With the advent of 1564, the United Kingdom's rule over Normandy and Brittany was also formalized.

Relying on strong armies, the two regions also began a slow and seemingly rapid surgical reform.

Of course, although the expulsion of the Catholic aristocracy and the confiscation of religious property could not change the control of the nobility over the two places.

As for the seizure of power by the nobles, of course, the nobles will not give up, and the undercurrent is surging, brewing riots.

The French Catholic allies and the Huguenots were gathering strength to prepare for a new round of civil war.

In Spain, the Duke of Avar, with an army of 20,000 men, was rapidly advancing towards the Netherlands, preparing to extinguish the uprising in the Netherlands.

The Portuguese, on the other hand, still monopolized trade in the East, happily watching the European continent become a mess and secretly making a fortune.

On the sea, a two-masted ship rode the wind and waves, moving forward slowly, even if the sea was windy and the sails were bulging, it still struggled to move, heavy and slow.

The lapping of the waves seemed to have little effect on it, and the sailors on board still stood steadily, drinking, singing, and chatting about yellow jokes, and there was a joyous atmosphere.

"Hey! Scar, why are you drinking again? "On deck, a good-looking sailor, well-dressed and clean, was simply an aristocrat compared to other sailors.

He walked straight to the side of the man who was sitting on the ground, drinking a drink in his hand, and asked in an unkind tone.

"I haven't arrived in Portugal yet, what if I encounter pirates?"

The man sitting on the deck has short hair, but there is a scar that cuts directly from the corner of his mouth to the middle of his head, like a centipede, which makes people shudder.

If this is a little deeper, I'm afraid my head will already burst.

"Oh! My first mate, isn't this almost to Lisbon? What's the danger, what's the deal with a little drink? ”

Scar glanced up at the sailor on his front teeth, then lowered his head again, took a sip of his wine, and said in a bummer.

"Besides, our navy is not a vegetarian, which robber dares to rob us, purely looking for death!"

The scar man changed his position, half-lying on the deck, drinking wine, basking in the sun, and said lazily.

"Yes! First mate, we have been at sea for more than a month, and we finally rested for a while, and what can happen! ”

"According to the navigation agreement, it doesn't say that you can't drink!"

"What are you afraid of, the pirates are coming, we took the opportunity to rob them, and the ship's cannons are not vegetarian!"

Scar seemed to be very influential among the sailors, and as soon as he finished speaking, the other sailors immediately spoke in support, which directly made the delicate first mate blush.

"Okay, if something happens next, you'll be good-looking!"

He glanced at the scarred man, then at the other dozen or so sailors who responded to him, reluctantly shook off a sentence, and walked away quickly.

"Hahaha!" With the departure of the first mate, the deck immediately became a sea of joy, and the atmosphere became even more enthusiastic.

"Your Excellency, Captain! Scar's guy is lazy again! The first mate was in a hurry, so he came to the captain's room, looked at the captain who was sipping the wine in the bright light, and complained.

"Don't care about them, Kadir, you're different from them, they're just a mess on the ground, and you're the king's palace, there's no comparison!"

The captain drank leisurely, squinted his eyes, and had two red clouds on his face, looked at the delicate first mate and said:

"You used to go to school and you could read some words, not much, but you were very different from them!

They will be a filthy sailor at most, for the rest of their lives, and you are destined to be the one who will be the captain of a ship! ”

"You're so clever, so talented, the captain is where you belong!"

As he spoke, the captain took another sip of wine, and said with a confused look in his eyes:

"You, your father is a captain, and he also has shares in the company, so it is natural to become a captain!"

Kadir looked at the drunken Captain, lifted him to the bed, panted at his fat body, and shook his head.

He bought a large quantity of spices, silk, and ivory from Goa, and docked at an African coast, where he exchanged some bows and arrows and iron swords for fifty pounds of gold from the tribe of Black Bura.

It can be said that their trip to the Oriental Trade is simply a bumper harvest.

So, as the ship approached Portugal, everyone on board couldn't wait to start celebrating.

When the ships docked in Lisbon, each of them received at least ten gold coins, plus their own booty, enough for them to survive in style for a few years.

Kadir is different, as the captain said, his father is a shareholder of the company, and this time he went to sea, not for money, but to inspect the eastern route.

After all, the company in the Netherlands was his family's real business.

This trip to sea opened his eyes.

He was almost certain that investing in the Eastern Route would definitely make profits soar, and the family's power would expand several times.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" Kadir heard the sound of a trumpet, and his face changed.

At this time, a sailor hurried and shouted.

"What's wrong?" Kadir asked in a deep voice.

"There are pirates, pirates!" The sailor shouted.

Seeing this, Kadir immediately ran out of the cabin and looked around, his face suddenly pale.

Behind their ships, there were three Galen ships flying pirate flags, hurrying over, no more than two miles away from them, and getting closer and closer.

The pirate ship is in a triangular formation, quickly pressing over, and the momentum is fierce.

And what about them? Due to the full load of cargo, the whole ship was slow, and no matter how fast it was, it would be caught up in less than ten minutes.

"Quick, everyone prepare, speed up! Full acceleration! ”

"Prepare the gunners, shell when the distance is up!"

"Archers ready to ......"

For a moment, Kadir hurriedly ordered to come down and prepare for a counterattack against the pirates.

Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, a pirate ship pursued it, and dozens of cannons fired cannonballs, swaying the fully loaded merchant ships from side to side.

And the counterattack of the merchant ships was scattered to three ships, and the fire was scattered, which was tantamount to tickling them.

The persecuted pirates made all the sailors panic, and such a mortal scene made them frightened.

And Kadir looked at the surrounded merchant ships and the black guns, and he could even see the hideous faces of the pirates, and the big faces that glowed red.

"Damn Scar, damn sailor!" Kadir cursed.

"Kadir, what's going on?" The captain staggered out of the cabin and looked at the pirate ship, his face suddenly pale and bloodless.

Kadir glanced back at him and sighed.

In such a situation, you can only be caught.

"Surrender! Raise the white flag, we surrender! ”