The Rise of the European Emperor

Jack Vickers looked helpless, but Marin was his employer, so no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could only do so. Moreover, the real commander of the ship is not him, but Captain Danilo, who pretends to be the first mate.

Captain Danilo is the real commander of the ship, and the things on the ship are usually managed by him. Only when the Portuguese merchant ships started to be robbed, Jack Vickers would jump out in the name of "Captain Jack" and command the "pirates" to attack the Portuguese merchant ships.

In other words, Jack Vickers, the "Captain Jack", can only temporarily use the power of "pirate captain" when robbing Portuguese merchant ships. Other times, he's a mascot.

Moreover, in order to "restore" the "Pirates of the Caribbean" in his mind, Marin also forced Jack Vickers to wear a red turban and tie a lot of fashionable braids...

What broke Jack Vickers the most was that Marin forced him to learn Uncle Depp's orchid finger. Of course, it is mainly used when robbing, and it is not necessary in normal times.

But in order to successfully rob the Portuguese merchant ship, Marin arranged for the "Black Pearl" to conduct several ship robbery exercises. Therefore, Jack Vickers performed countless drills - after jumping on the hijacked merchant ship, raised his orchid finger, and spoke in an exaggerated tone...

But what surprised Jack was that every time he saw him raise his orchid fingers and speak in an exaggerated tone, Marin was extremely excited and his face was full of excitement. He thought that Marin had some quirk, but how did he know that Marin was just excited to "copy" Captain Jack in this time and space...

Moreover, every time the sword confrontation between pirates and sailors was practiced on the ship, Marin, who was on the sidelines, always liked to play "He Is a Knight" on the violin as the soundtrack. Of course, "He's a Knight" is the name everyone thinks. In Marin's mind, this is simply "He is a Pirate". Only with the fight of the pirates on the ship, it is more suitable for this piece...

Of course, dispatching pirates to intercept a Portuguese spice ship was only one of the plans. Marin also needs a few ships to go to Terceira Island to rescue the crew who were turned into plantation slaves. For Marin, who was short of sailors, although the thirty or forty sailors were not too many, they were all Frisians, and they belonged to the standard "own people", so they had to be saved. Moreover, this kind of rescue will make other crew members support him even more. Because, the crew members can't guarantee whether they will be kidnapped one day. There is a precedent for rescuing this group of crew members, and other crew members can feel at ease. If they were abandoned, the enthusiasm of the crew would suffer.

For this reason, Marin plans to dispatch 4 armed merchant ships to participate in this operation. But because there are many Portuguese warships stationed in the nearby Hero Port, Marin thought about it and planned to get a few more "pirate ships" to "tune the tiger away from the mountain".

The so-called "tune the tiger away from the mountain" is naturally to lure the Portuguese warships stationed in Hero Port to leave Hero Port. As for how to distract those Portuguese warships? This is easy, just do things on other islands of the Azores...

Specifically, on the other islands of the Azores, several ships disguised as British pirate ships were sent to bombard and attack, forcing these islands to ask for help from Port of Heroes. Once the warships from Port of Heroes set off for reinforcements, Terceira Island will definitely be empty. At this time, if we send four more armed merchant ships to launch a landing battle, the success rate will be very high...

As for the location of the attack, Marin had already chosen it-Sao Miguel Island, the most southeastern part of the Azores. This side is located in the southeast of the Azores, hundreds of kilometers away from the central Terceira Island.

Once this side is attacked, they will definitely ask for help from Hero Port. If the pirates attacked more violently and threatened to kill all the people on the island, they would be able to force the main force of the Hero Harbor Fleet to come to the rescue. After all, São Miguel is the largest island in the Azores, and there is nothing to lose.

For this reason, Marin plans to send six to seven pirate ships with fierce firepower to bombard San Miguel Island, forcing Port of Heroes to send a ship to rescue. Because of the large number of pirate ships, Port of Heroes will definitely not send fewer ships, otherwise there is no guarantee of victory. Therefore, there is a high chance of transferring all Heroport warships.

And for a distance of several hundred kilometers, in the age of sailing, one round trip was enough for a sailboat to run for several days. Taking advantage of this time difference, the rescue team will have plenty of time to attack Terceira Island and rescue the enslaved sailors from the North Sea State.

In order to fight against Portugal, Marin has recruited a large number of experienced sailors from England this time, in the name of the Earl of Newcastle. Many of the recruited English sailors were actually Northumberlanders or Isle of Wighters, residents of the Marin territory. Therefore, Marin is not afraid that they will be dishonest. After all, their families are under their own rule. If anyone dared to really run to be a pirate, Marin didn't mind hanging their family members. The principle of not harming family members is the principle of the later civilization era. In this era, there is no such saying...

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Of course, these preparations will take a long time, and it will take a lot of time just for ship modification and sea combat training. I really have to wait until I go south, probably a few months later.

However, the revenge work on land can be done...

The news came back from Portugal—the spies over there have contacted a large number of people and are ready to go to Baron Silva for revenge and sabotage...

A while ago, the spies of the Beihai State stationed in Portugal were busy hiring thugs. After all, they have more important things to do in Portugal, and they don't need to personally go to the Baron Silva to wreak havoc. Therefore, it would be best to hire thugs to carry out this matter.

And in this year, because the economies of all countries are very poor, there is no shortage of desperadoes in any country. These people dare to do anything as long as they are given enough money.

What's more, this time Marin didn't let the murder happen, he just caused sabotage in the Baron Silva. Of course, these crimes are quite serious, but for those desperadoes, as long as they are given enough money, these things are really nothing...

For example, the task of burning the reserve timber of Baron Silva and the timber processing plant, although it is also a felony. However, just arson is actually very difficult to be caught.

After all, even in later generations, is there still news of wildfire outbreaks? It is not a small matter that the wood stored in forest farms and wood processing plants caught fire and was burned, but it can also be given back to the nonsense reason of "mountain fire outbreak".

As for the matter of destroying the wine in the winery and killing the cattle and sheep raised by local farmers, although it is too much, it is almost impossible to solve the case with the level of police in this era. As long as you don't get caught, it's hard to be punished...

Seeing that Portugal has already prepared manpower, Marin no longer hesitated, and directly instructed-on land, you can do it...