48 Hours a Day

No businessman likes to compete because competition implies a loss of profits, either in order to raise the purchase price to rob customers or to finance the takeover of power by ambitious people, undoubtedly increasing their cost expenditure. According to Divrena, no one had considered forming a business alliance before, but the question of the distribution of benefits within the alliance remained unresolved, as no benefit distribution scheme could satisfy everyone.

So the unsatisfied people continued their previous practice, raised the purchase price, increased their partners by buying and planning a mutiny, and soon the merchants who joined the alliance couldn't stand to see their former partners pulled away one by one, no one could still sit down, so people threw the previous agreement behind their heads, and eventually the new alliance, which had been formed less than three months, was dissolved in a fierce robbery war.

This happened three years ago, and the memories of those black market businessmen were theoretically not so brief, and it didn't make sense to hit the wall again, and there was obviously something out there that they didn't understand.

"Tomorrow I'm going to look into it and see what's going on," said Divrena. ”

Zhang Heng nodded, without knowing the specific situation, he had no good idea.

The two men then visited the arms dealers on the island as originally planned, because Zhang Heng had seized a naval frigate, the ship was fully equipped with weapons and everything, there were 50 guns alone and 60 military knives, and there was no need to acquire weapons for the time being, but as the stocks of combat ammunition would definitely decrease in the future, they would need to be replenished from time to time.

Zhang Heng searched for Bal, who had cooperated once before. He had bought four short pistols and a wire loading gun from the latter. Both sides had dealt with each other knowingly.

Barr's attitude was much more enthusiastic than those of the previous black market businessmen.

Not only did he personally invite the two into the house, but he also allowed the maid to make coffee. Congratulations were given to Zhang Hengzheng as the captain of the ship to get the Cold Raven before he got to the point.

However, Bal couldn't help but frown after hearing from the two, "Everything else is fine. The 24-pound shells are a bit troublesome. Most of the shells on this side of the ship are mainly 6 and 9 pounds, all 12 pounds are rare, and the 24-pound guns are basically only used by the navy. ”

Zhang Heng knew that what Bal said was true, not to raise the price intentionally.

This should be a happy affliction for him. The Cold Raven is well above ordinary merchant ships and is dominated by 12-pound artillery, in addition to eight more powerful 24-pound cannons, but how to collect artillery shells has also become an affliction, so that Baltic words are not as dead as they say.

The arms dealer went on to say, "I have a relationship with the Navy. I can help you figure it out if it's just shells, but there's no guarantee that it will succeed, and I'm afraid it won't be cheap in price. ”

Zhang Heng understands that the current ammunition stockpile of the Cold Raven is not too urgent. After that, Divrena and Barr began to check the purchase price of arms and ammunition one by one. The former served as military officers on the Sea Lion for five years. The market environment on the island is well understood. Neither of them has the problem of deceiving anyone. The whole process went smoothly.

That's why all pirate ships want to hire experienced professionals. If it wasn't for the power struggle on the Sea Lion, Zhang Heng would only be lucky to find crew like Divrena and Billy.

Arms dealers on the island are far less numerous and less competitive than black market businessmen, however, even this way it is good to get a long-term customer, Bal is in a good mood. It is too early to see, so he invited two people to stay for dinner, but Zhang Heng and Divrena refused.

The wives and children of the Quartermaster officers were on the island. After disembarking, they had not been able to return home in time. It was almost finished and they were not planning to delay. Zhang Heng remembered that Annie had not eaten outside and decided to go to the latter.

However, when he arrived at the beach, he heard that the red-haired girl was so powerful today, not only did she admit to losing the head of the two subjects in charge of the assessment, but then defeated several people who stood up and challenged her with one hand. The last group of people went orally and drank wine together.

Zhang Heng was not surprised by this outcome. This kind of thing sounds very Annie. She is probably the only one who can earn the respect of other crew members so quickly. In fact, if it wasn't because of her gender, she shouldn't look so miserable.

But anyway, before that, more than Billy and others had anything to say, Annie would suffer a lot less from being a sailor.

Zhang Heng did not go to the pub to find the red-haired girl or worry about what happened to her. After spending so much time on the island, Annie did not stay out of trouble for a day, but Zhang Heng never saw her eat anything wrong, and from drinking alone, the whole of Nassau should not be her opponent.

So Zhang Heng returned directly from the pier to his place of residence, but suddenly stopped when he was approaching the door.

Zhang Heng frowned. He noticed that hidden door, with Annie's big grin, there were only two possibilities for her to go out. Either it was strictly closed, or it was simply open, and there was hardly a third possibility.

Besides that, Zhang Heng also saw the curtains pulled up behind the wooden window, which was also not like what Annie would do.

Zhang Heng drew a short gun from the waist, but was somewhat confused. Today he has no enemies in Nassau, at best because of Owen's involvement with Fraser, but Queen Anne's Revenge is not back yet, and Fraser will not know what happened so soon.

Even if he did, he should worry about Blackbeard and Olf's revenge on him first, rather than killing himself for already owning a warship.

Therefore, Zhang Heng cannot guess who this uninterrupted guest is tonight.

Or just an ordinary thief?

However, Zhang Heng did not relax his guard. He did not know that the guy was still in the house. He gently opened the door with the military knife in his hand, but then he bowed down towards the wooden window. Zhang Heng took over the house after a complete renovation, but he couldn't help but steal a little laziness. One of the wooden windows is already loose, and Zhang Heng can still support it a little bit more, even if it doesn't matter.

I didn't expect this window to come in handy in another way, Zhang Heng entered very easily.