So even in Baldur's Gate, rumors began to spread about the goddess of poison and plague having a very powerful and powerful chosen one.

"What else can we do? We can only continue to take the land route." Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

Anyway, it just takes a little more time.

He was not idle when he was riding in the carriage. He was learning many four-ring magics and practicing new super magic skills. His life was quite fulfilling.

Anyway, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

He has many means to make the Duke of Baldur's Gate pay a heavy price for humiliating him.

"Thos, I can control those guards." Isadora whispered in her ear.

But Zuo Si smiled and shook his head, gently stroked the girl's hair and explained: "Forget it, don't make it difficult for these ordinary soldiers who obey orders. Don't worry, I'm not angry. Because it won't take long, Baldur's Gate will

The dukes will come up and kneel down and beg me to let them go."

When he said these words, he did not avoid the soldiers guarding the city gate at all, but let these people hear them clearly.

Instantly!

The captain's face changed.

But before he could do anything, he saw Zuo Si and his party driving away in a carriage.

When I came back to my senses, the carriage had disappeared into the distant horizon.

"Damn! Go and report to Duke Iltan, we may be in big trouble this time." The captain shouted at one of his soldiers.

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The latter did not dare to neglect at all and quickly rode towards the fortress of the Flame Fist mercenary headquarters.

It's a pity that everything is too late...

After running for more than ten kilometers in one breath, when he was about to reach the "Land of Death", Zuo Si finally ordered the carriage to stop, and then summoned Vanessa without hesitation.

In the blink of an eye, the lich who received the magic message cast a teleportation spell and appeared next to the carriage.

He first glanced around very cautiously, and after confirming that there was no danger, he put one hand on his chest and bowed slightly.

"Excuse me, if you summon me at this time, do you have anything important to say?"

"How is the progress of the plan to integrate the pirate forces of the Nelanser Islands?" Zuo Si asked straight to the point.

When she mentioned this matter, Vanessa suddenly became excited and hurriedly reported: "Not long ago, I just controlled a pirate leader named Eric and started a rebellion against Captain Bloodhand.

This operation not only successfully absorbed the latter's forces, but also exchanged Hallet's head for a large bounty in Amn.

Immediately afterwards, I sent several of my apprentices to assist the pirate in launching several naval battles, and almost six large pirate gangs and more than twenty small pirate gangs were annihilated and incorporated.

Using the corpses of the dead, I transformed a large number of low-level undead into cannon fodder in the battle.

Then with the help of the spells recorded in the "Book of the Dead", several high-level sane undead were successfully created as commanders.

Now we have almost brought some of the largest and most livable islands in the Nelanser Archipelago under our control.

Even those mysterious ocean towers were occupied one by one by me and several other core members, transforming them into simple mage towers, and establishing permanent portals.

Four of the ogre magicians were captured alive and are currently imprisoned in the dungeon.

It is estimated that within a month or two we should be able to clear out all the pirates and start building cities and villages."

"So fast?" Zuo Si was obviously surprised.

He originally thought that an operation of this scale, even with the help of several lichs, would take a year and a half to complete.

"Of course. There was no decent power in the Neransel Islands originally. The reason why pirates are rampant is entirely because many organizations want to use these guys to do some shady things. But now with our

Intervene, this island will finally end the chaos and usher in the dawn of order. By the way, haven't you always been not very interested in this matter?"

Vanessa asked very strangely.

Zuo Si smiled and laughed at himself: "I suddenly discovered that if you don't have any powerful force behind you, others will treat you as a weakling and try to humiliate you."

"Shame! Who? Who dares to treat you like this? Please tell me! I promise to kill his whole family, and then make him into an undead creature, so that he will live in pain, despair and curse forever."

The cold light in Vanessa's eyes surged, and her tone became even colder and full of murderous intent.

"It's the Dukes of Baldur's Gate.

They issued a decree prohibiting me, a chosen one of Talona, ​​the woman of poison and disease, from entering the city.

To be honest, I still haven’t figured out where they got the courage and the underlying logic behind their actions.

But there is no need to make it so bloody and cruel.

My way of revenge is very simple, that is to use the most extreme way to attack the city's business and completely cut off Baldur's Gate's maritime trade."

Zuo Si expressed his thoughts in a casual tone.

He is not a nice guy, and he is not like those guys who claim to be kind and righteous, but they are publicly humiliated and still swallow their anger and dare not retaliate.

What's more, as a commercial port city, Baldur's Gate was built on trade.

Therefore, as long as we crack down on trade, it is equivalent to leveraging the foundation of Baldur's Gate's survival.

When businessmen begin to realize that these so-called "dukes" can no longer provide them with protection and benefits, but instead become a stumbling block that prevents them from making money, the consequences will naturally be obvious.

There is no need for Zuo Si to do anything himself, just a little news needs to be released, and countless people will naturally do everything possible to let these dukes die.

"Combating trade? Do you mean to let pirates organize fleets to block the port?" Vanessa touched her chin and revealed a playful smile.

You must know that unlike the Amn Empire, which has a huge navy, Baldur's Gate is just a city-state, so it does not have that much money to build a powerful navy.

Many times when dealing with maritime threats, some merchant ships are often temporarily requisitioned, and then defensive counterattacks are carried out relying on trebuchets and crossbows at the port and on the shore.

This means that the city's maritime defense is very weak.

As long as the pirates of Nelanthel Islands are gathered together, it is entirely possible to completely cut off Baldur's Gate's maritime trade routes.

Zuo Si waved his hand with a smile but not a smile: "No, don't block the port, let alone rob merchant ships. That would be too ostentatious and could easily attract the intervention of the Northland Lords Alliance.

All we have to do is collect a protection fee from all passing ships.

If it is a merchant ship heading to Amn, Calimshan, Tethyr, Waterdeep, Neverwinter, or Luskan, then 10% of the total value of all goods will be levied.

But if it's a merchant ship sailing to Baldur's Gate, then 20 to 30% will be levied.

And issue a flag to all ships that have collected protection fees.

Any merchant ship flying this flag will no longer be robbed by pirates throughout the Sea of ​​Swords to the Sea of ​​Glory.

If there is a robbery, we will not only avenge it, but also compensate the ship and cargo at the original price.

In this way, we get money, the merchants get safety guarantees, and the surrounding maritime trade routes will become prosperous.

At the same time, this approach will not violate the bottom line of the Northern Lords Alliance, the Harpers Alliance and the Church of God in the good camp.

After all, order is better than chaos.

Even if this order is not very consistent with their values.

After it became a common practice, all merchants who took the sea route found that the cost of doing business in Baldur's Gate was much higher than that of other cities.

Guess what they will choose?

They will not hesitate to abandon the natural harbor of Baldur's Gate.

At that time, the dukes who rule this city will pay the price for their arrogance and stupidity, and even kneel down and beg for my forgiveness.

In addition, compared to dying quickly, I personally prefer to let the enemy taste enough pain before dying, and even let the enemy watch helplessly lose the things he cherishes bit by bit.

For the Dukes of Baldur's Gate, the prosperity and wealth of Baldur's Gate are what they value most.

And I...

We must slowly take these two things away from them."

After hearing these words, Vanessa seemed to have seen the future of Baldur's Gate's decline, as well as the fearful and desperate reaction of the dukes. Her whole body was instantly sublimated, and she touched her chest deeply with one hand in an unprecedented respectful gesture.

Bowed.

"Your wisdom and revenge methods are beyond my reach. In addition, I also understand that true revenge should not just make myself feel happy, but should make the enemy taste the pain as much as possible, but at the same time there is nothing you can do about it. Please rest assured that I will

Immediately notify everyone to cooperate in handling this matter."

"Remember, manage those pirates well and let them understand that the Nelanser Islands in the future will be an orderly, open and tolerant country. I will throw away all the bad habits in the past and learn to be a civilized person from now on." Zuo Si

A meaningful reminder.

Vanessa immediately understood the idea and couldn't help bursting into laughter: "Hahahaha! You don't need to tell me that I have already done this. However, among the thousands of islands in the Nelanser Archipelago, only about half have fresh water resources. You

How to develop it?"

"First select a few large islands to grow food and raise poultry and livestock to ensure that the food sources on the islands are not restricted by others.

The rest of the islands with fresh water grow sugar cane, and the islands without fresh water grow salt.

The former is a valuable luxury product, while the latter is an indispensable thing in everyone's daily life. Basically, there is no need to worry about sales.

In addition, fishing, drying salted fish, and cultivating pearls in shallow seas can all be good development directions.

In particular, coconut fiber is very suitable for making ropes, fishing nets, brushes, mats, and coconut meat can also be dried and sold as merchandise.
To be continued...