Chapter 288: People who are not satisfied with the status quo

A wood-covered, seemingly green island edge is suddenly missing a corner of a mine surrounded by trees.

Small brand-new buildings and houses were scattered around the mine, and many residents with pink feathers on their arms and gray jumpsuits were moving in and out of the mines and buildings, and although the number of houses was obviously enough to accommodate the population of the mines, if not enough, there were still residents building new houses, and those who came out of the mines carried baskets of dark stones.

Among these people with feathers on their arms, there were many armed men with loaded guns and gas masks, who did not beat or abuse the workers, but still urged them from time to time when they saw someone being lazy.

Next to the small mine, there was a wooden dock, the surface of the wood seemed to be covered with stubble, and more than a dozen warships were parked here, among which there were several warships of exceptional size, all of which were cast of steel, and the surface of the ships was painted black, and there were no masts on the ships, only a row of tall chimneys pointing to the sky, constantly emitting black smoke into the sky.

It is worth mentioning that the island is eerily quiet, there is no sound of animals or even birds, not even the sound of the sea breeze blowing through the trees, fanning the branches and leaves of the trees, and the black smoke emitted by the steamship is straight to the sky, and it seems that it is not disturbed by the sea breeze at all, or rather, there is no wind here at all.

Because this is the windless zone, this world as a whole is still in the age of sails, and the sea area that human beings are most reluctant to set foot in.

But two of the most dangerous elements in this area, the wind and the Neptunes, have been overcome by William, and steam-powered ships can move freely in the sea, and the sonic technology made by the sea train track technology can also avoid the harassment of the Neptunes.

Long before the real decisive battle with the Golden Lion Shiki, when William made a plan to fight together with the navy, he used the steamship to continuously transport personnel and materials to the windless zone, using the windless belt as a secret base, and after the defeat of the Golden Lion Shiki and the landing of Melvieu on the Sky Island, he kept transporting the island's residents and important supplies here day and night.

On the bow deck of a black steamship, after inspecting the village, Aramis took off the gas mask on his face and exhaled: "There are still too few people to supply the needs of these steamships to sail. ”

"It's just recycling." Danpier on the side said lightly.

During the reign of the Golden Lion Shiki, the young people of Melvieu Island were taken to work in the palace, and only the old people and children were left in the village, and it was difficult to support themselves, so the population became very small, and after the death of the Golden Lion Shiki, the island fell, and many casualties were killed, and finally the whole village was left with a few hundred people.

These people were all eventually taken to the windless zone by William, imprisoned on the island in disguise, and built a mine, partly to hide people's eyes, and partly to find something for them to do, but neither William nor Danbier was ready to expand the mine here, so the operation of this mine is still relying on manpower.

"What is the number of new cases on the island?" Dampier asked about the most important thing about Alamis' visit to the village.

"Thirteen, it's up again," Aramis glanced back at the woods surrounding the mine, "The people on the island say that there are too many 'Daft Greens' transplanted here, and now even young people are starting to get sick frequently. ”

"Good." Danbiel replied casually, seemingly not caring about the lives of the natives of Melvieu Island.

Aramis stopped talking, but Danbiel glanced at him, thinking that he was soft-hearted and worried about the condition of the natives on the island, so he said: "Don't worry, the medicine that the Golden Lion Shiji originally stored, plus the medicine we produced under the auspices of Dr. Indigo during this time, is very well prepared, enough to save them." ”

"I'm just worried about William," Alamis sighed, "Sherlock blames himself, he has personally run back to the East China Sea to contact all forces, carry out the plan, and start the tandem, William is gambling with his life, I'm afraid of any accidents, maybe we shouldn't provoke the naval ...... in the first place." ”

"Did I tell you anything about me?" Danpier asked rhetorically.

Aramis was stunned when he heard this: "What? ”

"When William became a nobleman in the Kingdom of Navia and killed Andrei, do you know what I said to him?"

"'A person's life is actually very short, but if you choose to spend it humbly, it is too long,'" said Aramis, "William told me. ”

Danbiel pursed his lips and hesitated slightly, but he was as smart as he knew very well, although William's team had made many preparations, this battle still required everyone to work together, and he had to do everything possible to strengthen the confidence within the team, so he said: "I haven't talked about it with anyone else, my father was originally a small nobleman, although he is not rich and powerful, but he doesn't need to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation every day like those ordinary people, he never takes risks, and even does not follow ship dealers, he has always pursued stability, It looks like he's going to outlive the pirates at sea, but what happened? When he was in his thirties, he got a terminal illness, his health was getting worse and worse, and he was taking a lot of drugs that didn't work every day, and then one day, he found out that my mother was cheating on a sailor, right in my house, and then he ......, boom! ”

Dampier screamed suddenly, startling Alamis, who was listening to him in a hurry.

The corners of Danpier's mouth curled, a little cold, and a little sarcastic, and he continued: "When he was dying, he finally did a 'big thing', he shot and killed my mother and the sailor in the bedroom, and then came to my room, I don't know what he was looking for me in order at that time, but I hid in the cupboard long before that, and then watched through the gap that he quickly gave up looking, and then sat on the edge of my bed, swallowed the gun and killed himself. ”

Aramis opened his mouth, he wanted to say two words of sympathy, but before he could say it, he was interrupted by Danpier: "You don't have to pity me, you should pity my father, his whole life, in the eyes of the world, is only summed up as shooting his cheating wife, and finally committing suicide, and then let people discuss it before and after dinner, the most pitiful thing is that he pursues stability, but death and misfortune still find him." ”

"Why don't I do the right thing and sell arms? Because I have been waiting for someone, waiting for someone like me, I would rather be executed by the World Government and the Navy Headquarters in front of the whole world before I was thirty years old, a sensation, rather than live in peace, and as a result, I got a terminal illness at the age of thirty, and I could only complain about the unfairness of fate, and then in my son's room, I committed suicide with a gun that killed my wife and husband, and was cited as a joke for a while, and in the end no one even remembered the name. ”

Danbiel glanced at Aramis: "There are countless safer industries and businesses to do, I believe that with William's mind and character, he will definitely be able to get ahead, but William still chose such a path, I know that he is the same person as me, a person who can put life and death aside for the sake of his career, what is not dangerous?" I've heard about William sneaking into the Barbarossa ship, isn't that dangerous? If we win this battle, we can make a sensation in the world, and we have a chance to win, so why hesitate now? ”

After Danpier finished speaking, he shook his head and left, Aramis stood in place in a daze, inexplicably remembering William's words by the campfire when he had just left the Denton Pirates, Aramis finally knew why William valued Dampier so much, not only because of Dampir's mind and talent, but because William saw that Dampier, like him, was also an ambitious person who was not satisfied with the status quo. [.]