Chapter 58 The Future of Port Royal
"Captain, when are we going to sea?" In the castle at the highest point of Port Royal, Jack Sparrow asked Li Qingyuan impatiently.
For half a month, the other party did not show the slightest sign of going to sea, but instead made the entire Port Royal a miasma.
Now Port Royal has become a carnival for pirates, and the British soldiers who guard Port Royal have changed from law enforcers to minions who help and atrocher.
After all, there are only a few soldiers who are not afraid of death, and after cleaning up hundreds of thorns by thunderous means, the remaining 800 British soldiers turned their guns very obediently and immediately swore allegiance to Li Qingyuan!
As for the bureaucrats and aristocrats from England in Port Royal?
Except for a few lucky ones who escaped, most of the rest were thrown into the sea to feed the sharks!
By the way, half of their family's property was confiscated, and the remaining half was directly distributed with their female dependents to the soldiers who surrendered.
Originally, many soldiers were forced to surrender due to threats to their lives, and there was no loyalty at all.
But now!
The soldiers were instantly transformed into his most loyal lackeys.
It may take a lifetime to teach a good person, but it only takes one day to make them bad.
Drinking wine that they could not afford to drink on a normal day, everyone had gold and silver coins in their pockets, plus the ability to play with the ladies and ladies who would be high up in the future, and for those soldiers, this kind of life was simply unimaginable for those soldiers.
As for the so-called political methods, Li Qingyuan knows seven tricks and six tricks and doesn't know anything, if he intrigues with those nobles according to normal means, then he will definitely be swallowed by the other party, and there will not even be a bone left.
However, although he does not know political means, so many historical sages are not in vain.
The army development model of King Li Zicheng is definitely the best way to open up the predicament at the moment.
It is impossible for money beauties to create the world's top iron army, but it is enough to create a group of loyal second-rate troops in a short period of time!
"Wait a few more days, what's the hurry!" Carefully studying the chart in front of him, Li Qingyuan said without raising his head.
For Jack Sparrow, he is a pure pirate who feels sick all over his body when he doesn't get on board for a few days.
But Li Qingyuan doesn't have his masochistic character and spirit.
Isn't it nice to be on land?
The ships of this year, in terms of comfort and hygiene, are simply not comparable to those of later generations.
His mission is only to become a pirate emperor, not to be a pirate.
At first, he considered using the Royal Dreadnought's powerful firepower and his own ability to slowly sweep away all pirates throughout the Caribbean, and then concentrated his forces on forcing other pirate kings to recognize his position as pirate emperor by force.
It's just that after occupying Port Royal, Li Qingyuan suddenly felt that he had narrowed the road?
Who said that the pirate emperor had to go to sea?
As long as he builds Port Royal and becomes a trade hub between the whole of Europe and the Americas, then what kind of pirate emperor do you want to be at that time, is not a matter of words?
Port Royal has a unique geographical advantage, and any merchant ship from Europe to the Americas must pass through here, or it will have to take nearly ten more days!
Drifting at sea for two months in a row is unbearable for no one, let alone the loss of material and danger caused by the extra ten days of detouring.
Otherwise, it would not have taken the British more than twenty years to snatch this place from the Spaniards.
As for saying that the Pirate Emperor must open a pirate conference in Shipwreck Bay, elected by the nine Pirate Kings together?
That's all!
The so-called pirates are all a group of guys who look fierce but are actually very greedy for life and afraid of death, Li Qingyuan doesn't believe that he can't reason with them.
Not to mention anything else, when Port Royal became the center of maritime trade in the entire Atlantic, and monopolized the economic routes of the entire West, who would dare not choose himself as the pirate emperor?
Otherwise, as long as he said a word to cut off all his supplies and goods sales, presumably his crew would directly rebel and cut down the captain.
Only interests in the world are eternal, counting on the ethics of a group of pirates?
Forget it!
So for the past few days he has been collecting his men and studying the topography of Port Royal, ready to contribute to the plan.
"Lord Marquis, Barbossa, the captain of the pirate ship of the Black Pearl, begs to be seen!" Just as Jax Sparrow was about to say a few more words, the newly appointed Port Royal Armed Forces, Vincent, knocked on the door and walked in.
Vincent's original position was a second lieutenant in the Royal Navy, in fact, with his ability and qualifications, he should at least be a colonel, but Vincent didn't have Norrington's background, so he was only a second lieutenant in his forties.
It's not surprising anywhere in the dark that it's a shady operation!
"Let him in!" Li Qingyuan shrugged his shoulders, Barbosa actually delayed for so long, which was really beyond his expectations.
After all, he didn't expect that the other party would run to Tortuga first, thus making a big turn in the sea.
"I've seen the Marquis!" Barbossa walked into the castle under the leadership of Vincent and saluted Li Qingyuan, who was sitting on the main seat.
In these years, Europeans only believed in the so-called blood theory, so Li Qingyuan continued to make up an identity for himself.
His current identity is the Marquis of Jinghai of the Ming Dynasty!
"Barbossa, you bastard!"
When the enemy saw the first mate who had snatched his ship appear in front of him, Jax Sparrow was instantly full of anger and ready to rush up and fight the other party.
It's just that Li Qingyuan stretched out a finger slightly, and then Captain Jack stopped his tracks.
These days, Jack Sparrow has already learned the power of the other party several times, as long as he has any small action, even including wanting to leave Port Royal secretly alone, he will immediately suffer heart-wrenching pain.
No way, who made Captain Jack never pay attention to personal hygiene at all, he always has all kinds of fleas and mosquitoes on his body, so he has an extra little bug on his body, and he has never cared about it at all!
"Yo! Isn't this my old friend Jakes Sparrow? Why are you here? Barbossa had a look of surprise on his face, as if he really didn't know Jack Sparrow existed.
"Captain Barbossa, the grudge between you and Jakesparrow will be put aside for the time being." Li Qingyuan waved his hand and motioned for the two guys to be quiet.
Jack Sparrow had already suffered a lot these days, so he could only snort and stop talking.
And Barbossa looked at the scene in front of him with great interest, which can make Jack Sparrow, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, look like this, it seems that the mysterious oriental wizard in front of him is definitely more powerful than he imagined.