Port Royal on Jamaica Island, this was an important port city of the British Empire three months ago. It was once the most dazzling pearl of the British Empire in the Caribbean region, and it was also a brilliant proof of the British defeat of the Spanish and began to seize maritime hegemony from many parties!
But now all this has become a past tense!
Because Port Royal has stopped belonging to the British since three months ago! Now, it belongs to a capital city of an emerging witch power called the Fire God Cult.
So far, no one in the Caribbean does not know the Fire God Cult and the Witch. Whether in the New World or Europe, people have gradually begun to talk about the pagans who occupied the cities, and the five fireball cultists with five moving flame patterns on the banners.
It is said that the Church has worked hard to connect with European countries, intending to organize a new maritime crusade? Use its huge fleet and military power to teach the witches so that they know that the dignity of the church cannot be offended?
However, the Crusaders' expeditions on the sea may not be able to do anything within a year or two.
After all, the world is not so efficient, and the preparations for large-scale military operations cannot be completed so simply. The tragedy caused by the plunder of colonies between countries is not something that the church can straighten out and unite them in a short time.
So, they decided to temporarily let the witches who were entrenched in Port Royal and eliminated the British Caribbean Fleet continue to show off for a while...
Now, Port Royal has finally become extremely prosperous again.
In the port, various merchant ships of different national styles and flags can be seen everywhere, inside and outside. The employees on the dock are also loading and unloading various goods and supplies. However, they are now unloading more, and there are very few goods loading, at most they are just some essential supplies.
Since the witches who occupied Port Royal released high-priced reward missions spread throughout the Caribbean, various merchants gathered from all over the country like sharks smelling fishy smells, and directly squeezed out the Port Royal Port Office, which specifically issued reward missions.
In the port office, merchants or ship owners from various countries gathered noisy, whether they were French, Spain, the Netherlands, and even the British! There are even a few pirate leaders on the list mixed in?
In this day and age, the merchants who live on the sea, no matter whether your Port Royal belongs to the British or occupied by witches, as long as you have money, you can earn a lot of gold coins to take, they can make them work hard for you!
As long as the interests are tempting enough, such as encountering a low-armed fat sheep at sea, it can make a self-proclaimed businessman change his job to a pirate in minutes! What's more, this is a legitimate transportation job now?
In short, it's just a matter of saying that as long as there is enough money, they dare to do anything! Now they are just receiving the witch's reward mission and helping them acquire a few ships of cargo, which is even less irresistible.
As for those who are afraid of being retaliated by the British when working for witches?
That would be even more funny. As long as you are not blind, you can see rows of huge and hideous warships parked on the ground in the Port Royal Military District!
It is said that those warships were captured directly by the witches after they wiped out the Caribbean fleet. They have been anchored in the military zone of the port for almost a month, right?
There is a rumor that the witches are now having a headache about how to deal with these ships! You know, these witches do not have enough captains and sailors to drive them.
So, in this situation, how dare the British take revenge before they figured out the truth and the witch's reality?
Not to mention the British, now, in the Caribbean, even the Spanish, French, or Dutch warships were deliberately avoiding and walking around a big circle when they were about to pass by Port Royal, and they were afraid that they would accidentally provoke terrifying witches and cause unnecessary trouble.
Since the witches occupied this place, Port Royal has become increasingly prosperous. The witches and the ship owners of these merchants have formed a mutually beneficial situation: the witches rely on merchants to obtain all kinds of urgently needed materials, and the merchants have also earned a large amount of gold coins from the witches. The citizens of Port Royal have made money from the arrival of sailors and sailors that they never dared to imagine.
After all, merchant ships always have to load and unload goods after arriving at the port, and often stop for several days. The crew sailors always have to eat, drink and have fun, right? There are not many merchant ships that have unloaded the goods and leave empty ships, so they always have to bring some local specialties, right? This inadvertently drives the economy of Port Royal and makes the place prosperous.
If, in terms of the traffic flow of merchant ships alone, the current place is at least several times more than when the British occupied it!
It can be seen from the port terminal that, because now, the simple wooden dock for small and medium-sized sailboats to unload and dock, has more than twenty newly built!
However, even in this case, the port of Port Royal was still extremely crowded. Many ships had no choice but to anchor directly outside the dock and rely on the small boats to load and unload the cargo back and forth.
"Hi! Are you okay? Old Billy? What tasks have you taken on recently?"
An old bearded man dressed as a captain with alcohol, opened his hands and walked over, stepped forward and gave another old captain who was supervising the sailors to lift supplies on the pier trestle.
Their ships were docked on both sides of the largest and best stone docks at this time. That's because their ships were both giant merchant ships, and they recently helped the witches transport a lot of supplies, so they were naturally qualified to use the largest and best unloading docks.
"So it's you! Old alcoholic? Tsk tsk, the smell of wine on your body is still so rushing!"
After the two hugged each other enthusiastically, they patted each other's backs before they separated. Then Old Billy began to share a lot of old friend in front of him.
"My task is still the same, luxurious building materials, and recruit a group of sculptural workers. What about you? What task have you taken on?"
They all knew that the witches planned to choose a place outside the city to build a majestic palace, so almost all transportation tasks have been related to this matter recently.
"Me? Haha! I took on a whole boat of paint job!"
Captain Drunkard wiped the crumbs from the beard and spread his hands proudly and gestured.
"Raw paint? This thing is not easy to get..."
Old Billy frowned. Of course, he knew where to get raw paint. He also saw this task before.
Although the reward for this task was very high, he thought it was too long and it was not too cost-effective to travel it back and forth. So, after a few considerations, in order to take on more tasks and earn more trips, he gritted his teeth and gave up the task and took over the task of acquiring luxury and precious building materials.
"Under normal circumstances, it's hard to get it. After all, the origin is too far away! But... I have a friend recently who happened to know where there is a batch of goods, and the price is only 60% of the usual ones! So, hehe, you know."
The old drunkard smiled proudly at Old Billy, squeezed his eyes, and gave the other party a look that both of them could understand. As he spoke, his broad lips were squirting out a smell of unpleasant alcohol.
"Haha...I understand, I understand!"
Old Billy looked at the old friend with annoyance and patted the other person on the shoulder.
This bastard must have acquired such a batch of raw paint from a pirate again? Is this old bastard really cheap, and he actually encountered such a cheap thing at this stall!
You should know that when pirates sell goods, usually only 60% to 80% of the normal price, or sometimes even less! In this way, it is not difficult to imagine how much benefit the alcoholic in front of him can make during this trip?
"Okay, okay! Let's not talk about these annoying things now! Now I'll invite you to drink! I'll treat you! You can drink it! How about it?"
This old drunkard, who has always been stingy, became very proud after making another fortune. In this way, he must have made a lot of money recently?
"Drink..."
Old Billy frowned and thought for a while. He was estimating in his mind how long it would take for his merchant ship to unload and load supplies.
Because, after having learned a lesson, he knew that if he went to drink with this old alcoholic who had no alcohol, he would have to be hungover for a day or two! At that time, if he missed the best date for departure, it would be very bad. After all, the time now is equivalent to shiny gold coins!
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Everyone, get out of the way!"
While Old Billy was weighing whether to accept the invitation from the old drunkard, teams of cavalry wearing red cloak rushed towards the stone pier where they were standing.
Behind these cavalry were hundreds of ordinary silver armored soldiers holding muskets. These pedestrian soldiers did not have full armor like cavalry, but only had silver breastplates with flame patterns and a silver open helmet. They also had a shield behind them and a dagger on their waists.
In the past three months, especially after the previous complete annihilation of the Caribbean fleet, the witches' strength has once again made great progress!
More and more citizens began to believe that the witches had enough power to continue to develop in the Jamaican Islands, so more people chose to join the Fire God Cult.
Therefore, in just three months, Charlotte's men already had more than 100 combat witches, plus more than 1,000 knights of the Knights of the Cult, and the outside world also called them the Flame Knights.
Then, there were nearly 2,000 ordinary soldiers, who were also called flame soldiers by the citizens. They were equipped with short swords with simple enchantment of flames, with five iron shields with flame patterns on their backs, plus a musket, and a number of ammunition on their waists.
Most of these ordinary soldiers were captured by British soldiers. Anyway, the witches captured nearly 10,000 prisoners. Among them, the most unnecessary are those fence-bearers who only work hard for money! They often become people under the Fire God Cult with just a little adaptation and change their clothes!
Those who refuse to do this are still working as coolies on the construction site outside the city! Before no one comes to redeem them, I am afraid that they can only continue to work. Where can these Erwuzi, who defected to the witch, live a comfortable life?
"Whose two merchant ships belong to? Now, start the ship immediately to get out of here! This place has been temporarily requisitioned!"
Marie Cashka held her war horse a little unfamiliarly and stopped in front of the old Billy and the old drunkard.
It has been less than three months since she started practicing riding horses. It is already quite good that she has not hit the two of them in the sea!
"Sir, sir? These two ships belong to us. Is there something happening? Why do we need to requisition the dock?"
This sudden incident caught the two of them off guard.
Because both of their ships have just started unloading, and if they have to change the dock, they will waste at least a whole day.
"Don't ask too much! Now, move your boat to the dock over there!"
After Mary took off her helmet, she glared at the two of them fiercely.
Then, she held her red helmet in one hand and pointed at a wooden temporary dock in the distance that was still empty. Now things are a little urgent, so she doesn't want to spend time here with these two ship owners, otherwise Sister Charlotte would definitely punish herself!
"Yes, yes! We'll leave right away! Let's leave now!"
After seeing the witch riding on the horse get angry, the two of them quickly bowed their heads and said that.
Then they began to turn their heads to greet their sailors, untied the cables tied to the dock, and prepared to move their respective cargo ships to the low temporary dock in the distance.
"Who is in charge here? Come out quickly!"
After sending away the two old captains, Mary began to look around anxiously and shouted loudly.
This time was very tight and the task was very difficult, and she seemed to have never had similar experience, so she couldn't help but be nervous!
She had just received an order that she had to take care of everything at the dock before dusk came.
After that, more people will come to the pier. Today's mission is very important to them, the witch and the Fire God Cult, and she will not let any mistakes happen to her!
"Dear Lord Mary, I am Charlie, the general officer of the port here. What can I serve you?"
At this time, a middle-aged man with a gentle appearance hurriedly walked out of the crowd and gracefully gave a hat-taking ceremony to Mary Caseka on the horse.
Of course he recognized Mary and the other party's outfits, red armor and golden flame cloak, which were the special armor and cloaks for goddess sacrifices in the Flame God Cult! It is said that there are only four in the Flame God Cult at present? Therefore, he would not be able to make a mistake.
Charlie was originally a down-and-out little nobleman. Later, relying on his noble skin, he barely managed to get a small manager at the dock at Port Royal, and his life was worry-free. However, if you want to get rich or get promoted, you will definitely have no hope.
However, after the witches occupied Port Royal, he saw the opportunity and immediately transformed himself into the earliest group of believers who surrendered to the Fire God Cult!
Then, naturally, with his own experience and knowledge, he obtained the port affairs officer, a fatty and shortage of management of the entire port and all civil terminals. In this way, not only did his salary double, but even his gray income made him quickly become rich.
So, now in terms of the support and loyalty to the Fire God Cult, perhaps, in the entire Port Royal, he is one of the highest groups!
"Oh? So it's you...that's easy! Now, I hope you can clean up all the debris from the distance from this pier to the city gate before dusk! Moreover, no one is allowed to approach within fifty meters on both sides of this road! The soldiers behind me will assist you. Is there any problem?"
Of course, Mary knew this Charlie Herbert, who was one of the earliest believers of the Fire God Cult. Now, the other party also has a great reputation in the God Cult.
It is said that he has strong management ability and is loyal to the Divine Cult. Unfortunately, he is a man, too old to enter the Witch Academy to study magic, nor can he get a degree in the Divine Cult army. Perhaps, at most he will be a missionary in the future? Or he will be a governor in the governor of the Divine Cult?
Anyway, Mary also knew that Sister Charlotte would definitely not be satisfied if she occupied a Port Royal. She had seen Sister Charlotte draw a big red circle in the entire New World region. At that time, Charlie would definitely be useful.
"As you wish, dear priest! I will take care of everything soon."
Charlie turned and left after giving another salute. He planned to summon his men and then quickly assign tasks.
This kind of thing was too easy and simple for him. Before dusk, he would definitely be able to exceed the task!
This action of the Divine Church was very abnormal. Although there was a vague guess in his heart, he was as wise as he did not ask much.
He has been in the officialdom for many years, so he will not be stupid enough to ask his boss why he does things. For him, it is justified to focus on doing things, and to leave a good impression on his superiors that he can do things!
Moreover, he is very confident in the development of the Fire God Cult! Now, the speed of the strength development of the God Cult also makes him very satisfied. In addition, his current status in the God Cult is not low, so he has a longing for the achievements he will achieve in the future!
Although he did not know the saying that power came from the gun, he also understood that if the Fire God Cult continues to develop like this, with the extraordinary power of the witches, their fanatical beliefs and magic, everything in this world will be unstoppable!
Charlie Herbert now has long been disdainful of his original British aristocratic status!
What he wants are those higher and more noble existences! You must know that this new continent is very big, and this world is even bigger!
Chapter completed!