According to Isabel Walton's vision, she intended to build at least one or two military forts in the area near the Port of Peace. However, it was not a simple task to create a defense against artillery, and also to provide the defenders with military facilities to shoot at the area around the fortress.

If a particularly fortified military installation, with permanent fortifications and ready to be held out for a long time, a large amount of human, material and financial resources will inevitably be used. Moreover, in most cases, fortresses were always forced to be built by the necessities of war. The western part of the Spanish island, abandoned by the Spaniards, can essentially be regarded as an overseas colony.

For the Spanish Empire, which had colonies half the world, such a land was a wasteland due to a lack of necessary manpower, and even if it were to use the army to snatch it back from the pirates, it would not be more profitable. Therefore, instead of building several purely militarized fortresses, it is better to settle and colonize this wasteland. While vigorously developing the cultivation of cash crops, it can also be used as a supply station in the middle of the route or to provide food and drinking water for black slaves on long journeys.

After landing with most of the crews of the four privateers, Isabel soon discovered a large area of naturally growing primeval forest less than two miles west of the harbor. Three days later, the crew set up their houses on the edge of the forest with felled trees, built a camp fence with sharpened wooden sticks around the houses, and set up camp gates.

They also erected a wooden watchtower inside the camp and built a passage in mid-air inside the fence for patrolling, shooting, and defense. As a result, a medieval fortress with English characteristics is perfectly presented in front of everyone's eyes.

Treasure, food, drink, weapons, and a fortified fortress that a group of Englishmen from the town of Plymouth had captured in the Spaniards' overseas colonies. On Sunday afternoon, the crew prepared to hold a grand dinner in the fort after the occupation of the Spanish colony.

What to eat for dinner, do you want to eat cured beef, marinated fish, and bread and cheese that have passed their expiration date? Of course not. At this moment, Isabel was standing on a small platform in the small square of the camp with Captain Hawkins and two other captains. After a few words of deliberation among the captains, Isabel looked happily at the more than 100 crew members in front of her, "Guys, in order to celebrate the occupation of a territory in the Spanish territory under the protection of God and His Majesty the King, we are going to eat fresh meat for dinner today!" ”

When the crew in the audience heard this, they immediately laughed excitedly and turned their heads to each other. John Hawkins, the navigator of the "Nemesis", who was standing in front of everyone, glanced at his father on the platform, and then happily looked at the northern noble lady beside his father, "Captain, we did complete the resupply in the port of Santo Domingo a few weeks ago. However, we also need to be ready for the next voyage. ”

The high-spirited Isabel held the hilt of her sword in her left hand and looked at the navigator with her right hand crossed her waist, "John, have you found anything near the camp these days since the landing?" I mean people or animals. ”

John tilted his head and thought about it, and hurriedly shouted excitedly, "Captain, I have found a lot of ownerless cows and pigs in the nearby forest these days!" ”

Isabel nodded and smiled, "These are all livestock abandoned by Spanish plantation owners. From now on, we can hunt them, eat them, or make their meat into cured meat and take it to the ship. ”

"Captain, is this true?" Boatswain Brady was the first to cry out excitedly.

"Brady, even if you can eat a whole cow, no one will blame you." Isabel said a joke.

"Captain, can we hunt now?"

"Well, you can go at any time." Isabel nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the rest of the crew and announced aloud, "Now, the 30 musketeers of the 1st Musketeer Team are ready for arquebus and ready for battle!" ”

"Ready to fight?" Fast, who was standing in front of several gunners, was slightly stunned, and hurriedly looked at her and said hesitantly, "Captain, prepare for battle... Is it to fight the Spaniards? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, some of the crew members beside Fast burst out laughing. Isabel glanced at him helplessly, "It's not against the Spaniards, it's against those bison and wild boars in the forest." ”

Fast scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, "Captain, uh, do you want to live or die?" ”

"Kill some to make dinner, and catch some alive and bring them on board." After Isabel finished speaking, she announced: "The 2nd Musket Team lacks the necessary operation procedure training, so this time I will serve as an assistant to the 1st Musket Team. ”

A sailor, who was also a musketeer of the 2nd Musketeer, immediately shouted unconvinced, "Captain, when will we be able to shoot in practice?" ”

"Training starts tomorrow." Isabel said calmly.

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When Fast, who was also the captain of the 1st Musketeers, left the camp with 30 musketeers in full armor, the 2nd Musketeers, led by the captain, followed into the forest near the camp to start a live-fire hunt. At this time, the ambitious Captain Hawkins was playing with the small pipe given to him by the Spanish plantation owner in his hand, and looked at Isabel beside him with a smile, "Miss, I guess you must want to go hunting, don't you?" ”

Isabel looked up at the sky with a smile as she walked off the platform with Captain Hawkins and the other two captains with their retinue, "Captain Hawkins, there are more important things to do than hunting. ”

"Well, I know there's a lot of work to be done. Miss, we can take a walk around the camp. Captain Hawkins put the mouthpiece of his little pipe in his mouth as he finished speaking.

As the group walked slowly out of the camp gate, a privateer captain smiled and patted Captain Hawkins on the shoulder, "Captain, I think you must want to take some Spanish medicine right now." ”

"Hahaha......" Captain Hawkins laughed loudly, "I have good physical strength, and I don't need to replenish it with holy medicine yet." ”

As Isabel walked slowly on the grass, she turned her head to look at the fence of the camp on the right, and said to Captain Hawkins, "Captain, you see, this is the first colonial fortress established in the Americas by the kingdom ruled by His Majesty. ”

Captain Hawkins and the others looked at the camp silently for a while, and Captain Hawkins nodded with emotion, "Miss, what an exciting thing this is, we should let more people know." ”