Chapter 174 Please call me a little cake maker
At some point, Rorschach even doubted whether his ears had heard it wrong.
However, after he confirmed again, he realized that he had heard nothing wrong.
The reason why Torres wrote a letter to invite him to meet was that he wanted to invite him!
To be precise, Torres hopes to allow Rorschach as the pirate leader to lead the entire pirate republic to surrender to Spain.
At that time, Torres will ask the Spanish king to appoint him as the governor of the Bahamas to bring order and peace to the Bahamas where pirates are rampant.
It sounds beautiful.
A wave of whitewashing can also transform into a Bahamas governor who exists like a local emperor.
If Rorschach were just an ordinary pirate in this world, he might have accepted it happily.
But he is not!
He is a person who travels through the heavens with system plug-ins!
Once Nassau surrenders to any country, the task of "Nassau's Destiny" will fail.
Not only is the 10,000 game points rewarded by the mission, but the many efforts he has put in over the past period will also be wasted.
Moreover, real historical examples warn Roxar that recruiting peace has never been a good thing!
After recruiting, if the superior wants his life, it will take a minute.
Only fools will place their lives in the hands of others!
Therefore, Rorschach was unwilling to do this requirement.
But if he rejects Torres, he will definitely lose the trust of the Knights Templars.
Various ideas emerged in my mind. After thinking twice, Rorschach finally decided to silence the Knights Templars and stabilize the Knights Templars first.
He first expressed his willingness to contribute to the Knights Templar.
However, as soon as the topic changed, he began to tell his difficulties.
For example, although I look like the leader of the pirates.
But with his current control over the Pirate Republic, it is not enough for him to do this.
Once it is proposed to surrender to Spain, other pirate captains will definitely object and even vote to oust him.
Therefore, he really needs the strong support of the Knights Templar, such as enough silver coins.
As long as he used money to win over enough pirate captains, he could hand over the Bahamas with these people.
After drawing the big cake, Rorschach did not forget to draw a small cake:
"As long as I have completely controlled the Pirate Republic, the possibility of obtaining the news of the Saint is greatly increased. At that time, we can find the legendary observatory to realize the great ideals of the Order over the years!"
Although I feel something is wrong.
However, I have to say that Roxham's words are reasonable and well-founded.
Torres really couldn't find anything wrong.
After stroking his gray beard and pondering for a while, Torres was still convinced.
Money is nothing to the Knights Templars that have lasted for thousands of years.
What they really want is to control the world!
In order to achieve this goal, we must find the saint and the observatory!
So, as long as there is any chance to find the Saint, Torres is willing to try it...
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During the meeting with Torres in Havana, Rorschach could not help but cleverly resolve the Spanish's covetousness of the Pirate Republic and obtained large amounts of financial support from the Knights Templar.
After that, the Pirate Republic ushered in a short and prosperous period of development.
In just half a year, the Bahamas have once again built three fortresses and multiple piers for pirate ships to berth.
The population and size of Nassau have also tripled.
At the same time, the pirates not only made waves in the Caribbean, but also extended their hands to major North American colonies and the Indian Ocean.
Under Rorschach's organization, several pirates combined fleets set off from Nassau, the Bahamas, and headed to the West Africa coast to plunder those ocean fleets returning from the Indian Ocean.
The reason why the Indian Ocean fleet became the target is that the trade value of India has surpassed that of Europe, and silk and spices have become the most popular commodities on the market.
Furthermore, due to the intervention of the Mughal Empire, Arabia, East Africa, northern India and southern India have become three non-aggressive trade circles.
It is precisely because of the non-aggression that the forces invested by European countries in this region are very weak.
This facilitates the pirate hyenas coming from the smell of wealth.
The large cargo ships loaded with silk and spices and powerlessly were like plates of delicious curry meals, chewed by the pirates, ate them into their stomachs, and even burped them.
However, good times did not last long.
With the expansion of the power of the pirate republic and the increasingly rampant piracy activities, maritime trade activities in European countries have been affected to a certain extent.
Among them, the British suffered the greatest losses and were the most depressed.
Because, since the rule of "having to attack British ships" was abolished, the pirates' favorite robbery was ships with British flags!
Perhaps the pirates' mentality is like a spring.
The more severe the suppression is, the higher the bounce and more violently it will be when it is released.
Things that I could not do before, but now I can do it suddenly, and it becomes even worse.
What's more, who has made Britain's maritime trade develop and the large number of merchant ships is the easiest target to encounter at sea?
Who will you rob if you don’t?!
The arrogant pirates even alarmed the British King George who could not speak English and was completely unintentional.
You should know that this founding monarch of the Hannover dynasty stayed in Hannover, Germany all year round, and only relied on the cabinet and parliament to manage a huge country remotely.
It is conceivable how great the pirate republic is!
The first thing that happened to return to London from Hannover, King George summoned several cabinet ministers at that time.
Among them is also the first British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole.
This Whig boss was still thinking about the grudges of his cousin being killed by the pirate leader Rorschach, and he wanted to send all the damn pirates to the scaffolding platform.
When the new and old hatreds were added together, he mentioned to the King of England Woods Rogers, a good pirate, and the plan he proposed.
After some discussion, the next day, King George I of England decided to accept the cabinet's suggestion and appointed Woods Rogers as the governor of the Bahamas, and ordered him to deal with the pirates in the Bahamas.
At the same time, the British government began to release news of pardon orders in the Caribbean, thus dividing pirates.
The content of the pardon order only gave the pirates two choices.
Or accept the pardon of the King of England, and all the crimes committed in the past will be written off;
Or, if you do not accept the pardon, you will bear the anger of the Royal Fleet.
Chapter completed!