For Townesend, Warrant Officer Tom's value never lay in him as a person.

Rather, it is a key that opens the naval gates of Port Royal.

No matter how much money he throws outside the door of the Port Royal Navy, he will only win the favor of the soldiers in the end, but with Warrant Officer Tom's internal response, he has a good chance to use money to erode the Royal Navy and take control of the Navy from the bottom up... At least some aspects of control.

Moreover, he is currently in the open, his fame is too great, and many things are too dazzling to do, and Warrant Officer Tom can perfectly replace himself to do some things that are currently inconvenient to show up.

But the basis of all this is that Warrant Officer Tom can't betray, once the other party betrays, he will no longer have a place in Port Royal, so Townsend will spend so much effort on a mere warrant officer.

"Mr. Tang, Warrant Officer Tom is waiting for you outside the door."

At dinner time, the butler walked over with light steps and whispered to Townes.

Townsend unhurriedly put down the dishes, smiled apologetically at Governor Swan and Miss Swan, and said, "Lost company." ”

After two days, everyone was quite familiar with each other, and Governor Swan did not dwell on the cumbersome etiquette, and did not even stop eating, but said vaguely: "Mr. Tang, I forgot to tell you just now that Colonel Norrington's promotion ceremony is scheduled for five days later, and he asked me to invite you to attend the ceremony as well." ”

"It's a great honor."

Tang Sen's heart moved slightly.

The promotion ceremony, which also means that Jack Sparrow's landing on the island, the story of Pirates of the Caribbean officially begins, which is a little earlier than he expected.

Well, there are not many days left for yourself to develop in Port Royal.

Luckily, the plan went well.

Walking out of the restaurant, I happened to see the red-clothed maid Ji Lian'an holding the tongs to warm the bed and prepare to go upstairs, facing Tang Sen, she hurriedly saluted, her expression was a little unnatural.

It is true that a maid's city is not enough for her to hide secrets in her heart and not reveal herself, but fortunately, she is also only a maid, and in this castle belonging to the governor, it is too inconspicuous.

Townsend only nodded slightly, without saying a word, and walked directly out of the house along the corridor, and walked out of the door, and saw Warrant Officer Tom in the night standing under an unobtrusive tree in the distance, holding a long strip of object wrapped in oilcloth.

"Good evening, Mr. Tom."

"Mr. Tang can just call me by name." Warrant Officer Tom couldn't contain the excitement in his heart, but simply made a polite remark, and then brought the topic back to the topic: "Captain Morgan, who manages the armory, knows me well, and I have paid some price, and he is happy to turn a blind eye, Mr. Don, please see, this is a brand-new flintlock pistol, and it is in very good condition——"

"No need." Townsend interrupted Tom's attempt to peel off the tarpaulin with a wave of his hand, "I trust you, Tom. ”

"Now, forget about these guns, they're useless for now, find a place to hide him, we need to go to the docks."

Tom paused and nodded, he didn't ask what to do at the docks, now that he had decided to follow Townwend, he had to get used to his duties as a personal servant.

Ask less, do more, what you should know, you will naturally know.

Townsend nodded in satisfaction about Tom's adaptability, and the two were silent all the way, and soon came to the town, where Townsend bought a large wooden box and went around to a remote house.

"Wait a minute."

Townsend pushed open the door and walked in, and it wasn't long before he dragged a large box out with difficulty.

"It's gold."

Tom took the place of Townsend and held the box in his arms, the heavy weight letting him know that the gold coins inside were probably an astronomical amount.

Townsend still didn't explain the source of the gold coin, and Tom wouldn't ask, but the respect for Townsend in his heart increased by a layer.

No one would believe that there was a money bag in the world that could pour out gold coins indefinitely, and in Tom's mind, the only reason why Mr. Tang could get so many gold coins at any time was that in this Port Royal, Mr. Tang had other followers, who kept Mr. Tang's gold coins, and could take them out at any time when Mr. Tang needed them.

In this era, there was no such convenient thing as a bank card, and only palace staff or lords and nobles could write checks in the name of the king to pay for large-denomination transactions, but this kind of check was only a voucher, which could only be digested internally and could not be circulated in the market.

"Take out ten gold coins from it, that's your salary for today." Tang Sen said indifferently: "As for the rest of the money, I need you to help me do something." ”

"Mr. Tang, please command."

"Go buy a boat." Townsend looked at the docks: "Come to think of it, because of my two days of playing, a large number of ships have gathered at the docks, and even people from nearby islands who have received news are rushing to Port Royal." ”

"My request is to buy boats, a lot of boats, except for those small fishing boats that can only roam the shallow seas, and no sailing ship that can sail far away."

"Whatever means you use, whatever name you use, whatever you spend, whatever you spend, I only have one request-"

"Shut up the sales director, at least before the promotion ceremony of Colonel Norrington, I don't want to hear rumors of Mr. Tang buying ships in large quantities."

It took Tom several minutes to digest the request.

A large number of ships? What is it used for? The purchasing power and dumping power of each place is limited, and it is impossible for so many ships to be used to run merchants, so there is only one possibility...

Thinking of Townwson's previous act of asking him to buy weapons, Tom suddenly shuddered and trembled.

He wasn't scared, he was excited.

What Mr. Tang has done in the past two days is really not just to have fun, but has a greater purpose, and now, he can actually participate in it, and even play a key role in it, the future can be described as immeasurable.

"Yes!" He gave a military salute and said, "I will definitely do my best to fulfill Mr. Tang's request!" ”

"Then, this money will be handed over to you, and if it is not enough, you will ask me again." Townsend nodded in satisfaction.

"Well... Wait, isn't that too much! Tom suddenly exclaimed, "Mr. Tang doesn't need to find someone else to take care of the money with me?" ”

"Tom, you've proven your loyalty, and I don't think I need to do these superfluous things." Tang Sen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do a good job, I'm optimistic about you." ”

It's just a bunch of numbers, Tang Sen doesn't care at all, it is more meaningful to be able to use these meaningless yellow and white things to prove the other party's loyalty, and even exchange for the other party's gratitude.

"Yes!" Tom's blood was immediately uplifted.

This is an amount that ordinary people can't reach in a lifetime, and Mr. Tang is so relieved of himself, so heavy trust, that Tom really doesn't know how to reciprocate.

The dark desire to abscond with the money has not yet appeared, and it has been extinguished by gratitude and anticipation of the unknown great cause.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

"Soon there will be a little disturbance in the Governor's house, and when the time comes, you will need to pick up two people."

"Then, bring me something."