No businessman likes competition, because competition means the loss of profits. Whether it is to grab customers and increase the purchase price, or to fund ambitious people to seize power, it will undoubtedly increase their cost expenditure. According to Di Frena, there was no such thing as before People have considered establishing a business alliance, but the problem of profit distribution within the alliance has never been resolved, because there is no profit distribution plan that can satisfy everyone.
So those dissatisfied people continued the previous practice, raised the purchase price, and increased their partners through bribery and planning mutiny. Soon the merchants who joined the alliance couldn't stand it anymore, and watched their original partners being killed one by one. After pulling away, no one can sit still, so everyone put the previous agreement behind them one after another. In the end, the new alliance, which was established less than three months ago, was disbanded in a vigorous battle for people.
This incident happened just three years ago. It is reasonable to say that the memory of those black market dealers would not be so short, so there is no reason to hit a wall again. Obviously there is something that they don't understand.
Dufresne on the side said, "I'll investigate this matter tomorrow and see what's going on."
Zhang Heng nodded, and he had nothing to do without knowing the specific situation.
The two then visited the weapons merchants on the island according to the original plan, because what Zhang Heng and the others had snatched was a naval frigate, and the weapons and equipment on board were complete, including fifty muskets and sabers There are also 60, and there is no need to purchase weapons for the time being, but the ammunition reserve will definitely decrease with future battles, and it will need to be replenished from time to time.
Zhang Heng found Barr, who had worked with him once before. He bought the four short pistols and one rifled gun from the latter.
Compared with those black market traders before, Barr's attitude was much more enthusiastic.
Not only did he personally invite the two of them into the house, but he also asked the maid to make coffee. First, he congratulated Zhang Heng for becoming the captain and getting the Jackdaw, before getting into the main topic.
However, Barr couldn't help frowning after hearing the intentions of the two men, "Everything else is easy to say. The shells of the 24-pound gun are a bit troublesome. Most of the artillery on the civilian ship is 6-pound and 9-pound. They are rare, and the 24-pound gun is basically only used by the navy."
Zhang Heng knew that what Barr said was the truth, and he didn't intend to raise the price on purpose.
This should be regarded as a happy trouble for him. The firepower configuration on the Jackdaw far exceeds that of ordinary merchant ships. The main force is the 12-pound cannon. In addition, there are 8 more powerful 24-pound cannons. But how to collect Cannonballs have also become an annoyance, but fortunately Baal's words are not as deadly as they say.
The arms dealer paused and continued, "I have a relationship with the navy. If it's just shells, I can help you find a way, but there is no guarantee that it will succeed, and the price may not be cheap."
Zhang Heng expressed his understanding of this. The Jackdaw currently has sufficient ammunition reserves, so this matter is not too urgent. Afterwards, Difrena and Barr began to check the purchase prices of weapons and ammunition one by one. The quartermaster is very familiar with the market environment on the island, and there is no problem between the two of them who cheated the other, and the whole process went smoothly.
This is why all pirate ships want to hire experienced professionals. If it weren't for the power struggle on the Sea Lion, Zhang Heng would have to rely on luck to find crew members like Dufresne and Billy.
There are far fewer weapons dealers on the island than there are black market merchants, and the competition is not as fierce. However, even so, it is very good to get a long-term customer Barr. Seeing that it was getting late, he took advantage of the opportunity to invite the two to stay for dinner, but Zhang Heng And Dufresne declined.
The quartermaster's wife and children were all on the island, and they hadn't had time to go home after disembarking. Seeing that everything was almost done, Zhang Heng didn't intend to procrastinate, but Zhang Heng remembered that Annie hadn't eaten outside, so he decided to go find her. By.
However, when he came to the beach, he heard from people nearby that the red-haired girl showed her supernatural power today. Not only did she beat the two subjects in charge of the assessment, but she also defeated the several who stood up to challenge her with one hand. Individuals, the last group of people were convinced, and went to the tavern to drink together.
Zhang Heng is not surprised by this result at all. This kind of thing sounds very Anne, and she is probably the only one who can use this method to win the respect of other crew members so quickly. In fact, if it is not because of gender, how would she think? It shouldn't be so miserable.
But no matter what, since Billy and the others had nothing to say about the previous incident, Anne would receive much less criticism for becoming the boatswain.
Zhang Heng didn't go to the tavern to look for the red-haired girl, and he wasn't worried about what would happen to her. After staying on the island for so long, Annie never stopped causing trouble, but Zhang Heng never saw her suffer any harm, and she was only drinking. In any case, there should be no one in Nassau who is her opponent.
So Zhang Heng returned directly to the place where he lived at the pier, but when he was about to reach the door, he suddenly stopped.
Zhang Heng frowned. He noticed the falsely concealed door. With Annie's carefree character, she had only two possibilities to go out. There will be a third possibility.
In addition, Zhang Heng also saw the drawn curtains behind the wooden windows, which was also not like what Annie would do.
Zhang Heng pulled out a short musket from his waist, but he was a little puzzled. He didn't have any enemies in Nassau now. At most, he had some entanglements with Fraser because of Owen's affairs, but the Queen Anne's Revenge has not returned yet. , it stands to reason that Fraser would not know what happened above so quickly.
What's more, even if he knew, he should worry about Blackbeard and Orff's revenge on him first, instead of trying to provoke himself who already owns a battleship.
Therefore, Zhang Heng couldn't guess who the unexpected guest was tonight.
Or just an ordinary thief
But Zhang Heng didn't relax his vigilance. He didn't know if that guy was still in the house, so he gently opened the door with the saber in his hand, but then he bowed and rushed towards the wooden window. Zhang Heng took over the building. The house had been completely renovated once, but he couldn't help being a little lazy after that. There was a wooden window that was already loose and out of shape, and Zhang Heng ignored it when he saw that it could support it a little more.
Unexpectedly, this window came in handy in another way, and Zhang Heng easily broke through the window.