48 Hours a Day

Commercial competition is no less brutal than a real war.

Malcolm knew exactly where Karina's weaknesses were, and this time before he changed his aggressive posture, he began to give in voluntarily, and the bait he threw was something that the businesswoman could not refuse.

If Karina wanted to develop, she could not rely solely on the Cold Crow, whether it was to create a second-hand cargo exchange or to trade privately with a pirate ship belonging to the Black Merchants Union, in order to respond to the Malcolm blockade against her, so she had no reason to back off with this ready opportunity.

In fact, if Karina were given another six months, her ability to learn would solve most of the current problems and thus win, but Malcolm would obviously not give her that time.

“How much money do you have left?” Zhang Heng asked.

“We need at least 700 gold coins to get the business back on track, but I don't know what it means to keep going, we lost a lot, we didn't make a lot of money in the past, but now… every day, every hour, every minute we lose.” Karina's voice reveals a little frustration and exhaustion.

Recently, it was also the most difficult time for her to do business on the island, and what was even scarier was that she was running around all day, but could not see any hope of reversal. The problems Karina encountered were all aspects, because the expansion was too fast, the talent reserve, the capital reserve could not keep pace, the original market could not accommodate so much shipments, customs mark-ups, resistance from local merchants, all of which could not be solved in a short time.

“I promised you an additional 800 gold coins to invest in, and I can give it to you now. Besides, I can lend you another 200 gold coins.” Zhang Hengdao, after this voyage the Cold Raven returned full, Zhang Hengdao roughly calculated that he, as captain and first batch of elders, would be able to distribute almost 1,200 gold coins, which is undoubtedly a real huge investment.

Even if he doesn't buy two farms or plantations on the island now, he can live comfortably, but given that Roger Wood will have to bring his fleet back to Nassau for a few more years, Zhang Heng doesn't want to put his life and death in the mercy of others.

The first Governor of Nassau in history, Roger Wood, eventually pardoned most of the pirates on the island after his fleet captured Nassau, but with Zhang Heng's current circumstances, once the British arrived on the island, he feared it would be difficult to end well. Taking into account the Scarborough, he had now killed two naval warships. His current pirate ship, Cold Raven, had also been taken from the navy. He had also participated in the shelling of Charleston before Queen Anne's Revenge, and had recently killed Walden, the British commander of the Caribbean Sea.

And now Blackbeard Titch is missing, Black Prince Sam is dead, Hornig retires, and Zhang Heng and his leading Cold Raven have become hidden among the most powerful pirates on the island.

If Nassau was really taken over by Roger Wood, other people might still be able to save their lives, given that the development of Nassau requires a lot of effort, but Zhang Heng is definitely the first person to be cleaned up, so long as Roger Wood is not stupid, he will definitely use his head to kill the chicken monkey.

Therefore, Zhang Heng, although he has completed the main task, cannot take a vacation, and now he is no longer alone. As the captain of the Cold Raven, all his men point to him for dinner. He has to take care of Annie. Karina would not have had any suspense without his support and competition with Malcolm.

By the time he got to this point, it was difficult for him to be alone or to retreat rapidly.

“But in return, I want to raise my shares by another 10%.” Zhang Hengton continued.

“There's nothing wrong with that, but are you sure you want to continue, at least not in the short term. ”

“What if Malcolm's external threats are addressed?” Zhang Heng asked.

Given the enormous income from this voyage, the Cold Raven sailors should have a long period of lethargy, so it should be a long time before the next voyage, and after this legendary World War I, the Cold Raven's status in Nassau was basically laid.

Zhang Heng has enough time and energy to deal with his last opponents - the Black Business League and Malcolm.

Though Karina turned out to be in a bleak state of business during this period, she did complete her previous strategic set-up, putting external pressure on the Black Business Coalition, whether Malcolm took the initiative or not, but the fact that it caused a massive expansion of the second-hand goods exchange was uncontested.

There may not be any questionable voices within the Black Business Union, but Malcolm is strong enough to calculate what he can afford and Karina can't afford.

However, as Zhang Heng returned with a large amount of gold, the situation was completely different. On the other hand, the Black Business Coalition lost five more powerful pirate ships, especially Black Prince Sam and his Veda, which undoubtedly also had a huge impact on the Black Business Coalition.

I'm afraid Malcolm is not in a much better position than Karina.

In the early years of its existence, the Union of Black Merchants offered a favourable purchase price to all pirate ships, which in itself was at the lowest profit level. The explosion of powerful pirate ships on hand could be expected to be accompanied by a reduction in valuable loot items in the coming period, which would also exacerbate the internal conflict in the Union.

Zhang Heng then had a secret meeting with the black gladiator Laeri, who was still in Smoked Fish Lane.

The latter period was equally rewarding. Leah was supposed to have little secrets in Malcolm's study. Leah took the opportunity to clean the room and silently turned over the letters in the study. In order to avoid a snake attack, Leah did not bring them out this time, but chose useful information from them and went back and wrote them down in a note, which she then asked Laerie to take.

Zhang Heng took the note over and over, and he did see some interesting information, in addition to Leah's impression and analysis of Malcolm, which helped him gain a comprehensive understanding of Malcolm, but the only information about Karina's father, Figen, was the previous letter.

While it was clear from that letter that Malcolm's family did have connections with Count Slaughter, who framed Fagan, it was difficult to charge him with a lack of substance, as opposed to a previous letter in which Malcolm had secretly invested in a Whitehall congressman whose son-in-law and Raymond's son-in-law were political enemies.