Pirate Kingship

Byron continued to press the profiteer.

"Mr. Michael, not to mention the misidentification of the valuable gemstone, you can't even tell the difference between a knife and a sword?

I really have to doubt the professional ability of you and the Golden Palm Trading Company!"

Generally, the East believes that a single-edged sword is a knife, and a symmetrical double-edged sword is a sword, but the Western definition is not like this.

Unlike most people's cognition, their definition of a knife and a sword is not based on the single or double blade, but on the connection method of the handle.

Throwing the sword blade into a round wooden handle, and then riveting the tail with a counterweight ball to fix it, can be called: a sword.

And the handle forged in one piece, then clamped with wooden boards and riveted, this weapon is called: a knife.

Although the blade of Fisher's sword is indeed asymmetrical and only has a single-sided blade.

But it is still thrown into the handle and fixed with a counterweight ball, which is obviously a very standard sword!

Hearing this, the profiteer's face first stiffened, and then the muscles on his cheeks jumped again. After a few breaths, he finally retreated completely in the eye contact with Byron.

He took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat stains on his forehead, and had to admit:

"Maybe I saw it wrong. Yes, I saw it wrong.

The sun is too dazzling today."

In fact, as a first-level attendant of the Jinyuan sequence [Golden Eye], he is better than the [Craftsman] profession in the field of jewelry and luxury goods identification. How could he see it wrong?

It was both intentional and deliberate.

After being exposed by Byron, he couldn't help but secretly complain:

'It's really unlucky. This batch of goods is obviously from a typical Hastings aristocratic family. It is probably the Lancaster party that fled in the Battle of Red and White Roses.

How could these pirates who can't even read know so much about the aristocratic collections?

I have at least 3,000% profit! '

When Michael thought of his loss, he was heartbroken.

"Scams" are the unspoken rules of black market merchants. How much you can cheat in a transaction depends on your own ability.

Just like shopping in the "antique" market to find bargains, buyers and sellers know that 99% of this batch is fake.

But it is customary. Even if you buy it back excitedly and find it is a fake, you will only slap yourself in the face: "Bah, I was fooled again this time."

But if you meet an expert, you will be exposed on the spot and then comment on it one by one, which will really ruin your reputation.

The rules in the gray area are also rules.

In the land of Anchor Bay, he is not afraid of pirates being arrogant and unreasonable, but he is afraid of Byron's reasonable and well-founded approach according to the rules, so he decisively changed his attitude.

Seeing the performance of the black market merchants, the first mate Miles and a group of pirates knew that Byron must be right.

"Swindlers!"

"Do you know how hard it is for us to keep this batch of goods?"

"Damn it, how dare you rob us pirates!"

When dealing with black market merchants, their ideal result is to be cut in half.

When they started the transaction, they felt that they seemed to be chopped at the ankle.

They never thought that they were actually chopped at the soles of their feet, or even the floor!

Byron just waved his hand casually.

Including the first mate Miles, a group of pirates with red eyes and panting immediately stopped, leaned back slightly.

Even though Byron did not have the position of vice captain, his prestige in the Man-eating Shark was already only lower than that of [Blood Eye] Salman.

The eyes of the young people in the small group were full of enthusiasm.

Now the only obstacle that prevented him from taking the position seemed to be strength.

After talking about Fisher's sword and gem necklace, Byron came to the pile of goods and glanced at the dozens of bottles of rum on display.

He just moved his nose slightly, and then continued confidently:

"This batch of wine has a copper-yellow body, with subtle citrus, spice and wood flavors.

The aftertaste is long-lasting and dry, with mellow orange peel, vanilla, nutmeg, hot coffee and cocoa aroma.

This is Appleton dry rum produced from Appleton Manor, which has been aged in oak barrels for at least twelve years.

I remember that at the auction in the royal capital last year, there was a bottle of Appleton Collection Edition produced in the Silver Age of 1451, which was once sold at a sky-high price of 124 pounds.

The taste of this batch of wine is actually not much different from that of 1451, which is enough to deceive the uninitiated suckers.

Go to a high-end restaurant, and it is absolutely no problem to sell a bottle for 2 pounds."

"Next is this ivory inlaid pearl dressing box."

Every time Byron said a word, the black market merchant's face became uglier, but he was reluctant to turn around and leave.

It is true that you make less money when you meet an expert, but it is much better than not making any money and damaging the brand.

You may make a small profit, but I will never lose.

Soon, all the goods were registered and the payment was made.

The profiteer Michael took a deep look at Byron and hurried away with the plunder that had shrunk his profits.

When he heard Byron's enthusiastic greeting of "Let's cooperate next time" halfway, he almost stepped on air and fell into the sea.

The pirates, who seemed to have won a battle, cheered loudly for the excellent performance of their warehouse manager.

If you ask the sailors and pirates who are on the sea all day, what are they most afraid of?

One is that the money is still there but the person is gone! The other is that the person is alive but the money is gone!

Strong power can conquer some people, professional knowledge can conquer some people, and the grace of saving life can also conquer some people.

But the golden coins can conquer everyone.

If you can't conquer, it must be that the money is not enough.

"Hmm? What captives who have been on board for less than ten days? What arrogant newcomers? That's our dearest angel of wealth."

The first mate Miles, who escaped the fate of "disappearance", was mixed with joy and sorrow.

'Aren't you a butler serving a noble family? Why can you be so successful as a pirate after changing careers?

Ships, navigation, swordsmanship, treasure identification. It's no different if you've been a pirate since you were a baby.

Yes, it must not be because of your identification skills.

It's because these things originally came from Lord Crawford of the Lancaster Party. You know that the situation in the master's family is normal.

It must be like this! '

If Byron heard the first mate Miles's voice, he would definitely laugh at him for being too young.

If the pirate motto "force is better than hard work" is applied to the nobles, there is no sense of disobedience.

In fact, all the good things and scarce resources in the world are robbed by various violent and non-violent means.

Only the weak who are ruled will wait for the secondary distribution, and by the way, pray for the rulers to give a relatively fair distribution system.

The only difference is to rob in the name of an individual or in the name of the country.

This world has never been warm and affectionate. No matter how you whitewash it with so-called civilization, you can't change this naked fact.

And those pirates who have drunk the [Blood of Transmutation], whether they worship him or hate him, it doesn't matter.

This group of future "secondary ghouls" can never be won over, and they belong to the objects that need to be eliminated like Salman.

In addition to implementing the family tradition of thrift and diligence, Byron's show of himself in front of people this time actually has another more important purpose.

Soon, he also sorted out a list of accounts on the ship and shook a piece of paper to the crew.

With a sad face, he told them the bad news:

"I have to regretfully tell you that we lost too much cargo in order to avoid the pursuit of the cruiser [Severe].

Although the cost of repairing the [Man-eating Shark] was barely collected, but!

The pension for you will really not be enough.

The gap is about 1,300 pounds."

[Rule 8: Those who are disabled in battle can stay on the ship without working and receive 40 gold pounds from the public savings].

There are more than 50 people who survived, but it does not mean that they are unscathed.

According to the [Ten Commandments of Pirates], all disabled people can receive a part of the pension, and those who died in battle with families can also let their families receive their share.

So.

When [Blood Eye] Salman walked out of the captain's room, he bumped into the fiery eyes of the crew.

The pirates all remembered that their captain took a lot of small jewels from the spoils of the [Pelican] at the beginning.

Combined with what just happened, they realized that if those things were in the hands of the great "Angel of Wealth", they might also be very valuable.

The attitude now is undoubtedly: Captain, send money!

At this time, a look fell on Salman's hands, mixed with dozens of equally fiery eyes, and seemed inconspicuous at all.

On the slender little finger of his right hand, there was a gold ring that looked ordinary except for its size.

And this is Byron's real purpose.

——The [Storm Seal Ring] symbolizing the position of the Grand Master of the Storm Knights and the inheritance of the royal power of the Lancaster family!