Chapter 184: Make a Deal
Seven days had passed since Malcolm's warning, and Karina, though relaxed in front of the others, was actually a little uneasy, but nothing happened in the next few days.
There was still a long queue in front of the second-hand goods trading office, and the captains who worked with Karina privately did not get a warning from the Black Merchants Alliance, and after a while, when the rumors had almost passed, their minds became active again, and they began to believe what the businesswoman said before, Malcolm did not want to really deal with this matter, and completely pushed them to the opposite side of the Black Merchants Alliance.
So people began to secretly visit Karina again.
However, just when everything was about to get better, there was suddenly bad news.
Karina woke up from her dream, and didn't even have time to get dressed, so she just put on a pair of pajamas and ran barefoot to the dock, and it was already late at night, but there were many people on the beach.
Honeyg, who was in charge of the island's defense, also brought people to the scene, and was confronting a group of people.
However, most of the eyes were focused on the two sailing ships in the harbor, the two three-masted galleons had never been seen on the island before, and they were all new faces like the men who had disembarked from the boats, but the sturdy hull, the swarthy barrels, and the black flags flying on the masts proved their identity.
It's a new bunch of pirates, and they're powerful.
It wasn't that there weren't any new pirates docking in Nassau before, or that more and more pirates had chosen to come here for supplies since Nassau became famous, so it stands to reason that the inhabitants of Nassau were no longer surprised.
However, this time the situation is more special, because this group of guys is extraordinarily arrogant, and they fired two cannons before they entered the port, but fortunately, their two cannons were only aimed at the uninhabited beach, but even so, many people were shocked into a cold sweat.
Honig frowned, "Who among you is the captain?" ”
A man with a mermaid tattoo on his arm was directing two of his men to stick a wooden stick on the beach when he heard the word and walked out of the crowd.
"What do you call it?"
"Captain Wilton, call me Wilton, but I've heard that the merchants I've robbed prefer to call me Wilton the Executioner." The man drew the knife at his waist, and the pirates behind Honig immediately raised their muskets as well.
Wilton smiled, pulled another apple from his bosom, and peeled it with a knife.
Honeyegg's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly, "Executioner? Haven't heard of it. ”
Wilton bit the apple, "I don't blame you, because I robbed and never left a living mouth, and most of the people who knew the name were dead." ”
He said such a cruel thing in a nonchalant tone, and there was a hint of enjoyment in his eyes, even these pirates on the beach who had been fighting all year round couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts when they heard this.
Honig, as the patriarch of Nassau, the captain who once named Blackbeard and the Black Prince, was not frightened by a few words, and snorted coldly, "I don't care who you are or where you come from, if you dare to fire another cannonball here, I can guarantee that your story will end here." ”
To everyone's surprise, Wilton was polite this time, put down the knife in his hand and said, "We didn't know the rules here when we first came to your land, and I would like to apologize for any offense, I always heard people talk about legends about this place when we sailed before, and we just wanted to see this place known as the home of pirates." ”
Seeing that the other party's expression was much better, he waved his hand and asked the person behind him to put away his musket, "Nassau is a free and open place, as long as you don't cause trouble, you will naturally be welcome here." ”
After saying that, he was about to leave, but at this time, a voice came from behind him, "Captain Honig, I remember that there seems to be a rule on the island, pirates here cannot attack the transport ships of black market merchants." ”
It was Karina who spoke, her face tinged with anxiety, for the Breeze, which was supposed to be in North Carolina, was now in Nassau's harbor, between the two new pirate ships, and the person who had run to inform her had told her that the Breeze had returned with them.
There is only one possibility that this will happen, that is, the Breeze has been hijacked, which is why Karina is so anxious, the cargo on the ship is still secondary, and she is most worried about the safety of Marlon and other crew members.
Honeyg stopped when he heard this, and he also noticed the Breeze on the side, and asked Wilton, "You robbed her boat?" ”
The latter shrugged his shoulders, "We are pirates, isn't it a natural thing to rob merchant ships?" ”
Honig looked at the businesswoman again, "You'd better give her back the boat." ”
"Or else?"
"Otherwise, you'll probably not be able to sell your loot with her anymore."
Wilton smiled, "Thanks for the reminder, I think we'll have a way around this." ”
Honeyg didn't say anything more, Karina's eyes widened, and she stopped Honeyig who was about to leave again, and said with a look of disbelief, "Is that all?" ”
The latter raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you black marketeers already form an alliance of black merchants, and now this kind of thing is up to you to solve it yourself, and strictly speaking, they are not violating the rules of the island, because they were not pirates on the island when they robbed you." ”
After saying that, he pulled out the sleeve that was grabbed by the businesswoman, "I'm sorry, I'm only responsible for the overall security of the island, and this matter is not under my jurisdiction." ”
Looking at the back of Honig's departure, Karina's face showed a look of helplessness, and she looked around at the lively crowd, many of whom had sold things to her at the second-hand goods exchange, but now they all turned their heads silently when they looked at her.
Wilton's gang is not easy to mess with at first glance, although there is no second-hand goods trading office, everyone will have a channel to exchange money in the future, but it is better than being strong to send them to death.
Karina looked around, but the last person to speak first was Wilton, he pointed to the Breeze not far away and smiled, "Is that ship yours?" ”
The businesswoman turned around and said angrily, "Malcolm, the vice president of the Black Merchants Alliance, would only use this kind of indiscriminate tactics against me, and I warn you, if anything happens to the people on that ship, I swear I will ...... you all one by one."
Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Wilton, "I don't know about the Black Merchant Alliance, and I don't care about your grudges, but it seems that you are indeed the owner of that ship, great, I am about to negotiate a deal with you." ”
Karina laughed angrily, "You robbed my transport ship and still want to do business with me?" ”
"Why not?" Wilton scratched his neck, "You always have to exchange the loot for money, and I have a batch of special goods here, which you should be the only one who will pay for it." ”
He clapped his hands, and several pirates rowed back to the boat, and after a while four more men came over, and Karina recognized that all four of them were crew members of the Breeze, tied hand and foot, but the businesswoman was relieved to see that they were safe, but Wilton's next words made her tremble with anger.
"Ah, the goods are here, let's make a price."