48 Hours a Day

Marlon's betrayal came as a first blow to the businesswoman, who was once her most trusted man in Nassau, or even the only one she could say she trusted when she first came to the island.

Unexpectedly, he was bought early. Although according to Marlon, he had only sent Malcolm three messages in total, Karina felt a nasty stomach when she thought she had eyes staring at herself.

Perhaps the only thing to be thankful for is that Marlon has most of the information on trade, things like meeting black gladiators, women businessmen are all alone, Marlon mentioned several times in the name of safety, but she refused to go with her.

She had no doubt about Marlon's intentions at the time, but simply considered that her escort might make Laerie feel offended, otherwise Malcolm might already know that someone had broken into his study.

Karina tried to restrain herself, asked a few more questions, and then handed Marlon over to the four sailors of the Cold Raven to test what Marlon said was true and false, and then sent the latter directly back to England's ship, where Marlon had mentioned that he still had a sister in Kent, so that was the best outcome for him.

Even if he wanted to come back, it would be a year later, when Karina and Malcolm would have won.

When it was all over, the businesswoman felt a deep fatigue and threw the short gun in her hand at the side of the road, until today she understood what her father had told her in prison not to believe anyone on the island.

Marlon and her relationship has long transcended that of friends, more like family and mentors, and the loss of Marlon is far more than the loss of an experienced captain who is familiar with port customs.

If Wilton's blatant threats on the beach had made her feel fearful for the first time, Marlon's betrayal now showed her another cruelty.

There was even a moment in her mind when she wanted to give up, and she wasn't sure what was waiting for her to go down the road, and what price it would pay to win the war with the Black Business League.

The businesswoman's footsteps stopped in front of the carriage and some gazed blindly around, not knowing where she should go at the moment until the driver coughed softly, "Miss Karina. ”

“Sorry, go to Captain Zhang Heng's residence. ”

Karina made a decision, pulled the door open and sat up, and she didn't look back, and those things that happened in the past kept her in the past forever. Since her father went to jail, she had no way out of this, and since then, she had to keep walking.

Wait half an hour before the carriage stops, and the businesswoman's divinity has returned to normal.

Zhang Heng was learning Dutch in the living room and Vincent looked up at Karina standing outside the door and nodded at the young boat doctor, "That's it for today. ”

When the latter heard that the book was closed, Annie ran out to find Harry in the afternoon, so when Vincent left, there was only Zhang Heng and Karina left in the room.

Zhang Heng raised the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for the businesswoman. Perhaps because of the Orientals, he still liked tea a little more than coffee.

“How's it going over there? ”

“The mole has found it, it's Marlon.” Karenaton doesn't see much expression on her face, like she's saying something irrelevant, "the problem isn't serious, it's basically solved, it doesn't affect what we're doing, but now the Breeze doesn't have a captain, and there's another transport ship that needs a captain when it's repaired. ”

“Do you have a choice? ”

“Captain of the Breeze I intend to take over the old first lieutenant, in order to prevent this from happening again, I will test him periodically, as for the other boat… it is a bit troublesome because I intend to recruit sailors locally in Nassau, so to find a man who can surrender them and who cannot have piracy status, he would also prefer to be familiar with the customs in the various ports of the colony. ”

“This is not an easy requirement. ”

“I know that a good captain is scarce wherever he may be, not to mention that almost every great captain in this place has been a pirate, but I wouldn't be wrong with him in terms of salary, and I could double the salary of an average captain. ”

Zhang Heng thought for a moment, “There are some merchant boat captains who have lost their boats and cargo after being robbed. They can only come to Nassau for gold. Some of them should be able to meet your requirements, but many pirate boats lacking a captain are also staring at them. So, tomorrow I will go talk to Billy to see if he has the right person to recommend them. ”

Karina nodded, “I think about what you said before, we competed with the Black Business Coalition, and only the support of the small and medium-sized pirates is not enough, and I'm going to try to get in touch with the big landowners on the island to see if I can get their support by helping them deliver harvested crops free of charge, and what was collected from the second-hand cargo exchange is too piecemeal to pull straight to the colony, nobody will buy it, it will only be treated as garbage, but it's a pity that it's just thrown away, after all, it's also technically valuable. ”

“What do you want to do? ”

“I intend to open a grocery store in the colony and here, and dispose of the pieces there without asking for money, as long as we can make up for the loss, so we don't have to stick money on it all the time.” The businesswoman explained.

Zhang Hengyang raised his eyebrows.

“What?”

“I thought the Maroon thing would hit you, but seeing as you are now, my fears seem redundant. ”

“I was angry and disappointed at first, but on my way here, I thought about a lot of things, and I wasn't that angry anymore. There were a lot of things I didn't do well enough. I was used to asking him for help unilaterally, but I didn't even notice the difficulties he was experiencing. He owed a lot of money in the casino and borrowed a lot of people. He didn't bother me. He preferred to accept Malcolm's offer. He probably didn't think I could help at the time.” Karina laughed at herself.

But the businesswoman wasn't involved in this anymore, and she looked across the street at Heng Zhang's eyes and said seriously, "I want to beat Malcolm, not simply to let the second-hand goods trade survive on the island, but to completely destroy him, kick him out of Nassau and replace him as the most powerful black market businessman on the island, no matter what the cost, no matter what the danger ahead is waiting for me, I don't care, I won't stop until I do this. ”