Malcolm hadn't gone to bed on time for a long time. After realizing that the person who attacked him was Raymond, Malcolm's reaction was also very quick, and he began to arrange counterattacks almost immediately. In fact, the most important thing for Malcolm The difficult part is not how to get rid of Raymond, but how to maintain the stability of the Black Merchants Alliance after getting rid of Raymond.
In the eyes of others, the Black Merchant Alliance was a giant at the beginning of its birth, but as one of the founders, Malcolm knew how fragile its interior was, and no matter how perfect and reasonable the system was, it could not resolve all disputes, and this is Raymond The reputation can play a role.
Black market merchants also have their own circles and factions, and there are many factions that are opposed to each other. In terms of balancing their power and easing their conflicts, Malcolm, who has only been on the island for a few years, is naturally inferior to him Sao has been running Raymond's for so long.
This is why even though Malcolm is actually in charge of the Black Merchants Alliance now, Raymond must take the position of chairman. As long as Malcolm is given another two to three years, he can completely Kicking Raymond away, even if it's only for one year, he is sure that he can absorb most of the losses caused by losing Raymond.
Turning his face now is indeed much earlier than he expected.
But at this point, there is almost no possibility of easing up between the two. Raymond must be very clear that the longer the delay, the worse it will be for him. In addition, Karina, Malcolm's "opponent" suddenly appeared , It is not a surprising choice for him to do it quietly at this time, but after all, he did not hide it from Malcolm. What the latter has to think about now is how to drive Raymond out of Nassau, and at the same time make this matter The impact of things is minimized.
Malcolm listed all the names of the more prestigious black market merchants on the island at present, thinking about the candidate to replace Raymond, and he didn't go back to the bedroom until late at night to change and sleep.
As a result, he was woken up not long after closing his eyes. There were running footsteps everywhere outside the door, and someone was yelling loudly. This kind of thing should have been strictly prohibited. Malcolm sat up from the bed. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
The butler Wallace hurriedly pushed open the door upon hearing the words.
"What's going on outside, so noisy?" Malcolm frowned while putting on his clothes.
"There was a nigger riot and set fire to the barn, the firewood room, and a cotton store."
"how many people?"
"I can't get the statistics for the time being, but it seems that more than half of the people participated. They still have weapons in their hands. In addition to the stones picked up on the ground, the kitchen knives and the like, they seem to have daggers and muskets." Wallace paused, "But the number is very small, two or three muskets at most. I have sent another team to protect you, and I have also sent people to ask for help from several other nearby plantations. It's safe for them to send someone over."
Malcolm had already dressed and put on his boots at this time, and when he came to the balcony, he saw the fire not far away, and there seemed to be fighting in other places.
Just like Wallace said, there are a lot of people on the slave side, but the equipment on the guard side is obviously better. Join the fight.
There is no problem in going on like this until the arrival of reinforcements. Managing black slaves has always been a headache. Several nearby plantation owners have passed their breath. They will not sit idly by when encountering this situation, so Malcolm He didn't pay attention to the success or failure of this battle, and he didn't take the losses that the butler Wallace was talking about on the other side very much.
The question Malcolm is thinking about now is whether this kind of thing will have anything to do with Raymond at this node.
If so, what is the meaning of the other party's doing so, and what is the reason for inciting these black slaves to cooperate with him.
In the past, black slaves escaped in Terrance Manor, but most of them were a small number of small-scale escapes, which rarely caused such a big movement.
In addition to the fact that it is easy to leak secrets because there are too many people, it is also easy to be caught because the target is too large. Even if they can escape from the manor, there is nowhere to hide. The other is how those weapons flowed into the manor.
However, these problems can only be investigated slowly after the riot is quelled. What is certain now is that Daisy is obviously not the only one in the manor.
Soon, new news came that the rioting black slaves were moving towards the stables.
The guards over there are relatively weak, and they will soon be unable to withstand it. If the black slaves let out the frightened horses, the current situation will become even more chaotic. Therefore, after obtaining Malcolm's permission, the butler Wallace immediately took People go there to support.
However, when he was halfway there, he stopped suddenly. Wallace found that the places where the accident happened were in three different directions, but the other direction was relatively quiet tonight.
In addition to the cotton garden there, the punishment room is also located there.
"What a cunning little thing." The butler Wallace muttered as he filled the gun chamber with gunpowder. He decisively changed direction and led the people towards the torture chamber.
From a distance, I saw the corpse of a supervisor lying outside the door, with several table knives sticking out of his back, and on the other side, a male black man came out of the door with Nadia on his back. Seeing this, Rais pulled the trigger without hesitation, but in the end the shot only hit a wooden barrel next to him.
The male black man was startled by the shot, and he sat down on the ground, and Nadia behind him also fell out. At this time, other guards also shot. The male black man ignored Nadia who was on the side, and even rolled The one with the crawler fled back to the execution room.
Leah also heard the gunshot at this moment, and she followed behind the male black man, while Laura was at the back with Daisy on her back. Besides, there were four black maids and two male black men who planted cotton.
One of the male blacks and two black maids died in the previous battle with the overseer, and the remaining black maid was slightly injured.
This is all the combat power on their side. On the other hand, Wallace, the housekeeper, has five guards besides himself, and four of them have guns in their hands.
They approached the torture room, and soon came to the door. When they were about to force a breakthrough, there was a gunshot in front of them, and the guard running in the front got a bullet in the forehead and fell directly go down.
This change also made other people a lot more cautious, but what they didn't know was that Leah only had this short musket in her hand, and after firing this shot, there was only the last bullet left.