Chapter 2802: Farmer king

In mid-May 1627, the Fibonacci Legion led by Rolls Winthrop went south to Alfheim, triumphantly, and settled on the spot after conquering Prince Port.
During this month's rest period, Earl Winthrop and his staff were not idle either, and they did two major events that caused widespread controversy in the international public opinion circle.
The first thing is how to deal with the more than 20,000 Continental Army officers and soldiers who were defeated and surrendered.
Senior military officers like Charles Gates will not be abused even if they become prisoners of war, and they still hope to survive the exchange of prisoners of war and regain their freedom.
As for the more than 20,000 Continental Army soldiers under his command, the situation is not so good.
Initially, Earl Winthrop sent a letter to the Fijian Cabinet, hoping to send all prisoners of war back to Fijian's homeland in a packed boat as a birthday gift dedicated to His Majesty King George III.
However, after Prime Minister North asked King George for instructions, he replied and declined the favor of the Governor, and also revealed His Majesty’s difficulties in the letter.
Generally speaking, George III is a mediocre, conservative and simple man. The greatest joy of his life is hunting and farming. He lives simple and doesn’t like to put on airs. There is no kingly temperament, nor much ambition. Compared with the other side of the ocean The colony is more concerned about the livelihoods of local farmers and the joys and sorrows of their families, especially their beloved daughters.
His Majesty the King, who changed his casual clothes and threw it on the street and was an uncle all the way, won a not-so-good but very appropriate name-"Farmer George" in the domestic public opinion circle.
There is also a gossip claiming that as the "Farmer King" grows older, his mental state is also showing worrying symptoms, sometimes sentimental, sometimes insane, and whether there is a real hidden danger of going crazy is not known.
The letter that George III asked Lord North to convey to Earl Winthrop showed the repressive and entangled inner world of the ruler of the "Empire That Never Sets".
King George first congratulated the Earl of Winthrop for his victory in the colony, and then pointed out that he did not want him to return more than 20,000 prisoners of war.
King George confessed that he hated these traitors, but he couldn't bear to sentence them all to the death penalty for treason.
According to your Majesty’s own intention, you might as well take the opportunity of your birthday and National Day to issue an amnesty decree to pardon these rebellious subjects, and at the same time hope that your kindness can influence the colonial rebels to lay down their arms and return to the embrace of the motherland’s mother.
It is a pity that His Majesty’s plan failed to get the support of the Feizhen Parliament under the control of the "hawks", and was criticized by the hard-line MPs for being "naive" and "weak"!
King George III was annoyed and helpless. He was not like his ancestors who were exiled or beheaded by the parliament. He had the courage to go out and fight the parliament. In extreme anger, he picked up a sharp royal sickle, rushed into the royal manor, and harvested two by himself. Rong Maizi!
After venting his anger, George III had to face the reality and had to dispel his original intention and instructed Earl Winthrop to dispose of the prisoners by himself-whether he was killed or let go, whatever he wanted!
Don't send it back anyway, so that the King's whereabouts will be clean, and you will not be upset if you don't see it.
Now it is the Governor's turn to have a headache.
More than 20,000 prisoners of war, but more than 20,000 mouths...
Being locked up in a prisoner-of-war camp, eating and drinking Lazard every day is a large amount of expenses, which put a huge pressure on the already tight supply of military supplies for Feizhen's Southern Army Corps.
Earl Winthrop certainly didn't want to keep these prisoners of war for nothing. It would not be cost-effective to drive them into hard labor, and he had to worry about their escape or riots.
Bannister Winthrop, known as the "Bloody Prince", proposed that all these prisoners of war be shot.
This will save trouble, but it is too inhumane. It will not only anger other rebels in the colony and prompt them to dispel their chance to fight to death. It will also cause extremely bad influence on public opinion, and even cause protests and impeachment by domestic anti-war groups.
Count Winthrop reprimanded his son, and after careful calculations, he finally decided to classify the prisoners of war.
Your Excellency the Governor first summoned the chaplains with the army and instructed them to go to the prisoner-of-war camp and recruit them, using magical techniques such as "distinguishing lies" and "the realm of honesty" to detect pawns, screen out the prisoners who surrendered, and enlist them into the servant troops. .
After some screening, more than 6,000 people finally passed the customs, accounting for one-third of the total number of prisoners.
The remaining prisoners of war were loaded into slave ships in batches and sent to Atlantis Island in the southern part of the Storm Ocean, where they were sold to local planters or native princes.
Earl Winthrop has a wide network of contacts and has already contacted the buyers. The prices of these prisoners of war who were sold as slaves are very cheap, and they don't expect to make money. Just make up for the freight.
There is no lack of the eyes of the "Son of Freedom" in Prince Port. The news that a large number of prisoners of war were escorted to the ship soon reached the ears of the Continental Army Commander-in-Chief George Vassar. Of course, he could not sit back and watch.
General Vassar hurriedly sent a letter to the Continental Congress, and at the same time sent a message to the former Freeport "Pirate Speaker" Heller Runliu and the captain of the "Hringhorn" Aaron Green, requesting them to summon the heroes at sea, Try to rescue the prisoners of war on the slave ship.
General Vassar’s call received a positive response. One day in early June, the "Herlinghorn" suddenly appeared at sea in the fog, using the tactics of "sounding east and west" to divert the warships, and the other pirate ships entered the void and attacked the traffickers. The slave ship successfully rescued some prisoners of war.
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. Later that day, the newly repaired "Hunter" led two magic destroyers of the same model directly to the sea area.
"Heringhorn" was outnumbered, and fleeing the rounds of three magic destroyers in a thrilling manner, its pirate allies also retreated after seeing the situation.
The "Hunter" and its two wing ships joined the escort. The pirates had no chance to take advantage of it. They could only watch the slave fleet sail away. There were still more than 10,000 prisoners of war on board that could not be rescued. After more than a month's voyage , Was finally served to Otrantis.
Located in the waters south of the equator and surrounded by the ocean, Atlantis Island covers an area of ​​nearly 7 million square miles and is the largest island in the world of Vares.
Many people think that Atlantis should be regarded as a new continent and call it "Australia." However, the academic circles define Atlantis as an island, and on this basis, they have formulated the principle of distinguishing between continents and islands.
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