Extraordinary Sailing

When Milan introduced the enemy's situation, he had already opened the telepathic connection simultaneously, projecting the eyes of everyone present to the slave fleet coming through the waves in the distance.

huh huh——

At this time, the continuous wind and rain between the sky and the sea obviously couldn't dampen their fiery heart to embrace the huge wealth.

Relying on the fact that the wind and waves are not strong and its own load is heavy enough, almost all the horizontal sails have been hung.

In the slave fleet.

In addition to the addition of a large-scale armed merchant ship "Santa Cruz Merchant" and a fifth-tier cruiser "Yawyer" specially dispatched for defense due to the recent turmoil at sea.

The main body consists of eight two-masted fast sailing ships with a displacement of about 300 tons. Each ship has about 100 armed crew members and ten six-pound guns.

Fluttering——

Some seagulls swaggered close to investigate, and even flew into the cabin to check the internal situation.

Therefore, the military chiefs of the privateer fleet also saw a large number of Anuma slaves locked up on the lower decks of the eight slave ships.

Each seemingly small slave ship was densely loaded with nearly 400 people!

anger, hatred, numbness, sadness, despair

Then no matter what emotions they have, they can't change their situation in the slightest.

Like dark chocolate neatly stacked in a box, they were lying side by side and chained directly to the lower deck, or even in a foul-smelling basement that was as humid and airtight as hell.

However, even if Aiwen and the others saw such a scene, no one was moved by it, even Milan, who had a well-off family and pampered him.

It's not that they have no compassion, but in this era, this kind of scene is really too common.

And they are very clear that a ship of Anuma slaves seems to be quite a lot, but only about three-quarters of these slaves can reach the New World alive.

Perhaps during this moment when everyone was watching, some people died silently in the cabin, never having the chance to set foot on the land of the New World.

But even if they can get there alive, the average age of the Anuma in the entire New World is only 29 years old.

No matter how strong the individual is in the mining area or plantation, the last trace of vitality will be drained by endless heavy labor.

You must know that even in the ancient Neolithic Age, the average natural life expectancy of human beings can reach 35 years old.

And the beginning of the tragic life of these people is obviously all because of the huge profits behind the slave trade.

Through normal trading, slave traders can obtain a slave in the Southern Continent for about 10 gold lions, but transporting it to the New Continent can make a profit of 600%.

If you directly use trade rifles to exchange, you only need three rifles to exchange for a strong slave, and the profits will only be more lucrative.

And it can create more wars locally, and more slaves!

However, according to the size of the fleet seen so far, the total number of living slaves is still about 3,200.

Because in the trade on the slave coast of the southern continent, the source of slaves is mainly prisoners of war obtained after defeating other tribes and countries.

One slave acquired in the war may be accompanied by the death of six or seven natives of the enemy country.

So under normal circumstances, it is almost impossible for them to obtain such a large number of slaves at one time, and the death of tens of thousands of people is enough to destroy the country of a small country.

It is very likely that these slave traders from the Santa Babia Company personally attacked an unknown tribe in the southern continent to obtain so many slaves at once.

Obviously, as finances continue to be tight, Sirius' policies have become more radical. Even if he ends up personally, he must maximize the production capacity of the gold and silver mines to fill the kingdom's shortfall.

"There are two enemy frigates, and one of them is called a merchant ship of the caravan, but it is actually a standard fourth-tier battleship.

Among the other ships, there is a cruiser and eight brigantine mixed sailing ships. The total number of armed combatants is about 1,200, and the total projected mass of the artillery is 819 pounds.

Although there are a large number, the caliber of the shipboard artillery is obviously better than ours. "

After carefully looking at the other party thoroughly, Milan reported the above series of data.

At this time, the total number of privateers in our own fleet was 1,152, and the projected mass reached 1,312 pounds.

The flagship "Venus Star" heavy cruiser alone has a projected mass of 808 pounds that exceeds the sum of all their artillery!

the only thing to worry about

Alvin narrowed his eyes slightly.

Looking at the bow of the "Santa Cruz Merchant" through the eyes of the enchanted seagull, the figure of the bow shining with magic aura is what he cares most about.

at the same time.

On the Santa Cruz Merchant, in the captain's cabin decorated with carved beams and paintings.

"Aha, there's nothing better than a sip of royal rum on a rainy day like this."

Captain Hobbion, who was sitting in a chair with his feet on the table, put down the wine bottle in his hand and sighed sincerely.

"Hehe! My captain, why bother to talk about the weather when drinking? Even when it's sunny, I haven't seen you drink less.

Besides, this is not the kingdom's naval warship, who can control you? "

Next to him, a handsome young man in imitation military uniform but without a military rank couldn't help laughing at the captain who was wearing a three-cornered hat with a long sword on his waist, but his stomach was already slightly fat.

The captain, Hobbiton, was not angry at all, he smiled as if approving, poured himself a large mouthful of sweet wine again, took out a gold pocket watch inlaid with gemstones from his pocket, and played with it casually.

"Lambert! Since Your Excellency General entrusted you to me for training, of course I will try my best to take care of you.

When you massacred indigenous tribes and plundered slaves before, you performed very well, ruthless and decisive enough. "

"Thank you, Your Excellency, it's all your command!"

Hobbit waved, saying that there is no need to compliment himself:

"When I was a naval officer, I didn't understand it. I thought that people live for honor, responsibility, responsibility and the great eternal fire.

But now I'm going to tell you that only strength, power and wealth are the most important.

I want to live well and enjoy the best food, wine and beautiful people.

As the strong in every way, we have countless ways to take everything we want from the weak. "

The young man was thoughtful and asked:

"Then what if other powerhouses also want it?"

Bang——

Putting his feet down from the table all at once, Hobbit said seriously:

"Of course I let someone else take the lead, and I'm afraid I won't benefit from relying on the Santa Babia Company?

So, there is one thing you have to remember.

This company belongs to His Majesty the Great Emperor, the nineteen gentlemen in the top management, and of course ours.

Only if the company does not fail can we have our wealth and comfort, and only then can our interests come first! "

At this time, who can tell that this middle-aged man, who is like a veteran of the officialdom, was once a promising elite colonel in the navy?

The private escort fleet in the Santa Babia Company was originally an independent armed force belonging to the royal family. At the beginning of its establishment, a group of elite backbones from the navy were recruited to fill it.

They are also given the most preferential treatment and the most lucrative positions, just for them to become loyal defenders of the royal family and the king at critical moments!

This is a layout that the royal family has been working on since a long time ago.

The most critical point is to obtain a force completely under his control, and to eliminate all interference from the "Eternal Flame" now that all aspects of the kingdom have been heavily infiltrated by the Church.

Especially since the connection with the hidden wizard forces was established, various witchcraft props were also firstly equipped here.

Of course, there are also non-knight path transcendents who are gradually recruited and cannot be accommodated by the "eternal flame".

And who is the imaginary enemy behind this kind of operation, there is no doubt at all.

but.

Now it seems that a long time of too comfortable life is enough to wear down the will of an elite officer, making him maybe not even know himself.

Just when Hobbit was using his personal life experience to teach (poison) guide (harm) the next generation of the company.

clang! clang! clang!

The rapid alarm bell on the ship sounded suddenly.

"what happened?"

Although his will has been worn down by a long, comfortable and prosperous life, he still has the vigilance to be a qualified captain and an extraordinary person.

In an instant, he jumped up, and the young first mate Lambert, who was also an official knight beside him, rushed out quickly.

Whoosh—

After two steps, he came to the deck and had a face-to-face meeting with a black-robed old man with a thin figure and long, narrow cheeks and gray scales.

"Wizard Rice!"

"Hiss, Mr. Captain, deal with your own affairs, I will take action when necessary."

With cold eyes and a long purple tongue sticking out like a snake when speaking, it looks like a poisonous snake in human form.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Due to the restriction of the field of view in rainy weather, the lookouts did not issue an alarm until the privateer fleet approaching the right front of the fleet, that is, the upwind direction, approached two kilometers.

For the fleet, this distance, which is about to enter the range of the artillery, is already too close.

I can't care about the accountability of the lookouts now.

Hobbion ordered the herald to issue an early warning signal to all slave ships in the fleet. Standing on the stern building, I watched the black-sail pirate ship gradually approaching with the black dragon head flag and exhaled:

"Where are you pirates that don't even recognize the Santa Babia Company flag?

Back off quickly, or the Cyrus Navy and your Pirate King will not let you go! "

The loud voice pierced through the rain and echoed on the sea for a long time.

Apparently, they just came to the New World on the edge of the rainy season through the triangular trade route. They didn't know much about the White Knight and his "Dragon Cavalry Pirates" who were in the limelight during this period.

Although the flagship "Venus" was obviously much larger than ordinary cruisers, he didn't pay too much attention to it under the inherent concept that battleships were the rulers of the sea.

In the past, relying on the name of "Santa Babia Company", they could get all kinds of preferential treatment, even if the Cyrus Navy did not do other things, they had to serve them first.

Even if there is a situation where the company's property is robbed, no matter which side of the pirates will be hit by the navy afterwards.

Over time, powerful big pirates dare not move, and weak little pirates can't move, which also created their comfortable status quo to another extent.

If it weren't for the sake of low profile, it would be no problem to add "Royal" in front of the name based on the power of the Santa Babia Company.

This is also a direct manifestation of what he said to his juniors earlier, "benefits come first".

However, this group of pirates is somewhat different from the previous ones.

Hurrah——

The four warships braved the wind and waves and approached within one kilometer of the fleet without hesitation.

"Fire!"

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!

The fire shines through the wind and rain.

The roaring artillery fire also completely tore the long and comfortable life of Santa Babia Company into pieces!