48 Hours a Day

Zhang Heng's luck was good. He saw the shadow in front of him just as he landed.

Looks like the other party should have sat at the table before, but the movement at the door caught his attention, got him up, and his subconscious looked in that direction, and Zhang Heng jumped in through the window at that time, and the shadow was hit by a gun butt on the back of his head before he could turn around, and then slipped to the ground without a sound.

Zhang Heng solved the immediate problem by checking the surrounding environment with the moonlight that came in, then carefully went up to the second floor, searched the room, and did not turn on the oil light until it was confirmed that there were no other people in the house.

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Annie came back from the pub after drinking, pushed the door open and saw a young woman, about 21 or 2 years old, lying on the table, Zhang Heng was grasping at her.

“Wow, I'm not back too soon, sorry to bother you.” When the red-haired girl had finished, she turned around and was ready to disappear, and Zhang Heng shouted, "Stop it, do you know her? ”

Zhang Henggang had just searched his body and had not found any weapons or dangerous goods. At the moment he lit the oil lamp, he also had some accidents. I had no idea that the uninterrupted guest in the house would be a woman. Although the latter had entered the house without the owner's permission, nothing seemed to have been touched except a teacup in front of her. She should have been born into a very wealthy family from her skin and clothing. Generally speaking, such a woman should not have appeared in a place like Nassau.

Not to mention breaking into someone else's house, so Zhang Heng can only guess that she is Annie's friend.

Yet the red-haired girl hiccupped and shook her head, “I don't know her. ”

“I don't think you've looked after her since you got in the house. ”

“That's because I haven't had a female friend since I was a kid.” Annie stared at the stall and her face turned red under the influence of alcohol, but she was conscious.

“There seems to be only one way.” Zhang Hengdao.

“What?”

“When she woke up, she asked herself. ”

Zhang Heng didn't lay too heavy a hand because he didn't know the other party's intentions. The mysterious woman in front of him just opened her eyes after less than two hours of coma. Zhang Heng also ate dinner after taking advantage of the time in between.

Annie plays with a pair of cosmetic mirrors that she searches out of each other.

“I thought you didn't like this stuff. ”

“I don't like this stuff.” Annie Lazy Way, "but I remember my father giving me a similar mirror on my 14th birthday, and it seemed expensive, and I should be able to get a lot of money for it if I took it out. ”

“I'll give it to you if you want.” It was a mysterious woman who was previously in a coma.

She woke up with her hands and feet tied up in the first place, but even at this time she remained at least ostensibly calm, which did not seem to be in keeping with her age, family origin.

Unfortunately, she chose the wrong way to release her goodwill. Annie snorted and laughed. She curled her legs on the table with a prick, her body leaning against the back of the chair. "I never needed someone else to give me what I liked. I'll grab it myself. ”

However, after issuing the Homai Declaration, she saw someone's eyebrows, and then moved her legs off the table.

“Your Excellency must be the captain of the Cold Raven, Mr. Zhang Heng, and it must be acknowledged that you are younger than I thought. ”

The mysterious woman's eyes also moved to Zhang Heng beside her.

“Who are you and why are you sneaking into my place? ”

“I'm sorry to bother you, but I didn't mean any harm. I just wanted to meet with you about a business because this is a very special time.” The mysterious woman is sincere.

“Special period? ”

“My name is Karina Portman.” Mysterious woman introduces herself, "is a trader, but in Nassau you seem to be more used to calling us black market businessmen. Anyway, I've done business on the island before, and I've worked with a lot of ships, Captain Fuller of the Archer, Captain Randall of the Duke, and, oh, Elvin of the Flying Fish, all of whom have worked well with me. ”

Karina said that she was also observing Zhang Hengface's expression, unfortunately she could not see anything, so she could only go on, “I heard that you have been sailing for a long time and have just returned today. You may not know the situation on the island. The black market merchants negotiated a business alliance four months ago aimed at resolving the turmoil on the island. Now that the preparations for this alliance are almost over, they have reached several consensus, including lowering the share of ships led by the new captain, and you should have met with several black market merchants in the afternoon, believing that the results will not satisfy you. ”

Zhang Heng couldn't resist, “Didn't something similar happen three years ago? I heard that the league didn't end well. ”

“I know what you're thinking, but I'm afraid this time the alliance won't dissolve so soon.” Karina said, "The Alliance of the Year

Organized by some of the bigger black market businessmen on the island, the rules were just rules between businessmen, but this time the situation was different, as the pirates joined in. ”

“Hmm?”

“I don't know if you've heard of Fraser, who is said to have a high reputation on the pirates' side, this time coming out to persuade powerful pirates to join the alliance, and the businessmen raised the purchase price of their spoils in exchange for long-term and stable cooperation. And the value they can create is 70% of all the pirates in Nassau, so that basically businessmen outside the alliance can't get any more valuable loot, so those who opposed them have to give in.” There's also a little helplessness in Karina's gaze room, "and few black market merchants are on the island now without alliances. ”

Zhang Heng finally knows why the attitude of those black market businessmen is so cold this afternoon. If Karina is not lying, the alliance will take absolute initiative once it is formed. Although their costs will increase in the previous period and they will have to pay higher prices to the pirates who signed the contract, but knowing that pirates are high-risk professions, these pirates with higher prices will definitely become less and less over time, and new pirates like Zhang Heng will become more and more, and their profits will become higher. By this time, the market has been monopolized by the alliance. Without other black market businessmen, they will have to accept the acquisition price stipulated by the alliance.