Chapter 4410 Chapter 4412 [Three things to do when a new official takes office]
The method Xiang Nan adopted was also very straightforward.
One was to directly seize the pigtails of Brayden Phoenix, the deputy in the Port Royal Navy who opposed his takeover of Port Royal; the other was to personally lead a team to capture the great pirate Red-Eyed Sharok who had a wanted poster with a bounty of three thousand gold coins.
Brayden Phoenix was originally the deputy of the Sheriff of Port Royal. After the previous Sheriff retired, he originally thought that he could take over as the Sheriff of Port Royal and become the ruler of this generation.
But I didn't expect that a young man like Xiang Nan would airborne. He was only twenty-two years old this year. Before he could be tortured to death, he himself was tortured to death first.
Therefore, Brayden Phoenix was naturally full of complaints about this, but he did not show it on the surface and still proactively helped Xiang Nan complete the takeover.
His idea was to stabilize Xiang Nan first and paralyze him, and then find an opportunity to plot against him.
Port Royal seems to be prosperous, but in fact, it is undercurrents. Pirates and bootleggers are doing business here. They are ruthless and murderous.
As long as they give them a little money and a little promise, they can help him get rid of Xiang Nan. By then, he might be able to take over.
Xiang Nan was not blinded by Braden's apparent surrender.
Being proficient in Legilimency, he understood Brayden's conspiracy at a glance, and also learned about his secret sales of gunpowder and firearms to pirates.
So he didn't talk nonsense and directly led people to inspect the armory. He quickly found evidence that Braden was selling arms. On the same day, he was put in jail for "treason" and "colluding with pirates", with the worst consequences. It was also a hanging.
The dignified deputy sheriffs were all imprisoned, and the remaining officers and soldiers naturally did not dare to explode.
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Later, Xiang Nan personally took action and arrested the great pirate Red-Eyed Sharok.
Red-Eyed Sharok is one of the famous pirates in the Caribbean. He owns a battleship called the Roar and more than 30 men. He often robs merchant ships at sea.
He was clever, cunning, and good at disguise. He often sent people to pretend to be sailors in distress to pray for help from merchant ships passing by. Or declare that goods are selling well in a certain place and guide merchant ships there.
Once the opponent takes the bait, he will rush out on the Roaring ship and mercilessly loot the merchant ship. Therefore, his reward was once as high as three thousand gold coins.
You must know that the purchasing power of gold coins at that time was so amazing that the annual salary of an admiral would not exceed 800 gold coins. A captain like Xiang Nan has an annual salary of only one hundred gold coins.
And the famous Captain Jack Sparrow only has a bounty of 10,001 gold coins. It can be seen that although Red-Eyed Sharok is not a top pirate king, he is still a famous pirate.
It stands to reason that the Sheriff of Port Royal must be held responsible for allowing such pirates to roam nearby.
However, Xiang Nan knew that it was Port Royal's Deputy Sheriff Brayden Phoenix who was secretly colluding with Red-Eyed Sharrock.
He secretly colluded with Red-Eyed Sharok, Sharok bribed him, and he informed Sharok.
In this way, if the navy wants to go out to exterminate pirates, Sharlock can receive the news in time, sail away, and come back when the storm is over.
... Xiang Nan naturally would not be easily deceived. He effortlessly found the hiding place of Red-Eyed Sharlock from Brayden Phoenix's mind, and then killed him with the dreadnought.
Before Sharlock could react, he was already trapped in the lair. Facing the repeated bombardment of hundreds of artillery pieces from the Intrepid, he could not break out at all and could only raise the white flag and surrender.
As a result, Xiang Nan not only successfully caught Sharok and his gang, but also successfully seized a large amount of stolen goods that would not be sold in the future, as well as a large sum of money, equivalent to more than three thousand gold coins.
Xiang Nan gave part of the money seized to Wetherby Swann and part to all the officers and soldiers of Port Royal. In total, each person received three gold coins. For them, this is a windfall.
As for the goods, Xiang Nan planned to return them to the merchant ship that was robbed by Sharok.
In this way, all parties benefited, and naturally they were very satisfied with Xiang Nan.
Especially those merchant ships, they are all afraid of Red-Eyed Sharok and worry that they will be robbed by him. Now that Sharok has been arrested, he will be hanged soon.
In this way, the shipping routes near Port Royal are considered safe, and they can rest assured when doing business here.
Governor Weatherby Swann was also very satisfied. He had just arrived at Port Royal and before his **** was warmed up, Xiang Nan had performed several great contributions to him.
Uncovering corrupt officials in the army is certainly a credit; catching a notorious pirate is certainly a credit; returning the merchant ship's cargo is certainly an even greater credit.
What satisfied him most was that Xiang Nan gave him a sum of more than a thousand gold coins. Although it's not all his, he still gets a little bit of it for the people below, and everyone benefits from it.
But out of fifteen hundred gold coins, he could at least lose five hundred. Five hundred gold coins is enough to cover his salary for two years. As soon as he arrived in Port Royal, a windfall came from heaven. How could he not be satisfied with Xiang Nan? He immediately decided to invite Xiang Nan to his home for dinner.
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"Mr. Norrington, how was your process of catching pirates? Was it thrilling or thrilling?" Elizabeth heard that Xiang Nan had just arrived and caught a big pirate. She couldn't help but be very excited and pestered Xiang Nan. Ask east and west.
"Of course it's thrilling." Xiang Nan smiled.
He knew that Elizabeth liked thrilling stories the most, so he immediately added fuel to the fire and bluffed, making the process of annihilating the red-eyed Sharok seem thrilling and exciting, and secretly praised himself.
For example, how he was able to see through the collusion between Braden and Sharok, how he used clever tricks to find out Sharok's hiding place from Braden's mouth, and how he carefully arranged his troops to block Sharok. In his lair, how did he take the lead and lead his men to charge into battle...
Xiang Nan was originally best at making up stories, not to mention that Elizabeth was new to the world, so he naturally coaxed her into getting it right. She looked at Xiang Nan with wide eyes, full of admiration.
"Mr. Norrington, you are really amazing." Elizabeth said with admiration.
"Nothing." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, "By the way, this is the dagger used by the red-eyed Sharok that I captured. The handle is made of whale teeth, and the scabbard is made of shark skin. I think you will like it."
"Of course, I like it very much." Elizabeth took it immediately and pulled it out of the sheath. I saw the dagger flashing with a cold light, and it looked very sharp at first glance.
"I wonder if it has ever killed anyone." Elizabeth murmured.
"At least twenty people should have died under this dagger." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "So you have to be careful not to cut yourself."
"I will collect it carefully." Elizabeth said immediately.