game traveler

Chapter 123 The Key to the Fortune of the Sea

Big O'Neill's proposal is very tempting.

However, Rorschach lowered his head and thought for a while, and felt that this goal was too risky:
"With the number of our current crew, isn't it a little thin? You know, last time we met only merchant ships, but this time, it was a fully armed Spanish frigate."

"Moreover, last time, we pretended to be a merchant ship and let the other party think that we were our own, so that we could easily approach and engage in a boarding battle. But this time, if we fly up with the flag of the British, the Spanish on the frigate will The dude will never think of us as one of our own..."

Hearing Rorschach's wave of analysis, O'Neill's excitement was extinguished at once.

Frowning, thinking about it calmly and rationally, Big O'Neill shrugged helplessly, with a deep disappointment in his tone, "You are right, although this is an attractive piece of fat, we still can't eat it. .”

He reached out and patted Big O'Neill's shoulder, and Rorschach comforted him immediately: "You have done a good job, and you have fulfilled the duties of a quartermaster..."

After a pause, Rorschach seemed to suddenly remember something, and raised his brows: "No! When will this trading ship leave Havana?"

"In about three weeks."

"That time is still too late. We don't need to do it now, we can go to Nassau to recruit the crew first, and then do it!"

While speaking, Luo Xia had already stepped on the wooden chair, stood up, held a wooden fork in his hand, and raised his head, looking funny and excited:
"Didn't you say that it will return to the mainland of Spain, which means that there is only one route for them! We just need to wait for the rabbit, and we can swallow this piece of fat in our stomachs!"

After all, it was found that the two brothers O'Neal just blinked their eyes without any reaction.

Luo Xia blinked his eyes, and then switched to the normal mode in a second, pretending that nothing happened, sat back on the wooden chair, and said lightly:
"However, before that, I must meet with that dear Governor-General again."

"Perhaps, he will also bring us some good news like you..."

Watching Rorschach seamlessly transform from funny to calm and steady, the O'Neill brothers looked at each other, and their eyes revealed the same thought:
This young captain seems to be different from every captain they have ever been with before...

. . .

A few days later, Rorschach, dressed as a captain wearing a three-cornered hat and a black and red flak coat, came to the gate of the Governor's Mansion:
"Good morning, I'm Captain Rorschach, please see your Excellency the governor, please inform me."

Hearing this, the guard behind the iron gate paused for a moment on the young Dongfang's face, and immediately realized: "Oh, Your Excellency the Governor has ordered that if you come to visit, you don't need to notify, you can come in directly. "

While speaking, he opened the iron door.

"Thank you."

Following behind a Spanish soldier, Rorschach once again came to the living room on the first floor of the governor's mansion.

"Mr. Rorschach, His Excellency the Governor is working in the mansion. He should see you later when he is free."

"Ok."

After waiting in the living room for about 10 minutes, Torres walked in from the side hall under the close protection of the shark.

"Oh, Mr. Rorschach, is your injury better?"

Shaking hands with Torres, Rorschach responded with a smile: "It's much better, thank you for your concern."

After the hypocritical polite talk, the two sat down on the sofa and chatted while enjoying the hot tea made from tea leaves transported from the far east.

After chatting about the weather and food in Havana, Torres seemed to be unable to find a big breakthrough from Rorschach's words, and suddenly changed the subject:
"Mr. Rorschach, what do you think of the English?"

Hearing this question, Rorschach frowned first, and his brain immediately started to run at high speed.

He first began to think about the meaning behind this question from the national background.

Entering the eighteenth century, Spain is no longer the Spain with the Armada 100 years ago.

As for the decline of Spain, we have to talk about the famous "Utrecht Peace Treaty"

In 1700, the Spanish Habsburg dynasty became extinct and the throne was vacant. A war was triggered between the French Bourbon dynasty and the Austrian Habsburg dynasty for the Spanish throne.

That is the War of Spanish Succession recorded in history!
The two sides in the battle are actually France singled out the anti-French alliance.

I am afraid that after France annexed Spain, it would become the hegemony of Europe. Under the leadership of Britain, Austria, the Netherlands and other countries, most European countries formed an anti-French alliance and launched a 13-year war with it.

Although France won the final victory, it signed the "Utrecht Peace Treaty" with various countries and obtained the right to inherit the Spanish throne.

But it also paid a heavy price for this, and its military strength was severely weakened.

And in this war, the biggest winner is the United Kingdom!

Using the war, Britain not only attacked France's maritime military power, but also thoroughly attacked Spain's status as a colonial power, snatched away a considerable part of Spain's colonies, and indirectly weakened another potential commercial competitor, the Netherlands.

The United Kingdom, which has achieved a dominant position in ocean and commerce, has become the most powerful country on the ocean in this era!
Felipe V, who inherited the Spanish throne, was born in the French Bourbon family. To a certain extent, Spain only followed the lead of France.

Of course, West and France are unwilling to watch Britain become the maritime hegemony in this way.

You must know that the triangular trade formed by North America, South America and Europe has brought immeasurable huge profits to European countries and provided a strong supplement to the national economy.

It can be said that in this era, whoever controls the sea holds the key to the vast wealth of the ocean!
Therefore, under the premise of being unable to support a war, European countries had to find ways to secretly attack their competitors in order to compete for sea dominance.

Among them, the United Kingdom, which is rapidly expanding its maritime power, has become a thorn in the side of other European countries.

From the perspective of the Knights Templar, an ambitious Britain is obviously a very big threat to the world order...

After thinking about it from various aspects, Luo Xia had a plan in his mind, and then he responded:
"It's not a good impression. Those British guys are too domineering at sea, and they always look self-righteous."

Obviously, Torres is more satisfied with this answer.

I saw him nodding his head and said sarcastically:
"I feel the same way. Those British guys, who are running around at sea, what do they think they are? Especially their King George, who can't speak English and can only be manipulated by his mistress and cabinet, is a joke."

"The sea must not be occupied by such a narrow-minded country. The sea should belong to all countries. In order to ensure our interests in the sea, maybe we can cooperate..."

(End of this chapter)