People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 199 The withered Ella Port
ps: The chapter number is wrong, this is chapter 197.

Lothar carefully looked at the galley in front of him. This is a three-recker galley. Although it is said to be medium-sized, it is still terrifyingly large when viewed closely.

It is about 30 meters long, uses a triangular sail, and can accommodate at least 150 pirates including the oarsmen.

On the second floor, a row of thin spaces was opened, from which protruded dense rows of oars, which endowed it with extremely strong maneuverability even in headwinds.

Except for a striking penetrating wound on the ship's side, it can be said to be almost intact.

But this penetrating wound was already quite fatal.

He followed Hogg and stepped onto the board of the ship.

On the deck, there were traces of chopping with knives and axes. Although it was simply cleaned, Lothar could still smell a strong smell of blood.

"Are you sure this ship belongs to pirates?"

"Of course, I followed it underwater for a long time before I did it."

On Hogg's face, there was a look of asking for credit: "I can assure you that they have not mistaken their identities, and there are no witnesses who saw us."

Lothar nodded slightly: "Have all the pirates on the ship been resolved?"

Hogg said triumphantly: "It's all settled. Those idiots thought they could escape by jumping into the sea. They are really naive; but the captain of this ship is a ruthless character. When I approached, he cast a fire-attributed magic , burned my whole body to ashes—fortunately I was resurrected.”

Lothar pinched the center of his brows and looked at the ship, as if he could think of those desperate cries.

Even for him, if he encounters such a ghost ship in the sea, he might feel hopeless with no way out, right?
"Let's go, take me to see the hidden treasures of these pirates."

boom--

Hogg kicked the captain's cabin open.

Pointing to the chart hanging on the wall, he said to Lothar: "My lord, I have read it, this chart records the positions of several ports on the other side of the Gulf of Aden.

In addition, there is a treasure map. They should have hidden the spoils that have not yet been released on an island. After a while, I will try to take it out. "

Lothar came to the back of the captain's chair, and his fingers gently stroked the rough parchment of the chart.

According to Hogg, the opposite side of the Gulf of Aden refers to the Horn of Africa, which can also be translated as "Northeast Africa".

Africa is a treasure trove no less than the New World. Precious metals such as gold and silver, luxury goods such as gems and ivory... are all very strong hard currencies.

Pity.

Lothar has no strength to develop it now.

Firstly, the level of navigation is not enough. Countries such as Abyssinia in Northeast Africa, which are close to the Gulf of Aden, are not considered to be indigenous forces. They occupy favorable terrain, have a long civilization, and there are many Coptic Christians.

The difficulty of attacking them will not be much easier than normal expansion of territory, and it will not occupy the righteous name.

The notion that heretics are more hateful than heretics has only come into vogue since the Thirty Years War, the war of religions that swept across the Continent.

Therefore, in order to carry out a smoother colonial expansion, we can only sail further south to pinch the soft persimmons that are still in the primitive tribes.

If it is simply to trade with Africans, Transjordan lacks high-quality competitive products, such as dates, wine, and grain. These are difficult to earn huge profits.

The slave trade Lothar didn't want to get involved.

Coupled with plagues such as mosquitoes and malaria, it is enough to reduce an expeditionary force that is not adapted to the climate there by more than half before encountering the enemy.

We have to consider the wizards in African tribes, as well as the animal gods of primitive beliefs.

Therefore, let's take it slowly.

Lothar rolled up the chart, glanced at some gold and silver utensils in the captain's room, touched them one after another with his fingers, and sold them to the system mall.

"My lord, come with me. There is another treasure from a sunken pirate ship in the cabin. The boys under my command have picked it up and put it in the cargo hold."

...

After some raids.

In conversion, the gold coins that Lothar finally obtained were a thousand Suledes, which was roughly equivalent to the construction fee of New Habsburg.

Of course, this is because the most expensive outer city wall of New Habsburg has been built in advance.

In battles at sea, the winners take all, and all the profits are made. If Hogg didn't kill all the pirates, but sold them as slaves, he could make a lot of money.

"Hogg, I will use half of the money to upgrade you. I hope you will continue to work hard."

Hogg was a little surprised, but still pretended to decline: "Master, your money is tight now, isn't it too much to give me half?"

"Heh, don't be modest, you earned all this money, and it's not very generous to share half of it with you."

Lothar patted Hogg on the shoulder, thinking: "You are already a mature follower, you should have the awareness to earn money to upgrade yourself".

"Okay, Hogg, I am very satisfied with your actions this time, so I will come here in the future."

Seeing Hogg's aura, he suddenly raised his height, and the dark green flames on his body suddenly swelled up for a moment, and then slowly restrained.

Five hundred Suledes gold coins directly pushed Captain Hogg up to the thirtieth level, and the speed was as fast as riding a rocket.

But once the limit of level [-] is crossed, the upgrade cost will increase exponentially.

After becoming elite, the attribute of the retinue will remain unchanged, and the level will drop back to one level again, and the upgrade cost will become normal.

"Thank you sir."

Hogg's face was full of joy, he clenched his fists, and then loosened them. He could feel the power in his body soaring countless times. As the squire of the lord template, this could make his ship, the Calamity of the Ocean, and the crew on it have been greatly improved.

Now do it again, the pirate captain has no chance of sneaking him.

Lothar watched as Hogg stood on the side of the ship and jumped into the water in an elegant posture.

Under the sea surface, a huge pitch-black shadow slowly emerged, like a giant shark lurking under the water surface, and then drifted away.

Jeanna came to his side and said with some emotion: "It's good to be able to earn money. How long has it been since Hogg came under your hands and has been promoted to level [-]?"

Lothar said unhappily: "If you can make money by yourself, all the benefits you get will belong to you."

He used to plan to help Jeanna build a winemaking workshop, but who knew that this woman was only 3 minutes hot, so she completely gave up the idea of ​​brewing distilled wine.

Instead, he tons every day in his cellar, drinking those pricey wines.

Jeanna rolled her eyes: "I want my subordinate to make money, and I want my subordinate to work hard. In our era, the capitalists in the factory didn't dare to think like that."

"That's because you don't know much."

Lothar recalled the news about paying to work that he had heard in his previous life, and silently gave Captain Hogg a thumbs up.

After ordering the galley to be cleaned and repaired at the shipyard, Lothar was ready to return to the mansion.

The "Port Ella Coastal Defense Fleet" he was planning to form has not yet been seen, and the first ship is already in place.

Hans, with the Varangian guards, has already started to run outside the city to preside over the field today.

But it's different from the radical approach of Hebron.

Port Ella's efforts are much smaller. Most of the land, Lothar is divided into the fields of Zayn and his diehards, which is equivalent to paying for it out of his own pocket.

Due to Zahn's perverse actions in Port Ella.

The port here seemed a bit bleak, and the porters waiting for work at the pier squatted aside with sad faces, looking at Lothar's team with fear and vigilance.

The patrolling hussars patrolled the port in a neat line.

On the parade field, the peasants and soldiers are conducting intensive training under the leadership of the edict knights. During this time, they have been completely off-duty and have been receiving military training.

Because the stall under Lothar's hands was a little too big.

Many peasants and soldiers whose fields had just been transferred to Alandele had to go to the port of Ella to station before they had time to take a look at their new fields.

Pepin, who was temporarily serving as the sheriff of Port Ella, proposed: "My lord, should we completely convert this army of farmers into a full-time standing army?"

Lothar sighed as he looked at the empty port without a single merchant ship.

Although he had newly obtained five hundred gold coins from Hogg, he still had a lot of gold coins earned from Gwent and plate armor workshops in his small treasury.

But it's also expensive.

He shook his head: "If Port Ella cannot regain its former vitality, maintaining a new standing army of farmers and soldiers will be a loss-making business."

(End of this chapter)