"Captain, when are we going to sea?" Mike was a little excited, to be honest, he was a little tired of staying on Cancer Island every day to train.

Hans and the others didn't say anything, but there was some longing in their eyes, they were originally pirates, and they all had indelible fighting factors in their bones.

Although I don't do pirates anymore, what's the matter with being on the island all day? I'm busy training all day, and if I don't go to the sea, people are about to rust.

"There's no hurry!" Donner waved his hand, "When I have arranged everything on the island, I'll set off immediately, and it won't be long, a month or so!"

"Moreover, the wheat on the island is about to ripen, and now the first priority is to harvest all the barley on the island, and there will be many storms and rains in this season, and it will come, so you must be ready to harvest with the inhabitants, and not let all the wheat fall into the ground. ”

There was originally a large wheat field on Cancer Island, and at this time the wheat was ripe, golden, and the ears of wheat rolled like waves when the breeze blew.

Donner has been visiting the wheat field from time to time these days, and the scenery is breathtaking, so don't let it be ruined.

Donner turned his head to them and said, "However, you can prepare first, discuss a plan to go out to sea to patrol and drill in turn, and then report back to me." ”

"Patrol drill?" Jasmine asked, confused.

"Yes!" said Donner, "the last time Theodore came to Cancer Island, he encountered a group of pirates, and there was a big fight, you know!"

Hans nodded, they had all heard the news, and it seemed that Theodore had lost a lot of guards and sailors.

"These pirates roam the eastern seas, seriously endangering public safety in the eastern seas, and our liberation regiment must not tolerate the existence of such evil forces, spreading and poisoning passing merchant ships everywhere. Donner's face was straight, "We, the Liberation Regiment, must resolutely maintain the safety of navigation in the eastern seas and crack down on this bandit force." ”

Jasmine Hans looked dazed, completely unable to understand what Donner was saying.

Maintain public safety in the eastern seas? Protect passing merchant ships? When did the eastern seas need to be maintained by the liberation regiment?

"There are more than 200 people in our liberation regiment escort team, which can be divided into three groups, only one group of guards is left on the island, and the other two teams can go out to sea to patrol at the same time, find some lone pirate ships to practice actual combat, and by the way, find out the pirate groups hidden in various places in the eastern seas, and we will destroy them one by one in the future. ”

"The eastern sea can only be decided by the liberation group, and those pirate groups must not be allowed to continue to threaten the security of the eastern sea. Donner said solemnly.

Forehead!

Several people looked at each other.

Downer said to himself: "Only when the eastern seas are completely safe, will maritime trade be safe, and the number of merchant ships will increase even more."

What do we need on Cancer Island at this stage, we need trade, we need merchant ships to stop and go and buy our porcelain glass and so on, and bring us food ingots and silver coins, you know?"

Several people looked at each other and said in their hearts, "My regiment leader, you just said that you want to dominate the eastern seas and let more businessmen come to Cancer Island to trade?

However, according to what the regiment commander said, it was really exciting to think about, and Mike couldn't wait to grind his fists.

After a pause, Donner continued: "Moreover, muskets and explosives are used in naval battles, and the actual combat experience is still too little.

By the way, there are also cannons, and the dwarven brothers should be able to build two more in two days, and then I will inform you to collect them, and let the carpenters add them to the sea ship, and go to sea with the ship to experiment. ”

Jasmine nodded, indicating that she understood.

Donner strolled with his hands behind his back: "You guys have quickly selected enough gunners from the escort in the past two days, according to my assumption, a sea ship has at least ten guns, and one gun is operated by three people, so it needs thirty people." ”

Donner looked back at them: "You can also publish this news in the convoy and let them sign up on their own." ”

"Yes, Captain. Hans said solemnly.

"Hmm!" Donner nodded, "I'll go back first, you guys go down and make arrangements, that ...... The training of artillery should not be stopped, but it is necessary to pay attention to safety, and the continuous firing of artillery should not be too much, so as not to cause explosion due to excessive temperature. ”

After explaining some trivial matters, Donner went back to the house, and then found Jason and Blair.

Since he is preparing to go to sea in a month, all the affairs on the island must be arranged, so that he does not want to leave and there will be any chaos.

For example, the firing of porcelain kilns, glass kilns, brick kilns, lime kilns and other places cannot be stopped.

Porcelain kilns and glass kilns are related to the economy and trade on Cancer Island, although there is only one trade route in Earl Elinor's Court at the moment, but maybe this trip to the sea may bring back several trade routes.

So at this time, you have to get some stock quickly, so that you don't have anything to trade with those merchants by then.

On the other hand, Donner didn't want the inhabitants of the island to be idle after he left, the contradictions had not been resolved, and it was easy to cause trouble when he did nothing, and he didn't want the island to be a mess when he returned.

As for the brick kiln and lime, it is related to the construction of the island. At this stage, the construction of the entire Cancer Island is in full swing, and the wasteland reclaimed on both sides is sprinkled with lime lines and dug the foundation according to the planning drawings.

Next to the wharf, on top of the demolished old houses, many new houses have also been built, and the new batch of refugees were arranged to move in first, which was not without a lot of complaints from other residents.

It took a lot of money for Donner to promise that everyone would have it in the future, and it calmed down.

In addition, the island's protective construction is also not lacking, the original wall has been reinforced and extended, enclosing the entire pier, and even extending to the entire island bay.

The newly built city wall was built with a turret or hidden cannon hole not far away. Just wait until enough artillery is built and installed in it, which will be enough to make the entire defense of Cancer Island impregnable.

Donner wrote down the affairs on paper and gave them an ordinance for the two to promulgate.

And so for the next month, the whole of Cancer Island began to get busy.

The artillery training has not stopped, the rumbling sound has been deaf, Donner has gone to see it a few times, and the ten groups of gunners have been trained.

Gunpowder, explosives packs, scimitar weapons, dry food, etc., are also being manufactured.

The ships were re-cleaned up and down, brushed with tung oil, and the results of the exercise were good, and the team led by Hans, Jasmine, and Mike went to sea in rotation, and wiped out more than a dozen sea ships.

The pirates on these pirate ships, the dead were thrown into the sea, and the living ones were all pressed back to Cancer Island.

Those who are old and skilled are to be reformed through labor, and those who are young are sent to the escort unit for strict training and ideological transformation.

As a result, the entire Liberation Regiment's escort force has now more than doubled.

The liberation regiment was busy up and down, and there was silence in a tense atmosphere, and all the inhabitants of the island sensed that something was about to happen.

At the same time, news began to circulate in the eastern seas that a fire-breathing ship was slaughtering pirates.

The ship flies a red flag with an evil weapon painted on it - the hammer and sickle!

The pirates spread the word of mouth that when they encounter this evil weapon, how far they can run, if they can't run, they should surrender quickly, and don't try to resist in vain, otherwise the whole ship will sink to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.