Chapter 333

There are lakes and mountains, and the sky and sea are boundless.

The lake and the sea have different scenery. Even if it is vast, such as Lake Nicaragua, it is also boundless.

The edge of vision is ometepe Island, a large island in the middle of the lake. There are two towering volcanic cones with long white clouds around the cone tip.

The remains of these two volcanoes are the parents of Lake Nicaragua. The volcanic eruption many thousands of years ago created the Rivas isthmus separating the lake and the sea, and also created many green islands like stars on the lake, making the lake picturesque.

The St. Caroline's tour of the lake has been going on for half a day.

The sun was high in the sky. Lorraine and others had lunch with Mara. Finally, it was time to talk about business.

Parasols and reclining chairs were set up on the deck. Lorraine and Mara sat left and right. Mara was cramped and wanted Haina to enjoy the scenery on the back deck. From this point alone, Lorraine knew that he was not good at rat stealing and dog stealing.

But Lorraine still cooperated with him, let Haina go to the back deck, and let Leff and Barto protect her from the bumps on the ship.

Mara breathed a long sigh of relief.

It took him a little while to regain his dignity, waved for two glasses of wine and gently pushed Lorraine.

"The white rum of Havana is the first-class delicacy in the world."

Lorraine raised a glass of thanks.

From the perspective of social etiquette, this is Lorraine's speaking round. He should appropriately thank Mara and be flattered by the attention and hospitality in these two days.

So Mara can say the classic opening line "I'm optimistic about you".

However, Lorraine didn't say anything. He tasted the wine and leaned against the chair. Perhaps the angle of the parasol was not set well. He even closed his eyes comfortably.

Marla was a little difficult to ride a tiger. She hesitated for a long time before she tried to start: "Ruhr, don't you wonder why I am so attentive to you?"

"Eh?" Luo Linyi opened his eyes. "Isn't it because we were like old friends at first sight?"

"Er... Of course, we hit it off at first sight..."

"Great." Lorraine clapped his chest exaggeratedly. "I thought I was willing to think we had friendship."

"Friendship is true!" Mara confirmed with emphasis. "Friendship is true, but..."

"But?"

Mara sat straight up. "Ruhr, do you know why I was sent to San Carlos?"

"Isn't it normal assignment and transfer?"

"Assignment and transfer?" Mara laughed. "My dear Ruhr, my uncle is the commander of the garrison fleet. How can normal transfer send me to the desolate San Carlos!"

"Your family is a rich man and a planter. You probably don't know what's wrong in the army."

Lorraine also straightened up and looked at Mara with interest.

Mara finally found the rhythm in her imagination and waved her hand in the direction of San Carlos.

"There is San Carlos, a fortress in the rainforest, a deserted town, and an inexhaustible gold mine in our hands."

"From June to November every year, in just five months, goods worth millions of octagonal coins will flow between the two oceans through the small San Juan River. They have to pay taxes in San Carlos. Half of the taxes of tens of thousands of octagonal coins belong to the king and half stay in the place."

"Who will control the considerable money? In theory, of course, the local people's army. The waste is the force of the town, responsible for urban defense and trade order on the San Juan River."

"However, the fact is that they can't protect this fortress and this important tax card alone. Just like last October, we fought with the grenadiers to lock a large Pirate Group intending to rob at the source of the San Juan River, and the fort of the city wall has the opportunity to send the ferocious pirates to the bottom of the river and feed piranhas that will never be full!"

Lorraine heard unexpected information for the first time: "pirate regiment? Did you destroy a pirate regiment last year?"

"Yes! A powerful pirate group composed of five ships is said to be the pirate king of the Caribbean. According to the information captured on their flagship, the pirate is the famous [fly Thomas]."

"You killed a pirate king quietly... Didn't you punish him openly?"

"We can't even publicize the fact that the corpse was not found in the capital." Mara shrugged regretfully. "But we seized the fifth flagship named Shengshi, and she stopped at the port of Grenada. We took the ship, the grenadiers took the gold coins, and San Carlos took the other gains on board. Everyone was happy."

"That's really... What a pity."

Lorraine digested the unexpected news desperately.

Thomas the fly, the only one of the six existing pirate kings, died quietly on the San Juan River, and the brothers at sea seemed to know nothing about it.

Lorraine's first thought was Thomas's pirate king keepsake.

No publicity, no announcement, this thing that is enough to make the pirate world crazy is probably still lying in a corner of the commander's residence.

In other words, it won't be discarded as garbage, will it?

Lorraine had an impulse to wipe his sweat. His eyes looked at Mara enthusiastically, and his mind had long floated out of the sky.

"Ruhr? Dear Ruhr? My friend?"

Lorraine was shocked for a moment and smiled in the blink of an eye. "I'm listening, major. Although you didn't say it clearly, I know you want to use my raw face to do something. The reason... Probably has something to do with the considerable income of San Carlos."

"Hell, you're smarter than you look!" Marla cleared his throat, "Ruhr, do you know? Because the three forces jointly guard the peace of San Carlos, we have an agreement since the establishment of San Carlos that the fortress commander should control the local profits, and the commander's term of office is every year, on May 5 every year, the governor and the governor are appointed according to the status of the three forces."

"May 5? That's not..."

"There's less than a month left!" Mara leaned close to Lorraine and lowered her voice. "The party appointed last year was the people's army, and this year he will be re elected due to the elimination of pirates."

"That's why my uncle sent me here. I need to make them go wrong. Some trivial problems show their stupidity and incompetence."

"For example?"

"For example, a company commander plays with fire in the warehouse where ammunition is stored, and accidentally causes the ammunition warehouse to explode..."

Lorraine raised his eyebrows: "will this cause a lot of casualties? And the ammunition depot..."

Mara waved his hand indifferently: "it's easy to add some humble pioneers, not to mention their own accidents. If they die, they die."

His eyes were burning: "and detonating the ammunition depot may not produce much casualties. There are two ammunition depots in the fortress, one in the barracks center and the other in the east city, at the included angle of the southeast city wall."

"You are really thoughtful..." Lorraine hesitated. "Major, I want to know what I can get from it. You know, if this matter is exposed, my behavior will be no different from treason."

"You will get my friendship, dear Ruhr." Mara smiled coldly. "The friendship of a future fortress commander and a young officer who has full growth space and is highly valued."

"It seems that I have to agree."

Lorraine closed her eyes again. She was moved and helpless. She was like a helpless chess piece who was tempted and threatened at the same time.

"Don't hesitate, Ruhr. It's easy for you. I've never mistaken people."

Mara ordered people to change into new wine, handed it to Lorraine and touched it gently.

"Cheers to our long-term friendship."