The next day, at noon.

A red-billed seagull stretched out its snow-white wings across the sky and circled for a while before landing on the deck of the Stinger. At its feet was a yellow wooden tube the size of a little thumb, which the veteran of the sea knew at a glance that it represented a more urgent letter.

A pirate hurriedly ran over and took down the wooden tube, but did not dare to disassemble it, and trotted open the door of the captain's room and handed it to Xia Mang. Unfolding the rolled up letter and placing it in front of him, Xia Mang's gaze swept over it, and then he ordered the pirate next to him with an expressionless face: "Convene a high-level meeting." ”

After all, it was a ship and not a city, and the captain's order was conveyed quickly, and a few minutes later several high-ranking officials on the ship gathered in a small conference room next to the captain's quarters. Fang Yan, who was a boatswain, was also qualified to attend the meeting, and after he arrived, he sat in the back seat, waiting for the gathering of the ship's top brass.

After everyone closed the door, Xia Mang, who was sitting on the main seat, spoke: "I just got the secret report, about three hours ago, the giant merchant Gilgamesh of Zuan left the Noxian seaport to personally transport a batch of goods back to Zuan, considering that the merchant ship should arrive in ten days. ”

"This shipment is very valuable, at least worth 2o thousand gold coins." Glancing at everyone, Xia Mang emphasized.

Everyone present gasped in unison.

2o million gold coins!

For ordinary people, 2o million gold coins is a number, and they can't intuitively feel the impact of it, but most of you here are big pirates who have been on the sea for many years, and even the newcomer Fang Yan is not an ordinary person who has never seen the world, everyone can appreciate how amazing this wealth is!

For example, the most common currency in Ionia is the Ionian banknote, which has a 1ooo:1 exchange ratio to gold coins, which means that one gold coin is equivalent to 1ooo Ionian banknotes. In a small, remote place like Windmill Village, 1ooo Ionian is enough for a family to spend a month, while the average worker in Prestian earns about 2ooo Ionian dollars a month, or more simply, 1 Ionian can buy two steamed buns - ordinary steamed buns, of course, not high-end goods like Ahri buns. (Well, it's hard to say, intuitively 1 ionian is equal to 1 yuan.) ）

2o million gold coins is equivalent to 200 million ionian coins!

Even in front of these pirates who are accustomed to seeing big scenes, 2o million gold coins is a considerable amount of money, and no pirate in the entire sea dares to pat his chest and say that he is not moved! Anyone!

Pirates are a group of profit-chasing people!

Seeing the fanatical expressions of everyone present, Xia Mang said: "This cargo is half of Gilgamesh's wealth, and for safety, he spent a lot of money to pay the Noxus military top brass to send a pair of standard warships to escort it. What do you think? ”

Xia Mang turned his gaze to the crowd.

In fact, there was no need for Xia Mang to say more, a green light appeared in the eyes of everyone, including Fang Yan, would anyone raise any objections? Not to mention that they themselves are all moved, if anyone dares to raise the slightest objection at this time, the rest of the people will immediately let him understand what it means to be a pirate!

"Very good, it seems that everyone is on the same page." Xia Mang nodded in satisfaction, his gaze swept over everyone, and he deliberately asked Fang Yan, "My boatswain, are you going to use your combat autonomy this time?" ”

"Captain! I'm going to fight on the front line! Fang Yan's answer was so categorical!

Even without the temptation of gold, when facing Noxus and its allies, Fang Yan would fight to the end, regardless of whether it was a serious merchant ship or not, the hatred between Ionia and Noxus could not be resolved for a long time. What's more, this time there is such a huge amount of wealth as a stimulus, if he dares to say the word "no", Fang Yan will kill himself!

"Unanimously passed. Next, I analyze the situation we will face. Xia Mang rested his arm firmly on the conference table, and said in a tone with a hint of coldness, "First of all, the Noxian fleet guarding next to the merchant ships, and we can only die in a head-on battle with our own strength." ”

Quiescence.

The crowd that slowly came to their senses from the impact of huge wealth looked at each other and had to admit it. Although the combat effectiveness of the "Bayonet" can be ranked in the forefront of the entire Sea of Watch, after all, there is only one ship, and the fleet sent by Noxus to escort under Gilgamesh's heavy money is by no means mediocre, and at the level of the strong, it is certain that there will be heroic-level combat power, or even more than one.

After pausing for a moment and watching everyone fall into thought, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Xia Mang's mouth: "Don't forget your peers, in the face of the smell of money, the pirate's nose is smarter than a mouse, and there must be many people who know this news." When it comes time to face Gilgamesh, I believe there will be many acquaintances. ”

At this time, Fang Yan suddenly interjected: "Alliance? ”

Xia Mang nodded and sneered: "Only the three pirate kings who can eat this big fish in one bite are the three major pirate kings, and they will have to pay the price of great damage, and when the time comes, they will face countless hungry sharks around them who have rushed to smell blood...... Even the craziest plague of the seas in the Pirate King does not dare to arouse the anger of the public, and at the same time, even the Pirate King will only fall against so many pirates, so it is imperative to form an alliance. Of course, after the fact, we have to be more careful of the 'allies' around us, these guys are opportunists who eat people and do not spit out bones. ”

At this time, the experienced first mate on the ship spoke: "Captain, according to what I have seen, there should not be many pirate groups that can catch up, at most there are more than a dozen. After speaking, he turned his head to look at Xia Mang.

Receiving Xia Mang's eyes, the first mate continued: "To be able to catch up with this feast, there must be several conditions, one is enough well-informed information, and the other is a fast enough ship. The distance between Noxus and Zaun is already very close, and most of the roads are near the sea, and there are less than ten pirate groups that can reach the best ambush location before the merchant ships arrive in Zaun after hearing the news, plus there are no more than twenty pirate groups cruising in the waters around there, so the situation we will face after that should not be complicated. ”

Xia Mangji: "You're right, I've thought about this issue before, and I've probably deduced some noteworthy acquaintances. First, of course, the three pirate kings, our mother group Whitebeard Daddy, they will definitely be able to catch up, and then, of course, the sea disaster is indispensable. As for the other Dark Lord, I don't think he's coming, he's always been mysterious and desireless. ”

"And, of course, our good friend Blackbeard, how could this kind of scene be without him." When Blackbeard was spoken, a cold smile appeared on the corner of Xia Mang's mouth, and most of the people present who knew chose to ignore it, only Holly sighed.

"Needless to say, the rest of the pirates should know that they are not a big threat. The only thing I'm not sure about is if Miss Doom will sail her No. 1 Clipper at Sea to 'punish the filthy pirates and seize the spoils' after we've split the spoils and leave. Anything else to add? Xia Mang looked up at the crowd.

After waiting for a while, no one spoke, and Holly suddenly said, "Xia Mang, Edward shouldn't come." ”

"Oh?" Shaman's gaze turned to Hawley, who was next to his deputy.

Hawley said: "This incident is a big test, Edward should take this opportunity to train you and Marshall, he has long passed the age of fighting for wealth, and now he is simply enjoying life at sea." ”

After thinking for a moment, Chamang agreed with Holly's statement, and said to everyone with an unchanged face: "If Daddy Whitebeard really didn't come, the leader should be Planck, which is not good news for us." I'll think slowly about how to deal with Planck, and now what we need is to change course and move forward! ”

"Adjournment! Everyone, get ready! ”

"Good!" A loud voice rang out, with an unconcealed excitement in it, and everyone rushed out of the door of the conference room at full speed, shouting and giving orders to the pirates below.

In the huge conference room, in the blink of an eye, only Xia Mang was left sitting in place calmly, facing the empty hall with a habitual cold arrogance on his face.

"Won't Whitebeard come? It's a shame. Xia Mang whispered to herself, a cold light flashing in her eyes.

(ps: The second more energetic code is out, the computer is running out of battery, good night everyone.) ）