"Hahaha... Miss Brenda, what can I get by giving you a copy of the book "Castilian Grammar" by a famous Spanish scholar? Diego Alvarado, the plantation owner, was amused by the seriousness of the English slave traders, who seemed to be somewhat serious.

Unhurriedly, he turned his gaze to the large sugar cane fields not far from the pergola, stroked his beard and said, "If I say that I want Spanish to be the language of the whole earth, will you believe me?" ”

Isabel Walton sat reservedly in her chair and looked at the old plantation owner opposite, and she noticed something in the other's eyes that resembled the eyes of a falcon. She does not deny, and admits that Diego Alvarado's ambition, or rather the provocative ambition that emanates from the dying body. Because of the vast territory and wealth of the Spanish Empire at this time, it is often known as the "empire on which the sun never sets".

Such a super-colonial empire, which was called "the most extraordinary epic in human history" by the famous French historian Pierre Villars, was fully capable of swallowing another colonial empire - the Portuguese Empire in one gulp and becoming the overlord of the entire earth. Of course, the Portuguese Empire ultimately failed to escape its annexation by the Spaniards.

Unfortunately, the current Spaniards only know how to slaughter the indigenous people of the colonies, but they have to introduce a large number of African black slaves for cultivation and mining. The colonies' specialties and raw materials were plundered frantically and shipped back to mainland Europe through the Spanish treasure fleet. In addition, the future global super-colonial empire was dragged into the abyss of destruction by the constant struggle with hostile countries and the conflicts over territory, trade and religion.

The super-global colonial empire has been destroyed, but the spiritual wealth it left behind is still worth learning and learning from. Otherwise, how could Spanish become the second largest language in the world spoken by nearly 600 million people around the world, and be hailed as the language of dialogue with God? If it were to be said that the real Spanish, that is, Castilian, should be the number one language in the world, Isabel would not object to it. Regardless, her hometown of Dallas, Texas, and several other states are widely Spanish.

Slightly open his lips and smile, looking at the plantation owner in front of him, "Mr. Alvarado, I... I would like to believe you, and I hope that more and more people will use Castilian to speak to God who lives in Paradise and receive revelation from God. ”

"Hahaha... Miss Brenda, I also hope that the Castilian language, along with the politics, economy, art, and faith of the Empire, will remain in the conquered lands to take root, blossom, and bear fruit. Alvarado enjoyed Isabel's compliment to her country in a way.

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While the city of Santo Domingo was repairing the ships and supplying them with food, drink, and supplies for the ships, Isabel took out some of the treasure looted from the Spanish navigators and purchased some arquebuses and accompanying weapons. By the time the fleet set off, she had two pure arquebus phalanxes of 120 men.

Each phalanx had 10 men on the front and 6 columns in depth, consisting of 60 sailors armed with arquebuses. In some special cases, the phalanx may add a number of pikemen to protect the musketeers. However, in terms of the firepower of the two phalanxes, pikemen accounted for only 25%, while musketeers had to reach 75%.

In addition, with the efforts of Captain Hawkins and the assistance of plantation owner Diego Alvarado, several lesser-known civilian staff members of the Governor's Palace in Santo Domingo were paid off. Then, from them, new slave trade licences and some written materials used by the Spanish army were obtained. Since the Spanish phalanx tactics had been perfected and matured after more than 20 years of research, some of the theoretical materials used by the army were easily available.

On the third Monday in November, Isabel sailed west with a fleet from the port of Santo Domingo. After reaching the town of Les Cayes south of the western part of the island of Spain (later the Republic of Haiti), it followed the waterway around the island all the way north. A week later, the flotilla arrived at a good port on the north-western coast of the island on the last Friday of 11. The port, which was later the capital of the Northwest Province of the Republic of Haiti, was founded in 1665 as the Port of Paix.

Since the indigenous people of the island of Spain were now almost wiped out by the Spaniards, and the large areas of plantations, farms and pastures in the western part of the island were seriously short of manpower to cultivate, many planters abandoned the land in the western part of the island and moved to live in towns in the south of the western part of the island and in the eastern part of the island.

Isabel's choice to anchor and land at the Port of Peace was her reason. Located in the northwest of the western part of the Spanish island, the port has long since been abandoned by the Spaniards and has become a deserted place. Across the strait, just five miles wide from the port, lies an offshore island, Tolti, the most famous pirate island in the Caribbean for years to come.

Discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, Tolti became an important base of pirates in the Caribbean in the 17th century. Subsequently, it was occupied by Britain, France, Spain and other countries, and became a French colony in 1665. However, for 50 years, from 1493 to 1543, Pirate Island was not colonized by the Spaniards and actively explored. Thus, the fleet led by Isabel became the master of the pirate island without firing a single shot.

At the moment, Isabel does not have the ability to build a military fort or pirate base on Pirate Island. Therefore, she could only focus on the construction of the Port of Peace, which is across the sea from Pirate Island. On Friday afternoon, as the fleet anchored in the port of peace, the heroic Isabel stood on the port side fence with a sword in hand and a cable, scanning the crew on the open deck.

After looking at the facial expressions of more than 30 crew members from left to right, he said loudly, "Guys, do you know why I led the fleet to this desolate place?" ”

Boatswain Brady Hawkins, who also held a handguard sword on the left side of his waist, stood beside his cousin, Captain Navigator, and looked up at her and exclaimed, "Captain, there are no Spaniards, Portuguese, or natives here, and I think we can turn this place into a very large marauder's paradise." ”

Isabel smiled and nodded, "Brady, you're right. However, I would like to change the name to a more memorable one. We can call it, Pirate Paradise! ”