the successful fleet is successful, it will suffer heavy losses.
As the regular naval elite in the Kingdom of Emsdan, Frank and others have enough confidence to not be afraid of attacks from pirates or even other navies. However, facing the giant beasts in the sea, it is difficult for them to have the confidence to fight. The only hope is what they protect
His Highness, the powerful country-controlling powerhouse.
But the navy did not want His Highness to fight the sea beasts personally, because the crown prince in front of him is the hope of Emsdan's future. It took decades to produce such a powerful and excellent heir to the crown prince, and he is even expected to be promoted to the legend.
If you become the pillar of the country, if something goes wrong, you will not be able to pay for their entire navy.