"Have you heard? The British fleet has arrived in San Juan!"
Barbosa, who was in Dominica purchasing supplies, was stunned when he heard the news.
He had thought it would take at least another month for the British to arrive. He hadn't expected them to come so quickly.
Could the British perhaps see the future?
"What's the situation? How could the British possibly be here so soon?" Barbosa grabbed the informant by the collar and lifted him up, asking anxiously.
From the occupation of Port Royal to the escape of those who sent word to the British, and then the British organizing a fleet to come here, it should take at least four months.
But now?
Li Qingyuan had just made a big deal thanks to the power of his new warships, and hadn't even had time to sell the goods when the British fleet had already arrived in San Juan?
Did those British people have wings?
"It is said that Britain signed some kind of contract with Spain at the end of last year, and they didn't need too much armed force on the European continent for the time being, so they sent people to lead a fleet to the Caribbean, preparing to expand their colonies here!" Those who could be informants were naturally well-informed, and they explained the whole story in a few words.
The British warships that had arrived were actually the same forces that Lord Beckett brought in Pirates of the Caribbean 2.
If it followed the original movie plot, Barbosa would have been killed by Jack Sparrow and Will Turner more than two months ago, and then Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann would have returned to Port Royal to talk about marriage.
Finally, when the two were about to get married, Lord Beckett would lead his men to directly take over Port Royal, and by the way, capture Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner.
Although Governor Swann was a local big shot in Port Royal, Cutler Beckett was the king's appointed agent, and the other party had brought a huge fleet, so as soon as Beckett arrived in Port Royal, he directly seized power from Governor Swann.
And also gave the other party a show of force!
"Oh, God! Looks like the Lord hasn't favored that Marquis from the East!" Barbosa crossed himself. Although he quite liked Li Qingyuan, it seemed the man's good fortune had run out.
He'd only had Port Royal for less than three months. He probably hadn't even finished the most basic defensive preparations, and now he had to face a British fleet!
No matter how you looked at it, the odds were against him!
"Captain, the people from the East don't seem to believe in God!" Boris thought he should point out the captain's mistake. Matters of faith were serious!
Bang!
Barbosa suppressed the urge to shoot him and slapped Boris across the head, sending his glass eye flying.
"My eye! My eye!" Boris immediately dropped to the ground, searching for his lost eyeball.
"You," Barbosa said, pointing at Pint, "Go with him to Port Royal and deliver a message to the Marquis from the East. Tell him the British fleet will arrive in seven days!"
San Juan was at the westernmost point of the entire Caribbean, and if the British fleet sailed at full speed, it should take seven days to reach Port Royal.
"Captain, shouldn't that Marquis have his own intelligence network?" Pint asked, looking up in confusion.
"Idiot, just do as you're told!" Barbosa slapped him without a good temper. Sailing the sea with such a bunch of idiots was really a headache! These idiots just didn't understand the concept of doing someone a favor!
"How many warships do the British have?"
At the port of Aruba, Jack Sparrow, who was purchasing supplies, asked his informant excitedly.
The original plan was for him to lead his men to rob a merchant ship, but when the time came, Jack Sparrow realized that the sloop Li Qingyuan had given him wasn't equipped with cannons.
This was really a disaster. Using a sloop to rob an armed merchant ship was already a gamble, and then the small boat didn't even have cannons!
If it weren't for Captain Jack Sparrow's protagonist halo and the fact that his crew, while seemingly unreliable, were actually battle-hardened, the great Captain Jack Sparrow might have ended up feeding the sharks as soon as he set sail!
Even so, he was chased by that armed merchant ship all the way, barely escaping to Aruba!
As soon as he reached the port, he heard from the grapevine that the British fleet had reached San Juan. He was so happy he almost jumped up and down on the spot.
Barbosa still remembered Li Qingyuan's kindness, while Jack Sparrow's mind was filled with the other man's arrogance and ruthlessness.
To be honest, if he hadn't considered the fact that he couldn't beat the other man, Jack Sparrow would have been ready to kill him long ago!
It was mainly because Li Qingyuan's displayed combat power was just too powerful, which made a life-loving guy like Jack Sparrow dare not make a move.
Actually, if they really fought, Li Qingyuan wouldn't be a match for him in close combat.
After all, Li Qingyuan didn't understand close combat at all. Even if his stats could completely surpass Jack Sparrow right now, he still might not be able to beat Captain Jack, who had been involved in all sorts of gang fights for years.
"Rumor has it there are three first-rate battleships in total, eight second-rate battleships, and as for the number of third-rate battleships, it seems to be around forty!"
A source, who wished to remain anonymous, said.
"Fifty warships? Are the British going to war?" Even Captain Jack Sparrow, who feared nothing, couldn't help but gasp in surprise when he heard such a terrifying number, and he asked in astonishment.
More than fifty warships, accounting for a full third of the total British navy. Such naval strength could be used to fight a full-blown war!
"It's said those British are preparing to attack South America. They signed a continental armistice agreement with Spain in Vienna. Now that they aren't allowed to fight in Europe, the British have sent the extra warships to the Caribbean Sea to seize the Spanish colonies in South America."
The information broker certainly lived up to his reputation as an encyclopedia, even knowing such top-secret military intelligence.
After parting with the information broker, Jack Sparrow began to play with the silver coin in his hand, his two fingers skillfully flipping the silver coin up and down.
A gorgeously dressed woman watched Jack Sparrow's fingers flipping up and down, her face immediately flushed, and she stared at him intently.
If it were any other day, the great Captain Jack Sparrow would have already been hitting on her, at the very least securing himself a place to sleep tonight.
But right now, his mind was consumed by thoughts of Port Royal; he simply wasn't in the mood to bother with the noblewoman, who clearly seemed to be missing her husband.
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