Chapter 172 The profit-seeking nature of capital
Three months passed in a flash.
During this period, Rorschach did not go out to rob, but instead took charge of Nassau and took charge of the overall situation.
Rorschach, who has served as deputy mayor of St. Denis and has experience in managing large cities, manages a small town of Nassau, which is simply easy to manage.
As a leader, you don’t need to do everything yourself.
That's too inefficient and easy to die suddenly.
As long as you know others and place the right people in the right position, you can play a role and make the entire pirate republic run.
Of course, his task was much more difficult than when he was in St. Denis.
Because all the "talents" under his command are pirates!
Most pirates only know how to fight and kill, and let them rob ships and escape the pursuit of naval fleets. They are experts;
How to make delicious rum, how to flirt with prostitutes, where routes are easier to grab, they can also talk to you about a lot of things.
But if they were asked to build, they could only stare at him and say that this would only insult his freedom.
So, Rorschach also had a headache at the beginning.
However, he quickly figured it out.
It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, you can learn it. Anyway, no one is born with a certain skill.
Of course, except for guys like Edward who have the protagonist aura...
Pirates who know how to calculate are all classified as the Ministry of Finance and act as accountants; carpenters on the ship help to build.
As for any skill, pirates who only have one strength can also move bricks.
Rorschach also introduced a pirate points system to mobilize the enthusiasm of pirates.
Different jobs can be rewarded while accumulating points.
The number of points can be selected first when major fleets need to supplement crew members, or they can hold different positions in major departments.
What's more, in addition to pirates, Nassau, as the most populous gathering place in the Bahamas, also has many residents.
Both local residents and pirates from Pirate Republic are part of Nassau.
With the joint efforts of the Nassau people, the sanitation of the town has been greatly improved in three months, and large public bathhouses and toilets have been built one after another.
There are fewer rats running around on the streets and many piles of domestic waste.
The fortress related to Nassau Sea Defense has finally been completed after more than a year.
After discussion by parliament, this stone fortress with thirty cannons and can accommodate 1,000 soldiers was named "Fortress of Liberty".
As the name suggests, this fortress will fight to defend the freedom of the entire Nassau!
Just as Nassau changed a lot, good news came from Blackbeard:
After three months of conquest, the pirates united fleet took down several major island areas of the Bahamas, Harbour Island, Grand Bahamas Island, Andrews Island, Abaco Island and Elles Island.
Several simple docks were initially built, leaving several pirate ships for patrol to ensure that the ships were not allowed to enter and exit the island at will.
Then, Rorschach summoned several merchants and farmers from the island area to the fortress and sat down to have a good talk.
Many businessmen in the Bahamas purchase pirates' stolen goods at low prices and then sell them to other port cities at high prices to earn the difference.
This stolen sales market has always been very irregular, with the purchase price sometimes high and sometimes low, which to a certain extent has caused damage to the interests of the pirates.
The merchants are determined that pirates cannot find formal sales channels, so they try hard to lower prices.
However, the pirates are not stupid either.
Your price is too low, so I will find a higher priced businessman.
The game between merchants and pirates has always been prone to breeding various problems.
Killing and robbing are also very common.
Therefore, this time, Rorschach intends to regulate the price and market of selling stolen goods in the name of Pirate Republic, so that both parties can take their needs.
From now on, the Pirate Republic will collect certain Nassau taxes from the plundered pirates and sell the remaining goods to the merchants at the same price.
As for the price of selling, it depends on the merchants' own methods.
In this way, not only can the pirates' goods be sold smoothly, but merchants do not have to maliciously bid for each other to compete for the goods in the hands of the pirates.
It can also avoid unnecessary troubles and cause trouble.
After a fierce bargaining, the two sides finally reached an agreement and signed a commercial agreement.
After private discussions, the merchants in the Bahamas also formed a loose chamber of commerce and set up an office in Nassau to connect with the Pirate Republic.
This is the profit-seeking nature of capital!
If there is 20% profit, capital will be ready to move;
If there is fifty percent profit, capital will take risks;
If there is a 100% profit, capital will dare to take the risk of being snatched;
If there is 300% profit, capital will dare to trample on all laws in the world!
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Castle of Liberty, inside the Speaker's Office.
With the candlelight on the desktop, Luo Xia was reviewing the Ministry of Finance’s financial report with a serious look on his face.
In the past three months, although the stolen sales market has been regulated, the pirates' income has increased.
However, in Nassau, both materials and workers need to be paid.
Therefore, the Republic's finances still seem to be ineffective.
"It seems that we have to form an ocean fleet as soon as possible and make a big profit in the Indian Ocean..."
Just as Roche was thinking this way, there was a sudden sound of knocking on the door.
Looking up, he saw his little fan Alonzo Batira standing in front of the open door.
"Alonzo, what's the matter?"
"Your Excellency, someone wants to see you."
"Who is it?"
"He didn't say his name, he just said that he was from Havana, and said something strange to me, asking me to convey to you. He said that as long as you hear it, you will understand..."
When Rorsch raised his eyebrows suddenly when he heard that the other party was from Havana.
Two months ago, he received news from the Assassin Division in Havana that Torres had resigned from the position of governor of Cuba due to the robbery of the Ark and corruption.
Even so, Torres, the highest master of the Knights Templar Caribbean score, still has a lot of energy.
Not only was he not transferred back to Spain for investigation because of these problems, he also continued to stay in Havana, continuing to affect the situation in Havana.
Obviously, Torres was a little unhappy about Rorschach not visiting him for several months?
Or maybe he had heard about the changes in Nassau, so he sent someone to come and find him?
Or maybe, I'm thinking too much.
The person who came was not the Templar, but the assassin.
Maybe it was because the Assassin Brotherhood needed its own help, maybe.
With a lot of thoughts in my mind, Roxa immediately put down the parchment in his hand and asked casually:
"Oh, what's the point?"
Chapter completed!