Codex Pirates

Chapter 288 A person who is not satisfied with the status quo

On the edge of an island that was covered by forests and looked green from a distance, a corner was abruptly missing, and a mine surrounded by forests appeared.

A series of brand new small buildings and houses are distributed around the mine. Many have pink feathers on their arms, and residents in gray jumpsuits come and go in and out of the mine and buildings. Although the number of houses is obviously enough It is even more than enough to accommodate the population of the mine, but there are still residents building new houses, and people who come out of the mine carry baskets of black stones.

Among these people with feathers on their arms, there are many armed guards with live ammunition and gas masks on their heads. They did not beat, scold or abuse these workers, but they would see some people being lazy from time to time. Urge and order.

Next to the small mine, there is a wooden pier, the surface of the wood seems to be covered with stubble, more than a dozen warships are parked here, including several very large warships, the whole ship is made of steel, and the surface of the ship is Painted black, there is no mast on the ship, only a row of tall chimneys pointing straight to the sky, continuously emitting black smoke into the sky.

It is worth mentioning that this island is so quiet that it makes people feel weird, there is no sound of animals or even birds, not even the sound of the sea breeze blowing through the woods, the leaves of the trees are flapping, and the black smoke emitted by the steamboat , is also straight to the sky, and it seems that it is not disturbed by the sea breeze at all, or in other words, there is no wind at all.

Because this is the windless belt, this whole world is still in the age of sails, the sea area that humans are least willing to set foot in.

But the two most dangerous factors in this sea area—wind power and sea kings—have been overcome by William. Ships powered by steam can move freely in this sea area, and the sound wave technology made by sea train track technology can also Avoid Neptunian harassment.

Long before the real decisive battle with Golden Lion Shiji, when William made a plan to fight together with the navy, he used the steamboat to continuously transport personnel and supplies to the calm zone, using the calm zone as a secret base After the Golden Lion Shiji was defeated and Melville, the island of the sky, landed, the residents and important supplies on the island were transported here day and night.

On the bow deck of a black steamship, after inspecting the village, Aramis, who returned to the boat, took off the gas mask on his face and let out a long breath: "There are still too few people, even supplying these ships There is not enough demand for steamship sailing."

"It's just waste utilization." Dampier said lightly.

During the reign of the Golden Lion Shiji, the residents of Melville Island were all arrested and sent to work in the palace. Only the elderly and children were left in the village. After the lion Shiji died, the island fell, and many people were killed or injured. In the end, there were only a few hundred people left in the whole village.

In the end, these people were all taken to the windless zone by William, imprisoned on a small island in disguise, and built a mine. Part of the reason was to hide people's eyes and ears, and the other part was to find something for them to do, but neither William nor Dampier. It is planned to expand the scale of the mine here, so the operation of this mine is still relying on manpower.

"What is the number of new cases on the island?" Dampier asked about the most important thing that Aramis visited the village this time.

"Thirteen people, rising again." Aramis looked back at the forest surrounding the mine, "The people on the island said that there are too many 'Daft Green' transplants here, and now even young people are starting to get sick frequently .”

"Very good." Dampier replied casually, seemingly not caring about the life and death of the natives of Melville Island.

Aramis hesitated to speak, but Dampier glanced at him, thinking that he was softened, and worried about the illness of the natives on the island, so he said: "Don't worry, the medicine that Golden Lion Shiji originally stored, plus our time The medicine produced under the auspices of Dr. Indigo is well prepared and enough to save them."

"I'm just worried about William," Aramis sighed. "Sherlock blamed himself. He has already personally run back to the East China Sea to contact various forces, implement the plan, and start connecting. William is betting his life. I'm afraid." What an accident, maybe we shouldn't have provoked the Navy in the first place...."

"Did I tell you about me?" Dampier asked back.

Aramis was taken aback when he heard the words: "What?"

"When William became a nobleman of the Navia Kingdom and killed Andre, do you know what I said to him?"

"'A person's life is actually very short, but if you choose to spend it humbly, it is too long'," Aramis said, "William told me."

Dampier pursed his lips and hesitated for a moment, but he was as smart as he knew that although William's team had made a lot of preparations, this battle still required everyone's concerted efforts. He must do everything possible to strengthen the confidence within the team. So he said: "Neither I nor others have said this. My father was originally a small nobleman. Although he was not rich and powerful, he didn't need to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation like those ordinary people. He never took risks. He doesn't even trade with ships, and has been pursuing stability. It seems that he should live longer than the pirates fighting at sea. What happened? When he was in his thirties, he got terminally ill, and his health became worse and worse , taking a lot of drugs that work and don’t work every day, and then one day, he found out that my mother was having an affair with a sailor, right at my house, and then..., boom!"

Dampier suddenly yelled, startling Aramis who was gradually listening to his story.

The corners of Dampier's mouth curled up, a little cold and sarcasm, and continued: "When he was about to die, he finally did a 'big thing'. He shot and killed my mother and the sailor in the bedroom, and then When I came to my room, I don't know what he was looking for me at that time, but I hid in the cabinet long before that, and watched him through the gap. He quickly gave up looking, and then sat on my bed Side, swallowed a gun and killed himself."

Aramis opened his mouth, he wanted to say a few words of sympathy, but before he could say it, he was interrupted by Dampier: "You don't have to pity me, you should pity my father, his whole life, In the eyes of the world, the only thing left is to shoot the cheating wife and finally commit suicide, and then let people discuss it after tea and dinner. The most pitiful thing is that he pursued stability, but death and misfortune still found it. on his head."

"Why don't I do the right thing, but sell arms? Because I have been waiting for someone, waiting for someone like me, who would rather be executed by the world government and the Navy Headquarters in front of the people of the world before the age of thirty, causing a sensation. He also didn't want to live a stable life. As a result, he got terminally ill at the age of 30. He could only complain about the unfair fate, and then committed suicide in his son's room with the gun that killed his wife and husband. No one remembers."

Dampier glanced at Aramis: "There are countless safer industries and businesses that can be done. I believe that with William's mind and character, he will definitely be able to succeed, but William still chose such a path. I knew it. He is the same person as me. He is a person who puts life and death aside for his career. What he does is not dangerous? I heard that William sneaked into Barbarossa’s ship. Isn’t that dangerous? We won this battle If we do it, it will be a sensation in the world, and we have a good chance to win, why hesitate now?"

After Dampier finished speaking, he shook his head and left. Aramis stood there in a daze, inexplicably recalling William's words by the bonfire when he had just left the Denton Pirates. Aramis finally knew why William was so important. Dampier died, not only because of Dampier's brains and talents, but because William saw that Dampier was as ambitious and restless as he was.