Ares pressed his fingers on the hilt of the knife, puffed up his chest and looked at the sky, and his tone was a little melancholy: "When I was in Lisbon, I thought I was a very rare and excellent knight, even if I was poor at that time, I would often borrow or rent a horse and gallop to the grasslands in the suburbs for riding training. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 But then, when I met the natives, the primitives, the Brads, and the Spartan warriors, I gradually felt that I was so humble, and that the fighting power that I had been so proud of in front of them was very small. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Fei looked at him sideways, and the glow of the sky was reflected on his face, which added to the vicissitudes of life and sadness, and there was a sense of loneliness as a hero.

"Trust me, you are irreplaceable. Zheng Fei patted him on the shoulder and looked into his eyes seriously: "At least for me." ”

"However, now that you have the Spartan Legion, your power will grow stronger and stronger in the future, will you still need us mediocre knight descendants?"

Zheng Fei laughed and raised his eyebrows: "You are not only my most loyal subordinate, but also my good friend, even if one day I no longer need you, I will share wine and meat with you, because you are my companions at the beginning of sailing, and no one can replace the friendship and complex." By the way, San Diego isn't as good as you......"

There was a light cough from behind.

"Ahem...... It's not right for you to do that. Santiago pursed his lips and raised his stout arms in a sign of strength.

Zheng Fei turned around and leaned his back against the guardrail, and said with a smile: "Yo, the fat man is back." ”

"I'm not fat, I'm strong, strong!" said Santiago's mouth bulging even more.

"Then go and fight Sparta. ”

Santiago let out a sigh of relief, snatched the glass from his hand, craned his neck to dry the last few drops of wine, and then threw the glass neatly into the sea.

Zheng Fei was stunned, and pinched his heart quite painfully: "My crystal cup ......"

"Under your leadership, I estimate that all the sailors in the team will get into the habit of throwing things into the sea. "Santiago frowned, meaning who told you to speak ill of me behind your back.

Zheng Fei turned his head to look at the sailors playing cards on the deck, looking at those simple or sinister expressions, and gradually, fell into deep thought.

"Hey, what are you thinking?"

"It's important to think about something. Zheng Fei decided to start implementing that idea.

Santiago came to his senses, nodded his head, and said casually, "Everything you think about is important, like what to eat for dinner today." ”

However, unlike usual, his banter did not ease Zheng Fei's expression, and he lost his ability to bring laughter.

Leaning on the guardrail, Zheng Fei sighed.

"When Senna's life was threatened, I felt that I was really too weak, and I couldn't move under his restraints, so I could only be slaughtered. ”

The threat from Senna made Zheng Fei feel a deep sense of crisis and oppression, and for the first time, he felt that he was like a bubble, bursting as soon as he poked it.

"Then make yourself stronger. Santiago and Ares said almost in unison.

Zheng Fei shook his head: "I'm no longer a teenager, my plasticity is very low, even if I pass the harshest training, I can't improve much." ”

"Well, but you still have our loyal men. Ares put his arm around Santiago's shoulders and gave a thumbs-up gesture of trust, smiling.

"That's what I'm going to say next. Zheng Fei's eyes showed a strange brilliance.

As if they had a premonition that something was going to happen, the two men who were nearly two meters tall pricked up their ears to listen.

"Since I can't enhance my own capabilities, I need to establish a management system with loyalty as the core, and in the future, all the key positions in the fleet will be filled by your most trusted people, ability is not the most important, the most important thing is loyalty and responsibility, understand?"

"But doesn't it offend some people? What if they don't agree?"

"Therefore, this decision should not be publicized to the public for now, and when we start the voyage to the Americas, we will implement it, and then it will be too late for them to disagree, and they will not be able to return home after floating on the vast sea, so they can only obediently obey. ”

"Then why don't you let them go straight home?" said Santiago, confused.

"Are you stupid!" Ares gave him a blank look, "They know all our secrets, and if the secrets of guns and hot air balloons leak out, the consequences can be imagined without a brain." ”

"What consequences?" said Santiago, sniffing.

"Okay, don't play stupid, I know you know. Zheng Fei put his arm on his shoulder meaningfully, hoping that he would understand the importance of the matter.

Santiago's smirkling face gradually froze, showing a rare seriousness: "You told me that you pretended to be stupid and lived for a long time." ”

Others may not feel anything when they hear this sentence, but as the person who knows Santiago best, Zheng Fei was deeply shocked.

Just as there is only a thin line between a genius and a madman, a fool and a wise man are often half a step behind.

He couldn't help but start taking a fresh look at Santiago.

"Captain, it's done!"

At the door of the cabin, the sailor shouted, pulling him out of his thoughts.

He and Santiago smiled at each other, looked at Ares again, and advised, "Don't forget to be too indulgent when you go to the city at night, and pay attention to your body." ”

With that, he strode towards the cabin.

"How did he know we were going to play?" Santiago pressed against Ares' shoulder.

"I guess he wants to ...... too," Ares smiled wickedly, "but he didn't want his woman to be sad." ”

"Well, he has a woman and a big beauty, and you don't. "Santiago is starting to get dirty.

"As if you did. Ares disdainfully took his hand off his shoulder, revealing the scars to each other.

"I had it soon. Santiago took out the precious ruby from his bosom, held it in his hand, stood in the last rays of the setting sun, quietly watched it, and smiled: "When I get back to the Atlanta pier, I will have it." ”

"Wow, sweetheart. Ares was genuinely happy for him, paused, and said, "Don't worry about this for now, let's talk about the evening, I want to play a noble girl, I asked for two hundred silver coins, the price is a little higher, but I want to taste the feeling of sleeping with the marquis's little daughter, will you go?"

With these words, Santiago was immediately pulled out of his thoughts, and exclaimed, "Go! Oh my God, the Marquis's daughter!"

......

After confirming that the content of the letter was correct, Zheng Fei sent a clever sailor to deliver the letter to the owner of the lumber mill in Constanta according to the location William said.

He was not worried that the Harrison family would forcibly send a large army to take people, after all, there were 4,000 Spartan warriors in the town, and it would not work without an army of tens of thousands, how could the Romanian dynasty allow tens of thousands of mercenaries to enter the country?

All Zheng Fei needs to do now is wait. (To be continued.) )