In the mixed port, countless news comes out every day, and these news are true and false, and it takes not only a certain amount of insight but also a certain amount of luck to distinguish their authenticity.

Mr. Salad was clearly not bragging, and in the next two days another bitumen ship and a merchant ship loaded with large Havana cigars sailed into the harbor of Nassau, and the sailors on board disembarked with the exact same news as Mr. Salad's.

In the garden of the Governor's Mansion in Nassau City, Governor Sean Bradley and a young man were having a good time.

"Haha, according to what you say, now you just need to take a copy of "City Girl" to London, and those ladies in London can take whatever you want." Sean Bradley laughed, apparently thinking that this kind of thing was unlikely to happen.

When two men are together, women are always the most appropriate topic, and this topic can quickly bring the relationship between the two people closer and enhance their affection, and it has the same effect as good wine.

"Of course, I am afraid that His Excellency the Governor will not understand how desperate the pursuit of beauty is for those resentful women who have lived in the depths of the boudoir, and in order to make themselves look more beautiful, they can endure the torment of hunger, they can endure the clubs of their husbands, and they do not hesitate to sell their property for the sake of a beautiful dress, which can be seen from the price of "City Girl", a magazine that costs only one dollar in New York, and can be sold for five pounds when it crosses the ocean to London, think of the exchange rate between the pound and the dollar, I can't help but want to be a bookseller. "Young people have a lot of data to back it up, and it doesn't sound like a joke.

"It's unbelievable! If what you say is true, how can you believe me Cruise, being a bookseller is definitely more promising than being a pirate. Sean Bradley is open-mouthed.

"Hahahaha..." the young man looked up to the sky and smiled, and when he lowered his head, there was no longer the slightest smile on his face: "I think it's good to be a pirate, it's a very exciting profession, so I don't have the idea of changing careers yet." ”

Few people know that this young man named Cruise is the famous "Red Beard".

Cruise's face was very clean, and he didn't have a beard, and it can be inferred from Cruise's blonde hair color that even if he had a beard, he probably wouldn't be red.

Perhaps it is because of this that Cruise was able to live in the Governor's Palace openly and talk and laugh with the Governor himself.

"It's certainly a promising career, your grandfather's grandfather earned the earl title by being a pirate, and my grandfather's grandfather was a pirate, so I'm now the governor of Nassau." Sean Bradley didn't mean to despise pirates, but was a little smug.

"That's right, Sean, piracy is an honorable profession, and we should all have a grateful heart, so that we can understand what our ancestors have paid for the good life we have now." Cruise was pleased with Sean Bradley's attitude.

When Cruise first visited Sean Bradley, he showed Sean Bradley orders from the British Admiralty, so Sean Bradley had to cooperate with Crews' actions.

The old man, who had been drinking with Mr. Salad at the bar a few days ago, quietly appeared next to the garden.

Sean Bradley noticed the old man's figure and immediately got up to say goodbye to Bruce.

Bruce didn't hold back, and after getting up to say goodbye to Sean Bradley, Bruce sat down again and poured himself a new cup of tea.

"The news has been confirmed that a merchant ship loaded with rum has left the port of San Diego and is destined for Nassau, and it is estimated that they will soon have five merchant ships." The old man was respectful, with a standard London accent, and when he stopped there, he exuded a British style from the inside out.

There was already a telegraph exchange between Nassau and Santiago, so the ship from Santiago had just left the port, and Nassau could get the news.

"What about their so-called warships? Have you ever heard? "Cruise cares about the opponent he is about to face, and if it is true that they have hired a warship to escort him, as Salad said, then Cruise really has no chance to do it.

"No, the only thing that is certain now is that they have no contact with the U.S. Navy in Guantanamo, so if they want to ask for a warship to escort them, then they can only come from New York." The mockery at the corner of the old man's mouth flashed and disappeared, and if he didn't observe it carefully, he wouldn't notice it at all.

The so-called aristocratic demeanor cannot be described by the word "ridicule", which is not polite, even if it is indeed ridicule, they will speak extremely seriously, giving people the feeling that it is their own fault, and others are willing to point it out, which is already very face-giving.

From New York to Nassau, even the fastest warships will take six days to arrive, and in terms of time, even if the U.S. Navy sends warships from New York now, it may not be able to arrive in Nassau on time.

In other words, Salad may not get the escort he wants.

"No, no, no, we can't be careless, there is a famous saying in the Chinese world called Ming Xiu Plank Road, Darkness Chen Cang, so there must be other ways for Salad." Cruise didn't want to take any chances, even if he let the salad go this time, there were plenty of opportunities in the future.

There is only a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days.

"Well, we'll let them go this time." The old man's words were full of uncertainty.

Sure enough, Cruise was not so easy to speak: "Let them go? Why let it go, do they think they can sleep in Nassau Harbor? I want them to understand that the sea is always in our hands. ”

Cruise wants to play a big ticket, even if it will cause damage to the port of Nassau and affect Sean Bradley's reputation, Cruise can't care about it.

"It's not good to attack the port of Nassau, and I'm afraid Mr. Governor will be very upset." The old man frowned, not believing that Cruise had made the right choice.

"What can he say? Just give him his share and he will wag his tail at you like a dog. Cross was unscrupulous and did not worry about being heard by the servants outside the garden.

Deep underground, where Cruise couldn't see, there was a small secret room, in which Sean Bradley's ears were pressed against a brass pipe, and his face was red and white.

"Fry, we have to be careful, if something happens, Reem will definitely be held responsible." On Daba Hama Island, Qin Meng followed Li Fei and kept chattering, with a worried expression on his face.

"I said, don't you have nothing to do? Are all the modifications of the gunboats done? Have all the brothers who are learning to operate guns settled? It's really nothing, there's nothing to do, you take a boat and urge to see when that damn cable will get to Miami. Li Fei smashed a series of questions, and Qin Meng was dumbfounded.

After more than two years of painstaking management, the current Grand Bahama Island is no longer the desolation of the past, the hard-working Chinese have built rows of unique shapes, perfect performance of wooden houses on Grand Bahama Island, the wooden houses are surrounded by the land that has been reclaimed, and all kinds of crops in the land grow extremely luxuriantly, both traditional tropical crops, and a puff of green vegetables, which looks extremely gratifying.

On this side of the beach, every few minutes there is a tower for lookouts, equipped with binoculars and heavy machine guns, and people and ships will be ruthlessly attacked if they try to invade it.

At the northernmost tip of the island is a white stone lighthouse, and on the shore near the lighthouse, a sprawling port is under construction, with a breakwater that stretches for several kilometers, and when completed, it will be the largest port in the Bahamas, where even 10,000-ton ships can dock.

It must be said that for more than two years, Li Fei and Qin Meng have been fruitful in their work, and if it weren't for this pirate rebellion, then they would definitely live with the commendation from New York.

It's hard to say now, but if the pirate business is over, the reward is still essential, but if something goes wrong, it may also be punished.

So not only Qin Meng was worried, but Li Fei was also extremely worried, this was the first time Li Fei had made an independent decision on something, and the pressure on Li Fei could be imagined.

Rushing Qin Meng from afar, Li Fei rode to the port under construction, where a fort was being built on the top of the hill near the port, and the newborn artillerymen were also being trained here.

Just a week ago, after Li Fei reported the news of the pirate's appearance to New York, New York sent ten 75mm infantry rapid-fire guns.

In the future, these guns will not only be installed on batteries, but will also be sent to armed merchant ships, where they will become the main firepower of armed merchant ships.

As soon as he arrived at the training ground, Li Fei shouted like a bearded white man: "Link, how are my brothers doing?" Can they become qualified artillerymen? ”

This Link, an artillery instructor hired by New York for Grand Bahama Island, was a German who had fought in the Franco-Prussian War and had just immigrated to the United States after the war.

"I'm not sure if they can become qualified artillerymen, but what I do know for sure is that they can all become qualified soldiers." Link has the rigor of a German, and if it is something he is not sure about, then Link will never give a definite answer.

There is a difference between a qualified artilleryman and a qualified serviceman, a qualified artilleryman is not necessarily a qualified artilleryman, but a qualified artilleryman must be a qualified soldier.

Artillery in the 19th century was a high-tech arm, and if you want to be proficient in artillery, you must first be proficient in mathematics, physics, ballistics and a series of advanced knowledge, so artillery is also called a "scientist class".

There is no doubt about the obedience and endurance of the Chinese, this is an era when individuality is not promoted, and the Chinese are not lacking in courage, and the only thing that restricts them from becoming qualified artillerymen is the complex scientific knowledge.

In order to improve the knowledge level of the Chinese, Li Fei began to use various methods such as "night school" and "cram school" to make up lessons for the Chinese two years ago to increase the knowledge reserve of the Chinese.

Li Fei's requirements are not high, as long as most Chinese can read the newspaper.

Now it seems that Li Fei's requirements were still a bit low at the beginning, he could read the newspaper, and he might not necessarily learn mathematics well, and if he wanted the Chinese artillery to have combat effectiveness as soon as possible, the shortcomings of mathematics must be made up as soon as possible.

In fact, since the advent of fixed artillery shells, the complexity of artillery has been reduced a lot, and the appearance of firing meters has also saved a lot of calculations, as long as there are no problems with toilets, it is not too difficult to become a qualified artilleryman.

At least it's much simpler than it was 100 years ago.

"Lin Ke, thank you for your hard work, train them as soon as possible, you have to know that with every passing day, our losses are increasing, so we don't have much time to waste." Li Fei spoke earnestly, pinning all his hopes on Link.

Although Li Mu took the initiative to send the "Sea Ranger" to Grand Bahama Island to provide escort for the merchant ships coming and going, in fact, in his heart, Li Mu still tended to rely on the merchant ships themselves to solve the problem.

The reason why Li Mu sent the artillery over was that he wanted Li Fei to transform more armed merchant ships to deal with pirates, and the use of warships was indeed a bit of a "killing chickens with knives", as long as the 75mm infantry rapid-fire guns could be loaded onto merchant ships, it was enough to deal with the harassment of pirates.

Li Mu's ideal situation is to convert all the merchant ships in San Diego into armed merchant ships, so that only two or three merchant ships need to travel together, which is enough to make the pirates retreat, which is the ultimate solution to the threat of piracy.

"I understand Fry, but how do you know that learning is a gradual process, and Rome is not built in a day." Although Link was confident, Link couldn't say anything about Li Fei's request.

Link was a responsible man, and if he sent artillery on a merchant ship without full training, it would be irresponsible not only to the artillerymen, but also to the fleet.

"Okay, okay, I understand, I'm just here to remind you, if you can speed it up, then try to speed it up, if not, then you have the final say." Under the influence of Li Mu, the officials of Junma Group, large and small, are very decentralized.

Li Mu knows the dangers of a layman commanding an insider, so in the Junma Group, such a thing is absolutely not allowed to happen.

On Grand Bahama Island, although Li Fei was nominally the supreme military commander, Li Fei also had to obey Link's arrangement in the matter of training artillery.

"Rest assured, I will prove to you that I am a man of my promises." Link's words were sonorous and powerful, and finally dispelled Li Fei's doubts.

Since he came, he was not in a hurry to leave, Li Fei casually found a stool and sat down to see how Link practiced the selected artillerymen.

The Germans do things at a glance, Li Fei has a copy of the "Artillery Drill Code" issued by the US War Department, Li Fei watched the training for half an hour, and the content that Link is teaching to those quasi-artillerymen is exactly the same as the requirements on the "Artillery Drill Code".