Officials always have an absolute psychological advantage in front of businessmen, and it can even be said that almost all officials have a contemptuous attitude towards businessmen.

This is probably because officials rely on a strong bureaucratic system behind them, and they naturally have a psychological advantage when facing businessmen who fight alone.

But this rule does not apply to Ford Benjamin and his Panama Company, it is true that the Panama Company is indeed a commercial company, but at the same time it is also a commercial company with extremely strong military colors, which gives Ford Benjamin a special aura, which can make Ford Benjamin defy the vast majority of the world's authorities, and also make Quentin Nick's psychological advantage in front of Ford Benjamin not so obvious.

When Ford Benjamin walked towards Quentin Nick, several burly men appeared out of nowhere, seemingly inadvertently surrounding Ford Benjamin, faintly forming a semi-encirclement formation for Quentin Nick.

These big men are definitely well-trained professionals, several of them are bald, only one or two have very short stubble, with their indifferent expressions and bathrobes with obvious bulges at the waist, like a group of death row prisoners who have just escaped from prison, exuding the smell of no one entering the living, almost without tattooing the words "I am not a good person" directly on their faces.

Among them, Ford Benjamin was clearly the absolute leader, until Ford Benjamin walked up to Quentin Nick, Quentin Nick found that Ford Benjamin had two strange patterns tattooed on his neck, which seemed to be from the ancient empire of the East, Quentin Nick had seen similar square words on an ancient book in the Viscount's study.

"Is it pretty?" Ford Benjamin noticed Quentin Nick's gaze, and pulled down the bathrobe very cooperatively, so as to display the whole pattern in front of Quentin Nick: "This is the Chinese character used by the Chinese, 'loyalty' represents loyalty, symbolizing the absolute loyalty of our Panamanian company to the customer's requirements, as long as we accept the commission, we will resolutely complete, no matter how arduous the commission is, and this word is ' 'Brave', which means that our Panamanian company will never retreat in the face of the enemy, even if we fight to the last man, we will complete the customer's entrustment. ”

Ford Benjamin explained it very clearly, but alas, Quentin Nick didn't believe a word.

Oh no, Quentin Nick believes in Ford Benjamin's partial explanation of these two words, but he doesn't believe that Ford Benjamin's explanation of loyalty and bravery is only for customers, there are so many languages in the world, why Ford Benjamin has two Chinese characters tattooed on his neck, this is worth speculating.

Thinking of the name that has appeared more and more frequently in Quentin Nick's ears in recent times, Quentin Nick has reason to believe that Ford Benjamin's tattoo of two Chinese characters on his neck definitely has another meaning.

"It's a very good explanation, and it's in line with the philosophy of the Panamanian company, and if you can really do both, then I believe that sooner or later, the Panamanian company will attract the attention of the world." Although Quentin Nick doesn't believe a word of what Ford Benjamin says, Quentin Nick can still be polite, which is also an essential quality as a politician.

"We don't want the world to be noticed, you know, the Panamanian company represents war and death, so we're a bunch of 'ominous people', if possible, I hope that the Panamanian company never existed, maybe you think I'm talking nonsense, but I want to emphasize that it's from the bottom of my heart." Ford Benjamin's words surprised Quentin Nick, but also made Quentin Nick unexpectedly have a good impression of Ford Benjamin, at least, Ford Benjamin has a clear understanding of himself, and Ford Benjamin is not taboo about this, which means that Ford Benjamin still maintains the most basic honesty.

"We all want peace in the world, and although we all know that this is not possible, and now I have this conundrum before me, you know, I am administering the Bahamas on behalf of Lord Viscount, but now there is a group of pirates in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the southern Bahamas, and their presence has brought disaster and chaos to the entire Bahamas, which is unacceptable to all people with a sense of justice—" Quentin Nick quickly got to the point, not wanting to waste his tongue on the topic of "world peace".

When it comes to world peace, there is a fact that Quentin Nick cannot face: it is not mercenaries like Ford Benjamin who really threaten world peace, but politicians like Quentin Nick.

It is precisely because of the ambition of politicians that there will be strife and war in the world, and the mercenaries represented by Ford Benjamin are only the main body of execution, not the start of the war, the two are fundamentally different, just like the women who linger in the swimming pool, they are divided into two categories, one is forced by life, so they have to sell their only commodity to maintain their lives; The other is looking forward to some kind of romantic chance encounter to satisfy their empty life.

On the surface, these two people seem to be no different, but in fact they are completely different, as for which is more noble?

I'm sorry, they have nothing to do with the word "noble".

"Ha, pirates—that doesn't seem to be a problem for the British Empire." Ford Benjamin laughed, thinking he had told a bad joke.

Everyone knows that the British Empire was founded on pirates, and it sounds ironic that an Englishman is now worried about pirates.

"The British Empire is so big that it's normal to have corners where the Queen's brilliance doesn't shine." Quentin Nick didn't feel Ford Benjamin's humor, all he could feel was the embarrassment.

Well, the embarrassment of the face, how to deal with it lightly, is also one of the compulsory courses for politicians, if he is angry at the slightest provocation, then Quentin Nick is not qualified to be trusted by Lord Viscount at all.

As for piracy, although this is the capital of Britain, Britain, which has successfully landed on the shore, is not soft on dealing with pirates, and does not care about the slightest bit of incense.

The British are not afraid to mention that period of history, and even for most British, when it comes to that period of history, what they really feel in their hearts is not embarrassment, and there is some pride that cannot be described in words, which is probably because of Britain's current international status, after all, the whole of Europe was full of pirates, and all countries tried to complete the primitive accumulation of capital with sea plunder, the British did this, and the Spaniards and Dutch did the same, but only Britain successfully went ashore and became the only "sun never sets" in the world Empire, so the British had mixed feelings about pirates.

Of course, the existence of pirates is not so wonderful for Quentin Nick, who now only wants to capture the pirates of the Turks and Caicos Islands and hang them all at the gates of Nassau, so as to make an example.

"How many pirates are there? I need to know the size of the pirates before I can make a budget. "Ford Benjamin is starting to get into shape.

"They have about five or six ships, and the number of them is about five hundred to six hundred, no more than eight hundred, and the only problem now is that we don't know where the pirates' nests are, only the areas they frequent—" Quentin Nick truthfully stated what he knew, without proper embellishment.

"The foothold of pirates is not a problem, this is our scope of work, given the scale of pirates, we need to dispatch about 1,000 people, the period is about three months, if our company's employees need to go out to work, each person needs a certain subsidy in addition to the basic salary every month, the specific cost per person is about 200 US dollars, three months is about 600,000 US dollars, equivalent to about 130,000 pounds." Ford Benjamin was quick to give a budget, just for the labor costs, not counting the remuneration to be paid to the Panamanian company.

"130,000 pounds — that's too much." Even if it's just labor costs, Quentin Nick doesn't feel acceptable.

130,000 pounds, this number can be big or small, for a behemoth like the Horse Group, 130,000 pounds is not worth mentioning, any subsidiary of the Horse Group, any of them will have a profit much higher than this figure every month, but for the Bahamas, this money is not small, especially for the Viscount, who is known for his miserliness, Quentin Nick can now have a hunch that if he wants the Viscount to come up with this money, unless it is to wait until the end of the world.

During the American Civil War, the tax revenue of the Bahamas experienced a period of rapid growth due to smuggling to the south of the United States, but since then, the tax revenue of the Bahamas has deteriorated, and now the average annual average may not reach 130,000 pounds, so it seems that 130,000 pounds is really not a small number, if this problem is not solved, then maybe the Viscount will choose to coexist with pirates, which may be more economical.

"Actually, this figure does not include the fees paid to the Panamanian company, and all the costs add up to about 200,000 pounds." Ford Benjamin once again stabbed Quentin Nick's already broken heart.

"No, no, it's impossible, there's no way we're going to accept the price." Quentin Nick immediately vetoed it, not to mention the Viscount, even Quentin Nick felt unacceptable.

Ford Benjamin seemed to have anticipated Quentin Nick's reaction, his expression did not fluctuate, and even the hand holding the wine glass did not move at all, and the amber liquid in the wine glass did not shake at all, seeing that Quentin Nick was about to stand up and brush his sleeves away, Ford Benjamin gave another plan: "If the Bahamas has difficulties in paying, then there is another way, we all know that the Bahamas is made up of more than 700 islands, if you are not willing to pay cash, Then maybe we can come up with one or two islands, so that our Panamanian company can also accept it. ”

Ford Benjamin also has a good calculation, look at the map, you know, the Bahamas is one of the three archipelago of the West Indies, although in general, the Bahamas is considered to be a group of islands in the Caribbean, but in fact the Bahamas is not in the Caribbean, but is located in the North Atlantic Ocean outside the mouth of the Florida Channel.

If the Panamanian company can establish a foothold in the Bahamas, then the Panamanian company will have a strong fulcrum on the left and right sides of the Caribbean, forming an effective clamp on the entire Caribbean region, and then the Panamanian company will be able to expand its business to the entire Caribbean region, which is a leap forward for the Panamanian company.

"Islands—this is negotiable." Quentin Nick didn't think that far ahead and began to think about the outcome that would be best for him.

It can't be said that Quentin Nick doesn't have a strategic vision like Ford Benjamin, it can only be said that Quentin Nick's vision has been limited to the Bahamas and has not thought about issues outside the Bahamas at all, so it seems that Quentin Nick is not as good as Ford Benjamin, in fact, this is all an illusion, Ford Benjamin is at most a martial artist with a little more powerful combat power than ordinary people without the support of the internal think tank of the Panamanian company.

That's right, the Panamanian company has already formed a nearly complete think tank within the company, thanks to the cooperation of the US Department of War, if not so many staff officers joined the Panamanian company, then the Panamanian company would still be a pure combat organization, and there would be no idea of opening up the entire Caribbean business at all.

"As I said in advance, the island used for compensation must have fresh water and a port suitable for expansion, and the size of the island should not be too small, in fact, in my opinion, Great Inagua Island is a good choice." Ford Benjamin made a bid to target the island of Great Inagua, which is clinging to the Cuban Strait.

Great Inagua Island is located at the northern tip of the Bahamas, coincidentally, just near the pirate-infested Turks and Caicos Islands, Great Inagua Island is 160 kilometers long and 22 kilometers wide, including a large number of nearby coral reef islands, covering an area of more than 1,600 square kilometers.

"Big Inagua, let's have a good talk." Although the area of Great Inagua, it is clear that in Quentin Nick's case, Great Inagua is not without the possibility of becoming a bargaining chip, and considering the size of Great Inagua, it may be that the Panamanian company will also need to compensate the Bahamian government with some cash.

It's obviously a matter of paying money, but now it may turn into making money, Quentin Nick immediately lifted his spirits, as for whether this deal is cost-effective in the future, Quentin Nick doesn't care about this, anyway, even if he is scolded, it is the Viscount's business, and it has nothing to do with Quentin Nick.