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At this time, Heilong Island had just experienced war and was the most vulnerable time. If it really encountered a large-scale attack, it would be really difficult to deal with.
Upon hearing this news, Wang Chao was also a little worried.
When it comes to muskets, Wang Chao is naturally not afraid. However, he has to fight at sea, but he has to dispatch artillery. Although their artillery is not advanced, it has already posed a threat to Wang Chao's safety.
More importantly, once the battle occurs on Heilong Island, it will cause great damage to Heilong Island. This is not a scene that Wang Chao is willing to see.
Although Heilong Island is larger than Double Corner Island, its terrain is wider and more conducive to the enemy's attack.
Before preparing for war, Black Dragon Island could not stop the opponent's attack, especially when the opponent's strength was still relatively strong.
Just when Wang Chao was a little worried, a pirate leader who was conquered on Heilong Island gave a suggestion.
The pirate leader was named Qian Daqing. He was originally a businessman. Later, he offended the officialdom and could not continue his business. He took his family and his subordinates to the sea to work as a pirate.
Qian Daqing is tall and thin, and looks a bit gentle. If someone who doesn't know, he will not be able to tell that he is a pirate.
Due to his background and experience, Qian Daqing is also in charge of Qian Liang in the Black Dragon Pirates Group and is very proficient in this aspect.
After Qian Daqing learned about this, he gave a suggestion that he would face the attacks of these pirates. It was easy to say that it was easy and could spend money to eliminate disasters.
Although spending money to eliminate disasters is a submission and you will suffer losses yourself, it can avoid a war, which is still very beneficial for the developing Dragon Pirates.
It is also necessary to spend money to eliminate disasters. If you send the money directly, it will not only be lost, but it will also cause the other party to be greedy. Even if you didn’t call it, you will have to call it now.
So there are some considerations about how to spend money.
How to spend it? It’s simple to say, it’s just to find an intermediary.
According to Qian Daqing's intention, he should be looking for the pirate leader, Du Sanbiao, who is one of the best in this sea, and he is righteous and trustworthy. As long as Du Sanbiao is willing to stand up and be a peacemaker, things will be easier to do.
This is a delaying strategy, and Wang Chao also feels that he can give it a try.
Qian Daqing said that Heilong Island was occupied by Wang Chao, but it was not that easy to take Heilong Island for his own use.
Wang Chao could not walk away at this time, as soon as he walked away from Heilong Island, something would happen, so Wang Chao would stay on Heilong Island before completely occupying Heilong Island.
As the saying goes, the disaster is not as good as the family, and Wang Chao has no idea of killing them all. Wang Chao has no intention of killing all the pirate leaders' families.
Even the family of pirate leader Jiang Chen, Wang Chao let them go. Of course, it was impossible to let them take all their belongings away.
Wang Chao gave them a small boat, some money and only one thousand silver coins in cash. With this money, their family will be free of food and clothing for the rest of their lives, which can be considered as Wang Chaoren's ultimate righteousness.
The same is true for the other pirate leaders' families.
As for fear of their revenge, Wang Chao was not afraid at all.
When the Black Dragon Pirates were still alive, they were not afraid. What's more, now that the Black Dragon Pirates have been destroyed, are they still afraid of their revenge?
The Black Dragon Pirates' strength is much stronger than Shuangjiao Island. Not to mention the materials, the number of personnel alone is more than ten times more than Shuangjiao Island.
This is also normal, because many of the fishermen who are near the sea have a difficult life. Instead of being fishermen on land, it is better to be fishermen on pirate islands.
Pirates are fierce to outsiders, but they also pay attention to rules to their own people. As long as you do things with peace of mind on the island, no one will bully you.
There are almost 60,000 people on the Heilong Island, most of whom are fishermen's families, and the remaining one is only a small group, about five or six thousand people are pirates.
But it is often difficult to tell who is the fisherman and who is the pirate. When there are too many people who die and the troops are insufficient, fishermen will join the pirates and become the pirates' forces.
Therefore, it can also be said that these fishermen are reserve pirates.
The food on the island is hard-won, so a large number of fishermen are needed. The sea fish caught by these fishermen are one of the main sources of food.
Therefore, every pirate's nest will have a large number of fishermen.
There are many people in Heilong Island, so it is not easy to control the place well. If you are not careful, you will be in danger of something happening.
Fortunately, Wang Chao, the killing god, is here to stay. When Wang Chao attacked the island, he killed not many people, but only killed hundreds of people, but with his own strength, he killed hundreds of good men on the island, which has a huge deterrent power. The whole island treats Wang Chao as a devil. Who dares to cause trouble when Wang Chao is here?
The manpower brought by Wang Chao began to be reorganized on Heilong Island. After five days of reorganization, many people on Heilong Island were removed, and the remaining personnel were reorganized according to the rules of the Feilong Pirates Group.
After the reorganization, the personnel of the Feilong Pirates Group expanded sharply, with the total number reaching 5,000.
Although there are too many personnel, it does not mean that the strength has increased.
Because sea combat is different from land combat, it is always better to have more people fighting on land, but sea combat is still about sea ships and cannons. Although there are more people, sea ships and cannons have not increased, so their strength cannot be improved.
There is no problem with sea ships. There are also many sea ships seized on Heilong Island. Not counting those small boats, there are more than a dozen large ships that can participate in the battle, but the artillery is very lacking.
There are also many good news. There are also blacksmiths on Heilong Island. Not only are there blacksmiths, but there are also many raw materials. But these blacksmiths don’t know how to make cannons.
It doesn't matter if you don't understand craftsmanship. The blacksmiths of Shuangjiao Island know craftsmanship. Wang Chao immediately mobilized a group of craftsmen from Shuangjiao Island. Under the leadership of these craftsmen, Heilong Island soon began to build cannons.
While developing force, Wang Chao also sent people to investigate everywhere, hoping to find a better base for himself.
Whether it is Heilong Island or Double Corner Island, they are all very small islands. It is naturally no problem to be a pirate's nest, but if you want to be a stronghold for a large force, the conditions are much worse.
Wang Chao’s goal is to build a stronghold in a place with sufficient resources.
What is sufficient resources?
First, it requires convenient transportation, second, it requires abundant materials, preferably iron ore and coal resources.
The target has not been found, but another news has been passed.
An intelligence officer who went out to inquire about the news brought back a message, but because of the two consecutive operations of the Dragon Pirates, they captured two islands and destroyed two pirates. This incident had already caused shock among the pirates, and many pirates were in danger.
The original scimitar pirates on Double Horn Island are nothing, they are just a group of small pirates, but the Black Dragon pirates are big pirates and can also occupy the top ten pirates among pirates.
But even so powerful, there are more than 100 warships, more than 20,000 soldiers, and the joint efforts of the other pirates can still fight against the tiger pirates."
"In fact, they dare not fight at all, for fear that they will lose both sides, but they will be cheaper for outsiders. There are many pirates outside this sea area, and the court is also staring here. If the pirates fight too hard and lose too much strength, it will be cheaper for the court."
"So that's it." Wang Chao nodded slightly, and had a more understanding of the complex relationship between pirates.
The Tiger Island is very lively, and there are many ships entering and leaving. Wang Chao and others' ships only have to wait in line when entering.
When Wang Chao saw this scene, he shook his head slightly.
To be honest, the scale here is always too small and the wharf is too small, so it seems extremely busy. If the wharf is bigger and the territory is wider, it will be more beneficial to the development of trade.
After waiting for half an hour, it was finally Wang Chao's turn to ship with him.
The pirates were still beaten up overnight. Faced with such a powerful pirate lineup, how could they not be worried or afraid?
Since you are afraid, you must start first.
Several pirate gangs united to attack Heilong Island.
You can take someone to explore the tone of the one-eyed tiger Du Sanbiao, and then check the situation.
Wang Chao felt that there was no need to do so, so he said that he would go over and take a look at it himself.
He also wanted to take this opportunity to see what kind of strength the most powerful pirate group in the sea area has.
The one-eyed tiger Du Sanbiao's nest is easy to find, because the one-eyed tiger Du Sanbiao is powerful and occupies a large island. It is not prohibited from entering and leaving outsiders. It has also opened up trade areas on the island, which can provide trading places for many pirate forces.
Of course, he did this kind of thing not thankless, but for the sake of profit, he had to pay taxes when trading on his island.
Pay an island tax once when you go to the island, and then another transaction tax is carried out during transactions.
Although taxes are required, transactions on the island are very safe. In the territory of the one-eyed tiger Du Sanbiao, war is prohibited. Anyone who takes action here will be punished by the one-eyed tiger Du Sanbiao's men, so it is still very safe here.
Qian Daqing stood on the sea boat, pointed to the island in front of him and said, "Chief, there is Tiger Island in front of him."
"This island was originally called Turtle Island, and it was named after it resembled a turtle. Later it was occupied by a one-eyed tiger. The one-eyed tiger despised the name of Turtle Island, so it called Tiger Island."
"This place is also called the Tiger Pirates. The Tiger Pirates has more than 200 warships of all sizes and sizes and more than 30,000 soldiers. In this area, it is definitely the best pirate overlord."
Hearing this, Wang Chao asked in confusion: "Since he is the overlord of the pirates, why are we still allowed to exist? He has never thought about unifying the pirates?"
Qian Daqing smiled and said, "The one-eyed tiger is naturally thinking about unifying the pirates, but he just thought about it, but he didn't have that ability."
"If you want to talk about this sea area, the Tiger Pirates are the first to be the leader. No pirate can compete with it independently, but the other pirates are not stupid. They have formed an alliance in secret. Among them, the Mad Shark Pirates. Although the Mad Shark Pirates are not as good as the Tiger Pirates, there are members of the Tiger Pirates boarding the ship for inspection, they are not very careful. They just need to see if there is any abnormal situation. If not, they will let it go.
Of course, when it is released, you naturally need to pay a tax and fee for entering the city.
The fees paid depend on the situation of the ship. The larger the ship, the more fees paid, and the smaller the ship, the less fees paid.
The ship was parked at the dock, and Wang Chao and others got off the ship.
There is also a charge for boats to stop here. You will charge money by the number of days. If you stay for one more day, you will charge more for one more day.
Wang Chao also admires the management methods of Tiger Pirates. His ability to collect money is too strong.
But this hinders the progress of trade.
Wang Chao shook his head gently. If it were him, he would never have done this.
Tiger Island is actually divided into three parts. The first part is the dock, the second part is the residential area of the island, and the third part is the location of the Tiger Pirates' headquarters. The one-eyed tiger family also lives in the headquarters.
Only the wharf on Tiger Island is open to the public, and outsiders cannot enter the other two parts.
Qian Daqing has been here twice and knows the situation here, so he took Wang Chao around for a while.
The size of the pier is very small, just the size of a small town. It is just a rare place for them, such as pirates, to be very prosperous and lively.
Since the dock is a place for pirates to trade, with many pirates and extremely prosperous, there are naturally no shortage of other supporting facilities.
Restaurants, casinos, and brothels all have a considerable scale, and depending on the situation, the business is still very good.
Qian Daqing kindly asked Wang Chao if he was going to a brothel to drink flower wine. For men like them, gambling and drinking flower wine are definitely two major enjoyments.
Wang Chao shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't have to. If you want to go later, you can go by yourself."
Wang Chao's aesthetic has also been tested and he no longer looks down on ordinary women. Although there is no shortage of women in brothels, he is also pitiful women, and most of them are not as beautiful as these women.
Qian Daqing didn't know what Wang Chao was thinking, so he quickly said that he was not interested in going there either.
Wang Chao smiled, ignored him and started shopping in the market on his own.
"Catch her quickly and don't let someone run away."
"The one in front is pretty good. I'll catch people soon. If you catch them, you will get a reward. If someone runs away, no one of you will think about it."
Just as Wang Chao and others were shopping in the market, they suddenly heard someone shouting.
Chapter completed!