Chapter 113 Difficult to be in charge

Chapter 113 Difficult to be in charge

Poor Captain Jack Sparrow stood outside the castle, surrounded by several horsemen on horseback, spears already pointed at him.

Not for anything else, just because of the guy's dressing ... It's just too blatant, too arrogant. There was a line engraved on his face: I am a pirate!

This has to be said to be the credit of Du Wei, the outfit he designed for this Captain Jack Sparrow is completely designed according to the charming pirate captain in the famous movie in the previous life, especially the red turban on the head, the mustache on the chin, and the dark circles...

Such a strangely dressed person came to the surroundings of Rollin's castle, and was immediately targeted by the patrolling Rollin family's guard cavalry, since Du Wei was abducted twice, the Rollin family's guard strength has increased several times. If it weren't for Jack Sparrow holding the token Ruolin gave him, I am afraid that he would have been tied up by these cavalrymen.

"Aha! My captain, you are here! Du Wei laughed loudly, hurriedly ran out of the castle, and looked at the pirate captain who was being pointed at with a spear by a group of cavalrymen, and couldn't help but be stunned. The guard knight below immediately jumped off his horse and bowed: "Young master, this guy is dressed strangely and doesn't look like a good person, but he is holding the token of His Excellency Ruolin Knight in his hand, we suspect him..."

"No doubt, this is my man, let him go." Du Wei waved his hand. A knight retreated. Du Wei looked at Jack Sparrow who was a little nervous, walked up to him and patted him the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You are finally here." Done with your business? The

pirate captain had long understood Du Wei's power, and quickly bent down and said with a smile: "Young master, things are done successfully. Although there was a little mistake in the middle, Miss Joanna made a move, and it was all solved. And the results were much better than previously expected.

Du Wei glanced left and right: "This is not the place to talk. Then

he took Captain Sparrow to his study.

Went into the study. Where has this rude pirate seen the rich scene of the Imperial Wuxun family? The sterling silver candlesticks alone made him almost dazzled, and then the people below sent the best black tea from the south, and the sterling silver tea set also made Sparrow nervous.

After driving away the servants and closing the door, Du Wei unhurriedly cast a silent magic so that the conversation in the room did not have to worry about spreading. That's when he sat in a chair. A straight face: "Say it."

"Yes!" Captain Sparrow quickly stood up, put down the teacup in his hand, and said in a low voice: "This time we went to sea, which lasted a total of three months, and we swept nineteen islands in the eastern sea. With Miss Joanna's shot, the recalcitrant guys were thrown into the sea by us to feed the sharks. There were four hundred and twenty-one of the remaining gathered people. There are a total of thirty-two large and small ships, including a sea king-class warship!

"Sea King-class?" Du Wei was slightly surprised.

In the Roland Empire. The ships at sea are divided into four classes according to their displacement, in order from largest to smallest: Poseidon class, Sea King class, Sea Thunder class, and Sea Soul class.

Among them, the Poseidon class ship is the largest, which can be called the first-class capital ship in the Imperial Navy. For example, Du Wei's old son, Count Raymond, led the navy on an expedition to the south and triumphantly returned to the imperial capital when the flagship "Dandong". It is a giant ship of the Poseidon class. The length of the ship is more than three hundred paces, about one hundred and fifty meters. The maximum carrying capacity can carry a crew and combatants totaling 800 people. In this world, it can be called a giant on the sea.

The slightly smaller one is the Sea King class, the length of the ship can reach up to 100 meters, generally about 80 meters, and can carry 500 combatants. It is also equipped with a certain number of long-range attack weapons such as ballistae.

In this era, because there were no gunpowder and thermal weapons, that kind of artillery was not available. The so-called ground ballista. In fact, it's just some giant crossbows. Launched with a noose, the range can reach about a thousand meters. Strong penetration, can shoot iron plates, often when fighting at sea, as soon as it is launched, if it hits the target, it can pierce the opponent's hull at once, directly causing hull damage to the opponent.

In this era, there are no long-range attack weapons such as artillery, only Seagod-level giant ships can be equipped with a small number of magic guide guns, which is a long-range weapon similar to artillery made by using magic principles, but the cost is extremely expensive, although the power is huge, Kanbi Duwei knew the kind of artillery in his previous life, but the cost performance is low, requiring expensive magic materials and esoteric magic principles. It is even said that some manufacturing sites have been lost.

And for these reasons, in this world, the so-called naval battles are basically still in a low-level stage, long-distance relying on the captain's combatants to kill and injure the opponent's personnel with weapons such as throwing or crossbows, and then relying on the collision angle of the hull to hit the opponent's ship, so that the other party loses mobility, and then fight "engagement battle", relying on the combatants on the ship to land on the opponent's ship and then hand-to-hand combat.

In this case, the ship has a large capacity and can carry more combatants, which has become the main force in naval battles.

Although there are many pirates in the eastern waters of the Roland Continent, most of them are ships below medium size, which are often unable to compete with the regular fleet. Even some large armed merchant ships have the ability to protect themselves against pirates.

A sea king-class ship, for pirates, that is extremely rare!

Seeing Du Wei's doubts, Captain Sparrow quickly explained: "That big ship seems to be many years old, and the hull is also a little dilapidated, and it takes a lot of effort to repair. The pirates captured by us were a relatively large group in the East China Sea, and this ship was said to have been a warship in the navy, and then after reaching the age of retirement, it was bought by a wealthy merchant to be used as a merchant ship, and then snatched by pirates at sea.

Du Wei nodded. If even pirates can easily get their hands on a Neptune class ship, then what else is the Imperial Navy mixed in?!

"Now of these thirty-two ships, one of the Sea King class and six of the Sea King class. Including my Black Pearl. It is also a sea scourge class. The rest of the land is all sea soul-level boats, which can only carry less than a hundred people. However, according to the displacement of these ships, as well as the configuration, they can barely compare with the second-line fleets in some empires' eastern navies. Although we have fewer large ships and more small boats, the number of ships is much more than theirs.

Listening to Sparrow's words, Du Wei just smiled and didn't say anything.

This guy is a pirate after all. There is still less insight.

Comparison with the Imperial Navy? That's whimsical.

Du Wei's Laozi was born in the navy, and he was promoted all the way up the ground by relying on the merits obtained by leading the expeditionary fleet to the south. For example, in the last triumphant return, the expeditionary fleet led by Count Raymond had only thirty-five ships. But among them, there are five Poseidon class ships, and the rest are all Neptune class!

Although there are many of these ships obtained by Du Wei's subordinates, most of them are small boats, and if they are really compared with the regular navy of the empire, they are still far from enough.

However, Du Wei did not want to do any great cause such as rebellion, such a fleet. As long as it is honestly used for maritime trade, it can almost sweep the eastern seas without messing with those navies.

After Sparrow said this, his face showed embarrassment, and he whispered: "It's just." Some things have turned out beyond our expectations, so now there are some difficult problems. We can't fix it. Now the fleet is docked in Port Vook, in the southern part of the province of Lille, where Miss Ruoline presides over the situation, and quickly send me back to you..."

"You just say, what went wrong?" Du Wei frowned.

"Money." Sparrow sighed: "Our original plan was to collect those pirates, and then take out the wealth they collected during the years of robbery at sea, and then use this money to maintain the consumption of the fleet." But the question is..."

Speaking of this, Sparrow couldn't help but sigh: "The problem is. These pirates are too poor.

Looking at Du Wei's frowning look, Sparrow quickly explained: "The imperial land and sea military power is originally strong, and in the past few decades, several expeditions have been carried out in the southern seas, expanding the empire's maritime territory by tens of millions of miles. It also stimulated the maritime trade of the empire. The number of merchant ships traveling to and from the sea has increased tenfold compared to a few decades ago. Such frequent trade. It stimulated the generation of pirates, so that pirates had space to survive. But after all, it has always been a small trouble. Because the Empire had a huge navy. Once the matter is too big and causes the navy to clear it, it will cause the little pirates to suffer disaster. More importantly, in recent years, ocean-going trade in the eastern seas has declined, and most of the fleet has been concentrated in the South Seas. These pirates in the eastern seas are already a little difficult to survive, and naturally there is not much oil and water to fish. Watching

Captain Sparrow say such a big reason in a serious way, as if endorsing, Du Wei couldn't help but laugh: "These things are all you came up with?"

Sparrow shook his head and answered honestly: "No, I haven't read any books." Where can I think of these? These things were told to me by Miss Ruolin.

Du Wei's eyes lit up.

Ruolin? This long-legged chick has a good mind.

Sparrow continued: "This three months at sea to clear out pirates, a total of materials, most of them are worthless grain, iron and other things, even if they are sold, they are not worth much. Rather, there are some valuable things, and Miss Ruolin has already decided to sell one of them on the spot in Port Walker, and the naval military in Port Walker also need some connections to make some connections. After all, many pirates are people named on wanted warrants, and if we rashly bring these guys under our wing, it will inevitably cause criticism from others. Miss Ruolin took charge and spent a sum of money to establish official relations. In the end, we copied all the pirates' dens, and we only got less than 10,000 gold coins. And after sailing at sea for several months, the ship has to be maintained and repaired, and some of the ship's damage needs to be repaired, and the sea king-class ship, although large, but the degree of damage and aging is even more serious. Plus more than four hundred people were collected, and people had to eat, drink, and feed them ... The money that was so brought back was almost beyond his means.

Du Wei's scalp was numb when he heard this, and he waved his hand: "Just say directly, how much overhead is needed!"

When Sparrow heard this, he immediately took out a small book that Ruolin gave him when he came to his arms, opened it, and then read it to Du Wei: "Thirty-two boats, almost each of them will be damaged to varying degrees, in view of the current financial problems, Miss Ruolin selected nine of them is a serious problem, and the repair cost is expected to cost three thousand gold coins." This is still in your name, and the cheap wood purchased at the Navy Dock Supply Office in Port Walker. Other ships also need to be repaired, but they can be used for the time being. Wait until you have enough money in hand, and then make plans. More than four hundred people, who have eaten, drunk and lasa for three months, also spent more than six hundred gold coins, which is already very economical. Miss Ruolin did not dare to reduce the personnel expenses, otherwise, these newly acquired subordinates would defect. Miss Ruolin also said that since you have changed from a pirate to your subordinate, naturally you can no longer dress as a pirate, if you wear rags, it will inevitably embarrass you, and also made two new sets of clothes for each person, of which the leader's clothes are slightly better... This removes another two hundred gold coins. The most important thing is that the weapons in everyone's hands are too bad, once upon a time as pirates, they rushed up to fight indiscriminately, it was too unspeakable, since it was the fleet of the Luolin family, the ballista, crossbow, and sword on the ship had to be changed. I have seen that among those pirates in the past, there were also poor people who did not even have weapons, and even when they encountered enemies, they would pick up some blacksmith's hammer or ploughed rake and go up. These can no longer be used... In addition, there is also the fund for the navy to open up relations, and almost half of the people we have collected are wanted criminals (when he said this, Spyro paused and added "including me" embarrassedly), and it cost nearly a thousand gold coins to eliminate the wanted order. "