Honig was an elderly man, and it was already very late when he returned to the fortress after dealing with last night's affairs, but he opened his eyes again not long after he lay down.
Perhaps because they know they don’t have much time left, the elderly will always cherish every day they have left.
Honig got dressed, put on his three-cornered hat, and ate the hot breakfast that his men had just brought back from the town, and his mood gradually improved.
Especially when he climbed the city wall according to his usual practice and overlooked the city of Nassau below, he felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.
Nassau had no governor recognized by England, and the island's closest equivalent was Honig, who assumed some of the responsibilities of a governor, occupying forts and batteries and controlling the island's coastal defenses.
Of course, what he said to Black Prince Sam last night was just angry words. In fact, he was quite satisfied with his current situation. He had been planning his retirement life a long time ago, although he was still very famous at that time, and Fraser is also known as the two most powerful captains in Nassau, but his skills are no longer what they used to be. His years of piracy have brought him not only wealth, but also various hidden diseases, especially rheumatism, which tortures his knees. For a long time.
So eight years ago, Honig decided to leave the sea, led his people to seize this place, and lived a different life from then on.
He made an agreement with the Parliament that he and his men would defend Nassau and maintain daily order here, while the island's merchants would pay him a regular fee for coastal defense maintenance.
This maintenance fee is not much, almost negligible compared with the ongoing trade on the island, but the advantage is that there are many people paying the fee, so together it is a very considerable income.
Even if it's not as good as when he went to sea to be a pirate, it's not much different. What's more important is that he doesn't need to take any risks, and he doesn't have to go to sea anymore, which also avoids the worsening of rheumatism.
But Honig also had his troubles. He and his crew stayed away from the dangerous and unpredictable sea and lived a life where they could just sit and make money. However, this kind of life was also terrible for wearing out the will. Because of the lack of fighting, long hours Staying in the fortress, their bodies began to rust, and more importantly, they lacked fresh blood.
When you are a pirate, although you will lose people after every battle, new people will be added later. This is actually a survival of the fittest mechanism. Unqualified old people are replaced by better new people.
But now on land, the people who are following Honig are all the old faces from the previous ship. Even if these people start to become lazy, it is impossible for Honig to fire them because of their previous friendship, and use the money to hire them. Newcomers with stronger combat capabilities, and even if the newcomer Honig is hired, he cannot trust them like the old man.
Fortunately, with his previous reputation, other people on the island have not noticed the degradation of their strength yet, but Honig knows very well that the combat effectiveness of his group is not even half compared to when they first landed ashore. Leftover.
Since he can snatch the fortress from the hands of others, then others can also snatch the fortress from his weakened hands.
The more times like this, the more he needs to show his tough side, so last night when the Skull bombarded the beach in Nassau, Honig arrived with people as soon as possible. However, during the confrontation with the group, especially in When facing the young and strong Wilton, even though he concealed it well, he still felt a little tired.
Fortunately, in the end Wilton chose to give in and promised not to cause trouble in Nassau, and after Honig got the steps, he also said that he would not pursue the former's previous behavior of bombarding Nassau.
As for the damage to Karina's interests, it is not within the scope of Honig's consideration. Everyone knows that the businesswoman's days on the island are coming to an end.
Honig originally thought that the matter would end happily here, but he did not expect that after Zhang Heng came back, in order to stand up for Karina, he would not hesitate to attack Wilton's ship parked in the port, further intensifying the conflict.
At this point, the situation began to slide in the direction that Honig least wanted to see, especially when the Black Prince Sam also got involved. If a large-scale conflict broke out between the two sides later, and he was unable to control the situation, there would soon be Someone noticed his weakness, so he opened his mouth to warn Zhang Heng.
Honig saw that Wilton and his group were probably just passing through and would not stay in Nassau for too long. The best outcome would be for everyone to spend this time together peacefully.
But things didn't go in the direction he expected.
Honig was sitting on his chair, which he had moved from the study of a governor during one of his coastal raids. It had always been one of his most beloved things, and just sitting on it would make him happy. Let him recall the prosperous years when he dominated Qihai.
He was enjoying the rare tranquility and peace on the wall, but he found that a group of people had gathered on the beach last night, densely packed around, and it seemed that there were even more people than last night.
Honig frowned, "What happened again?"
A shy, bald man behind him shrugged. The latter was the helmsman of his ship before, and was once one of the smartest people in the sea. But now he has completely become an alcoholic, and his genius has only just emerged. He got drunk again, burped and said, "Who knows, maybe there is a fishing boat selling seafood."
"I've seen fishing boats selling seafood, Domingo. I'm sure it's not a tmd fishing boat selling seafood. Send someone to find out what happened in that damn place. We are in a sensitive period now. I don't want to see any more accidents." ”
"As you wish." Domingo staggered out, and Honig couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the latter's fat and deformed back.
Half an hour later, the person responsible for investigating the news ran back in a panic and shouted, "Wildon, Wilton!!!" before entering the gate.
Honig now feels a headache when he hears this name, "Did that guy do anything else?"
"No, Wilton is dead!" The news brought back by the people who went to the beach to investigate made Honig a little unbelievable.
He really couldn't imagine how Wilton, who had two pirate ships, more than 200 men, and was very powerful, suddenly died suddenly after just one night. However, what Honig heard next made him even more worried. Unbelievable things.
"Not only Wilton, but also his men were found dead on the boat this morning. Most of them had their throats slit. As for Wilton...his body was thrown on the beach. This is where he executed the sailor from the Breeze, and his stomach was cut open."
