The mustachioed man's name is Hank, and he is a well-known intelligence dealer on the island, and he knows many captains who come and go to Nassau, so he has accumulated a lot of information sources, and many pirates have bought clues from him before.

When Billy was still on the Sea Lion, he also followed Orff to find the latter, and he also met Hank at that time, and the two had a few drinks together later, and the relationship should be good, so Billy would only ask him to buy information before going to sea this time.

Although Hank may seem a little unassuming, he naturally has his own uniqueness in being able to do business on the island for such a long time.

He will score a clue by the value of the prey, the level of detail of the intelligence, and the credibility of the intelligence source, and finally estimate the value of the clue together.

Like the news of the perfume ship, it has a high score in terms of prey value and the credibility of the intelligence source, only the detail of the intelligence is slightly worse, but it can already be called a very high-quality clue.

Therefore, Hank's offer is also very high, asking for two Spanish gold coins when he opens his mouth, and Billy finally spends ten Spanish gold coins to choose to buy out the transaction for the sake of insurance, which means that this clue can no longer be sold to other pirates except for the Jackdaw.

Later, Hank also reciprocated with gifts, and gave the news of the tobacco ship Duffy on the same route, which also made Billy completely relieved and full of confidence in the maiden voyage of the Jackdaw.

But what happened after that was completely unexpected, and if it weren't for the businesswoman Karina boarding the ship halfway and providing the important news about the spice ship, the Jackdaw would have been waiting for the harsh reality of returning empty-handed.

Although Billy is not as cunning as Orff, he is not a fool, and he has already begun to be suspicious when the perfume boat has been missing for a long time, but this kind of thing does have a high probability of happening, and he can't immediately dismiss the second clue because the first clue fails, so it doesn't make any sense for him to buy a spare lead.

But then the direction of things just confirmed his fears, two clues in a row failed at the same time, Billy also realized that he was trapped, but what he didn't understand was that he and Hank had gotten along fairly well over the years, and the Jackdaw had no conflict of interest with the latter, so why did the intelligence traffickers suddenly put him in this way.

The three of them came to the Mermaid's House today to find out about this matter.

Hank recognized who the person outside the door was at the first time, recently Zhang Heng is probably the most famous person on the entire island, when the Jackdaw first appeared outside the harbor in Nassau, Hank also went to the dock to see the excitement, he did the work of an intelligence dealer, and expanding the network of interpersonal networks is naturally a very important part of it, so he is no stranger to the Jackdaw and its new captain.

The intelligence dealer struggled to get up from the ground, and he didn't care about wiping the stains off his clothes, and showed a wry smile to the man in black in front of him, "I made it very clear when I sold clues, and there is no guarantee that every clue is absolutely effective, even the most credible clues will have all kinds of accidents, such as the target suddenly changed course halfway, accidentally bumped into other pirates, weather factors, etc., if you don't believe it, you can ask your helmsman, I emphasized the risks to him at the time......"

Hank took a breath and continued, "Of course, I also deeply regret what happened to you, but fortunately, you have nothing to lose in the end, so why don't we take a step back, and I will return the money I received to you, how about turning the page on this matter?" ”

Zhang Heng on the other side was noncommittal, and at this time, Anne and Billy also walked out of the back door of the tavern, and the three of them surrounded Hank in the corner.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the intelligence dealer hurriedly added, "Well, besides, before you go to sea next time, I can also send you a few more valuable clues for free, and this time I can guarantee that there will be no more accidents." ”

Hank's back leaned against the cold stone wall, trying to keep his composure, in the past, there would be people who came back to him because of inaccurate clues, but he was witty to deal with the past, there are not many intelligence dealers on the island, and they usually compete with each other, but they are still very grouped at critical times, and a colleague was killed before, and no one sold clues to the pirate ship after finding out who the murderer was, and finally forced the pirate ship to change its captain.

The informant looked at Billy, who was an old man on the island, and it was impossible not to have heard of it, and as a good helmsman, he should now warn his captain of the dire consequences of doing so.

However, Billy didn't react, just looked at him coldly.

Hank then saw the red-haired female pirate on the other side pull out the dagger at her waist and smile at him.

The next moment, the intelligence dealer only felt a chill on his chest, lowered his head, and was horrified to find that his flax fir had been cut, and the tip of the dagger had pierced into his skin, less than two centimeters away from his heart, as long as the red-haired girl on the opposite side gently pressed the palm of his hand, he would explain here tonight.

Hank was really panicked this time, but he didn't expect this group of people to play cards completely out of the rules, and the intelligence dealer's voice was already crying, and he trembled, "You...... How much compensation do you want, at least give me a number. ”

"We don't need any compensation," Zhang Heng finally spoke, "but we need you to answer a few questions truthfully in the future." ”

"What do you want to know?" Hank's expression was a little shocked when he heard this.

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A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Heng and the three of them walked out of the alley, and Anne put the dagger back into her waist, frowning, "Malcolm, do any of you know this guy, why did he come to trouble us?" ”

"Malcolm is the number two in the Black Merchants Alliance, and this guy's family has a lot of power in the New World," Billy said, who was most familiar with the situation on the island, explained to the red-haired girl, "Don't ignore this man's personal abilities because of the family behind him, Malcolm came to Nassau about four years ago, and when he first came to the island, he had nothing but a transport ship, and his family was far away in New York, and he could facilitate him at the port customs, but he couldn't help much in Nassau, he was almost self-made." , so now he has maintained a good cooperative relationship with more than a dozen pirate ships, and last year the black prince Sam also began to cooperate with him, so he is definitely one of the most noteworthy figures in the Black Merchant Alliance. ”