"Portuguese idiot, is he still thinking that he will be killed by the English?" Spanish navigator Cassiano Avigliana muttered a few words as he looked at the back of the Portuguese Pedro Almeida.

At this moment, when the guard who supervised Pedro followed the supervised man to the stairs of the captain's lookout, he looked back at Isabel standing next to the rear mast. Isabel didn't speak, just nodded at him. Later, we came to the starboard side of the ship where the Spanish navigator was.

With two elbows propped up on the fence, you can leisurely enjoy the rolling sea. Suddenly, he turned his head to look at the Spanish navigator leaning against the fence on the right, "Mr. Avigliana, we are on a route to the Americas, don't you want to tell me what kind of island the Spanish island is?" ”

Cassiano nodded politely at her, leaning on the fence with both hands and looking out at the Atlantic Ocean and whispered, "Captain, before Christmas 1492, when Governor Christopher Columbus first set foot on the island, he named it the Spanish Island. A year later, the Doge established the first European and Spanish colonies in the Americas on the island. ”

Then, however, Cassiano shook his head and said in a disdainful tone, "Captain, you know that many years ago, the Spanish army conquered the Aztec and Inca empires in the Americas in the name of God and the Spanish king. However, after conquering the ancient empires of the American continent, it seems that our King and Queen have gradually forgotten that the Spanish island was Spain's first American colony. ”

"I know all these things you said." Isabel nodded her head in a thoughtful manner, and then looked at the polite navigator, "When the Doge conquered the island of Spain, there must have been local natives on the island, right?" Now, is your Majesty still ordering them to work on the plantations? ”

"When we first established a colony on the island, there were thousands of indigenous people working for us and digging for gold. However, after being branded as slaves, these natives gradually contracted the plague and died. Until now, there were no 500 indigenous people to be found on the entire Spanish island. ”

The combination of the plantations, farms, and ranches of the islands, the first European colony in the Americas, the near extinction of the indigenous people, led to the conclusion that the Spaniards urgently needed a large number of slaves to come to the island to work on their plantations, farms, and ranches. Thus, peaceful but morally condemned European merchants could make an astonishing profit from the Spaniards as long as they were able to regularly transport a certain number of black slaves from the Gulf of Guinea in Africa to the Spanish island.

The privateer captains and pirates, on the other hand, did not follow the logic of the merchant to view the urgent need for slaves to open up the Spanish island. In the eyes of the pirates, plantations, farms, and ranches that were once cultivated by indigenous slaves but are now borderlands can become strongholds.

Therefore, for privateer captain Isabel Walton, in order to establish a pirate base on the Spanish island, the following questions must be carefully considered: where is the location on the island suitable for establishing a base; What was the size of the stronghold to withstand the attack of the Spanish army on the island; After establishing an overseas base far from the English mainland, what kind of manpower and materials did it depend on to maintain the normal operation of the base?

The Nemesis sailed the Atlantic Ocean with a crew and sailors, followed by three armed merchant ships loaded with 300 black slaves that could be sold for high prices. Isabelle, who has nothing to do, seems to have returned to the comfortable life of a noble lady from the north.

Walking slowly to the trail mast with her hands behind her back, and then to the side of the helmsman's rudder directly in front of the trail mast, Isabel looked at Cassiano who was leaning against the fence, "Navigator, do you know which plantations or farms on the Spanish island require a large number of black slaves to cultivate?" ”

Cassiano looked at her squarely and did not answer directly, but only thought for a while before slowly speaking, "Captain, after his second voyage to the island of Spain in 1493, the Doge established the Doge's Palace in the current port of Santo Domingo. Later, the subjects of the empire came to the island and built about 15 towns near the governor's palace. ”

"Santo Domingo...! 'Holy Sunday' in Spanish, it's a very beautiful name. ”

"Yes, Captain. Because the Doge's Palace was in the east, no Spaniard wanted to establish a town in the desolate west. The western part of the Spanish island was naturally turned into plantations, farms and pastures, and a large number of slaves were required to cultivate them. ”

"yes, I see. Mr. Avigliana, what if I sell these 300 slaves to the plantations in the west? ”

"Captain, the west is now a bit deserted. I suggest that you transport slaves to the east to be sold, as there are many towns in the east, and the subjects of the empire who live there also need slaves to work for them. ”

"Sir, I will consider your suggestion."

Towards the end of the chat, Isabel still wanted some information about the western part of the Spanish island. After giving the Spanish navigator a glass of wine, he smiled and asked, "Sir, although the west is somewhat deserted, there are always some plantations, farms or ranches still in operation, right?" ”

Cassiano took a sip of wine and moistened his somewhat dry throat. Focusing on her expression, he nodded slightly, "Yes, that's true." ”

"Well, are there any good ports in the west that can dock?"

"Yes, there is a good harbor at the mouth of the North Grande River to the north of the west."

"Sir, it seems that you are indeed a good navigator."

Kasiano smiled, "However, much of the northern part of the West has been deserted. Captain, I don't understand what you're going there for. ”

Isabel then turned her gaze to the sea, "Oh, I'm just asking. ”

In fact, by this time she had already begun to develop a general invasion plan in her mind. In the first step, the fleet sold slaves in the port of Santo Domingo, in the eastern part of the Spanish island, and supplied them with food, alcohol, and materials for the maintenance of the ships.

The second step is to leave the port of Santo Domingo with the convoy and sail all the way to the good port in the north of the western part of the island, where it will be resupplied in search of uninhabited land to occupy, including Spanish plantations, farms and pastures.