Codex Pirates

Chapter 138: Blue Jam

The reason why Bruggem was called is very simple. The sea area around the Kingdom of Navia has been controlled by William and his Morgan Pirates. Whether other merchant ships want to enter here for business or simply pass by, they must pay a certain fee. Not a small fee.

The amount of charges is generally based on the nature of the passing ships and the scale of profits. As for the series of ups and downs that gradually occurred during the period, in order to pay less money, disguise and falsify accounts, William had to set up a special department to investigate and deal with the problem, and so on. Let's not talk about it.

For those ships that thought of tricks just to pay less money, William usually just warned and threatened them, and those who refused to pay were all sunk under William's order.

After being reprimanded by William, Selkirk was meticulous in doing this. He called the nobleman of the Goa Kingdom in Bruggem, named Pere, who was an earl similar to Arcadio. Refusing to pay the money, the merchant ship under his banner was directly sunk by Selkirk.

Count Pere was furious after receiving the news. He wanted to take revenge on the Morgan Pirates, so he found the more famous pirate gang near Goa Kingdom, the captain of the Sapphire Pirates, Brujem.

The model of colluding with the nobles of the kingdom and protecting each other, even in the East China Sea, is actually not only Barbarossa and William can think of it, Bruggem and his pirate group are also similar to the two, and compared to Barbarossa Sa and William may be more deeply involved in collusion.

Bruggem would always help the nobles in the high town of the Goa Kingdom to do some dirty work that was inconvenient to come forward to do. Apart from wanting to get the protection of the kingdom, the only extravagant hope might be to become a nobleman.

Earl Pere took advantage of this to reveal some words, implying that he would say something good for Bruggem in this matter, so he persuaded this pirate with some reputation and strength around the Kingdom of Goa The leader, for an illusory name, fought with another big pirate group.

It's just that Bruggem was dazzled by the name of a nobleman, but one or two of his crew members were always sober.

His navigator said bluntly: "Captain, the pirate group to be dealt with is very powerful. The Pirates changed to their current name, and neither the overall strength nor the strength of the captain who killed Barbarossa should be underestimated."

"There are so many rumors, who knows which one is true and which one is false?" Bruggem rubbed his chin, "How did I hear that Barbarossa was killed by the local navy? The nobles of the Goa Kingdom were also like this with me. Said."

The spread of Barbarossa's death is a bit strange. The official statement was naturally that he was killed by Colonel Roy of the Sixteenth Division of the Navy. Therefore, this statement spread more widely among other navy and high-level officials of the kingdom.

However, there are still many old pirates on the Morgan Pirates who know what happened. These people are not strict, and when they brag in the tavern, they will inevitably leak some information. The original captain said more.

It's just that because there is no evidence, compared with official statements, the credibility of folk "legends" seems to be lower.

After hearing Bruggem's words, there were other crew members who wanted to say something first, but Bruggem stopped him with a wave of his hand, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Be timid, what kind of pirate?"

The navigator defended a bit: "Even if the rumors are false, it's still someone else's territory. I'm worried..."

"We won't rush directly," Bruggem said with a smile, "Earl Perey said that you can lend us the flag and ships of the trading company. We will pretend to be ordinary merchant ships and wait for the Morgan Pirates to rely on us." When they come up to collect fees, they will be caught off guard."

Bruggem was also a domineering captain on the ship. Seeing that he had made up his mind and couldn't listen to his subordinates at all, the people on the ship looked at each other and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to persuade.

"This past time, the only thing worth noting is the navy. Earl Perret said that the naval commander of the Sixteenth Division is a ruthless character who hunts and kills pirates in the jurisdiction," Bruggem spat, " I guess the Morgan Pirates is a dog raised by the commander, and after the commander drove away the other pirates, he started collecting money under the name of the Morgan Pirates."

"These navies have too bad hearts." Several crew members around echoed.

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Bruggem probably thought he was acting cautiously, but it turned out that William knew of his whereabouts not long after he entered the sphere of influence of the Navia Kingdom.

Combining the trading network of the trading company, William has set up many eyes and ears in the villages, towns, docks and ports controlled by his banner, and he pays great attention to managing the image of himself and his forces. It may be exaggerated to say that mobilizing the masses, but some locals who have a good impression of the Morgan Pirates Residents, once they find suspicious characters, will always inform the local Four Seas Trading Company or the resident personnel of the Morgan Pirates, and then receive a more or less reward after confirming the news.

This network usually seems useless, but when it comes to a critical moment, it can work. William spends a huge amount of Bailey for this every year. These are not something that people like Blue Gem can understand and imagine. Blue Gem and The pirates under him who live in the East China Sea may never have heard of them in this life, and some civilians took the initiative to inform the pirates.

Under the banner of a trading company, in order to replenish supplies and rest, they will inevitably park in villages and towns, and sometimes go ashore. Although they pay attention to camouflage, they will always show some suspicious signs. As a result, they are quickly spotted and confirmed. After that, report to William.

In Kalmar City, in a dusty construction site in the slums, William looked at the briefing in his hand, which also contained the bounty list of Bruggem, and soon the corners of his mouth turned up.

Seeing this, Aramis asked curiously, "What made you laugh so much?"

"When sleepiness comes, someone will send you a pillow. Why aren't you happy?" William chuckled, "Now that we have scapegoats and excuses, Wallon's revenge will be avenged soon."

Aramis was taken aback, and then his face was distorted. It has been almost two years, and he still has the matter of Wallon to his heart. It is not that he has not complained that William's pace of revenge is too slow, but he also knows that now William is carrying It is no longer three or five people, but the future and destiny of countless people. When making decisions, we must take into account the life and death of other subordinates.

"Go back first, let the mouse and Ajin know first, so that they can get ready." William rolled up the briefing and the reward list, turned around and walked towards the noble district.