We were discussing where to find students and drinks at the dock by the sea, when suddenly we heard a loud noise on the sea in the distance, which sounded like the explosion of a cannonball.

"Do you hear that?" Uncle Wei asked us, "Where is the sound of shell explosions?" ”

"Maybe it's the noise of those pirates rounding up merchant ships." I'm not sure either, so I replied casually.

So many pirates to round up a merchant ship, theoretically speaking, there may not be a need to waste a bullet, just the momentum can scare the other party to surrender, even if a few shots are put to bluff people, that can be said to be in the past, but to the extent that it needs to be fired, is it a bit too exaggerated, do pirates like exaggerated scenes?

"It can't be the pirates making the noise." Bruni shook his head and said affirmatively, "Artillery is a heavily controlled weapon for all imperial governments, and it is basically impossible for any other organization to have artillery except for the regular armies of various countries, let alone these pirates." ”

"Is it from the merchant ship?" Lin Ruyi asked.

"That should be even more unlikely, the merchants on the merchant ship may be very rich, but artillery is not something that can be bought with money, so this cannon sound is really weird." Bruni said.

"It doesn't matter which way it runs, our first priority is to find the students and the rum first. According to my experience last time, if the students were kidnapped by pirates, the female students were not easy to say, and the male students would be sold to the slave bazaar, so we might as well go to the slave bazaar first. ”

In the outer waters of the Golden Isles, hundreds of pirate ships, large and small, surrounded a huge merchant ship, but as the merchant ship fired a cannonball, the encircled pirate ships were ready to break up.

Although the cannonball fired was shot into the sky, it was impossible for it to get rid of the influence of gravity and really fly to God, but hit a parabola and finally fell back to the sea, the pirate ships at the end of the parabola looked at the whistling cannonballs, and quickly adjusted their posture to dodge, but after all, there was still an unfortunate unlucky egg who won the jackpot, with an explosion, the unlucky pirate ship was blown up and shook violently, and then the ship was lit with raging flames, and the butt of the ship slowly began to fall, The pirates on the ship were dead and wounded, and those who were lucky enough to be able to move jumped into the sea.

"Tsk", looking at the pirate ship on fire, the middle-aged man on the deck of the merchant ship shook his head, smacked his lips and said with a look of underfighting: "It seems that your God doesn't like artillery either, why did you return the shells." How about you get out of the way for us now? ”

If the pirates were still a little suspicious of merchant ships before, then after this shot, most of the pirates didn't want to hold on anymore, as one pirate ship left first, other pirate ships followed, but in a moment, a sea route to the main island was away.

Looking at the pirate ships that had retreated to both sides, the middle-aged man was calm on the surface, but in fact, he was secretly relieved in his heart, because his merchant ship actually only had two cannons that could be used, and there were only ten shells.

Whether it is the East or the West, the industrial development at this time is still in the embryonic stage, and thermal weapons and equipment have just started, and artillery is already a heavy weapon with a fairly high-tech content. Although the middle-aged man's merchant ship has undergone special modifications, it is the foundation of the merchant ship after all, and it is impossible to put artillery on it and use it directly as a warship, and he can't get so many cannons, if a merchant ship can install sixteen cannons, then it will be fine.

But this time he came all the way to the Golden Islands with a mission, and the middle-aged man also thought of the troubles he might encounter in advance, so he specially ordered someone to make fourteen fake cannons out of wood, and then painted the surface with black paint, as long as you don't look closely, you basically can't see it.

The pirates of the Golden Islands poured out of their nests to round up a merchant ship, and were stunned by the other party, this kind of thing is not only unprecedented, it is estimated that there will be no one after it for a long time, if King Arthur, who was once famous, knew about it, it is estimated that he can climb out of the coffin angrily.

Surrounded by pirate ships, the giant merchant ship finally arrived near the dock on the main island, but because the merchant ship was too big and the draft was too deep, the dock on the main island could not dock at all, so the people on board had to change boats to go to the pier, while the merchant ship stayed on the sea a little farther away.

The middle-aged man disembarked with four escorts, and the pirate leader who had spoken to him at sea took the initiative to step forward.

"You killed many of our brothers with one shot just now, and now you dare to go ashore, I have to admire your courage."

"Courage is too much, our ship is parked there, and if I have a hairless hair left on the island, my artillery will turn the Golden Isles into an island of golden fire. As for your brothers, with all due respect, is there any brotherhood between you pirates? ”

"Your grandma's!" Before the pirate leader could speak, a small minion leader beside him couldn't help but scold first, for this little leader, he was unhappy with the middle-aged man on the sea, if it weren't for the fact that the other party's ship had more anti-aircraft guns, he would probably be the first to climb on the boat. Now on the ground, this middle-aged man only has four guards, and he is still holding a long knife in his hand, he is too sorry for the title of pirate if he still admits it, and this is also a good time to show a sycophant in front of the pirate leader.

So the little leader stretched out his hand and was about to pick up a slap and throw it at the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man didn't dodge but smiled calmly, and a guard behind him suddenly moved, jumped in front of the little boss like a ghost, raised his hand and directly knocked the little boss away.

The pirates at the scene were a little dumbfounded, the speed of the guard was so fast, they didn't even see how he made a move, in a panic, many pirates raised the rifles in their hands and pointed them at the middle-aged man, but they were obviously a little weak, and the few guards with knives looked at Nima and hid it deeply.

"As I said before, we came from the far east to discuss some important matters with Lord Arthur, and your repeated obstruction and provocation is a bit too much, right?" The middle-aged man straightened his face and looked at the pirate leader coldly.

The pirate leader looked at the man with glasses and didn't speak, although he is not the big boss of the island, but he can also be ranked in the top five and six, no one has ever dared to talk to him like this, and now in addition to his own subordinates, there are many other pirate groups watching this dock, if he doesn't get some face back, how will he mix in the future?

"I also said that it's okay to see Arthur, the brothers have worked hard for a long time, and there are a lot of casualties, you must at least leave some money to buy the road, right? Your men are good, but don't forget that Lao Tzu also has so many guns! As he spoke, the pirate leader raised the gun in his hand and aimed it at the middle-aged man's head, and the middle-aged man's subordinates instantly showed their knives, the long knives were cold and murderous, and the pirates who were a little weaker even felt a little trembling.

At the last moment, a rough voice came from the outside of the crowd, "Get out of here, Master Arthur wants to see him." Before the words fell, the scar man walked through the gap of the person who took the initiative to let him out.

When the middle-aged man saw the scar man, he smiled and said hello with his fists, and then ordered his men to put away their knives, but the pirate leader was still holding his gun.

Scar Man looked at the pirate leader with some displeasure and asked, "Why didn't you hear that?" Master Arthur wants to see him. ”

The pirate leader held the gun, turned his face sideways and looked at the scar man, and said angrily: "Then we have to wait for Lao Tzu's affairs to be dealt with first!" ”

Click, click! In the flash of light, the scar man suddenly snatched the gun from the pirate leader's hand, and then divided the rifle into a pile of parts and components with three strokes and five divisions, and then threw it on the ground and clapped his hands and said, "Can you let it go now?" ”