Chapter Forty-Nine: Fools

Becker sailed the seas with the Redbeard Pirates for a while, and as the temperature dropped slightly, he finally arrived at Navia, the capital of the Kingdom of Kalma, where the Redbeard Pirates usually sold their stolen goods.

The partner in charge of helping Barbarossa sell the stolen goods is Count Arcatio, who lives in the royal city of Navia, and his Buendia family is famous in the kingdom of Kalmar, otherwise Barbarossa would not be able to suppress Barbarossa, and the Redbeard Pirates would not be able to run rampant on the sea for so many years without being caught by the navy.

A group of Redbeard Pirates took the pirate flag, and took advantage of the cover of night to quietly drop anchor near Navia City, and the deputy captain Lacey and Navigator Wood rowed to the shore in a small boat to connect with people, and after a long time, the phone bug in the hand of Captain Barbarossa came from Lacey's response.

The dark night was suddenly pierced by a bright light, and the sailors on the redbeard pirate ship became busy again, and the pirate ship followed the guidance of the shore lights, carefully avoiding the reef, and gradually sailed into a private harbor with the sea breeze.

Many of the old pirates on the ship seem to be quite familiar with this place, but Becker looks around by the light, the private harbor is a little simple, it can be seen that this was originally a natural harbor, surrounded by mountains and rocks, both hidden and conducive to sheltering from the wind, not far from the royal city of Navia, there seem to be some sentry posts on the hill at the entrance, the only drawback is that the space is a little small, the port has only undergone simple construction, there are few people and ships, there are few people walking on the dock, except for the ship of the Redbeard Pirates, there is not a single ship on the dock.

Several stout men followed Lacey and Wood to the docks, and although they were not wearing military uniforms, Becker could tell from their movements and habits that they all had military experience.

Barbarossa jumped off the ship after the arrival of several men, first greeted a long-faced man who was the leader of several strong men, and then instructed Reis: "Wood and I will go to Lord Buendia, and you will direct the rest of the men to unload the cargo, and move all the goods in the cabin to the warehouse first, and leave the guards to arrange for the people to go ashore to rest in the order of duty." ”

Seeing that Lacey nodded yes, Barbarossa left with Wood and the long-faced man, they had not been here once or twice, and the series of processes had long been familiar.

Barbarossa and the others got into a carriage after leaving the dock, the private port is located outside the city, the unbuilt path is not easy to walk, the carriage walked a little bumpy along the way, fortunately the private port is not far from the city, Barbarossa closed his eyes and rested for a while before entering the city, and the carriage gradually stabilized.

The carriage eventually stopped in the back alley of a hotel, and the long-faced man led Barbarossa and Wood through the back door of the hotel and down the stairs to a guest room on the top floor of the hotel.

The long-faced man knocked lightly on the door, Wood took a deep breath, trying to make a respectful and flattering look, and Barbarossa muttered indifferently.

After a response came from the other side of the door, the long-faced man pushed the door open, made a "please" gesture to Barbarossa and Wood, and stood outside the door with his hands down.

There was only a tall and emaciated old man in the room, slightly balding, wearing a well-cut black tuxedo and crisp trousers, and a bow tie around his neck. ”

The man known as Eton smiled politely, and before he could speak, Barbarossa had already stepped into the room, her plush head scanning the room, and then asked, "Are you alone?" ”

"The Home Secretary held a birthday banquet for his daughter tonight, and the lord took the young master and Miss to the banquet, and the lord will not be absent from such an important banquet in order to discuss a few small deals with you." Eaton's smile is still the same, looking very "professional", but unlike Becker's professional smile, which seems very relatable, his smile seems a little high, more like keeping a distance from people than closing the distance.

Barbarossa pulled his beard in dissatisfaction, but he didn't say anything, and it wasn't the first time that Alcatio had sent this butler named Eaton to meet him, and he had become accustomed to it more and more times in recent years.

"I've had bad luck during this time, I've lost some men and ammunition, and I'll need to stop at the port for a few more days to recuperate," Barbarossa sat down in his chair, which creaked as if it were about to fall apart, "I need some food and fresh water, some more gunpowder and new weapons." ”

"By the way, and wine." Barbarossa added.

Eaton nodded: "The wine is not good, the rest is fine, what goods did you bring this time?" ”

"Sugar, and some tea, and some copper, were scuttled and thrown into the sea by the captain along with the ship." Wood preemptively said without complaints.

Eton glanced at Barbarossa and noticed that he had given Wood a very cold look, and Eton didn't answer Wood's words.

Although he doesn't look down on the vulgar and stupid Barbarossa, but just like watching the lion in the zoo, when the lion is locked in the cage, people can point at will when they are in a safe position, with the natural superiority of humans in the face of wild beasts, but when leaving the safe position, even if there is a sense of superiority, unless the person has a long life, he is willing to tease the lion, Eton doesn't know what it means to be "angry", but he still has a bit of an instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm, and he is unwilling to anger Barbarossa, a murderous pirate who does not blink.

Eaton diverted the topic and said: "Recently, the kingdom has failed to harvest food, some people have proposed to restrict the production of wine, the price of all kinds of wine will increase immediately, we are also hoarding, we can't give you much wine this time, in addition, you can also get some wine next time, I heard that there is a kind of mead wine in the East China Sea recently, and the profit from selling it is very large, and the lord hopes that you will have the opportunity to get more of it." ”

"It's up to me to meet the ship that carries these things," Barbarossa pouted, "I don't think you should get your hopes up, and even if you do, you won't have enough wine to spoil the bastards on board." ”

"I'm sure you have a way to control your men." Eaton said dryly.

Barbarossa didn't say anything, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up at Eton and said, "Natasha is also about to reach her sixteenth birthday, will she hold a birthday party?" When will I see her and Remedès? ”

Eaton still had a disgusting smile on his face that seemed to Barbarossa: "The master won't let you meet, besides, do you really think it's a good thing to meet them?" Remedis and Natasha are doing well, but if it is known that Remedis's husband and Natasha's father is a pirate wanted by the world government and hated by everyone, it is not only the Buendia family that will be humiliated, but also their mother and daughter. ”

Eton couldn't hide his inner attitude, his tone was a little contemptuous, seeing Barbarossa's anger, he hurriedly remedied and persuaded: "They don't need to worry about being hunted down by the navy now, and they don't need to be displaced at sea to let people know their relationship with you, I'm afraid there will be no days like this, think about it, even if you don't talk about the navy, what if your enemies know about your relationship and hurt them?" ”

Seeing that Barbarossa was silent, Eton breathed a sigh of relief: "Your relationship is not discovered, Natasha is still the daughter of the Buendia family, the happiest girl in the kingdom, birthday party?" Of course, the lord will give her a grand banquet for her sixteenth birthday, just like the Minister of the Interior has for his daughter today, or even better, the dignitaries and dignitaries in the royal city will bless her, and even the king will come, but all because her surname is Buendia, not because she is the daughter of 'Redbeard', you can't give her these things, do you want her to hold a birthday party on your pirate ship that only pirates and drunkards attend? If you really care about Remedis and Natasha, you shouldn't meet them. ”

Barbarossa couldn't listen to it and suddenly got up, Eton who was sitting in the chair was startled, and leaned back weakly, but saw Barbarossa standing in place and took a few deep breaths, and then took out two boxes from his arms with a little dejection, handed them to Eton and said, "Help me give these two things to Remedis and Natasha." ”

After Barbarossa informed Eton that the smaller box was a gift for Remedis and the larger box was a gift for Natasha, she dragged Wood, who still wanted to stay in the room and was close to Eton, and went to find a place to drink under the guidance of the long-faced man at the door.

Eton was alone in the room, and after calming down his nervous mood at first, he cursed with a little annoyance, and then opened the two boxes left by Barbarossa.

Barbarossa gave Remedès a pair of beautiful pearl earrings and Natasha with a luxurious gemstone necklace, and Eaton was in a better mood, and he played greedily for a while, then hummed a ballad and carefully reloaded the jewelry back into the box.

"Idiot." Eaton scoffed and placed the box in his arms.