A strange world

Chapter 247 Section 100. Free Trade

Two minutes later, a shaking Fast came to the cabin.

"...Don't think that you won't get scolded because you are a lord."

"I actually wanted to call Francois." Annan said apologetically, "Everyone knows that you do nothing but fish."

Such words were very effective for Michael, but not for Fast.

Fortunately, Fast also knew what happened: "Louis City accepted our help, but the Seahawks didn't want to give up. The Scarlet Witch said that if we help them, we will fight together... I believe these pirates who are not smart can do it. .”

The Scarlet Witch is suspected to be the Red Dragon, or is inextricably related to the Red Dragon. Red dragons are like white dragons, there is no way to understand them logically.

"Then let me talk to the Scarlet Witch..."

The portal disappeared, and Fast came to the captain's room and knocked on the door.

"Who's out there?"

"Annan urges you to get up and do things now."

Not long after, Francois opened the door wearing a coat: "What's wrong?"

"He wants to negotiate with the Scarlet Witch. Come over there."

"Annan? Why don't you go?"

"My mission is at a critical moment." Fast said solemnly: "The fish here are completely different from those in Xingyue Bay... They are extremely cunning."

"All right……"

Francois could only sigh and have nothing to say. He asked the New Initial docked at the port to approach the pirate ship outside the port, pick up the Nautilus, and lead the heavy Wanma onto the deck.

"Long time no see, beautiful Ms. Scarlet Witch."

"That sissy said you have a new cooperation? Do you want to rob Louis City with me or acquire stolen goods?"

Annan kept smiling: "Actually, I suggest you give up plundering Louis City and trade with them instead..."

The Scarlet Witch couldn't stop laughing at Annan's suggestion, and the pirates on the deck also laughed. She shouted to her subordinates: "What are we!"

"Seahawk!"

"What is a Seahawk!"

"pirate!"

The Scarlet Witch looked at Annan on the other side of the portal: "You let pirates do business?"

“It’s faster to do business than to steal money.”

After a moment of silence, the Scarlet Witch stared at Annan calmly: "This is impossible..."

"How much wealth can you get by plundering a port or a town? How much does it cost? We sign a devil's contract. If your income is less than 500 gold... then Louis City is free to be plundered by you."

As the smartest pirate, Scarlet Witch had no reason to refuse. Next, Annan called his old friend Brudonna and asked her to make a contract.

"In order to do business, you actually made a fucking deal with the devil to let pirates become merchants!" The appearance of the devil pushed the Scarlet Witch's emotions to the peak: "You are more of a Seahawk than a Seahawk!"

After dealing with the Scarlet Witch, Francois ran non-stop to the land and negotiated with Nicholas Hayes, the Lord of Louis City.

"King of the North, I am honored to meet you..."

"Hello, Nicholas Hayes. To be concise and to the point, I hope you will allow my crew and recruited pirates to trade freely in Louis City. I will ensure that the pirates do not harm or plunder you."

"Just trade?"

"Just trade."

…

"Hand over your money!"

Several vicious pirates surrounded the porter who was unable to escape.

The frightened porter took out more than twenty copper coins from his pocket and cried: "I only have these..."

The pirates counted out twenty copper coins, gave him a magic newspaper and the remaining copper coins, and let him go. The escaped porter clutched the newspaper and watched blankly as the pirates chased the others...

The young nobleman was blocked by the pirates, and he took out his money bag calmly, and the gold coins clinked happily.

"He's got Kinnar!"

A pirate shouted, and the pirates picked up the young noble and ran to the port.

"I paid the money, you can't do this! My father is-"

The blocked girl screamed and backed away: "I have no money... please let me go..." Then she saw the pirates looking at each other and walking away in disgust.

The pirates traded in Louisville in their own way: they took their money and gave them their goods.

Those who had no money stuffed them with magic newspapers, those who had a few silver coins stuffed them with magic newspapers and kidnapped them at the port, and showed them "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower" or "Betal's Redemption". Those who had a few gold coins stuffed them with dozens of pounds of cement. Those wealthy businessmen , the nobles used Susan spinning machines to block the door, so they could not come in or out without paying——

Chaos spread from the port to the entire city-state, and the horrified people found that the guards were indifferent and did not even allow the professionals to conflict with the pirates!

The key to letting the city lord Nicholas Hayes fulfill his agreement is that they paid the business tax normally.

"It's fucking incredible...pirates are actually paying taxes..."

Nicholas Hayes looked at the city-state in chaos and the taxes sent from time to time with mixed emotions.

Local residents also have mixed emotions. At first, this kind of forced buying and selling made them miserable, but due to the strength of the pirates, they did not dare to say anything. They could only curse the guards for their inaction... Then, they discovered the value of spinning machines, magic newspapers, and magic images.

They had barely heard of magic images. It was said that nobles liked to use this thing to record dirty deeds. Magic newspaper...a magic item costs 20 copper coins? Did these pirates make a miscalculation?

In addition to making a lot of money from Louis City, Annan still paid some money-he bought all the slaves in the city.

The panic caused by the pirates subsided, but the hundreds of slaves aroused fear among the locals - they watched with their own eyes so many people got into the cabin and never came out again...

"This is business? Great!"

In the captain's cabin of the Nautilus, the Scarlet Witch lay facelessly on a pile of gold coins - the suspicion that she was the Red Dragon increased by one point.

By the end of the first day, dozens of Susan Spinning Machines and Philosopher's Stone had been "sold", and thousands of copies of "Xingyue Bay News" had been "sold". Some locals even approached the pirates to buy the first few issues. It’s just that you don’t earn as much as the former.

According to the initial division of spoils, the Scarlet Witch will get a quarter: for example, a magic newspaper costs 20 copper coins, and 5 copper coins are hers.

It is better to divide some profits than to turn Puppet Port into a pirate port - of course, the best outcome is that both sides will lose, and Xingyue Bay will make more - Annan is not able to do that kind of thing.

"Continue tomorrow." Annan said. Louis City should be able to loot again... and trade for two more days.

Back on the Initial, Annan and Francois said they wanted them to continue heading south.

"Is your mistress there?" Fast asked.

"There is a clan of ratmen running into Middle Earth. They have just broken through Te Oro County. The Strait of Obiris is not far from there. I need you to go over there and go inland along the bay to explore the situation there."

It takes two years to walk from Xingyue Bay, one year to travel by caravan, five to seven months to mount a sophisticated mount, but less than two months to sail.

Still not fast, but will get the news before Olmedo.