What does gold mean in Europe at this moment? That means wealth. Townsend stared at the gold in Warren Groot's hand with his eyes fixed on it. Under the stimulation of the golden luster, his breathing became heavier.

He swallowed hard for a few sips before he spoke hard: "Although gold is attractive, I am Swedish after all, so I can't leave Sweden anyway."

"How can you say that? If you don't consider your own feelings, you have to think about your family, your wife and your children. Do you have to watch them suffer like this? You obviously have the opportunity to realize your dream of prosperity." Warren Groot saw that there was a way to do this, and immediately persuaded him with great thought.

"Swedish life is in our Portugal, and things that Sweden does not have in our Portugal, such as spices, fresh fruits and vegetables..."

"And after you come to Portugal, I promise in my name that you can still do your previous job. If you don't want to, the country will arrange a new job for you."

After Warren Groot's advice, Townsend finally couldn't control himself. He lowered his head weakly and smiled bitterly, "You won, okay, what do I need to do this time to express my loyalty to His Majesty Tim?"

"It's so. His Majesty has taken a fancy to the talents and technology of the Swedish Kingdom, so he hopes to introduce these people to Portugal." Then he handed the list to Townsend.

Townsend took the list and was stunned when he saw it: "Pirates, your Majesty is going to introduce pirates? I'm not wrong?"

Warren Groot smiled bitterly: "You read that right, Your Majesty is going to introduce some pirates."

"Why did Your Majesty do this? Pirates can easily cause huge property losses to the country." Townsend didn't understand.

Warren Groot sorted out his thoughts and said: "Your Majesty's plan is like this: You should know that there are many merchant ships along the Atlantic coast near the Strait of Gibraltar, many of which are from our Portuguese Kingdom. They were robbed by pirates many times, and pirates are usually small boats, which are elusive and difficult to catch. Therefore, Your Majesty plans to introduce Nordic pirates to deal with those damn pagans." (Note: Most of the pirates near Portugal are North Africans at this moment)

"Your Majesty's method is really amazing when using pirates to deal with pirates." After hearing the description, Townsend sincerely admired him. How smart can a person think of this method?

Warren Groot smiled proudly: "Of course, our Majesty is kind and loyal, with a broad vision and extraordinary wisdom. With such a wise and powerful Majesty leader, the power and prosperity of the Portuguese Kingdom is just around the corner, so what are you still hesitating about?"

"Thank you, Lord Warren, for your appreciation. I will not let down your Majesty and your expectations." Townsend quickly expressed his loyalty: "I will leave the matter of finding these people to me. I will definitely bring the most outstanding people among them. But I am really not sure whether I can convince them to go to Portugal."

"You just need to bring them here. You don't have to worry about anything else. After things are done, your Majesty will definitely be rewarded." Warren Groot waved his hand and signaled that he didn't have to worry about this problem.

During the next trip, the two had no worries and chatted with each other more happily. Warren Groot also learned more about Nordic information from the conversation.

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Three days later in Lisbon, the navy and merchant ships of the Kingdom of Portugal have been assembled here.

At this moment, they were all patiently waiting for His Majesty the King's arrival.

In the royal palace, Tim made careful arrangements for the affairs of Portugal.

This time when he went to Northern Europe, people must be left to wait for the country to handle national affairs. Therefore, Tim left Prince Siglas, who commanded the army to be stationed in Lisbon. In terms of calming people's hearts, a group of church clergy led by Archbishop White was responsible for the hearts of the country, so Tim was not very worried.

As for the arrangements of other personnel, Tim was preparing to take them to Nordic Europe. First of all, the naval leader Earl Warren must follow, secondly, the naval officials and captains must follow, and finally the sailors and sailors must follow, so this time almost all navals will accompany Tim to Nordic Europe.

Of course, the reason why Tim brought all Portugal's naval fleets and many merchants and merchant ships this time was to shock the Atlantic Ocean, and to clearly tell Western European countries by showing the number of Portugal's fleets that the Portuguese naval power is no longer the same. If any country does not have eyes and wants to challenge the position of the Portuguese Navy as the Atlantic overlord, then consider yourself carefully.

After changing his clothes, eating, everything was cleaned up. Then Tim arrived at the port of Lisbon under the protection of the royal guards. After being visited by everyone, Tim boarded a large Carac ship accompanied by Earl Warren and others.

Then with a command, all ships of all sizes immediately left the port and followed the current to head straight to the North Atlantic Ocean.

The turbulent sea water stirred up huge waves on the sea with the whistling west wind, and ships of all sizes were walking through the ocean.

Looking around, countless ships were seen walking in sequence on the ocean. Seven large Karak ships were scattered in the fleet, echoing each other. Around them were merchant ships of all sizes, Swedish warships and galleys gathered.

Finally, under the premise of including Carac ships, sailing ships, merchant ships, transport ships, three-masted ships and other Swedish warships, the Portuguese fleet was nearly 700. Although merchant ships accounted for half of the land, merchant ships also had a certain attack power in this era. Therefore, such large-scale naval operations have long attracted the attention of countries near the Atlantic Ocean.

In the coastal ports of France and other countries, people there saw this vast fleet of ships.

"Oh my God, this is the Portuguese navy."

"Which country is they going to attack with such a large-scale operation?"

"I don't know, anyway, no country's naval in the Atlantic has been their opponent."

Amid the amazement of everyone, Paris, London, Copenhagen and others learned about the actions of the Portuguese Navy.

Paris is fine, so there is no worries about it, while London and Copenhagen are different.

London was worried that Portugal would settle the score with them, so they quickly mobilized a small number of naval forces to stand by near the English Channel. Although these navies were not enough to resist the Portuguese attack, they still wanted peace in their hearts.

"The target of the Portuguese Navy seems not to be us!" The English Navy was surprised. In the waters ahead of them, the Portuguese Navy crossed the English Channel like a sky-highlight and continued to head for the North Sea, without even looking at the English Navy.
Chapter completed!