The pre-dawn hours are the darkest time on the ocean and the darkest nights. [Ran^Text^Library] []

Tang Jie stood quietly on the helmsman of the bridge, holding the rudder with both hands, like a statue blending into the night, the wet and cold sea breeze blowing on his body, blowing the corners of his clothes with a chilling sound.

"It's almost there. The first deputy Nia walked up and spoke softly.

Tang Jie nodded, and suddenly there were many emotions in his heart.

It took a full ten days from the time they left Alcatraz Island on the raft to the time they returned by sea.

When they left, the five of them were crammed into a small raft, and they almost died in the sea because of the small raft falling apart, but now, under Tang Jie's feet was a newly modified three-masted griffin-class battleship "Hell", loaded with sixty-eight experienced old sailors, and the forty-eight breech-loading curved guns in the gun compartment were even more exciting.

Behind the Inferno, there were five medium-sized merchant ships. The five medium-sized merchant ships were loaded with more than 700 slaves and large quantities of timber and stone, as well as fresh water and food. These five merchant ships were followed by two escort ships, called the Expedition and the Victory, with William and Bill as captains.

When Tang Jie left Alcatraz, there were only four people around him: Nia, Lilith, William and Bill, and he himself was even alone, but when he returned, he not only brought back a small fleet, but also brought back his first batch of forces.

Facing the more than 700 slaves loaded on the merchant ship behind him, Tang Jie also sighed a little in his heart.

I didn't expect to travel into this world and become a slave owner.

But if you don't buy them, they'll be bought, or they'll die in a cage.

When it comes to their own hands, they can still get the best possible treatment, at least they will not abuse them and treat them as inappropriate.

Thinking of this, the guilt in Tang Jie's heart was reduced a lot.

"Do you remember the route to Alcatraz Island?" Tang Jie turned his head and looked at Nia with a smile, "Don't we can't get in, it will become the biggest joke in the world!"

Nia smiled: "Don't worry, Athos's treasure map, I've already memorized it in my mind. ”

At this time, there was no one around, only a few sailors were sailing on the deck, Tang Jie put his arm around Nia's waist and said softly: "I've worked hard for you these days." ”

Tang Jie's words were not wrong at all.

After he reached an agreement with Darius, it has always been Nia who has been running around with Darius, from buying sea ships to transforming them into warships, from buying slaves to buying a large amount of wood, stone, and various materials and food, these huge projects have kept this woman who only knew about fighting before!

Five merchant ships were loaded with slaves to manage, newly recruited sailors needed to be co-opted and cared for, and William and Bill were too busy with their feet on the ground, their butts smoking, and the two of them complaining.

Even Lilith had to help count the materials that needed to be transported, and after a few days of tossing, she felt like vomiting when she saw the dense ledger.

However, Simon, the horseman of Darius, helped them a lot, solving many urgent problems that Nia and Lilith did not know how to solve.

At first, Nia placed these 700 slaves together, but these slaves almost didn't rebel, but fortunately, Nia made a quick decision and immediately let Lilith show her strength as a fifth-level magician, which suppressed this group of rebellious slaves in one fell swoop.

Later, Simon, who was ordinary-looking but proficient in observing faces and personnel management, told them that these people should be separated from the management of the family, so that the elderly could not see the children, the husband could not see the wife, and the people of the same race could not see each other.

This dissolves the cohesion between them.

When men want to make trouble, they worry about the safety of women, the elderly, and children.

Nia listened to Simon's idea and rearranged it, and sure enough, the seven hundred slaves were divided among themselves.

She told Tang Jie about this, and Tang Jie was very appreciative of Simon's approach, and specially borrowed Simon from Darius to use it as free labor.

Simon also realized that his future life was likely to change because of this opportunity, and he was very active in assisting Nia and helping her with a lot of tedious work.

If there was no Simon, Nia would have to manage the eating, drinking, sleeping, moving, sitting, lying and walking of these 700 slaves, and also manage the purchase, inspection and shipment of a large number of supplies, so many tedious things can exhaust her to death!

Nia thought about the busy world in the past few days, looking at Tang Jie's loving eyes, she suddenly felt a sense of bitterness.

Her cheeks flushed, and this woman, who was as cold and rigid as a sharp knife in the eyes of others, turned into a finger twister at this time, gently leaned on Tang Jie's chest, and said gently: "Where do I have to work? ”

Tang Jie smiled: "What pressure do I have? It's nothing more than running around the city to find out some information? I see your hard work and busyness these days, very good, you are all very good." What do you think of that Simon?"

Nia snuggled quietly in front of Tang Jie's chest, she thought for a while, and said: "This guy seems to want to follow us, but he is afraid of losing the reputation of abandoning the Lord and seeking glory, and in the end he will be disliked at both ends. ”

Tang Jie smiled: "Doesn't he know that we are pirates, why does he still want to follow us, not afraid of losing his head?"

Nia sneered and slapped Tang Jie: "What's wrong with pirates? Are pirates very ashamed? Even if we have done any bad things, compared to those powerful officials and lords, we are as kind as children!"

Tang Jie grabbed Nia's hand and said with a straight face: "Yes, yes, we are kind pirates!" After speaking, he himself felt that this statement was ridiculous, and laughed.

Nia squeezed her body into Tang Jie's arms, comfortably feeling Tang Jie's warm body temperature, and she said softly: "Actually, in the eyes of other people, pirates are not terrible, and pirates like us who don't kill innocents indiscriminately are even less terrible. ”

Tang Jieqi said: "Oh, and there is a saying that you are not afraid of pirates? Why is that?"

Nia sighed and said: "The official taxes of Sisis are too heavy, not only to bear the heavy taxes of the Principality of Marta, but also to bear the public taxes of the Pound Empire, coupled with the exploitation of the local officials of Sisis, the people there have long been complaining. Now the Principality of Marta is like a powder keg, the internal evils are difficult to return, the officials are ** degenerate, as long as there is a fuse, the Principality of Marta will explode, and Sisis is likely to be this fuse!"

"Think about it, in such a precarious day, how could the Sissian sailors not have different intentions? They often live a life of half-civilians and half-thieves, sometimes they go ashore and return to their respective homes in the Siss, they are civilians, sometimes they get together and do one or two votes, they are pirates!"

Tang Jie nodded: "Since you are willing to follow me, it is naturally best, I am afraid that one day they will suddenly shake their hands, pick up the burden with me, and want to go back to be a civilian, then I will be dumbfounded." ”

Nia thought about it and frowned, before the captain cultivated absolute prestige, he was indeed afraid of such a thing, especially since most of the new sailors he recruited were from the same place and could hold each other together.

"Dear Captain Tang Jie, I have a few ways that I may be able to help you. Simon appeared like a ghost on the lookout above them.

Nia was startled, and quickly jumped up from Tang Jie's arms, raised her head with unkind eyes, and stared at Simon: "Why are you here?"

Simon smiled, "I've been here for a while, and I've been here since First Officer Nia and Captain Tang Jie started talking. ”

Nia thought of the way she looked when she was intimate with Tang Jie, and what she said was looked at by this person, and after listening to it, she said angrily: "What are you doing here?" Nia glared at her, her fierce expression was revealed, and she was not satisfied with the answer she received, so I will make you look good.

Simon pointed at Tang Jie very innocently: "I'm in charge of the lookout work, this is what Captain Tang Jie asked me to do!"

Nia turned her head, but saw that Tang Jie had been holding back a smile with a strained face, she waved her fist at Tang Jie, and said angrily: "You just knew that, didn't you?

Tang Jie laughed, grabbed Nia's fist with his hand, hugged her and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, whoever likes to watch it will let whoever you like to watch it!

Niya's face was flushed, and she struggled hard: "You still say, you still say!"

How could Tang Jie's steel bar-like arm be able to break free of Nia?

He laughed, tilted his head, and said to Simon, "Simon, tell me your solution!"

Simon smiled and said, "I have upper, middle and lower, three ways, I don't know which one you want to hear, Captain Tang Jie?"

Tang Jie was stunned, he and Nia were worried about this matter, and they couldn't think of a way, this guy had three upper, middle and lower ways in an instant?

Tang Jie was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "You talk about it first!"

Simon raised a finger and made a gesture around his neck, his voice low and hideous: "Kill!"

Tang Jie was taken aback: "Kill?"

Simon nodded: "Yes, find out these sailors with families, and then send people to secretly kill their families and make them homeless sailors, they have no thoughts, they will naturally follow you with all their hearts, and as long as the matter is not revealed, they will make your most loyal subordinates." Of course, if you're afraid that someone will see it, you might as well do a little more of the slaughter, so that you can cover it up......"

Tang Jie's heart was cold when he heard this, and he felt a chill on his back!

This guy is so ruthless!!

In order to bring more than 200 sailors to their hearts, they did such a thing as destroying people's homes!

How dare I use such a person?

Tang Jie looked at Simon's eyes and unconsciously carried a fierce killing intent: "This is your best way?