Volume 3 Chapter 28 (2/2)
”That's not it The negotiations are just the beginning Our aim is to be under Mikoshi+ba's uht”
”Are you serious?”
Toward Andre's question, Henry nodded his head
”You guys should've already realized right?”
No one said anything The people who lived in this town had vaguely realized, and for the three people present inside the rooer than the problem Mikoshi+ba Ryouma
”Certainly We have no future But”
”I've also thought about that but In the first place, will Mikoshi+ba willing to cootiate with us?”
However, Henry looked straight into their skeptical eyes
”But, even if we continue our pirate business as it is, we have no future Right?”
In those words, they fell silent That attitude proved that Henry's words were correct
In actuality, their chance to perform plunder was not many
Certainly, plundered a village would garner the income
Although they were exploited by the nobles, the cooods) like a commoner should
And plundering rob all of those saving Speaking of agriculture, it was equivalent to eating everything one had harvested without leaving enough to use for sowing next year
As a result, it cannot become continued revenue
At first, it was not like that
At first, they had robbed one village and town each and regularly tooktowns as a form of taxes
Piracy without causing blood and tears to spill If they attacked, the women and children would have beensold as slaves
Such ie binds the ordinary people's heart who does not possess the power to fight and ended up paying the pirates to escape their fears
For their own safety
And the sa a merchant shi+p
One can attack a shi+p when they passed the route
When the pirates appeared they would lose their goods and lives Who would sail via such route then?
In many cases, pirates can ask merchant shi+ps to pay a toll fee
They decide on the price by the percentage per load
Otherwise, the next one would not come pass the route
Of course, they also need to sacrifices soe, but it was not their method to completely rob their prey
However, when Henry came to power only scorched land remained
When they attacked the villages, they rob and kills everyone
It was also the same when it comes to merchant shi+ps
Sailors who survived were sold as slaves and their goods were completely looted
Around ten years ago, such method increased in frequency, and now it had become their method of modus operandi
”I know that Even now, it has become harder and harder to find prey”
Luida nodded toward Andre's words
The Merchant shi+ps have stopped froh the northern route
Currently, they were using the port town located at the eastern end of Ernest Gora
From there they would cross the continent via land route and transport it to the trade city of Fulzad
Co, the labor cost and other expenses wererobbed by pirates
This was caused by Henry's rough s
”Our current profit is only barely enough for us to continue living We can't do things like we do a long tio anymore”
A long tio, there were not many citizens in this town Even if it was increased, at most there were only several families a year It was never increased more than 10 people once at a tio
The reason for that was obvious That was the time when Ortomea Empire invasion became active
As Ortomea Empire expanded their territory, the countries that had existed in the middle of the western continent were destroyed one after another
In the process of that, many people escaped the difficulties and threay their hometown
Of course, there were also many people who had chosen to live as the citizen of the Ortomea Empire
However, those who refused to become the Empire citizen they seek a new place to live one way or another
While ed class were either choose expulsion or execution
Those people mostly return to the earth(died) under an unknown sky but, some lucky men would reach new place
And some of them had flowed into an unknon that existed on this Wortenia peninsula
”The judg When we looked at the current situation, it was a complete mistake”
”To say those words at this tie you know?”
Luida spoke co words toward Henry who spit out his irritation
Even if they reconsidered the situation at that ti at the result now, that conclusion was a mistake
Although it can't be helped when looking at the enthusiasm of those days
A number is a power
If the inhabitant of the town increased, they won't felt threatened by the monsters
Little by little they had beco
No people hated when the tohere they lived being expanded
Especial for those who had been living while avoiding other humans
Initially, only soh the forest area arrived but, the nuradually escalated
He ordered his shi+ps to go to some town and invited some people ant to join the pirates
At first, everything was going well The number of pirates increases, and the scale of the shi+p and town they had attacked grow steadily
They started to not feel afraid of the troops that so countries Thus, the waters around the Wortenia peninsula have literally become Henry's territory
For Henry at that time, he had never expected that he had opened a door to hell
The town population grows Thanks to that the surprise attack by thethe peninsula decreased -
The town population then grew once again Thanks to that, the scale of the town they attacked get bigger
It was natural if they ended up thinking that they were in a seventh heaven
So they ended up forgetting so
That they the
There were lies and towns
Even so, they need to live
However, by increasing the number of inhabitants of the town unplanned, it was impossible for them to maintain the toith that income alone
And the balance that collapsed once never return back
When the nuer but to er revenue
That was the start of the endless cycle of barely keeping the business going
The result, they gradually increase their plundering
They didn't have other option since it was hard to aim for self-sufficiency at their base
”We ended up overdoing it Now, other than the whimsical one, none crossed the sea around this area We also already plundered and exhausted the town and villages near the coastlines”
Both, Andre and Luida remained silent after they heard Henry's words
But they accurately read the hidden intent behind Henry's words, and their eyes shone brightly
”But, that's why, there's roootiation with Mikoshi+ba There's a room for us, to sell our power”
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