The scolding pirate's eyes widened instantly, and the pirate next to him who had been silent for a long time also turned his head and looked over.
"Since you can understand our language, let us go as soon as possible!"
The scolding pirate glared at Jin Feng and threatened: "This Mr. William Smith is the second heir to the Smith family of our Islands. Kidnapping Mr. Smith is tantamount to declaring war on the Islands!"
"When you brought pirates to our territory and killed our villagers, you declared war on us!"
Jin Feng said coldly: "I'm busy now and have no time to talk to you. You'd better keep your mouth shut. If I hear you scolding my people again, I guarantee that your life will be worse than death!"
When he was in the Donghai Navy, Jin Feng heard someone from the navy explain that this group of pirates, together with the Japanese pirates, robbed a village along the coast and killed many people.
If Jin Feng hadn't told him to keep two alive, Zheng Chiyuan would have killed them long ago.
The scolding pirate wanted to say something else, but was stopped by William Smith's eyes.
"This gentleman, he trespassed on your territory without permission. It's our fault. I apologize to you!"
William Smith said: "Since sir can speak our language, he should know our rules. I am willing to pay a ransom for my mistakes. Gold, silver, wine or beautiful women. Just ask for whatever you want. Our Smith family will definitely satisfy you!"
Jin Feng had indeed heard in his previous life that in order to train their family members, many European nobles would send them out to sea to carry out plunder, which was considered a test for them.
Some people succeeded and brought back a lot of wealth, while others failed and died at sea.
If a nobleman's son is captured by the enemy, he can be redeemed with money and beautiful women.
Jin Feng has always been curious about the development level of the West, but now Jinchuan is surrounded by powerful enemies, and there are hundreds of thousands of Eastern Barbarians just outside Yuguan City, so it is not the time to worry about things thousands of miles away.
Jin Feng waved his hand and signaled Hammer to take the person down first.
"Sir, if you have thought about what you need, just ask for it. My mother is the legitimate daughter of the Kent family. She will definitely satisfy any request you have!"
When being dragged away by the hammer, William Smith was still shouting back at Jin Feng.
Affected by ancient glacial movements, the European continental plate is extremely irregular, with long and winding coastlines, peninsulas, islands, bays, and many inland sea topography, as well as several inland seas.
In an era when transportation and communications were underdeveloped, many places settled in a corner and formed their own culture and country.
Many small islands that are not as big as Jinchuan County are just one country.
There is no centralized government to issue unified orders. Each country has its own ideas and positions. It is inevitable that conflicts will arise due to different ideas.
Therefore, Europe has been in chaos since ancient times, with very few days of peace and extremely rampant piracy.
After a long period of historical influence, piracy has gradually become a culture engraved in the bones of many Europeans.
Not only do they not think that banditry is a sin, but they think that piracy is an adventurous and strong behavior.
Driven by this kind of thinking, after the Age of Discovery began, they established colonies all over the world, plundered local resources, enslaved local people, and committed countless crimes.
But until Jin Feng was reborn, many Europeans had not repented. Instead, they proudly displayed the cultural relics plundered from other countries to publicize their past glory and sins!
William Smith grew up in this cultural atmosphere. He admired pirates since he was a child. When he became an adult, he immediately spent all his savings on adventures at sea and became a pirate.
Because it was his first time, he didn't go too far and just wandered around the southern coast of the Mediterranean. But he was very lucky and discovered a silver mine in Africa on his first trip to sea.
Although the reserves of that silver mine are not ideal, mining is extremely convenient.
There is an indigenous tribe at the foot of the mountain where the silver mine is located. Unfortunately, they are too backward. They still wear animal skins, and their weapons are mainly wooden spears and stone axes. They are no match for pirates holding iron swords and wearing armor.
William Smith not only robbed the silver mines, but also arrested all the people of the tribe. The men were forced to mine, while the women were kidnapped and sold as slaves.
The first time he went overseas, William Smith made a lot of money, and his investment savings increased more than ten times.
Even for the second young master of the Smith family, this is a very considerable income.
So he became more enthusiastic about piracy, used his silver mines as collateral, purchased more and bigger ships, and went to farther places.
In the next few years, William led his pirate team to gallop back and forth on the sea, plundering tribes one after another, and the distances they sailed became farther and farther.
It has to be said that William Smith was very lucky. In the past few years, he not only paid off the foreign debts borrowed as mortgages, but also doubled his wealth several times. He also occupied a large colony on the west coast of the Red Sea and built docks for
Used by his growing pirate fleet.
These achievements have made William one of the most dazzling young people in the Smith family and even the entire Islands, and he has also become the Prince Charming in the eyes of many aristocratic ladies.
As a result, William's ambitions grew bigger and bigger. He was no longer satisfied with backward Africa and began to look east.
He once captured several pirates from Central Asia in the Arabian Sea. He heard from these pirates that there was a country further east that was extremely wealthy but also very weak.
William also seized exquisite porcelain, tea, and clothes made of silk from Central Asian pirate ships.
William, who has been engaged in piracy for many years, immediately realized how huge profits these things would bring him once sold to Europe!
From that day on, William was full of yearning for this country.
After more than a year of planning and preparation, William began this voyage.
Even with captured Central Asian pirates leading the way, it still took William more than a year to finally pass through the Strait of Malacca and enter the South China Sea.
But here, they encountered Japanese pirates, and the two sides fought several times at sea. In the end, William defeated the Japanese pirates with his stronger ocean-going ship.
Japanese pirates are born to bully the weak and fear the strong. When they bully others as pirates, they are all devils. Seeing that they can't defeat William, they kneel on the ground and become a licking dog, offering gold and silver beauties to seek cooperation.
William had just arrived and was unfamiliar with the place, so he agreed to cooperate.
After merging with the Japanese pirates, William made waves in the waters south of Dakang and plundered everywhere.
However, the southern part of Dakang was still relatively backward at this time. Apart from tea, there were not many things that William could like, so he came to the East China Sea at the instigation of the Japanese pirates.