Chapter 193 Expansion, and Objects of Suspicion

"Thank you." After everything was over, Honig left, and the pirates on the Jackdaw received their share, Karina walked up to Zhang Heng and said gratefully.

The businesswoman couldn't imagine what would have happened if Zhang Heng hadn't come back in time on the beach last night.

Her thinking has always been on the commercial struggle, how to compete with Malcolm for the captain, compare the purchase price, break through the blockade of the black business alliance, and at most pay attention to the port problem because of her father's experience, and avoid Malcolm's The most powerful seaports in the family did not expect that the other party would directly tear their faces and send pirates to intercept and kill the Breeze.

This kind of thing has not happened on the island for a long time.

The group of pirates that Malcolm contacted did not belong to Nassau, and naturally there was no need to worry about breaking the rules on the island. Last night was also the first time Karina had really come into contact with the dark side of this world.

In the past few months in Nassau, she has changed a lot. From the beginning when she blushed when talking with men, now she can bargain with a group of fierce captains calmly. She has been praised by Ma Long and others. The businesswoman also feels that she has integrated into this place. .

So much so that she even forgot that she was facing a group of murderous pirates, and last night, that guy named Wilton successfully aroused all the fear in her heart on the beach.

The knife in the opponent's hand was less than two centimeters away from her neck. This was the closest Karina had ever been to death in her life.

"I'm also responsible for the Skull matter. I kept you aggressive. I underestimated the danger. I didn't expect Malcolm to do it so quickly," Zhang Heng looked around. It has been very lively since the door opened, and there was a long queue in front of the door, "It seems that you have done a good job recently, and it has brought a lot of pressure to the Black Merchants Alliance."

Karina showed a wry smile when she heard the words, "It just looks lively, but in fact it doesn't make much money, and now it's barely making ends meet. In the end, it still depends on your Jackdaw."

"How many captains have approached you privately during my time at sea?"

"There were four cooperation partners before, and some interested parties. We are negotiating, but because Malcolm issued a statement later, only two remained willing to cooperate with us, and the others turned to wait and see, but The situation is getting better now, especially after you killed Wilton and his gang, many people began to believe that we can stay on the island. Just now, even the captain expressed his willingness to give up the black business alliance and establish a long-term relationship with us. The cooperative relationship, although their strength is not too strong, is much better than these guys."

The businesswoman raised her eyebrows at the ragged pirates in front of the second-hand goods exchange, complaining that they didn't pay two copper pesos more.

"But now there is a problem. If we continue to expand, one transport ship is no longer enough."

"Wilton has two ships. His flagship Skull needs to be repaired before it can be used, but the other ship is intact. The firepower on that ship is not as good as the Skeleton, but it has more space. It should be used as a transport ship. Fits well, the only problem is that the ship was once a pirate ship and it might cause trouble if it's recognized in port."

"It's nothing. Wilton himself said that he seldom survived the plunder. There should not be many people who have seen that ship, and I will have the ship remodeled before leaving the port. Even people who have seen it can’t recognize it.”

The businesswoman obviously thought about this issue in advance, "As for the manpower, we can recruit them locally on the island. In fact, these guys are not bad. There are many young people among them. They don't make much money as pirates. As long as they have jobs, they can make a living. They are willing to be sailors on a transport ship, and they don't have high requirements for salary. The most important thing is that they are from the island. No matter how bad they are, they have many relatives and friends on the island. The people on the island will no longer sit idly by."

Zhang Heng nodded and added, "In the future when I'm not around, if there is any emergency, you can also go to the Black Prince Sam or Honig, they will help, and you'd better recruit yourself A team of people to protect the safety, the number does not need to be too many, there are four or five people, and it is enough to deal with some emergencies."

After Zhang Heng finished speaking, seeing Karina hesitate to speak, he asked again, "What's wrong?"

"One more thing, I don't know if I'm overthinking it. I worked with a few pirate ships before, and I didn't think that I could keep it from the Black Merchants Alliance, but we did take some confidentiality measures. It stands to reason that Malcolm Shouldn't have found out so soon, but he warned me not too long after we started.

"At first I thought it was leaked from a few cooperative pirate groups. You know, those pirates have a hard time keeping secrets. As long as they have a glass of rum and a little special service from the theater, they will share everything they know. I confided in it, but then I realized a problem. If they really leaked the secrets, Malcolm should only have one or two news. It makes no sense to be so clear about my actions. Although he didn’t say it clearly when we met , but he always gave me a feeling, as if he knew my every move like the back of his hand."

"So do you think it was someone from our side who leaked the news?" Zhang Heng asked.

"I don't know, I selected all trusted personnel, and minimized the number of people who came into contact with this matter, including most of the sailors on the Breeze, they didn't know what they were transporting .” The businesswoman said.

"Is there anyone you suspect?"

Karina hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Jim, he is very young and can read and write. He used to be the bookkeeper on the Breeze, and Malone recommended him to me. After my father was imprisoned, the Breeze More than half of the capable old sailors left, many of whom my father valued highly paid, but Jim stayed. He only boarded the ship last year. With his ability, even if he leaves the Breeze, he won't have to worry about finding a new job.

"I don't know much about him, but he stayed in our most difficult time and helped us a lot. Therefore, Malone and I trust him very much. In addition, he is also very serious in his work. The Breeze wanted to get off, and he followed me, specially counting and counting the goods, including those privately purchased spoils. He knew where these things came from, and he was also one of the few people who knew the Breeze's voyage route. "