Chapter 190

Hornig is an old man. It's very late for him to deal with last night's business and return to the fort, but he didn't lie down long before he opened his eyes again.

Maybe they know that they don't have much time left. The old people always cherish the rest of the day.

Hornig got dressed, put on his triangle hat, and had a hot breakfast he had just brought back from town. His mood gradually improved.

Especially when he climbed the city wall according to the usual practice, overlooking the Nassau city at his feet, he felt satisfied.

Nassau was not recognized as governor by England, and the closest one on the island was Hornig, who assumed part of the duties of governor. The latter occupied the fort and fort and controlled the coastal defense on the island.

What he said with black Prince SAM last night was just angry words. In fact, he was quite satisfied with the current situation. Long ago, he was planning his retirement life. Although he was still famous at that time, and he was called the two most powerful captains of Nassau together with Fraser, his body and hands were no longer the same as before. Years of pirate career brought him not only wealth, but also personal wealth All kinds of hidden diseases, especially rheumatism, have been afflicting his knees for a long time.

So eight years ago, Hornig decided to leave the sea, took people here and lived a different life.

He and the Council agreed that he and his men would defend Nassau and maintain the daily order here, while the businessmen on the island would pay him a coastal defense maintenance fee on a regular basis.

The maintenance fee is not much, which is almost negligible compared with the ongoing trade on the island. However, there are a lot of people paying for it, so it is also a considerable income.

Even if it's not as good as when he went to sea as a pirate, it's not much different. What's more, he doesn't need to take any risks, and he doesn't have to go to sea any more, and he avoids the deterioration of rheumatism.

However, Hornig also had his troubles. He and his crew were far away from the dangerous and unpredictable sea and lived a life of sitting and making money. But this kind of life was also terrible for the dissipation of will. Because of the lack of fighting and staying in the fort for a long time, their bodies began to rust, and the main thing was the lack of fresh blood.

When being a pirate, people will lose their hands in every battle, but then new people will come in. This is actually a mechanism of survival of the fittest. The unqualified old people will be replaced by better new people.

Now on the land, Honig is surrounded by the old faces from the previous ship. Even if these people start to become lazy and have previous friendship, Honig can't fire them. With this money, Honig can hire new people with stronger fighting power. Moreover, even if new people are hired, Honig can't trust them like an old man.

Fortunately, with his previous prestige, other people on the island have not yet found their strength degenerated, but Hornig knows very well that the combat effectiveness of his group is not even half of that when they first landed.

Since he can snatch the fortress from others, others can also snatch the fortress from the weak him.

The more he needs to show his tough side at such a time, so last night when the skull shelled Nassau's beach, Hornig brought people to Nassau for the first time. However, in confrontation with that group of people, especially in the face of young and strong Wilton, although he covered up well, he still felt a bit of difficulty.

Fortunately, in the end, Wilton chose to give in and promised not to make trouble in Nassau any more, while Hornig also took the opportunity to say that he would not pursue the former's previous bombardment of Nassau.

As for the loss of Kalina's interests, it's not in Honig's consideration. Everyone knows that the days of the businesswoman on the island are coming to an end.

Hoenig thought that this would be a happy ending, but he didn't expect that after Zhang Heng came back, he didn't hesitate to attack the ships berthed at the port of Wilton in order to make a breakthrough for Karina, which further intensified the conflict.

At this point, the situation began to slide in the direction that Hornig least wanted to see, especially when the black Prince Sam was involved. If there was a large-scale conflict between the two sides after that, and he was unable to control the situation, he would soon be noticed that he was weak, so he would warn Zhang Heng.

Hoenig saw that Wilton and his gang were just passing by and would not stay in Nassau for long. The best result was that they would spend the time together peacefully.

But things didn't go the way he expected.

Hoenig is sitting on his seat, which he moved out of a governor's study during a coastal robbery. It has always been one of his favorite things. Just sitting on it can make him recall the glorious years before.

He was enjoying the rare peace and tranquility at the top of the wall, only to find that a group of people gathered on the beach last night. They were crowded around there, and they looked even more than last night.

Hornig frowned. "What happened again?"

Behind him, a bald man with a stomach shrugged. The latter was the former helmsman of his ship and one of the smartest people in this sea area, but now he has completely become a drunkard. Not long after the dawn of genius, he drank himself drunk again and hiccupped, "who knows, maybe there is a fishing boat selling seafood.""I've seen fishing boats selling seafood, Domingo. I'm sure it's not TMD fishing boats selling seafood. Send someone to find out what happened in that damned place. We are in a sensitive period now. I don't want to see any more accidents."

"As you wish." Domingo staggers out, and Honig sighs as he looks at the latter's back.

Half an hour later, the person in charge of investigating the news came back in a panic. Before entering the gate, he yelled, "Wilton, Wilton!"

Hornig now gets a headache when he hears the name. "What's that guy up to?"

"No, Wilton is dead!" The news from the beach scouts made Hornig a little unbelievable.

He couldn't imagine how Wilton, who had two pirate ships, more than 200 men and was also very strong, suddenly died one night later. However, Hornig heard something that he couldn't believe.

"Not only Wilton, but also his men were found dead on the ship this morning. Most of them had their throats cut. As for Wilton His body was thrown on the beach where he had executed the sailor of the breeze, and his stomach was cut open

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