Chapter 6 The Day the Dream Sets Sail
On August 14, 1195 in the Western calendar, what seemed to be an ordinary day was remembered by history because of one thing: Ingram, the fangs of the eight pirates, was corrected by the French Empire, and the Blackwing Pirate Regiment under his command was wiped out in the battle to rescue the commander.
However, history books are not omnipotent, and historians cannot be omniscient, just as no one knows that the future pirate king Sorgers began his career of galloping the nine seas because he witnessed Ingram's execution.
When he returned home, Sorjes's mind was full of Ingram's dying words: Even if he wanders between the world and the underworld, pirates still can't despise life, pirates, no matter where they go, are the freest people, and only free people are real pirates!
The Blackwing Pirates did it, and even in a desperate situation, the Blackwing Pirates still did not massacre a single civilian, but the Navy launched an indiscriminate attack by any means necessary to quickly take down these remnants.
Consider what Vindrew taught them when he returned to the classroom: pirates represent evil, the Navy will always be the benchmark for upholding justice, justice will never fade, and crime will only end at the gun of justice.
Justice will never fade?Sojes sneered, as an excellent sea beast knight, it was a necessary quality to be able to accurately measure the battle damage of both sides according to the situation, he already knew at the moment when the White Snake fell, the number of civilians who died at the hands of the Black Wing Pirates was 0, while the number of civilians who died at the hands of the Navy exceeded 300.
However, in this case, those nobles not only did not appease the people, but continued to trumpet the greatness of the navy and the despicability of pirates, under the hype of the nobles, the civilians who originally died in the hands of the navy actually became the pirates who died, although there is a certain truth, but those ignorant people really listened to their propaganda.
It is truly ironic that the standard of justice is the massacre of civilians, while the representatives of evil avoid civilians when they attack. Thinking of this, Sorges's dislike of the Navy has increased by one more point, while his interest in pirates has reached its peak.
The next day was a rest day, and it was rare that Sojes didn't go to the trouble of those second ancestors, but came to the port early. He thought about it all night yesterday, and Ingram's words before his death and the outlaw attack of the Blackwing Pirates always occupied most of the proportion, after thinking about it, he still decided to get rid of the shackles of the nobles and become a pirate who fought for freedom, and the purpose of coming to the port today was the preparation he made in advance in order to go to sea.
As one of the seven empires, the ports of the French imperial capital are naturally prosperous, even if the French Empire is not known for its ships, there are still many shipyards of considerable scale, looking at the dhows, brigs, and galleons that are easy to fight in the harbor, As a member of the naval family, he had certainly seen and ridden many ships, but he didn't have a ship of his own, but when he asked about the price, he had to give it up for now.
Even the cheapest dhow costs 3,000 gold coins, and although Sorges can afford it, he doesn't want to recruit sailors and seafarers, and he wants to bargain, but he is suddenly raised by the next sentence of the shipyard manager.
"Master Sojes, sooner or later you will become an excellent naval officer, how can you still look at these small ships?
Magic Ship: There is a fundamental difference from ordinary ships, ordinary ships, even military battleships and ironclad ships rely on manpower and wind to sail, and magic ships rely on magic energy crystal nuclei as a power source, and can also rely on the power source to release attacks far more powerful than ordinary ships, and the number of magic ships can basically measure the national strength of a country, and there are higher magic warships on top of the magic ships, but these are not things that Sojers, the pirate brother, needs to consider.
"I'm just here to complete the task left by the mentor, as a qualified officer, not only to consider tactics, but also to consider the cost performance of every choice on the sea, my purpose here is to compare the price, maximum crew and firepower of each ship, only the best comprehensive proportion of the ship can be the most suitable ship to buy in the future, which is also a necessary quality for officers." Sorjes's lie came as soon as he opened his mouth, but there was some truth to what he said, at least the shipyard steward had a look of deep approval.
"Trouble...... It's all because of this damn identity, you can be recognized wherever you go!" Sojes cursed secretly, Ingram was a colonel-level officer back then, and he was also the eldest son of an earl family, and the person who could inherit the title in the future was naturally incomparable with Sojes's identity, but the former had just been executed, and Sojes would definitely be targeted by someone who wanted to buy ships and recruit seafarers with great fanfare now.
Thinking about the consequences of doing this, Sorges couldn't help but shudder, since he was determined to go to sea, he would not be afraid of death, but if he could not go to sea, he would be detained a rebellious hat and die too unjustly.
"Looks like we have to think of something else. Sojes reluctantly returned to the city, and he was still a little confused about the future, and he unconsciously walked to the central square of the imperial capital, because the place is spacious enough, it is also a paradise for children, and Sojes usually likes to come here for a walk.
The weather was fine, the blue sky was dotted with a few clouds, and the pleasant feeling of the breeze made Sorges's spirit much lighter, and he walked to a bench and watched the people passing by, while also thinking about the way out in his mind.
Yesterday's events didn't seem to affect the inhabitants of the Imperial Capital, and there were a lot of people here today because it was a day off, but Sorgeth could still hear the happy laughter of the children, and soon a group of children behind him caught his attention.
"Scissors, rock, paper! Haha! I won, I'm the righteous commander of the navy!" seems to be playing a game of pirate hunting, one of the children is cheering for successfully getting the status of commander of the navy, compared to the child who got the status of the pirate, which makes Sorjes a little curious, and can't help but watch their game quietly.
"Alan, you are a pirate, go quickly, you have to form a pirate group, and then we will come to arrest you!" The "commander child" said excitedly, but the child named Alan shook his head and said: "Why do you have to form a pirate group? I don't want to share all the financial reports I have robbed with others, I want to go to sea alone, and then defeat you!"
"That's right, why do I have to be desperate to recruit seafarers, compared to a single operation, the goal of recruiting seafarers is too big, but it is easy to be targeted, and there are many excuses to go to sea by yourself, as for seafarers, anyway, I have money in my hands, and I am afraid that I will not be able to recruit people when I get to other places!" The child's joke made Sojes suddenly brightened, and he thought of it, and he did it, and Sojes changed to a smaller pier this time.
Compared to the imperial capital, this place is indeed much smaller, usually only here are gathered fishermen fishing or some small maritime merchants' merchant ships, and there are often people here to sell ships for various reasons, and soon, Sorjes took a fancy to a small dhow.
It is said to be a dhow, but to be honest, the navigation of this kind of ship mainly relies on the oars, and the hull has no other buildings except a small cabin, and the space is pitiful, and it is estimated that it can only carry a maximum of 10 people, but it happens to be this kind of small boat, but it is now the most suitable for Sorgeus.
The owner of the ship is a middle-aged man in his fifties, and it can be seen that he has lived by the sea for at least dozens of years, but now he is sitting on the boat, and no one cares even if he has set up a sign to sell the boat.