Codex Pirates

Chapter 69: Old Friend

For a moment, William thought that Barbarossa would make a move. He knew that Barbarossa, who had been hit one after another, was full of anger and had nowhere to vent his anger. Arcadio still suppressed the killing intent.

The conversation obviously couldn't go any further. Frederick kicked over the tea table and left angrily, not even bothering William and Crowe.

William didn't know why Barbarossa didn't do anything. Although Arcadio brought a group of guards, but if there was a conflict, even if Barbarossa suffered some injuries, the other party might not be able to protect the weak Arcadio. comprehensive.

William left with Barbarossa unconsciously, which made Arcadio look at him twice.

Arcadio looked at Clo, saw the latter nodded slightly, and asked William, "Are you Stolt?"

"Yes, my lord." William replied honestly.

His attitude made Arcadio show a satisfied expression: "You are the navigator on the ship? Then you should have received a good education. There are a bunch of vulgar and disrespectful vulgar people on the ship. You should be more gentle and restrained. Luo has also been educated like this, and has some self-cultivation, so let's get in touch with people who understand the order of dignity."

William looked at Crowe when he heard the words, and Crowe smiled at him covertly while drinking tea with his head down.

William turned his head and repeated honestly: "Yes, my lord."

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I don't know how many years no one has set foot on the small island, and today finally ushered in a cargo ship.

Without waiting for the gangway to be lowered, Aramis jumped off the bow of the ship and landed on the shore. After looking around, he took out a map from his pocket, compared the surrounding scenery, and observed it.

After the gangway was lowered, Edmund, Tony, Sherlock and others came to his side one after another. At the same time, many sailors and workers got off the cargo ship, busy around the ship.

Several people didn't go up to help, they all circled around the map, discussed for a while, then Edmund and Tony were responsible for opening the way, Aramis and Sherlock followed the map and approached the island.

The island is quiet, with only occasional bird calls. This island was chosen by Barbarossa as a treasure location, naturally because it is remote enough. The island is full of strange rocks and overgrown with weeds, making it very difficult to walk. , several people searched for a long time, just now in an inconspicuous corner where the sun can't reach, they found a hidden path, walked down, and there was a natural hole in front of them.

Except for Sherlock, who used to live a prosperous life, Edmond, Aramis, Tony and others seemed a little excited. What the four of them discovered so far can correspond to Barbarossa's logbook.

Tony lit the kerosene lamp he had been carrying all the time, and entered the cave head first. The road inside was a bit narrow, and the others followed him. After walking for a while, Tony who was leading suddenly stopped moving, and Edmund behind him pushed strangely. After pushing him, Tony came back to his senses and quickly got out of the way.

A natural cave with a large area suddenly appeared in front of everyone, but none of them were in the mood to lament the uncanny craftsmanship of nature.

Heavy wooden boxes almost filled the cave, and some boxes even couldn't close the lids because they were too full, so they were left open, revealing the gold coins and gems inside. It's hard to look away.

After all, Sherlock was the only son of the president of the chamber of commerce. He was the first to come to his senses and pushed Aramis: "Don't be dazed, quickly remove all these things."

"Yes, yes, yes," Tony came back to his senses when he heard the words, rubbed his hands, and said excitedly, "These things are ours now!"

"No, these are all William's." Sherlock glanced at Tony and said lightly.

Tony was stunned, and forced a smile: "Of course, but William is not a stingy person. We have also put in a lot of effort in this operation. It is impossible for him to give everyone the benefits."

"I know, but before William spoke, these things were all named Morgan." Sherlock said.

Edmund was already excitedly running to the boxes, and opened the lids one by one. Aramis took a deep look at Sherlock and Tony, and then ran over.

Seeing that both of them left, Tony lowered his voice, and said to Sherlock with some ferocity: "What do you mean? You deliberately embarrass me?"

Tony's tone was not very polite. Now that the signboard of the Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce is gone, Sherlock is now equivalent to being under the fence. Tony no longer needs to lower his profile because of Sherlock's identity as before. He even feels that his current status Should also be above Sherlock.

In fact, if it wasn't for William's care, with Tony's habit, he would have already extorted all the money from Sherlock, a fat sheep.

Sherlock was not affected by Tony's condescending attitude. After the accident, he had encountered too many such things, so the few words that William asked Edmund to convey to him made people feel angry at the time. He was deeply moved.

"I'm just reminding you to see your own position," Sherlock didn't even look at Tony, "I don't know when you had the illusion and put yourself in the same position as William, but believe me, I Reminding you is better than William reminding you himself when the time comes."

"but I……."

Tony was a little unwilling to speak, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Sherlock: "But what? The plan this time was made by William, and the main force of the action is Edmund and Aramis. You think With the brewery, don’t forget, it was also proposed by William at the beginning.”

Tony's face turned blue and white, but Sherlock ignored his feelings and continued: "Also, do you think you can still say the same among those young people in Hongye Village? Those young people still follow you because they think You are a member of William's gang, and William didn't make a sound, so he still followed you by inertia. After making money from smuggling, how long have you not been to the docks and workshops? What they admire and respect most now is skill William, who is strong, smart, and approachable, is no longer you."

"Besides, now Hayreddin is dead, and Reis is dead. Next is Barbarossa. At your age, you and I grew up listening to horror stories about red beards when we were young. Wait for William to kill him and replace him. After becoming the captain of the Redbeard Pirates, when William like this stands in front of the young people of Hongye Village with you, who do you think they will offer their loyalty to? Why do you stand on an equal footing with him?"

"William never said that..." Tony said with difficulty.

"That's because he doesn't think it's necessary to do this. He always thinks that people around him are smart, so he thinks you can figure it out, but you don't seem to understand."

Sherlock patted Tony on the shoulder: "I just remind you, old friend, because of our past friendship."

Sherlock bit the word "old friend" a bit hard, with some sarcasm, which shows that his previous attitude towards Tony was not without any grudges.

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(Related to the work, I made a piece of information about the original flintlock gun and other ordnance issues. A long time ago, I saw some readers commenting on this and thought about doing it. I always forgot, and finally remembered. The book currently mentions The single burst setting of the flintlock musket is not a nonsense.)

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