"Neutral—when did pirates become neutral?" Gray retorted. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Indeed, while on the surface pirates are not tolerated by the regular navy, in reality, very few pirates are completely neutral.

Most pirates avoid returning to the place where they once lived as ordinary people when looting. It's not that they miss their homeland, since they were pirates, their old lives have been completely broken with them.

It's just that no one jumps out of the cracks in the stones, and even the most vicious pirates can't be sure that they won't be concerned about anything. Even if there is nothing to worry about, if the navy is allowed to find out its identity, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not reveal its weaknesses.

Most of the pirates were uneducated, and of course they didn't know the old saying "a gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall", a place where Lucca was born, and they weren't gentlemen. They just instinctively avoided the most dangerous directions.

Of course, there are also a few pirates who not only want to go back, but also go back with great fanfare, grab the entire island, and put on a posture of "Uncle is now better than you", showing off his might.

It's just that most of these pirates will not be killed by the navy for a long time, and a few who are lucky enough to survive until now have been excluded from the main personnel of Tata Island by Luka and them.

Although privateer permits for one side are not so easy to obtain, the trade-offs between pirates and robbing the seas also open up the possibility for them to favor one side or the other.

Edward Hugh was a case in point, and almost from the moment he became a pirate lord, he did not hesitate to cooperate with the Empire.

So now, when Lukka says the word "neutral", it's not just Gray who is surprised.

Even Leon, who looked at the most unpleasant in the June League, was ready for Luka to help Taylor.

"Why?" Leon asked.

"Think about the protection fee, the protection fee that we just got a little bit better!" Lukka saw the first thing in his eyes was the silver coin.

"If the alliance and the empire are quickly divided, then how will we collect the protection fee? Isn't it because in addition to the threat of pirates, the other side's navy and privateers will also cause trouble?"

"Besides, whether it's the Empire or the Alliance, if either side unifies the archipelago, do you say, can there still be a place for pirates in this sea?"

Gray immediately objected: "If you help the June Alliance and clean up the empire, what else is there to worry about?"

Lukka patted him on the shoulder again: "You underestimate that old man from Taylor!"

"The only reason he's so polite to me now is because there's a crisis that no one can solve except us. ”

"Once the solar crisis is resolved, and there is no empire as the greatest threat, who do you think he will deal with next? If it were you, would you tolerate a force like Tata Island under your nose?"

"But......" Gray took a long time to come up with the next sentence, "once the alliance wins, you can stop pirates! Isn't it good to be a navy? or a businessman, and a lot of money!"

Lukka laughed: "Navy, what are you kidding? It's the kind of thing that gets up early every day and trains late at night, and from time to time you have to suffer from the anger from above, and Taylor gives orders that you can't even ask, you can only carry it out?"

"And the kind of businessman, it's not necessarily the kind of merchant who makes more money and less in business, and can't pay less in taxes anyway, and if you don't wait for pirates to rob you, Taylor's people will rob you on the shore first?"

"I collect protection money here to grab boats, and when I'm happy, I go out to sea to go fishing, and when I'm in a good mood, I put a few spells, and when I'm in a bad mood, I go to the whole solar crisis. You tell me that if I can be my pirate at ease, what reason do I have to wade into that troubled water?"

"But pirates are a notorious and despicable profession after all. Gray couldn't find the right words.

"Hey, do you dare to say this on the docks once?" Lukka was also a little angry, "I, the Lord of the Island, definitely have far fewer resentments in my hands than Taylor and that Emperor! ”

"Don't be angry, it's useless for him to say it anyway. Kate explained.

"Then we don't care how they fight, stay here in peace and collect protection money and make a fortune?" Ollie was a little disappointed, not that she wanted to help someone, but that she regretted that she was going to miss out on such a big scene.

"Who says we're not moving at all?" Luka's reply flipped again.

"What do you mean - balance?" Leon was the first to understand what Lukka meant.

Someone can think of going with him, Luca nodded happily: "That's right." The best thing for us should be that neither of them can win, and the war drags on for a while, but not too long, and then the two sides sign an agreement to restore the original situation of 'looking at each other unpleasantly, but not killing you'. ”

"Neither of them wants a balance, if we want to, we have to do this 'fulcrum' ourselves!"

"You don't need to help anyone in the open, as long as you harass the supply fleet at the right time, or make some trouble in someone's rear, such a small thing, the pirates are also handy, right?"

"Wait a minute, send all the news related to this war, and let's study how to do it tonight!"

Ollie also got excited: "So, we have another fight to fight?"

"You haven't had enough?" Phil had been dozing off on the couch since they had started discussing the Archipelago situation, and was finally woken up by Ollie.

He yawned and said, "I don't care about you adults, what about my lab?"

Lukka patted his head: "I forgot about you! Kate, I need a little help from you in this matter!"

He told Kate about Phil's plan to build a laboratory, and instructed: "Don't underestimate this bear child, don't hesitate to bargain, if you relax a little, he will eat you to the ground!"

After a busy night, Luca basically figured out the current situation of the war and what he needed to do.

Phil also got his own lab, which was located in Lucca's lord's quarters. One is on the top floor for herbs that need sunlight, and the other is in the basement for concoction of photosensitizers.

It's just that in terms of the profits from future sales, Phil has suffered a lot this time, which can be seen from the pouting he has been pursing.

Luca certainly knows that the top priority now is the Sun crisis. The sudden war between the Union and the Empire is also not unrelated to this crisis.

If it weren't for the plummeting temperatures that caused the prices of winter supplies to skyrocket, the two sides would not have started a war in a hurry.