The strongest captain: I have a pirate system

The southern pearl of the Calradia Empire, the military, political and economic city of Deherira, welcomed a special visitor.

Although the north is still shrouded in the cold wind, the south can already be shirtless, but this guest covered his whole body in a burqa.

He didn't remove the burqa until someone from the West Coast United Chamber of Commerce brought in the guests.

As a representative of the chamber of commerce, Nard admired this one-eyed man very much: "Mr. Patrick can visit in person, his courage is admirable!"

Patrick, the helm of the One-Eyed Butcher Pirates, was listed as the number one existence in four countries on the most wanted list. At this time, he was in the city of the empire and was received by the chamber of commerce.

"Let's gossip, you know I don't like these sycophantic nonsense." Patrick didn't give Nard a good face, "Now that fat man Mosang is pressing me every step of the way, and if I waste one more day, I will lose one. Box of copper coins!"

"Fine!"

Nard's expression of dissatisfaction flashed, and then he put on a professional smile: "The trade of the Chamber of Commerce in the north has always been oppressed by the red beards. They seem to be friendly with our Chamber of Commerce, but in fact they are not with our The enemy Nord Kingdom is hooking up with each other, and sometimes our merchant ships can't even leave our own ports."

"I'm not here to listen to your complaints." Patrick frowned, "Who wasn't bullied by the Redbeard Pirates?"

Nard smiled and nodded: "I hope to have empathy with Your Excellency!"

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper and preached: "So our goal is to defeat, or even eliminate Redbeard. No matter how bad it is, we can't let him continue to dominate. You know, the center of gravity of the empire has always been in the east. In the Somia region, the Empire and Saban have been fighting for more than 40 years, so the task of defeating Red Beard at sea can only fall on us."

"The empire won't send troops?" Patrick's tone changed. "Your envoys swore you before I came, but when I got here, you said that the center of gravity of the empire is not in the ocean?"

"The future focus of the empire must be on the ocean, and it is now refitting a new type of warship." Nard said.

"What warship?" Patrick said disdainfully, "it won't be the fire-breathing ship, right? I admit that that thing is a great threat to one or two ships, but it is not omnipotent. As long as the hatch is sealed, their The fire can only give fire to my ship's sides."

Patrick has such confidence because they have connections with some of the countries that joined the Elsa Federation, and they know that the Kingdom of Crimanda has a new type of fire-breathing boat. After testing, there are two ways to deal with it. The first is to hang baffles on the side of the boat , can block the flame jet, but it will block the line of sight.

The second is more troublesome. You need to seal the side facing the fire-breathing boat, and then use a racket or ballista to fight back.

"Fire-breathing boats are outdated." Nard shook his head. "They are full of fuel oil. Just light a fireboat and rush over, and it will burn itself. Is it still necessary?"

The fire-breathing boat is powerful and risky, as long as it is ignited, it will burn more vigorously than others.

Patrick nodded: "Only those old-fashioned antiques are treasures. I heard that the Grand Duke of Clinanda hid the fire-breathing boat for fear that others would find out."

Nard smiled, and then pushed the paper over: "Don't talk about those disappointing things, the drawings and technical performance of this new type of warship are all on the paper, you can take a look."

"I can't read." Patrick glanced at the boat drawn on it, then shook his head, "But I don't see anything special about it."

"It's okay, I can give you a brief introduction." Nard picked up the paper and said, "Talk about the key performance, the new warship is 46 meters long, has a draft of 450 tons, and can reach a speed of 9 knots, and the key is that it is equipped with ten cannons. .”

"Cannon?" Patrick heard this term for the first time. "Flame launcher, what's the difference between this and a fire-breathing boat?"

Cannon is a launcher that shoots gunpowder in the common language of the empire. Ballista is generally used, but the noun of flame is added. No wonder Patrick didn't understand it.

"Of course it's not firing gunpowder. It's okay. I will show you the artillery weapon later. Let's discuss the details of our cooperation first." Nard said.

"Needless to mention the details, who has time to pay attention to this during the fight, and the battle situation changes from time to time, are you sure you can take every change into account?" Patrick asked rhetorically.

Nard is not a professional war talent, his face blushed, and then nodded: "Then let the people below discuss this, and be prepared, what do you think?"

"That's fine, now I just want to hear your promise." Patrick said, "When will you show up when I pester their main force?"

"In order to prevent them from escaping, I will arrive at the battlefield on the second or third day after you release the pigeons, and together with you, we will encircle and wipe out the main force of Red Beard in the South China Sea area." Nard said.

"Empty words are nothing, I only believe in the Sea God." Patrick stared at him, and Nald had no choice but to swear in the name of the Sea God. At this time, the one-eyed butcher nodded to express his satisfaction.

After taking the oath, Nard said, "I also have a personal request."

"You said."

"Redbeard has a Cathay captain. He killed my younger brother. If you catch a Cathay, I hope you can hand him over to us."

Patrick nodded: "This is not a difficult problem, when the time comes I will let my people... Wait, a Cathayman?"

"Yes." Nard looked at Patrick with a strange expression, "You know him?"

"When we fought with Redbeard last year, I was killed by a Cathay pirate in the Conqueror Islands. I ordered Hunter to hunt him down, but instead, a ship was sunk." Patrick said coldly With a snort, "This guy is quite active."

"It seems that we have a common goal." Nard laughed.

"Deacon Nard, we have spies who have found the "San Jose"!" A guard of the chamber of commerce came in and saluted.

"Didn't you see that I was discussing with an important client?" Nard reprimanded, "There are no rules, who let you in!"

"It's okay, I've also heard that your treasure ship is missing?" Patrick laughed. It's really hard to see that these ships whose whereabouts are highly confidential will be robbed.

Nard nodded, and then said to the guard: "Have you found the "San Jose"?"

The guard shook his head: "We didn't see the "San Jose", but its two escort ships were spotted by the merchants on Green Island and used by the people of Green Island."

"Green Island?" Nald was depressed, how did they run to that isolated island?

The guard nodded: "Then after the businessman inquired, he found that many people who were originally on the "San Jose" appeared in the new city on the island. The businessman didn't dare to startle the enemy, so he came back to find us as soon as possible."

"I didn't expect the lord of Green Island to be so courageous that he dared to rob the ship!" Nald was already devastated by this matter, and now he can't wait to fly to the island immediately.

"The original lord of Green Island has been killed, and now the ruler of Green Island is a woman who calls herself Viscount Debis."

"The Countess?" Narde almost didn't come up, and it took him a long time to calm down, "Send her a letter and ask her to explain this matter!"

"Yes, Sir Deacon." The guard quickly retreated.

After the guards left, Nard took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Patrick, our chamber of commerce will send three gunboats to join you in one month's time. When you fight Redbeard, our fleet will set off immediately."

"Okay, that's the deal." Patrick nodded.

Nald just stood up and said with a smile: "Then, welcome to Deherira. We have set up a banquet at noon today, and I hope you can attend."