Chapter 143

No businessman likes competition, because competition means loss of profits. Whether it's to grab customers, raise the purchase price, or help ambitious people seize power, it will undoubtedly increase their costs. According to difrenner, it's not that no one has considered setting up a business alliance before, but the problem of profit distribution within the alliance can't be solved, because there is no way to solve it Any kind of profit distribution scheme can satisfy everyone.

As a result, those unsatisfied people continue to do what they did before, increase the purchase price, and increase their partners by buying and plotting treason. Soon, the businessmen who joined the alliance can't stand it. They watch their original partners being pulled away one by one, and no one can sit down. So they all forget the previous agreement, and finally the alliance doesn't work Within three months, the new alliance was disbanded in a fierce battle.

This happened just three years ago. It is reasonable to say that the memory of those black market businessmen will not be so short. There is no reason to touch the wall again. Obviously, there is something unexpected that they do not understand.

"I'm going to investigate this matter tomorrow and see what's going on," said difrana

Zhang Heng nodded, when he didn't know the specific situation, he had no good way.

The two men then went to visit the weapon merchants on the island according to their original plan, because what Zhang Heng seized was a Navy frigate with complete weapons and equipment. There were 50 muskets and 60 swords on board. There was no need to buy weapons for the time being. However, with the war in the future, the ammunition reserves will definitely decrease, and the time will be uncertain It is expected to be supplemented.

Zhang Heng is looking for Barr, who has cooperated with him once before. He bought four short pistols and a rifled gun from the latter. Both sides have dealt with each other and know each other well.

Compared with those black market businessmen before, Barr's attitude is much more enthusiastic.

He not only invited them into the room in person, but also asked the maid to make coffee. First, he congratulated Zhang Heng on becoming the captain and getting the Jackdaw. Then he got to the point.

However, after hearing their intention, Barr could not help but frown. "It's easy to say that the 24 pound artillery is a bit troublesome. Most of the artillery on the side of civilian ships are 6 pounds and 9 pounds, and 12 pounds are rare. The 24 pound artillery is basically only used by the Navy."

Zhang Heng knows that what Barr said is a fact, not to raise the price intentionally.

This should be a happy worry for him. The firepower configuration of jackdaw is far more than that of ordinary merchant ships, with 12 pound artillery as the main force. In addition, there are 8 more powerful 24 pound cannons, but how to collect shells has also become a worry. Fortunately, Barr's words are not so dead.

The weapon merchant then said, "I have something to do with the Navy, but I can help you with the shells, but I'm not sure it will succeed, and I'm afraid the price will not be cheap."

Zhang Heng understood that the Hanya had sufficient ammunition reserves at present, which was not too urgent. After that, difrenna and Barr began to check the purchase price of weapons and ammunition item by item. The former had been a quartermaster on the sea lion for five years, and knew the market environment of the island very well. Neither of them had the problem of who cheated the other. 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 have to take a chance to find a crew like difrenna and Billy.

There are not as many arms dealers on the island as there are black market merchants, and the competition is not so fierce. However, even so, Barr is in a good mood to get a long-term customer. Seeing that the time is getting late, he invited them to stay for dinner, but Zhang Heng and difrenna declined.

The Quartermaster's wife and children are on the island. They haven't had time to go home after getting off the ship. Seeing that everything is almost finished, they don't intend to delay. However, Zhang Heng thinks that Annie should still be out without dinner and decides to go to the latter.

However, when he came to the beach, he heard people nearby say that the girl with red hair was very powerful today. She not only beat the two examinees to admit defeat, but also defeated several people who stood up to challenge her with one hand. Finally, a group of people were convinced and went to the pub to drink.

Zhang Heng is not surprised by the result. This kind of thing sounds like Annie. Maybe she is the only one who can win the respect of other crew members so quickly in this way. In fact, if it wasn't for her gender, she shouldn't be so miserable.

However, no matter what, with the previous one, not only Billy and others have nothing to say, but Annie will also receive less criticism when she becomes a boatswain.

Zhang Heng didn't go to the pub to find the red haired girl, and he didn't worry about what happened to her. After staying on the island for such a long time, Annie didn't make trouble all day, but Zhang Heng never saw her suffer any losses, and no one in Nassau should be her rival just for drinking.

So Zhang Heng directly returned from the dock to where he lived. However, when he came to the door, he suddenly stopped.

Zhang Heng frowned. He noticed that the door was open. With Annie's careless character, there were only two possibilities for her to go out. Either she would close it tightly, or she would open it completely. There was almost no third possibility.In addition, Zhang Heng also saw the curtains pulled up behind the wooden windows, which was also not like What Annie would do.

Zhang Heng takes out a short musket from his waist, but he has some doubts. Now he has no enemies in Nassau. At most, because Owen's affair is a little entangled with Fraser, but Queen Anne's Revenge has not come back yet. Fraser will not know what happened so soon.

What's more, even if he knows, he should first worry about the Revenge of Blackbeard and Orff on him, rather than killing himself to provoke himself who already has a warship.

So Zhang Heng can't guess who this uninvited guest is tonight.

Or just an ordinary thief?

However, Zhang Heng didn't relax his vigilance. He didn't know if the guy was still in the house. He gently opened the door with his saber in his hand, but then he bent over and rushed to the wooden window. When Zhang Heng took over the house, he did a comprehensive renovation, but he couldn't help stealing a little lazy. There was a wooden window that was already loose and out of shape. Seeing that it could support a little more, Zhang Heng didn't care about it.

Did not expect that this window now but in another way put in use, Zhang Heng is very easy to break into the window.

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