Chapter 109 [One Eye]
Although the one-eyed figure is not particularly tall and burly, it is extremely strong and strong. Especially the hands holding the rudder, the bones are thick and the veins are bulging, but they are extremely stable.
The one-eyed, who is now forty years old, is the underground overlord of this sea area - or just to make it clear that he is a pirate leader, but his identity as a pirate is semi-public.
On the surface, he was the leader of the largest group of forces in the famous black ship business in Port Dean. He had four sea boats under his command, hundreds of sailors alone, plus the thugs and thieves he had raised, as well as the spy who sent him messages at Port Dean, and the hardworking laborers who made a living with him at Port Dean, etc.
All of this added up, at least five or six hundred people who made a living with him were eating.
It has been more than twenty years since he ran into the sea. At the age of sixteen, he became a sailor on the ship and began to make a living with some merchant ships. He once joined the Navy patrol team at Port Dean as a minion, and made friends with some army colleagues in the navy. This action was of great help to his later development.
At the age of 24, he saw the development situation of the East China Sea with one eye, sold all his belongings, and joined hands with a few friends to buy a boat and start the black ship business.
In the first few years, because there were not many people in this industry, and the development of the sea area in the East China Sea was very rapid, and the official policies of the empire began to be conservative, the black ship business was extremely hot. He himself was a local tyrant at Port Dean, especially his experience in serving in the army, which quickly relied on several former colleagues to get in the relationship with the naval patrol fleet. He took great care and was willing to invest in capital. He bought himself a "protective umbrella".
It must be said that many people think that one-eyed is a lucky guy, because when he served in the army in the past, he met several colleagues, and were lucky to be promoted in the following years. Some held important positions in the garrison house in Port Dean, and some served as intermediate officers in the Navy patrol fleet.
It is thanks to the friendship and protection of these people that the one-eyed black boat business has been booming.
Everyone mentioned him and said that this one-eyed guy was very lucky. If it weren't for his good friends who had been in the past who now occupied a high position, he would probably not have been able to get so many official umbrellas.
But in fact, only one-eyed himself knows everything about him, and it is not because of luck that he gets it!
luck?
Joke! That's what only people who are fine! Only those who are incompetent will place their destiny on some illusory "luck".
The real situation is that after he made his first pot of gold in the black ship business, this courageous and eye-catching guy has already begun to make plans for the future!
One-eyed person is not a real rude, but in fact he is the real "hero"! He has courage, vision, and dares to gamble when encountering opportunities!
When he took most of his belongings to find a few former colleagues in the army, he laid the groundwork for his current development!
What few people know is that his colleagues were promoted all the way later, and his one-eyed one-eyed put in a huge effort!
For example, the adjutant who is now highly valued by the garrison commanders in the garrison commanders was only a small low-level officer in the patrol fleet logistics system in the past, but after receiving the financial support of one-eyed, he had several important promotion opportunities, and had the money provided by one-eyed to open the way. In a few years, he entered the garrison commander in Port Dean and served as the adjutant of the garrison commander!
Another one who received one-eyed strong support was a naval captain of the current Naval Patrol Fleet in Port Dean. In the past, he was just an inconspicuous little officer in Port Dean Naval Patrol Fleet. Later, every promotion went extremely smoothly. With the secret help of one-eyed, every action of the Naval Patrol to eliminate the sea black ships would achieve great results - the direct beneficiary was the officer.
After accumulating a lot of such "merits", a few years later, he was promoted to the first mate on the ship.
The most important thing is that when competing for the captain of one of the battleships in the patrol fleet three years ago, another competitor at that time fell into the sea and died "inexplicably" during a patrol operation. This directly caused no further setbacks in the promotion.
Those "friends" who have received strong support and financial benefits from One-eyed have also given One-eyed a lot of protection and help after taking office. This has made One-eyed develop more and more smoothly over the years, and in the Dean Port, it has become the real underground king.
Especially in this nearby sea area, it has become the real king of pirates on the sea!
His fleet is usually a black ship. If he encounters a passenger on the ship who is a fat sheep, he will transform into a pirate and kill and rob!
One-eyed person is very greedy and ruthless, but at the same time he is very careful in doing things. Every time he takes action, he will first inquire about the origin and background of the passengers on the ship, and will never dare to mess with passengers who will cause trouble and future troubles to him.
Of course, since you choose a black ship to go out to sea to do business, you generally won’t encounter any passengers with a strong background. Really identifiable merchants will do business with formal business associations.
However, over the years, the biggest thorn in the eyes of one-eyed is one person: Hook!
Hook is brave and meticulous, tough, and extremely brave. He is a good at sailing! More importantly, Hook is very loyal and abides by the rules, so he has a good reputation in this industry. Many customers in Dean Harbor who do smuggling business trust Hook very much.
Due to the spread of reputation, Hook has stolen a lot of One-Eye business over the years. Although Hook only has one ship and cannot cause much damage to One-Eye’s business, this person has always existed, which makes One-Eye extremely unhappy.
He also tried to use other methods to deal with Hook. For example, he asked his umbrella to send out official forces to kill Hook in the name of the "black sweep".
But what disappointed One-eyed is that such efforts did not succeed.
Although Hook was just a small ship boss, he seemed to have some origins. During several operations to clear out the black ships, the official patrol fleet seemed unwilling to attack Hook.
One-eyed news from his umbrellas was said to have a very unusual background and he had a great reputation. Even the garrison commander of Port Dean knew about this person, and even hinted himself that his subordinates should not provoke him.
This made One-eyed very helpless.
He himself tried to deal with Hook, but Hook was powerful in his personal force. In a battle, one man and one knife killed hundreds of people under the one-eyed man.
That experience later became almost the biggest laughing stock of the one-eyed one-eyed: his more than a hundred of his subordinates were held by Hook alone on the dock, and they were chased backwards like driving a sheep!
That incident made one-eyed lose all face!
As a boss, although Hook's existence may not have suffered much money to him, it is a huge harm to his face. Everyone knows that one-eyed fear Hook, but they can't do anything about him - if this situation lasts too long, it will damage the prestige of one-eyed!
You are the underground king of Dean Port and the largest pirate leader in the nearby waters, but you have no choice but to a ship boss. If this kind of thing is spread, how can One-eyed convince the public in the future?
Besides, places like Dean Port are not really that peaceful. Wealth is gathering here, and dragons and snakes are mixed. Although the one-eyed one-eyed person is glorious, I don’t know how many people covet his status in the dark.
If prestige is damaged, I am afraid that those ambitionists who covet themselves in the secret will have ambitions and courage.
So, the one-eyed must get rid of Hook!
This time, he spent money to bribe Mario around Hook, which was a very proud method of one-eyed. Through long-term observation, he determined that Mario was definitely a rebellious guy.
Sure enough, with a little benefit and promise, he instigated Mario. This guy patted his chest and promised himself that he would secretly connect people and create a rebellion on the sea together.
But the one-eyed doesn't put all your hopes on that guy Mario.
He still made a reserve plan and personally led his biggest boat to sea to wait for the place of Half Moon Island! If Mario's rebellion plan was successful, One-eyed could receive the results on the spot - as for that guy Mario, One-eyed had already thought about it and killed the kid on the spot.
If Mario fails, it will not be a big loss for one-eyed person. On the contrary, if a crew rebellion riot on Hook's ship will definitely lose its strength.
At this time, One Eye decided to make a concerted effort at the sea to kill this thorn in his side!
In order to achieve his achievements in one battle, One Eye even showed off his own powerful weapon: artillery!
This is a real cannon, which he got from the military's umbrella at a high price.
The naval patrol fleet in Port Dean is not large in size, with only two warships equipped with expensive killer weapons such as artillery.
One-eyed relied on his protective umbrella in the army and spent a lot of money to secretly smuggle a cannon from the army! Anyway, his brother, who was an adjutant of the garrison office, was once a logistics system. With a big stroke, he just marked a cannon as "destroyed" in the logistics booklet.
As for the money for buying artillery, most of the money went into the adjutant's pocket, while the small half was used to handle people from top to bottom and keep them silent.
With such a nearly invincible killing weapon in the naval battle, One Eye has enough confidence. After getting rid of Hook, no one in the nearby sea area dares to challenge his position!
I was chasing all the way to the sea, but the one-eyed person felt that victory was in his grasp.
But the sudden change in this situation made the one-eyed who had experienced many storms and waves extremely shocked!
He never expected that there would be a magician on Hook's ship!!
Hell!
That's a magician!
It is the most noble and awe-inspiring group in the entire Roland Empire!
As a real Roland man, one-eyed person is certainly aware of the magician's power.
So just now, Chen Daolin was riding a magic broom and flew to the ship to attack, which made the sailors and one-eyed men on the ship extremely panic.
Although one-eyed person later plucked up the courage to fight back with a bow and arrow, and finally forced the magician back, his morale was already depressed.
Magician? This is a real magician! Who dares to provoke him?!
There are not many people on the Roland Continent who dare to provoke magicians. But to put it bluntly, it is just a group of pirates. How can they afford to provoke magicians?!
Just when everyone was depressed, it was a one-eyed person. After the initial shock and depression, the cruel pirate leader actually gave an order that scared all his subordinates!
"Continue to fire!!"
With a one-eyed ruthless order, his subordinates were shocked!
No one dared to move, everyone looked at each other.
"...Boss, is it really OK to do this?"
On the deck, a pirate leader with a black turban tied on his head looked at the one-eyed person in front of him. This guy was the long-faced person Chen Daolin had seen on Half Moon Island.
As a one-eyed confidant, at this time, only with a long face dares to ask questions.
"Why not!"
One-eyed snorted heavily, and he swept the men around him with a cruel look. One-eyed could see that many of these men were frightened by the magician just now.
Although the one-eyed person knew very well that it was not their fault, as the leader, he still felt a little dissatisfied.
He suddenly strode over, rushed to the cannon, grabbed the torch from the gunner's hand, and shouted loudly: "Are you all afraid?! Are you afraid of being beaten by the magician just now?!"
No one speaks.
One-eyed raised the volume again and shouted at the top of his throat: "Do you all recognize that people like us and our identities cannot afford to provoke those terrible magicians? Who are those magicians? They can waving their hands to summon the wind and rain, and crush us like ants. So when facing such opponents, we can only turn the bow of the ship obediently and run away with our heads in our arms, right?"
There was still no one talking, and some subordinates even looked at the one-eyed with fear. Although they didn't say anything on their mouths, the expression on their faces clearly expressed their meaning: What else can we do if we don't do this?
One-eyed smiled.
He grinned a few times, and a fierce light flashed in the remaining eyes. Then, with this grinning smile, he suddenly stretched out the torch and quickly ignited the fuse on the cannon!
"ah!"
"Oh my God!"
"Boss!!"
A few screams came from around him, and many people looked horrified, but their eyes were still cruel.
Chapter completed!