Hua Hu, who has been struggling at the bottom of the society and is accustomed to seeing people's warmth and warmth, looked moved, he walked behind Shi Shaoying and said in a low voice: "What he means is that it doesn't matter who owns those boats, Abdushir is paying the 'protection fee' to the boss at the top." ”

York seemed to have a pair of tailwind ears, or he guessed what the flower fox said in Shi Shaoying's ear, he said leisurely: "You must want to ask again, Abdushir is the king and hegemon in the city of Elle, and is in a position where he can attack and retreat, and there is a good brother who occupies the mountain in Puntland Province in Somalia and guards another piece of territory for him, as the so-called sky is high and the emperor is far away, who can threaten him, and why should he consider himself a junior brother and pay 'protection money' to the boss?" ”

"The navies of the world must strictly abide by some laws and regulations when facing pirates, and without sufficient evidence, they cannot kill the other party because they suspect that the other party is a pirate; But it's a different story for pirates to deal with pirates. ”

York's eyes flashed with a gleam: "They are not restricted by any rules at all, those veteran pirate groups can attack Abdushir's 'young marshal' captain at any time and in any place, the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not at the same level at all, no matter how those Abdushir subordinates resist, the final outcome is the destruction of the ship." They can even slaughter a few freighters in the waters around the Gulf of Aden, and do a few angry things, which is enough to make Abdushir eat and not go around! ”

If it is really as York said, there is a group of powerful but little-known pirates who aim to attack Abdushir and snipe Abdushir's men everywhere in the waters of the Gulf of Aden, they can indeed cut off all the tentacles that lead Abdushir to the sea, so that Abdushir can no longer earn less than a penny through the sea, and finally can only honestly retreat to the mountains.

For Abdushir, who had become accustomed to plundering wealth through the sea, it was obviously very difficult for him to return to the mountains and endure poverty while fighting a protracted war of attrition with the warlords around him.

This 40 percent "protection fee" must be paid by Abdushir if he does not pay it!

"It's not that we are unkind, and we have to take such a high 'protection fee' every time."

York sighed, looking helpless, "This is the third time that we have sent this kind of invitation to Abdushir for the 'sea athletic competition', as long as his contestants can show their strength in the competition, so that everyone can find that the Somali pirates are not easy to pinch persimmons, and if they really move, the victory or defeat is not one-sided, and the amount of the 'protection fee' will be negotiable; But Abdushir is not angry, the first two teams didn't even pass the first level, and they were all wiped out, Internet pigtail writer brother, you say, like him, a guy who is not famous, and who occupies a geographical advantage and can make money every day, we don't bully him, who do we bully? ”

It turns out that the so-called "sea athletic competition" is a competition between some of the world's old pirate families and the emerging members of Somali pirates!

The pirate-infested seas of the world are a huge piece of cake in their eyes, or an ATM that can be used again and again. Whoever has a big enough fist can cut the biggest piece of cake and even live a happy life without work, while those weak pirate groups either keep relying on people to pay the "protection fee" honestly, or they will try to make themselves strong enough to be recognized by those old pirate families and get rid of the fate of being bullied.

Every industry has its own set of "rules", and there are bullying behaviors, even if it is a pirate, it will never be an exception!

"Shi Shaoying, we haven't been together for a long time, but I must say that I like you very much."

York has the enthusiasm unique to Westerners, and he makes no secret of his affection for Shi Shaoying, for which he even told Shi Shaoying some insider information: "In order for you to really understand what the 'Sea Athletic Competition' is, I will make an exception to tell you about a certain member of the group of 'Old Pirate Groups'." By the way, have you ever heard of Vikings? ”

Shi Shaoying nodded.

Vikings, this group in Hollywood movies, without exception, are synonymous with barbarism and brutality, they are armed with round shields, battle axes and horned helmets, always playing the opposite role. As long as it was about sailing and knighthood in the Middle Ages, they always had a place.

The reason why it has such a high appearance rate is because this pirate team is too strong! Strong enough to once sweep across the European continent!!

Vikings are arguably the most powerful warriors in human history, and if two Vikings of different factions and hostile to each other meet in the middle of the sea, they will tie their warships together with ropes without saying a word, put a plank between the two bows, and then all the people with weapons will line up on the ship, take turns to walk to the plank and fight each other!

Everyone who walks onto the plank faces the same fate: kill everyone on the other side, or be killed by the other party, and then wait for their companions behind them to avenge themselves!

If someone is scared, they can jump into the sea to escape, no one will chase such an escapee, but once this choice is made, such a person will be completely abandoned.

In this kind of serial heads-up of the brave who wins on the narrow road, the first to stand on the bow of the ship must be the strongest warriors on both sides, they are ** upper body, holding a shield in their left hand and a long sword or battle axe in their right hand, while roaring wildly, while the enemy broke out the bloodiest and craziest collision on the narrow battlefield, in the blood splash, the wooden plank that represents the honor and strength of the Vikings under their feet was dyed red again and again.

They clearly know that if they take a step back, the whole tribe will lose the foundation of survival, so the Vikings will fight to the death, and in the roar of rage, they will stimulate their life potential again and again, and turn themselves into the craziest beasts!

The North Sea, of course, became the world of Vikings, and that's not all, these powerful pirates even crossed Gibraltar and rushed all the way into the Mediterranean. These craziest sea warriors advancing along the coastline have made European countries suffer, they rob the weak of their supplies, and then use them to do business with the strong to strengthen themselves, and when they find that they are already strong enough to defeat the partners in front of them, they will not hesitate to raise their weapons against the business partners, turning the other party into a fat sheep robbed by themselves.

Thousands of years ago, Vikings became a nightmare for the entire European world, and they even besieged Paris, the capital of France, although they did not finally besiege Paris, but they turned the world upside down, forcing the then French king Charles III and the Viking leader Rollo to make a covenant, not only to bring the area around the mouth of the Seine to Rollo's jurisdiction, but even to make Rollo a duke. In order to avoid being attacked by pirates after landing, it is not known how many kings of European countries at that time paid a staggering amount of "protection money" to the Vikings.

It is because the Vikings have the more angry and crazy the more powerful the combat power, so they are called berserker, that is, in many myths, the most powerful combat power, once they go crazy on the battlefield, they will set off a bloody storm, and even attack everyone around them regardless of whether they are enemies or friends!

The "Norse Berserkers" that are used in cartoons and web novels refer to the strongest of the Vikings!

As for the final fate of the Vikings...... The pirates represented by Rollo, who abandoned the sea to live on the mainland, were influenced by Christianity, and their vigor was still there, but their wildness had gradually faded, until they were assimilated by the entire European continent and became complete Europeans.

But there is another place that retains the most primitive bloodline of the Vikings.

Thousands of years ago, when the original indigenous inhabitants of the Volga River basin were Slavs, and the tribes were fighting with each other, some people went to Northern Europe to invite the most powerful Viking mercenary group. Thanks to the active performance of the Viking mercenaries, the Varangiran won the civil war. It also opened the door to the Vikings who originally lived in northern Europe, and a large number of Viking immigrants poured into the Volga River valley, known locally as "rus".

In 882 AD, Grand Duke Oleg, the leader of the Vikings, established a Viking state in the Volga River valley called Rusiand, which is still standing despite the storms, but the name of the country was slightly changed to Russia, which is now China's most important strategic partner...... Russia!

Perhaps it is because of the purest blood of the Vikings that the Russians are so brave and good at war!

Throughout human history, it is possible to levy "protection fees" from sovereign countries, and even went to the peak of power in European countries, and even seized the throne and ruled England for 20 years.

"Now that you know the history of Vikings, it's easy."

Yorke really stirred up a thousand waves at this point: "If I tell you, not all Vikings were assimilated by the European continent, and not all of the rest moved to the Volga Valley, but some of them still chose to stay on the sea for various reasons, and continued to be pirates, and they have been passed down from generation to generation, and they still exist today." I don't know this news, can it give you a more intuitive understanding of the opponents of the 'Sea Athletic Competition'? ”

“……”

Even if he was already aware of it, when he heard the news, Huahu was still stunned

(To be continued)