Chapter 67: Although it's a **** to eat money, but they often do personnel affairs

Zhang Yun and Lu Kina boarded the boat, waited for a while, and then all the passengers arrived.
Waiting for the people to gather, the owner ordered the sailors to set off the boat, and stood at the bow of the boat and explained the departure route to all passengers.
The final destination of this ship is in the city closest to the desert, where Zhang Yun and Lukina want to go, but they have to send other passengers to their target city on the way, so it will take some extra time. Take a long detour at sea.
Therefore, the owner of the ship meant that the journey was long, and passengers had better find something interesting to pass the boring time.
Regarding this matter, Zhang Yun had a countermeasure. Although he learned about the general view of the world in the library, there are still many small things that are not clear, so he bought dozens of books and waited for it when he was okay. After reading them, they thoroughly understand all kinds of information about the world.
bored?
Do not exist, dozens of books are waiting to be read, it is estimated that the desert holy city will not be able to finish.
Therefore, in the next few days, Zhang Yun and Lu Kina will either stand on the deck to blow the air, or stay in the room to read, occasionally gather together to play small games, or cook delicious Warcraft meat dishes. meal.
Little days can be described as having a good time.
As for the pirate named "Hank", he has kept himself safe these few days, and has never been out except eating and going to the toilet all day.
But Zhang Yun knew that this guy was not here to travel, and he would definitely start with this ship, because the system introduction had fully demonstrated his thoughts.
Sure enough, on the third day, the ocean-going ship sailed into a sea area full of islands, and this guy finally couldn't help but start making small moves.
Under Zhang Yun's supervision, this guy sneaked into the cabin in the middle of the night, opened his "luggage" box, and released a black monster bird like a crow sleeping inside.
Then he took the black bird onto the deck, released it into the night sky, and returned to his room.
Soon, the day after the blackbird flew away, Hank's pirate accomplices appeared.
They were sitting on a huge black sailing boat with a flag on the top, embroidered with a special red symbol, and a white skull on the bottom.
This ship is very sturdy and luxurious, with various defensive magics applied on it. If it is not for the flag with a peculiar style, it is easy to be mistaken for the military ship.
When seeing the pirate ship, the sailor immediately reported the situation to the captain, and sounded the alarm for "danger".
Suddenly, the passengers on the ship also realized that something was wrong, and they all ran out of the room in a panic and gathered on the deck.
The captain calmly stood on the high platform and said: "Friends, don't be nervous, it's just a group of pirates...I will negotiate with the group of pirates. You will be fine. Don't worry, go back to your room first!"
Someone asked, "Really?"
The captain raised his hand: "Don't worry, I have dealt with pirates seven or eight times, absolutely no problem."
"Go back to the room first, don't come out, wait for them to leave."
"At that time, I will notify everyone that the danger is lifted."
Under the confident comfort of the captain, the group of passengers who had never seen a pirate gradually calmed down and returned to their room obediently.
Zhang Yun and Lucina also returned to the rooms, but he glanced at Hank at the end and found that the kid also pretended to be a panicked passenger and returned to his room with a look of fear.
can only say.
Awesome.
Pretending to be a victim, next time you continue to ride someone else’s boat, you will not be suspected, and you can be the "eye" of the entire pirate group on the shore.
Then select those big fat sheep with more wealthy people and few professionals, precise positioning, and detailed robbery...
Before long, the robbery ship of the red pirate group leaned against the abdomen of the ocean-going ship, and the pirate on it took out the hook line, threw it onto the ocean-going ship, and climbed over the hook line.
They drew their weapons from their waists and drove them to the necks of the sailors who had raised their hands to surrender. Then, a bearded pirate who was clearly the leader came to the ship, sat on a stool on the high platform, and looked around the crowd arrogantly.
He asked: "Who is the captain?"
The captain hurriedly walked out of the crowd and nodded and bowed to him: "Master, I am the captain. Please explain what you want."
The beard laughed, pointed at the captain, and gave a thumbs up: "Hahaha, yes, you are very good, I like it."
After a pause, the beard stopped smiling, and said with a slight dignity: "I want to charge tolls."
The captain nodded quickly: "Okay, the uncle, are you here according to the rules? Twenty percent? Can I pay an extra 5% and ask the uncles to come with me?"
The pirates on this sea are like this, robbery goes to robbery, they don't kill people, they only charge money, and they won't be robbed too harshly at once. About 20% of the owner's income is enough.
And the ship owner can say a little less, say 10% of the income as 20%, anyway, probably the amount can satisfy the pirates.
As for the extra 5%, it is actually equivalent to a "hiring fee." Although paying a part of the extra money is a bit hurt, the shipowner will be followed by the pirates before this period. There is no need to worry about the intrusion of sea warcraft and other pirates. Said it is earned.
Uh……
should say……
In the case of certain pirates...
Is earned...
After the "hiring", if the pirates are veterans, they will basically not refuse, because they can not only hit the word of mouth by doing so, so that other merchant ships are "on the road" like this boss, and there is no need to worry about the owner of the ship to report themselves. Will not be surrounded and suppressed by those kingdom soldiers who turn one eye and close the other.
All in all, the pirate group that developed this set of rules is indeed a genius. It abruptly twists "robbery" into "hiring fee". Compared with other pirates who steal money and kill people, their pirates here are not only safe, but also A lot of money, after all, most shipowners will choose not to resist, and when encountering pirates, they will pay directly and leave.
Pirates in other places know the situation here. They have also tried to learn from the atmosphere here and set up a "compulsory escort" to collect merchant ships' protection fees, but there are always brain-disabled pirates who are insatiable and like to grab other people's merchant ships for money. , So it has never been successful.
But here, it can be successfully implemented, because there are many pirates here, if there is a brain-disabled pirate group that breaks the rules, it will be immediately besieged by all other pirates.
Even if you do it cleanly and if you don't let it go, you will be spotted by other pirates who follow the rules and chase you to kill.
So some people speculate that there should be a pirate king in this sea area, and the pirate king has powerful strength and secret methods, can detect unruly people, and then order other pirates to besiege them...
Back to the topic, after hearing the captain's words, the beard laughed again: "Okay! Very good! You are very good! I like it!"
"But we still have things to do. We can't help you this time. You can keep the 5% of the recruitment fee for yourself!"
"But I can remind you that you'd better avoid the vortex sea in front of you when you go east. Recently, it's not very flat. Some things in the deep sea will appear, killing many people."
"Make a detour, be safe, don't fight for luck..."
When the captain heard this, he didn't force the other party to him, but said flatly, "Okay, I see, thank you for your reminder."
The beard nodded, and then shook his head to signal all the pirates to retreat and prepare to go home.
Seeing the boss's command, the pirates immediately put down the machete on the sailor's neck and retracted it into the scabbard around their waist, and then jumped on the rope one by one and climbed back to their pirate ship along the rope.
On the other side, Zhang Yun and Lu Kina, who sneaked out of the room secretly and hid behind the debris, looked at each other, their eyes filled with big question marks.
how?
That's it?
Zhang Yun reluctantly said: "Take it, Carter didn't lie to me. The pirates in this sea area are indeed different. I thought I met with blood today, but the captain suffered a bit of a loss and he just solved the matter.
Lucina shook her head slightly: "He hasn't suffered yet..."
"The intelligence that the pirate chief said, the monster that ran out of the deep sea, might save the lives of the people of this boat, is obviously much more precious than the little money the captain paid."
Zhang Yun scratched his head: "Oh, yes, he is not at a loss."
"So are you going to deal with this group of pirates? Your Royal Highness? Do you want to go out and meet them?"
Lucina hesitated: "Uh, according to the laws of the kingdom, this group of pirates are robbing and should be sent to the gallows... But if the captain thinks it’s okay, then what they just did is considered a'normal transaction', and one is to pay. Money, one for important information, can go unpunished..."
She turned her head, looked at Zhang Yun, and asked, "What are you going to do?"
I?
Isn't it watching you?
After all, this group of pirates neither triggers the mission nor poses a threat to me, regardless of whether they are the same...
After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Yun had some judgment in her heart, and she still gave Lucina a suggestion: "If you let me decide, I think you can ignore them."
"Because I heard Carter said that the pirates here are in this kind of ethos. Robbing money will not hurt people, nor will it rob others of their wealth."
"The captains of merchant ships also feel at ease because of this rule. They can be sheltered by pirates by paying an affordable toll, and they can also allow this group of people who wander at sea all day to deal with those who love to attack people. Sea monster, make a way for yourself."
"Not to mention the incident that happened today, directly give important information to save the lives of people in a boat..."
"So I think this should be considered a win-win situation for the ship merchants. That's why the pirates have not been reported, so that the nearby soldiers did not consider encircling them."
"If we wipe out this group of pirates today, we might break this rule and cause chaos here."
"At that time, if the pirates get anxious, and they all turn into real robbers who kill people without blinking, it will be ordinary people who are unlucky in the end, and the pirate management will not get better.
"And leave it alone, as long as they continue to maintain the current situation, it feels like a good thing, at least it won't cause confusion..."
After listening, Lucina fell into deep thought, put her right hand on her neck and gently stroked her smooth skin, but she couldn't come to a conclusion.
After all, she is the princess of the kingdom, and this is also her territory. If you let the pirates casually, it would be unreasonable...
Seeing that Lucina was difficult to make a decision, Zhang Yun suggested again: "Lucina, don't worry, I have a way."
"Let's go directly to the captain, explain his professional status, and then ask the captain what he wants to do. If he thinks this group of pirates should be severely punished, we will help the captain to recover the stolen money."
"If he feels that it doesn't matter, then don't care. After all, it is the idea of ​​the person concerned. We should respect him.
Lucina thought for a while, and felt that this was a good way, so she nodded and said, "Okay!"
Then, the two people walked out from behind the debris, found the captain who resumed commanding the voyage, told each other about his status as a professional, and asked the captain about the handling of the pirate.
If he wants to get the money back, Zhang Yun and Lu Kina can immediately go to the pirate ship and capture all the people back.
After listening, the captain smiled, waved his hand, and said indifferently: "Thank you both for your kindness, but I'm fine, just a small amount of money, so I will repair the boat again, and the loss is not big."
"And the bearded pirate head told me something very important. He said that the whirlpool sea we are going to pass is not flat. It seems that there is a dangerous deep sea monster there. Let's change to a safer road..."
"Based on this information alone, I should give him the money, and even more money."
Hearing the captain's answer, Zhang Yun took a peek at Lucina and gave her an "I just knew" wink.
However, Zhang Yun asked one more sentence: "Is each of those pirates really like this? Isn't there a kind of villain who kills all the people in the boat?"
The captain said: "There are yes, but they are all in other waters, such as the Northern Ocean. There are many super pirates full of evil spirits. Once they meet them, men will be killed directly, and women will be insulted. Basically There is no possibility of survival."
"So I don't dare to pick up business in the North Ocean and other waters. It's too dangerous. Even if you spend money to hire a bunch of professionals, you will probably be killed by pirates."
"I haven't seen that kind of in this sea area for the time being. I have only heard of it. It was a year ago."
"A businessman took his family to cross the sea on his own boat, but he met a group of pirates who did not follow the rules and killed all the people on the boat. He also gave the businessman’s wife and 9-year-old daughter to x. He jumped into the sea with a few knives in his body."
"As a result, they did not expect that the merchant did not die, but was saved by another group of pirates passing by."
"Then the merchant told the pirates about this, and the pirates immediately helped the merchant to stop the bleeding and sent him back to the city in a small boat, so that the priest in the city saved the people."
"A few days later, the businessman received a gift box, which contained the head of the pirate leader who killed his family, and the letter written by the pirate who helped him earlier. It probably said that the group did not The gadgets subject to the rules are all dead, so that the merchant can feel at ease."
"Then the businessman sold his family property, built a super big ship, and then took all his belongings to find the group of pirates to repay his favor."
"It seems that he joined the pirate group at last, and is quite famous in the gray area, but I haven't had much contact with people in the gray area, so I don't know his specific name."
"So, to be honest, although the pirates in this sea area are quite by stealing money and eating, they often do personnel affairs."
"We are willing to give them money..."