Chapter 335: Sea Fortress
"Father, you said that if I took this island for myself, would there be any trouble?"
Although he already has the bottom in his heart, for the sake of insurance, Gervais still has to ask Gandalf, after all, Gandalf, these old nobles, know the Tao best.
"As long as you don't hype it up, there's no problem, although the islands off the coast of these principalities still nominally belong to the king, but the king doesn't look down on such islands."
Gandalf didn't think about it and quickly gave Gervais an answer, but then Gandalf asked curiously.
"Little Gervais, you want to develop this island? It's not cost-effective, there is still so much undeveloped land in your territory, what do you want this island for! ”
Gandalf looked up and looked around, this pirate area is not small, it is not a desert island, the woods are dense and lush, but the land can only be traveled by sea ships, which is very inconvenient, after all, there are very few sea ships in this world.
With this effort, it is better to organize serfs in the territory to open up wasteland, dig canals, and cultivate a few more acres of land.
"Hehe, father, that's all I said, I don't know if there's fresh water on this island! I want to build a manor here, and I will come here to play when I have time in the future! ”
Gandalf also has a point, there is no shortage of land in this world, only population, the land utilization rate in Gervais's territory is not 10%, and the rest of the land is completely weeds and woods, so it is completely useless to spend energy on developing this island.
But Gandalf doesn't know about Gervais, and the main reason why Gervais wants to develop the island is that he has too many secrets.
Gervais wanted to bring everything that was invisible to people, or that needed to be kept secret, such as making wine, boiling salt, and the miners who had come from Lenny's territory.
If it weren't for the late discovery of this island, Gervais would have planned to plant the grape book outside of space.
Another point is that the Orcs invade the territory of Gervais every year, and if he builds this island, can he develop and live on the island in the future, so that even if the Orcs attack, his territory trade will not completely come to a standstill.
"I see, then there's no problem! Little Gervais, but you're still young, you can't just enjoy building a lot of work! Labor and wealth must know how to accumulate wealth! ”
Gervais's explanation sounded reasonable to Gandalf, the aristocracy did like to build estates, and the island was a beautiful place to relax.
"Father, don't worry! I know! ”
Gervais almost vomited blood, he looked like an extravagant aristocrat, but the excuse was to build a manor, and he could only make a promise obediently.
The lords of this world have the right to complete autonomy of their territories, so even the smallest baron is a soil emperor, and with such rights, it is inevitable that some lords will swell in their hearts and enjoy it hard.
Originally, it was understandable for the nobles to enjoy, but to enjoy extravagance and build gorgeous manors, these require a large amount of money to support, what to do when the lord's money is spent and cannot be paid?
That can only exploit the serfs, the serfs are already poor, and they will continue to be exploited, even the meek serfs will resist after there is no way to live, although the resistance of the serfs has no good results, but the lord will not have good fruit to eat, and he will also suffer the punishment of the feudal king, but the punishment is severe.
"Father, let's go back first!"
Gervais originally wanted to explore the whole island, but unfortunately it was getting late at the moment, and if he didn't go back, he would probably have to sail at night, there were no searchlights in this world, and sailing at night was a very dangerous thing.
Anyway, the island has been occupied at this moment, and Gervais is not in a hurry, and it is completely okay to come and explore the island after the revenge plan is completed.
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Next, Gervais ordered to escort the pirates on the beach back to the ship, and even the beer and other items left by the pirates on the beach did not let Weiss go, he did not drink this beer himself, but he could give it to his subordinates to drink.
It had been busy for nearly half an hour before Gervais headed for Storm Leader with a full 15 ships.
Standing at the bow of the ship, Gervais still reluctantly looked towards the island, although the area of the island is not large, but it can be used as his own secret base, if he can, Gervais wants to make him a sea fortress.
"My lord, this island is yours now, you should give it a name!"
Gervais found out that Lille was really condescending to be a pirate, this pirate squad leader really had the potential to be a dog, and seeing that Gervais had thoughts about that island, Lille immediately mentioned it to Gervais carefully.
"No, I'm not going to name it yet, I'll give it a name when I actually explore it! After all, as a noble nobleman, you must have a sense of ritual in doing things! ”
Gervais retracted his gaze, looked at Lille, and shook his head at Lille in a loud voice.
With Lille's awe-struck look, Gervais walked into the captain's quarters, and now that everything was settled, he could rest for a while.
In fact, Lille didn't know, Gervais also wanted to name the island now, but the name was Gervais's weakness, he felt that he had to think about it for a few days, and even Alice asked Gervais why he was so good.
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Because it was a straight line, it took less than an hour for the sea boats to see the beach of Storm Collar again.
The sea boat directly anchored and stopped more than 100 meters outside the beach, and then Gervais and others were the first to land in a small boat.
But the next thing gave Gervais a bit of a headache, originally this time not only captured 10 sea ships, but also discovered an island, Gervais should be considered a lot of gains, very happy.
But when the serfs who were constantly brought in from the ships came to the shore, Gervais felt a little headache.
The serfs, all young women, numbering more than one hundred and fifty, began to weep when they knew they had left the pirate's cave.
Even the persuasion of the guards did not work, obviously frightened to the extreme, and hundreds of people cried together, and it was the first time for Gervais to see such a spectacle.
"Father, I let their families bring these women back, will their lord pay me for this?"
Gervais rubbed his head and looked at Gandalf.
"Little Gervais, I'm afraid your idea is going to fail! Their families are probably dead! ”
Gandalf said to Gervais with some reluctance.
"I've heard from Baron Quake that when pirates raid villages, they kill almost all the men, women, and children of the village, so no one will claim them."
"As for their lords, if they are young and middle-aged, they will pay you to redeem them, but you are all women, I guess there is no hope!"
Gandalf's point was clear, and Gervais now had two options, either to sell the women to slave traders or to arrange them himself.
And most nobles will choose the first option when they encounter such a thing, selling them to slaves for payment, so Gandalf also said on the island that Gervais earned it.
In this world, there is no shame in selling captives to slave traders, just as selling them to slaves is the same as capturing serfs and soldiers from enemy countries, although these women have returned from pirates, but it has the same effect.
Hearing Gandalf's words, Gervais did not answer Gandalf immediately, but instead focused on Lille, who had been cautious a few meters away.
"Big ...... My lord, it was all done by the three leaders of Jod, and none of us participated! You can ask the others, we stayed on the boat the whole time, and no one wanted to take us there even if I wanted to! ”
Without Gervais making a sound, Lille knew what was going on with Gervais's gaze, and immediately fell to his knees trembling in fright.
He was telling the truth, to be able to go ashore and plunder the villages, it was a fat messenger, and it was not their turn at all, and when they were on the ship, they were envious for days.
Hearing Lille's words, the fierce light in Gervais's eyes retracted.
Although he is not the 'world policeman' of this world, if Lille and the others really participated in the massacre of women, children and children, then he would never use these people, at least he must really treat these people as coolies, the kind that is more miserable than slaves.
"Then let's take it back and settle it first, and then I'll think of a way! I'll make arrangements when this time is over! ”
Selling these women to slave traders is not something Gervais can do, after all, he is not short of such a small amount of money now, and these women are all poor people whose families have been killed by pirates, if he does this, how different is it from pirates.
Just when it was about to get dark, all the supplies and personnel had been unloaded, and Gervais led the people slowly towards the castle.
Gervais did not keep any people on each sea boat, but only 10 people on the shore and put them on duty.
Wright and the others came to the Storm Collar this time on purpose, otherwise there would be no ships on the coast of Gervais all year round, and they would not be afraid of being stolen at all!