Chapter 10: The East India Company
"Sir, a convoy has been spotted, but a message from the other party claiming to be an East India Company cargo ship asking us to avoid it."
A bearded pirate in the captain's room said respectfully to Shang Biao that there was an item in front of him that resembled a crystal mirror.
Seven dots the size of a grain of rice were glittering and emitting special ripples. This fluctuation is similar to the Morse Code, which was translated and expressed by the bearded pirate.
"The East India Company, is it a large caravan force?"
For a person who has not graduated from elementary school, do not expect him to know about modern history.
"Sir, you don't know about the East India Company?"
The bearded pirate asked in surprise, this is the most basic common sense to make a living at sea.
"You just have to tell me, is the cargo of this fleet worth a hundred thousand gold coins?"
Shang Biao said without changing his face, after seeing the bearded pirate's expression, he understood that this East India Company should be quite extraordinary.
It was not easy for an unarmed cargo ship to make way for a murderous pirate.
However, the time for the completion of the main quest is getting closer and closer, and Shang Biao took a lot of effort to divinate once before encountering this fleet, even if the emperor Lao Tzu came, it was useless.
No matter how powerful the East India Company is, it can't control him, and Lars, who died in his hands, is almost the plot character at the top of the second ladder in this world.
According to Lars, even if there are two or three more plot characters of the same level, he is not too worried, this is Shang Biao's unscrupulous confidence.
"First of all, sir, the goods carried by the East India Company were generally silk, spices, tea, gunpowder, and tobacco.
Judging by their voyage route to India, the ships should have carried tobacco and spices, which were sought-after precious goods. Judging by my experience, each of their ships carries no less than 100,000 gold coins.
But haven't you really heard of the East India Company? It was the de facto ruler of the East Indies, where he was in charge of a formal army of more than 10,000 men.
All pirates who begged for a living in the Indian Ocean had to surrender to the East India Company and pay a ransom.
Even the 'Anthem Pirates', active in the Caribbean, once announced that any pirates who plundered the East India Company's fleet would be subject to their unending retribution. ”
The bearded pirate had a look of fear on his face when he mentioned the Pirate Order.
"The Pirates of the Anthem? How strong are they compared to your Blade Pirates? And do they have anything to do with the East India Company? ”
Shang Biao asked puzzled, he also had a rough outline in his mind about the wolf in sheep's clothing of the East India Company.
"Sir, there is no comparison at all. Captain Kidd of the Anthem Pirates is a contender for the next Pirate King, with the legendary battleship Shepherd.
Moreover, Captain Kidd was once a shareholder of the East India Company, and even after the formation of the Pirate Regiment, he has always maintained a close relationship with the East India Company. ”
The bearded pirate reluctantly explained that he really believed that the mysterious Mr. Stone really knew nothing about the East India Company.
"Okay, let the other party stop the ship in the name of the Blade Pirate Group, forget it, I'll do it myself!"
Shang Biao saw that the bearded pirate hesitated and did not move, and he didn't bother to say anything. Out of the captain's room, Edgeworth flew directly towards the East India Company's fleet.
Soon he saw seven identical ships in a V-shaped formation.
The next thing was very simple, Shang Biao landed on the leading cargo ship, easily killed a few rebels, and a group of sailors lost the courage to resist, and the fleet changed its surname to Shang.
By the time Thomas boarded the cargo ship in a menacing manner, he had already been pushed to the opposite side of the East India Company by Shang Biao, and could only act as his accomplice.
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Tuxter Harbour, the land of shipwrecks.
This is the largest trading port in the entire Seven Seas, but the trade is made with pirates from all regions.
Scattered pirate gangs in the seven seas sell their looted goods here in exchange for gold coins, fine wine, and women.
Thomas's previous 'Wine and Lovers Pirates' and 'Blade Pirates' were all regulars here. And the real large pirate forces, such as the 'Song Pirates', have their own cooperative caravans to help sell the stolen goods, but they will not go to Tust Harbor.
When Shang Biao, Thomas and the other pirates disembarked, they saw a scene of drunken dreams and death.
Everywhere, a woman smeared with inferior rouge snatched the last copper coin from a drunken pirate, threw the drunk into the pigsty behind the tavern, and set out to search for her next target.
The mellow smell of wine overflowed the entire port, reminding Shang Biao of the famous wine pond meat forest.
"Sir, from now on you have to follow the rules of Tuxter!"
Thomas said cautiously, after getting along with each other for the past few days, he knew that this unstellar old man was definitely a cold-blooded killer who was unscrupulous.
Shang Biao looked at him with interest and asked, "Oh, Tust's rules, then who made the rules for Tust?" ”
Thomas said: "Pirate Codex Committee, sir, if you don't want to be jointly sanctioned by all the pirate groups of the Seven Seas, you'd better follow it!" ”
Shang Biao nodded and asked, "Is it the Pirate Codex Committee founded by the Pirate King and served as the first chairman?"
After making up for the evil, Shang Biao is not ignorant of this plot world now.
Thomas was still a little uneasy, and patiently explained: "Yes, even if we robbed the East India Company and offended the Pirates of the Holy Song, they would not dare to do it here. Unless we act first to provoke and kill, you had better refrain from doing so, sir. All grievances will be settled when they reach the sea, OK? ”
"I'm not interested in killing people, and I'm not a homicidal maniac. I'll take care of the things here, and your main task is to get the cargo sorted and go to find the Pirate King's treasure as soon as possible! ”
Shang Biao showed an impatient expression, waved his hands and walked towards the most famous shipwreck in Tust Harbor.
At the moment when he and Thomas were separated, the chain of missions was renewed again.
"Serial Quest: The Pirate King's Treasure!
Depart from Tuxter in three days and follow Thomas Fio on his way to the Hidden Treasures. ”
The chain quests are still ongoing, and the completion time of the main quest is imminent. Fortunately, there was only one condition left to board the legendary battleship, and Shang Biao had a solution.
The 'greed' of the Seven Deadly Sins of the sunken legendary battleship was his goal, and some of the ideas in his mind also happened to need this legendary battleship to test. If he does, he may be the first actor in this plot world to have his own legendary battleship.