Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Xiang Nan's method was also very direct.

First, he directly grabbed the braid of Brayden Phoenix, the deputy in the Royal Port Navy who opposed his taking over the Royal Port; second, he personally led the team to capture the big pirate Red Eye Sharlock, who was wanted for a reward of 3,000 gold coins.

Brayden Phoenix was originally the deputy of the Royal Port Sheriff. After the previous sheriff retired, he originally thought that he could take over the Royal Port Sheriff and become the ruler of this generation.

But he didn't expect that a young man like Xiang Nan would be airdropped. He was only 22 years old this year, and he was outlasted before he was outlasted.

Therefore, Brayden Phoenix was naturally full of complaints about this, but he did not show it on the surface, and still actively helped Xiang Nan complete the takeover.

His idea was to stabilize Xiang Nan first, paralyze him, and then find an opportunity to plot against him.

Royal Port seems to be prosperous, but in fact, there are undercurrents in private. There are many pirates and bootleggers doing business here. They are cruel and murderous.

As long as they were given a little money and a little promise, they could help him get rid of Xiang Nan. Then, he might be able to take over.

Xiang Nan was not deceived by Braden's superficial submission.

He was proficient in legilimency, and he saw through Braden's conspiracy at a glance, and also knew that he secretly sold gunpowder and firearms to pirates.

So he didn't waste any words and directly led people to check the armory. He soon found evidence of Braden's selling of arms. On the same day, he was imprisoned for "treason" and "collusion with pirates". The consequence was at most hanging.

And the deputy sheriff was imprisoned, so the remaining officers and soldiers naturally didn't dare to make trouble.

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Then, Xiang Nan personally took action and arrested the big pirate Red Eye Sharlock.

Red Eye Sharlock was one of the famous pirates in the Caribbean. He owned a battleship, the Roaring, and more than 30 men. He often robbed merchant ships on the sea.

He was clever and cunning, and good at disguise. He often sent people to pretend to be sailors in distress to beg for help from passing merchant ships. Or he claimed that the goods in a certain place were selling well and guided the merchant ships there.

Once the other party took the bait, he would rush out in the Roaring Sea Ship and ruthlessly rob the merchant ships. Therefore, his bounty was as high as 3,000 gold coins.

You should know that the purchasing power of gold coins at that time was very amazing. The annual salary of an admiral would not exceed 800 gold coins. A captain like Xiang Nan only had an annual salary of 100 gold coins.

And the famous Captain Jack Sparrow had a bounty of only 10,001 gold coins. It can be seen that although Red Eye Sharlock was not a top pirate king, he was also a famous pirate.

It stands to reason that the sheriff of Royal Port should be responsible for letting such pirates roam nearby.

However, Xiang Nan knew that it was actually the deputy sheriff of Royal Port, Braden Phoenix, who colluded with Red Eye Sharlock in secret.

He secretly colluded with Red Eye Sharlock. Sharlock bribed him, and he informed Sharlock.

In this way, if the navy was going to send out to eliminate pirates, Sharlock would receive the news in time, set sail and flee, and come back after the storm.

In addition, the former sheriff of Royal Port was old, so they were kept in the dark and succeeded repeatedly.

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Xiang Nan would naturally not be easily deceived. He found the hiding place of Red Eye Sharlock from Braden Phoenix's mind without any effort, and then killed him with the dreadnought.

Before Sharlock could react, he was blocked in his lair. Faced with the round-the-clock bombardment of hundreds of artillery guns on the dreadnought, he couldn't rush out at all, and could only raise the white flag to surrender.

As a result, Xiang Nan not only successfully arrested Sharlock and his gang, but also successfully seized a large number of stolen goods that had not been sold in time, as well as a large sum of money, about more than 3,000 gold coins.

Xiang Nan gave part of the seized money to Weatherby Swan and part to all officers and soldiers in Port Royal, totaling three gold coins per person. For them, this was also a windfall.

As for the goods, Xiang Nan was going to return them to the merchant ships robbed by Sharlock.

In this way, all parties benefited and were naturally very satisfied with Xiang Nan.

Especially those merchant ships, they were all afraid of the red-eyed Sharlock and worried that they would be robbed by him. Now that Sharlock has been arrested, he will be hanged soon.

In this way, the shipping routes near Port Royal are safe, and they can rest assured to do business here.

Governor Weatherby Swan was also very satisfied. He had just arrived at Port Royal and Xiang Nan had already given him several great achievements before he even had a chance to sit down.

Finding out corrupt officials in the army is of course a merit; catching notorious pirates is of course a merit; returning the goods of merchant ships is naturally even more of a merit.

What satisfied him most was that Xiang Nan gave him a sum of gold coins, more than a thousand. Although it wasn't all his, he had to share some with his subordinates, so that everyone could benefit from it.

But out of 1,500 gold coins, he could at least get 500. 500 gold coins were enough to cover his salary for two years. He had just arrived at Port Royal and had received a windfall. How could he not be satisfied with Xiang Nan? He immediately decided to invite Xiang Nan to his home for dinner.

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"Mr. Norrington, what was the process of catching pirates like for you? Was it thrilling and exciting?" Elizabeth was very excited when she heard that Xiang Nan had just arrived and had caught a big pirate. She pestered Xiang Nan and asked him all kinds of questions.

"Of course it was thrilling." Xiang Nan smiled.

He knew that Elizabeth liked thrilling stories the most, so he immediately added fuel to the fire, bluffed, and made the process of wiping out the red-eyed Sharok as thrilling and exciting, and secretly praised himself.

For example, how he was able to see through the collusion between Braden and Sharok, how he used clever tricks to find out Sharok's hiding place from Braden's mouth, and how he carefully arranged his troops to block Sharok. In his lair, how did he take the lead and lead his men to charge into battle...

Xiang Nan was originally best at making up stories, not to mention that Elizabeth was new to the world, so he naturally coaxed her into getting it right. She looked at Xiang Nan with wide eyes, full of admiration.

"Mr. Norrington, you are really amazing." Elizabeth said with admiration.

"Nothing." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, "By the way, this is the dagger used by the red-eyed Sharok that I captured. The handle is made of whale teeth, and the scabbard is made of shark skin. I think you will like it."

"Of course, I like it very much." Elizabeth took it immediately and pulled it out of the sheath. I saw the dagger flashing with a cold light, and it looked very sharp at first glance.

"I wonder if it has ever killed anyone." Elizabeth murmured.

"At least twenty people should have died under this dagger." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "So you have to be careful not to cut yourself."

"I will collect it carefully." Elizabeth said immediately.