Zhang Heng was lucky, as soon as he landed, he saw the black shadow in front of him.
It seems that the other party should have been sitting at the table before, but the movement at the door attracted his attention, making him stand up and look in that direction subconsciously, and Zhang Heng jumped in from the window at this time, black Ying was hit on the back of the head by the gun butt before he could turn his head, and then slipped and fell to the ground without saying a word.
Zhang Heng solved the trouble in front of him, checked the surrounding environment by the moonlight shining in, then went up to the second floor carefully, searched room by room, and only turned on the oil lamp after confirming that there was no one else in the house.
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Annie came back from the tavern after drinking, opened the door, and saw a young woman about 21 or 20 years old lying on the table, and Zhang Heng was groping for something on her body.
"Wow, did I come back too early? I'm sorry to bother you." The red-haired girl turned around and was about to disappear in place, but was stopped by Zhang Heng, who said, "Stop making trouble, you know her ?"
Zhang Heng searched his body just now and found no weapons or dangerous items. He was also a little surprised when the oil lamp was lit. He did not expect that the uninvited guest in the house would be a woman. Although the latter entered the building without the owner's permission The house, but she didn't seem to have touched anything except a teacup in front of her. Judging from her skin and clothes, she should have been born in a fairly wealthy family. Generally speaking, such a woman should not appear in a place like Nassau.
Not to mention breaking into other people's homes without permission, so Zhang Heng can only guess that she is Annie's friend.
However, the red-haired girl hiccupped, shook her head and said, "I don't know her."
"It seems that you haven't looked at her well since you entered the house."
"That's because I haven't had a female friend since I was a child." Annie spread her hands, her face was flushed under the influence of alcohol, but she was very conscious.
"It seems that there is only one way." Zhang Heng said.
"What?"
"I'll ask her personally when she wakes up."
Because he didn't know the purpose of the other party's visit, Zhang Heng didn't hit too hard. The woman in front of her with a somewhat mysterious background just opened her eyes after being in a coma for less than two hours. Zhang Heng finished his dinner in the middle of the time.
Annie, on the other hand, was playing with a cosmetic mirror found from the other party.
"I thought you didn't like this kind of stuff."
"I don't like this kind of thing." Annie said lazily, "But I remember that my father once gave me a similar mirror on my fourteenth birthday. It seems to be quite expensive. If this thing is taken out, it should be You can get a lot of money in exchange.”
"If you want, I will give it to you." It was the mysterious woman who was in a coma before who spoke.
When she woke up, she immediately found that her hands and feet were tied up, but even at this time she still maintained at least a superficial calmness, which didn't seem to match her age and family background.
It's a pity that she chose the wrong way to express her kindness. Annie burst out laughing when she heard the words, put her legs on the table, and leaned back on the chair, "I never need others to give you what I like. , I will grab it myself."
However, after she finished publishing this heroic declaration, she saw someone raised her eyebrows, and obediently moved her two legs off the dining table.
"Your Excellency must be the captain of the Jackdaw, Mr. Zhang Heng. I have to admit that you are younger than I thought."
The eyes of the mysterious woman also moved to Zhang Heng who was at the side.
"Who are you and why did you sneak into my house?"
"I'm sorry, please forgive me for coming uninvited. I don't have any malicious intentions. I just want to meet with you to discuss a business. Because we are in a special period, I can only make such a bad plan." The mysterious woman said sincerely.
"special period?"
"My name is Karina Portman." The mysterious woman introduced herself, "I am a trader, but in Nassau you seem to be more accustomed to calling us black market merchants. In short, I used to run business on the island , have cooperated with many ships, Captain Fuller of the Archer, Captain Randall of the Duke, oh, and Irwin of the Flying Fish, have established a good cooperative relationship with me."
Karina was also observing the expression on Zhang Heng's face while talking, but unfortunately she couldn't see anything, so she could only continue, "I heard that you have been out at sea for a long time, and you just came back today. I don’t know much about the current situation. The black market merchants were discussing the establishment of a business alliance as early as four months ago, aiming to solve the chaotic situation on the island. Now the preparations for this alliance are basically coming to an end, and they have reached several A consensus, including reducing the share of the ships led by the new captain, you should also meet a few black market merchants in the afternoon, I believe the result will not satisfy you."
Zhang Heng was noncommittal, "Didn't similar things happen three years ago? I heard that the end of the alliance was not very good."
"I know what you're thinking, but I'm afraid this time the alliance won't be disbanded so soon." Karina said, "The alliance back then
It was organized by several relatively large black market merchants on the island, and the rules formulated were only among merchants, but this time the situation was different, because the pirates also joined in. "
"Um?"
"I don't know if you have heard of Fraser. It is said that he has a high reputation among the pirates. This time he came forward to persuade a group of powerful pirate groups to join the alliance. Vice has increased the purchase price of their trophies in exchange for long-term and stable cooperation with each other. And the value they can create accounts for 70% of all pirates in Nassau, so basically merchants outside the alliance have no There is no way to get any valuable spoils, so those who opposed before can only succumb." Karina also looked a little helpless, "Now there are very few black market merchants on the island who have not joined the alliance."
Zhang Heng finally understood the reason why those black market merchants were so indifferent this afternoon. If Karina hadn’t lied, then this alliance would take the absolute initiative once it was established. Although their costs would increase in the early stage, they needed to pay Pirates who sign contracts have higher prices, but you must know that pirates are a high-risk occupation. As time goes by, these pirate groups that pay high prices will definitely decrease, and there will be more and more new pirates like Zhang Heng. The income will be higher and higher, and at this time the market has been monopolized by the alliance, and there are no other black market merchants to offer prices, so they can only accept the purchase price stipulated by the alliance.