As his strength grew stronger, Levi became more and more eager to capture the group of water thieves, but it was just a rabble, especially when he knew that the swamp was connected to the Ketuf River, and it was extremely close to Samar City, this urgency became more and more intense, and even the fire in his heart was ready to move. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As long as the Everglades are cleared and the island in the middle of the lake occupied by the Ketufu River thieves is captured, then the Cape Town on the east coast can be directly connected to Samar City in the central plain of the Great Silver Plate Island, and a steady stream of basic materials can also appear in the market of Gray Mist City more conveniently, faster and more affordably.

After all, Grey Mist City is a trading port, and from Samar City along the Ketufu River, the goods basically have a basic freight rate, and the profits of those freight have been brought with them when they are sold, and the price has increased by a few points.

Cape Town is different, its development potential is becoming more and more important with new routes and new islands, and even the threat of the Elven Republic, if the Yuqiao River is completely controlled by Levi, even if the waters on the east coast are completely blocked by the main fleet of the elves, they can rely on the Yuqiao River as a backup transit to bring a large amount of food and raw materials to Samar City.

You must know that the central plain of Da Yinpan Island is a fertile plain with excellent location, the surrounding mountains block the sea breeze, the Ketufu River also brings sufficient irrigation, and the gentle terrain is the most fertile farmland after reclamation!

Even some foreign ocean-going merchant ships not only buy relatively cheap silverware, when there is a war or natural disaster in some sea areas, and the price of grain exceeds the demand and rises wildly, there will always be a large number of merchants gathered in the city of gray fog, wantonly buying the grain produced in Samar City, and sailing towards the famine island in a boat, wantonly making money from natural disasters.

If the current Cape Town wants to develop, it needs to open the Swamp where the water thieves of the Ketuf River are entrenched, and as long as all the water thieves in this swamp are emptied, it is easy to seize the island in the middle of the lake or the entire swamp with his strength.

The Swamp has no lords, or there is no place that can be used as a territory except for the island in the middle of the lake, except for the convenient transportation and the ability to quickly communicate between the east coast and Samar City, it has no beneficial effect on the nobles in other regions at all, maybe after the disappearance of the group of water thieves, the connection between Grey Mist City and Samar City will be even closer.

According to the leadership of this middle-aged craftsman, Li Wei also visited the silver workshop by the riverside, the four smelting stoves are still rising, and the five thatched huts by the river are also sleeping beds, and there are charcoal kilns for burning charcoal in the corners, plus the pit tunnels that have produced silver ore, it is basically a complete silver workshop.

This is quite common on the Silver Coast, where there are many similar silver workshops in the hills with a large number of silver veins, and the large ones in one area have even become mining villages with the investment of the nobility.

Originally, Levi still couldn't believe it, but now looking at the silver ingots that were mined and smelted in just three or five days, he realized why the group of nobles in the inner city spent money like water, wantonly extravagantly wasted, and bought expensive luxury goods as if they didn't care.

There is such a silver mine, and Levi himself has found that he can not care about silver coins at all, as long as he has mined his own ore veins for many years and exchanged these silver ingots for large silver coins in circulation, then in the entire market of Gray Mist City, what luxury goods can not be bought?

"In other words, I own this silver pit."

Reaching out and touching the tip of his nose, Levi looked at the group of miners and craftsmen in front of him with awe, but he didn't have much idea about them, just patted his hand and motioned to everyone: "You can choose to stay, or you can choose to go back to Gray Mist City, in short, it all depends on your meaning." ”

However, the group of craftsmen and miners all looked at each other, looking at Levi with trepidation on their faces, they all wanted to say something, but they couldn't say anything, but it seemed that they didn't want to stay here.

Most of them are family people, most of them are middle-aged men, either with wives and children, or parents, if they stay here and continue to wait for the arrival of the bandits, then they will not be as safe as they are now, after all, they have also heard of the murderous water thieves of the Ketuf River in Sama City.

"It seems that everyone already has an idea, so I won't force everyone."

Levi smiled on his face, but he didn't have too many regrets, just a group of miners and craftsmen, for silver metallurgy, a job that did not have much technical content, even his own Spanish refugees could do it.

What's more, this place is so close to the swamp, almost at the gate of the back garden of the Ketufu River thieves, leaving this group of craftsmen and miners with uneven hearts, even Levi will not be at ease in his heart, in case when the water thieves attack, this group of guys who have been brainwashed by the drowning cult defect, it is really troublesome.

Although it seems that these guys are a group of civilians, but looking at the physique of this group of guys, you can also know that they are all ready-made soldiers, as long as they cultivate a fierce mood and are casually equipped with leather armor and scimitars, they are a group of burly and strong soldiers!

In fact, among the thieves of the Ketuf River, there were many miners from the Silver Coast, and those poor people who could not stand the deception of the nobles fled into the Swamp and went directly to the Baron of the Swamp to become completely depraved water thieves, and in turn oppressed the civilians who were once like themselves, which is also their skill.

"My lord, our warship is here."

A Spanish sailor guarding the shore next to him also ran over quickly, pointing to the direction of the lower reaches of the Yuqiao River to report the situation, Levi turned his head, and at the Gulf Stream, where dense trees grew, a light Canadian warship was slowly rowing a wooden oar, followed by a dozen sailors with flintlock pistols, with a serious warning on their faces.

It wasn't just one light galler, but three others were followed by a dozen sailors with flintlock pistols, all of whom seemed to be nervous about the place.

After all, it is too close to the swamp, and even if you directly turn over the hills in front of you and go directly upstream along the Yuqiao River, you can enter the swamp, in fact, you can also know by looking at the sides of the river with some greenery, and many plants and algae living in the swamp are also very dense, and obviously the flowing river water has also brought them here.

"Hurry up, let them get on the boat first, and take them back to the makeshift fortress in Cape Town!"

Hall followed, jumping briskly on the rudimentary wooden dock, and several sailors tied the ship firmly to the stakes, directing the Spanish sailors with flintlock pistols to assemble.

At the same time, he also gestured to Levi, looked at the group of heretics next to him who were still squatting on the ground, looking at him with awe and horror eyes, spat at the mouth fiercely, and scolded them loudly: "Now hurry up and get on the boat, we will contact Gray Mist City when we return to Cape Town and send you all back!" ”

However, the craftsmen and miners who were squatting on the ground were a little pale, and they looked at each other one by one, and they did not dare to stand up easily, but they all trembled and huddled together, crouching in place.

"Big... My lord... Cape Town... Isn't Cape Town abandoned? ”

And the middle-aged craftsman leader before also walked over, trembling and extremely frightened, especially looking at the increasing number of Spanish sailors who obviously looked like regular troops, and also plucked up the courage to ask Levi in a trembling voice: "We... How could we possibly go to Cape Town..."

This group of guys also seemed timid, but Levi also shrugged his shoulders in understanding, stretched out his hand to stop Hall's behavior of wanting to shout a loud scold, and said with a faint smile: "Cape Town has been rebuilt, and I am the new lord canonized by the Governor." ”

"Lord... Your Lord! ”

Levi's words also seemed to have an effect, and the craftsmen and miners also raised their heads, staring at the fine clothes made of velvet and silk on Levi's body, and a sense of self-confidence belonging to the lord and the rich also made them can't help but choose to believe it, and they all exclaimed a few times, and stood up one after another and walked obediently towards the warship.

After becoming the king of Spain, the prestige from the system also added a bit of momentum to Levi, not to mention wearing such luxurious and graceful clothes, and the confidence in his gestures also proved that his identity was absolutely convincing.

In fact, the so-called momentum is also stacked in many aspects, the tone and demeanor of the conversation, as well as the clothes on the body, the erudite conversation and the appearance that looks pleasing to the eye, are all the so-called momentum, which is no secret on the earth, and the most critical point, as long as there is money and power, then there is momentum.

"Your Majesty, do we still need to garrison here?"

Hall walked over, looked at the silver workshops in front of him with a solemn face, and gently swept over the silver ingots that were being collected by the sailors, and although he was a little reluctant, he still suggested: "This is a little far away from our Cape Town. ”

"As long as there is this silver vein, this is ours."

The corners of his mouth smiled, Levi also understood what Hall meant, even if they were stationed here, after encountering the attack of the water thieves, they in the downstream did not have a very good way to come to support, especially when the number of warships on the Levi River was insufficient and had not yet formed combat effectiveness, rashly choosing to attack was an inferior strategic choice, and it could only increase casualties in vain.

ps: Thanks to the 500 starting coins of the "Flowers and Rain" ~ Thanks to the 1000 starting coins of the "smuggled Africans" ~ Thanks to the 500 starting coins of the "Great Era" ~ Thanks to the 100 starting coins of the "easy to sour hands" ~ Thanks to the 2000 starting coins of the "Guyue Shadow" ~ Thanks to the 1000 starting coins of the "Teacher Wang in the next class" ~ (To be continued.) )