Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1447, the plans of the pirates

In the waters outside the Golden Island, more than a dozen pirate ships that had just sailed out from the Sunset City of the Wa Kingdom were heading towards the Golden Island.

The person in charge of leading the dozen or so pirates was Sterling from England. He was a captain, merchant and pirate at sea. He had an extremely rich maritime business and was also a pirate leader who had obtained a privateering license from the King of England.

In addition, he has multiple identities, a French citizen, a down-and-out nobleman in Spain, a Portuguese businessman, and an Italian painter. various identities.

At this moment, he is carefully observing the island in front of him with a telescope.

The Portuguese call it Formosa, which means beautiful place.

Of course, there are many places named by the Portuguese, and this name is considered a popular product.

The island is very large. It is one of the three major islands in the Gulf of Guinea. It is densely covered with jungle. In the middle of the island is a huge crater with an altitude of [-] meters. Looking at it from a distance, it is high into the clouds, the peaks are shrouded in clouds and mist, and the mountainside is dense. The rainforest, at the foot of the mountain, at the beach, the sunny beach, the beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery are really refreshing.

"Really worthy of the name of Formosa!"

Looking at the beautiful scenery on the island, Sterling couldn't help nodding his head. It is indeed beautiful, and it is so intoxicating.

"Your Excellency Sterling, do we really want to rest on this island?"

Beside Sterling, Kevin from France frowned and said: "According to news, this island is occupied by a colonial firm called Saber, all of which are composed of veterans from the Ming army."

"If we want to take down this island, I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties."

"And you also know that Daming people are not easy to provoke. Once you provoke them, I'm afraid we will flee to the ends of the earth and die."

Kevin couldn't help but shudder slightly when he thought of the reward notices posted in various ports and colonial strongholds. Once a Daming person is killed overseas, he will definitely investigate thoroughly. Once the murderer is found, he will definitely hunt down to the end.

The point is not to chase you alone, but to chase and kill even your family, your clan, and the sky-high reward is enough to make relatives and friends buy you.

What's more critical is that under the powerful deterrent force of the Ming Empire, even the countries behind you dare not shield you. The Ottoman Empire, as powerful as the Ottoman Empire, had to succumb to the huge pressure of the Ming Empire.

As for these countries in Western Europe, they were all beaten by the Ming people.

Hong Kong on the island of England is an overseas colony of the Ming Empire, and it contributes nearly ten million taels of tax to the Ming Empire every year.

As for the French, they still can't remember the scene of being bombarded by the Ming Empire fleet back then. Under the overwhelming artillery fire, Paris was almost reduced to ruins.

Portugal is not much better, and Lisbon has also been bombarded by the Ming people.

Although they are pretending to be pirates now, they have started a business of losing their heads.

But after all, there is the support of their own country behind them, and they are pirates outside. After returning to the country, they are all big businessmen and nobles, and they can live a leisurely life.

But if they provoked the people of Ming Dynasty, once they were tracked down, when the time came when Daming exerted strong pressure on their own country, they would definitely become scapegoats.

"I didn't say I wanted to take down this island~"

"We just came here to rest, and we didn't provoke the Daming people, so we just need to give them some money."

Sterling smiled and said indifferently.

In fact, he has nothing to do now.

At the strong request of the Portuguese, they bombarded Sunset City and severely retaliated against the Japanese once.

But it also gave the Spaniards on Sao Tome a chance.

According to the clues received, the Spaniards have already spread patrol ships all over the Gulf of Guinea and the route back to Europe. Once they are found, they will bite them hard, and it will be difficult to get out at that time.

So he had to choose a place first to replenish fresh water and food in the Gulf of Guinea, so that when he returned to Europe, he could make as few supplementary notes as possible.

As long as you don't enter the port and colonial strongholds to make additional notes, the sea is vast, and even if you keep the route, it is difficult to say that you can find them, and it is not difficult to avoid the Spaniards.

After thinking about it, choosing and choosing, I finally chose to rest and make up notes here in Jindao.

Because there is only Jindao in the surrounding area, which is very remote.

Because there were no valuable resources found in Jindao before, the Portuguese did not occupy it. After being occupied by the Saber Colonial Firm, and because there was not enough funds, the development here was very slow.

Just look at the crude wooden pier here in the harbor and you can see that everything here is just getting started.

If it is replaced by other colonies and colonies, all of them have been developed very well, the population is larger, and there are also more exchanges with the outside world, which means that it is easier to expose one's whereabouts.

It's remote and slow to develop, so their security is even higher.

Moreover, the territory of the Ming people was beyond Spain's dream. He and others dared to go to the territory of the Ming people to rest and resupply.

"The location here is very good, and it is unobtrusive. It is still the site of the Daming people."

"As long as we have a good relationship with this saber colonial firm, we might be able to come here often for supplies in the future, avoiding the eyes and ears of the Spaniards, and maybe even sell stolen goods here in the future."

Sterling thought very far, not just thinking about how to avoid Spain and return to Europe right now.

This is also the reason why he has always been able to live a chic and nourishing life overseas, because he can always consider long-term things, such as learning multiple languages ​​and characters, familiarizing with the customs and customs of various places, and creating multiple identities, etc.

Right now, he is also thinking about coming to the Gold Coast to rob in the future.

Several countries formed a pirate alliance together. Naturally, they would not simply grab a few colonies and ships and let it go. Such things will inevitably become the norm in the future.

At that time, if you want to hang out on the Gold Coast, you need to find some remote, unknown hidden places, such as some unknown islands, which can be used for rest or for hiding treasures.

Pirates, pirates~
The reason for being able to run amok on the sea and mastering some islands that belong to oneself are all compulsory courses.

At the same time, it is also necessary and some places that can provide shelter, repair, supply, and even sell stolen goods for oneself, so that they can go into battle lightly and travel across the world.

Originally, all the Portuguese colonial strongholds on the Gold Coast were very suitable for this, but they were snatched away by the Japanese and the Spanish one after another. They lost their strongholds at once, and Sterling had to take the risk to come to Jindao to try. Give it a try.

After thinking about it, there are only Daming people who dare not provoke them overseas, and Spain has nothing to do if they hide in the territory of the Daming people.

More than a dozen pirate ships were getting closer and closer to the Golden Island. On the Golden Island, Huang Chong, Li Meng and other people from the Saber Colonial Firm also acted quickly.

Women, children, and old people quickly moved to the hidden place on the mountain. The rest of them were young and strong, all wearing armor, holding muskets, bows, arrows, swords, etc. to welcome the arrival of the pirates.

The Saber Colonial Firm was so poor that it didn't even buy cannons.

Of course, this kind of poverty is only compared to other colonial firms and colonies. In itself, these people who came from military backgrounds actually have no worries about food and clothing, and their income is quite high.

But with this little money, overseas colonization seems to be stretched. It is enough to buy a ship, let alone buy a cannon. It is enough to have muskets, bows and arrows, and swords.

"Oh, our ship!"

Li Meng looked at the three ships moored in the harbor. The ships were not big, but they were the most valuable things in the hands of the Saber Colonial Trading Company. These ships were used to communicate with the outside world and transport some necessary daily necessities. of.

It's too late to drive these ships away now, it will be cheaper for the pirates in front of us.

"If the boat is gone, you can buy it again. As long as you are there, you will have everything."

Huang Chong looked at the three ships and said calmly.

They have already discovered gold mines on the Golden Island, and the output is quite good. As long as they are given some time, they will have everything.

After living here in Jindao for a long time, everyone gradually fell in love with it.

Although it is not as prosperous and lively as the big cities of Ming Dynasty, the land here is fertile and the scenery is pleasant. It is exactly like Xanadu. The members of the Saber Colonial Firm gather together and live on this island. Their small life is also very comfortable. I like it on everything here.

So no matter how difficult it is, they will not give up here, and decide to settle down here, live here for generations, and spread their branches and leaves here.

More than a dozen pirate ships slowly entered the harbor. The natural deep-water harbor is very suitable for berthing ships, and the surrounding terrain structure is a perfect haven.

“What a nice place!”

Sterling carefully observed everything around him, nodding while watching.

Soon, more than a dozen ships came to the simple pier in the harbor, and the three ships of the Saber Colonial Firm were much smaller than the dozen or so large ships.

A group of pirates who had been tossing and weary at sea for a long time, saw that they were about to land on land, and they were able to see many houses and buildings built by the Ming people. Rest.

However, at this moment, Huang Chong brought a dozen people wearing armor, holding muskets, bows and arrows, and swords to the pier, and shot an arrow directly at the mast of a ship, swearing his existence to these pirates And a warning was issued.

(End of this chapter)