Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 508 What? Didn’t this pig just steal my daughter’s cabbage?
The blue hole reappeared outside the Pirate City of the Bahamas at the end of the "First Circulation Belt", and the pirate fleet, almost unscathed after the battle, emerged one after another.

The Golden Deer, which had never appeared in public, turned around and returned to Yucatan Island with Hathaway, her mother, and her aunts and sisters-in-law.

The uncle, cousin, and uncles, who had all been transformed into undead creatures by the "Book of the Dead", would soon drive the ghost ship using the "Edge of the World" as a springboard to come to the base camp to reunite with them.

Then decide whether to stay in the Holy Golden Empire or go to the Southern Continent with us.

Although this combination of a husband and wife living together and one dying together, playing "Dead Knight" together seems a little difficult to describe, it is not a big deal for Byron.

At worst, I can use [First Embrace] to transform all my aunts and uncles into [Midnight Demons] in a couple of days.

Anyway, there is no one in the Lancaster family who is a physiologically purebred human anymore, so they don't need a few of them.

As the fleet was about to land, a group of sturdy women came to Byron, beat their chests with one hand and thanked him in a muffled voice:
“Your Majesty the Pirate King, thank you for your rescue.

We have all made up our minds and are ready to join your pirate group and fight to the death with the Orthodox Church for the rest of our lives.

After all, we can't go home in our current situation.

We we woo woo."

As they talked, the group of people became overwhelmed with sorrow and tears began to fall.

"They" were the prisoners that the pirates had just rescued from the upper floors of the underground prison.

Most of the truly heinous criminals were imprisoned in the prisons of the Night Watch and the Inquisition. These prisoners in the Maltese monastery were nothing more than a few degenerates who had committed crimes locally.

Most of them have a background as political prisoners, and a considerable number of them are extraordinary prisoners who were captured after being defeated in the battle of the Star-Moon Empire.

They were all forcibly transformed into women under the influence of the "Divine Domain".

Moreover, they are the type that only changes gender and not beauty, and they all look stunningly beautiful.

What is more tragic than "If you want to practice this skill, you must first castrate yourself" is that you have lost your brothers, become uglier, but have not become stronger.

The sadness involved is completely beyond the understanding of outsiders.

Some people have even experienced the incredible punishment of "whoever you stare at will get pregnant". It can be said that everyone has a thick history of blood and tears.

Byron comforted them with a few words and promised to let his group of great wizards, including [Leecle Lady] and [Murderous Doctor], provide them with medical and beauty services, so that they can become closer to women and at least go out and meet people.

This is also one of the main businesses after the birth of the hospital series [Surgeon], and it is definitely a trillion-level industry.

If a level 0 holy relic with similar abilities to the [Holy Foreskin] is found in the future, they will try to help them turn back into men.

For example, the fragment of the [Blood Cup] in the hands of the succubus Therese might be able to break this malicious deformation.

Of course, the premise is that these guys don't become addicted to women's clothing after receiving the top plastic surgery services.

After dealing with the final aftermath, Byron felt his heart expand.

There are no more shackles on my body, and no more weaknesses that can be exploited by the enemy.

The spiritual realm that symbolizes free will suddenly took a big step forward, getting closer and closer to the threshold of "all things returning to one".

The spirituality also increased from the original 17.5 to 17.8 with its two queens. There will be no problem in reaching the critical point next year.

He then connected with his ally, the succubus Therese, who was monitoring intelligence in the Kingdom of Hastings:
"Good day, Miss Therese.

Please help me keep an eye on Queen Elizabeth's Woodville family and find a core member who is left alone. It would be even better if I could put the blame on the [Kingmaker] Warwick later.

What are you looking for someone for?
Haha, I prepared an appetizer and wanted them to help the York family taste it first."

Just as Byron was full of energy and preparing to launch an offensive, the hairs on his back suddenly exploded, as if a sharp knife was pressed against his back.

When he turned around, he saw Violet and her daughter walking out of their captain's room arm in arm.

Even the two [Witches of Disaster] have a fragile side. The mother and daughter haven't seen each other for more than ten years and have missed too many important moments. After a brief exchange of information about the current situation, their eyes were a little red.

Vanessa already felt that she owed too much to her beloved daughter Violet, but before she could make up for it, she was about to become someone else's wife?

Moreover, he has been in prison for a long time. Vanessa's understanding of the outside world is still stuck in the past ten years. She is seriously out of touch with society, so she must be more careful in investigating her son-in-law.

Especially when he thought about the fact that he had just wanted to make a blood covenant with the "fiancé" chosen by his daughter, he felt a surge of blood rushing to his head, and the veins on his forehead were throbbing.

The "blood alliance ceremony" of the Wan people is to build two semicircular pieces of turf into a large arch, place a spear in the center of the arch, and then the unrelated Wan people who have sworn brotherhood enter the arch and stab their bodies together, letting their blood drip into the mead.

After drinking the mead, they swore an oath to the gods, and finally shook hands with each other to end the ceremony. From then on, they became sworn brothers who were as close as real brothers.

They will help each other like a family and will never hurt each other. If one of them is hurt, the other must avenge him.

This tradition has existed since the time of the God of the Wild Hunt and has continued to this day, and no one who breaks an oath has a good ending.

Vanessa had a lawless character when she was young, otherwise she would not have escaped from her devout Orthodox family and eventually married the pirate king [Whale Hunter].

Byron, the "Uncrowned King", used violent bombardment of the monastery, which was particularly to her liking. Regardless of the age difference between them, she sincerely wanted to be his sister-in-law.

However, something unexpected obviously happened in the middle.

The couple arranged in advance for Violet to attend the Vinaya Academy of Arts and become a craftsman, because they did not want their daughter to continue her fate as a pirate.

The two of them knew how terrible the disasters in the future material world would be, and they only hoped that their daughter could survive until after the disaster and leave the crisis to them.

On the other hand, a pirate king of the Lighthouse sequence like [Uncrowned King] Byron Lancaster was destined to lick blood on the edge of the front line facing the Source Sea.

They are equivalent to their natural allies, who are born to be together through fire and water.

But he is only suitable to be an "ally", "comrade", or "brother", but not suitable to be a son-in-law!
Who would have thought that after going around in circles, Violet would return to the starting point of her life trajectory under the arrangement of fate.

When Vanessa looked at Byron, her beautiful eyes were filled with anger, and the hostility in her eyes was about to overflow:

"You pig who ate my cabbages. I just want to be your sister-in-law, but you want me to be your mother-in-law?!"

This is just like all parents in the world, with the simplest emotions. Their daughter doesn't have to be rich, as long as she can live a stable life.

For example, the mothers-in-law in a certain coastal province in Byron’s previous life.

Their favorite piece of clothing is the executive jacket, and their favorite scene is opening the trunk of their son-in-law’s company car, which is filled with rice, noodles and oil distributed by the company!

In special times that are not very suitable for survival, stability overrides everything, which is also human nature.

Byron also realized that Vanessa's situation was a major crisis that he could not resolve by force, and a rare flattering smile appeared on his face:

"Sister-in-law, no, mother-in-law, please listen to my explanation."

At this time, the sailors had already lowered the planks, and the pirates, privateers, smugglers, etc. who were busy at the dock all took off their hats and saluted when they saw the pirate king's flag, saying: "Good day, uncrowned king."

Byron nodded to them in a very friendly manner and took the lead to get off the Dreadnought.

Seeing this, Vanessa, who was almost defeated by the voice of "sister-in-law", could only grit her teeth and follow behind, but her eyes became sharper.

The fist gradually hardened.

Violet immediately grabbed her mother’s right hand, which seemed ready to draw the Dragon Slayer Sword at any moment, and quietly introduced the changes in Black Sail Harbor to her.

Pointing to the street under construction ahead, he proudly explained:

"Mom, look, three months ago this place was full of messy buildings, and the streets were full of sewage and vomit.

Byron replanned Blacksail Harbor, rebuilt the sewer system, bastions, functional buildings, and pirate base, and built it according to the standards of a fortress guarding the first circulation zone.

After it is built, taxes can be collected on the spot, with a portion of toll collected from each ship. This is definitely faster than making money by occasionally robbing a few ships.

We must grasp both the east-west routes and do both well!
Byron said that those who rob people on the road are just at the bottom of the pirate food chain, and if they don't make progress, they will be eliminated sooner or later. "

What she didn't say was that Byron specifically outsourced the infrastructure project to his own [Bear Spirit Warrior] infrastructure unit.

Not only did it make a huge sum of public funds, but it also enabled this world's most efficient logistics corps to earn its own special title, "Infrastructure Maniac".

Effect: "When you achieve any world-first achievement, such as building the world's tallest building, the longest road, the longest span bridge, the largest bastion
Both can increase the legion's engineering construction efficiency by an additional 10% and unlock various engineering drawings in the collective subconscious of humanity.

After learning the relevant knowledge, you can work as an engineer.

In the future, even if an ordinary person joins the Infrastructure Maniac and obtains the bonus of the legion title, he can transform himself into a humanoid excavator. "

Vanessa nodded. This pirate town was indeed very different from what she had imagined.

Perhaps it is the territory of a criminal group, but it is exceptionally well-organized.

Violet pointed to a hospital that was under construction and introduced it:
“That place was originally a mass grave where bodies were discarded, and now the [surgeons] from the hospital are about to move in to provide treatment.

There is also a school under construction at the other end of the street where children can go to school. It will be put into use after the New Year.

It turns out that Black Sail Port is "one of the most depraved places on the sea", full of brothels, casinos, and pharmacies selling addictive drugs.

If someone gets drunk and falls on the side of the road, his entire body, except for his money bag, will be dragged away and turned into material for black magic.

The changes now are so radical, and all of this is due to Byron’s contribution.”

At this time, a patrol team in uniform walked by, proving that someone had taken charge and Violet was right.

Hearing this, Vanessa asked curiously:
"This pig has done a good job. Has all the evil disappeared now?"

Violet adorably stuck out her pink tongue.
"No, they have all started to follow the new [Pirate Code] to register their licenses and pay taxes regularly."

"cough cough"

He patted his mother's back and helped the choked Queen of the Bay Citizens to calm down before continuing to explain:
"Byron said that pirates, gangs, black markets... these things can never be eradicated in this era of low productivity. The key to governance lies in control.

If we completely eradicate these shady businesses in Black Sail Harbor, they will simply move to another place where we have no control over them, so it is better to keep them close by for easier supervision.

Managing a criminal group full of villains is never a battle between good and evil, but a choice between greater evil and lesser evil.

This is also the limit of what a 'Pirate King' can do.

Only when the day comes when the cost of being a good citizen is lower than that of being a criminal can we reduce the occurrence of this situation from the root.

Byron said that with the material explosion brought about by the whale oil-powered revolution, this day would come sooner or later.

Moreover, when ironclad ships and shrapnel bombs are launched in the future along with industrial upgrading, the profession of pirate may completely lose its living space because it cannot keep up with the equipment iteration of various countries.

By then, the only arena left on the sea will be the competition of "inter-state warfare" and "wolf pack tactics" between countries, and there will be no more pirate cities. "When Vanessa heard this, her eyes became particularly serious:

"That brat not only has great strength, but also has such cognition? It is not much different from the prediction your father once told me.

If they could meet, they would definitely have a lot of common topics.

I suddenly have hope for the future of Taiwanese people.”

They had only walked a short distance, and without even realizing it, Vanessa had quietly changed her way of addressing Byron from "the pig that ate my cabbages" to "the brat."

Moreover, the changes in Black Sail Port are not just superficial; the management structure has changed even more significantly.

It turned out that there were four fourth-level pirate commanders. At that time, "Captain Goat" Alex was turned into a puppet by "Pinocchio" and was killed in the chaos. The Golden Fleece also fell into Byron's hands.

His pirate fleet was also divided up among the crowd.

The fourth-level animal tamer [Dung Eater] One-eyed Owl, who was also a master of success, Brother Owl (Chapter 484), who had possessed a one-eyed bronze statue and ran away, secretly returned to Black Sail Harbor.

In the end, they unexpectedly discovered that Byron and his friends had defeated the Puppet King and returned with a great success. They couldn't help but regret their decision and were heartbroken.

According to the Pirate Code, he automatically lost the right to share the spoils after he escaped and could not blame anyone else.

Fortunately, he still had one flesh and blood eye, so Byron helped him clone a new body and took it under his command.

Of the other two warlords, Ivanka the Candy Witch was the first warlord to be defeated by Byron and Violet.

Although he was known as "Big Ivan made of one nitre, two sulphur, three charcoals and a little sugar", he was the best at judging the situation and had long since clung to Byron's thighs.

And the [Thief Baron] Valerian is originally one of the Bay People.

Upon hearing the news that his queen had returned safely, he burst into tears of joy, and came eagerly to pay her a visit, and also spoke well of Byron to her.

After turning around, Vanessa realized what Byron was doing. He was obviously trying to show her his strength and prove that he was capable of taking good care of her daughter.

But as the queen of the Taiwan people, Vanessa is different from ordinary mothers-in-law who only care about "rice, flour and oil". She is a mother-in-law with a higher vision.

After seeing the obviously more prosperous Pirate Port, there was still no big change in his eyes:

"Although the Bahamas, which consists of more than 700 islands and more than 2400 reefs, is not small in area, it does not produce much, is relatively barren, and has no permanent residents who work hard, so it cannot be considered a foundation for long-term development.

When the big flood comes, I'm afraid it will be destroyed by a single wave.

Besides, you're not planning to use this to fight back and seize your family's original throne, are you?
Even offshore island nations like Hastings are in turmoil. "

Byron smiled nonchalantly and raised his hand to make a gesture of invitation:

"You're right, this little trick is indeed not enough. Then I'll show my cards, Miss, and show my mother-in-law my unique skills!"

Violet covered her mouth and laughed secretly, then saluted solemnly and replied:

"As you command, Captain!"

He raised his hand and snapped his fingers, summoning a vortex portal out of thin air, then rushed in, pulling his mother's hand.

The next moment, the three of them appeared high in the sky, with a huge bastion under their feet.

Vanessa transformed into a siren to steady herself.

Looking at the huge "modern" city below, the smoke columns rising into the sky, the countless large factories, and the workers working hard, my pupils couldn't help but shrink.

"This is.?!!"

Violet gave her mother temporary authority, allowing her to see through the restricted area closed by the "Border Maze".

Near the dock at the port, dozens of large Galeons waiting to be transformed into heavy cruisers were lined up.
The whale oil steam engine and the Jenny engine at the Whale Oil Power Research Institute are being assembled at full capacity.
Bolt-action rifles rolled off the assembly line one after another.
Everything made her eyes open wider and wider, and she no longer had the calm and relaxed feeling she had when she first visited Black Sail Harbor.

Byron interjected:

“This is Torrent Fortress. It’s an industrial center built by Violet herself. Its steel production has long surpassed the total of the entire world!

The prototype of the first whale oil-powered steam engine will be put into production for testing at the latest tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

This is also the world's first practical steam engine. Subsequent projects such as the Jenny textile machine, forging machine, steam lathe, and even steam battleship will be launched one by one.

Your knowledge comes from Leviathan, who is the most proficient in whale oil technology. You should know that this is not a fantasy of the future, but a reality that is already advancing step by step. "

After hearing these earth-shattering news, Vanessa felt dizzy and almost fainted.

As a war witch and prophet, few people knew better than her what this steel production and practical whale oil-powered steam engines meant.

Are you guys planning to take on the whole world on your own? !

What you see and hear in Black Sail Port can only be considered excellent. Everything here represents the future trend of the world.

Then he flapped his wings and flew high, wanting to see where the border of this territory was, but then he turned his head in confusion and asked:

"Why are there no boundary markers? No border guards? Won't there be conflicts with the natives of those city-states?

When Jack and I came to Yucatan, we saw with our own eyes how bloody their blood sacrifices were. How could you be so careless?
What if they destroy our industry? "

The urgency in his words was even more anxious than the two of them.

But the two people just smiled without saying anything, and each pointed to the ground under their feet and drew a circle.

Vanessa couldn't believe it:
"You mean, the land as far as the eye can see is actually yours? Where are the boundary markers and the army?"

Byron shook his head, and before she could breathe a sigh of relief, he continued:
"We mean. All!

Now the entire Yucatan Island belongs to our "Holy Golden Empire" and is completely covered by the "Golden Law".

The area is 2.3 million square kilometers, which is ten times the size of the Hattings Strait Islands and twenty-three times the size of Anchor Bay.

The population was 13,850,000, and with the influx of immigrants into the empire since the beginning of the religious wars in the Old World, the population was growing all the time.

The five countries in Taiwan combined can barely match this number.”

Vanessa made an unintelligible "ho ho" sound from her throat and fumbled for her daughter's hand:

“Violet, help me up. The air is too thin. I feel dizzy.”

Basic material wealth is essential for a family to ensure a decent life rather than just survival, and every mother will not ignore this.

But it was considered a big deal for a great noble to prepare several manors and a hereditary territory.

What are they saying now?
Starting from scratch, he had conquered the entire Yucatan Island? He also merged the original Azik Empire and the Taya Empire into the Holy Golden Empire?

And it is not an agricultural empire, but an industrial empire that will soon become unique in the world.

"Pig, no, brat, no, Byron, no, son-in-law.

What do you mean the whale hunter is the elder brother and you are the younger brother? You should be the elder brother and he should be the younger brother. You are marrying up! Our Harold family is marrying up!

You can take your niece away now. We are family and we should not have different opinions. We can discuss our own affairs separately. There is nothing wrong with that. "

Marriage is equivalent to a second life, and choosing a son-in-law conservatively may be the least bad option when you have no other choice.

But if the marriage partner is outstanding, they actually don't mind marrying up.

And with such teammates around, Vanessa suddenly felt that even if the situation was 600,000 against 800,000 in the future, the advantage would not be mine, but we might still be able to win!
To put it bluntly, Vanessa was willing to listen to Byron's explanation, and her main purpose was to find sufficient reasons to convince herself that this marriage would be the best choice, not because she really wanted to break up the marriage.

After all, my daughter's eyes are so tearful when she looks at my brother. It's obvious that they are planning to make her a grandmother next year, have a second child the year after, and a third child the year after that.

If I don't respect my daughter's choice and forcibly demolish her lover's home, then what's the difference between me and that stubborn, tyrannical and heartless old woman at home?
However, just as Byron and Violet looked at each other, they were about to celebrate a victory that would bring happiness to everyone.

At the port.

My mother, aunt, and sister-in-law, who had arrived here a long time ago on the Golden Deer, were boarding the ship under the leadership of my sister Catherine, preparing to travel along the river to the imperial capital of Tayapan, where conditions were better.

Vanessa saw them talking and laughing, and suddenly moved her ears.

As if she had heard some extraordinary information, she suddenly turned her head to look at Byron, with an extremely gentle smile on her face, but her hand touched her 40-meter-long sword:
"Hehe, can you explain to me what one king and two queens mean?
You are such a fool! How can you take care of two wives by yourself? I will chop you in half, one for each of the two queens!
If you just break into two pieces, I will allow my daughter to marry you.

Die! Pig—!"

[Dragon Slaying Sword] was unsheathed with a clang, and the sword slashed down.

This time, not only did Byron's hair stand on end, but even his hair stood on end.

Danger——!
He was so carried away by success that he forgot about this last question that could kill him.

As we all know, one crown only corresponds to a set of sixteen [King's Right Hands], among which there is only one queen.

However, the entry that can increase the number of places, [The Three Musketeers], can make each crown have "one king and two queens".

Theoretically, the number of his queens can be the number of his crowns*2.

But the biggest obstacle to "one dragon and two phoenixes" is not the crown or the secular perspective, but the women's families.

No matter how much we emphasize that marriage is a matter between two...ahem, three people, we cannot deny that it is a combination of three families.

This was especially true for large aristocratic families and the royal family.

In the past, when a family of three was established, they were basically all orphans, so of course there was no need to consider other people's opinions.

But now is different from the past.

But just as Vanessa roared that she was going to chop him into two pieces.

Byron's eyes lit up:
"There's really no other way, but if you say you'll agree to the marriage if each of us pays one dollar, I know how to answer this question!"

then.

Without waiting for the sword to fall.

Stab it--!
He was like the Creator, split in the middle.

(End of this chapter)