IX: Troubled Times
Inside a theater in Linden City.
Li Shi was originally going to end the matter of Linden City, take the gift money to the sheriff, and then leave with his hands, but he didn't expect to receive another order.
The sheriff returned the gift money and asked Li Ster to stay here for another month, and the lord had a big job to find a reliable person to do.
He had been instructed to let them take over if Black Sail easily destroyed the casino.
Li St's first reaction when he heard it was to refuse directly, he could be called a big job by that group of old people, and he was afraid that if he didn't have to fall into it, all the dozen or so people would fall into it.
Until the sheriff said the conditions.
Black Sail is now notorious and looks like it's on the rise, but it's a tightrope walk.
Except for a few pirates in Heavenly Harbor who are famous all over the world and even have fleets, Li Shi is already one of the pirates who have mixed into the upper reaches of the pyramid.
This means notoriety, but it is only feared as a group of thugs, wealth and fame do not match at all, and they are not only targeted by everyone, but also have no roots as bandits floating on the sea, and are in urgent need of transformation.
Killing people and selling goods is only the initial accumulation, if you want to go further, you have to start making big deals, and there must be a way to do this, not to mention that Li Si Te is now being targeted by the governor of the East Coast Sea Department.
As long as Li Si Te has this order, the lord above the sheriff has an old acquaintance, Li Si Te can go to him and get a privateer license, although the identities of those people on the ship are not whitewashed, but there is also a hiding organization, and they are officially on the road.
Even with such conditions, Li Shi did not immediately agree.
Li Si Te has also heard the so-called old name, this person's background is very complicated, and what he does is quite outrageous, if you understand it simply, it is Pema Xiaochai Jin, a descendant of the former royal family, and a well-known underworld force umbrella, went to him, no one dared to touch himself, unless he raised a large army to attack, he didn't have such a big face.
Now the situation of the Duchy of Pema is quite complicated, and there is a kind of flesh-eating hatred for the Aram Empire, because several buffs have been added, and the talisman is almost stacked.
First, the old king can be called a hero of the anti-Arlan resistance, and he was defeated and killed in an isolated city, which can be regarded as a generous tragedy.
Second, the orthodox successor Philip VI went to the Aran imperial capital for peace talks, was coerced to cede more territory, and categorically refused, as a result, he died in a foreign land, and only one coffin came back, and the king of Chuhuai in the Western Continent belonged to yes.
Thinking of the old king who killed himself, and the sixth who was a nest, all the people of Pema who had a little temper were angry with blood.
Then there was the change of settlement currency, and the horrific devaluation caused the wealth of the Bema people to shrink overnight.
The essence of money is a bond guaranteed by the state, a certificate issued by the state that has paid the labor, which the state owes you, and can be freely exchanged for the rest of the labor crystals in the current environment.
Now it is equivalent to the transfer of creditor's rights, and what the Principality of Pema owes to the civilians has all become owed to the Aram Empire, which is equivalent to saying that the Aram Empire has robbed everyone in the entire country of money, and everyone is giving the Aran Empire a shameful death of cheap labor.
The people in the city can barely get by with some hard currency in private, and as for some towns and villages in the interior, they are about to be unable to survive.
In addition to some old aristocratic background, they can also divide a piece of land, the Principality of Pema is about to become a bandit country, full of bandits, a mess, there are several ice-free ports on the east coast of the Principality of Pema, and there are many foreigners who can trade with the Far Eastern Islands and take risks to do business, and it is even more chaotic, and the lives of civilians can be imagined.
The current puppet king is also a brain-dead, and the one who is supported really regards himself as a character, and Li Si is sure that it will overturn in a few years.
At this time, I went to Pema Xiaochai to enter there, although it was not the first train of the angel round, but it was still in the early stage of a general trend, and it was indeed a good opportunity.
Entrance to the theater.
Li Site and his entourage have finished talking about things.
"That watchman still sells guanzi, not to mention what kind of work it is, and wants us to stay here for another month."
Wolman was puzzled, although it was indeed a condition that could not be refused, but Li Sister accepted it without asking what the job was, making him suspicious, maybe it was a trap to find someone to blame.
"What kind of privateer license is a verbal promise, and I only verbally promised, and now there are sailors on the ship, and I can't leave for a while, so I should promise it first."
Li Site is also a bastard, the gift money that was originally going to be given was not given, and there was an extra deposit of thirty gold dragons in his hand, and he didn't eat the meat on his mouth, so he didn't stupid, thirty gold dragons were given directly for nothing, it seems that this work is really big.
"It's just that if you stay for a long time, bounty hunters and the navy are problems."
After the Vorman Rebellion was suppressed, he didn't trust any nobles at all, and these Danse could only be Kaizi, if they were surrounded by them, they would die and be lifeless, and they couldn't fight these cold-blooded sluts with 10,000 hearts.
"Harm, kill my brother, here are a thousand people, one of our brothers, one by one, he killed nine hundred and ninety."
Li Si said casually.
"I thank you."
Morrison is noncommittal, you really look up to me.
Not long after leaving the theater, I met Fen, who was rushing here.
"Why are you back?"
Li Shi immediately had a premonition that something was wrong.
Finn informed him of his visit, saying that a bounty hunter had set his sights on Black Sail, but it had already been chopped up by Oakes and Wren.
", there's a killer so soon, it's really famous." Li Si Te was silent for a moment and added: "It's okay, it's just a little minion, you can stand it, besides, has Swan figured it out?" ”
Fen nodded, he thought the time had come for a showdown with the crew.
"That's good, if you can't figure it out, you have to figure it out, if it weren't for your face, I would have chopped him up, and tonight the three joys are coming, and there will be a few hard dishes."
List's tone was serious.
"Three joys?"
Fen was interested, the casino robbery was a good harvest, and for the rest of the crew, what was Swan carrying was a joy, what else?
Li Shi talked about the privateer's license and Pema Xiao Chai Jin.
Fin's poker face couldn't guess his thoughts, but he just held back for a few seconds and said, "Happy at two-five." ”
Li Si Te tasted it when he heard this, anyway, he hadn't made a decision yet, so he had to talk to him in private.
"Swan? What happened to the thieves? ”
Morrison asked casually.
"He can see that he is blind, he is going to pay the deposit, right?"
Wollman guessed that pirates were not children's homes, getting on the ship was not a matter of words, sailors and soldiers did not matter, and the core members had to pay for their names, either to strip a nobleman, or to an honorary nobleman without a fief, or to talk about money. Swan has been carrying around since he got on the boat, if it weren't for Fen Baoju, he would have been chopped up, and more than two months have passed, and many people on the ship have begun to be dissatisfied.
Li Shi almost vomited out a mouthful of blood, the ship is full of old people who have traveled all over the world, there may not be much culture, but the knowledge is as high as seven or eight floors, and he has already seen it.
"You two don't worry about it for now, it's a good thing anyway, open the champagne."
Li Si Te took the group back to the ship.
It's twilight.
Sea cliff giant karst cave, secret harbor.
The water is sparkling, and on the trestle, which is only a meter above sea level, weak torches are inserted into wooden pillars to provide lighting, and more than a dozen ships are docked in the cave, some of them smuggling boats of Linden City nobles, and some of them are unclean boats.
Among them is List's "Revenge of the Furmac".
The reason for the name is that Lisit believes that it is in contrast to the "cuckoo crying blood of the frost".
The total length of the Fuma Keqing Revenge is forty-six meters, and the tonnage is four hundred and eighty tons, but the cave is dark, and the oil lamps on the ship are not lit, and only one corner can be seen through the torch lighting.
There were many vicious-looking people on the pier, including pirates and smuggling ship guards, but when they saw Li Si and his party, they all got out of the way.
There is a man named Archer on the ship, who has been guarding their ship, and he has slaughtered a few people who are not long-eyed in the past two days, and his skills are extremely good, and I am afraid that gold-level adventurers are not opponents. But the doctor on the ship was still relatively easy to talk to, and after some inquiry, he learned that it was the recently famous Black Sail Pirate Regiment, who killed the family of the Lord of Blue Bay Harbor, and was the outlaw among the outlaws.
The group of four climbed the gangway and came to the deck of the Revenge.
Before you see him, you hear his voice first.
"Come back and kill the general, my proudest faith."
The hoarse vocal cords characteristic of werewolves are highly recognizable.
"Wait!" Morrison shouted violently, startling the few people on deck who were playing cards with lanterns, and Morrison added, "It's all there...... I forgot, tears were flowing inexplicably. ”
"Wait!" Li Shi Te shouted and added, "I vaguely remember...... I forgot, there is still a powerful ...... Forgot. ”
Immediately after that, the three of them sang at the same time: "Defeat all the enemies, kill all the navy." ”
Then they all picked up the wine glasses on the table and poured tons of wine, lit the big oil lamp that lit the main light on the ship, and then danced around the mast in a circle like a dancing god while pouring, and directly sang the pirate song of the East Coast.
"Brothers from all walks of life come to join the gang ~ bring a scimitar ~ fire on the back ~ don't hide on the guillotine ~ share the bounty ~ you and I ~ if you are willing to play with your life and make a lot of money~"
Since today is the day of sharing the spoils, the three of them entered the euphoric mode.
Fen was refreshed again, and put aside the theater to perform song and dance? The main event will be the next moment, and maybe a few people will die on board, after all, what Swann stole from the Thieves' Guild is too terrifying.
He didn't care about these three fools, the master had to be there tonight, the deck was searched, and the people who went out to run errands were all back, and Archer was as drunk as ever, red-faced, and didn't care about the world, in the words of List, a wine fairy. The lower demon Heywood is playing cards with Swan and Shady.
It's not a good person.
"Where's the doctor?"
Finn asked Heywood.
Because of his terrifying appearance, Heywood never took off his helmet.
"What about brothels?"
The blood-red-skinned Heywood replied.
"In a brothel again?"
The Finns were stupid.
He was also in the brothel when he cut people last time, he was also in the brothel last time when Shadi was blocked in Heavenly Harbor, and he was also in the local brothel last time when the Lord of Blue Bay Harbor's family died.
In the words of Li Si Ter, the high and low are a ninety-one dominator, and the connection king belongs to yes.
Fen was completely convinced, and had to wait for him to come back.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the fate of the Black Sails Pirates will be decided tonight, whether it is the privateering license that Lister spoke of, or the matter that Swann is carrying.
The impact is far-reaching, this is not a small fight of hijacking ships and killing people, this time it is really big.