Chapter 57 Consensus

As he spoke, Lacey had already walked towards Zhep, but was blocked halfway by the three men brought by Jep.

William took the lead, followed by Hutcherson and another red-bearded pirate named Harden, and the three of them stepped forward without showing any weakness, and although they were not armed with weapons, they stuck together like fighting cocks.

Zhepu gently shook the wine glass filled with amber liquid, not looking at the two groups of people who were tense until Lacey frowned and shouted, "Captain Zhep?"

Only then did Zhepu put down his wine glass and gave a brief order to the three subordinates in front of him: "Come back, sit down, we are here to buy things, not to fight with others." ”

When the three pirates of the Chef Pirates heard this, they returned to Zhepu without saying a word, without the slightest hesitation.

The three of the chef pirates left, and William and the others naturally had to return to their own team, Zhepu glanced at William, who had just walked out first, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of sarcasm: "Little ghost, do you know that at sea, people like you are often the first to die?"

Hearing this, William stopped, turned around, and seemed to be about to make a move with Jep, but was directly stopped by Lacey, and then took the Redbeard Pirates to rest on the sofa in another corner of the conference room.

The two groups of pirates were far apart, looking at each other, William, of course, was just pretending before, and at this time he made a look of indignation, and asked Lacey: "Deputy Captain, why didn't you do it just now?"

"Zhepu was right just now, we're here to buy things, not to fight. Reis patted William on the shoulder, "What's more, pirates of our level often have a consensus. ”

William asked, "What consensus?"

Lacey smiled meaningfully: "Eat the small fish first." ”

If the East China Sea must be a grassland, then the Redbeard Pirates and the Chef Pirates obviously belong to the top predators of this grassland, and both groups want to dominate the entire grassland, or it is good to occupy a larger piece of territory, so if they have the opportunity, they don't mind biting off each other's flesh at all, making each other weaker.

But both sides also understand that there are not only their two predators on the grassland, and if the two sides fight directly head-on, they will only lose both, so they have scruples.

Both Barbarossa and Jepp understood that if they started a war rashly, there would not be a few dead crews on both sides.

Therefore, in most cases, both sides would rather hunt and kill weaker enemies or deal with forces that directly threaten their own status, rather than needlessly fighting with strong enemies.

William's heart sank, except for very few cases, the group of pirates actually generally follows the Matthew effect, the differentiation phenomenon of the strong getting stronger and the weak getting weaker, thinking that they will be invincible in the world as soon as they go to sea, it is really tantamount to a dream, those old pirates who have been at sea for many years are not just waiting in place, not knowing the stake of progress.

For the rest of the day, the conference room was enveloped in an eerie silence.

It wasn't until the leader William and the others entered the conference room that the strong man with no sense of existence opened the door of the conference room again, and the silence was broken.

A young man of twenty-five or sixteen years of age, dressed in a white lab coat, strode into the conference room, followed by several other people, all carrying suitcases.

As soon as the man entered the room, both Lacey and Jepp involuntarily stood up and leaned over, and William couldn't help but take a closer look at each other.

The man was quite handsome, but his face was a little pale, and his cheekbones were slightly protruding, which made his face look a little harsh and cold, and like William and Jepp, he had blonde hair, but compared to the two raunchy pirates, his blonde hair was neatly groomed, combed back and close to the back of his head.

"Danpier, you're late, it's rare. Jepp said to the young man.

The arms dealer known as Dambir smiled slightly, his gray eyes turned to his men behind him, and motioned for them to put the boxes they had brought on the long table in the middle of the room.

"There's some good stuff out of the lab, and I promise you'll never mind if you're late today. ”

Danpier opened a long leather case and took out two flintlock muskets with a somewhat rough appearance, in the tone of William's TV shopping channel host in his previous life: "The technology obtained from the navy was reversed by me and my team, and the ammunition feeding device was optimized, three consecutive shots, and in the hands of the same shooter, its loading speed was more than five times that of the current popular musket in the East China Sea, and the rate of fire was more than three times ......." ”

He handed the musket to Lacey and Jepp, who fiddled with it himself, and Jep handed the gun to a man behind him who seemed to know more about guns.

Neither of them was a pirate on their first day, especially as the leader of the pirate group, who knew more about things, and would not be easily calmed down by what Danbiel said, and after asking a few key statistics, they shifted their attention from the musket.

This thing is heavier than the musket popular in the East China Sea today, and it has more internal parts, which is easy to break, and the moisture at sea is already heavy, so it is very difficult to maintain.

Of course, the most important thing is that it is expensive, seven or eight times the price of a single-shot musket, with this money, it is better to give the gunner two more single-shot muskets, and the instantaneous firepower is not much worse than using this kind of gun, after all, pirates conduct naval battles, there are artillery at a long distance, and at close range, long-range weapons such as muskets are generally fired after one or two rounds.

And the supply of pirates is already a little difficult, the number of ammunition consumed by the continuous musket has increased exponentially, and the logistical burden will increase, the bullets of this gun are still specially made, and I don't know if Danbier deliberately designed it this way, if you use this kind of gun, you can only pay him for it when you buy bullets in the future.

Lacey and Zhep agreed that the gun was too cost-effective, and the old pirates didn't pay much attention to it, but William was very interested in fiddling with it after he got it from Lacey.

From the perspective of William's previous life, this gun still seems very backward, its firing device still relies on flint ignition, but the ammunition supply and re-entry device have been changed, more specifically, William actually doesn't know much, after all, in the environment in his previous life, gun management is extremely strict, and most of his understanding of guns is derived from film and television dramas.

Regardless, the repeating guns still represent a certain direction of progress.

Although the personal force value of this world can reach a very exaggerated level, it does not mean that weapons such as firearms are not important, taking William himself as an example, before he crossed, the indigenous master of this body began to learn swords, although it is not hard, but it can be regarded as laying the foundation since childhood, and then William practiced seriously in the Yixin Dojo for two years before he achieved certain swordsmanship achievements.

In this process, time, energy, money, and talent are all indispensable, in contrast, although the weapon of firearms is not as crucial as in the previous life, it is still not to be underestimated, because it is cheaper than "people", and it is easier to produce in large quantities, and in low-level warfare, it is more cost-effective.

Danbier had never cared about the men brought by Reis and Jepp, but only then did he take a few more glances at William, who had been interested in fiddling with muskets, and smiled at him, unconcealing his disdain for others: "There are a bunch of pirates in this house, as far as you are concerned, if you like this gun, I will give it to you." ”

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(5,000 collections plus more chapters, this week is really busy, this chapter came a little late, forgive me, and thank you for your tolerance and support.) ）