"I didn't expect that the dozen or so people had a gun, but now they have created such a big situation." On November 18, 1695, Su Mo, who had two beautiful beards outside Liangshan City, said with great enthusiasm.

Liangshan City is Houston, a famous city in the United States in later generations. At present, more than a thousand settled residents have reclaimed land, planted grains, and shepherded livestock. The reason why the city is called Liangshan was negotiated by pirate leaders Su Mo, Wang Zhaoli, Han Zhong and others. The name of Liangshanbo in "Water Margin" is known without asking.

Of course, the city is called Liangshan, but it does not mean that it is messy or full of bandits. Well, there are indeed many bandits, but the city is really not messy. In fact, the highest authority of the Pirates' Roundtable Council of Texas Pirates has spent money to hire the famous Dapeng Design Firm on the East Coast to help him plan the construction of Liangshan City. At present, the urban construction plan has basically been completed, and some buildings have started construction. It is expected that the first batch of urban residents will be welcomed in mid-1696.

Most of the urban residents of Liangshan are still old or disabled retired pirates and their families. The proportion of people on the east coast is not high, about half of them are, but the ruling class is basically the East coast, and the culture and language are also from the east coast. According to a report issued by the State Administration of Intelligence, there are few residents left on the famous Pirate Island (Tortuga Island). The environment there is harsh, the land quantity is limited, and the security environment is also very poor. From time to time, they are beaten by the navies of Spain, England and other countries. For many years, most of them have gone to Suchenggang and a small number of them have gone to Liangshancheng.

Of course, there are some "good people" in Liangshan City. Due to the war that has lasted for many years and the influence of bad weather, there have been many people from continental countries who have immigrated to the Caribbean in recent years, and a considerable number of them have flowed into the pirate country. Because the land here is free, the tax rate is outrageous, people have very high freedom, and the pirates also have a certain combat effectiveness to ensure that they are not bullied by enemies from the sea. Even in recent years, they have successfully formed an army unit (mainly trained militias regularly), and defeated nearby Indian tribes several times, successfully maintaining the security of the land borders of this pirate country, and greatly increasing their appeal to immigrants.

Of course, there is generally peace between the pirates and the Indians. In addition to the conflict caused by the initial territorial grabbing, they have been peaceful for seven or eight years recently. The two sides mainly trade, and the Indians want to buy almost everything, but they only have fur goods to sell, which is definitely not enough. Therefore, in the end, they can only sell their land to smooth out the trade deficit, which makes the development environment of the pirate country much more peaceful.

In addition, under the guidance of the East Coast intelligence officials, the pirates also actively chose to integrate the surrounding small Indian tribes and achieved good results. The pirates' civilization level must be much higher than that of the Indian tribes. Those small tribes had a difficult life in the fight with the large tribes. Now they found that they had thighs to hold, so naturally they came to join the tribes. The pirates also welcomed this cautiously. After all, the ratio of men and women among them was extremely unbalanced. The Indians came, and some pirates who had been bachelors for half their lives also had the possibility of getting married, which was a very cost-effective deal for them.

According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 2,000 Indian men, women and young and old living in Suchenggang. Under the influence of pirates, they have now learned some simple manual tasks, such as rubbing ropes, cutting wooden boards, handling seafood, etc. Some of them have also learned to farm. Although their level is not very good, they can at least support themselves. The excess grain output can also flow into the market for consumption by professional pirates who are not engaged in production.

By the way, Sucheng and Liangshan used East Coast currency, copper coins, silver coins and even gold coins that are hard to see in the East Coast, highlighting the penetration of the East Coast economy. In fact, at the beginning, the currencies used in the pirate country were quite diverse, including pesos, shields, shillings, Ducats, etc., and everyone also recognized (after all, whatever is grabbing is what you have, the pirates have no right to choose), but over time, everyone finally found that the East Coast currency is the best and the weight is not bad. Therefore, now the East Coast dollar has basically unified the world. The pirates traded the stolen foreign currencies to merchants of Caribbean shipping companies in exchange for East Coast silver dollars and various commodities. Government employees in Sucheng and Liangshan also paid wages in East Coast silver dollars, and everyone has accepted this currency system.

The East Coast government actually likes to see pirates doing this, because it means they have begun to be regularized. When pirates fight and kill, it is obviously impossible to last long. You may be the dominant one, but in the end they will be dispersed under the wind and rain, becoming a topic of conversation for people after dinner. If you want to truly take root and create a foundation that can be passed on to future generations, you still have to be regularized. The Sucheng pirates are very lucky because the East Coast government is conscientious and helps the General Administration of Intelligence for so many years. In the end, they are not kicked away or killed to silence people. Instead, they receive comprehensive assistance, helping them establish a ruling order, establish a bureaucracy, establish an army, and establish a trade system. I don’t know how many residents on the Caribbean islands cannot get such assistance.

"Yes, the aid from the South has helped us solve many problems, but it also tied us firmly." Han Zhong, one of the Thirteen Grand Prix and one of the members of the Roundtable Council, said.

The upper class of the pirates in Sucheng were basically from wealthy families on the East Coast. Many of them were descendants of members of the Founding People's Congress who had no inheritance rights, such as their leader Somo. Therefore, they never concealed the help of the East Coast government, especially now that many "big yard children" from the local area have joined the pirate ranks (actually they were aiming at the founding of the country), and they are increasingly inseparable from the East Coast.

If you take advantage of others, don’t think about independence. Everyone understands this principle!

"Now Sucheng Port has a population of more than 6,000, and Liangshan City has one or two thousand people. The funds and manpower from the south are still flowing in. Hehe, what can we do? Don't think too much, follow the baton! I think, just keep doing it and ask the people from Air Canada and the General Administration of Intelligence to get more benefits and take the disgusting San Joaquin!" Su Mo said with a boxing high and said.

San Joaquin was a colony established by the Spanish many years ago, located near the Port of Corpus Christi in the later United States. This colony was almost destroyed after pirate siege and Indian attacks. However, with the strong support of the New Spain Governor's District, it was finally maintained. It has controlled thousands of people and is somewhat powerful.

The Spanish windward fleet in the Caribbean Sea has repeatedly used this as a base for many years to dispatch pirate groups attacking Sucheng Port, and the two sides won and lost each other. After a port blockade that lasted for several months in 1692, Sucheng Port suffered a severe famine. Later, it was the neighboring Free State that urgently provided a batch of food from land and finally survived. After that, the pirates wanted to pull out this nail and completely solve their major problems.

But this was not feasible in the past! Pirates, whether they were personnel, equipment or money, were not as good as the Spaniards. In other words, after some fresh blood brought money to join the gang, the pirates could easily gather more than a dozen medium-tonnage armed merchant ships, and they had the idea of ​​taking over the Port of San Joaquin again. However, the State Administration of Intelligence and Air Canada still had some differences in this matter. The former believed that pirates should concentrate their efforts to solve this big problem first, and then expand their territory to achieve a permanent foundation, while the latter believed that the calm situation in the Caribbean Sea should not be destroyed at will, and then affect trade, because the Spaniards in San Joaquin looked relatively peaceful in recent years and did not provoke the pirates again.

The differences between the two bosses also affected the decisions of the pirates and their actions became hesitant. However, the new guys who came from the local area were not afraid of anything. They kept urging the elders of the roundtable board to prepare supplies and send troops to take down San Joaquin. Especially Tian Xiaochuan, the youngest son of Tian Xing, the top leader of the East Coast intelligence department, yelled all day long to do it, and often hurt the representatives of the Air Canada company that often came over. Poor people were those who were sending messages and delivering goods, and they dared not offend Mr. Tian, ​​and in the end they all returned to Mobile Port in shame.

Influenced by Tian Xiaochuan and others, Sumo was also a little moved now. He was originally a warlike guy, otherwise he would not have given up his superior and comfortable life on the East Coast and took a boat to the Caribbean to seek excitement. This man was born not very peaceful! Therefore, he is really seriously considering taking action and carefully considering whether the family, personnel, ships, ammunition, supplies, food, medicine and even money are enough? How should he face the counterattacks that the Spaniards may have after defeating San Joaquin? You must know that the Wind Fleet still has some strength, and San Joaquin also has a certain number of garrison troops. How much does the pirates have to pay to defeat them and save the spoils? This is all unknown.

"Actually, I don't quite agree with San Joaquin. If the loss is too great, many old brothers may die there." Han Zhong replied: "Isn't our life good now? Yes, life is a bit tight, not as happy as being a pirate, but since it is necessary to be regular, all this is difficult to avoid. We now have two cities, many things are on track, and the external environment is not bad, so why bother yourself?"

"Since I took the pirate path, who has not yet realized the dying consciousness?" Su Mo glared at Han Zhong and said dissatisfiedly.

"I'm not afraid of death, but I want to die worthwhile. Now is not the time for the boss! The old brothers have a place now. If you let them fight for the Wind Fleet, they are all professional warships. How many people will we die? The old brothers are all dead. Will we let those new leaders seize power? Yes, some of them have a good relationship with the boss. You may have played big since childhood, but so what? In the face of power, all friendship is bullshit! Besides, now our race and ethnic group are so complex. Indians, Europeans, Mestiso people and our East Coast people have broken out from time to time. That is, we still have a little power to suppress the situation, so that the conflict will not make a big deal. But what if we fight with the Spaniards, we still have the ability to suppress them?"

Han Zhong's words were heartbroken, and Su Mo was very upset when he heard it. He instinctively didn't want to agree, but his deepest thoughts told him that all this was right, and he could not ignore these factors. In the pirate country, no one is a good man and a woman. The intelligence personnel on the east coast only wanted to see the existence of the pirate country. As for who is the leader, they might not care very much. Thirteen Taibao is now a community of interests. The new guys have boats and people, and they are also joining each other in private. They must not be ignored.
Chapter completed!