"What's the point of being a lackey of the world government?" Harden looked disagreeable.

Edmund glared at him, but Harden didn't care.

As William's power grew, even the main leaders of various departments did not meet too many times, and he could no longer be as close as the small gangs before.

Edmond belongs to Sihai Trading Company, while Harden belongs to the Morgan Pirates. Although Morgan Pirates have some shares in Sihai Trading Company, the only equity representative of the Morgan Pirates is Captain William, so Harden and Edmond have not met many times this year, so naturally there is no need to say that they have too many feelings. Harden is straightforward and will not think about taking into account the face of his colleagues. If he has any dissatisfaction, he will say it directly.

However, Harden does not understand the worldly ways, which does not mean that the others on the ship do not understand.

The cadres of the Morgan Pirate Group all pay dividends. As the Sihai Trading Company's business becomes better and better, the pirates can get more and more money. Although sometimes it is not as much profit as the plunder, they win in stability, and the silver mountain is as good as silver water?

However, in a year, the bright money situation can be seen. It can be said that William's purpose had been achieved at the beginning, and the pirate cadres on the ship had been trapped by this interest. People as smart as Clow did not want to have too stiff relationships with the people of the Sihai Trading Company under the current circumstances.

Clow deliberately ignored Harden's words, smoothed out the situation and explained to Edmund: "Reading the statement in the newspaper, the World Government established the Seven Warlords Sea, and what he valued was their influence. William is still unknown in the East China Sea. The top leaders of the World Government probably have never heard of him. How could he invite him?"

Time is a good thing, which can fade old memories and strengthen new impressions. More than a year has passed since the smuggling incident. Arcadio and Roy almost completely forgot the little people who "mrushed" to death at the time, and they can't remember the names of the little people like William. After all, they were not the ones they cared about the most at the time, and they were all the masterminds, let alone other "accomplices" who don't know the specific situation?

On the Pirate Ship, the proportion of elderly people during the Barbarossa period was getting smaller and smaller. With a year of grace and power, William had completely controlled the entire ship, so he changed his real name on the ship. However, for the feelings of the crew of the Pirates, Stolt was placed in the middle name, but the daily name was still called back to William. Although the others on the ship were strange, William was the captain, and no one else on the ship could, and he did not dare to worry about this name with him.

As for Clo, who was originally under Count Arcadio, William was not worried about him. The experience of eliminating Barbarossa together made him psychologically closer to William. In this process, he personally experienced William's cruelty and cunning, which was different from the side pressure that Count Arcadio caused to people's hearts due to his high position and power.

Following the plan, William used cruel means to remove enemies in the Redbeard Pirates one by one, such as Heiding, Reis, Barbarossa and even Felton. Few people on the ship knew all this better than Crow. This is different from Alcadio, the pressure William caused to Crow, which comes from the threat of life.

Simply put, what Alcadio feared Clo is that the opponent's power could ruin him, but William's current power made Cloe feel that it would be impossible to get angry with him.

In addition, William has now become the leader of a large pirate group and a promising trading company. Even if William's own force is not calculated, the power of William and Arcadio is not much inferior.

On the one hand, Arcadio, who was not valued for many years and treated him as an optional pawn, and did not care about his wishes, and could not satisfy him both material and spiritually, while on the other hand, he valued his talents, made him a real-powered cadre on the ship, and gave shares to the trading company, which gave William, who was both status and bound by substantial interests, naturally gave him the latter.

In fact, in the Barbarossa incident, Clo had deceived Arcadio and had his first history. It was a natural thing to betray Arcadio and help William continue to deceive the other party.

"Then we will do some big things as soon as possible to attract the attention of the government," Edmund murmured to himself, "It's good that we have already gained some reputation in the East China Sea, but the captain doesn't even have a reward..."

William, who was sitting next to him, frowned when he heard this, rolled up the newspaper and knocked on his head: "If you have nothing to do, go to Frost Moon Village immediately. I will go to Yixin Temple tomorrow, and others will go, so you can arrange your place to live first."

"No." Edmund lay directly on the table, holding the table with both hands, as if he was afraid that William would ask someone to pull him away.

That day, Alamis, who heard William reveal some thoughts at the bow of the boat, looked at William who deliberately changed the subject and looked away.

William noticed Alamis's actions, but didn't care.

The world government and the navy are all focused on the great route, and they are dealing with the endless outstanding new pirates from all over the world who are aiming at "onepice" and flocking into the great route, and even the system of "The King Under the Seven Warriors Sea" has been developed.

The biggest advantage of a system of privateer license is that the government does not need to spend a lot of energy, funds and time to train the navy, and can immediately obtain ready-made force. A person as keen as William can immediately see the meaning behind it, that is, the situation where the navy's forces are now in a state of weakness.

Related to the increasingly weakening naval forces in the East China Sea today, William’s current strategic policy is nothing more than twelve words—

"Build a solid foundation, attract talents, and temporarily hold back the king."

The world government cannot completely rule the East China Sea, especially the various kingdoms and the villages and towns below, but this sea area has a vast amount of manpower and material resources, and is a place to take root. Before this, William did not want to attract the attention of the world government.

William would not be like Selkirk or other newcomer pirates in the world who had no strategic plan, and would slap his head and run to the great route with a slap in his head.

Of course, William wants to go to this pirate cemetery, where strong men gather, but he will not dive into it in a daze without preparation. He needs a relatively stable rear to continue transfusions for him.

The Great Way is a sea area where there are countless pirates in the world every year. When they enter, they are full of enthusiasm and are like a dog that is strayed when they flee.

William didn't want to be such a ridiculous guy. When he entered the great route, he would definitely be able to ensure that he would never be driven out in shame when he stood firm there!

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Chapter completed!