"Tsk."
Roger clicked his tongue impatiently.
There are always some who don't know any better and insist on interrupting others from appreciating performance art.
Their cannons were truly weak and powerless.
"Hector, fire a shot at them and show them how awesome you are."
Roger pointed at the ignorant guard ship, speaking casually.
"Yes, Captain!"
Hector grinned menacingly and personally operated a newly upgraded thirty-six-pound heavy cannon.
"Boom!!!"
A deafening roar, completely different from before!
A huge solid cannonball, with visible air ripples, like a meteor leaving its barrel, instantly crossed hundreds of meters!
It didn't hit the hull, but precisely struck the guard ship's main mast!
"Crack—"
With a bone-jarring crash, that mast, thicker than a man's waist, was snapped in half!
The entire ship shuddered violently, and the huge sail, along with the broken mast, collapsed with a roar, smashing half the deck to pieces.
The sailors on board were scared out of their wits by this sudden change, crying out in panic.
One shot!
Just one shot, and a warship's mobility was crippled!
Inside the strait, a deathly silence instantly fell.
The merchant ships behind all stopped in fright, not daring to move an inch.
"Alright, don't just stand there."
Roger clapped his hands.
"Buck, Billy, take the men and go up for a friendly visit."
"Remember, be gentle, don't scare our customers."
"Alright!"
More than fifty pirates howled and swung along the ropes onto the chinese cargo ship that was still having a wild party.
Inside the cabin.
A man in luxurious silk, about fifty years old, was desperately holding the door shut.
Listening to the chaotic sounds of the madness outside, his old face was ashen.
He was the chief steward of this fleet, Robin.
"It's over... it's all over... we've encountered the legendary ghost ship..."
"Bang!"
With a loud crash, the cabin door was kicked to splinters by Buck.
Robin shrieked and collapsed to the ground.
He looked in terror at the foreign pirate, taller than the doorframe, who walked in.
"Don't... don't kill me!"
Robin covered his head, shouting desperately in Chinese.
"We are the fleet of His Excellency the net-sea king, Sam!"
"If you dare to touch us, His Excellency Sam will definitely not let you off!"
He tried to use his master's name to intimidate these greedy pirates.
On the explorer.
Roger heard the name through Gibbs' "real-time translation."
Sam?
He paused, then chuckled.
This truly was... meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land!
"Ding! Key historical figure information detected!"
The system's voice sounded at the opportune moment, with a hint of excited gossip.
"The target fleet belongs to 'Five Peaks Shipmaster' Sam."
"Sam, a Huizhou maritime merchant, leader of the largest maritime smuggling group, later accepted the imperial court's pacification. At this stage, he should be entrenched in Hirado, Japan, his power at its zenith."
"Host, this is a big fish! The kind that's dripping with oil!"
"Do I need you to teach me?"
Roger rolled his eyes mentally.
He and Hector unhurriedly boarded the chinese cargo ship.
When he entered the cabin, Robin had already been lifted by Buck, his legs flailing in the air.
"Let him go."
Roger waved his hand.
Buck disdainfully threw Robin to the ground.
Roger walked up to him, squatted down, and tapped his now bloodless face with his command stick.
"You just said you're Sam's man?"
Roger's Chinese was perfectly enunciated, making Robin tremble.
He looked incredulously at the tall foreigner in front of him.
"You... you can speak Chinese?"
"Of course I can."
Roger's smile became meaningful.
"And I also know that your master, Sam, calls himself the net-sea king, and his fleet dominates East Asia, even the Great Ming navy can't do anything about him."
Hearing Roger accurately state his master's title and deeds, a glimmer of hope flashed in Robin's eyes.
He thought the other party was intimidated by his master's prestige.
"Exactly!"
"Our master has a wide network of friends. You must also be a prominent figure on the seas, so why not call it quits here, make friends, and we'll meet again in the future!"
Robin struggled to sit up, beginning to negotiate.
"Make friends?"
Roger smiled.
"Of course I want to make friends with him."
He changed his tone.
"However, to be friends with me, you'll have to offer a meeting gift."
"Who... who exactly are you?!" Robin's voice was trembling.
"Me?"
Roger stood up, looking down at him.
"I am the one who came to replace you."
"Go back and tell Sam, from today onwards, I'm collecting the toll for this shipping route."
"As for the split..."
Roger held up nine fingers.
"I get nine, he gets one."
"If he agrees, we'll still be good friends."
"If he doesn't like it..."
Roger pointed to the smoking guard ship outside.
"I'll personally go to Hirado and have a talk with him about life."
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