By way of Havana, in order to avoid complications, the fleet resupplied from Havana overnight, and then went directly to the east, and when we reached the east side of the Cuban Islands, we also made a slight turn to the southeast to avoid the enemy as much as possible, and then turned to the northeast to prepare to return to Virginia to have a look.

The Spaniards have already plundered Virginia, and it is estimated that Virginie* will not be in good condition, but it should not be too bad!

Why? Because there is nothing in Virginia, it is now just a barren beach, and no matter who puts it in anyone's hands, it is just a barren beach. In the event of an emergency in the rear, the Spaniards would not have had the energy to put there.

However, for safety reasons, I decided to go north to St. John's Harbour, which is much safer since it was out of the Spanish occupation. And you can send a small reconnaissance fleet, and it's never too late to go to find out the situation first.

Entering late autumn and even early winter, it is already quite cold at latitudes close to Canada. After about seventeen or eighteen days, we finally saw St. John's not tall, but very warm harbor building.

After experiencing the catastrophe, people will always have a good impression of those places that have left them with tender memories, and they will not be erased for a lifetime.

Immediately after sending to the port, I sent a team to Virginia to reconnoitre, and here I myself met a person I had not expected at all - a Spanish naval officer - Grisca!

At the time of being above the Atlantic, I believed in his promise and gave him back two ships and some sailors, and told him to return to Spain for a final effort.

He wanted to clear up the misunderstanding between me and the Spanish Navy, and stop being so hostile - from this point of view, the declared Spanish general was more of an idealist!

If you treat an idealist, you have to talk to him about ideals! I always thought so, so I agreed to his "ridiculous" request, and agreed to what others seemed to be a "tiger returning to the mountain" request to return, I remember that only Hua Mei understood my mind at that time, and I would still be skeptical.

But today, when Griska appeared in front of us again, everyone, even the most unwilling to believe at the time, had to obediently shut their mouths!

In the captain's room, Griska bowed deeply and exceeded ninety degrees! He bent over for a long time before getting up, and said with a sigh: "Your Excellency! I think you're right! ”

I smiled slightly, shook his hand tightly, and shook it vigorously a few times before asking, "Tell me!" What's the situation? ”

Griska said apologetically: "I returned to Seville, met with Commander-in-Chief de Guzmán, and told the situation according to the facts, hoping to turn the conflict between each other!" But ......"

His eyes were full of helplessness, and I smiled and said, "Let me guess!" Did he say that Spain, as the chosen country, does not have to be too obsessed with right and wrong, not only for me, but also for other people and other countries? ”

Grisesca was stunned for a moment, and stumbled: "Uncle...... Your Excellency! Why do you know ......"

I sat down slowly, motioned for him to sit too, and then turned my head to look out the window and said, "According to my estimate, did he also say something similar to not only me, but even the Ming Dynasty from which I was born, he will conquer sooner or later?"

With that, I turned my head and stared at Grisca.

This wise general, who is about the same age as me in reality, but is more than ten years older than me in this world, didn't speak for a long time, just stared at me. After a while, he suddenly said, "Your Excellency, you guessed this result early in the morning?"

I nodded, but remained silent.

Grisca asked, "Why did you let me go back if you guessed it?"

Without waiting for me to answer, he replied himself: "In order for me to completely die for my country? Is that right? ”

I shook my head slowly and said, "Yes, it's not right."

He looked at me sincerely and said, "I sincerely look forward to your advice."

I stared into his eyes and said word by word: "There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need to suspect people." I'm gambling, betting on my eyesight! ”

Griseska's throat twitched a few times, as if thinking about my words. I should say that I showed great sincerity, and as for how much he could feel, that was his problem.

But I don't think the effect will be too bad, I have this confidence!

Sure enough, Grisca stared at me, as if thinking. After a long time, he stood up resolutely, clenched his fists and saluted, "Your Excellency! I! Andrea Grisca, I admire your nobility and would like to serve you! Please accept my allegiance! ”

I also stood up, looked into Griska's eyes and said, "Of course, I look forward to the return of the king, just like Sun Bofu in the history of China, who longs for Taishi Ziyi!" If you are willing to come, I will welcome you! ”

Grisca didn't quite understand who the two men I was talking about, but he could guess that I was talking about a famous figure in history, so he once again bowed deeply and swore allegiance to me!

Since then, I have had two full-fledged Admirals under my command – Adicon and Grisca. This also provides me with better personnel protection for the next step of the plan!

Of course, if you have to count it, in fact, Hua Mei, Ma Wei and Old Tucker can also lead their own fleet, which is also my next option if necessary.

Of course, Grisca also expressed some concerns, and he was unwilling and unable to reveal much of the Spanish navy to me, out of professional ethics.

I understand his approach very well, as a soldier with a bottom line, principles, and integrity, it is the biggest step for him to take refuge in me, let him immediately reveal the details of his old club, it is absolutely impossible, and it is tantamount to being punished for a person like him!

And if he uses the interests of his old club to submit a name to me as soon as he comes, I will also put a big question mark on his character.

Therefore, we can all accept this choice, and we are all happy! It should be said that this is the person who met the tantrum at the right time, and there is no solution!

As for his position, I have not adjusted too much for the time being, and still let him lead a few of his own boats. Temporary change will not be good from any angle. And the ships and sailors he brought back are his old roots, and I don't want to deprive them either.

In addition, Griska brought back two pieces of news, one from the families of Alfred and Reykjavík, whom I had captured. They are all willing to pay for the redemption of their family members, but their attitudes are different.

Reykjavik is the head of the family, he is in the day, his family is in the day. If he dies here, the family he represents will be equally unfounded.

So after receiving a letter of redemption from Reykjavik that only the upper echelons of the family could understand, the Reykjavik family immediately chose to pay the money!

They did not bargain and did not raise objections, but directly chose the method of payment in kind and paid a large sum of money.

There are gold, silver and jewelry, calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, and real estate and land, of course, there are still 20% left to be paid after Reykjavik returns, which is also the rule of the trade, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Grisca accepted these assets, but considering that he was about to travel far and sea, it was inconvenient for him to take such things with him, so he bought all the things through formal channels and exchanged them for silver tickets guaranteed by the Spanish royal family.

In this era when the Spaniards were kings and hegemons, their royal guarantee acceptance was very creditworthy, at least in their sphere of influence, and there was no problem in converting them into an equivalent amount of Spanish double-column silver dollars.

And when I looked at the value of the silver dollar, my heart couldn't help but move. It's so easy to get this money! No wonder this "people trade" is so well received, if I can catch two big names like Reykjavik a year, then my other business can be stopped......

Because, this alone is enough to make a fortune!

Of course, I know it's just a joke. Reykjavik often has opportunities but not often, we can't do things like waiting for rabbits!

Soon after, I called Reykjavík, who was living alone in a cabin, and declared him free! However, for the remaining 20% ransom, he also happily made a note.

In the West, which values credit, this note will work, unless he wants to cut himself off from the world!

Of course, I also promised to take him with me when I returned to Europe. Of course Reykjavík, who was under the roof, agreed, and didn't show the slightest displeasure, he was very sensible, wasn't he?

As for another important "commodity" - the biological son of the Chief of the General Staff of the Spanish Navy, Alfred Sr. - Mr. Alfred Jr.

When Alfred Sr. saw the letter, he behaved far better than his family in Reykjavík. He is in a high position and knows that everything he has is a resource that can be used, especially after hearing my advice, he even sees this capture of his son as an important opportunity!

With more than eighty percent of the country's naval forces in the Spanish Navy, divided between Alfred the Elder and de Guzmán, the two men were in fact the two most powerful men in Spain.

They have been fighting for most of their lives without winning or losing, and now that the heroes are in the twilight, they naturally spare no effort to fight each other. Now that old Alfred has an extra me in his options, he can't help but be overjoyed!

I have a blood feud with de Guzmán, and this hatred can only be washed away with blood, and can never be resolved by any other means.

I have the ability, although the strength is not too strong, but I have been maneuvering left and right between Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and other countries, and I have a very good set, and I have also made de Guzmán suffer a secret loss several times.

What's more, I also captured his own son, Alfred Jr., the heir to the family, which contributed to the perfect reason for him to work with me!

So he decided to work with me, to work together, to do everything possible to fight de Guzmán. In the eyes of these aristocrats, the interests of the family always come first. In the face of family interests, national interests are just bargaining chips.

So he also asked Griska to bring the ransom, and he simply took the silver ticket to pay for it. With the number of silver tickets of the Reykjavik family just now, the number of these silver tickets will not affect me in any way, but I value other things more.

For example, a pass with Sweden as the flag state and the Dante Chamber of Commerce allowed me to travel freely in Spanish territory under a false identity.

Another example is De Guzmán's recent troop transfer plan, which also made me feel like a cheat for the next period of time - judging from the previous battles, the information he gave me should be true, which also made me more transparent about the overall form.

However, Alfred Sr. also said that he hoped that I would have a face-to-face meeting when I returned to Europe in the near future to better discuss the next step of cooperation. The time is up to me, the place he chooses, and of course, he said that he would take into account each other's circumstances.

In fact, I also felt that a face-to-face meeting seemed like a more efficient way to cooperate, so I agreed to this proposal.

In this way, these problems have been solved very well, and a large amount of funds obtained will also become a strong guarantee for me to continue to expand my strength in the next step!

Five days later, the reconnaissance team sent out by Ink returned, and the situation in Virginia was basically clear.

Under the devastating attack of the Spaniards, Raleigh's stragglers did not last long to abandon the Triangle Siege at Jamestown and retreat into the bush with the reconciled Chamcham.

The Spaniards got an empty city, only to be attacked by a combination of the British and the natives! This was also the plan I had in mind, and before I left, I pleaded with Chamcham, that I could put aside my prejudices with Raleigh and unite against a common enemy, the cruel and bloody Spaniards!

Therefore, the Spaniards held out in the siege of the triangle for a few days, but found that it was worthless consumption, so in desperation, they left there in despair and returned to the sea.

Therefore, the siege of the triangle is now under our control, so I must go back.

Not for sympathy or support for Raleigh, but for the gold mine that Grysca had spoken about a long time ago!

Of course, by the way, it is not impossible to comfort Raleigh's wounded heart, which can be regarded as saving face for Elizabeth I!

Well, that's it!