He Ao glanced at the options in his field of vision, frowned, put Bone Sword on his back, picked up Miracle Wand, and opened the bedroom door.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Liu Nan running over.
"What's wrong?"
He Ao looked at the hurried girl with some confusion.
"There are pirates."
"Pirate?"
He Ao was stunned for a moment.
West Capital is an inland city. He Ao's memory of the sea and what happens at sea only remains in the scenes on TV. This time he participated in Ruins, which was the first time he saw the sea.
This is the first time I have even seen the sea, let alone pirates.
"Well, let's go on the deck first."
Liu Nan is obviously a little surprised. Her hair has been straightened out again and is not as messy as it was just after returning from Ruins. The blood stains on her body have also been washed away, but some places are still wrapped with gauze and her hair is still dry.
"Yeah."
He Ao nodded slightly. There were stitching marks on his body now, but after he came back from Ruins, as usual, he felt that his soul power had been supplemented and improved, and even the wounds on his body were recovering quickly.
He was slightly curious about pirates, something he had never seen before.
Who among the Transcendental people in this boat is not smart enough to come and cause trouble for them.
The two quickly walked up the corridor stairs to the deck.
There were many people standing on the deck at this moment, most of them were people who came back alive from Ruins. Although they were a little surprised, they were not that panicked.
No matter how scary the pirates are, they are still human beings and cannot be compared with those twisted and crazy monsters in Ruins.
The researchers here have experienced life and death in the three days of Ruins, and now they have more or less Transcendent Item in their hands.
At this moment, the cruise ship that everyone was on was still moving forward, and about five or six small boats were approaching quickly from a distance.
There were six or seven people on each small boat. One person who looked like a leader was driving the small boat, one was standing next to him carrying Rocket Launcher, and the remaining few were holding Light Submachine Gun and looking warily at the cruise ship where He Ao was on.
They basically all wore simple trousers, and most of them were naked from the waist down. They stood barefoot on the boat and rode the waves towards the cruise ship.
Compared to the half-rotted lizard monsters in Ruins, these pirates are pretty good-looking.
When everyone got on the deck, Yang De also came up.
He was wearing a straight formal suit and was neatly groomed. His previous fierceness had been restrained, and he looked pampered and wealthy, like a serious shipowner.
Next to him was a young man holding a loudspeaker, watching the pirates rushing over.
At this moment, there was already a leading speedboat traveling side by side with the cruise ship. The two ships were relatively stationary. Beside the speedboat, a thin pirate held a microphone and shouted to the cruise ship in a bad Middle Earth Language, "Listen... the ship... stop... Sichuan..."
Yang De glanced at the young man next to him and said loudly to the pirate boat, "We have already paid the toll, we have permission!"
The young man next to him quickly translated the sentence into another language and broadcast it through the loudspeaker.
"The pirates here are actually the warlord army entrenched in the nearby Arano Federation Republic. Alano is a relatively large island country. It has been in civil war for decades. The domestic warlords are divided and have been fighting for years. It happens that the sea area near Alano has an important route. Ships are frequent, and this route is relatively narrow. The ships generally slow down."
He Ao suddenly poked a little head out from beside him, "Since a few years ago, Alano's warlord has been working as a pirate near here, making a living by hijacking ships for ransom or collecting protection fees from passing ships."
How did this guy show up?
He Ao glanced at Orator beside him,
Orator's husky mask was destroyed when he came out of Ruins, revealing his cute and cute face. This guy seemed to have recovered from the blow of Ruins. He came out to join in the fun with gauze tied on his face.
But he just glanced at it and didn't answer this guy's words.
"How did you know?"
Liu Nan on the side was a little curious and came over to ask.
"When I was chatting with the uncle who cooks in the restaurant this morning, he told me that he knows a lot," Orator took the opportunity to get closer, "Sister, you have so much hair, how do you maintain it..."
He Ao glanced at the two people who were already chatting, but said nothing.
Liu Nan is very smart and knows what to say and what not to say, and will not expose He Ao's information.
He Ao continued to look forward, looking at the pirate boats outside.
At this moment, the thin pirate with the big speaker was already chatting with the young man next to Yang De.
The language still used was that peculiar language, it should be the language of Arano Republic that Orator just said.
After the young man finished the exchange, he turned his head to Yang De and said softly, "They asked us who we paid the protection money to?"
"The reply to them is Arano Coastline Defense Force."
Yang De said softly.
The young man nodded slightly and continued to shout to the pirate with a loudspeaker. At this moment, the remaining pirate speedboats had also approached the cruise ship.
Yang De didn't deliberately lower his voice. There were Transcendental people around him, so they basically heard what he said.
"Arano Coastline Defense Force is the largest force among the Alano pirates. They are different from other pirates who want to prevent fires, kill people, or seize ships. Once they enter their sphere of influence, they only need to pay enough tolls to pass safely. During the journey, they will even help expel some small pirates."
Orator came over again. She seemed to be worried about He Ao not answering her words.
"It is said that they often robbed and seized ships before, committing all sorts of evil, but a new boss was replaced along the way and the old boss was killed.
This new boss believed that blindly plundering would cause ships to detour to other longer routes for safety reasons, which would also attract retaliation from the navies of various countries, which was not conducive to long-term development. Therefore, he changed the original plundering mode to a protection fee model. The charges were relatively high, but far lower than the detour losses. The protection fee was within the acceptable range of ship owners to ensure the safety of ships.
Coupled with Lei Lei's decisive methods, it slowly developed its power and became the largest power in the Alano sea area. "
What strategies for sustainable development...
He Ao thought for a while.
This method is indeed safe enough and the income is stable enough. The more prosperous the route is, the higher the income will be.
However, the disadvantages of this approach are also obvious. Firstly, the money comes slowly, and instead of directly grabbing the high income, this force should have other ways to make money. Secondly, this does not preserve the force, but only prolongs the time of destruction.
In the final analysis, this approach is just a pirate who collects premiums. In addition, it cannot stop the behavior of other counterparts who do all kinds of evil. Sooner or later, it will attract attacks from the navies of various countries.
Just as He Ao was thinking, the young man who was holding a loudspeaker to communicate with the pirates suddenly turned his head and looked at Yang De, "They said they were not Coastline Defense Force, but Free Sailor. Let us stop the ship. They want to board the ship now."
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