To a certain extent, to say he was brutal would be putting it mildly.
Marco smiled, then looked at Ace not far away, waved and shouted: "Ace, come here."
Hearing Marco's greeting, Ace, who was having a drink, couldn't help but put down his glass. He first apologized to his companion, then stood up and came to Marco.
"What, do you want to have a drinking contest with me?"
Ace's face with freckles on his cheeks was filled with a hearty smile.
"No, take a look at this first."
Marco smiled and lightly hammered Ace's shoulder, then handed the newspaper to Ace.
Ace took the newspaper, looked at it for a few times, and said seriously: "Oh, it's him."
On the sea, one of the ways to pay attention to the current situation is through newspapers, and people who often make headlines will gradually accumulate enough reputation invisibly and become well-known.
Ace has just gotten rid of his rookie status and been promoted to captain of the second division of the famous Whitebeard Pirates. He is also slightly concerned about Mod, this year's super rookie.
Marco encouraged: "Ace, this guy is more active than you were last year. When he comes to the new world, do you want to try to 'conquer' him?"
"If Dad is interested in him, I wouldn't mind making a trip."
Ace smiled and closed the newspaper.
The so-called "subjugation" means using one's strength to impress a certain pirate group and thereby attaching themselves to Whitebeard's flag.
This wasn't the first time Ace had done something like this.
Among the more than forty pirate groups currently attached to Whitebeard's banner, three pirate groups were "conquered" by Ace.
These pirate groups themselves are not affiliated with the Whitebeard Pirates, but as long as Whitebeard gives an order, they will respond immediately.
In fact, being attached to Whitebeard's banner is not a bad thing.
At the very least, as long as you act under the banner of Whitebeard, you won't have to bear too many potential threats from other Yonko in the new world.
"Would dad be interested..."
The three Marcos couldn't help but look at Whitebeard, who was sitting on a chair and taking a gulp of wine, ignoring the young nurse's dissuasion.
As Ace said, the prerequisite for "conquering" the Mord Pirates is Whitebeard's interest.
As long as Whitebeard didn't bring it up, they had no reason to act.
However, from their perspective, it would always be a pity to miss a newcomer with such bright potential and prospects.
Thinking of this, they had the idea of proposing this matter to Whitebeard.
at the same time.
All over the New World.
When Maude arrived at the Chambord Islands, she was only one step away from the new world.
His existence officially broke into the eyes of the Pirates and the Beasts Pirates.
The super rookie that attracted much attention last year was Fire Fist Ace, who was eventually taken under Whitebeard's command, and then became the captain of the second division of the Whitebeard Pirates in a short period of time, becoming a combat force that cannot be underestimated.
In terms of status, they are like the [General] under the Pirates, and the Three Disasters under the Beast Pirates.
And this year's super newcomer Mod obviously also has such potential and qualifications.
Faced with such potential newcomers, the Pirates and Beasts Pirates, who have never stopped strengthening their forces, will not miss it easily.
As soon as Mord enters the new world, they will take action.
As for the red-haired pirates, they are relatively calm.
To tell why...
Because Mod had rejected Shanks' invitation.
Of course, although some members of the red-haired pirate group headed by Jesus Bu have always paid attention to Mod, they have given up the idea of drawing Mod into the pirate group.
Chapter 166 Temporary Plan
A newcomer with unlimited potential.
There is no reason for the Yonko Pirates to miss it.
It doesn’t matter what method you use, as long as you can make the [newcomer] become a fighting force under your command...
However, those various forces who wanted to recruit Maude under their command did not expect that Maude had already taken over the position of Shichibukai.
A slave trading shop in the Shampoo Islands.
Mod took a fancy to the only three slaves of the pirate captains in this slave trading shop.
Buying it was inevitable, but he didn't show any intention to buy it, and the task of bargaining was handed over to the more slippery Udyr.
"Jonathan has a reward of 22 million, Freeman has a reward of 15 million, and Thompson has a reward of 9 million."
Maude leaned against the wall not far from the counter, looking down at the information on the pirate captain's slaves provided by the slave trading shop.
The information is very detailed, even including height and weight.
In terms of price, Jonathan is priced at 28 million, Freeman is priced at 21 million, and Thompson is priced at 15 million.
After all, they are captain slaves with their own bounties. When pricing, it is naturally impossible to refer to the market price of human slaves of 500,000 beli.
You know, there are some beautiful female slaves. Although the starting price on the market is 500,000 beli, as long as they find the right buyer or send them to auction, they are often sold for millions.
And the starting price of these pirate captain slaves, who have bounty value in themselves, is definitely higher than the bounty.
"The selling price is 6 million higher than the reward."
Mod looked up and glanced at Udyr, who was spitting at his boss.
Before coming, Udyr promised him that he could cut the price of the slave captain by about 3 million.
If Udyr can really do it, he can save 9 million Beli to buy these three captain slaves.
I just hope Udyr can be more powerful.
Maude thought silently in her heart.
If he succeeds in bargaining, he will spend a total of 55 million beli to buy these three captain slaves.
After killing and plundering the experience, and then redeeming the bounty through the channel provided by Xia Qi, you can only recover about 20 million Baileys.
Come and go, it's an expenditure of about 30 million.
However, the money was originally taken from the pirate bounties, and now it can be considered used back.
"Although the money I have is not much, it should be enough for seven or eight rounds."
While Udyr was haggling over the price, Mod was thinking about how to maximize his experience by earning gold.
If circumstances permit, he plans to wipe out the captain slaves in all slave trading shops on the island.
However, according to Udyr, pirate captain slaves are a relatively abundant commodity in the island's slave trading shop.
The reason is that in the environment of the Chambord Islands, if the slave catching team catches the pirate captain, they will never exchange the pirate captain for the bounty unless the product has a [disappearance] problem.
Because if you go to the navy to exchange the bounty, not only the process steps are quite complicated, but also about 20% of the final bounty will be deducted.
The purchase price given by the slave trading shop is basically between 90% and 95% of the reward. The most important thing is to be able to pay and deliver the goods on the spot.
Therefore, many slave-catching teams are more keen to target the captains of pirate groups who have arrived at the Shampoo Islands.
If Mod wants to clear out the entire inventory of pirate captain slaves in the Shampoo Islands, he can only do so if he has sufficient funds.
But Maud was in no hurry.
After officially taking over the position of Shichibukai, he planned to "station" on the Shampoo Islands for a long time.
Then, while spending money to buy slaves of pirate captains who can provide experience, they waited on the island for pirate groups to come to their doorstep.
This is one of his temporary plans at this stage.
Mod looked at Udyr, who was negotiating with the boss, and walked towards the restroom in the store.
He planned to write useful information about the three pirate captain slaves into the hunter's notebook first.
In the middle of the store, Udyr threw the shopping guide that recorded the captain's slave information to the boss with his backhand. It was obvious that the conversation was not pleasant.
Udyr looked at the boss coldly and said with an unkind expression: "Don't think I don't know that you lowered the purchase price to 90%. Even if you cut off 3 million, your net profit from one product will still be several million."
The boss took the shopping guide book and said miserably: "Udyr, you don't know how much labor and store rent I have to spend in a month. How can I make millions of profits from one product?"
"And these three items are the highlight of my store. If I sell them to you at a discount, if I don't add some money afterwards, where will I go to buy replacements?"
"Does it have anything to do with me?"
Udyr crossed his arms and curled his lips and said: "In short, I don't want to sell it, but I have to remind you..."
Having said this, Udyr took advantage of Mod's break to go to the bathroom, approached the boss, and threatened in a low voice with an expressionless face: "The customers who do your business this time will not be as polite as me."
“…”
The boss trembled slightly, took out a sweat towel and wiped his forehead a few times, then carefully looked in the direction of the bathroom.
He couldn't afford to offend this big boss with a notorious reputation.
The boss lamented in his heart.
Udyr looked at the boss's subtle reaction, and it was really not as hard as a real threat.
If Maud's name had been brought out earlier, there might not have been so much talk.
All I can say is that Boss Mod is mighty!
With Udyr's efforts, Mod, who came out of the bathroom, finally bought the three captain slaves for a cut of 9 million.
Pay the money and pick up the goods, all in one go.
Mod led the three pirate captains wearing slave collars out of the shop, with Udyr following closely behind.
The owner of the slave trading shop bid farewell to Maud with a smile on his face at the door, but his heart was bleeding.
He made a full 9 million beli less on this deal, and it was also thanks to Udyr being a little bit humane that he didn't keep the price down.
Otherwise, even if it is a loss of 12 million, the boss will have to sell it with tears due to Mod's intimidation.
"With such a large purchase of three captain slaves, it seems that the Mod Pirates plan to accumulate strength on the island."
The boss looked at Maude's retreating figure and thought in his heart.
Generally speaking, most of the customers who are willing to spend money to buy slaves from pirate captains are nobles driven by vanity, while a small number are from the wealthier pirate groups.
The former is purely for showoff, and the latter is for the fastest expansion of the team's overall strength, so they are willing to spend money to buy a slave thug who is not weak.
In the eyes of the boss, Mod was obviously the leader among the latter, and he actually bought three pirate captain slaves in one go.
"We need to look for new finale products as soon as possible."
The boss shook his head slightly, stopped thinking about things that had nothing to do with him, and turned around and walked into the store.
When Maude left the shop with three captain slaves, he immediately attracted a lot of attention.
After seeing the three captain slaves, these people basically had the same idea as the slave shop owner, thinking that Moder planned to spend money to buy slave thugs to accumulate strength.
A few people are confused.
They thought more carefully, thinking that with Mod's reputation, as long as he waved the flag and shouted, many pirates would naturally come here, so why spend money to buy slave thugs
Probably because of the naval forces stationed on the island...
Although that group of marines would not normally come to the lawless zone, if a pirate unscrupulously pulled down the recruitment flag, they would probably be regarded as a target by the navy immediately.
Moreover, the navy headquarters is in the nearby waters. Which pirate dares to be so arrogant
Those who were puzzled by Maud's behavior soon found an explanation on their own.
Then, they were stunned when they saw Mod suddenly remove the collars of the three pirate captain slaves.
The collar was built with a bomb capable of causing death or serious injury. It was an effective means of controlling slaves, but Maud actually removed it directly
The onlookers who saw this scene couldn't understand it, and the three pirate captain slaves who were involved looked even more confused.
Udyr, who has a deep understanding of Mod's strength, is relatively calm.
When Mod asked him to help find some human trafficking shops selling pirate captain slaves or fish-man giant slaves, he realized that Mod planned to expand the size of his team on the island.
In Udyr's view, first spending money to buy slaves of good pirate captains, and then taking the initiative to help them untie their slave collars, is a very effective way to win people's hearts.
Udyr thought so, so it wasn't surprising.