The one-eyed henry is not an ordinary little man, he is as cheap as the grains of sand in the Mediterranean, he is a Greek, his ancestors and even the nobles of the Macedonian Antigonus dynasty, the descendants of the generals who followed Alexander the Great to conquer the world.XshuOTXt.CoM

After Rome destroyed the Antigonus Dynasty, the one-eyed Henry family embarked on the path of pirates, with this noble identity, even in Byzantium, in Rome, if you want to sentence him to death, according to Roman law, you even have to check it three times, and the Senate can only be executed after it is passed.

Now, Henry is hanging on the gallows like a ruffian punichs on the docks, how can it not be chilling?

And Henry's pirate group is basically a family management, combat effectiveness is not as good as the average small pirate, today there are more than 10 Henry with the Byzantine Navy standard Roman five-column battleship, more than 1,000 pirates, just a few minutes, Henry was killed, it can only be a consensus within the family.

Since Zhong Huang's Sheren Chamber of Commerce can coerce the members of the Henry family to kill him, can he let his pirates rebel and kill him? The unruly Mediterranean pirates in their thirties looked back at the handsome young Min man sitting at the round table calmly, everyone trembled in their hearts, put away their binoculars, and returned to their seats in silence.

The authority of the pirates is completely determined by fists and blood, and Henry's death unwittingly made these pirates who had just joked about the title of One Piece unknowingly admit it.

After being timid for a while, the red-haired pirate queen Caterina reluctantly squeezed out a coquettish smile, and asked Hou Jie with her orchid fingers.

"So, Your Highness One Piece, are you going to do something big when you gather all of us?"

Listening to Katerina's voice, all the pirates got goosebumps, who didn't know that this red-haired woman was known as a kraken, and once drove all the families who opposed her to the ship, and then lit a fire under the ship, smiling and watching a group of people sit on huge torches in pain and despair and scream and be burned alive, this woman is definitely ruthless.

Again, Li Yu'er nodded in annoyance, but Hou Jie ignored Katarina's flattering eyes as if he hadn't been affected at all, and took a set of them from his pocket in a chic manner, and then a long sheepskin scroll rolled along the long table to the end of the table.

Pointing to the map, Hou Jie cherished the words like gold, and coldly spit out two words.

"Get rich!"

Looking at the charts, all the pirates present gasped again.

The eastern part of the parchment scroll, in which the whole of the Mediterranean is painted, although many are still vacant and indetailed, but the nests of these pirates are all marked in it.

With this chart, the sailors of the expeditionary force stationed in Rome can say that they can destroy whoever they want, and in an instant, everyone has the urge to tear up this map.

It's a pity, this is just an impulse, looking at Hou Jie, the One Piece who came out of nowhere, calmly and relaxedly, it is estimated that before he can do it himself, countless samurai rushed out to hang himself with Henry, wilting like a plague chicken, Caterina asked weakly: "How to get rich?" ”

"New World!"

Hou Jie's eyes, who had always been calm and relaxed, finally bloomed with amazing brilliance, and his finger pointed to the west of the chart, pointing to the outline of the continent looming in a large fog and said with some excitement.

"From the Saxon Governor to the Roman Governor of British Coastal Defense, the Sheren Chamber of Commerce investigated about five hundred years of fishing and patrol records, and from these records, it is clear that there is another unknown new world in the endless ocean further west of the Mediterranean!"

"There are so many spices and riches, there are fertile land and farmland, there are all kinds of high-yielding plants, and sugar cane is enough to fill the whole of Rome."

"Especially gold, the New World is literally full of gold in the records of the Roman governor! In every indigenous tribe, men and women wore gold around their necks! ”

"This is the land of gold and honey!" In general, Hou Jie finally added a sentence intoxicated.

If there is anyone in the world who first discovered the American continent, the standard answer in textbooks is Christopher Columbus.

However, in Li Jie's era, the voice of doubt has never been cut off, first of all, the East Asian migration theory, the cold winter is coming, Siberia and later northern Canada, the ice sheet formed a land bridge, the Tungusic people in the northeast of West Asia have left archaeological traces in the north and south of the land bridge, many people suspect that this passage has not been broken, and East Asians may be the first to land on the New World.

Another point of view, Viking vs. Western European fishermen!

In Norse legends, it is clearly recorded that the Norse ancestors once arrived at a continent full of forests and endless bounds, and in Li Jie's time, there were village ruins, weapon fragments, and ship wrecks left by Viking pirates in North America.

After the enshrinement of Christianity, Christian food culture in Europe also had to begin to transform from land civilization to sea civilization, in Christianity, fish has a special significance, more than 100 days of fasting, most countries in Europe are not allowed to eat meat, fish is not among them, because Jesus used fish in the Bible to entertain believers, and the symbol of early Christianity is also fish.

As a result, the growing demand for fish in Western Europe led to countless Western European fishermen sailing the Atlantic, many of whom legend has docked on the shores of the vast continent, and archaeologists have found some evidence that they once arrived in the New World in the diaries of medieval fishermen.

It is also said that the ancient Romans also set foot in the New World, and in the canyon near Mexico City, black pottery made by the Romans was unearthed, and the ancient Romans also mastered the more advanced navigation technology at that time, and they also had such conditions.

In the era that Li Jie traveled over, the pepper seeds from the New World seemed to show that this possibility really existed, so Li Jie also hit the idea of the New World, for this reason, after arriving in Italy, Zhong Huang really took the trouble to collect a lot of ancient Roman materials.

Listening to Hou Jie's excited narration, and then looking at the vast Atlantic Ocean on the chart, the islands that were faintly marked with ocean currents, fish, and spices, a group of pirates gasped suddenly, and their eyes showed a greedy gaze, what are pirates for, isn't it just to make a fortune?

But after only a while, the eyes of a group of pirates regained their clarity again, and it was still the impatient blackbeard Barbary who hesitantly pointed to the chart and asked Hou Jie: "Your Highness One Piece, do you want us to go to the New World?" ”

"That's right!"

Listening to Hou Jie's clear answer, a group of pirates were all in trouble, listening to Hou Jie's narration, the new world full of gold and spices is indeed tempting, but it is after the Atlantic, can you find it or not, and in front of you, the trade in the Mediterranean Sea is really prosperous, and robbing that ship is all real money! Let them give up their immediate interests and endure hardships to find a new land that is uncertain, of course, these people are unwilling.

also expected the reluctance of the pirates, a strange smile appeared on his cheeks, and he coughed lightly, and Hou Jie smiled and gently revealed a message.

"In view of the recent increase in piracy in the Mediterranean, the Ministry of Military Affairs has decided to expand the Mediterranean Fleet to 50,000 people, adding ten such Haijiao-class warships, and aggravating the crime of piracy, once caught, hanged in the port on the spot!"

All the pirates who listened to this gasped again, the 20,000-strong Min Navy was already difficult enough to deal with, this time it would increase to 50,000, and the pirates were not not disembarked, if they nested in the pirate's den, what was the use of being rich, in the past, with the old aristocratic status, these pirates could enjoy the city on the road, but as soon as this order came out, it is estimated that no one will dare to go ashore again, right?

Slapping a sweet date, a common trick in politics, Hou Jie even served as the caliph of the Arab Empire, naturally it is impossible not to be proficient, looking at a group of pirates with ugly faces, after a while, he smiled and slapped lightly.

"In addition, in view of the increasingly hostile attitude of the Byzantines, the Great Min decided to issue a privateer license system, plundering Byzantine merchant ships on the high seas, will no longer be sanctioned by the Fujian navy, and pirates with privateer licenses can sell their booty in any port in northern Italy, and the trade is properly protected by Min law!"

"As for the issuance of privateer licenses, it's just a matter of getting it!"

Looking at Hou Jie's smiling cheeks, a group of pirates suddenly realized, no wonder he called himself the King of the Pirates, and now Da Min is definitely the number one force in the Mediterranean. With the privateer license in hand, in order to be able to squander it ashore openly, it is estimated that there will soon be more Mediterranean pirates who take refuge in Hou Jie like carp crossing the river.

This promise had already moved the pirates present, but before the nearest Caterina could take the lead, Hou Jie shouted out another sentence impassionedly.

"Those who participated in the exploration of the New World, the first batch of privateer licenses were issued, they did not explore once, the Great Min subsidy was 10,000 yuan, and there were major discoverers on the chart, and they were awarded three times to become the Great Min Honor, and those who discovered the New World were crowned the kings of the county, and the Great Min funded them to establish a territory in the New World and become a country of their own!"

As soon as these words came out, the last bit of reluctance of the pirates was completely dispelled, as if they were afraid that they would not be able to grab it, Katerina, Barbary, and almost all the pirate leaders present rushed to Hou Jie and competed enthusiastically.

"I, I'll go!"

"The Barbary family is willing to serve Damin!"

Listening to the excited shouts, Hou Jie couldn't help but show a satisfied smile on his cheeks......