Chapter 176: Choice
"First of all, our hatred with the Fish-People is inevitable. It wasn't until Ivo had taken the order that Lear explained. "We killed Cussen and Poseidon, as well as so many of their troops, and this blood feud is already too strong to be resolved, and these fishmen will remain in the vanguard of the war against us in the future. ”
"Moreover, there is not only one race of the Fish-People on this sea, as far as I know, there are several mixed-blood tribes whose population is no less than that of the Fish-People, they have been enslaved and oppressed by the Fish-People all year round, and they have long accumulated huge hatred and dissatisfaction. After a pause, Lear continued.
"Born in sorrow, die in peace. Lear looked around at everyone, and saw that everyone, including Peterley, was thinking about his words, and felt very satisfied, so he continued: "My idea, from now on, undisguised to be the enemy of the Fish-People, regardless of his blood, and at the same time unite the tribes on this sea that have hatred with the Fish-People, the strong will be allied, and the weak will be supported, the Fish-People have dominated this sea for too long, it's time for the sky to change color!"
When he said the last sentence, Lear stood up directly from his seat, and at this moment, everyone actually felt a kind of overlord posture from him in a trance.
"What are you going to do?" Peterley asked in a deep voice, although Lear's plan was very imposing, but when it came to his position, it was more important to pay more attention to the actual operation, the fish-man clan had dominated this sea for hundreds of years, and the depth of the background was by no means imaginable to ordinary people, and it was impossible to survive the upcoming bloody revenge of the fish-man clan without the corresponding wisdom and strength.
Peterley's question was naturally the key to everyone's concern, so for a moment everyone's eyes were focused on Lear, if he couldn't answer this question, then his previous rhetoric would undoubtedly be a joke.
"I will give up the Deep Blue City, but this abandonment is temporary, and before I leave, I will sweep away all the resources and people that I can take with the Deep Blue City, and then leave the Fish-People on fire. Lear said without hesitation.
"You're going to burn the navy!?" Peterley and Rinis both got up from their seats in shock when they heard this, and Peterley couldn't support himself after only standing halfway due to his serious injury, and his body fell back into the chair again, but judging from the angry expression on his face, he didn't dare to agree with Lear's decision, after all, for him and Rinis, the dark blue city was their home.
"Unless you think you can hold the Deep Blue City, or if we can easily break through the Deep Blue Walls when we turn back and attack in the future. "As a former professional soldier with a war education, Lear had a very modest idea of a city.
In his mind, the essence of war is to plunder resources and destroy the enemy's living forces, and everything else is an accessory to war, which may enhance the value of war, but it is not essential, unless it is a counter-aggression war to defend the country, otherwise the city is meaningless, as long as it can cause trouble to the enemy and bring convenience to himself, he will not hesitate to do it.
It's a big deal to burn it down and build it again, and according to his estimates, when they make a comeback, it is likely that they will face the city that the Fish-People have just rebuilt halfway, which is better, saving him the effort of planning and rebuilding, and it will be effortless to fight.
Peterley and Rinis were silent, it was true that they had an attachment to the Deep Blue City, but if they were to live and die with the Deep Blue, such a rhetoric would not be able to be said in any way.
Not to mention anything else, they may not be able to stop the next counterattack of the Fish-Man Clan.
"What about the resources? even if you empty the resources of the entire Deep Blue City, it will not be possible to support the long-term development of an island, and the fish-people will definitely block this sea, will they be trapped on the island and wait for death when the time comes?"
This time it was Rinis, the longest-serving pirate who had been roaming the seas for the longest time, and he immediately seized on the loophole in Lear's plan.
"Then it's up to you. Lear sat down slowly, but smiled lightly.
"Rely on us?" Rinis and Peterley looked at each other, both confused.
"What do you think of the Hades?" Lear didn't explain, but instead sold out.
"Of course, after so many years of crisscrossing the sea, Hades is the best warship I have ever seen, it is no exaggeration to say that if there are ten warships of the same level as Hades to form a fleet, even if it is the Sea Dragon Legion of the Fish-Man Clan, I dare to shake it, but what does this have to do with what we said?"
Rinis said, but then his and Peterley's faces sank at the same time, and then he looked at Lear in his seat in disbelief.
"Could it be!?"
A Hades is already so terrifying, if Lear can really take out ten Hades to form a fleet, then he will be invincible on this sea, and because of this, Peterley and Rinis's hearts feel shocked, ten Hades, what a terrifying wealth and strength.
As legendary pirates, even if they only glanced at it from afar, the two of them could know that the cost of Hades was basically a terrifying number, and just thirty-six new guns on the ship were not something that a small island could afford.
"Not now, but it doesn't mean that there won't be one in the future, and since I built one, of course, I will build ten, this is my business, don't worry, and I can clearly tell the two of you, the second Hades-class battleship is already under construction, due to the rush of time, the first one has many shortcomings, and the one that will be launched after that will definitely be much more reliable than the first Hades in terms of performance and firepower. ”
Lear looked at Rinis and Peterley and said confidently.
"So?"
Although he had already guessed what Lear meant, Rinis still couldn't believe that owning a Hades-class warship was not an exaggeration for those of them who galloped on the sea.
It's like a person who has seen Wuling Hongguang on Akinayama and then asks him to ride a shared bicycle, no matter how much he drifts, he can't drift.
"I will give you each a Hades-class warship, of course, this is a mortgage, the value will be drawn from the resources you loot, every month I will charge you a certain amount, and this amount must be something you can easily afford, the total cost incurred in the process may be slightly higher than the actual price of the Hades, but not too much, until the value of the entire battleship is full, you can choose to order a second one from me." ”
Lear said with a smile, he completely copied the routine of selling houses and cars in his previous life, I will provide you with guns, you go to rob, and we will split the money we have robbed, which is very reasonable.
"Mortgage?" Everyone was confused about the new term, but after thinking about it, Rinis and Peterley both felt that this plan was feasible, and when they asked the Fish-People for help due to expansion and warfare, they also had to pay a large amount of honorarium, which was just a change of name, and it was not a loss at all to get a Hades for nothing.
As for the issue of dishonesty, there is no need to think about it at all, the two sides are now grasshoppers tied to a rope, Lear still has a safe base anyway, and if he loses the protection of Misty Island, even Peterley will not be able to bounce under the blockade of the fish-people for long.
"Last question, if we go with you to Misty Island, will we become your subordinates or vassals?"
The Rinis people are old and sophisticated, and they must draw all the paths clearly before deciding to make the trip, for people like him, mortgages and everything are fine, but attachment is absolutely unacceptable, otherwise he and Peterley will not become a thorn in the side of the fish-people.
"You can rest assured that I will set aside two areas for you on the Misty Island, which are your independent kingdoms and have nothing to do with Spartacus, but in the same way, you also need to pay a large rent for this, as the price of independence, I think you can both understand this, right?"
After receiving an affirmative reply from the two, Lear continued, "I hereby solemnly promise that I will never annex the forces that covet the two, and I can tell them bluntly that this sea is not my place for long, and that one day I will return to the continent of Antaglisi, where I will be my real battlefield." At that time, you will continue to be your sea overlord, and I will begin my land journey, and if there is still an intersection, I hope that the two of you will not forget the friendship of today. ”
"Definitely!"
Peterley and Rinis made their commitment by looking at Lear with a right fist in the chest.
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