(Adjusted my state, quit smoking, got up very early today, and I feel very energetic. Today I'm even better.)
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It was a little stuffy in the room.
Søren looked at the nautical chart for a while, stood up, and then opened the window to let the cold wind blow.
Finding a suitable development point was not an easy task, because many large guilds with tens of thousands of people had failed to develop overseas. These were all professionals, and because they were reincarnated into the River Styx after three deaths, their mentality was more unafraid of death than the original inhabitants, but even so, many failed.
One can imagine how difficult it was to develop overseas!
This was only one of the difficulties, because Søren not only wanted to develop overseas, but also take this opportunity to grow stronger to cope with the arrival of the Avatar Crisis. So the geographical location he had to choose was even more special. Not only did he have to deliberately avoid a large number of indigenous people, but he also had to avoid the sphere of influence of the Amazons. Otherwise, these two powerful forces would not allow him to rise. Even if he had the identity of one of the three pirate kings, it might not be useful, because pirates could not defeat the army on land.
The cold wind blew for a while.
Søren waved his hand and ordered a maid to bring in a basin of water. He washed his face and moved a little, and then began to continue to observe the nautical chart, marking out the location of the port of the town that was successfully built by resisting the attack of the indigenous people in his memory. These places had inherent advantages, and one or two of them had mineral advantages. Although Søren did not have long-term overseas activities, he was still quite impressed by the location of the town that was successfully built at that time.
"Here! … … Here! … … And here! … … "
Søren took a quill pen and made some changes. Seven or eight locations had been marked on the nautical chart, which were basically on the coastline, and many of them were relatively remote. Don't underestimate the nautical chart in his hand. The value of this thing was actually quite amazing. There was no satellite positioning in this world, and nautical charts were drawn manually bit by bit. Perhaps for Søren, one of the new pirate kings, this nautical chart was just an order, but for others, especially those merchants who ran sea transportation, this nautical chart was worth thousands of gold!
The topography of the Gulf Islands and various safe routes were drawn on the map.
At the same time, it also recorded the pirates' exploration of the deep sea over the past hundreds of years, as well as the distribution of dangerous creatures in the nearby waters. At the same time, it also recorded the activities of a small number of marine intelligent creatures.
It could be said that merchants would be willing to buy this nautical chart for 5,000 Kindler coins!
Naturally, Søren wouldn't sell it.
In this era, information was a shocking wealth. If he wanted to monopolize the interests of the outer islands, how could he let others get involved in the exploration? At present, the entire overseas trade of the South Coast was done with the Amazon region. They were dealing with the Amazon women, so their profits were only about three times. However, if they could trade with the indigenous people, then the profits of the trade could reach five or even ten times more. Some simple trinkets could be exchanged for gold from the indigenous people.
Clang! Clang!
There was a light knock on the door. The person outside seemed to be very cautious. He knew that Søren was thinking about something important and was afraid of interrupting his train of thought.
"Come in."
Søren put down the quill and turned around. "How's it going?"
The person who came in was a strong man with a scar on his face. There was a scar on the side of his face, a scar on his forehead, and a scar on his chin. Just by looking at him, one could feel that this guy was very fierce and had a lot of combat experience. His nickname was' Scarface '. He participated in the battle where Søren killed the Swamp King. He was also a pirate leader who was promoted later on. He controlled a large ship and two small ships and recruited about seventy to eighty men.
Søren had recently been expanding the scale of the pirates!
He had roped in all sorts of gangsters from all walks of life. Currently, he had close to 1500 pirates under his command. Among them, there were about 500 to 600 who were directly under his command. In this world, there was no way to pull out thousands of people because ordinary civilians weren't very useful. Søren's men had at least five years of militia training. Even the weakest of these thugs could take down three ordinary adult men with their bare hands.
As for the high-grade professions, it was better not to think too much.
In this world, the high-grade professions were the managers of a force. The worst was at least the level of a small leader. Søren only had two fourth-grade professions under him. The rest were at most level 12, which was about the strength of the third-grade. At present, he hadn't recruited any spellcasters. The spellcasters were usually very arrogant and it wasn't easy to meet them. Therefore, Søren didn't have much hope for them. There were many ways for spellcasters to make money. It was basically impossible to rely on a pirate force because it was too dangerous to be a pirate.
"Your Excellency."
Scarface carefully handed over a stack of scrolls and said in a deep voice, "I specially brought people to the City of Wealth and bought these from the Secret Shop according to your instructions. There are a total of 27 scrolls. The wizard in the shop said that you can get a discount if you want so many scrolls at once. In total, you spent 26500 Kindler coins. "
Speaking of this, Scarface wiped the sweat on his forehead and continued, "The batch of goods from Snake Island has been sold. That group of cunning merchants was willing to take the initiative to raise the purchase price a little because they feared your Excellency's reputation. They bought the goods at 50% of the market price. So this time, we also brought back 21500 Kindler coins. "
He carefully handed over a list and then couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
That was a lot of money.
Twenty Kindler coins were one pound. Twenty thousand Kindler coins were one thousand pounds of gold.
He had never seen such a large amount of money before. If it weren't for the fact that he was in awe of Søren's ruthlessness, he even wanted to secretly pocket some of it. However, this idea only appeared for a moment, and then he gave up the idea because Søren was now one of the three pirate kings. He thought that serving under Søren would have a better future, and there was no need to lower his position in his Excellency's heart because of this. Last time, there was a person who secretly pocketed goods. After being found out by his Excellency, he was directly hanged on the mast.
"Very good."
Søren picked up the list and glanced at it, then glanced at the thin man behind Scarface. The guy shook his head slightly. Søren's face showed a smile and said, "You did a good job! Take someone to get 500 Kindler coins. This is a reward for you. Go out and have some fun and relax. We'll be going to sea in a while! "
Naturally, he wouldn't let his men do as they pleased. Every leader had his eyes.
If Søren were to expand overseas, his connection with the mainland would inevitably weaken, so he needed to prepare a lot of things, including the magic scrolls he would need to learn in the future. These things were too expensive. They often cost hundreds of Kindler coins. High-grade magic scrolls above the fifth circle sometimes cost seven or eight thousand Kindler coins. Although Søren was rich, he didn't have so much money that he could buy whatever he wanted. It wasn't easy to transfer around thirty thousand Kindler coins to buy magic scrolls.
Unless he completely gave up on the south coast, he would have to transfer funds to maintain the situation.
This batch of magic scrolls was enough to last for a while!
Søren didn't have the energy to buy any rare equipment for the time being because it was too rare and too expensive. Because he needed to cast spells, he didn't even wear leather armor. His need for other equipment was mainly focused on the most expensive rings, jewelry, accessories, belts, and so on. This kind of equipment often cost thousands of Kindler coins, and it was quite difficult to buy them. He didn't have so much money and time now.
You don't have to worry about not having enough money!
This was the coastal area. If you went to the Wizard City, you could find a wizard on the street who was worth tens of thousands of Kindler coins. Some of the more powerful wizards were worth hundreds of thousands of Kindler coins. If you went shopping in the Wizard City, even if it was a million Kindler coins, you could spend it all in minutes. [One Wizard Tower.]
Søren naturally didn't have the ability to go to the Wizard City to spend money, so he didn't think about buying those legendary equipment with frightening prices for the time being.
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When Scarface heard Søren's reward, he couldn't help but show a hint of surprise. Although 500 Kindler coins wasn't a lot, it was still a small fortune for him. He could casually send one or two hundred Kindler coins to his subordinates, then take them to drink and play with women. In the end, he could still swallow two or three hundred Kindler coins himself. In the pirate industry, the boss ate the meat and the underlings drank the soup. The underlings lived a drunken life. As long as they had wine, meat, and a little money to find women, it was enough.
He nodded respectfully and was ready to turn around and leave.
Søren put down the shipping bill and glanced at the map. He frowned and said, "Go and see One-Eyed Jack later. Ask him why the batch of exquisitely forged military weapons I need hasn't been delivered yet."
"Tell him that he must deliver it within three days, or throw him into the sea to feed the sharks!"
Scarface stopped when he heard this, then turned his head with a smirk on his face. He stuck out his tongue and licked his lips. "Your Excellency, don't worry! I'll go and see right away. I promise that the weapons will be delivered within three days. "
Søren nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand. "Very good. You can go."
"Yes." Scarface nodded respectfully.
The strength of Søren's pirates was still a little weak. Although many pirates had good combat experience and were very brave when fighting, after all, they lacked accumulation. It was necessary to rely on equipment to improve their combat strength.
This batch of exquisitely forged military weapons was very important!
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