Chapter 278: Bilgewater's Plan

Boom!

A loud noise suddenly sounded around the island of Coron Kia.

Then, the rune array bloomed from the sky, and the aerospace battleship rushed out of it.

Seeing the island not far away, Seraphine's heart was slightly relaxed.

In short, everything went well.

Except for the hook rope on Shadow Island that was beyond her expectation, the rest was within her expectations.

With the comprehensive strength of the aerospace battleship, resisting a demigod with the strength of Morgana would definitely end in the destruction of the ship and the death of people, but if it was just Viego, there would still be room for maneuver.

Walking out of the cabin and looking at the cheering Poppies, Seraphine smiled and touched Lulu, who was excited and asking for praise:

"This time, it's all up to Lulu!"

"Hehe!" Lulu raised her cute little face with joy and said proudly, "Lulu is very strong!"

In the team, she has always been like a little sister, and the other few people usually don't want to take her with them when they go out.

This time, she finally showed her skills!

As for those who are said to be very "reliable".

Lulu glanced at the Poppies who looked like they had survived a disaster, and snorted with pride.

When they saw the hook just now, these people were dumbfounded!

Lulu is still known for her foresight. She had colluded with Sister Fiddlesticks long ago and knew what to do.

Seraphini smiled and touched Lulu's head, walked to the other side and told the Poppies to rest.

When facing Viego and his Black Mist Legion, the Poppies all contributed. The aerospace battleship is very intelligent, but some places still need the assistance of the crew.

The Poppies completed the task very well.

Hearing Seraphine's praise, the Poppies' mood suddenly improved, and they cheered noisily.

At this time, Seraphine was completely free.

She exhaled, concentrated on feeling the warm sun shining on her body, and the fear in her heart was finally dispelled.

The power of Shadow Island was a little beyond her imagination.

The departure of Lady Sindra's demon clone may be the result of her active choice.

However, she still only has a partial understanding of the game behind it. Even if she asks the teacher, she should get the answer that she is not strong enough.

Now she really understands what the book says about not being strong enough and knowing the existence of secrets is a mistake.

Even if she only senses the existence of the Shadow Island from a distance, she feels her soul trembling.

Those existences are much worse than the feeling Viego gave him. Maybe some of them are not as strong as Viego, but their control over the soul and evil thoughts are far beyond Viego.

"But... It's more interesting to keep playing games with these existences."

Seraphini thought, with a different look in her eyes.

She may not have the great power of the teacher to fight against the gods, but she still has certain abilities against the ghosts in the gutter of the Shadow Island.

"I don't know how Ziben is doing."

When the space battleship docked at the port, Ziben, who had taken the initiative to disembark in Bilgewater Bay earlier, was doing well there.

The decoration of the Doom Tavern has been completely renewed at this moment.

Ziben stood on a table and shouted loudly:

"Professional, professional! Make it professional for me!"

"But, sir, this is already the best wood!"

The big man in front of him held up a huge wooden board, his face full of grievances.

Ziben smiled coldly and pointed at the wooden board and said:

"Don't tell me that this is the best wood. The bounty list is the most important thing in Bilgewater. In the future, the Doom Tavern will be the largest bounty tavern in Bilgewater Bay. Are you going to let Captain Sarah write the bounty list on this broken wooden board?"

"What's wrong with that? It was written on rags before." The big man muttered softly.

Ziben held his forehead with his hand, and said angrily:

"There are thousands of bounty hunters, why do others come to you to exchange for bounties?"

The bounty list is a recognized list in Bilgewater, but the exchange of pirate bounties is not as simple as imagined.

The bounty amount itself comes from major forces, and even some pirates in Bilgewater are involved.

It is common for bounty hunters to have no way to exchange after killing pirates, and even getting 1/3 is a blessing.

But it is true that those major forces are willing to pay to kill pirates. If you really go to claim it after killing them, they will really recognize it.

It's just that Demacia and Piltover don't have any offices in Bilgewater, so you can only go to their local officials to get bounties.

If you are only in Bilgewater, you can only get bounties accepted by major taverns, which are far lower than the actual bounty amount, and there is also the risk of being robbed by the thieves.

The forces behind the major taverns are not small, and they are also able to go to the major forces to get bounties regularly.

But everyone is born a pirate, what is credibility? It doesn't exist!

Maybe the people behind these taverns are part of the bounty.

A few years ago, the most arrogant one was the pirate king Planck, who openly offered a bounty for himself in his own tavern, adding a silver coin every day, and claimed to be the most reputable tavern, and those who came to redeem would get half of the bounty.

But except for the beginning, no one would go there.

If any fool really believed it, his body would be seen in the sea the next day.

The big man obviously knew this, shrugged his shoulders, and said as a matter of course:

"The captain is the strongest, there will always be people coming, our reputation is guaranteed."

Compared to Gangplank, Sarah's methods were much milder.

At least she would really give 1/10 of the bounty, and then send the other party away.

Ziben sighed, shook his head, and looked at the big man with pity:

"You are so stupid to watch countless money slip away before your eyes!"

"Ziben, tell me your suggestion."

Stoby, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, sent the aggrieved big man away, found a chair to sit down, and was interested in being a listener.

He was not familiar with Ziben, but he had heard of Ziben's father, Bo Xue, who was a man who made money in a flowery way.

When he followed the general, he occasionally heard the general praise Bo Xue.

Since he was the son of the person praised by the general, and now he was the financial officer of the general's student, he must have something to recommend him.

"Mr. Stoby, you know. In my opinion, Bilgewater should never be what it is today!"

Ziben looked heartbroken.

His expression was not simply artificial, but mostly sincere.

Bilgewater has become the chaotic and poor it is today, and this is the responsibility of all pirates.

"Bilgewater," Stobby frowned slightly, "The only wealth here is the fishing industry, and the rest can only rob merchant ships at most."

"Not to mention that the fishing industry can make Bilgewater rich enough, and rob merchant ships is enough to control the people here and become the upper class. What a pity." Ziben shook his head and said regretfully, "The controllers here are not smart."

Stobby's face was slightly dark, and this sentence was considered to be a scolding for him.

After the fall of the previous pirate king Gangplank, Sarah was just a representative, and he was responsible for most things.

He was at least called the best manager among the soldiers in the regiment at that time by the general. Is it that unbearable?

As if noticing Stobby's expression, Ziben asked patiently:

"Mr. Stobby, you suggested that Bilgewater resist the bounty list, right?"

"That's right!" Stobby said as a matter of course, "The bounty list weakens the strength of the pirates. In the future, Sarah and my forces will definitely be able to integrate here. There is no need to let them die in internal friction."

"So in your opinion, as long as everyone resists the bounty list, those bounty hunters will not get any money in the end, and they will not plan to target those bounty hunters?" Ziben said with a strange look.

"Isn't that the case?" Stobby didn't think there was any problem.

"Then what do you plan to let the bounty hunters do?" Ziben asked.

"Join us!" Stobby said as a matter of course.

"If they want to join the pirate group, they won't be bounty hunters." Ziben said disdainfully.

"Then let them die." Stobby frowned.

Some small people, harmless.

No mistake, one post, one content, one book, one bar, one 6, one 9!

Ziben stared at Stobby in astonishment, and said in disbelief:

"Don't you have any doubts about why there is a bounty list in Bilgewater?"

"It should be the product of the struggle between the big forces and the local Bilgewater, and finally it became a convention." Stobby thought for a while and replied.

"That's totally wrong!" Ziben said coldly: "I studied the history of Bilgewater before I came here. The bounty list was first issued by the biggest pirate!"

"Impossible." Stobby widened his eyes, "Isn't this killing yourself?"

"The enemies are endless. There are criminals, gangs, and dangerous elements here. You can't expect everyone who comes here to obey discipline. But you can make those who disobey you feel dangerous or even disappear from this world." Ziben said as a matter of course.

"So. The earliest pirate king wanted to use the bounty list to kill the enemy?" Stobby asked uncertainly.

"Most likely, spending a little money, not only can you kill your opponent, but you don't have to pay any manpower loss, what a good way."

Ziben's mouth curled slightly: "But later on, everyone started to use this method, and finally all the strong people became part of the bounty list. And those Demacians and Piltover people whose ships are often hijacked, they have more money, so they have increased their bargaining chips."

"Now, that is today's bounty list."

"So we can use the bounty list to eliminate dissidents?" Stobby's eyes lit up.

Indeed, this is a good way.

Ziben proposed a development plan when Sarah was still there.

According to him, since you want to be the largest force that is different from other pirates, you must find a difference.

And Sarah's biggest advantage now is actually credibility and prestige.

According to Ziben's idea, starting with the bounty list, increase the trust of bounty hunters and others in Sarah, and naturally many people will come to join her in the future.

This point was recognized by Sarah, and because the one who proposed it was Ziben, Stoby thought that they were all imperial people, so he naturally agreed with both hands.

But for Stoby now, the second plan that Ziben said was a bit tempting to be honest.

When their credibility is established, they just need to raise the bounty ratio. For the real gold coins, there will always be people to help kill their enemies.

He now understands Ziben's previous approach. Not long ago, a woman with a cross blade took a bunch of pirate flags to exchange for bounties.

At that time, Ziben persuaded him to give 1/10 instead of 2/3, which was already a very high number.

Of course, there would be no higher price in Bilgewater Bay. Although the woman looked dissatisfied and looked like a novice, she finally agreed to the price and even agreed to Ziben's additional request:

When she or the crew drank in other taverns, they should remember to tell others about what happened today.

Now Stobby understood. He felt that he had wasted money before, but now it seems.

Worth it!

"Mr. Stobby, can you be more flexible in your mind?" Ziben pointed at his head helplessly.

"Hmm?"

Stobby looked confused. He had connected all the clues. Everything was fine. What was wrong?

"Alas," Ziben shook his head, "Mr. Stobby, you should have a longer-term vision. The current enemies are just small fish and shrimps in front of great interests."

"What do you mean?" Stobby said uncertainly.

He felt that his ideas were already big. Could there be a bigger way to play?

"Have you ever thought about letting the big forces pay, and then you go to do the bounty?" Ziben's mouth curled up quietly.

"Are they so stupid?" Stobby frowned.

He understood what Ziben said. It was just to have people rob merchant ships, and then kill them after Piltover offered a bounty, and then go to those big forces to claim the bounty.

It was okay to do this once or twice, but if you really do it more, others are not fools, and they can't afford to pay so much money.

"Mr. Stobby, what are the merchant ships that pirates rob?" Ziben asked.

Stobby said without much thought: "Merchants from Piltover, nobles from Demacia. Most of them don't have good protection capabilities. Most pirates can't rob merchant ships like the Demacia royal family and Noxus."

This is a very realistic thing.

Although Bilgewater is known as a pirate paradise, it makes a fortune by robbing merchant ships.

But there are at least thousands of merchant ships on the Demacia-Shurima-Piltover route every day, and those that can be robbed are just easy ships.

For those merchants and nobles, a ship can earn at least 10 times the difference in price, even if it is robbed occasionally, it can be considered a huge profit.

Sea transportation is still the mainstream of the world's current transactions. The carrying capacity of the Piltover airship is still insufficient, and land transportation is time-consuming and costly.

Even though Valoran is now an ally of Noxus, mutual trade is still mainly carried out by sea, and the goods are transported to the inland by carriages and other means at the port.

"Then if we are willing to provide protection, as long as we pay 5% of the value of the goods, I am willing to provide protection, what will happen to this choice?" Ziben's mouth curled up slightly.

"Many people will agree!" Stobby said seriously.

At this time, he also roughly understood what Ziben meant.

Let Sarah do the business of merchant ships. If they really charge according to the value of the goods on the merchant ships, they can get a steady stream of wealth.

"But. How do we determine the flags for protection?" Stobby asked humbly.

"Regularization! This is the first step!" Ziben said earnestly, "Each port will set up an office to review the value of cargo ships. Don't be afraid of being cheated. Remember that we are backed by the Empire! Anyone who dares to lie will be robbed!"

Stoby's eyes lit up, and he looked like "I understand": "I will give most of this income to Lady Seraphine."

To escort this policy, Seraphine must be the umbrella.

"No, no, no!" Ziben shook his head seriously, "The one cooperating with you is my family's chamber of commerce, and it has nothing to do with Teacher Seraphine. It's just that she is a frequent visitor to our chamber of commerce and often comes to sell some magic items."

Stoby raised his eyebrows, and looked at Ziben, who was about the same age as his son, with surprise and seriousness.

Good guy, how old is he, he can be so meticulous.

Sure enough, there is a reason why Ziben's father can be praised by the general.

Noxus respects people with strength, and business strength is also a kind of strength. Although Ziben is not very old, he is respected by him.