Standing on the pier and feeling the sea breeze gently brushing his skin, Henry looked at the noisy market in the distance, a faint smile on his face hidden under the hood.

Ever since entering the Ixeivel Strait, he could sense the ubiquitous presence of Nerancer pirates around him, who would attack as soon as they spotted a ship flying the Am's flag, sometimes even sinking their targets completely and not allowing them to cross the peninsula into Moulins's sphere of influence.

In addition, the ships of other nations and city-states could sail unhindered, and the pirates did not even look at them.

Obviously, they saw that Amm was extremely weak now, so they dared to take advantage of the fire to rob so blatantly, and at most they would cruise around the periphery, looking for those lone merchant ships.

In his heyday, Amm not only had a powerful fleet, but also had the magic support provided by masked mages, so most of the time pirates did not dare to approach the Sea of Swords at all, but since the Sawa Fishman made trouble off the coast of Sword Bay, the situation has been completely different.

Amm first lost the huge fleet that he was proud of, and then fell into riots and civil strife, and now even the capital Ascalla has not been able to completely control it, coupled with the neutral attitude of the masked mages, so the pirates dare to rob merchant ships with a s⊙wagger, anyway, even if the six-member council knows about it, they can't do anything with them.

After all, on the sea, the number of warships is the key, even if Mulan, the second largest port in Am, still maintains a fleet with high combat effectiveness, but it is no longer comparable to pirates in terms of total number, so these guys dare to be so rampant. If it weren't for the fact that he was holding a naval title at the moment. It is estimated that it can go ashore directly and plunder.

"It seems that the city has started to slowly regain its vitality. It won't be long before it becomes an important transportation hub, just wait for patience for that to happen......" Henry muttered to himself as he looked at the chaotic streets.

Although Willen now looks a little dirty due to the large number of immigrants, the basic order and laws have been initially established, and the only thing lacking is an iron-faced and selfless enforcer, and it is believed that it will not be long before the city becomes as orderly as the rest of the city.

But he wasn't going to do that right now. For the prosperity of commerce now depends entirely on piracy, smuggling, and some illegal business, and this plundering cannot cease until Amm is completely annexed or divided.

Henry still remembers that at some point this year, Mullan, who was very close to Willen, would be captured by two ogres and their army of monsters, and at that time he would be able to use Willen as a base, drive these monsters out, and then take the opportunity to occupy the second largest port in Am, especially the alchemy institutions in the city are really coveted.

Sixty percent of Am's low-level magic items and potions are produced in Mulan, and they are rumored to have mastered some ancient skill that can greatly increase production efficiency.

Just when he was thinking about how he should master the scale. A splendid horse-drawn carriage sped from the end of the street, and passers-by got out of the way. A few minutes later, he stopped not far away, followed by a middle-aged man wearing a fashionable narrow-sleeved tight-fitting shirt and an open-chested shawl over the car, who had not been seen for a long time.

He got out of the carriage and ran over without saying a word, and asked in a somewhat uncertain tone, "You...... Who are you? Why is there a master's seal! ”

"Hehe, it seems that we haven't seen each other for too long, and you can't even recognize me." As he spoke, Henry pulled up his hood slightly, revealing a little of his face.

Su Li just glanced at it, and was speechless in shock for an instant, both legs were trembling slightly, and after a while, he said in disbelief: "You...... How did you get younger!!! And...... And that pair of ...... Eye...... It's just like ...... It's like ......"

"It's like the starry sky at night, isn't it?" Henry smiled helplessly and took the second half of the sentence.

To be honest, he knew very well how unusual his appearance was, especially the two eyes, which could not be hidden at all unless they were completely covered, and even all kinds of transformation and illusion magic were useless, even if he walked in the crowd, he would be as conspicuous as a torch in the dark.

The reason why he hides his head under the hood is also a helpless move, he doesn't want his two eyes to become his registered trademark, and he will be recognized wherever he goes.

"Yes, the way you look now is a bit amazing, I wasn't mentally prepared for a while." After speaking, Su Li smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Although he had long known that his allegiance was not to ordinary people, the scene in front of him was too weird, maybe he could barely accept it when he became younger, after all, there were many powerful mages in the Faren Continent who would mix life-extending potions, but those starry eyes were not at all like humans.

Henry carefully put the hood on and shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "It's nothing, in fact, I didn't expect it to be like this." By the way, the pirates on the ship behind are for you, there are more than 400 people, all skilled sailors, let them take them out to take a bath, arrange for it, I believe you must need it very much now. ”

"For me?"

As soon as he heard that there was a skilled sailor, Su Li's eyes lit up instantly, and his face showed a look of surprise.

Now the most scarce thing in Valen is the working population, especially skilled sailors and farmers, because the surge of Wiren's floating population has brought great food pressure, and it is very dependent on airships and ships for transportation, as for meat and vegetables, many pirates are forced to return to their old business, driving fishing boats to cast nets to fish, even this cannot meet the growing demand.

Not to mention agriculture, which is basically none, and all the farms that were originally near the city are in a state of abandonment, and only a few barely grow a small number of vegetables and fruits, which provide vital vitamins for the city.

It can be said that the current Weilun, both economically and demographically, is quite deformed, not at all like a healthy development of the city, the most important thing is that the pirates are used to spending lavishly, so the city is short of materials, and the prices of many daily necessities remain high, which has brought great trouble to those ordinary people.

In order to solve this matter, Su Li even took out a special fund of 50,000 gold coins. All the farmers and fishermen who came to settle in Valen. You can get a fishing boat or land in no time. Plus a grant of ten gold coins.

But unfortunately, neither pirates nor merchants can afford this small amount of money, so they have had little success, and so far they have not recruited many people.

He could not have imagined that he had such good fortune to acquire four hundred skilled fishermen at once, and for a long time he did not have to worry about the lack of fish supply.

"For you, of course. However, people look at it strictly, they have accumulated a belly of resentment, and they may be a little unruly. Henry glanced at the big ship behind him. Said meaningfully.

Some of these guys are members of the Black Sails Guild, and some of them are Kalinshan pirates who were abducted and docked through guò fake news, and the reason why they dare not resist is that they think that they have been subdued by violent means by him, and once they get out of control and surveillance, they are likely to seize the ship and flee without saying a word.

Su Li, who has been a pirate king for a while, of course knows how to deal with such a person, only to see him sneer and wave at the guard behind him, and then muttered a few words, the latter instantly showed a hideous smile, nodded vigorously, and then turned and walked into a tavern.

A few minutes later. He came out of it with a large group of vicious-looking, drunken men, and jumped straight onto the ship. After sending away the sailors and captains, one by one slipped into the cabin, and in a few moments there were cursing and screams of pain......

There is no doubt that these guys are in Liwei, warning in the most savage way, "Lao Tzu is the master of this territory, you little cubs should be honest."

It is not uncommon for pirates to fight with each other, and it is not uncommon for one pirate ship to swallow another, and such beatings are generally not fatal, but only to let the surrendered peers understand the order of status in the group, and some of the provincial people who are strong in their own arms are vying for power.

Su Li was obviously not interested in listening to the screams coming from inside, and hurriedly made a gesture of invitation to Henry: "Master, please follow me to the Governor's Palace." There are a lot of people here, and there are many spies from other forces. Also, I have a lot of questions that I need your guidance on. ”

"Let's go, I want to see what you've been doing for the past few months." Saying that, Henry came to the carriage in three or two steps, and got into it directly, Su Li followed, and when the two sat down, the coachman immediately shook the reins, and the two horses began to gallop hard, and soon galloped on the avenue.

Ares dragged his fat body all the way, no slower than the carriage, and superior in stamina.

Not long after the two left, the dock exploded instantly, because they both knew very well that Su Li was the supreme ruler of this peninsula, and he must be the high-ranking of the West Hartland Kingdom to be able to make him grovel so much, so they began to inquire about each other, especially the sailors and captains who had just come off the ship were all surrounded in the tavern and couldn't move.

Unfortunately, these people were just temporary workers hired by Wahid, and they didn't know anything at all, so they couldn't answer any questions at all.

Henry's secret visit to Willen had two main purposes, one was to adjust his strategy against Am, so that the class contradictions would come to the fore, and at the same time, the Council of Six would lose control of the local power, and at the same time cut off their ties with the colonies on the Aztec continent, so as to achieve the goal of isolation.

In addition, it is necessary to check the progress of the construction of the underground city, and when will the trade route of the Dark Region be officially opened.

When he built the Floating City, he used up almost all of his Mithril and gem reserves, and the little that was left was allocated to Borken to build the Mage Tower, so he had to replenish it as much as possible, otherwise many things would not be able to unfold.

In addition, he also wanted to see the conversion of the Dark Elves, which was a pact made with the dark girl Elisetsu, and if the goddess did not fulfill the agreement, then Viconia could only come and preach and fill the gap in faith with Apodell, the son of the Kill.

Although he had already obtained a second entrance to the Dark Lands, Dragonspear Castle, Henry still valued Valen more because it was an important transportation hub, with three modes of transportation by sea, air and land, and the proximity of the Nraincel Islands, there were some things that were inconvenient to come out directly could be transported by the pirates of Guò......

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