Pirate Kingship

On a high ground overlooking the entire planned port area by the sea.

Several colorful tall totem poles were erected at the four corners by a group of bear spirit warriors, and the main body of each totem pole was a giant bear.

Dong Dong Dong.

A group of shamans beat the sacrificial drums and chanted together in the ancient Tay language:

"Giant Bear Spirit Graham!

You are the incarnation of the god of war, the forest is your fur, the mountains are your arms, and the plateau is your head"

The golden halo exploded.

Roar——!

One by one, the giant bear guardian spirits jumped out of the totem poles and fell heavily to the ground.

Dozens of bear spirit warriors around also transformed into a large group of oppressive brown bears.

They waved their bamboo basket-sized front paws together and hammered the ground heavily.

With a loud bang, the entire high ground actually became shorter.

Then the giant bears continued to hammer repeatedly, and the top of the high ground lowered bit by bit, and became flat and even smooth bit by bit.

Even soil, under this level of pressure, has gained amazing strength that is no less than that of steel.

Byron stood in the air, overlooking the entire construction site, and the strong wind in the sky fluttered his clothes.

Seeing the fantastic construction progress, he nodded repeatedly with satisfaction:

"Compared with the Ladder of Glory, the biggest advantage of the taboo knowledge popular overseas is that it has a stronger ability to transform humans and nature.

The Taino people are still a primitive slave society, and the rock city-states, pyramids, and temples they built are more magnificent than each other.

Compared with this advantage, the price does not seem so unacceptable."

The price paid by the [Eagle Spirit Warrior] is that he will suffer from farsightedness from now on and cannot see things nearby.

And the [Bear Spirit Warrior] needs to enter a state of hibernation without resistance for at least seven days every year. The longer the hibernation time, the faster the strength increases.

But once caught by the enemy, they can only be slaughtered.

"On the other hand, in the feudal old continent, it costs an astronomical amount of money to build and maintain a castle.

Only those very rich and powerful lords can afford it, and it is definitely not the standard for all feudal nobles.

Many hereditary nobles' castles were built bit by bit over several generations."

"And if it is in the old continent, the construction of each castle requires a "crenel license" issued by the king before the castle can be built.

Because the crenel is the key to the castle as a military facility that is different from other civilian buildings.

It can be used to defend against foreign enemies, and it can also resist the king.

Only with the king's permission can you draw on the power of the [Silver Law], build a local law network in your own territory, and exercise your own lordship."

Byron took out a roll of [Pioneering Order] issued by Jamestown, Royal Port, and the signature on it was shining.

A thick illusory anchor chain sank into the void, pulling the power of the Silver Law here.

"I have this 'development order' with all necessary authorizations. I can build a city at will without applying for an additional 'crenel license'.

In this first company colony under the Pioneer Navigation Trading Company, I enjoy all the privileges comparable to those of a king.

On the surface, I use the Magna Carta of the Kingdom of Hastings as a cover, but in fact, it will be my [Golden Law] that truly rules here.

And with the Taiman Islands as the origin and this core fortress as a bridgehead, I will radiate to the entire Yucatan Island through commodity dumping."

After confirming that the quality of the foundation far exceeded the standards expected at the beginning, Byron flew down from the sky.

When he was about to approach the ground, he landed lightly like a leaf.

Attracting many native girls with bear ears to look at him frequently.

As the chief engineer of the city, the female shaman of Uxmal, Siwatl, immediately came up with a roll of blueprints:

"Sir, what do you think of our technology?"

Byron gave a thumbs up and praised generously:

"It's far beyond my imagination.

Although the Taino people did not enter the Bronze Age, they have extremely high attainments in mathematics, astronomy, architecture, art, etc.

In particular, many of the [Bear Spirit Warriors] can be called master builders, and are no worse than the [Sculptors] in the Palace Sequence.

Even ordinary people who only have a small amount of mathematical knowledge can become excellent workers that this city needs in the future.

If it weren't for you, even the foundation of the fortress alone would probably take years to consolidate.

I'm really grateful."

Hearing Byron's thanks, Siwatl waved her hand hurriedly:

"Mr. Byron, you are too polite.

In fact, we all know that among all the outsiders, only the Castilians seem to be the most hostile to us.

But in fact, most outsiders think that we are stupid and inferior.

If you hadn't sent a trade company commissioner, we don't know how many precious specialties we would have to sell at a low price just to exchange for a steel dagger in their hands.

We shamans are most sensitive to spirits, and only you always treat us equally and have no discrimination in your bones.

You have helped us through difficulties time and time again.

When the fortress and various supporting facilities are built, it will also be of great benefit to us.

I know you must have your own interests, but this kind of mutually beneficial relationship is more stable, isn't it?

Leave the fortress to us, you can rest assured."

Byron couldn't help but sigh that the coexistence faction such as Siwatl and Geronimo was also wise, at least not naive and short-sighted, and the two sides could further deepen cooperation.

Even support them to become their agents, to use the weapons and ships they provide to rule more states and tribes on this land.

Also to grab a steady stream of benefits for their economic colonial empire "Holy Golden Empire".

"Mr. Byron, it's just that I still have a lot of questions about your fortress design, and I want to ask you for advice.

I have seen many works of the Hall Sequence [Painters] of the outsiders, and most of the castles on them are different from this design."

Siwatl said as he unfolded the fortress design in his hand.

At the top was a line of small words: "Large Bastion·Turbulence Fortress", which was the name Violet personally gave to her new home.

Below was a large area of ​​graphics and text that would confuse ordinary people.

Byron did not hide it and explained the principle to her openly:

"Great Shaman, the history of human warfare is the history of the confrontation between spears and shields.

Just as the emergence of heavy flintlocks eliminated ordinary knight armor, the emergence of artillery also eliminated the original ordinary castles."

In the past, most of the castles on the Old World were convex polygonal castle templates.

In the process of castle defense, the equipment of the defending party was relatively simple. At most, some battlements, corner towers, and towers were designed to reduce the difficulty of observation and increase the attack angle.

But when such a castle encounters artillery with unprecedented firepower, even if the design of those artillery is very stupid, it will be broken after a few rounds of artillery bombardment.

Except for those with a long history, most traditional castles have gradually withdrawn from the stage of history.

And the new military facility of the bastion is not mysterious. In fact, it is to change the past fortress from a convex polygon to a concave polygon.

Then place large-caliber artillery inside and equip a sufficient number of musket teams.

The main purpose is to increase the shooting points. No matter from which angle the attacking party launches the attack, it will be locked by at least two or more defensive firepower points.

In this way, a three-dimensional cross-fire coverage is formed.

The design of the Styrotechnical Fort in front of us is like this.

In the three-layer structure, the bottom layer is solid, but there is a fort gate at the front and back, and a convex bastion is set on each of the four corners to place heavy artillery.

There are also four convex bastions on the second layer, which are nested in layers, leaving no defensive blind spots.

According to the standards of the Anchor Bay, large-caliber fortress guns are placed on hundreds of gun positions.

The main gun of the second-level battleship is only 32 pounds, but the largest fortress gun can reach an astonishing 68 pounds.

With specific tactics, the bastion has prepared various prescriptions for the attacker.

Once it came out, it was called "arsenic plus chili, poisonous and spicy" by those [fortress experts] in the fortress sequence.

In this era when various firearms have been widely popularized, the bastion is the strongest shield in land warfare!

"Great Shaman, although building a bastion is quite energy-consuming and costly, besieging it is equally time-consuming and laborious.

There are records on the continent that a siege against a bastion often lasts for months or even years.

In the limited seasons suitable for war each year, a commander would be lucky if he could conquer 1-2 bastion fortresses in the border area.

Among them, the most famous in the Old Continent is the border fortification belt of the Iris Kingdom, and their capital has also been built into a large fortress.

It is said that even with a 7:1 advantage in military strength, it takes about 20-30 days to conquer a bastion, and each bastion is a hard bone that can make the enemy break a mouthful of teeth.

Once our Stromberg Fort is built, it will be almost impossible for conventional fleets of various countries to break through here."

After sending away the great shaman who had learned new knowledge and was full of joy, another question was immediately placed in front of Byron.

"It will take some time for the Treasure Island, which only appears every prime number year, to show up.

Before preparing for the ceremony, my first task is to arrange Violet's new home.

The construction can be done slowly, but it is a big problem to fully equip the fortress experts, fortress guards, and musketeers of the fortress sequence.

It is too slow to train from scratch. My team seems to be expanding very fast, but it is still too small compared to the demand.

In addition, Violet's Torrent Fortress needs a team, so doesn't Catherine's Georgetown Earl Castle need one?

This kind of thing cannot be partial.

Ah, please give me a few third-level [Fortress Experts]."

Scratching his messy hair in distress, he looked up and found that a warship flying the Iris flag suddenly appeared on the sea in the distance.

Byron recognized it at a glance. It was clearly Meganila, the special envoy of the Iris Kingdom to the Bantaan Islands, and also the flagship of his cheap aunt.

"Hey, what is she doing here?"