Once all the immediate matters had been dealt with, the next priority was internal administration.
John planned to completely reorganize the structure of his fleet, placing all of his trusted men in command positions over the pirates beneath him.
He now needed to control an army numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
And rather than splitting them apart, he intended to gather them all on a single island.
At this point, aside from the Naval Corps of the various Maritime Kingdoms, John had already become the leader of the strongest naval force on the seas.
Even so, he did not let his guard down in the slightest.
He had already decided on his next objective—
Spend money.
Buy more battleships.
John understood better than anyone that if he truly wanted to contend with the Maritime Kingdoms, his current assets were nowhere near enough.
