On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Chapter 1197 Barbosa is still quite clever.

Upon hearing this, Barbossa let out a disdainful sneer.

He raised his grotesque face, now only possessing one eye, and glanced at the city of Guangzhou in the distance, which looked eerily quiet.

Do you think I don't know what they're up to?

"Fortify the walls and clear the fields, and wait in comfort for the enemy to tire themselves out."

"Trying to use these childish tricks to wear us down?"

"How ridiculously naive!"

The young adjutant was completely bewildered: "General, you mean..."

"Hmph." Barbossa snorted coldly, his single eye flashing with a greedy and cruel light, like that of a hungry wolf.

"Do you really think that we've traveled all this way to the East just to fight a war with this damned Great Qian Empire?"

"War is always just a means."

"Wealth is our ultimate goal!"

“I had already spent a lot of money to bribe and plant our people in their court and army long before we arrived.”

"According to the latest intelligence just sent back by our people."

As he spoke, he took out a coded letter from his pocket, which was encrypted in a special way, and threw it on the table.

"That pirate queen who has always been against us, Elizabeth Swann, is in this city of Guangzhou!"

"Moreover, she was holding something in her hand that we had been looking for for a very long time!"

"What is it?" the young adjutant asked curiously.

"A legendary treasure map that leads to the 'end of the world'!" Barbossa's single eye instantly flashed with a terrifying, burning light of greed!

"It is said that the map records the whereabouts of three invincible divine ships, personally built by the sea god Poseidon!"

"The Flying Dutchman! Queen Anne's Revenge! And the Silent Mary!"

"Each of them possesses the world-destroying power to dominate the entire ocean!"

"As long as we can get it!"

"Don't even mention a mere Eastern empire! The entire world will grovel at our feet!"

Barbosa became increasingly agitated as he spoke, descending into a near-morbid frenzy.

The young adjutant, upon hearing this, was also dumbfounded and his heart was pounding with excitement!

Invincible Godship?

To dominate the world?

This...this is even more incredible than the legendary myths!

"General..." His voice trembled, "Then...then what are we waiting for? Let's do it now..."

"What's the rush?" Barbossa waved his hand, a cunning smile appearing on his狰狞 face.

"We cannot yet confirm whether that news is true or false."

"And even if that picture really is in that bitch Elizabeth's hands."

"She will definitely hide it in a place that we would never expect, the safest place."

"If we just rush in rashly..."

"Not only can we not find that picture."

"On the contrary, they might fall for those Easterners' most famous, bullshit 'Thirty-Six Stratagems'."

"Then... what should we do?" The young adjutant was completely at a loss.

"Wait." Barbossa's single eye narrowed slightly, flashing with a cold light like that of a venomous snake.

"We just need to wait for the most opportune moment."

"The best opportunity for us to gain the greatest benefit at the lowest cost."

"And that opportunity is coming soon."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the Pearl River estuary, which, like a giant dragon, meandered into the sea not far away.

And the formidable Humen Fortress, which guards the entire estuary like a gateway to hell.

A cold, confident, and cruel smile slowly crept onto his狰狞 face.

He could almost see himself leading an invincible fleet, crushing this ancient Eastern city, and seizing the legendary treasure map and the stunningly beautiful Eastern empress.

However, he never dreamed of this.

He believed it to be a flawless, perfect plan.

In fact, from the very beginning, he had fallen into the trap of an even more cunning and insidious Eastern devil.

What he didn't expect was...

The so-called "treasure map" that he was so obsessed with.

In fact, three days ago, Lin Zhen had already "leaked" the information to his most important "insider" in Guangzhou in the most "unintentional" way.

And that "insider" had already delivered this "priceless" "treasure map" to him as quickly as possible.

A shocking deception orchestrated by Lin Zhen and Murong Yan, targeting the entire East India Company fleet.

It has already quietly begun, the final, bloody curtain has been drawn.

The so-called treasure map now lies quietly on Barbossa's table. The edges of the parchment have turned yellow, and the lines and symbols on it exude an ancient and mysterious aura, as if they truly carry the power to change the world.

Barbossa gently stroked the picture, his single eye burning with an uncontrollable fervor.

Little did he know that this picture was a fake, forged by Lin Zhen's top artist from the Ministry of Works in less than half an hour.

The so-called ancient symbols above were just some scribbles that Lin Zhen drew on the spot, which he himself couldn't understand.

But this is a fake image riddled with flaws.

But it successfully stirred up Barbossa's most primal and uncontrollable greed.

He took the bait.

"General! General! This is fantastic news!"

Just as Barbossa was lost in thought while looking at the fake treasure map.

The captain's cabin door was suddenly kicked open from the outside.

An intelligence officer, his face beaming with elation, scrambled in.

"What is it? Why are you in such a panic? What kind of behavior is this?!" Barbossa was displeased that his dream had been interrupted. He glared with his one eye and shouted angrily.

The officer trembled at his terrifying aura, but he couldn't hide the ecstasy on his face.

"General...General!" he exclaimed excitedly, almost incoherently, "We just...just now, we captured a prisoner who escaped from Guangzhou!"

"According to him, that Eastern Empress and her so-called regent, out of fear of our heavenly soldiers and generals, actually... actually fled from Guangzhou City overnight!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Barbo SA jumped up from his chair, his one eye filled with disbelief and shock!

"They escaped?! They actually escaped?!"

“Yes, General!” The officer nodded firmly. “Absolutely true! It’s said that when they left, they took all the city’s garrison and most of its gold and silver treasures with them!”

"The entire city of Guangzhou is now an undefended ghost town!"