Chapter 300

Sharks and dolphins are two very similar species in the ocean.

Smart, cruel.

They are at the top of the marine food chain. They are hunters, carnivores and like to live in groups.

They swim in groups in the ocean, chasing prey and biting their opponents. Death is gathered on their sharp teeth. Every part of their body is to make hunting more efficient.

But they are very different creatures.

Sharks are always ferocious and cruel, and their every move reveals breathtaking horror.

They occasionally gather on the side of the ship or appear on the beach. People panic, people flee, people armed with harpoons and guns, just want to kill them, or drive them away from afar.

Dolphins always dress up as harmless to humans and animals.

The oily skin, black and white color lines, round nose and big eyes, even the cry is so beautiful, like children's hilarity and girls' shallow chanting.

They are one of the most popular marine creatures. They are invited and treated. Even the youngest children dare to seek a cure from this fierce beast.

More importantly, they, those children who have no strength to bind chickens, can really find a cure without worrying that they will be hurt by fierce dolphins.

Bellamy's description is full of spirituality.

At the moment when Lorraine headed the ball, the guardians of the code saw in a trance that a strong figure jumped out of the water in a triangular fin that divided the waves!

Dolphin invasion?

It is reasonable to say that the maritime brotherhood should refuse, because the concept and model of privateers will have an immeasurable impact on the mature pirate world, which is likely to lead to the accelerated collapse of the weakened pirate ecology.

But as Bellamy said, their ideas are not important, nor are their judgments and reasons, because they are not qualified to refuse at all.

For hundreds of years, the authority given by the emperor to the Senate has long been erased. Now the brotherhood is just a deformed parasite parasitic on the Pirates of the Caribbean. The powerful regard them as nothing, and the humble believe them as gods.

Lorraine is a powerful man. Even without the consent of the brotherhood, he can hang a pirate flag recognized by the king of England and walk across the sea. The impact that should come will come and the collapse that should come will still occur.

Therefore, the brotherhood needs to consider its own interests, whether to make itself weak because Lorraine confessed to the world, or continue to maintain its abnormal rule and continue to play a false leader.

The answer is obvious

The sixth old man on the right, the old captain of Bellamy, narrowed his faint old eyes.

"Drake... I just found that you have the same last name as the legendary privateer who opened the era of Caribbean piracy hundreds of years ago. Coincidentally, you also chose the same name for your flagship."

"If you're talking about Francis, he's my ancestor."

"Direct?"

"It doesn't matter." Lorraine waved his hand irrefutably. "Pirates don't need blood inheritance, and the seven seas dragon won't bring me any useful shelter."

The old captain smiled and thought he saw Lorraine's guilty heart.

"Blood inheritance is really not important to pirates. Young people should pay more attention to their lives." he laughed happily. "We all agree that privateers are part of pirates, and you also have the right to enjoy the protection given to you by the great code."

"So our negotiation succeeded, didn't it?"

"It was really successful on the whole, but there are still some trivial details..."

"Details?" Lorraine frowned. "Do you have to pay membership fees to join the fraternity?"

"No, no, no, you misunderstood, young man." the old captain smiled. "The maritime brotherhood is an organization that the great emperor provides arbitration and services for all pirates. We live for pirates, not parasitic on pirates."

"What do you rely on to maintain your existence?"

"Channel!" the old captain showed an intriguing smile, "we have the lifeblood of all Caribbean Pirates. That is the most important channel in the whole sea area, that is... Toltuga harbor!"

"A black harbor?"

The answer

To be honest, the answer was much more than Lorraine expected.

The maritime brotherhood, which exists in the form of the Senate of the pirate Empire and guards the pirate temple and the Pirate Code, is actually an operating black Port Management Committee.

Relying on the black port, operating the black port, selling stolen goods for the pirates and collecting taxes from them, that's all.

Lorraine could not help shaking his head with self mockery: "it seems that from today on, my stolen goods also need to be sent to Tortuga for sale."

"This is one of the ways the brotherhood provides services to pirates."

"So taxes... I mean the collection of service fees?"

"Tortuga will draw 30% of the transaction volume, but it doesn't have to be borne by you."

"What a familiar speech and scene."

Lorraine murmured, and suddenly lost interest in dealing with these degenerate pirates.

"I'm very happy, everyone. I'm glad to hear the words of civilization for the first time on tortoise island. What's more, it's a group of civilized people who rule the sea brotherhood like gentlemen. However, you probably misunderstood something."

The old captain glanced at Lorraine: "misunderstanding?"

"Yes, misunderstanding."

Lorraine stood up and walked around the table to the back of the old pirates. With a clang, his double knives came out of the scabbard.

Haina Hua opened her blouse and jumped onto the table with two short knives in her hand.

Barto stood up with a strange cry, left and right muskets in his hands, wings behind Haina, and aimed at the frightened guards on the field, very limited guards.

The guardians remained motionless on the table, and the whole venue was at war.

After all, they are the big pirates who once dominated the sea. Even if they degenerate, even if they degenerate, even if Lorraine, who looks more dangerous, stands behind them with a long knife, they still keenly distinguish that almost all the killing intention in the venue comes from Haina in front of them.

The old captain's face was blue: "Drake, are you going to declare war on the whole pirate world?"

"Misunderstanding."

Lorraine easily took the knife flower, turned his hand, the blade was upward, the oblique tip of the knife poked on the desktop, and gently hooked the sharp corners of the two charts.

"You have misunderstandings about me, about shoplifters, and even more about stolen goods."

"The so-called booty, the law of the civilized world stipulates that personal wealth is sacred and inviolable. Pirates seize their property without the consent of the owner. This property is booty."

"Stolen goods are the demand of lawbreakers from law-abiding people and the protection of good people by civilization and the state. The transformation of property rights from law-abiding to lawless is a necessary attribute of stolen goods."

"The farmer killed the wild boar trampling on the wheat field, and the wild boar meat became the legitimate property of the farmer. The tramp robbed the gentleman's tuxedo, which is the stolen goods in the tramp's hand. At this time, if a noble courageous man stood up, drove away the tramp and took back the tuxedo, who do you think the tuxedo should belong to?"

Zuo San stared at the old reflection on the blade and replied in a trembling voice: "gentry... Gentry..."

"This answer is not accurate." Lorraine smiled and dragged back to the blade, allowing the tip of the knife to plow two deep scratches on the table. "The key lies in property rights."

"When the knight is courageous, if the gentleman is still chasing after and still doesn't give up, this assistance belongs to morality, because the real right has not been transferred. However, if the gentleman is dead when the knight catches the tramp, or kneels in place dejectedly and laments the injustice of fate, the tuxedo becomes the knight's booty, which is the reward for his justice and should be protected by the law."

"Here comes the second question. Is the tuxedo in the hands of the knight a stolen goods?"

The fourth right looked at Haina and swallowed her saliva nervously: "it doesn't count."

"Yes, not at all."

Lorraine raised his hand and took back the long knife. As soon as the blade was thrown, the two charts floated and fell in front of Barto.

Bator didn't want to take the gun and pick up the picture. Even if he stood right behind Haina with his back, he held his chest high and didn't squint.

"The tuxedo in the hands of gentlemen is not stolen goods, but in the hands of tramps. When it is transferred to Knights, it has become a sacred and inviolable legal property. This is the rule of civilization."

"So what is the pursuit of businessmen?" Lorraine walked slowly with a knife. "Or what is my favorite marine environment?"

"Safe, unobstructed, prosperous and stable. Businessmen don't care about peer competition, because the money in the world can't be earned. The more people earn, the greater the profits of the whole industry."

"So my guns will not face good merchant ships, and there will be no stolen goods in my wealth. What my sword refers to is lawlessness, either the enemy of Great Britain, or... The enemy of the whole civilization."

"Well..." the old captain stared at Haina and finally made up his mind and turned to Lorraine. "Then why do you want to be a pirate!"

"Why do you want to be a pirate?"

Lorraine whispered and smiled, raised his knife high, the blade facing the code in the distance, and then cut it down.

The sharp long knife cleaved down, wiped the captain's shoulder and arm tightly, and cleaved heavily on the solid wood table with unparalleled power. The debris splashed into the wood.

CLA, cla

Zigzag cracks appear on the table with the brittle sound of plate cracking, connecting from one side to the other, and extending from one end to the other.

The table should have broken in two, but Hannah was there and the table was there.

Lorraine laughed, holding the handle of the knife and straightening her arm. The laughter echoed wildly in the hall.

"Why should I be a pirate? The reason is very simple. Because someone has broken the order I like and someone is stealing my wealth, I have to let them understand that they have done something wrong and need to be corrected."

"So I want to choose one of the two flags and make a quick decision. Whether to hide the blade behind the chamber of Commerce flag and wait for them to provoke again, or to unfold the skeleton flag and take the initiative in a warship."

At this point, Lorraine took the knife back, put it back in its sheath, and bowed deeply to the guardians of the code like the most qualified gentleman with sincerity and respect.

"You see, I don't like waiting."