"Your friend?" Lin Ruyi looked at me puzzled and asked.

"Of course." I nodded and stretched out my hand, and the strong man smiled in return and stretched out his big hand.

Before that, I met a child who had a febrile seizure, and the boy's parents were panicked about the child's condition, but fortunately, I happened to pass by, and after taking some simple measures, the child woke up from the convulsive coma. As for the condition of the child who went to the clinic later, I don't know, but generally speaking, febrile seizures do not cause fatal danger, and after the convulsions, as long as the temperature is cooled down in time to deal with the condition.

"Thank you for saving my child, I always wanted to find a chance to thank you, but I went to the winery a few times, and you were not there, so I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Don't thank me, I just took some simple measures at that time, and the child's recovery still depends on the doctor's treatment."

After the drunkard was thrown out by the big man, the tavern returned to normal, and the crowd of drinkers chatted and drank in their own camps, I chatted with the strong man for a few words, and learned that his name was Brunie, from a small country village in the British Empire, and later because he offended people, he dragged his family to Paradise Island thousands of miles away.

Although Bruni was a citizen of the Empire, he had emigrated from the mainland, so he did not have his own land on Paradise Island, and his money was not enough to buy a piece of land, but fortunately, others had a lot of strength, so he found a job as a stevedore at the docks.

I chatted with him for a while, and I thought that the Brunies were very good and could be used for their own purposes, and with such a big man as him by their side, even if the bull and horse noodles came, I was not scared. I told him what I thought, hoping that he could work for me and not have to do anything else, just a personal assistant and bodyguard, the salary would definitely be much higher than working as a coolie at the dock, and most importantly, the future would be bright.

Bruni looked at me, nodded and agreed to my request under my sincere and friendly gaze.

I told Bruni to go back first, and the next morning to the winery to officially start work, while I went to the governor's palace to meet James.

After entering the Governor's Palace, James had already ordered a dinner party to be prepared, but only two chairs were prepared for this banquet. I asked Lin Ruyi and Su Yuliu to go to the clinic to find An An first, if I didn't get out of the Governor's Mansion within two hours, then come to the Governor's Mansion to ask for someone, Lin Su and the two daughters didn't agree at first, and after James took the initiative to take out his pistol and handed it to me, she and the two agreed to leave temporarily.

After sitting down, I said straight to James: "Your Excellency, we haven't known each other for the first day, and we know each other well enough, so let's not go around the bush and say anything directly." ”

"Good!" James readily agreed, "I don't want to go around and around, either." First of all, I can clear your name, after Mathieson's men were interrogated by me, the signed testimony is in my hands, and Mattheison's lame leg has nothing to do with you. Secondly, as long as no one can stand before me with conclusive evidence, I will always consider it nonsense. ”

"Well, what does the Doge want me to do in exchange?"

"First of all, I want to know what your relationship is with those pirates? What happened after you left Paradise Island? ”

I looked at James, his face was calm, but my heart was very entangled, do I want to talk to him? But on second thought, he also has an undercover agent in our camp, and even if I don't tell him, he should know everything, so why bother asking me again? Do you want to see my sincerity? If that's the case, what if I tell him everything?

So I met Sister Hua and others in the camp before, and Uncle Wei and I left Paradise Island to go to Pelican Island, and then went from Pelican Island to the Golden Islands, of course, I didn't mention Xiaoka, but I didn't mention Xiaoka, but I didn't mention Xiaoka, but his appearance has nothing to do with pirates, so it can be said that I missed it. After listening to my description, James didn't ask about Xiaoka, what was more interesting was that he seemed to hear about it for the first time after we left Paradise Island, and the expression on his face was very interesting, and a thought suddenly flashed in my heart, didn't this grandson know about Pelican Island and the Golden Islands before? Is it just our own speculation that he has an undercover agent in us? But if that's the case, how will he know about Sister Hua, and how will he know that I'm back on Paradise Island?

"I didn't expect you to actually go to the Golden Islands, it's interesting."

"It doesn't matter if it's interesting or not, could it be that the Governor gave me my innocence just to hear the story after I left?"

Of course not. James raised his glass, shook it at me, and drank it down, "I hope we can work together." ”

"Cooperation?" I smiled and said, "The last time the Governor offered to cooperate with me, I still remember it vividly. ”

Of course, James understood what I meant, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it, but continued: "I don't care who you trade with in the future, how you trade, I only have one request, I want to participate in the winery's forty percent dividend!" ”

"Forty percent of the dividends? The Governor has a lot of appetite, but although this distillery is nominally my distillery, you also know that all the money in the early stage was voted by Duke Jackson, and the equipment technicians and workers of the distillery were also sent by the Duke from the mainland, and it was just a matter of words for him to take back the distillery. I can promise you, but the Duke may not. ”

"Although the money belongs to the Duke, it is lent to you, isn't it? The Duke didn't say that it was used to take a stake in the distillery. I'm going to take 40% of the dividends from your distillery, but I can guarantee that your trade with anyone, including pirates, will go smoothly. ”

"Including pirates? It is astonishing that this comes out of the mouth of the Governor, and you are not afraid that someone will denounce you? ”

"Tell me? I only participate in your share of the winery, and do not interfere with your trade dealings, so naturally I don't know who you are doing business with, and if someone has to say that you are doing business with pirates, then I just said it, please show real evidence."

"Then I would like to ask the Governor, what is the purpose of your adventure? Just for the winery's four-ingredient red? ”

"You don't care what I do with the money, as long as it doesn't harm your interests, and I don't care what you do outside of the pirate trade, as long as it doesn't infringe on my interests. Remember, we're just partners, not friends. ”

"And what about Sandro? He's a close confidant of the Duke and the commander of the island's convoy, and he won't sit idly by if he finds out we're trading with pirates, and he's aware of our contact with pirates. ”

"Don't worry about Sandro, I've sent a letter to the Imperial Diet, and Matthieson's death was entirely caused by Sandro's soldiers firing at will, and this incident is enough for him to have a headache for a while. And what if he knew you had been in contact with pirates? Remember, he doesn't have any evidence, and besides, if you're able to get Sandro to catch him when I've already covered you up, then I don't think there's any need for us to cooperate. ”

James and I went back and forth for a long time around the exchange of interests, and the dishes on the table barely moved, and an hour and a half had passed.

After everything was agreed for the time being, I was about to get up and leave, I took out James' pistol and handed it back to him, but James waved his hand and pushed it back to me, "This is a gift from you that we have reached a cooperation intention, but I hope you can understand that it can be used as a gift of peace and a weapon of war." ”