Chapter 122: Let's Anchor! To the sea (15) (double watch)
While Las Parmas was mainly rich in fish and coconut oil, Madeira developed much faster than Las Parmas in this era due to the introduction of grapes from Cyprus, Crete and Sicily, and the port flourished even more.
Along the way, because the powerful Spanish fleet was always in sight of the sea, the crew of the Seagull was still in a relatively happy and relaxed state.
In particular, they were paid three times their daily salary, which made the Seagull's trip to Las Palmas even more like a wonderful time.
But when the Seagull had been away from Ceuta for more than a day, unlike the rest of the crew on the ship, Luo Fei and his two teammates had secretly entered a state of preparation at this time!
"Boss, you mean, after we arrive at the waters near Las Palmas, you will inform the Marquis of St. Cos of Long Aotian's frequent location information, and then he will ambush and destroy Barbarodin's fleet, so as to achieve our goal of rescuing Long Aotian by the way?" After listening to Luo Fei's initial explanation of the entire plan, saying it was tantamount to repeated nonsense.
Of course, the tone of love is a reaffirmative tone.
After receiving Luo Fei's affirmation, Ai Who's Who said excitedly and a little funny: "Barbarodin must never have dreamed that in this vast sea, he hijacked Long Aotian, just like our flagship was installed with an incomparably accurate tracker!" β
"It's just that you didn't say it now, in addition to rescuing Long Aotian, what kind of big deal can we make this huge voyage?" Who am I, as the treasurer of the squad, to raise this question again.
"Well! Do you remember when we went to the shipyard in Lisbon? Luo Fei said to who I am.
"Yes, yes, but what does that have to do with how we make money?" Who am I was by Luo Fei when he said this, but he became even more confused.
Luo Fei tapped the table with his index finger: "The first feeling I had when the ships in the shipyard were so expensive!" You must know that the task of our entire script only requires us to have 2000 gold coins in 90 days. β
"But in the shipyard, even the third-class sailor class and the Sail class are sold for more than 6,000 gold coins?" Who am I trying to keep up with Luo Fei's train of thought, but when it comes to this, she still can't figure out what this matter has to do with the big deal that Luo Fei said.
"Isn't that high price a mockery of us by the system?" Who does it love, but also did not find the jumping point between the two between the topic of Luo Fei.
"Actually, the reason I went to the shipyard was to see if I could buy another ship so that we could carry more cargo per voyage. The second is to see if we can buy a ship that can be used in battle against Barbarodin. Luo Fei continued to say what he thought.
"But in fact, we don't have enough money to buy the most powerful dreadnought-class fractions." I am who answered.
"But can't we look the other way around?" Luo Fei didn't sell it again: "If we can get a pirate ship from Barbarodin, then sail it back to the port of Lisbonγγγγγγ β
"Could it be? Are you going to sell the pirate ship to the shipyard, boss? "Who am I, although I kept up with Luo Fei's train of thought, I was still so surprised that I couldn't close my mouth!
"Why not?" Luo Fei looked at Ai who was also a little stunned and sneered: "I believe that even if the pirate ship is dismantled and sold for retail at that time, 2,000 gold coins will be gathered!" β
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For the past few days, the Marquis of St. Cos has been leading the Spanish fleet towards Las Palmas. When Luo Fei had previously approached him in Ceuta and claimed to be able to provide the fleet with accurate information on Barbarodin's location, the Marquis of St. Coat did not believe it at all, and he was dismissive.
But when Luo Fei took out the 200 gold gold bank bearer deposit certificate, the disdainful expression on the face of the Marquis of St. Cos immediately disappeared.
Even though he was already the commander of the Spanish fleet, 200 gold was still not a small amount to him. And the fact that the other party can give so much money to himself is, to a certain extent, indeed reflects the confidence in locking the position of Barbarodin's fleet!
It wasn't until Luo Fei half-truthfully told him that one of Luo Fei's crew members had been held hostage by Barbarodin before, and the two parties agreed that Long Aotian would leave a secret message somewhere in the harbor every time Barbarodin docked at Las Palmas or Madeira, that the Marquis of St. Cos had already laughed, laughed at Luo Fei's gold coins, and said that he had agreed to his request.
"Anyway, the fleet has to go to Las Palmas to replenish first, as for whether Luo Fei can provide me with Barbarodin's information, it is naturally good, and I will not return the money without me!" Seeing that Las Palmas had appeared in his sight, the Marquis of St. Cos had raised his beard with joy.
At this time, Luo Fei had already contacted Long Aotian again and learned that Barbarodin's fleet was replenishing in Madeira. But the cautious Barbarodin rarely stayed overnight in any of the ports of Madeira or Las Palmas, and unless there were strong winds and waves at sea, he kept his ship in the waters near the port, far from the port.
And Long Aotian also told Luo Fei through his teammates' channel that Barbarodin seems to have secretly deployed many intelligence agents in Europe, such as this time the Spanish fleet came to encircle and suppress him, and he had already gotten the news in advance!
However, the proud Barbarodin did not seem to have taken the Spanish fleet seriously, and even threatened to inform the pirates that as the king of pirates across Europe, he would not flee immediately!
Barbarodin proudly announced to the pirates that he would sack the merchant ships one more time while the Spanish fleet protected this area, and return to Greece with the spoils, so that the Spanish fleet would be completely discredited!!
"Is this pirate leader a fool?" This was Luo Fei's first thought after reading Long Aotian's information.
As the saying goes, if you stay in the green mountains, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood, since you can already know in advance that the Spanish fleet is coming to attack you in this sea area, when the hard power is definitely invincible, go to Africa in advance to avoid the limelight, and wait for this limelight to pass, and then go back to Europe to have a good time?
Or is it true that the phrase that in order to perish it, it must first be mad must be used forever for certain human beings?
Or, is it precisely because this script is only of ordinary difficulty that the system is set up like this to give Luo Fei some kind of chance?
"Perhaps, I prefer to believe that the pirate king of that era really had the spirit of daring to challenge and needless to be a strong enemy!" Luo Fei muttered.
And this also means that he, who can accurately locate Barbarodin at any time, must put the plan of seizing the ship and selling it for money into action as soon as possible!