"Thank you." After everything was over, Honig left, and the pirates of the Jackdaw received their share, Karina walked up to Zhang Heng and said gratefully.

The businesswoman couldn't imagine what would have happened on the beach last night if Zhang Heng hadn't come back in time.

Her thinking has always stayed on the commercial struggle, how to compete with Malcolm for the captain, compete for the purchase price, break through the blockade of the Black Merchants Alliance, at most because of her father's experience, pay attention to the port problem, avoid Malcolm's family's most powerful seaports, and never expected that the other party would directly tear off his face and send pirates to intercept the Breeze.

This hasn't happened on the island for a long time.

The group of pirates Malcolm contacted didn't belong to Nassau, so they didn't have to worry about breaking the rules of the island, and last night was Karina's first real encounter with the dark side of the world.

She has changed a lot in the past few months in Nassau, from blushing when she first talked to men, to now being able to bargain with a group of fierce captains, getting praise from Malone and others, and the businesswoman also feels that she has integrated here.

So much so that she even forgot that she was dealing with a group of murderous pirates, and that last night, the guy named Wilton had managed to awaken all the fears in her heart on the beach.

The knife in the other's hand was less than two centimeters away from her neck, the closest Karina had ever come to death in her life.

"I'm also responsible for the matter of the Skull, it's me who keeps you aggressive, I underestimated the danger, I didn't expect Malcolm to do it so quickly," Zhang Heng looked around, the second-hand goods trading office has been very lively since it opened in the early morning, and there was a long queue in front of the door, "It seems that you have done a good job in the recent period, which has brought a lot of pressure to the Black Merchants Alliance." ”

Karina smiled wryly when she heard this, "It's just that it looks lively, but in fact, it doesn't make much money, and now it's just barely making ends meet, and in the end it still depends on your Jackdaw." ”

"How many captains have privately approached you during my time at sea?"

"There were four of them who cooperated before, and some of them were interested, and we were negotiating, but because Malcolm issued a statement later, only two were still willing to cooperate with us, and the others turned to wait and see, but now the situation has improved, especially after you killed Wilton's gang, many people have begun to believe that we can stay on the island, and just now there was even a captain who expressed his willingness to give up the Black Merchant Alliance and establish a long-term cooperative relationship with us, although their strength is not too strong, but it is much better than these guys."

The businesswoman raised an eyebrow at the ragged pirates in front of the second-hand goods exchange, complaining that they hadn't given two more copper pesos.

"But now there's a problem, if we continue to expand, one transport ship is no longer enough."

"Wilton has two ships, his flagship Skull needs to be repaired before it can be used, but the other ship is intact, that ship doesn't have as much firepower as the Skull, but it has more space, it should be suitable for a transport ship, the only problem is that the ship used to be a pirate ship, and if it is recognized in the harbor, it might cause trouble."

"It's nothing, Wilton himself said that he rarely survived his raids, and there shouldn't be many people who have seen the ship, and I will have the ship remodeled before leaving the port, even those who have seen it will not recognize it."

The businesswoman obviously thought about this question in advance, "As for manpower, we can recruit on the island on the spot, in fact, these guys are good, there are many young people among them, they can't make much money as pirates, as long as they have a job to make a living, they are willing to work as sailors on transport ships, and the requirements for wages are not high, and the most important thing is that they are people from the island, even if they are not good, there are many relatives and friends on the island, if the situation of last night occurs again, the people on the island will no longer sit idly by." ”

Zhang Heng nodded and added, "In the future, when I am not there, if there is any emergency, you can also go to the Black Prince Sam or Honeyegg, they will help, and it is best for you to recruit a team of people to protect your safety, the number of people is not too many, there are four or five people, and you can deal with some emergencies." ”

After Zhang Heng finished speaking, he saw that Karina wanted to speak and stopped, and asked again, "What's wrong?" ”

"One more thing, I don't know if I'm thinking too much, I worked with a few pirate ships before, and I didn't think that I could keep it a secret from the Black Merchant Alliance, but we did do some secrecy measures, and it stands to reason that Malcolm shouldn't have found out so quickly, but it didn't take long for us to warn me.

"At first I thought it was leaked out from a few pirate groups that cooperated with me, you know, those pirates are very difficult to keep any secrets, as long as a glass of rum and a little special service of the Theater, they will confide everything they know, but then I realized a problem, if it is really a leak from their side, Malcolm should only have one or two pieces of information, there is no reason to be so clear about my actions, although he didn't say it explicitly when we met, but he always gave me a feeling, It was as if he knew everything about me. ”

"So you think it's someone from our side who leaked the news?" Zhang Heng asked.

"I don't know, I've picked people I can trust, and I've kept as few people as possible who have access to it, including the vast majority of the sailors on the Breeze, who don't know what they're transporting." The businesswoman said.

"Is there anyone suspicious?"

Karina hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke, "Jim, he is young and literate, he was originally the bookkeeper on the Breeze, and Marlon recommended him to me. After my father was imprisoned, most of the old sailors on the Breeze were gone, many of whom my father used to value people with high salaries, but Jim stayed, he was the one who only came on board last year, and it stands to reason that the sense of belonging should not be so strong, and with his ability, even if he left the Breeze, he would not be able to find a new job.

"I don't know much about him, but he stayed in our most difficult time and helped a lot, so Malone and I both trusted him, plus he was very serious about his work, so I took him off the Breeze and followed me to take stock of the goods, including the booty that had been privately acquired, he knew where it came from, and he was one of the few people who knew the route of the Breeze."