Codex Pirates

Chapter 109 Shichibukai

"What good is there to be a running dog of the world government." Harden disapproved.

Edmund stared, but Harden didn't care.

As the power under William grew stronger, even the main leaders of various departments did not meet too many times, and they could no longer be as close as the small gangs before.

Edmund belongs to the Four Seas Trading Company, and Harden belongs to the Morgan Pirates. Although the Morgan Pirates have some shares in the Four Seas Trading Company, the only equity representative of the Morgan Pirates is Captain William, so Harden and Edmund The two haven't met many times in the past year, so naturally they don't have much relationship. Harden is straightforward, and he doesn't think of taking the face of his colleagues into consideration, so he directly speaks out if he has any dissatisfaction.

But Harden doesn't understand the world, it doesn't mean that other people on the boat don't understand.

The cadres of the Morgan Pirates all have trading companies to share dividends. As the business of the Four Seas Trading Company is getting better and better, the pirates on the ship can get more and more money. Stable, and how can a silver mountain be like silver water?

However, within a year, the bright money scene can already be seen. It can be said that part of William's goal has been achieved. Under the current situation, I don't want to make the relationship with the people of the Four Seas Trading Company too rigid.

Crowe deliberately ignored Harden's words, smoothed things over, and explained for Edmund: "Read the newspapers, the world government established the Qibukai, and they fancy their influence. William is still unknown in the East China Sea. The world It is estimated that high-level government officials have never heard of him, so how could they invite him?"

Time is a good thing. It can dilute old memories and strengthen new ones. It has been more than a year since the smuggling incident, and Arcadio and Roy have almost completely forgotten about the little guy who was "crushed to death" at the time. , let alone remember the names of little people like William. After all, what they cared most about at the beginning was not William and others, even the masterminds, let alone other "accomplices" who didn't know the specific situation?

On the pirate ship, the proportion of old people in the Barbarossa period is getting smaller and smaller. In addition, William has completely controlled the whole ship in a year. Because of the feelings of the crew, Stolt was put in the middle name, but the daily name was still called William. Although the other people on the ship were strange, but William was the captain, and neither did the other people on the ship, let alone entangled with him. name.

As for Crowe, who was originally Count Arcadio's subordinate, William was not worried about him. The experience of eradicating Barbarossa together made him get closer to William psychologically, and in the process, he personally experienced William's ferocity and cunning are different from the kind of side pressure that Count Arcadio's high position and weight caused in people's hearts.

Following the plan, William methodically and brutally eliminated the enemies of the Redbeard Pirates one by one, including Hayreddin, Reis, Barbarossa and even Felton. Few people on board knew this better than Crowe. The whole process, which is different from Arcadio, the pressure that William puts on Crowe comes from the threat of life.

To put it simply, what makes Arcadio fear Crowe is that the opponent's power can ruin him, but William's current power makes Crowe feel that angering him will directly kill him.

In addition, William has now become the leader of a large pirate group, and there is a promising business company, even if William's own force is not counted, the power comparison between William and Arcadio is not much inferior.

One side is Arcadio, who has not been reused all year round, treats him as a dispensable pawn, and doesn't care about his wishes, neither material nor spiritual can satisfy him; the other side values ​​his talent, Let him be the real power cadre on the ship, and give the trading company shares, which not only confers status, but also binds William with substantial interests. Crowe's loyalty is naturally given to the latter.

In fact, in the case of Barbarossa, Crowe had already lied to Arcadio, and had the first history, betraying Arcadio and helping William continue to deceive the other party was a matter of course.

"Then let's do some big things as soon as possible to attract the attention of the government," Edmund muttered to himself, "Fortunately, we already have some reputation in the East China Sea, but the captain doesn't even have a reward..."

William, who was sitting next to him, frowned when he heard this, rolled up the newspaper and knocked him on the head: "If you have nothing to do, go to Shuangyue Village immediately. I'm going to Yixin Daochang tomorrow, and everyone else is going to do it too." I will go, you go and arrange the place to live first."

"No." Edmund lay prone on the table, grasping the table with both hands, as if he was afraid that William would be dragged away.

Aramis, who heard William confiding in the bow of the boat that day, glanced at William who deliberately changed the subject, and then looked away.

William noticed Aramis' movement, but didn't pay attention.

The governments and navies of the world are all focusing on the great route, and in response to the endless stream of excellent newcomer pirates who are aiming at "OnePice" and pouring into the great route, even the system of "Seven Martial Seas under the King" has been created.

The biggest advantage of this system of privateering permits is that the government does not need to spend a lot of energy, money and time training the navy, and can immediately obtain ready-made military force. People as keen as William can immediately see the meaning behind it, that is Today's naval forces are at a disadvantage.

In connection with the increasingly weak naval power in the East China Sea, William's current strategic policy is nothing more than twelve words——

"Thickly plant the foundation, recruit talents, and suspend being king."

The world government cannot completely rule the East China Sea, especially the kingdoms and the villages and towns below, but this sea area has vast manpower and material resources, and it is a place to take root. Before that, William didn't want to attract the attention of the world government.

William won't be like Selkirk back then, or other rookie pirates in this world who don't have a strategic plan, and will run to the great route as soon as they slap their heads.

Of course, William would go to this pirate cemetery, a sea area where strong men gather, but he would not plunge into it without preparation. He needed a more stable rear to continue blood transfusion for him.

In this sea area of ​​the Great Route, there are countless pirates in the four seas every year.

William didn't want to be such a ridiculous guy. When he entered the great route, he must be able to ensure a firm foothold there, and he would never be driven out in despair!

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(Sanjiang added more chapters, in addition, Jesus Bu, the Empress and Qiwuhai are the real hammers, and the specific time and source have been posted in the work. If you just talk about the irresponsible plot of the brain, I almost broke my leg. .)