Codex Pirates

Chapter 120 A Good Man

The mouse subconsciously touched the banknotes in the suitcase, until he found that his hands were still stained with blood, and then quickly retracted.

At this time, Tony sighed pretendingly, and when the mouse looked at him, he made a look of hesitating to speak.

The mouse asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing." Tony said so, but "what's there" was clearly written all over his face.

As if he just remembered, he slapped his head, took out several palm-sized, colorful papers from his pocket, took out one from inside, and handed it carefully to the mouse: "Major, hold it well."

"What's this?"

"Winning lottery ticket!" Tony laughed, "In a lottery held by the Four Seas Trading Company, you won the first prize with a bonus of 5 million Baileys."

The mouse looked at the paper in his hand, and sure enough, besides the gaudy patterns, there were three big words "First Prize" written on it, and a line of smaller words "Bonus: 5,000,000 Baileys" below it. .

"Is this your idea?" the mouse looked at Tony.

"Our captain came up with it," Tony recalled William's tone when he spoke, "The captain said, you are our friend, and in this case, we should try our best to solve the worries for our friends, although the money is entirely between friends. Normal friendship, but there are always some people who don't know the truth and can't understand this pure friendship, so I made such a response to prevent you from being slandered."

The mouse didn't know what to say anymore, William was so considerate and considerate in giving money, worried that the mouse would be caught, what else could he say?

"Your captain is really a good man!" The mouse sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Tony smiled and said nothing, seemingly unconsciously rubbing the rest of the winning tickets in his hands, making a "Sasha" rubbing sound.

Sure enough, the mouse was attracted by him, looked over, and asked curiously, "Are those also winning tickets?"

"Oh!" Tony pretended to be stunned, and showed the winning tickets one by one to the mouse, "This is the third prize, one million Baileys, this is the second prize, two million Baileys..."

Tony took out the last one slowly: "This is the grand prize... 20 million Baileys!"

The mouse looked at Tony, and Tony looked at him. He wasn't completely a fool. When he thought of Tony's expression and the huge lottery ticket, he tentatively asked, "Two million Baileys, don't you?" Will it be prepared for the success of my trip?"

Tony slapped his thigh exaggeratedly: "That's right!"

His face was full of heartache because of the loss of this large sum of money for the mouse: "Our captain originally specially prepared 20 million Baileys. As long as Colonel Roy nods, this money is a thank you for you. It's a pity..."

"Roy, a small-bodied bastard, just hates people!" Seeing that the 20 million Bailey's reward disappeared, the mouse was really heartbroken, especially when he felt the sharp pain coming from his nose. Roy, who was wronged by the large sum of money, was even more resentful.

...

A little forward in time, when Tony hung up the call.

In Kalmar City, in a reception room of the underground bar run by Dampier, the good man Morgan Stolt William also put down the phone.

"Money is just paper printed by others. It is only valuable when it can be exchanged for something that is really useful." Dampier, who was also in the meeting room, repeated what William had just said, and applauded with great appreciation. "These words are really grand!"

"It's easy to say, but the problem now is that I want to exchange too many useful things, but too little money!" William stood up from the sofa, pacing unconsciously in the conference room with his hands behind his back.

William wasn't lying, he was short of money.

There is no doubt that he has a lot of income. On the one hand, there is the giant gold-swallowing monster of the Four Seas Trading Company. Whether it is the wine market, gifts, or health care markets, it is a huge profit industry, and there is a violent organization like the Morgan Pirates. Escorting and engaging in unfair competition has made the development momentum of the Four Seas Trading Company extremely fierce.

In addition, although the villages and towns that were protected by William and rescued by him, he only received a small part of the security tax, which is better than nothing, but in fact, these places have become his exclusive market, the place where products are dumped, and without his permission, foreign goods Can't get into the docks at all, so Sherlock is currently taking the lead and starting to get involved in other industries besides alcohol.

In addition, he also took a stake in Dampier's munitions company, and developed a new type of weapon that completely crushed the old-style firearms.

In the end, plus the proceeds from the robbery of the pirate ships, the income of various forces under William's banner is terrifying, but at the same time, William's expenditure figures are also terrifying.

At the request of William, all the profits of the arms company were invested in research and development institutions to continue to develop new weapons. He even asked for research on chemical weapons. In this way, the profits from the revolver and bolt-action rifle alone were not enough. After all, the products Promotion itself also costs money.

So I have to invest some more money, and it is also a loss that Dan Bier himself is also a technical control. He agreed to William's request and also invested a sum of money.

As for the pirate group, four pirate ships, more than 300 people, eat and drink on weekdays, and the daily consumption of supplies is not a small number, not to mention that there are wages to be paid, and compensation for casualties.

As for Hongye Village, William is going to build another shipyard, and even develop a new type of ship that he remembers, which will cost him a lot of money.

In the end, if Arcadio agrees to his proposal and agrees that his armed groups should wear the coat of the kingdom army, then he will have to pay for the construction of an army station in Kalmar City after bringing his own dry food. Buy a luxurious manor in the aristocratic district to show to people like Arcadio.

Moreover, with the establishment of the military garrison, the establishment of two supporting institutions that William has planned for a long time will also be put on the agenda. He attaches great importance to these two institutions. expenditure.

Other odds and ends of public relations expenses, in comparison, are small money.

William needed more funds, especially since he was likely to have a new army to support soon, and this need gradually became urgent.

The new army is not armed with the pirates under William. He does not intend to make it a pirate, relying on plunder to maintain itself, and there is no source of income.

"Other pirate forces in the Kingdom of Navia, after our siege for about a year, are no longer in the air," William said slowly while gathering his thoughts, "A monopoly has actually been created, so I am ready to enter the next link ,TOLL."

"To the passing ships?" Dampier is also a smart man, and he almost knows everything.

"I don't care about other sea areas. In the sea area of ​​the Kingdom of Navia, passing merchant ships berth at the pier and sail on the route. They must hang the flag of my Morgan Pirates and pay the fee according to the number of times." William said, "If you don't pay the fee, I will pay the fee." will sink."

This behavior actually imitated Zheng Zhilong in William's previous life.

Historical records: "Any ship that does not have the flag of the Zheng family cannot come and go. Each ship has three thousand gold, and the yearly income is tens of millions, so as to enrich the enemy's country and build the city of Anping Town."; Foreign goods, domestic customers and foreign merchants all use Zheng's banner, without warning, merchants have twenty times the profit, Zhilong makes use of the sea to facilitate the transportation, and makes it a big show."

In fact, they are relying on superior military power to collect marine protection fees.

Dampier asked: "If the Morgan Pirates don't want to attract the attention of the government and other navies, it will be difficult for you, as the captain, to offer zero rewards like you do now."

"By then, I will have become a nobleman of the Kingdom of Navia, the captain of the Pirates, and others." William chuckled lightly.