There is actually no enmity between Osaba and the Ethiopians, but for the sake of his own performance, he can only try to encourage these guys to teach the Ethiopians next door a lesson.
In order to better stimulate this group of people, he also specially brought out a lot of good things for the young Somali youth who had just gotten rich, including women's perfume and men's suits. Although these things are not rare goods in Somalia, the prices are not either. The average person can afford it.
But the young people who had money didn't care whether it was expensive or not, and just started buying in a big way. The funds they extorted from them were not much, and they were quickly squeezed out by Osaba.
If you don’t have money, you won’t be able to drink fine French red wine, eat slices of ham, and you won’t be able to use perfume to coax the little girl to fall in love with you.
How can you bear this kind of hard life?
So a group of people went to sea again and wandered at sea for more than a week. When Osaba even thought that the guys were dead at sea, the fishing boat slowly entered the harbor against the setting sun, dragging another fishing boat behind.
The daring Somalis raided an unsuspecting Ethiopian fishing boat late at night. These guys didn't even have weapons. They relied on sticks and wrenches to forcefully tie up eight crew members on the Ethiopian fishing boat and even captured them. He bought an old-fashioned bolt-action rifle and a dozen rounds of ammunition.
But this time they were not so lucky. They sent the ransom demands to the Ethiopians for more than a week, but there was no reply. They didn't even know whether the message was delivered.
The Somali wanted to kill and silence him, but Osaba stopped him.
He told the Somalis to distinguish between a full meal and a full meal. The latter now had no doubts about the well-informed Osaba. After all, everyone had recently learned a lot from this kind uncle, and even He can even teach you how to fight.
As a result, the kidnapped Ethiopians were sent to the other side's coast, and their fishing boats were sold to others by the Somalis.
But this time what they received was not Somali shillings, but green dollars, which made everyone cheer. Everyone had seen that the day when they would have financial freedom was approaching.
Of course you have to hurry up!
So in the next period of time, this group of Somalis attacked everywhere, for no other reason than to rob fishing boats. They would approach the offshore fishing boats that were fishing late at night, and then launch a raid. In order to increase the success rate of the raid, the Somalis They have begun to arm themselves voluntarily. If they don’t have a place to buy a gun, they carry sticks and machetes.
In less than a month, three new and old fishing boats were purchased again.
In order to give him another push, Osaba simply hired people to take down these fishing boats. Then, the new pirates who got the cash began to spend money lavishly again.
People are afraid of being famous as pigs are afraid of being strong. A group of poor people who could not even afford chaff suddenly became extremely wealthy. Holding up their hands and holding US dollars will naturally attract the attention of many people, and this is what Osaba wants.
He released the news and told those jealous guys that there was such a quick and profitable job on Somalia's coastline, which is considered the first in Africa. After that, naturally there were a lot of imitators.
Of course, although this large number of imitators seems to be numerous, the total number is still pitiful compared to the total number. In addition, their initial target was only fishing boats, and the governments of other countries that were attacked were too lazy to take care of it.
Seeing that the progress was almost complete, Osaba immediately started the next step of his plan. After expansion, his grocery store has become a multi-functional center, with not only supermarkets, but also bars and casinos. With the help of those shipped from the United States, He can still make a lot of money from second-hand old slot machines, but making money is just for fun, and he has not forgotten the real big things.
Seeing that the Somalis in the community were already adept at robbing fishing boats, Osaba immediately started bragging about the European cargo ships.
"Did you know that a tanker full of oil can be sold for millions or even tens of millions of dollars!"
"Those container ships require the ship owner to purchase insurance at a huge cost for each cargo they carry!"
"There are also those crew members from Western countries. Each of their families
The people here are very rich. Just one month's salary of a sailor is equivalent to your family's annual income! "
These gossips, coupled with the impact of other information from developed countries, naturally make new pirates who feel that they have found a way to make a fortune excited.
But most of these pirates, who are fishermen, have not read many books, but they understand the difference between large cargo ships and small sampans. Not to mention the speed of the two, but they can't control those big ships even if they have all the guys in their hands. .
So the almighty Mr. Osaba stepped forward again. As an omnipotent grocer, there is nothing wrong with him being able to get some AK47 rifles or other weapons.
Faced with the wealth-making weapons displayed by Osaba, the pirates could only be greedy because Osaba had no intention of selling them at all. He turned the weapons sent to him by Shepard into rentals. Taste. ap.
"Only brave warriors can use it, and I won't sell it. Just treat it like I'm a part of it. I'll shoot the gun, you guys will do your part, and I'll get a share of the ransom!"
This is what Shepard gave Osaba, because in later generations, when Somali pirates were most prevalent, this was how the pirates gathered manpower and equipment. You brought out the AK, I brought out the RPG, and another one came out of the ship, big guy. After gathering the equipment, go out to sea and work, and the money you get will be divided according to the proportion of investment.
Even because of the severe losses of young adults in the perennial civil war, many Somali women contributed money to join the robbery team. They pledged the weapons of their husbands, brothers or fathers, and then exchanged them for funds for the family's expenses.
The last time this trick became popular was around the millennium, but now, Shepard has brought it forward twenty years. Although the scale and participation are far less than those of later generations, such a novel statement does give Somalis A good lesson was learned.
And soon, the Somalis started their own journey to become kings. Inspired by the dream of being a pirate king, many fishing boats equipped with their own guns or gathered guns like Osaba went out. door, and then began to cruise in the Gulf of Aden in search of targets.
And this time, they really succeeded!
A pirate team of more than 30 people successfully intercepted a Korean cargo ship heading to Germany, completing their first kill in their One Piece journey.
