The appearance of Saul as the exchequer has also filled the gap in Levi's power regarding the chancellor of the exchequer. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info In particular, Thul, who is more proficient in trade and more sensitive to money and numbers, is a little stronger than the old captain Green, when it comes to trade and procurement.

After coming out of the local fishing ground, Levi instructed Green, as the chief minister, to hand over all the work related to finance and trade, as well as the special production to Thor, looking at the ruins around Cape Town, the water thief captives who were still leveling the land with various tools, his face was slightly relaxed, after all, the construction of Cape Town had also entered the formality.

The temporary fortress has become less and less useful, in addition to serving as a dock for coastal defense, it has become a warehouse for piling up goods, and a camp for guarding the prisoners of the water thieves, and the male elven captives who need to be concealed have long been transferred to the basement of the sheriff's mansion and strictly guarded.

After all, what Old Morton said was right, if this group of elves appeared on the market of Gray Mist City, as long as a little investigation could find out that they did it, once there was a grudge with the group of nobles who ate people and did not spit out bones in Gray Mist City, the result would be worrying.

Every year, I don't know how many foreign merchants easily listen to the lies of that group of nobles, and the final result is that they are deceived of a shipload full of goods and money, standing alone on the wharf in the outer port area, either jumping into the sea to commit suicide or leaving on the merchant ships of other hometowns, even if there are those who want to take revenge, the final result is that most of the gangsters of the blue-green algae gang secretly stabbed the knife and threw it into the drainage canal to feed the fish of the sea.

Not to mention that Levi is still in the early stage of development, when the time comes, stop trade, refuse Levi's merchant ships to dock at the port, and use all kinds of stumbling tricks, that group of nobles themselves can make the current Levi feel uncomfortable.

Unless it is a direct killing, if Levi is given another 3,000 men, with a fleet of three Galen galleons and four or five sloops or brigs, he will indeed not be afraid of anyone in the coastal seas, but now Levi has two heavy galleons and six lighter galleons left in addition to one Galen galleon.

Walking on the road that has been leveled, more than 300 sturdy male refugees are already busy carrying axes in the forests of Cape Town, cutting down the main trunks of trees one by one, while the rest of the female refugees are also helping to use small axes to cut down the logs without branches and leaves.

The first thing they need to build is their own homes, especially houses that can shelter from the wind and rain, and there is no option to build in the system, which means that this group of refugees, unless they continue to sleep in their simple cloth tents, when it rains heavily, they must all take refuge in warships or sailboats, so as to avoid being washed away by the heavy rain like chickens in soup.

Luckily, the weather has been good lately, and since the last storm, it has been cloudless for several days, even if there are slight clouds, but after being blown by the sea breeze, heavy rain has fallen on other seas.

This is the summer of the North Trumming Sea, and the whistling sea breeze often makes the storm come instantly, and it can also make the storm disappear without a trace after falling for half a day, just like the whistling wind, and the choppy waves and the four-level perennial wind all year round actually represent the origin of the name of the Whimmaring Sea, whether it is the North Whimming Sea with greater wind speed and more turbulent waves, or the male Whimgning Sea with relatively gentle wind and waves.

However, when Levi and eight Spanish sailors inspected the entire area of Cape Town, his eyes subconsciously turned his head, looking at the inland direction of Dayinpan Island, the series of hills on the horizon.

Frowning slightly, it was the lair of the Ketufu River thieves, and Levi also knew that as long as they turned over the rugged hills, the swamp that occupied a large part of the Great Silver Pan Island would appear in front of them, and if they were unlucky, they might be able to see the stronghold set up by the Ketuf River thieves there, and even meet a lot of water thieves who were screaming and rushing over with weapons.

"Maybe we should go for information."

There was a bit of exploration in his eyes, especially looking at the hills in the forest in the distance, as long as he followed the Yuqiao River to the upstream position, he could already reach the outermost range of the Ketufu River thieves.

Although if he is unlucky, he can really meet the water thieves stationed there, but Li Wei thought about the warships and weapons and equipment of the group of water thieves, and let out a cold snort in his nose, a group of down-and-out water thieves who only had medieval tactics, a group of rabble, he really didn't care, especially now that the scale of combat power has gradually formed, he also wants to lead the past to explore a little, at least he has a mental preparation.

The light Galie warship was already able to easily sail on the Yuqiao River, which was more than ten meters wide, and although the ten oarsmen could not provide much effective thrust, there was no problem in going up the Yuqiao River, after all, even if the Yuqiao River was turbulent, it was only formed by the sudden turn at the hill fort to change the direction of the water.

Walking quickly to the dock, many Spanish sailors were squatting aside, and Hall, who had been promoted to Lord of the Navy, was also sitting among them, a group of people chatting absentmindedly about some ridiculous fun, and it seemed that they were also holding tools like iron tongs, and they were busy with something quickly.

"Your Majesty."

Seeing Levi coming, Hall, who was the first to feel it, immediately stood up, and at the same time, the more than forty sailors around him also stood up and bowed to Levi quite respectfully, for them, Levi, the king, was everything they had in this world.

And Hall also walked forward quickly, and the black hand in his hand was not put down, and when he came to Levi's side, he also raised the tool in the shape of iron tongs, and said helplessly: "Our lead bullet reserves are completely insufficient, it is estimated that in two more fierce battles, our ammunition reserves will be exhausted, and now that the construction of the road is basically over, let our sailors make some lead bullets for their flintlock pistols." ”

"Be careful, I don't want to make buckshot when my sailors hurt their fingers and can't shoot."

Levi swept the tools in their hands, and nodded with concern, after all, he was his own sailor, this is also the real world, he couldn't walk if he hurt his foot, he couldn't shoot and hold tools when he hurt his hand, and if he hurt his head, he might be seriously injured, and he would die if he didn't have an immediate and effective distance.

However, in reality, it is very simple to make lead bullets, heat the lead plate bought in advance to make its texture soft, and then cut it into long strips with a dagger, and then quickly divide it into small pieces of lead with the residual temperature of heating, and then clamp it with the iron tongs and two round spoons together, and use your own strength to pinch the small lead block into a circle, and a black lead bullet with the thickness of a thumb has been made.

Of course, this is the most helpless way, and if it is a professional arsenal, there are also high-tech methods. By melting the entire lead plate into a liquid, and then using a special funnel tool to splash it into a wooden barrel filled with water at the bottom, with centrifugal force and liquid condensation, the force of falling into the water and freezing instantly, you can obtain a large amount of lead bullet in a short time.

"Is there enough storage of gunpowder?"

Seeing that the group of sailors were still pinching the lead bullet hard, Levi couldn't help frowning slightly, and said to Hall with some seriousness: "If the gunpowder is not enough, we'd better go back to Gray Mist City to contact Old Moulton, after all, he can get some gunpowder from the dwarves." ”

"There are more than fifty barrels of fine gunpowder on board the galleon, which is enough for us to use for a long time."

Hall shrugged his shoulders, he didn't have much affection for that group of dwarves, after all, when he was with Green, he also studied the problem of gunpowder, and indirectly talked about the temper and love of drinking spirits of that group of dwarves, and shook his head a little helplessly: "If there is no way, I think it is better not to have anything to do with that group of dwarves, they simply think that we are thieves who stole their technology." ”

"Leave those guys alone, with gunpowder weapons from the early Middle Ages, we don't even look at them."

Of course, Levi was the most impressed by the group of dwarves, and spat at the side, the dwarves who liked spirits really didn't have a good feeling, especially after a few conflicts over their gunpowder weapons, almost Levi and the group of dwarves just didn't get along with each other, even if they bought gunpowder, they relied on the relationship of old Morton to buy it, and they wouldn't have any chance to meet that group of dwarves at all.

Pinching his eyebrows, Levi also threw aside the encounters that could make people feel in his mind, still looked at the group of sailors on the shore, said hello and ordered Hall: "Arrange for me two light plus warships, I plan to go to the upper reaches of the Yuqiao River to have a look." ”

"Upstream of the Yuqiao River?"

Hall couldn't help frowning slightly, the upper reaches of the Yuqiao River were not areas they could control, and after subconsciously glancing at the hills in the distance, his face was also a little dignified, and he turned his head and suggested to Levi: "The Ketufu River thieves will definitely arrange a stronghold there, if we go by boat, the danger will be greater." ”

After a pause, Hall looked at Levi's already determined appearance, and also frowned and said, "Of course, that group of water thieves will not pose much of a threat to us, but we must also be prepared to pass." ”

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