Black sail

Chapter 22 XXII. Exam Works
"Master, he came to the principality to discuss with the king about the construction of the railway. He hoped to break a hole in the huge wall in the west of the principality to allow the railway to pass in, so as to facilitate the trade between the two countries. The matter has not been discussed yet. The king's envoy will let us stay overnight in Bieshe , I have to wait until the next day, but the young master had a heart attack that night, alas..."

The more Claude thought about it, the more painful it became, how could he let such a thing happen to him.

Fern also felt that this person was very unlucky. It would make sense if the guards were not good enough, but if he died in King Berma's mansion, it would be terrible. It's too complicated to come up with an explanation, even if you don't die when you go back, you will be destroyed, and this life is over.

"Is it possible that it was poisoned?"

Fern thought something was wrong.

"It was indeed a bit chaotic that day. There were too many people, and too many details were blurred. It's too late to say now, and the disaster has already happened."

Claude actually had this kind of speculation vaguely, but he didn't dare to face the reality and put the blame on himself.

Li Site's focus was elsewhere. Although these people were all smart, they had no lessons learned from past mistakes. The experience summarized in the history books back home was that they might have to play big.

"Damn it, you Arameans are going to eat up all this bad land in the east. There will probably be another war."

Li Si lit a cigarette, so he guessed that the son of a high official was just a small role like a scout in the eyes of the emperor, so he came here first to find out.I have long said that the current king of Bema has cerebral palsy, and he is really about to overturn.

"It's just the death of an envoy, even if you have a high status, it's a hairy fight."

Archer was a little drunk again, and he couldn't read the atmosphere at all. Claude's face turned ugly, and he continued to say that it was just a dead messenger drizzle.

"You'd better rest."

Fern wants to hit someone, it's worse than drinking, it's really disgusting.

Li Site continued to add: "In wars, it doesn't mean that the side that kills more people wins. It is necessary to quickly integrate the land that has been laid down and become a resource that can be used immediately. Once the railway is erected , It’s stronger than the canal. The logistics supply is so fast, and the things in the area are occupied. Under the pressure of the sweatshops, a large amount of resources can be mobilized to the front line at any time, just like artificial tailors can’t do it. Textile machine. Now the Principality of Bema is already a country of robbers with people fleeing famine everywhere. If the railway is repaired, let’s put it this way, it will take ten days to go from the giant wall to Linden City, which is about half a year faster than the old king who was defeated and committed suicide last time. Twenty times, direct access to these ice-free ports on the east coast, no middlemen to make the difference."

In fact, Claude didn't think about what the purpose of building the railway was. He really thought it was to facilitate the trade with the Far East Islands. If you dare to go back, how the hell can you do business.

"The people on your ship are very powerful. With this kind of vision, now that the first railway has just opened to traffic, they all thought of this."

Claude said to Fern, thinking that Fern was the captain.

Li Si Te was about to vomit blood when he heard that.

"Uh... this is the captain, Li Si Te, who is from the Far East Islands."

Fen introduced.

Li Site himself said that his hometown is in the Far East, which is so far away anyway.

Claude smiled awkwardly and punished himself with a cup of apology. The main reason is that Fen is a very temperamental person, no matter how he dresses or how he behaves. Standing, sitting or not sitting, unkempt, how to be a "pirate", how to be a "pirate", not yet "modern".

"As expected of the captain, you have such a long-term plan."

Claude also had a high opinion of this group of pirates. The intelligence dealer had introduced him to other groups of people before. Although he did not dare to accept him, he did not look down on the group of mobs at all.

"If you are willing to accept our gang of brothers, as long as you don't kill civilians, don't kill benevolent people, you will be killed if you kill people. It's not like I said, my gang, those pirates on the port, just drink a cup of coffee when they are wiped out. We don't ask for seats, we only ask for a living, and when the news passes, we can earn enough money to redeem the title."

Claude's tone was solemn. Whether it was Fen or Li Si Te's remarks just now, he felt that this group of people had a better future than the previous group.

As for the Jiumengzi they brought, they are basically pirates. It is impossible for a group of literati to make money by reciting poems and making mistakes.

Fen gave Li Site a wink. It was time to leave. If he could get such news, his trip would not be in vain. The situation was indeed about to change drastically. If the emperor really came to kill him, Heavenly Port would not be in vain. Maybe they would all suffer, and pirates like him would have nothing to eat. Originally, he had reservations about joining the old acquaintance of Lord Linden City, but now it seems that going to Chai Daguan is the way out.

"I implement three principles in my work. The third principle is that whoever has money earns it. There is no bullying as you said. To be honest, two months ago, all the cultists in the Lanwan Port Lord's family used children Blood sacrifice, more than 20 members of the whole family, I chopped it up."

Li Si Te took a sip of his cigarette, also talking about his excitement.

Fen is speechless, it's time to go, what are you bragging about, can't you really get on board?
Having said that, Claude and a group of his men still felt the style of the pirates on the east coast, which was different from those hooligans in the inland, and they were all real desperadoes.

Li Si Te had other plans and decided to use this group of people.

"You want to board the ship, it's not impossible, but you have to hand over your certificate. If you can trust me, accept these ten golden dragons first. Brothers, after a long journey, it's best to have a rest in the city. It's best to live in Menglan. In the hotel, maybe ten days and a half later, I will ask you for help with something. Let’s meet at the Menglan Hotel. If we succeed, we can sail the sea together and look down on the world from now on.”

Li Si Te untied the purse, revealing the shining eternity and the gold coins engraved by the Dragon of Time, and took out ten of them. The emblem of this dragon is far more popular than the old man himself.

"You haven't done anything yet, how can you collect money?" Claude thought that this favor might be quite big. Ten gold dragons were considered a large amount, so he hesitated, "It's not a favor, but it doesn't matter."

Li Si Te was speechless, you ask me, who should I ask, the Lord has not said yet, but he can only deal with it first.

"What else can I do, of course it is to resolve some commercial disputes."

he replied calmly.

10 minute later.

The three left the alley.

"Captain, you are really confused. Give me ten gold coins and let me chop someone up. I'll chop it up for you. Give it to an outsider. He took the money and ran away."

Archer looked disgusted.

"What do you know, most of the time money is not spent on steel blades, it is spent on steel blades. If you don't look at your strength, who cares about you? Where can those people go? Linden City is in chaos now. The ones on the road, to be honest, are the worst ones below."

Li Site was playing with the flintlock gun and talking loudly.

Fen had guessed what Li Si Te was thinking. In fact, Li Si Te was quite uncertain about the upcoming big job.

(End of this chapter)