Zhang Heng was lucky. He saw the black shadow in front of him as soon as he landed.
It seemed that the other party should have been sitting at the table before, but the movement at the door attracted his attention, making him stand up and subconsciously look in that direction. It was at this moment that Zhang Heng jumped in from the window. Before Ying could turn his head, he was hit on the back of the head by the gun butt, and then slipped to the ground without saying a word.
Zhang Heng solved the immediate problem and checked the surrounding environment with the moonlight shining in. Then he carefully went up to the second floor and searched every room. He only lit the oil lamp after confirming that there was no one else in the house.
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Annie came back from the pub after drinking, opened the door, and saw a young woman about twenty-one or twelve years old lying on the table, and Zhang Heng was groping for something on her body.
"Wow, I came back too early. I'm sorry to bother you." After saying this, the red-haired girl turned around and prepared to disappear. However, she was stopped by Zhang Heng, who said, "Stop it, you know her." ?"
Zhang Heng had just searched his body and found no weapons or dangerous goods. The moment he lit the oil lamp, he was a little surprised. He did not expect that the uninvited guest in the house would be a woman. Although the latter entered the house without the owner's permission, House, but except for a teacup in front of her, she seemed to have never touched anything. Judging from her skin and clothing, she should have been born in a fairly wealthy family. Generally speaking, such a woman should not appear in a place like Nassau.
Not to mention breaking into other people's homes without permission, so Zhang Heng could only guess that she was Annie's friend.
However, the red-haired girl burped, shook her head and said, "I don't know her."
"It seems like you haven't had a good look at her since you entered the house."
"That's because I haven't had a female friend since I was a child." Annie spread her hands, her face looked red under the influence of alcohol, but her consciousness was very clear.
"It seems there is only one way." Zhang Heng said.
"What?"
"I'll ask her myself when she wakes up."
Because he didn't know the purpose of the other party's visit, Zhang Heng did not act too harshly. The mysterious woman in front of him only opened her eyes after being unconscious for less than two hours. Zhang Heng used this little time to finish dinner.
Annie, on the other hand, was playing with a makeup mirror that she found from the other party.
"I thought you didn't like this kind of thing."
"I don't like this kind of thing." Anne said lazily, "But I remember that my father once gave me a similar mirror on my fourteenth birthday. It seemed quite expensive. If you take this thing out, it should be You can get a lot of money in exchange.”
"If you want it, I'll give it to you." The person who spoke was the mysterious woman who was in a coma.
After she woke up, she immediately found that her hands and feet were tied up, but even at this time, she still maintained at least a superficial calmness, which seemed inconsistent with her age and family background.
It's a pity that she chose the wrong way to express her kindness. Anne burst out laughing after hearing this, crossed her legs on the table, and leaned back on the chair, "I never need others to give me things I like." , I will grab it myself."
However, after she made this heroic declaration, she saw someone's raised eyebrows and obediently moved her legs off the dining table.
"Your Excellency must be the captain of the Jackdaw, Mr. Zhang Heng. I must admit that you are younger than I thought."
The mysterious woman's eyes also moved to Zhang Heng who was standing aside.
"Who are you and why did you sneak into my place?"
"I'm sorry, and please forgive me for coming uninvited. I don't have any ill intentions. I just want to meet with you to discuss business. Because we are in a special period, we can only do this." The mysterious woman said sincerely.
"special period?"
"My name is Karina Portman." The mysterious woman introduced herself, "I am a trader, but in Nassau you seem to be more accustomed to calling us black marketeers. In short, I used to run business on the island. , I have cooperated with many ships, Captain Fuller of the Archer, Captain Randall of the Duke, oh, and Erwin of the Flying Fish, all of whom have established good cooperative relationships with me."
As Karina spoke, she was also observing the expression on Zhang Heng's face. Unfortunately, she couldn't see anything, so she could only continue, "I heard that you have been at sea for a long time and just came back today. Maybe you are not familiar with the island." The situation is not well understood. The black market merchants were discussing the establishment of a business alliance as early as four months ago, aiming to solve the chaotic and disorderly situation on the island. Now the preparations for this alliance are basically nearing completion, and they have reached several agreements. A consensus was reached, including reducing the share of the ships led by the new captain. You should have met a few black marketeers in the afternoon, and I believe the results were not satisfactory to you."
Zhang Heng was noncommittal, "Didn't something similar happen three years ago? I heard that the outcome of that alliance was not very good."
"I know what you are thinking, but I'm afraid this alliance won't be disbanded so soon." Karina said, "The alliance back then
It was organized by several relatively large black market merchants on the island, and the rules set were only rules between merchants, but this time the situation was different because pirates also joined in. "
"Um?"
"I don't know if you have heard of Fraser. It is said that he has a high reputation among the pirates. This time he will come forward to persuade a group of powerful pirate groups to join the alliance. The businessmen are very excited. The deputy increased the purchase price for their loot in exchange for long-term and stable cooperation with each other. The value they can create accounts for 70% of all pirates in Nassau, so basically businessmen outside the alliance have no Fa won any valuable trophies, so those who opposed before had no choice but to give in." Karina also looked a little helpless, "Now there are very few black market merchants on the island who have not joined the alliance."
Zhang Heng finally understood why the black market merchants were so cold this afternoon. If Karina hadn't lied, then this alliance would have absolute initiative once it was established. Although their costs would increase in the early stage and they would need to pay Pirates who sign contracts pay higher prices, but you must know that pirates are a high-risk profession. As time goes by, these pirate groups that charge high prices will definitely become fewer and fewer, and there will be more and more new pirates like Zhang Heng. The income will also get higher and higher, and at this time the market has been monopolized by the alliance. Without other black market merchants to offer prices, they can only accept the purchase price stipulated by the alliance.
