The oath-taking meeting was very brief, and in the afternoon, the Houyi and Xingtian were already sailing on the rippling blue sea, and they chose to sail a little away from the coastline in order to avoid people's eyes and ears as much as possible. Although other ships had been encountered during the sea trials of the two ships before, and some people had quietly snooped in small boats nearby, it was not a big secret that the two large ships in Bailang City had been bought for refit. However, more things are better than less things, Xiao Chen is not afraid of trouble, and he hates trouble piling up.

On the bridge of the Houyi, Jerez stood beside Xiao Chen, fiddling with a telescope in a strange way. This is the standard military telescope of the Tower of China, and it is a gift from Xiao Chen to him.

Xiao Chen saw that this middle-aged man looked novel, and all his attention was focused on the telescope.

Jerez made this request when the fleet was setting sail and wanted to come on board. In addition to him, there are three old brothers. Of course, Xiao Chen welcomes such an old captain, but he still has to ask what he really thinks in his heart.

Xiao Chen asked curiously, "Mr. Jerez, do you really want to follow us to the Berserk Sea?" Most of the sailors I recruited here are young people who have no family and go to sea to fight for their future, but you still have your own family in Shuangfan City. Of course I need an experienced navigator like you, but ......"

Jerez said: "Lord Xiao Chen, I know how dangerous it is to go to the Furious Sea, but when I listened to you speak at that pledge meeting below, I wanted to climb on this ship immediately and follow you! You know that the Raging Sea is a nightmare for seafarers, but it is also a place where many people desperately want to see it, and what sailor would not have thought of conquering that place when he was young? To be able to cross the Raging Sea and reach the Western Continent, you will be just like those legendary captains! This is the dream of all seamen.

I'm not much of a master navigator, but I thought so. Now there is an opportunity before me, and I have seen the methods you have used to transform your ships these days, and there is a voice in my heart that if such a person wants to go to the Berserk Sea and does not succeed, no one can succeed. And I only have one chance in my life to achieve this goal, and that is to get on a boat with them. Whatever you want, just give me a chance to go along.

The people who walked the sea said they would do it, so I came. As for my family, they have their own destiny, and I give them enough money to live on, and I can't care about it so much. ”

Xiao Chen said: "Then I understand." You and your companions can now serve as advisors on our ships, and you have a lot of experience that we can't buy. ”

"Your Excellency. It's not that I'm boasting, but when it comes to knowledge and experience at sea, there are not many people in this area of Shuangfan City who can compare with me. Most of the old guys who have more experience than me can't go out of the sea. Jerez said.

"You guys are pretty good at naval warfare, right?"

Seeing that Jerez was stunned, Xiao Chen smiled and said, "Those old guys of yours are very interested in our pneumatic cannon." I've paid attention to their discussions, and they sound like they have some ideas, such as how to fire the cannon first, and then jump into the gang, what wind direction is more advantageous to fight, etc., must have been someone who has fought a lot of naval battles, otherwise I can't think of these things. ”

Jerez showed a hint of embarrassment, and he said: "My lord, when walking on the sea, there are not so many distinct kinds of people between maritime merchants and pirates. I'll admit that I've done some unprofitable business, but most of the time it's the result of someone else provoking me. At that time, our ship was small, and we were often looked down upon and bullied, but fortunately, I and those old brothers had a few fights, and often robbed our people, and we were later overturned. But I'm not the kind of person who doesn't pay attention to proportion, and generally only needs money and goods, and I won't kill everyone. We in the southern city-states all talk about the rules.

But the bandits of the Sea Clan are different. They are truly murderous pirates. Often, merchant ships were cut off and killed, or all their water was taken and their masts were cut off, leaving them to die of thirst at sea. These people are the biggest threat to the sea runners. So our southern city-states have been fighting the pirates of the Sea Clan at sea. Speaking of pirates, there are many of them who are also the armies of their tribes.

You're going to pass through the Pearl Islands, and you're going to run into them, and to be honest, if you two ships sail into the Pearl Islands, you're probably going to get into some trouble. ”

"How?"

"These two ships look like warships, and maybe the brainless guys of the Sea Clan will think that we are provoking, or preparing to sneak attack on one of their islands. Maybe an attack will be launched against us. ”

"The relationship between the Sea Clan and the southern city-states has reached this level?"

"The Sea Clan and the southern city-states are like fire and water, and they have never lived in harmony. Jerez said, "The Sea Clan, like the Orcs, is made up of many tribes. Some tribes are more friendly with us, but more tribes have conflicts with us, they are better for merchant ships, and one of the dozens of merchant ships has been robbed, and in most cases business can still be done, after all, they also need all kinds of materials produced on the mainland. But with warships, they will not be so polite, they will think that we are going to plunder their troops, and it is quite possible to go to war with us. ”

Xiao Chen said: "As far as I know, these contradictions are not unilateral problems of the Sea Clan. I heard that some nobles in the southern city-states of the kingdom have the habit of raising and trading slaves of the Sea Clan. ”

Jerez said: "You are a leader, and you naturally know that this kind of problem that has accumulated for thousands of years can no longer be used to say who is right and who is wrong. The armies of the southern city-states would raid the Sea tribes, and the Sea tribes would raid the villages and towns on the mainland, as had been the case for thousands of years. However, in the past few hundred years, we have generally taken the advantage, after all, the Black Dragon Empire has taught the Sea Clan a big lesson when the Sea Clan tried to invade the continent. Hundreds of years have passed, and they have not relented. In the past few years of naval battles, the coalition forces of our southern city-states have been able to win about seventy percent of the battles. ”

"Are you talking about the war led by Emperor Rick to resist the invasion of the Sea Clan in the last years of the Black Dragon Empire?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Yes, it's the Savior Rick Sage. ”