Chapter 257: Turning the Tide

After Harden was out of danger, William brought people back to Kalmar City, and the Golden Lion Shiki had arrived in the East China Sea and could appear at any time, and William had to sit in the base camp and stabilize the hearts and minds at the same time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It's just strange that the Golden Lion Shiki has never shown up during this time, and although William is puzzled, he still hurries up and orders the textile mill to start building hot air balloons and airships.

At the same time, he also asked the Donghai News and other media to send people to conduct interviews to understand the causes and consequences of the Golden Lion Shiji incident.

Because of her good performance in the character interview last time, Laura Louise was sent by the Tokai Shimbun again this time.

A group of reporters and editors were dizzy by the name of Golden Lion Shiki, who is a legend on the same level as One Piece Roger and Edward the Whitebeard, even if he has been hidden for many years, for those who grew up in the East China Sea, the sea where pirates are the weakest, the Golden Lion Shiki is still a name that can only be looked up to before.

I didn't expect such a character to come to the East China Sea now, and he still wants to destroy this sea area.

None of them ever wondered if William was lying, because William didn't have to do it at all, William had a good reputation in the Kingdom of Navia, and even in the East China Sea, so why did he tell a lie that would not take long for such a thing to be easily exposed? What are the benefits?

After a group of reporters and editors had left, either excited or worried, Laura Louise was stopped by an attendant.

Laura Louise's face was dazed, but her heart was pounding, and the chamberlain stopped Louise and closed the door and left, and Louise turned around, and saw William pointing to a chair directly opposite her, and making a gesture to take a seat.

Laura Louise pretended to be calm and sat down in her chair, but William's words shattered her disguise.

"Did Ursolin Heller find you personally, or did he entrust someone else to find you?" asked William lightly.

Laura Louise's expression changed: "What are you talking about? I don't understand?"

"It's a shame for me to be stupid at this point," William shook his head, "You might as well ask, 'How do you know?'" ”

Laura Louise opened her mouth and didn't speak.

"Do you think that my influence is confined to the East China Sea, and that I don't know anything about the Great Voyage, so you shouldn't know that Ursolin Heller has hired a reporter from the World Economic News to investigate me?" said William, bending down, taking out a bottle of whiskey and two glasses from under his desk, and pouring a glass of wine for each of them.

It was discovered that Laura Louise relied mainly on news from Akin, and he had been thinking about the encounter with Eusolin Heller, and after some inquiry, he learned that Ursolin Heller often complained to his superiors, but recently abruptly gave up on such behavior.

The barracks were relatively closed places, and it was difficult to hide the news from his comrades who lived on the same boat, and it was easier to find out the news than Yusolin Heller, and it took him some time to finally hear a useful piece of news, that is, Yusolin Heller was seen writing to the newspaper office of the World Economic Journal.

Arkin immediately sent the news back to William, and it didn't take long for William to target Laura Louise.

In fact, if the current National Security Agency is still presided over by Chloe, then Laura Louise's suspicious identity can be easily discovered without any news from Akin, but after Tony came to power, he only focused on personnel struggles and power struggles, and the NSA's inefficiency and low morale were far less than the good development of Chloe's administration.

William found out this through the incident of Laura Louise, he hated itchy, and the original plan was to wait for Chloe to come back, immediately replace Tony and kick him to a new department, but now that Chloe is missing, and then there is the attack of the Golden Lion Shiki, the matter is put on hold for the time being.

When William found out about Laura Louise's identity, he didn't take immediate action because he originally planned to use Louise's identity to make some articles.

However, the plan is not as fast as the change, and the Golden Lion Shiki suddenly strikes, disrupting many of his steps.

Defeating the Golden Lion Shiki will not become an isolated incident, and it is impossible for the world government and navy to sit back and watch William defeat legendary pirates like the Golden Lion Shiki, and still be able to farm and develop in the East China Sea, and the strange current situation of the Morgan Pirates and the Kingdom of Navia will definitely be noticed by the official forces and seriously start investigating.

William knew how many illegal things he had done in the process of starting his life - he had been on a pirate ship, bribed naval officers, collected protection money in the East China Sea, etc., and even killed or indirectly killed two supreme commanders of naval branch bases.

What's more, the laws of the world government are more like the rule of man, and the definition of pirates is very vague, and many times it is judged by the mouth of the navy and the government.

William is now like many private enterprises in China in the previous life, there were some problems in the early days, and William is actually quite big, people are just walking on the edge of the law, and he is directly violating the law and discipline, so no matter what the development reaches in the future, as long as the government wants to turn over the old accounts, it can be turned over, the difference is only whether it has attracted attention, and whether the world government and the navy want to deal with William.

William treated himself as a person, coupled with his observation of the world government and navy over the years, he felt that it was impossible for the world government and navy to let go of a force that could defeat the golden lion Shiji in a sea area like the East China Sea.

William didn't want the World Government and the Navy to think about it slowly, and then investigate him, and have time to make a detailed plan and make adequate preparations, and then come to the East China Sea to carry out the capture, he hoped that the Navy and the World Government would move as quickly as possible.

Because two major events have happened this year, one is that the former admiral, Zefa, known as the "black wrist", was attacked and seriously injured, and even his proud arm was cut off, this incident shook a lot within the navy, because Zefa is not only a high-end combat force of the navy, he also has a lot of students in the naval headquarters, and the naval headquarters also has to spend more energy on the great voyage to deter those who hear the news of the high morale and ready to move.

The second is that the revolutionary army has begun to be exposed to the eyes of the world, and they have begun to seize state power, although they are still small, but they have already attracted the attention of people of insight, William believes that the people of the navy and the world government must not be all stupid, and there must be people who will recognize the threat that this armed force, which is very different from the pirates, can pose to the rule of the world government.

In fact, what is not clear to William is that, according to the development of the original book, next year's world government meeting, the dignitaries of various countries will target the revolutionary army and its leader, Monchi. D. Dragons have already been recognized by kings and called on kings to work together to capture the revolutionary army and dragons.

The Great Voyage and the whole world are in turmoil, and now the Navy and the World Government have new troubles to deal with, and as William said to his subordinates before, this is a good time to go to war.

William: Compared with the World Government and the Navy Headquarters, they are like a teenager who has not yet developed, and can only win when the enemy is restrained.

If the two "strong men" of the Navy and the World Government can settle the current troubles, and spend enough time to investigate the clues of William's various hole cards, such as the new steamship and the matter of the Seven Waters Capital, William's chances of winning will be very low.

Therefore, William needed a helping hand to push the world government and navy to arrest him as soon as possible, and like Yusolin Heller, he also thought of public opinion first.

He wanted to use the news of the World Economic News to create enough influence on public opinion, so that the world government and the Navy Headquarters did not have much time to think, and they could not delay, so they could only immediately set off to the East China Sea to capture William.

Even the investigation, William was not prepared to let the world government and the navy take the time to do it, he was ready to expose it personally through the press.

Laura Louise didn't know what William really thought, her heart sank.

As the investigation deepened, she learned more and more about William, this man was intelligent, powerful, powerful, amiable, outstanding, fair-hearted, and extremely charismatic, but Louise knew better that this man was also ruthless and murderous without blinking.

Moreover, looking at the formulation of various laws and regulations on journalism in the Kingdom of Navia, it can also be seen that William is a person who attaches great importance to public opinion and propaganda work, and the purpose of Louise's trip is strictly to peel off William's skin, and the consequences are obvious through a large newspaper such as the World Economic Newspaper, and she does not think that William will not be unaware of the possible negative effects.

Louise's eyes were subconsciously sweeping around, especially at the window, but she then gave up hope of escaping, knowing full well that she could not escape William's hands.

To Louise's surprise, William put a glass of whiskey in front of her, and instead comforted her: "Don't worry, I won't embarrass you." ”

Louise took the whiskey, took a small sip, and asked, "Why?"

"You're here to investigate me?" William asked casually as he stepped away from the chair behind the desk and came to Louise, leaning back on the top of his desk with a wine glass, "How's the investigation going?"

When William left the chair, Louise was a little nervous, and after seeing that he had no other dangerous actions, Louise breathed a sigh of relief, heard the question, hesitated for a moment, and said: "I know a lot about what you did after becoming the ruler of the Kingdom of Navia, and most of the deeds before becoming the ruler are known through folk legends, and many details are not clear. ”

"Like what?" asked William.

"For example, your time as a pirate is not very short, and your momentum is not small, why is there no bounty at all, this is the premise for you to become a nobleman in this country," Louise was guided by William, relaxed a lot, and when it came to news investigation, she was also a lot bolder, and after taking another sip of wine, she said faster, "Another example, you charge fees for passing ships in the waters of this country, why do the local Navy 16th Divisions ignore it." ”

"Because the two successive administrators of the 16th Division of the Navy were in the same league as me, when I was a pirate, Colonel Roy acted as an official umbrella for me, and I provided him with benefits. William said with a smile.

Laura Louise's eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly, she was stunned, the key information that she had tried so hard to investigate, but still couldn't be investigated, actually came out of the mouth of the person concerned?

William's tone was straightforward, as if what he said was not worth mentioning, but this was the supreme commander of a naval base, colluding with the pirates who should have been hunted down and encircled by them!

"Wait," Laura Louise's cheeks turned slightly red, I don't know if it was because of the sudden happiness and excitement, or the influence of alcohol, she dared to come to the East China Sea alone, it was indeed a character who did not want to die for the news, and quickly put her previous worries behind her, and asked, "Colonel Roy is your umbrella? So will he allow you to become the consul of the kingdom? If you become a high-ranking member of the kingdom, your status will be different, and it is likely to be out of his control." ”

"Of course he won't allow it," William said with a smile, "so I killed him, and then put a new commander in charge." ”

"Huh?" Louise turned pale, as if she had been poured cold water on her head, and William's answer pulled her back to reality, reminding her that the man in front of her, although he looked kind, was a murderer in the true sense of the word.

Louise had to bow her head and think, why did William suddenly say so much to her, because he was about to kill people? No, as far as she knew, William would not be such a boring person and would do such a time-wasting thing, after all, the golden lion Shiki had already come to the East China Sea.

By the way, Golden Lion Shiki!?

Louise just had a clue when her jaw was gently raised, and William was still smiling, looking at Louise's fluttering eyes, and asked, "Why do you think I'm telling you this?"

Louise gently spat out five words from her mouth: "Golden Lion, Shiki." ”

"Clever!" William said with appreciation, retracting his hand.

"Golden Lion Shiji wants to destroy the East China Sea, but your foundation is in the East China Sea, you and him will inevitably have a war, and once the war starts, defeat, you will have nothing, win, you were originally only limited to the East China Sea, your name will definitely spread to other seas, and your power will be exposed under the gaze of the world government and the Navy Headquarters. Louise took another sip of wine under William's appreciative gaze, her face becoming redder, but the analysis continued:

"You are telling me this, do you want to expand your reputation and influence through the news of the World Economic News?"

"Yes, it's a pity that you're from the World Economic News. William shook his head and said with a look of regret.

Seeing William's always confident and relaxed attitude, thinking of what she had seen and heard in Kalmar City these days, and the civilians she had seen who had benefited from William's policies, Laura Louise finally couldn't help but persuade: "Why are you so relaxed and confident? I know you are amazing, it is rare to go from a pirate to this point at this age, but you have to face the Golden Lion Shiki! You will not be his opponent at all! And why do you have to face him yourself?" Tell the people at Navy Headquarters and the World Government, isn't it?"

William smiled at Louise, who unconsciously showed a look of concern on his face, tilted his head, drank the wine in the glass, and gently put it on the table:

"Turning the tide is the hero!"