Chapter 119 The key to the wealth of the sea
大奥尼尔的提议,十分有诱惑力.
However, Rorschach lowered his head and thought for a while, and then felt that this goal was too risky:
"Are we a little thin in terms of the number of crew members now? You know, last time we only faced merchant ships, but this time, it was a fully armed Spanish frigate."
"And, last time, we pretended to be merchant ships and made the other party think that we were our own people, so that we could easily get close and engage in a battle on the sidelines. However, this time, if we were hanging the British flag, the Spanish on the frigate would never think we were our own people..."
Hearing Rorschach's analysis, O'Neal's excitement was suddenly extinguished.
Frowning and thinking calmly and rationally, O'Neal shrugged helplessly, his tone was filled with disappointment, "You are right. Although this is a piece of tempting fat, we can't eat it yet."
He reached out and patted Big O'Neal on the shoulder, and Rorschach immediately comforted him: "You have done a good job and fulfilled your duties as a quartermaster..."
After a pause, Rorschach seemed to suddenly remember something and raised his eyebrows: "No! When will this trading ship leave Havana?"
“大概三周之后吧.”
"It's still time. There's no need for us to do it now. We can go to Nassau to recruit crew members first and then attack it!"
While speaking, Rorschach was already standing up on a wooden chair, holding a wooden fork in his hand and raising his head, looking both funny and excited:
"Didn't you say it will return to Spain? That means there is only one route for them! We can swallow this piece of fat into our stomachs as long as we wait for the rabbit!"
After saying that, he found that the two O'Neal brothers were just blinking and had no reaction.
Luo Xia's eyes blinked and switched to normal mode in one second. He pretended that nothing had happened before, sat back on the wooden chair and said lightly:
"But before that, I must meet again with the dear Governor."
"Maybe, he will bring us some good news like you..."
Seeing Roche change from funny and funny seamlessly to calm and composed, the O'Neal brothers looked at each other, and their eyes revealed the same idea:
This young captain seemed to be different from every captain they had followed before...
...
A few days later, Rorsch, dressed in a triangular hat and a black and red velak coat, came to the gate of the Governor's Mansion:
"Good morning, I am Captain Rorschach. Please help me inform you."
Hearing this, the guard behind the iron gate stopped on the young oriental face for a moment, and then immediately reacted: "Oh, the Governor has instructed that if you come to visit, you can come in directly without notice."
说话间,便打开了铁门.
"Thanks."
Following a Spanish soldier, Rorschach once again came to the first floor living room of the Governor's mansion.
"Mr. Rorschach, the Governor is working in the mansion, and he should see you later."
"OK."
After waiting in the living room for about ten minutes, Torres walked in from the side hall under the protection of the shark.
“喔,罗夏先生,你的伤好点了吗?”
Shaking hands with Torres, Rorschach responded with a smile: "It's much better, thank you for your concern."
After the hypocritical and polite words, the two of them sat down on the sofa, enjoying the hot tea made from the tea transported from the far east, while chatting.
After chatting about the weather and food in Havana, Torres seemed to have no big breakthrough in Rorschach's words, and suddenly the topic changed:
"Mr. Rorschach, what do you think of the British?"
Hearing this question, Roxa raised his eyebrows first and his brain immediately started to run at high speed.
He first started thinking about the meaning behind this issue from the national background.
Entering the eighteenth century, Spain is no longer the Spain with an invincible fleet a hundred years ago.
The decline of Spain has to be mentioned as the famous "Peace of Utrecht"
In 1700, the Spanish Habsburg Dynasty was extinct and the throne was vacant. The French Bourbon Dynasty and the Austrian Habsburg Dynasty fought for the Spanish throne.
That is the Spanish throne succession war recorded in history!
The two sides against each other were actually France fighting against the anti-French alliance.
I was afraid that after France annexed Spain, it would become the hegemon of Europe. Under the leadership of Britain, Austria, the Netherlands and other countries, most European countries formed an anti-French alliance and launched a war with it for thirteen years.
Although France achieved 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 power was seriously weakened.
And in this war, the biggest winner is Britain!
Using the war, Britain not only attacked France's maritime military power, but also completely attacked Spain's colonial power status, robbed a considerable portion of the Spanish colonies, and indirectly weakened another potential trade competitor, the Netherlands.
Britain, which has achieved the dominant position in the ocean and trade, has become the most powerful country on the ocean in this era!
Felipe V, who inherited the Spanish throne, was born into the French Bourbon family. To a certain extent, Spain only followed the French leader.
Of course, Western and French countries are unwilling to see Britain become the maritime overlord like this.
You should know that the triangular trade composed of North America, South America and Europe has brought immeasurable huge profits to European countries and provided a powerful supplement to the national economy.
It can be said that in this era, whoever controls the sea will have the key to the huge wealth of the ocean!
Therefore, in the premise of not being able to support a war, European countries had to try every means to secretly attack their competitors in order to compete for sea control.
Among them, Britain, whose maritime power is expanding rapidly, 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 all aspects, Luo Xia had a plan in his mind and then spoke:
"There is no good impression. Those British guys are too domineering at sea and always look self-righteous."
Obviously, Torres was quite satisfied with this answer.
He nodded and said sarcastically:
"I feel deeply. Those British guys are domineering everywhere on the sea and think they are? Especially King George, who can't speak English and is only manipulated by mistresses and cabinets, is simply a joke."
Chapter completed!