Chapter 147 Wooden Box

In the slums of Kalmar City, a flat clearing near the wharf was occupied by William and his men half a year ago, and a military camp for 200 men was established. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The soldiers in the barracks were a group of teenagers, with an average age of only fourteen or fifteen, some of whom were from Momiji Village, some from villages and towns controlled and rescued by the Morgan Pirates, and some from the slums of Kalmar City.

William gathered the wisdom and experience of many of his cadres, plus some memories and impressions of his previous life, and made some additions and subtractions to the discipline code of the world's navy, and trained these young soldiers all day long.

As for how the naval drill code came about, it was naturally handed over to William by Ah Jin and the scum in the navy, and they also introduced several retired naval officers to William, plus William dug two officers from the kingdom's army under the interspersed guidance of Sheriff Dennis, and these people formed a teaching team responsible for assisting in guiding the basic training of soldiers.

That's right, it's just help, William doesn't want to let himself spend money to raise an army, but his mind is full of the idea of being loyal to the navy, the world government, and even the kingdom of Navia, and it is the cadres under him who are really in charge of the training.

And in addition to the usual military training, William also paid close attention to ideological education, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning, in addition to basic physical training, there would be cultural classes in the barracks, and William would personally take the stage to teach as long as he had time.

In fact, William's occasional rise to class behavior is not conducive to the literacy process of the teenagers in the barracks, he has no syllabus, and when he goes to the podium, he speaks casually, often has nothing to do with the teaching content, but in the end, he is a human being, and he was once an elite in the workplace, compared to some boring and monotonous cultural classes, the junior soldiers prefer his high-minded talk in class.

William is always able to tell the world situation and all kinds of educational stories, and from time to time he can tell some high-level theories based on the experience of his previous life, which is thought-provoking.

Sometimes William stayed in the barracks until late and organized a bonfire for the boys, or more precisely, a grievance meeting.

These teenagers are either from the bottom of society, or they have suffered from the era of pirates, and a little guidance can make their memories that have not yet gone away even more unforgettable.

The boys' soldiers seem to have found a home here, as well as their sympathetic companions, exchange with each other about the tragic experiences of their childhood, discuss the root causes, and have a faint tendency to point the finger at the world government.

This atmosphere made some people in the barracks secretly frightened, and one of the teachers who gave the cadets a cultural lesson once criticized William's remarks and the ideas that had gradually emerged in the cadet army in class, but the next day he disappeared from the world.

In the days that followed, a retired naval officer and a retired kingdom officer recruited by William also disappeared from the barracks.

The whole barracks is a completely closed environment, and the teachers are also monitored by William's people in class, this batch of seedlings is like tinder, William does not allow anyone to pollute, after they walk out of this barracks, not all of them will enter the army, in fact, only a small part of them may enter the army.

Some people will enter the professional and technical college that William will undertake, some people will go to villages and towns to serve as grassroots officials with the future movement to the countryside, and some will form a new teaching team, and the rest will form a new army and continue to hone and improve their own strength as soldiers.

After leaving the almshouse, William went to the barracks and instructed a group of young soldiers to practice swordsmanship on the playground.

He intently instructed for two hours, and then saw Harden standing on the edge of the playground at some point, waiting for him with his neck stretched, scratching the scar on his throat from time to time, as if he wanted to report something to him.

Harden is an old man during the Barbarossa period, originally the second mate on the ship, has always been brave and ruthless, and is not afraid of death, William, who was still an ordinary crew member, clashed with Jepp for the first time, he is also not to be left behind, William killed Barbarossa before he was dissatisfied with Barbarossa for a long time, and he was ready to fight with Barbarossa with William, although he was stopped, it can also be seen that he is bold.

He is a typical fierce general, simple-minded, and can see his position clearly, and he is even more convinced of William, plus he is very old, although he is not the strongest cadre under William now, he is still appointed by William to take charge of things in the pirates when William is away.

William put away the bamboo knife and came to Harden: "What's the matter?"

"Captain," Harden smiled in a deep voice, "I've taken care of everything in the Goa Kingdom." ”

……

Goa Kingdom, High Town.

Unlike his anger when he heard of the sinking of his merchant ship, the Count of Perret was now suave, slow-moving, with the grace of a nobleman.

On the sofa opposite him was a somewhat restless nobleman, with a long face that flattered and respectful.

"I've heard about Sabo, too," said Count Perret, stirring his coffee slowly, "I'm sorry too, but to be honest, if anything happens to him, I'm just afraid that he'll disregard the dignity of the nobles and fall into the company of criminals and maggots outside the city." ”

"Saab wouldn't do that. The long-faced nobleman said.

"Maybe, maybe not," said Count Perret in an official tone.

The long-faced nobleman was a little unhappy in his heart, so he deliberately mentioned the news he heard not long ago: "I heard that your family's merchant ship was attacked in the Kingdom of Navia not long ago?"

Sure enough, Count Perrey frowned when he heard this, but then he didn't know what he thought of, and he stretched out again.

"It's just a bunch of ignorant and damned criminals and pirates, who oppress lowly civilians, and they don't know their place," Count Perret took a sip of coffee and said lightly, "They don't know the power of the nobles yet, and I have ordered the Sapphire Pirates to teach them a lesson, so that they know the consequences of offending a nobleman." ”

"Sapphire Pirates?" the long-faced nobleman said politely, "since it's them, I'm sure you'll receive good news soon." ”

"Of course," Count Peret smiled reservedly, "I specially sent someone to let the people of the Sapphire Pirates teach each other a lesson, and let them spit out ten times the wealth that I lost in the first place." ”

As the two were talking, there was a sudden knock on the door of the reception room, and the butler walked in with a wooden box sealed with wax.

"Sir, someone brought you this. ”

Count Peret frowned slightly: "What is it?"

"I don't know," said the butler honestly, "the person who sent it doesn't know, he was just entrusted, and the wax that sealed the box was printed with something, and it can be seen that someone opened it privately, and since it was entrusted to you to send something, no one has the courage to open it privately." ”

Count Perret nodded, took the wooden box, and when he got closer, he could smell a strong smell of spices on it, even though the box was sealed, it was still obvious, and he looked at the pattern printed on the wax, which was the sign of a skull.

Count Peret didn't pay much attention to it, he thought that someone had opened the lid of the box carelessly in order to please him with the gift.

When the lid of the box was opened, and the contents were seen, Count Perre's face twisted violently, and with a scream, he threw the box away, and a head with a distorted expression suddenly rolled down from it onto the carpet.

This head, as the Count of Peret recognized, was one of his own men.