Chapter Eighty-Six: The Beast

Although Serkirk had changed into new clothes, he still looked a little embarrassed, and in addition to the scars left by Barbarossa when he subdued him, there were conspicuous burns on his face, and after hearing Felton's not very polite questioning, the corners of his eyes twitched and looked at William.

William gave him a meaningful glance, then smiled at Felton and said, "I spoke to Selkirk, and he has now agreed to join our pirates. ”

Selkirk nodded to Harden, Chloe and the others who were looking at him, and the others responded politely, but Felton ignored Selkirk, and just muttered dissatisfiedly: "He's a newcomer again." ”

It's just that Felton's voice is so low that only he can hear it in the room.

Wood, Hutcherson, and Harden, the ship's doctor, took the glass from William's hand, and found a chair to sit down like Felton, but Diego, Chloe, and Selkirk did not sit down, but just stood a short distance behind the four-man chair, whispering something.

This time, William called the cadres on the ship to the captain's room, not specifically for Felton, nor for them to take the blame, he did have serious things to talk to a few people, of course, in fact, in terms of William's character, it was more like an explanation, a gesture, and then let his subordinates help supplement and improve the details, but for the few people who had experienced Barbarossa's rule, this was already a huge improvement for them.

"I think what happened in Kalmar last time was a good lesson, and the robbery like the one before without purpose and planning didn't do us much good. William sat behind his desk, leaning back in a wide chair a little lazily, and said with a relaxed expression.

Under his influence, several cadres in the room were also very relaxed, and after taking a big sip of wine into his mouth, Hutcherson asked strangely: "Don't we usually have a plan and a precise goal?"

Old pirates like Hutcherson, in fact, have been somewhat aware of the problems of some pirates before, speculating that the red-bearded Barbarossa has a connection with the forces on the shore, and when the Kalmar City incident happened, the captain's room on the ship was ransacked, the treasure map was stolen, the ship was destroyed, and Barbarossa had to go to Alcatio for help, this matter was basically picked out on the ship,

Everyone in the house knew that in the past, most of their raiders had predetermined targets, and they did not wander around looking for prey like headless flies on the sea like other pirates.

"I mean our own planning, to run only for the targets provided by our partners, which is safer and easier, but it is not good for our development," said William, "and it would be foolish not to have the experience of being looted without this looting, as we have done before." ”

Felton sneered: "Where do you put it, the bank? They dare to collect it? Even if they dare to collect it, I dare not let it go, we are pirates! The income is not legal, and those profiteers who eat people and do not spit out bones must be happy to cooperate with the government to swallow our money legally! It is even more unsafe to put it there." ”

William shook his finger: "It's not time to talk about the bank, I mean to put some of the loot we got on the ship into some industries, do some business, I have some connections on the shore, you don't have to worry about how to build the business." ”

Felton shook his head without hesitation, and the other people in the room were also a little suspicious, they were just pirates after all, Wood was a doctor, read some books, but didn't know anything about business, this was a strange field after all, even the so-called adventurous pirates, when they set foot in the unknown area, their attitude tended to be conservative, after all, what they wanted to invest in was a veritable "hard-earned money".

Only Chloe's eyes lit up for a moment, and he sat up straight and looked at William in surprise.

"There aren't many people on the ship who understand these things, what if the money is cheated, what if the money is lost?" Harden asked hesitantly.

"What should we do?" William asked with a smile, "Dare to cheat us out of our money, of course, to find out people and cramp and dismantle their bones, as for losing money? Why do you think we will lose money?"

"Business is inseparable from maritime trade, and we are one of the largest pirates in the East China Sea, who can compete with us? Is the knife in your hand made of pieces of paper? For the sake of irrelevant people, we dare to rob ships and even plunder villages and towns, but for our own business, we dare not do it?"

What were the high-tech and competitive products of the various East India Companies of those days? They were nothing more than spices, tea, opium, and even slaves, and the most competitive aspect of these companies was nothing more than force, and their growth was nothing more than the trade monopoly brought about by military hegemony.

William will not do such tasteless things as selling drugs and slaves, but he is not a good student, the accumulation of capital is bloody, even in his previous life, the so-called commercial fairness, competition is limited to verbal wars, mutual stumbling This kind of thing is only limited to modern times, and it is still a country with a stable regime, in modern times, capital competition does not care about the use of bullets to talk and bayonet exchanges.

Although the Morgan Pirates certainly cannot really compare with the East India Company with state support, it is the same to maintain trade by force and nourish force with trade.

Now a few people in the house are still skeptical, but when they taste the sweetness in the future, they will definitely support this business.

William knew how exaggerated the beast's forward momentum and speed of development were.

"Besides, you can arrange for the crew to do this," William said to a few people, shaking his glass lightly, "In our line of work, it is inevitable that we will be injured, and if we die, we will naturally be gone, but what if we are disabled, or we can no longer fight? ”

Felton said in a weird way: "You think so far, you even think about the matter of retirement." ”

The others were not as yin and yang as Felton, but seemed thoughtful, and the ship's doctor Wood was even more deep in thought, he was very old on the ship, and he did not have any particularly superb strength, William's words made him quite agree, and he admired it very much.

Wood and others believe that William really had the future of the crew in mind before he bothered to come up with this proposal.

Wood unconsciously had respect for William, he subconsciously adjusted his sitting posture, looked at William, and wanted to hear what other proposals the young captain had, but saw William take a slow sip of wine, and then said calmly: "There is one more thing, it is about the personnel on the ship." ”

William suddenly turned his head to look at Felton, who had been making objections, and asked expressionlessly: "I heard that you have recently recruited people on the ship, are you dissatisfied with me and want to rebel against me?"