Chapter 86 Maritime Division
After getting rid of Fanny's merchant ships, we didn't encounter any other twists and turns at sea, but as we slowly approached the outer waters of the Golden Isles, the number of small boats roaming the sea gradually increased, and these small boats were almost the eyes of the pirates, who pretended to be fishing boats, but in fact they were monitoring the sea, and once they saw a merchant ship passing by, they would immediately notify the pirates.
In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, we deliberately lowered the speed of the ship very slowly, and I took the initiative to stand on the deck and chat with Uncle Wei leisurely. The small ships that watched us were very curious when they saw our actions, because ordinary merchant ships would be very nervous when they passed through this sea area, and the people on board would hide in their cabins, and the ships would not dare to slack off at full speed.
The pirates on the island soon received the news that a ship was approaching, and they were about to start work with their equipment. There are a lot of pirates in the Golden Islands, no less than hundreds of groups, large and small, so many pirate groups have to survive, so if there are no rules at all, a merchant ship will rush up, then every time there is internal strife, a group will die first, so the parliament of the Golden Islands has decided to divide all the sea areas they can get, and each group has its own territory, just like many companies divide the sales area. Wherever a merchant ship enters, the pirates of that sea can rob, and only the pirates of that sea can rob.
Of course, merchant ships are moving, not dead, and sometimes from the discovery of merchant ships to the preparation of departures, the route of merchant ships will pass through several seas, then it depends on whose speed is faster. If you can successfully force the ship to stop when it passes through your waters, and then get on the ship to rob, then other pirates can only watch, but once the merchant ship runs away to other waters in the process of your chase, then even if your heart is itching, you can only give up. So it's often the kind of thing where a merchant ship drives well, and suddenly a pirate ship comes over, and after a chase, the pirate ship seems to give up, and another pirate ship will pop up again.
It is precisely because of such a sea division mechanism that when he wanted to rob merchant ships, he chose the sea area of the Demon Sea, firstly, because it was indeed a forbidden area of death for pirates, and even if he knew that there was news of merchant ships, no one would risk hitting it, and on the other hand, the other sea areas were carved up, and he couldn't go if he wanted to.
Of course, this sea area division mechanism is actually quite unfair, the more in the critical sea area they monitor, the more difficult it is to rob, because from the time the merchant ship has just entered the sea area of surveillance, to the pirate to get the news to dispatch, this process takes time, and in this time period, the merchant ship may have already entered other sea areas, so it is easy to work in vain. The sea area that is too close to the Golden Islands is also a relatively weak existence, unless it is inexperienced or there are some special circumstances, even heavily armed merchant ships will not venture close to the islands.
So the scale is a little smaller, the sea area that the pirates with a little less strength are assigned to be a little worse, a little smaller, if you want to get the so-called golden location of the sea area, you can only make your own strength stronger, for the pirates to determine the strength of the group is determined by the number of group personnel, as well as weapons and equipment, people and weapons need to rely on money to feed, unless you go lucky, otherwise the pirate group that is originally strong will become stronger and stronger, and the originally weak pirate group is difficult to come out, This is also the original intention of the pirate groups that control the island council to propose the division of the sea area.
After driving for a while, a pirate ship finally approached, and instead of dodging, we simply stopped moving. The people on the pirate ship stood on the deck with weapons in their hands, looking at me and Uncle Wei with a calm face, with a confused look on their faces, but they are pirates after all, if they are bluffed in their own waters, then they should not be mixed up in the future.
The pirates expertly threw their hooks and latches to grab our ship, then crawled down the rope.
"What kind of business do you guys do? If there's anything valuable on the ship, get it out quickly! "As soon as we got on board, one of the pirates at the head pointed a gun at us and said viciously.
"We came from Paradise Island as merchants in the rum business, and our ships were full of craft rum." I replied with a smile.
"Rum!" The pirates were immediately very excited when they heard the word rum, this kind of wine is the favorite of pirates, but once you drink it, you will look forward to the second time, but it is rare to have this kind of wine on the merchant ships that have been robbed before, even if you want to buy it with money, there is no place around the Golden Islands to buy it.
I looked at the pirates' excited expressions and continued with a hot iron, "If you like, can I have a few bottles open for you to taste?" The pirates did not object, and there was even some expectation on their faces, so I beckoned Lin Ruyi in the cabin to take out a few bottles first, and the pirates found that there were still people in the cabin who raised their guns one after another to guard it.
Lin Ruyi and the bearded man carried a case of rum to the deck, but compared to the rum, the pirates were more intently focused on Lin Ruyi.
From the time we encountered the shipwreck until today, among all the girls I have contacted and seen, Su Yuliu is of course the most beautiful in my opinion, Lin Ruyi and Zhou Anan are equal, and for the pirates, Lin Ruyi is estimated to be a fairy.
The pirates looked at Lin Ruyi like a hungry wolf saw a lamb, and they wanted to pounce on it and bite it immediately, so I coughed twice and asked the bearded man to give the rum to the pirates.
The bearded man himself is also a pirate, although he is now crazy and delirious, but he still has the blood of pirates in his bones, and now after seeing these pirates, he feels as close as seeing his relatives, and every time he gives a pirate a warm hug, which makes those pirates have a question mark in their minds.
The pirates took a sip of the rum, and in a matter of minutes they swept away a few bottles of rum, and when they were done, they were still unsatisfied, and I guess they could sweep them up with two more cases.
"How about everyone? How does our wine taste? I asked, looking at the red-faced pirate.
"Yes, this good wine is just different." The lead pirate gave a thumbs up and said, "But do you know where this is?" Are you taking these wines with you slowly in this sea just to give us a wine tasting? ”
"Of course we know where this is, we are here to give you a taste of what our wine tastes like, and on the other hand, we are merchants, it is our nature to pursue profits, and we hope to establish long-term trade with you."
"Trade?" The lead pirate laughed, "You want to trade with pirates? It's good that we don't ask you for money, you still want to make money on us, are you crazy? ”
"It's crazy to do business with pirates, but don't crazy people like to do crazy things? I'm sure as long as we have good wine and a good supply, you'll be interested in sitting down with us. I don't know if you can introduce us to the head of the council, and as a thank you, I'll give you two more cases of rum separately. ”
The leading pirate smacked his lips and circled us several times, the expression on his face was also uncertain, and after turning for a long time, he said: "Of course, there is no problem with the introduction, but I have a request, this beauty must stay, and in return, I want ten cases of rum in return." ”
Of course, I can give him ten cases of rum, but if you want Lin Ruyi, it will be shameless, and it will never be possible, I didn't expect that I would be in trouble so soon before I set foot on the land of the Golden Islands.