Isabel glanced at the crowd with relaxed expressions, smiled lightly and nodded, "Brothers, rest early, tomorrow's departure time is set at sunrise time." ”

Fast looked at her with blazing eyes, "Your Excellency, is there any urgent mission?" ”

"No, I hope we can get to Plymouth tomorrow in the afternoon, and you can go to the tavern for a drink after dinner, don't you?"

"Hahaha...... Your Excellency, we will. The dozen or so guards present laughed one after another.

"Hmm. However, I ask my brother to do a little. Isabel put her hands behind her back and coughed lightly when she saw a few whispering guards, "It will take about five weeks for us to return to the English continent on this overseas adventure." If you have any questions, you can let me know now. ”

Baldwin folded his arms around his chest, his right hand propped up on his chin, and then raised his eyelids to look at her, "Your Excellency, where can we go by boat in five weeks?" ”

"Well, I think, it should be possible to complete the trade route between Europe, Africa and the Americas. That's just the sailing time, though. When Isabel replied, she remembered the pirate series that caused a global sensation due to Johnny Depp's appearance.

Unlike most young female fans who fall madly in love with Johnny himself, Isabel soon shifted her interest in Johnny to Pirates of the Caribbean. Before entering the Naval Academy, he took time out of his time to read in the high school library about the colonial expansion, overseas adventures, and slave trade carried out by some European countries after opening new routes. Perhaps, it was precisely because the Age of Discovery, one of the most important histories in the course of human civilization, prompted her to make the decision to become a naval officer.

"Your Excellency, how long will the longest voyage be?" Baldwin asked in place of the others.

"12 weeks or... year. If it goes well, we will only need a year, and in a year we will be able to return to Plymouth Harbour with countless gold and silver treasures. ”

The time was only one year, and there were still countless looted gold and silver treasures, and the guards present immediately became excited and happy. Fast walked up to Isabel and grinned, "Your Excellency, are you saying that in just one year, my brothers and I can become a yoman?" ”

Isabel gave him a calm look, then looked at the others and nodded, "It's not just Yoman, you can be a respectable gentleman or a knight if you want,"

"Your Excellency, you're not deceiving us, are you? Gentleman? Knight? A young guard shouted excitedly.

"Of course, there's no doubt about it." After Isabel finished speaking, she turned and walked towards the door and looked at everyone again, "Brother, rest early, and leave after sunrise tomorrow." ”

Upon returning to the Duke of Richmond's house, he found Joorman Beard Smith Jr. in a guest room. Little Beard warmly invited Isabel to sit down and talk, and after glancing at the glass of malt in front of the other party, he smiled softly, "Your Excellency, according to your orders, I have never let the treasure chest leave my eyes. ”

Isabel nodded, "Very good, this is the money that His Highness and all of us put together, I don't want to disappoint His Highness and his retainers." ”

Little Beard gave her a serious look, "Yes, there is also my and my father's money in it. ”

"Smack...!" Isabel placed a money bag on the small table and looked up at the other party, "You will keep an account later, and you will write the 200 pounds of investment received from Mrs. Surrey." After the trade is completed, the Lady of Surrey is given a proportional share. ”

Little Beard glanced at the purse with some curiosity, "Your Excellency, Lord Surrey's wife is also willing to invest?" ”

"Well, I'm a good friend of Lady Surrey, so she's willing to use her own money to fund me."

"Your Excellency, Lord Surrey and his father, the Duke of Norfolk, led an army to France, and I don't know how long this war will last." Little Beard leaned back in his chair with a sigh, thinking about the European battlefield.

Isabel gently circled the rim of the glass with the fingers of her left hand, "Charles V of the Habsburgs has a more important place in His Majesty's heart than France. ”

Little Beard turned his face to look at her, nodded his head and whispered, "Your Excellency, what if our ship meets Charles V's ship overseas?" ”

"You can trade with the Spaniards, and you have to plunder them again. However, it must be done cleanly so that the Spaniards do not perceive that his England league is behind it. ”

"Your Excellency, we shouldn't be discovered by the Spaniards at sea, right?"

Isabel raised her eyelids to look at Yoman with a serious face, and shook her head, "Beard, woolen wool from the north and elsewhere has been exported to Spain. If Charles V had found out that the English had plundered his treasure ships, the great monarch of the "empire on which the sun never sets" would have ordered all English merchants in Spain to be imprisoned and forbidden to trade with us. ”

"In this way, England will lose all overseas trade markets, and His Highness will likewise be rebuked by His Majesty. Little Beard, can you imagine what kind of ending this is? ”

As a merchant, little Beard naturally understood the stakes, and nodded silently, "Your Excellency, what if the brothers on the ship want to plunder the Spaniards?" Your Excellency, we are at sea, and it is up to these men to get the ship back to Plymouth. ”

This is a matter that Isabel has repeatedly considered, both to rob Charles V's treasure ship without allowing the other party to discover that he is an Englishman. At this time, there was no sound in the silent room, and the sun still hanging in the sky did not have the slightest idea of setting, sparing no effort to shine the sun into every corner of the earth.

Isabel slowly stood up and walked to the window of her room, pushed it open, and looked out at the green grove outside. Then he turned to look at young Yoman, "Then we shall think of ourselves as Frenchmen." What do you think of pretending to be a French to plunder Charles V's treasure ship? ”

Little Beard stood up, paced up to her and nodded, "That's a good idea, now the French are at war with Charles V, and it's only reasonable for the French to plunder the treasure ships of the belligerents." ”

Isabelle's mind turned, and she suddenly sneered and said, "Not only treasure ships, but also the gold and silver mines and plantations of the Spaniards in the Americas, we can still pretend to be French landings to plunder them. ”

Little Beard felt that the other party's thoughts were strange and a little unbelievable. However, if you think about it, you can do the same. Whatever the method used, as long as it was possible to loot gold and silver treasures from the Spaniards, it was a complete success.