Half a month later.
Dong!
A small, ordinary-looking merchant ship slowly docked at Hatraffa Port.
Under the command of a few pirates in black uniform, a group of young men in their prime walked up the wooden plank path in a single file.
"Newly disembarked, line up and register. I'm talking to you. Don't look around!"
The leader of the pirates pointed at a young man in his twenties with light blonde short hair and shouted.
He had seen too many people of all shapes and sizes during this period of time, and speaking nicely would not deter those lawless people.
"My apologies, may I ask when we can meet the Lord White Knight? I am an admirer of his. Please forgive my excitement at this moment. "
The young man named Hawkins was not annoyed at all. He explained to the leader with a smile. "Do your best.
You will have a chance to meet him. "
The leader's expression relaxed a little. More than eighty percent of the people on this island were admirers of the captain. He could understand the young man's feelings.
During this period of time, the influence of the pirate recruitment order had expanded.
Almost every day, a sailboat carrying young men from all over the world docked at Hatraffa Port, providing a steady stream of new blood to the pirate group.
These people who could set foot on Hatraffa Port had at least passed the preliminary screening to ensure that the newcomers did not have any malicious intentions.
During this period, the seagulls under Besmir's command monitored the situation in real time. Coupled with potions and spells, it was enough to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Even if someone with bad intentions managed to sneak onto the ship, they would be sunk into the sea before entering Hatraffa Port.
With the two Adepts, Elvin and Milan, the defensive strength and means of Hatraffa Port were now incomparable to before.
Today's batch of people were divided into groups and registered. After receiving their clothes and equipment, there was naturally a special management staff who assigned them accommodation and follow-up arrangements.
As more and more sailors, free pirates, and even civilians joined the Dragon Riders, Port Hatraffa, which was originally vast but uninhabited, gradually became lively.
As of today, the various combat, logistics, and civilian personnel had gradually approached the two thousand mark. The various facilities in the port were also improving with sufficient manpower and financial resources.
However, as the commander, Elvin knew very well that although his privateer fleet was growing in strength day by day, compared to a regular navy of the same number, they were far inferior in terms of combat strength and military quality.
Take the cannoneers for example. They were not even two-thirds as good as the navy of Storm Horn in terms of firing speed and accuracy.
Even the leaders of the pirates were similar to the crew of the Roaring Conch. Perhaps their individual bravery was not inferior, but how could the training system of pirates compare to that of a kingdom?
Coupled with their undisciplined nature, the difference between them and the regular army wasn't just in terms of equipment.
Therefore, gathering the members was only the first step. How to slowly turn them into elites was a long and arduous task!
During this period of time, the growth of the members had gradually reached Elvin's expectations. In the future, he would slowly tighten the recruitment requirements and focus on consolidating the current foundation.
Otherwise, no matter how many people there were, they would just be a motley crew.
Moreover, with the success of the "Dragon Riders" in plundering the Santabbia Company's slave-transporting fleet, they became famous as a rising force.
They had finally gained a firm foothold among the pirates in the Golden Ocean that were full of experts.
The black dragon head flag of the pirates had also been planted in the hearts of all the stakeholders around the Golden Ocean.
The benefit that came with it was that the cohesion and cohesion of the pirates continued to increase. Many pirates had even taken the initiative to tattoo the black dragon head emblem on their bodies according to the tradition of the pirates.
It was a symbol of loyalty!
In view of the fact that the number of members had increased to a certain extent, Elvin set up a "Fleet Command Room" that oversaw the overall situation of the pirates on the basis of the kingdom's fleet headquarters.
Firstly, he couldn't always be in charge of the internal management by himself. He had to rely on a good management system. Secondly, he could free himself and have more time to pursue the Transcendent advancement. Thirdly, he could smoothly take over the team when Anita returned in the future.
The "Command Room" was mainly responsible for staff, logistics, intelligence, personnel, training, and so on. Among the new members, a batch of experienced clerks and former navy soldiers were recruited.
The person in charge of the Command Room was not any Transcendent in the current fleet but Owl Beth, who had been with Elvin since the beginning and was no worse than any normal human being at this moment.
To put it simply, Owl had been promoted again. He worked as a herald, an intelligence officer, a confidential secretary, and a chief of staff.
Such an appointment was almost impossible for any human being, but for Beth, who was Elvin's familiar in the first place, there was no need to worry about usurpation at all.
Also, Elvin, who was not short of money at all, captured a large batch of seagulls again. After spiritualization, he handed over the command to Beth as the public intelligence and communication network of the privateer fleet.
The demonized seagulls under Beth's lead had become an indispensable core force in Elvin's hands.
Under Beth's command, the seagulls, which had an extremely wide range of reconnaissance, spread out far away and constantly patrolled more than half of the Shilius colony, a small part of the New World, and the main routes of the outer sea.
After summarizing and analyzing the collected information, they could already independently screen the members for the pirate group, determine the plunder targets, formulate plunder plans, and transmit orders and intelligence to specific combat units …
Beth, who was born for this from the very beginning, did better than any human being!
Including the selection of the target of Santabarbia, in fact, it was also Beth's idea.
As a reward, Elvin had even taught it the meditation method of the Tree of Life of the "School of Activation" and accepted it as a real otherworldly wizard apprentice with the identity of the school's chief.
One day, when it became an official wizard, it would not be impossible for it to use the basic "transformation spell" to directly become a human being.
During this period of time, in addition to the construction of the intelligence network and internal functional departments.
Under the leadership of Elvin and Milan, they also referred to the natural conditions of Shipwreck Bay in the "Fog Sea" and set up a large-scale maze barrier in Port Hatrapha.
Because it only had a few limited abilities such as concealment, concealment, divination, and so on, it did not require the host to have too high a level of transcendent. As long as there were enough ritual materials, it would be enough.
However, covering the entire Port Hatrapha was undoubtedly a huge project. Just accurately calibrating the tactical array in such a huge area was already a big problem.
However, with Milan as the leader, Elvin as the support, and the two apprentices, Beth and Calvin, it was successfully completed in about a week.
The thick white fog that spread out for more than ten kilometers added another natural barrier to Port Hatrapha, which was covered in reefs.
Without the guidance of the seagull messenger, no one could pass through smoothly except for the magic class Transcendents above grade 3.
"So now, the pirate group has a little sense of security!"
In a three-story stone building, which was also the temporary command center of the privateer fleet that was built at a miraculous speed, Elvin put down the documents in his hands and stretched himself.
As for why it was a temporary command center?
Because on the other side, a medium-sized redoubt had begun to be built. That was the real command center of the fleet.
Obviously, even though the defensive measures had been taken to such an extent, Elvin still felt that it was not enough.
"Sigh! I have too many enemies. There's really nothing I can do! "
Even though he had suppressed the restless adventurer's blood in his body, he still had to use the most radical methods to do a few major things recently.
Elvin had also clearly seen the hidden dangers behind the several big shows recently. Although he had become famous, he and the "Dragon Riders" under his command had inevitably become a thorn in the side of the Shilius people.
Therefore, Elvin had been planning to take a break for a while and return to his identity as a commodore in order to cool down the pirate group.
At least at this stage, no one could ignore the possible threat of the Shilius people, especially the bastard child who he had killed to his heart's content but had to consider the consequences. Ahem, but it should not be a big problem.
Even a vice-admiral could not simply take a "quasi-legendary warship" out for personal revenge without authorization.
Therefore …
Although his strength needed to grow bit by bit, he could "hide" from day to night, from outside to inside, from head to toe …
At the very least, this Port of Hatrapha had been hidden on various levels. It was almost impossible to find any trace of it, be it through human detection or divination.
Moreover, Elvin had set up secret ports on the tens of thousands of islands in the Golden Sea, so the pirate ships did not have to return here after plundering.
He had a complete biological communication network in his hands, so no matter how small the group was, there was no need to worry about the problem of losing control.
In particular, the various "spoils of war" he had seized last time needed to be handled personally as a commodore on the surface.
In the last battle, he had obtained a "lucky gold coin on the bow of the ship," a fifth-rate ship, the "Rocking Sails," and eight two-masted mixed sail slave-transporting ships.
There were also nearly 3,200 slaves. According to the normal market price, they were worth more than 180,000 gold lions, and were also the most valuable part of the "spoils of war."
The collective loot of the fleet had already exceeded the sum of the gold and silver of the last Golden Post. However, in Elvin's hands, the fate of these Anumar people might usher in a turning point.
Of course, Elvin would not spend the effort to be a human rights defender and act as the vanguard of the abolition movement.
The real purpose of slaves was to plunder wealth at the lowest cost. As long as this source of wealth continued to exist efficiently, the slave masters would not take the initiative to abolish the slavery system.
Only when industrialization flourished would this situation begin to slowly change, and the meaning of slavery's continued existence would gradually weaken.
When the profitability of slavery, based on the plantation economy, gradually decreased, and when it was left far behind by the industry, there would be soil for the complete abolition of slavery.
Therefore, this was not a matter of human rights or ideology, but an economic problem!
Even in Elvin's previous life, during the Bald Eagle War between the North and the South.
Even the original idea of the Northern Commander was not to completely abolish slavery, but to not continue to expand the scale of slavery.
Behind the seemingly dignified reason of freeing the slaves, there were actually deeper economic factors. It was the opposition between the capitalist industry in the North and the plantation economy in the South.
The outcome of the war also determined the direction of the country's economic model in the future.
Moreover, although Elvin had a bottom line, he was not doing charity. What good would it do him to directly liberate them?
However.
He would not go so far as to sell them off like livestock.
Anyway, the entire tribe was already finished, and it was impossible to send them back. He simply followed the Nimanst's contract slave system and made the slaves sign a contract.
The normal contract slave period was four to seven years. In order to prevent the Nimanst people from feeling unbalanced in the future, Elvin very generously gave this batch of Anumar people an auspicious number — eight!
As long as they worked for eight years, they would be given freedom.
Although he could not interfere with the treatment of these eight years, he could use his identity as the vice commander of the New World Garrison to ensure that the contract was carried out.
Of course, the price of a contract slave with a term was obviously discounted compared to the original price, but for this business without any capital, the income was already enough.
Moreover, if he did not have the channels on the surface, with so many slaves, who could a group of pirates sell them to?
"That's why it's still the officials and bandits that make money fast!"
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