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The Sea of Light is a dream paradise belonging to the seaweed family, and of course it is also a nightmare for all voyagers, in this warm sea, within the range of the ship's lookout view, in addition to seaweed or seaweed, all kinds of seaweed of different sizes and colors, in this area of the Sea of Floating Light can rarely see a trace of 6 places. (Please search for the fastest novel website!) Islands that are large enough for the Sapient Race to settle for a long time, and have fresh water resources, are also extremely scarce resources throughout the Floating Sea. Of course, it is impossible to find even a few islands in a vast sea area, and there is only one reason why it has been difficult for people to find these hidden six places for a long time, they are a paradise for pirates, not open to ordinary merchant fleets.

In the middle of the reign of the Bright Dynasty, which was also the time when the shipping trade between the Lord 6 and the open sea was at its most prosperous, an average of fifty merchant ships were looted by pirates on the Floating Sea Route every month.

The lucrative pirate fleet, the supply ports and stolen goods bases on which the raids are based are these hidden islands far from the ordinary people's field of vision, with white sand beaches and lagoon reefs, and the coconut grove of Milley Atoll is also one of the pirate supply ports hidden in the sea of light.

"Yo! Isn't this the old knife handle Zola? I heard that you taught the Seventh Fleet of the Elven Federation a lesson some time ago, and you turned over quite quickly! ”

The scar-faced man on the other side who greeted Boatswain Zola Hegel was shirtless, and his angular chest muscles looked like that of a professional bodybuilder. It is said that this person's face is also handsome, and he can't stand a scar that extends from the left forehead corner down to the corner of his mouth is too hideous, so that his face always looks like a mocking sneer whenever he wants.

As soon as he was teased and teased by someone who uncovered his old scars, Zola Hegel's city could not hold his face no matter how deep it was, the muscles on his face twitched a few times, he raised his hand and slapped it heavily on the table, and shouted in a rough voice:

"Less nonsense! Boss, hurry up and get the wine. ”

In the ocean-going voyages, which are often measured in months, the amount of fresh water and fresh food that ships can carry is limited and not easy to store, and not every fleet can have the luxury of holding a space bag to store supplies like Luo Zhengdao. In the New World, space equipment is also a relatively high-end magic item, and space equipment with a large capacity is even more valuable than a battleship, if pirates can afford to use such extravagant magic props, why should they go to sea to make a living? The ships sailing away from the supply port can still eat fresh vegetables and fruits after a few months, and only the nobles who are not short of money will pursue this ultimate luxury of life. Pirates and ordinary sailors had to be simple when they arrived on board, and there was almost no room for choice for what to eat.

The food and drinking water carried by the ocean-going fleet are stored in the damp and dark bottom warehouse, where cockroaches, rats and other small creatures are often infested. Even if the fresh water in the zài oak barrel is stored tightly, it usually stinks for only two weeks, and the deliberately baked dry and hard biscuits will inevitably give birth to insects, and the salty and hard salted meat that can be used as a brick is not much better. With such inferior food and water, it is difficult for anyone who has not tried it to imagine what it tastes like in the mouth.

For most of the sailors who sailed the Seven Seas, sipping on ale and cheap strong rum was one of the few happy moments of their lives, and by any point of view, drinking was better than tasting the foul water with a rancid smell. Because of this, most sailors developed a habit of binge drinking, and one of the main daily benefits of two large glasses of ale, or rum made from molasses and bagasse, the leftovers of sugar extracted from the plantations, was one of their main daily benefits. Correspondingly, the prohibition of alcohol was also used as an unusually harsh punishment on board. If any bastard offends the captain and quartermaster without opening his eyes, then deducting his alcohol quota is also a severe punishment method second only to the cordial contact with the nine-tailed cat, I believe that 99% of alcoholics would rather be whipped than not drink for half a month, this kind of pain from the spiritual level is worse than the pain of **!

The Luo Zhengdao fleet has been warmly welcomed by the local residents in the Mili Atoll, and in recent days, the wolf-like fury of the goblin fleet has constantly stimulated the sensitive nerves of the merchants, challenging their psychological endurance.

There is no doubt that merchants were happy to risk the gallows for a small profit, but the death penalty of goblins was more than simply hanging, and their torture methods were more elaborate than many pirates. There are many people in the world who love money, and there are many people who cherish life, and not everyone has enough awareness of the outcome of their life of being tortured to death. Many merchants were deterred by rumors of the outrageous murderous customs of goblins, which directly led to the shipping industry in the Sea of Light falling into the Great Depression. Cut off from their main source of income, the pirate syndicate had to follow the prey and gradually move its hunting grounds to the open sea, and under the chain reaction, the supply port of Milley Atoll, which was blessed with golden waterway resources, was also in a recession for the first time.

After coming and going, it seems that the appearance of Luo Zhengdao's small pirate fleet will be extraordinarily welcomed and courteous, and it seems that it is not an incomprehensible thing.

"Hahahaha, distinguished guests, welcome to Milli Atoll, we are a pirate paradise, please enjoy it as if you were back home!"

The barkeeper who met for the first time greeted him warmly, which sounded more like a lame advertising slogan in a certain resort area to Luo Zhengdao, and he smiled and glanced at the bar's furnishings and said:

"Oh, is it safe here?"

Hearing Luo Zhengdao's slightly questioning inquiry, the bar owner leaned back with a smile, and while wiping his wine glass with a white silk scarf, he boasted proudly:

"Hahahaha, of course, there is no need to doubt safety. See the reef outside? It was a natural barrier, and without the pilots we sent, the Yaling fleet would not have thought of breaking in. ”

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao's face was still not happy, he nodded and said:

"Really? That couldn't be better. ”

Looking out through the bar's humble wooden windows, a golden solar projection is shining across the Mili Atoll from the sky, and the white white sand and warm turquoise waters are even more beautiful in the sunlight. The beautiful scenery is as intoxicating as a fairyland on earth, but not far away from the fortress fort made of gray and white rocks, Luo Zhengdao really thinks that this dilapidated place has the leisurely taste of an old-world Southeast Asian island tourist resort.

"Hey, Will, would you like to go with me to the exchange?"

The half-elf beauty greeted at the door of the bar, Luo Zhengdao opened his mouth in surprise when he heard the sound, and asked rhetorically:

"Oh, is there an exchange here, too?"

Hearing this, Vina Dubov rolled her eyes angrily and amusedly, and said:

"Look at what you said, pirates also have to eat, and if they don't cash in the loot, they can't rob a boatload of linen and pull it back to make their own clothes, and if they grab a boatload of salt, they will pull it back and eat it themselves, when will it be used!"

Before crossing into the New World, Luo Zhengdao had never engaged in illegal and undisciplined business, and his outlaw career of licking blood with a knife had only been read in novels. Films and television works involving pirates also seem to focus on depicting those grand fantasy battle scenes rather than the daily life of pirates, how to prepare for robbery and solve the problem of selling stolen goods, which is also reasonable for him to be unfamiliar with this set of business.

Seeing this, Luo Zhengdao, who was scratching his head, smiled self-deprecatingly and said:

"Well, you have a point, no matter how much you read, it's better to see the world with your own eyes, and if you want to increase your knowledge, you have to see it yourself to count."

Out of the bar, Vina Dubov led Luo Zhengdao around the twisted port city for a few circles, making sure that no one was following, and their footsteps stopped in front of a small three-story building painted white, which is also considered one of the most imposing buildings on the Mili Atoll.

To the modern people of the Old World, the profession of piracy is full of mystery, and Hollywood has made entertainment blockbusters such as "Pirates of the Caribbean" to please moviegoers, and the studios have made a lot of money themselves.

The term pirate has a completely different meaning in the cultural circles of the East and the West, and the Oriental people have not experienced the great impact of the great geographical appearance and the Age of Discovery, for them, pirates are those bandits who wear strange costumes to go to sea to plunder, the most typical of which is the description of the Japanese in the Chinese history books. In fact, at that time, more than ninety percent of the so-called Japanese pirates were local maritime merchants in the Ming Dynasty, and the ronin who really came from the Japanese archipelago was not only limited in number, but also appeared as a low-level character who appeared as hired thugs, and the big leaders of the pirate group were all from the Ming Dynasty.

The Zhu Ming dynasty tried to monopolize the huge profits of overseas trade, but instead of reviving the idea of overseas trade in the Song and Yuan dynasties, it issued a ban on the sea, in a vain attempt to put all the benefits of overseas trade into its own pocket.

As the saying goes, cutting off people's financial means is like killing parents. A red-headed essay could not stop people's strong desire for wealth, and the harsh punishment of the law could not stop the violation of the ban. When the Ming Dynasty did not ban the sea, these people were maritime merchants engaged in trade, and once the ban on the sea was promulgated, they became pirates, so the Ming Dynasty's Japanese were repeatedly banned.

In the consciousness of Westerners, the image of pirates is much more positive, and pirates have become the material carriers of adventure and spirit. Imagine the inspirational story of those poor boys who came from humble backgrounds and had nothing, who ventured to sail to the skies on a sailing ship, to seize wealth and honor on a distant land, and return home a few years later. Leaving aside whether their sources of wealth are legitimate or not, or whether their methods are vile, the story of a poor man turning over and getting rich is incendiary in itself. Therefore, in Western culture, the spirit of piracy represents not only the simplicity of going to sea to plunder wealth, but also a great dream that is difficult to realize.

Luo Zhengdao followed Vina Dubov into the gate of the exchange, and entered the exchange that served the pirate sales, and suddenly he found himself in the middle of a large display of goods. This is not a department store, although many of the goods on display are also samples, and you have to go to the dock warehouse to pick up the goods, and the exchange is not engaged in retail, and the minimum transaction amount is calculated in barrels and boxes.

The well-informed exchange owner raised his eyes to see a gorgeously dressed young man and a half-elf beauty appear together, and he smiled unsurprisingly and got up to greet the two, and said enthusiastically as if he had seen an old friend:

"What the two guests want, just look at it yourself, if you want to sell the goods, please remember to bring samples."

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