Mid-July of 1499 in the Haiyuan calendar.
The Navy's G-ICE branch located on Suixianxing Island, the deepest part of the New World, has finally completed its initial construction and started operation.
At the same time, Ji Guoyuan was based in the small town of Miguo, hundreds of nautical miles away from Shuixianxing Island. With the support of the people, he successfully established a naval base.
Because Jiguoyuan helped the people of Shuixianxing Island to find the missing children, Jiguoyuan gained a high degree of trust in the hearts of the people in Miguo Town, so Jiguoyuan established a naval base. Things went quite smoothly.
The saying that good people are rewarded is somewhat reflected at this time.
When the new stronghold was established, Jiguo Yuanyi did not need Kuzan to allocate any special funds to him. When the people heard that Jiguo Yuanyi was in need, they spontaneously organized themselves to help Jiguo Yuanyi establish the stronghold.
Jiguo Yuanyi didn't need to recruit any craftsmen at all when building the stronghold. People rushed to help build the stronghold, and even the wood needed to build the house was arranged for Yuanyi.
Miguo Town is a large town with a population of nearly 100,000, and the naval base located here is not small.
Because this place needs to echo the G-ICE branch of Shuixianxing Island, at the beginning of its establishment, Jiguoyuanyi assessed the number of people and combat power needed to protect this place in the future.
The regulations are based on the construction of a full branch with 1,000 people.
After establishing a stronghold in Guoyuanyi, the G-ICE Navy began a massive recruitment plan.
Shuixianxing Island will be populated with 500 people, and the Miguo Town stronghold here will be populated with 200 people.
The recruitment plan for less than a thousand people was completed without any effort at all. The trust and prestige that Jiguo Yuanyi had established in the small town of Miguo worked together.
The young people here have already seen the cruelty of the pirate world. Faced with this opportunity to become stronger, everyone wants to seize it.
Speaking of which, the 700 people recruited were the result of selecting the best among the best. The actual number of applicants was nearly 4,000.
Not long after the recruitment was completed, several junior officers assigned by the Warring States General finally arrived at Shuixianxing Island.
Kuzan transferred Cyrus to Jiguo Yuanyi, and kept several other junior officers. After Cyrus arrived, Ji Guoyuan handed over the training of new soldiers to Cyrus.
Jiguoyuan basically did not interfere in the "affairs" of the stronghold, and gave everything to Cyrus, and he himself began to live a regular life again.
Practice and become stronger!
This is what Jiguo Enichi cares most about. The previous incident with CP0 made Jiguo Enichi taste the privileges brought by "strength".
In order to ensure that you can continue to be so "free" and improve your strength, you absolutely cannot relax!
Time passes and summer leaves quietly.
In the golden autumn of October, Miguo Town ushered in the harvest season.
Miguo Town itself is a large agricultural town, with food being harvested three times a year. With the arrival of autumn, the residents of the island are also busy.
And it was during such a festive harvest season that the navy's patrol missions began to intensify.
The food harvest season also means that pirates will become active. Miguo Town, located deep in the New World, has always been a fat sheep "raised" by pirates. During this season, pirates from all over the world will come to the island to beg for food.
These pirates also have a tacit understanding. When they come to the island, they will not kill anyone. At most, they will clean up some ignorant people. Most of the time, they just take the food and leave.
The residents of Miguo Town can only barely maintain food and clothing due to rounds of exploitation.
However, such living conditions are not bad in a harsh environment like the New World. At least, your life is saved, and you won't go hungry.
However, this year, with Kuzan's G-ICE branch stationed on Shuixianxing Island and Jiguoyuanyi establishing a stronghold in Miguo Town, this situation of being exploited every year will eventually change.
At noon, a green-skinned warship docked at the port of Miguo Town. Kuzan led dozens of sailors off the ship and walked directly towards the naval stronghold on the island.
When Kuzan came to the naval stronghold in Miguo Town, Cyrus was training with the new recruits. In the past few months, Cyrus's main task was to guide the new recruits to strengthen their bodies.
When Kuzan passed by the training ground, he happened to see a person in full swing. Cyrus saw Kuzan arriving with the team from a distance. After signaling the recruits to continue training, he trotted up to Kuzan, smiled, saluted, and said hello:
"Major General Kuzan, why are you here?"
"Are you inspecting the branch?"
Having stayed in the navy for a long time, Cyrus has become accustomed to distinguishing military ranks and positions when addressing others, and there is an inexplicable sense of distance between him and Kuzan.
"O Cyrus!"
"I'm here to see Yuanyi."
"Pirates 'visit' Miguo Town every year during the harvest season. We have to prepare in advance!"
"This will be the first battle for our branch to gain a foothold in the new world. Whether we can gain a firm foothold depends on whether we can defend Miguo Town!"
Kuzan looked solemn and explained towards Cyrus.
After hearing this, Cyrus nodded solemnly, but then a smile appeared on his face and he flattered Kuzan:
"Major General Kuzan, don't worry. If the pirates knew that Miguo Town was garrisoned by you and Brigadier General Jiguo, I'm afraid they would immediately give up the idea of attacking here."
"Maybe it's possible that the pirates won't come this year!"
Cyrus said with a smile, and his words also made the Flying Squirrel and others behind Kuzan laugh. Judging from their appearance, they did not take the pirates of the New World seriously at all.
Hearing this, Kuzan smiled and shook his head:
"Don't underestimate pirates. As long as the reward is generous enough, even if you take some risks, pirates will take action."
"The weak pirates in the four seas may be afraid of the navy, but this is a new world!"
“There’s never a shortage of bold people!”
"Where's Yuanyi? I'll discuss the deployment of defense with him first."
After listening to Kuzan's words, Cyrus and others also restrained their smiles, but they still looked confident on their faces. These young navymen have not suffered any "serious losses" and are full of confidence in themselves and the strength of the branch. confidence.
"Brigadier General Jiguo is practicing. At this time, he should be at the beach. Didn't you see him when you came?"
On a sea cliff to the west of Miguo Town, Ji Guoyuan was sitting cross-legged on the beach, closing his eyes slightly, relaxing his muscles through meditation, placing the long knife flat on his thigh, breathing evenly , the armed domineering energy spread around.
As the sea breeze blew, Ji Guoyuan's loose training clothes fluttered in the wind, and his long bright red hair flew freely in the wind.
At this moment, many masts suddenly appeared on the endless sea.
A few, nearly a hundred ships of different sizes and shapes appeared on the sea level. The main masts of these ships were all hung with various strange skull flags.
Pirate ships, these ships that suddenly appeared in the west of Miguo Town are all pirate ships. Judging from the number, there must be eighty or ninety!
Ji Guoyuan, who was meditating, seemed to feel something. He slowly opened his eyes, calmly looked at the pirate ships that suddenly appeared on the sea level, and slowly stood up.
"So many pirate ships."
"The goal is probably not as simple as plundering Miguo Town."
Ji Guoyuan murmured, holding the knife in his left hand, quietly waiting for the pirate ship to approach.
"Captain! Miguo Town is right in front of us. What should we do? Go to the island directly, or destroy Miguo Town directly?"
On a 100-meter giant ship, a young pirate with a fierce face walked up to the blond middle-aged man and asked loudly.
The middle-aged man he called the captain was wearing a golden cloak. His blond hair was spread over his shoulders. There was actually a rudder stuck on the top of his head, which was weird.
"Destroy directly?"
"If we destroy it directly, how can the navy know that it was me, the Golden Lion Shiji, who did this?!"
"Go to the island and say hello to the navy stationed on the island first!"
"Hehe. Hahahaha!"
The golden lion Shi Ji stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the island getting closer and closer, with a ferocious look on his face. His left hand tightly grasped the empty sleeve on his right forearm, and veins were popping on his face.
As he spoke, Golden Lion pulled out a handleless long sword from his waist and said to the men beside him:
"Tie my sword on! Get ready for a scene!"
(End of chapter)
