Codex Pirates

Chapter 30 Leading

The sound of killing came and went quickly, and soon disappeared. After a while, there was a light knock on the captain's door.

The pirate who was holding the door of the house looked at William with a pale face, and the smile on the latter's face widened. He first looked at the surprised Sherlock, and then waved to the pirate to get him out of the way.

"Come in!" William said loudly to the door.

The door of the captain's room was opened from the outside, and a bare head still stained with a lot of blood poked out from behind. After taking a look at the environment in the room, he walked in with confidence.

This person was of course Wallon. He had a lot of blood on his head, but no injuries could be seen on his body. Obviously, the blood was not his own.

"Have all the enemies outside been resolved?" William asked.

Wallon casually wiped the blood on his head, and replied in his mouth: "It should all be resolved, Akin, Aramis, and Edmond are checking one by one in the cabin to see if there are any fish that slipped through the net."

William nodded, then looked at Sherlock, who was pursing his lips tightly, and said, "Is it the most dangerous part to sell locally? How dangerous is it? Being caught by local officials and extorting money? You and I both know that after we cooperate , it must be my people watching the ship to protect the cargo, and they are all facing murderous sea thieves, the most dangerous link is actually in charge of me and my people.”

"Mr. Sherlock, although my companion and I are not as distinguished as you, our lives are not so humble." William put his hands on the desk, leaned forward, stared at the seated Sherlock condescendingly, and said every word. He said suddenly, "You only pay for the money, but we pay for our lives! So, of course, I have the final say on this deal!"

William stood up straight again: "Besides, we don't only pay for our lives, but also for money, and you, unless you ask your own father for help, you won't be able to find someone qualified to cooperate with you in a short time. If you are not satisfied , You don’t have to cooperate with me, but I still want to advise..."

He said in an unpredictable tone: "There are only ships and goods. In this sea, for those who are capable, they are just a transport team to help people keep the goods."

After William finished speaking, the room suddenly fell silent. Wallon looked at William with some concern, and then observed the pensive Sherlock. Some worried that Sherlock, who was young and energetic, would be irritated by William's faintly threatening words.

Unexpectedly, after a while, after Sherlock thought about it, he just blinked and said, "Desperado? I like it."

Sherlock stood up: "The higher the risk, the greater the benefit. I like bold people who dare to do business that ordinary people dare not do. Only in this way can they make more money than ordinary people can imagine. Do you want to lead? Yes. ! But I am a businessman, I want profit, can you satisfy me?"

The two hands were tightly held together again, one joint was thick and full of calluses, the other was slender and slender.

"no problem."

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Ajin and others have been hiding in the small wooden boat that William was riding in. At first, William kicked the fender of the boat lightly to remind the few people hidden in the dark cabin of the boat, and then pay attention to his signal.

When the other pirates were attracted by the movement from William and the captain's room, the few of them removed their disguise and killed the merchant ship.

Because Sherlock didn't have the ability to protect himself, William didn't escort Sherlock to the deck of the ship until Ajin came to the captain's room and reported that all the pirates on the ship had been cleaned up.

After several people left, Aramis, who was left alone, smiled at the pirate who was lucky enough to survive. After a while, everyone who took a few steps ahead heard a scream from the captain's room.

A Jin turned his head to look at Aramis who walked out of the room and followed the team again. The latter shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly: "It's just breaking his two hands."

William was chatting with Sherlock, and he asked Sherlock: "Listen to you, this kidnapping was premeditated? It seems that I really should keep the leader alive, do you need my help?"

"No, you don't need to ask, I can more or less guess who did it," Sherlock shook his head.

"Could it be the grievances of the wealthy family?" William glanced at his expression, "I don't really understand the intrigue between you big families."

"My family is really rich, but it's only two generations. My great-grandfather was just an apprentice in a grocery store. He only had a small shop of his own when he was with my grandfather. It's not a wealthy family." Sherlock smiled, "But everyone It is inevitable that there will be one or two relatives who are not useful in the family. My vision is too small, I can only see something in front of the tip of my nose, and I have no ability to open up some business of my own. Then starve to death."

"When you get rich in the future, I guess there will be such relatives around you," Sherlock teased, "But I think with your character, you will press him to death with your backhand, and I was a little bit close. After all, it's just a business Yes, it’s not as refreshing as yours.”

As a pampered and wealthy son, Sherlock, who has just experienced a series of events that can make ordinary people tremble, now seems to be a normal person, at least William can't see the slightest haze from his face.

Just like Sherlock took a high look at William from the series of events from William's boarding the ship alone to saving him, William also admired Sherlock from the time he was kidnapped to the present.

Several people drove the boat back to Hongye Village. Sherlock appeased the crew of the original merchant ship and let them leave on their own. Then he went to the welcome banquet specially held for him with Tony who greeted him.

It was said to be a banquet, but in fact there were only a few people. Tony, his uncle the village chief, Sherlock, William, Arkin, Aramis, Wallon and Edmund occupied the second floor of the tavern, drinking and eating , while talking about all aspects of smuggling alcohol in the future.

In fact, Edmond still had doubts about whether the business of smuggling alcohol could be successful. He asked: "The wine that was originally only a few hundred Baileys sold for thousands or even tens of thousands of Baileys. Maybe someone will buy it." ?"

Before William could answer, Tony's uncle, Omar, the head of Hongye Village, grinned and said, "How come no one bought it?"

He raised the wine glass in his hand and smiled treacherously: "Those men who have been tired for several days will definitely be willing to pay for this glass of wine when they are resting."

Edmund couldn't understand his virtue, so he didn't respond to him anymore, and turned to talk to Wallon in a low voice.

Ever since he became literate, Wallon has loved reading, more precisely, those adventure novels. The seemingly simple and honest Wallon also has a sullen heart in his heart. In fact, he also yearns for the magnificent stories of the protagonist in adventure novels. Demon can be said to coincide with each other.

The two innocent youths in William's gang got very close very quickly, but this made Aramis upset. He used to like to bully and tease Wallon, but after Wallon and Edmond got together all day long, he became jealous again .

William was too lazy to care about these three funny comparisons. He suggested to Sherlock: "If possible, I suggest you register some pharmacies at the local sales points first. We only make alcohol in Hongye Village and then ship it to these pharmacies. Even if it is seized by local officials, there is a saying that it can be prevaricated with medical alcohol."

The method of selling alcoholic beverages privately under the guise of a pharmacy was borrowed by William from the Americans in his previous life. The protagonist of the novel "The Great Gatsby" actually did this.

"I'm afraid it won't taste good like this?" Tony asked.

"The low-end market is the big one," Sherlock wiped his mouth, "and it can also save on shipping costs. For high-end finished wine, if you ship it over and sell it directly, it might as well be used to bribe local officials. Prohibition is really a good thing." , so that we can save a lot of money even in bribes.”

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