Chapter 666 The Richest Man in the World
Ouyang Shuo's words made the atmosphere of the Spanish fleet suddenly strange.
The Spanish lord player noticed that the army under his command looked at them with strange eyes. If they are forced to rush up to fight the enemy at this time, it may immediately cause a mutiny.
Even adventure players feel a little uneasy.
After all, during the just-concluded operation to evacuate the galleon, the player group and the sailor group had a fierce bloody conflict, and the relationship between the two parties had long been like a tight string, which would be broken as soon as it was pulled.
Now with the backing of Shanhai City, who knows what crazy things these aborigines will do.
"Cough, hurry up and pay the ransom, and leave now. I don't want to stay in this damn place any longer." Pepe glanced at the Lord player, with a hint of warning.
"Forget it, that's it!"
Seeing this, the lord player had no choice but to compromise, with a bitter look on his face.
In this way, the wonders are reproduced on the sea.
The ocean-going fleet has specially set up a "toll booth" in the north, and all passing boats, no matter who is sitting on the boat, players or NPCs, will be charged 200 gold coins per person.
Arriving at Admiral Alvaro, he was stopped.
"Why, do you want to go back on your word?"
The accompanying lord's face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water, and his tone was already somewhat unkind.
In this national war, the lords and players suffered the heaviest losses. Not only did they lose the warships and artillery that the territory spent a lot of money on, but even the troops under their command had to reluctantly part with each other because of the ransom problem, and only took away a small number of elites. However, the rest of the large army was given to the enemy in vain.
This bad breath is really hard to swallow, but in the face of the general situation, they have to bow their heads. If they really want to do it, the first person who refuses to agree is probably the adventure player.
The lord who spoke was Casillas, the second-ranked lord in Spain and the most powerful lord along the coast. Admiral Alvaro was his general.
"Others can pass, but this old general can't." The guard pointed at Alvaro and said.
"why?"
"Jun Hou said that he would like to invite the old general to the ocean-going fleet as a guest."
"Don't bully people too much!"
Casillas was furious when he heard the words, even if he was a fool, he would not believe such a ridiculous reason as "invite him to be a guest". Shanhai City was clearly envious of Alvaro and wanted to detain him forcibly.
"This is the king's will, we are just following the order." The guard remained unmoved.
"You!" Casillas laughed angrily, "Okay, let Marquis Lianzhou talk to me."
"Your Majesty won't see any guests for the time being." The guard was still stern.
The situation remained deadlocked.
The gate guards neither let them go nor forcibly robbed them. Facing the roar of Casillas, they turned a deaf ear to them.
In this way, the players in the queue at the back can only wait.
Over time, they are not happy.
Without seeing Ouyang Shuo, the players could only persuade Casillas to take a step back, "Forget it, we've reached this point, what's the point, isn't it just a guest, maybe we'll be back in a few days. "
"That's right. Don't refuse the invitation."
To be honest, such persuasion is really hypocritical and hypocritical. The actions of Spanish players correspond to an old saying in China: A dead friend will never die a poor man.
The players are now only thinking about escaping from this place, as for the loss of others, how can they care about it. They will only resent Casillas for being "unreasonable" and making waves.
People's words are scary, and the world is like a blade, so it's just talking.
Casillas blushed and gritted his teeth. With his self-cultivation, he could not help but explode. Alvaro is the number one admiral of the Spanish navy, and even the trump card of the territorial trump card. How could he give up easily? !
The longer the time dragged on, the more restless the players became. Later, not only ordinary players, but also guild leaders began to persuade Casillas.
"Forget it, we lost this time and can only be slaughtered by others."
"That's right, there is an old saying in China: If you can't bear it a little, you can make a big conspiracy." Another China hand said, "The other party is determined to keep the commander, and there will be no results if the confrontation continues like this."
"If the other party exhausts all their patience and forces us to stay, then we will be in great trouble."
A sentence of "kind" persuasion was like a knife stabbing Casillas in the chest, making him want to vomit blood, "Shameless, shameless!"
Casillas hated these compatriots even more than he hated Ouyang Shuo.
Who is the most hateful person in the world? They don't know what you've been through, what you've suffered, or what unfair treatment you've been treated, but they just keep persuading you: "Be generous."
"Great to your sister!"
In reality, this kind of person is going to be struck by lightning.
What Casillas faced was a group of such people. He wanted to resist to the end, so he just broke up and dragged this group of hateful guys into hell together.
Unfortunately, he is a reasonable man after all.
As a lord, Casillas is always on guard against himself, not to be impulsive, let alone emotional. If he really offends this group of players, the future situation of his territory in Spain can be imagined.
This loss, he is sure.
"Marquis of Lianzhou, I'm not finished with you!"
Casillas said harsh words and left without looking back.
The protagonist of the incident, Alvaro, did not say a word from the beginning to the end. It seemed that no one had thought about it, and should ask Alvaro what he thought.
Seeing the "Lord" turning away angrily, Alvaro sighed softly, and headed to Dragon Head under the respectful guidance of the guards.
Order was restored at the scene.
It wasn't until two o'clock in the afternoon that the things that should go were gone.
According to the final statistics, a total of more than 30,000 players, plus more than 4,000 NPC soldiers paid the ransom. The total amount of ransom that Ouyang Shuo received reached a terrifying seven million gold coins.
Undoubtedly, this is the largest sum of "war wealth" that Shanhai City has ever harvested. Ouyang Shuo felt relieved for the two million gold coins spent in Atlantis.
One in and one out, the net gain is five million gold coins.
Ouyang Shuo counted the funds in the storage bag, and found that he became the world's richest man. Originally, there was only one million gold coins left in the storage bag, and with the seven million, it was a total of eight million gold coins.
In addition, there is another fund, which is trade income.
Before going to sea, Shanhai City purchased more than 500,000 gold coins of various materials, and added a batch of pepper and spices when they were in Xingzhou County. When passing through the Mediterranean, these goods are basically sold out.
The overall profit has doubled by about six times, and the trade volume is roughly 3.5 million gold coins. Among them, the purchase of western emeralds and other commodities cost half a million gold coins.
After the settlement, there were three million gold coins left.
That is to say, there are eleven million gold coins in Ouyang Shuo's storage bag.
If you tell it, no one will believe it.
What's even more frightening is that Ouyang Shuo's earning journey is far from over.
I really don't know how much wealth Ouyang Shuo will accumulate after the ocean trip is over. No wonder some people say that ocean adventure is a crazy journey to plunder global wealth.
During the most powerful period of Spain in history, thousands of Spanish galleons from all over the world transported countless gold back to Spain for Philip II and the Spanish nobles to squander.
When England dominates the ocean, the wealth of the world that has swept across the world is even more immeasurable.
Right now, Shanhai City seems to be quietly walking on such a road.
In addition to the ransom, there were twenty-three Spanish galleons, each armed with twenty Spanish guns. In addition, there were thirty-six carrack galleons, each equipped with ten guns.
There are more than 800 Spanish artillery pieces alone.
In addition to these ready-made cannons, Ouyang Shuo is also going to send a frogman brigade to the sunken places of the four major battle groups of the Spanish fleet to salvage the cannons that have sunk on the seabed.
That is the real big head, preliminary calculations, it will not be less than 5,000 doors. These cannons were forged by Spain with all its efforts, and now they are all cheaper than Shanhai City.
"War windfalls, really war windfalls!" Ouyang Shuo muttered to himself.
Except for the battleships and artillery, and the naval officers who were "abandoned" by the lord, all of them were incorporated into Shanhai City. Since pirates can "reform evil and return to righteousness", why would Ouyang Shuo mind Spanish soldiers "changing families".
According to the final statistics, a total of more than 56,000 naval officers and soldiers joined Shanhai City. Along with them, there are more than 20,000 sailors, first mates and other senior crew members.
Waiting for that, as long as the battleships are fully equipped, Shanhai City can immediately form another half of the fleet.
This batch of navy and sailors are the "treasures" that Ouyang Shuo has worked so hard to plan. For Ouyang Shuo, there is always money to be made, and building a truly powerful navy is the fundamental guarantee for everything.
The defeat of the Spanish Armada was an excellent opportunity for the Shanhaicheng navy to step into the Mediterranean. Aren't these navy and sailors the most precious wealth? !
Ouyang Shuo didn't think that after suffering such a big loss, the Spaniards would really die down.
Next, Ouyang Shuo will take a series of actions to curb Spain's retaliation, re-establish the Mediterranean order, and make the military presence of Shanhai City be recognized by the Mediterranean countries.
It was very difficult, but Ouyang Shuo was full of confidence.
Now he is holding not just one good card, but several good cards. How to operate it, Ouyang Shuo has to plan carefully to ensure nothing goes wrong.
Before that, Ouyang Shuo had to meet another person, Alvaro who was forcibly detained by him.
Whether Ouyang Shuo's next plan can be implemented smoothly depends to a large extent on whether this stubborn old man is worthy of cooperation. Only when Alvaro really surrenders is he considered half successful.
Obviously, this is not an easy task.