Dongzhou, the east coast of Jinwu country, the seaport of Sunrise City.

After the Mary returned smoothly from the West Continent, and made two more voyages back and forth between the Star Islands and the West Continent, without any so-called danger, Captain Jack finally let go of most of his worries.

"Maybe my daughter is too sensitive to herself!" Little Jack thought as he stood on the deck, looking at the crowd coming and going down the boat.

Behind him, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps from far and near, causing little Jack to turn around and look at the comer. I saw the third mate Mary, dressed as a male crew member, and stopped when she walked about two meters to herself with two crew members.

After saluting, he reported in a loud voice: "Report to the captain, the goods and guests have been on board! The obsidian and food and fresh water reserves have been replenished, please sail!"

Little Jack also stood upright in the face of the third mate, and nodded solemnly: "Well, notify the second mate of the first mate and immediately lift the anchor!" Target, the Emerald Islands!"

There are about 100 round-trip voyages every year, so all the old crew members of the Mary know the route very well!

The Emerald Islands, located in the south-central part of the Emerald Islands, are composed of more than a dozen small and medium-sized island groups dominated by the Emerald Islands! Originally, it was too far away for few people to go there, and even like most of the islands in the Emerald Islands, it didn't even have an official name.

It's just that more than fifty years ago, in the final period of the war with the Inhumans, they were forced by the Inhumans who were ready to fight back to the death, and most of the natives of the Star Islands died, and the remaining residents had to continue to move south.

While stretching the Inhuman battle line and supply line, they are also waiting for the rescue of the Eleven Duchyes on the south coast of Xizhou! By chance, they discovered that there are a large number of high-quality jadeite and obsidian ores of various colors buried in the rocky mountains and underground rock formations of these small islands!

After barely surviving the Inhuman War, it also established the world status of the rich side of the entire Emerald Islands!

Through the trade of various gems, not only to the middle of the Star Islands in the north, but also to the middle of the Star Islands in the north, a maritime power composed of hundreds of large and small islands, with a land area not much smaller than the Maple Leaf Country, the Principality of Jewels.

At the same time, because of the spread of the Inhuman War, many displaced people and fugitives on the southern coasts of the East and West continents inevitably developed covetousness and greed!

It's just that since the establishment of the Principality of Jewels, the three kings of the present are also wise and intelligent!

Pirates want money?

Reorganize! Reform! Stabilize your homeland! Let your wives and children all move over! We will support you!

But! Of the million pirates who are each his own, we only need 200,000, and the rest will die!

High salary! High welfare, it means that we want to be strong!

You may not obey the discipline of the army, but you must not rob ships and passengers traveling to and from the Principality of Jewels, or you will be attacked by all the other pirates and the army of the Principality of Jewels!

So, since the order was issued five years ago, the pirates have gone crazy!

On the one hand, it has stabilized the safety of his family, and at the same time, he has obtained a relatively stable living environment, and at the same time, he can officially become a full citizen of the world's highest welfare state!

On the other side, there will be hundreds or thousands of pirate groups like scattered sand, as well as the 100,000 well-equipped regular troops of the Principality of Jewels!

After more than two years of pirate scuffle, the number of pirates who covet the wealth of the country has greatly shrunk without the Principality of Jewel giving a penny!

And the current king of the principality, Hong Hai, has also fully fulfilled his previous promise, in a way that other countries dare not even think of! It not only enriches the population base of the Principality of Jewels, but also indirectly obtains a large number of adult men of appropriate age and hundreds of thousands of soldiers who have been killed for a long time!

And the main thing is that no matter how hard the pirates fought in the past few years, they broke the net and stained the sea!

They will go to the Principality of Gems to buy or plunder supplies from other pirates according to normal procedures, and even choose to temporarily stop fighting after seeing some passing merchant ships and passenger ships, or they will not fight at all in the route area!

There used to be some unconvinced pirates who wanted to plunder the citizens of the principality, but after killing people and goods, when they saw dozens or hundreds of wooden ships mixed with more than a dozen old iron ships, facing the same number of steel fleets of the principality's navy, this kind of thing never happened again!

Therefore, the Principality of Jewel was not affected by this great melee, which lasted three years and had a death toll of about one million, and without any interruption of all trade exchanges, six legions of nearly 300,000 navies were added again.

As for the lack of ships, in the Principality of Jewel there are seaports and shipyards throughout the country. Under the premise of using high-price stimulus to acquire metals and corresponding metal ores, it cannot be called a problem at all!

Therefore, the current maritime merchants know that the danger is always before entering the waters of the Principality of Jewels, which requires the merchants to defend themselves against some sporadic piracy and natural disasters.

But once in the Duchy's waters, all the pirate flags you see will turn into escorts and navigators!

"Tut, tut, toot!" The Mary passenger ship left the land of Dongzhou again, this time in addition to the full ship of passengers and cargo, there were seven more big guys covered with rainproof cloth on the bow and sides of the ship.

Judging by the silhouette and the cylindrical shape protruding high above the ship's outboard, it should have been some kind of large artillery!

Although it cost Little Jack a lot of money to buy these seven cannons two years ago, the cost of the cannons was earned after the next two trips to the Emerald Islands!

If it weren't for the proximity to the Emerald Islands, it wouldn't be 100% safe, and there would be no chance of survival if something happened. Moreover, the Jewel Navy will not bother with the safety of ships abroad, in fact, he wants to run the route of the Emerald Islands forever!

After all, it's too profitable!

After four days and four nights of sailing, the Mary still has about half a day to reach the waters of the Principality of Jewels.

This is a more dangerous time than any other region, as some deserters from the pirate civil war and some murderous pirates who do not want to be bound by the state will wander here. This will be their last chance to plunder merchants and goods!

And Captain Jack, who knew it well, had just issued a warning order for all staff at the same time, and personally pulled down the rainproof cloth at the bow of the ship.

Sure enough, a double-mounted cannon with a barrel diameter of about 20 centimeters and a length of about 8 meters revealed its hideous and clear appearance!

The four crew members gritted their teeth and worked together to bring a slightly flat wooden box about 70 centimeters in length and width and open it, and a dozen steel cannonballs with calf thickness neatly placed inside.

With the full cooperation of several people, it only took more than ten seconds to complete the loading of the double-barreled cannon. Then Little Jack took out the special key on his body and inserted it into the card slot near the base of the cannon, and turned around for half a circle, "Boom!"

Then Little Jack opened the charging locks of the other six cannons one after another, and then set off for the control room on the top floor of the Mary. During this time, the number of lookouts increased from one to four, each using a telescope to intently monitor the sea level around them.

During the whole process, except for the initial warning order issued by Little Jack, everyone had no doubts!

Most of the passengers on the ship also went back to their rooms, closing the doors and holding themselves in place with seat belts on their beds.

At this time, more than two dozen men gathered in the cargo floor below the ship, and used a crowbar to forcibly open a large wooden box that had been marked.

While taking out the swords, long and short guns, and obsidian energy clips and distributing them to everyone, he announced in a low voice: "When there is chaos outside, the five of us will carry out a decapitation operation with me! The others will blow up all seven energy cannons! Finally, don't leave any alive!"