Ouyang Shuo's words caused the atmosphere in the Spanish fleet to suddenly become strange.
The Spanish overlord players noticed that the soldiers under their command were looking at them strangely. If they were forced to rush forward and fight with the enemy, it would immediately cause a mutiny.
Even the adventure-type players felt a little uneasy.
After all, during the evacuation of the large sailboat, the players and the sailors had a fierce bloody conflict. The relationship between the two sides had long been like a taut string that could break at any moment.
Now that they had the support of Shanhai City, who knew what crazy things these natives would do.
"Cough, everyone, hurry up and pay the ransom and leave. I don't want to stay in this damn place for another moment. "Pep glanced at the overlord players with a faint hint of warning.
"Forget it, so be it!"
Seeing this, the overlord players had no choice but to compromise with a bitter expression.
Just like that, another spectacle appeared on the sea.
The ocean-going fleet specially set up a "toll station" in the north. No matter who sat on the boat, players or NPCs, all small boats that passed through would be charged 200 gold coins per person.
When it came to the Navy Admiral Alvaro, they were stopped.
"What, you want to go back on your word?"
The accompanying overlord's face was gloomy, and his tone was somewhat unfriendly.
In this war, the overlord players suffered the most. Not only did they lose the battleships and cannons that the territory had spent a lot of money to build, but even the army under their command had to reluctantly give up because of the ransom. They only took a small number of elite soldiers, and the rest of the army was given to the enemy for nothing.
This was really hard to swallow, but in the face of the general situation, they had to bow their heads. If they really fought, the first to disagree would probably be the adventure-type players.
The overlord who spoke was called Casillas, the second-ranked overlord in Spain, and also the most powerful overlord along the coast. The Navy Admiral Alvaro was his general.
"Others can pass, but not this old general," the guard said as he pointed at Alvaro.
"Why?"
"The Marquis said that he wants to invite the old general to the ocean-going fleet as a guest."
"Don't go too far!"
Casillas was furious when he heard this. Even a fool would not believe such a ridiculous reason like "inviting him to be a guest". Shanhai City was obviously envious of Alvaro and wanted to detain him by force.
"This is the Marquis's decree. We are just following orders." The guard was unmoved.
"You!" Casillas was so angry that he laughed, "Fine, let Marquis Lianzhou talk to me."
"The Marquis is not seeing guests for the time being." The guard was still as stiff as ever.
The situation was in a stalemate.
The guards neither let him pass nor forcefully snatch him away. In the face of Casillas's roar, they even turned a deaf ear to it. Just like a steel guard, they stood still despite the wind and rain.
As such, the players at the back of the queue could only wait.
After a long time, they became unhappy.
Since he couldn't see Ouyang Shuo, the players could only persuade Casillas to take a step back. "Forget it. It has already come to this. What's the point of arguing? He's just a guest. Maybe he'll be back in a few days."
"That's right. Don't reject his kind invitation."
To be honest, this kind of persuasion was as fake as it could be. The behavior of the Spanish players was just like an old saying in China: a dead friend is better than a poor friend.
The players now only wanted to escape from this place. As for the loss of others, why would they care about it? They would only resent Casillas for being "unreasonable" and create waves.
Gossip was a fearful thing, and the emotions of the world were like blades. It was not just talk.
Casillas's face was flushed and he gritted his teeth. With his self-restraint, he was about to explode. Alvaro was the first admiral of the Spanish Navy and the trump card of the estate. How could he easily give up?!
The longer the time dragged, the more agitated the players became. In the end, not only the ordinary players, but even the guild leaders began to come forward to persuade Casillas.
"Forget it. We lost this time. We can only let ourselves be trampled on."
"Yeah, there's an old saying in China: a little impatience will spoil great plans." It was that China expert again. "The other party is determined to keep the commander. There won't be any result if this confrontation continues."
"In case the other party runs out of patience and forces us to stay, then we'll be in big trouble."
The words of "kind" persuasion were like a knife stabbing Casillas's chest, making him want to vomit blood. "Shameless, shameless!"
Casillas's hatred for these compatriots even exceeded his hatred for Ouyang Shuo.
Who was the most hateful person in the world? They didn't know what you experienced, didn't know what you suffered, and what unfair treatment you received. They just kept persuading you, "Be magnanimous."
"Magnanimous your ass!"
In reality, this kind of person would be struck by lightning.
Casillas was facing a group of such people. He wanted to resist to the end and simply break up and drag this group of abominable guys to hell together.
Unfortunately, he was a rational person after all.
As a lord, Casillas was always vigilant of himself not to be impulsive, let alone emotional. If he really offended this group of players, the future situation of his estate in Spain could be imagined.
He was bound to suffer this loss.
"Marquis Lianzhou, I'm not done with you!"
Casillas said the harsh words and left without looking back.
The protagonist of the incident, Alvaro, did not say a word from beginning to end. It seemed that no one thought that they should ask Alvaro what he thought.
Seeing the "lord" turn around and leave angrily, Alvaro sighed softly and went to Dragon Head under the respectful guidance of the guards.
The scene was restored to order.
It was not until two o 'clock in the afternoon that those who should leave were gone.
In the end, a total of more than 30,000 players and more than 4,000 NPC soldiers paid the ransom. The total amount of ransom received by Ouyang Shuo reached a terrifying seven million gold coins.
There was no doubt that this was the largest "war wealth" in the history of Shanhai City. The two million gold coins spent in Atlantis was no longer painful for Ouyang Shuo.
The net profit was five million gold coins.
Ouyang Shuo calculated the funds in his storage bag and found that he had become the richest man in the world. There were originally one million gold coins left in the storage bag. Adding the seven million gold coins, there was a total of eight million gold coins.
In addition, there was still a sum of money, which was the trade income.
Before going out to sea, Shanhai City purchased more than 500,000 gold coins worth of various materials and replenished a batch of pepper and spices in Star State County. By the time they passed the Mediterranean Sea, these goods were basically sold out.
The overall profit had increased by about six times, and the trade volume was roughly 3.5 million gold coins. Among them, the purchase of green stones and other goods from the West had cost 500,000 gold coins.
After calculating, there were three million gold coins left.
In other words, there were a total of 11 million gold coins in Ouyang Shuo's storage bag.
No one would believe it if they said it out.
What was more terrifying was that Ouyang Shuo's journey of earning money was far from over.
It was really unknown to what extent Ouyang Shuo's wealth would be accumulated by the end of the voyage. It was no wonder that people said that the voyage was a crazy journey of plundering global wealth.
In history, when Spain was at its strongest, thousands of Spanish galleons from all over the world shipped countless gold back to Spain for Philip II and the Spanish nobles to squander.
When England dominated the sea, the global wealth swept away was even more incalculable.
Right now, Shanhai City seemed to be quietly walking on such a path.
In addition to the ransom, there were also 23 Spanish galleons, each equipped with 20 Spanish cannons. In addition, there were also 36 Carrack galleons, each equipped with 10 cannons.
There were more than 800 Spanish cannons alone.
In addition to these ready-made cannons, when the matter here was over, Ouyang Shuo also planned to send a team of frogmen to the place where the four major battle groups of the Spanish fleet sank to salvage the cannons that had sunk to the bottom of the sea.
That was the real big fish. Preliminary estimates said that there were no less than 5,000 cannons. These cannons were forged with the entire Spanish nation's resources, and now they all benefited Shanhai City.
"War windfall, it's really war windfall!" Ouyang Shuo muttered to himself.
In addition to the warships and cannons, there were also the naval officers and soldiers who were "abandoned" by the Lord. All of them were taken in by Shanhai City. Since pirates could "turn over a new leaf", why would Ouyang Shuo mind the Spanish officers and soldiers "changing sides"?
In the end, a total of more than 56,000 naval officers and soldiers joined Shanhai City. Along with them were more than 20,000 sailors, first officers, and other senior crew members.
In other words, as long as they were equipped with warships, Shanhai City could immediately form half a fleet.
These naval officers and sailors were the "treasures" that Ouyang Shuo had spent a lot of effort on. For Ouyang Shuo, there was no end to the money. Building a truly powerful navy was the fundamental guarantee of everything.
Defeating the Spanish Invincible Fleet was the best opportunity for Shanhai City's navy to enter the Mediterranean Sea. Weren't these naval officers and sailors the most valuable asset?!
Ouyang Shuo did not think that the Spanish would really give up after suffering such a huge loss.
Next, Ouyang Shuo would take a series of actions to curb the Spanish's retaliation, reestablish the order of the Mediterranean Sea, and allow Shanhai City's military presence to be recognized by the Mediterranean countries.
This was very difficult, but Ouyang Shuo was very confident.
Now, he not only held one good card in his hand, but several good cards. Ouyang Shuo still had to carefully plan how to operate it to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Before that, Ouyang Shuo had to meet another person, and that was Alvaro, who he had forcefully detained.
Whether Ouyang Shuo's next plan could be successfully carried out largely depended on whether this stubborn old man was willing to cooperate. Only by truly subduing Alvaro would he be considered to have succeeded halfway.
Obviously, this was not an easy task.
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