Chapter 113

Poor Captain Jack Sparrow was standing outside the castle, with some cavalry on his horse, and his spear had pointed at him.

For nothing else, just because of this guy's dress... It's too blatant and arrogant. On the face almost engraved a line of words: I am a pirate!

It has to be said that this is also the credit of Dewey. The outfit he designed for Captain Jack Sparrow is completely designed according to the charming pirate captain in the famous movie of the previous life, especially the red scarf on his head, the mustache on his chin, and the black circles under his eyes

Such a strange looking man came to the surrounding of Rowling castle and was immediately watched by the patrolling guards of Rowling family. Since Duwei was twice taken away, the strength of Rowling family's guards has increased several times. If it wasn't for Jack Sparrow with the keepsake that Jolin gave him, he would have been bound by these cavalry.

"Aha! My captain, you are here! " Dewey, laughing, ran out of the castle in a hurry. He was stunned to see the pirate captain who was being pointed at by a group of cavalry with a spear. Below, a guard Knight immediately jumped off his horse and bowed: "young master, this guy is dressed strangely and doesn't look like a good man, but he has the keepsake of Knight Ruolin in his hand. We doubt him..."

"No doubt, this is my man. Let him go." Dewey waved. All the Knights step down. Dewey looked at the nervous Jack Sparrow, walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "you're here at last. Have you finished what you've been told? "

The captain of the pirate, who had learned from Dewey for a long time, bent down and said with a smile, "young master, it's a great success. Although there was something wrong in the middle, Miss Joanna's hand solved it. And the results are much better than expected. "

Dewey looked around. "This is not a place to talk."

Then Captain Sparrow was taken to his study.

Into the study. Where has the vulgar pirate seen the rich scenes of the imperial Wuxun family? He was almost dazzled by the pure silver candlesticks alone, and then the following people sent up the best southern tea. The pure silver tea set also made sparrow nervous.

After driving away the servant and closing the door, Dewey showed a magic of forbidding sound, so that the conversation in the room didn't have to worry about spreading. That's why I'm sitting in a chair. Face one is: "say."

"Yes Captain Sparrow quickly stood up, put down his tea cup and whispered, "this voyage took three months. We have swept 19 islands in the eastern sea. With Miss Joanna's hand, we threw those stubborn guys into the sea to feed the sharks. There were 421 people gathered from the rest of the land. There are 32 big and small ships in total, and one of them is a sea king class war ship! "

"Sea king?" Dewey was slightly surprised.

In the Roland empire. The ships on the sea are divided into four levels according to the displacement, and the order from big to small is: sea god level, sea king level, sea owl level and sea soul level.

Among them, the Poseidon class ship is the largest, which can be called the first class main ship in the Imperial Navy. For example, Duwei's Lao Tzu, count Raymond, led the navy to the south at the beginning of the expedition and returned to the imperial capital in triumph. It's a Poseidon class ship. The captain is over 300 steps, about 150 meters. The maximum carrying capacity is 800 crew members and fighters. In this world, it can be called a big mac on the sea.

A little smaller is the sea king class. The maximum length of the ship can reach 100 meters, generally about 80 meters, and it can carry 500 fighters. And also equipped with a certain number of long-range attack weapons such as crossbows.

In this era, because there is no gunpowder and thermal weapons, there is no artillery of that kind. The so-called ground crossbow. It's just some crossbows. It can be launched with a noose, with a range of about one kilometer. It has strong penetrating power and can shoot and pass iron plates. When it is launched at sea, if it hits the target, it can pierce the other party's hull and directly cause hull damage to the other party.

In this era, there are no long-range attack weapons such as artillery. Only the Poseidon level warships can be equipped with a small number of magic guided guns. It is a kind of long-range weapon similar to artillery made by magic principle, but the cost is extremely expensive. Although it is powerful, it is cheaper than Du Wei's previous artillery, It requires expensive magic materials and profound magic principles. It is even said that some manufacturing techniques have been lost.

Because of these reasons, the so-called naval warfare in this world is still at a low stage. At a long distance, the captain's fighters use throwing or crossbow weapons to kill the other party's personnel, and then hit the other party's ship by the angle of impact of the ship's hull, making the other party lose power, and then fight "side to side warfare", Rely on the ship's fighters to land on the other side's ship and fight hand to hand.

In this case, the ship has a large capacity and can carry more fighters, so it has become the main force in naval warfare.

Although there are a lot of pirates in the eastern waters of Loran, most of them are under medium-sized ships, often unable to compete with the regular fleet. Even some large armed merchant ships have the ability to defend themselves against pirates.

A sea king class ship, for pirates, it is very rare!

Seeing Dewey's doubts, Captain Sparrow quickly explained: "it seems that the big ship has a big head, and its hull is a little old. It needs a lot of effort to repair. The pirates captured by us are a relatively large group in the East China Sea. It is said that this ship was originally a warship in the Navy, but when it was retired, it was bought as a merchant ship by a rich merchant, and then it was robbed by pirates at sea. "

Dewey nodded. If even pirates can easily get sea king class ships, what's the matter with the Imperial Navy?!

"Now among the 32 ships, one is the king of the sea, and six are the owl of the sea. Including my black pearl. It's also a sea owl. The rest of the land is sea soul class boats, which can only carry less than 100 people. However, according to the displacement of these ships, and the configuration, it can barely compare with the second-line fleet of some imperial Eastern navies. Although we have fewer big boats and more small boats, the number of boats is much more than that of them. "

At Sparrow's words, Dewey just laughed and said nothing.

This guy is a pirate after all. I'm still a little less knowledgeable.

Compared with the Imperial Navy? That's the fantasy.

Du Wei's Lao Tzu was born in the Navy, and he was promoted all the way by the meritorious service he got with the expeditionary fleet. For example, in the last triumphant return, the expedition fleet led by count Raymond had only 35 ships. But there are five Poseidon class ships, the rest are all Poseidon class!

Although there are many boats under Dewey, most of them are small boats. Compared with the Imperial Navy, it is far from enough.

But Dewey didn't want to do anything great, such as revolt, such a fleet. As long as they are honest enough to do sea trade, and do not provoke those navies, they can almost sweep the eastern sea.

Sparrow said this with a look on his face and whispered, "it's just. Some things have gone beyond our expectations, so now there are some problems. We can't solve it. Now the fleet stops at Walker harbor in the south of Lille Province, where Miss Ruolin is in charge of the situation. Send me back to you as soon as possible... "

"Just tell me, what's the problem?" Dewey frowned.

"Money." Sparrow sighed: "our original plan was to take in the pirates, and then take out the wealth they have collected from years of robbery at sea, and then use the money to maintain the consumption of the fleet. But the problem is... "

At this point, Sparrow could not help sighing: "the problem is. These pirates are too poor. "

Looking at Dewey's frowning, sparrow quickly explained: "the military power on the sea of the empire is already strong. In recent decades, several expeditions have been carried out in the southern sea area, which has expanded the Empire's maritime territory by tens of thousands of miles. This kind of conspicuous military action, which costs people and money, has not brought any obvious benefits to the Empire's finance, But the expansion of the southern sea route. It also stimulated the maritime trade of the Empire. The number of local merchant ships on the sea has increased more than ten times compared with decades ago. Such frequent trade. Only then stimulated the pirate to produce, let the pirate have the possible survival space. But after all, it's just a little fight. Because the Empire had a huge Navy. Once things get too big and cause the Navy's suppression, the pirates will be destroyed. More importantly, in recent years, the ocean trade in the eastern waters has decreased, and most of the fleet has concentrated in the Southern Ocean. These pirates in the eastern waters have some difficulties in survival, so there is not much oil and water to be fished

Looking at Captain Sparrow's serious utterance of such a great truth, as if endorsing it, Dewey couldn't help laughing: "these things, you think of them yourself?"

Sparrow shook his head and replied honestly, "no, I haven't read any books. Where can I think of that? All these things are told me by Ms. Ruolin. "

Dewey's eyes brightened.

Ruolin? This long legged girl has a good head.

Sparrow continued: "during the three months at sea, most of the goods and materials were worthless food and ironware. Even if they were sold, they were not worth much. But there are some valuable things. Ms. Ruolin has decided to sell some of them in Walker harbor. The Navy and military in Walker harbor also need some relations. After all, many pirates are people named on the wanted notices. If we rashly take these guys under our command, it will inevitably cause criticism from others. Ms. Ruolin made the decision and spent a sum of money to manage the official relationship. In the end, we copied all the remaining things from those pirate dens, and only got less than 10000 gold coins. After several months at sea, as long as the ship is maintained and repaired, there are still some damaged ships to be repaired, and the sea king ship, though large, is even more seriously damaged and aged. In addition, they have collected more than 400 people, and they have to eat, drink and support them... The money they have recovered from such suppression is almost beyond their means. "

Dewey listened to the numbness of his scalp and waved: "you just say how much it costs in all!"

When sparrow heard this, she immediately took out one from her arms. When she handed it to him, she turned it over and read it to Du Wei: "of the thirty-two ships, almost every one has to be damaged to varying degrees. In view of the current financial problems, Ms. Ruolin selected nine of them, which are serious problems. The repair cost is expected to cost 3000 gold coins. It's still using your name, and cheap wood from the naval terminal supplies department at Walker harbor. Other ships need to be repaired, but they can make do for the time being. When we have enough money in hand, we can make plans. More than 400 people have spent more than 600 gold coins to eat and drink Lhasa in three months, which is very economical. If Miss Ruolin does not dare to reduce the personnel expenses, otherwise, these new employees will defecte. Ms. Ruolin also said that since she has become your subordinate from a pirate, she can't make another pirate dress. If she wears ragged clothes, it's hard to avoid humiliation. She also made two sets of new clothes for everyone, among which the leader's clothes are slightly better... So 200 gold coins are removed. The most important thing is that the weapons in our hands are too poor. When we used to be pirates, we went up in droves to fight. It's too shameful. Since it's the Rowling family's fleet, the catapults, bows and swords on the ship have to be changed. I've seen that some of the poor pirates in the past didn't even have weapons. Even when they met the enemy, they picked up some blacksmith's hammer or plow rake and went up. These are all useless... In addition, there are funds for the navy to get through relations. Almost half of the people we have recruited are wanted criminals (Sparton added "including me" awkwardly when he said this). It cost nearly a thousand gold coins to eliminate the wanted order. "