One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 973 Blackbeard’s Ambition
"Zihahahaha! Good wine! Cherry wine! Really good wine! Zihahahahaha!"

At this moment, Teach was sitting in the restaurant of Alrita's Pink Champagne, chewing cherry pie and tasting cherry wine with big mouthfuls, his face full of excitement. Beside him, Alrita was pouring wine obediently and constantly handing cherry pie to Teach.

Alrita acted like this out of sheer fear. If at the beginning, Alrita was still thinking of using Tich, she was soon shocked by Tich's strength. Tich's ability to use the dark fruit made Alrita extremely terrified. The ability to directly invalidate the power of the fruit in other people's bodies and his immortality made Alrita very scared, especially after Tich killed 50% of the crew on the ship in front of her. Alrita was even more terrified. This was a madman, a real madman.

Teach was very satisfied with Alrita's expression. He was not the kind of guy who won people over by exchanging sincerity for sincerity. Rather than using love to move others, he preferred to use force to intimidate and make the other party fear his power from the bottom of their hearts. They were pirates! They were the embodiment of evil on this sea. They loved and loved all day long, thinking they were just playing house? What he had was not some illusory thing like an ideal. He was the embodiment of fear, and he had the greatest ambition!!!

"Um, Master Teach, are these enough? If not, I'll ask the kitchen to make some more."

Alrita said cautiously.

“Thief hahahahaha! Enough, enough, you are very good. I don’t reject guys with brains. But remember, before you have brains, you must have strength! Thief hahahahaha!”

Teach used his thick fingers to stroke Alrita's cheek. Alrita did not care about the cherry pie crumbs in his hand. After all, he was not strong enough for her to resist. However, Teach's words gave Alrita hope. Did what he said mean!

"That's right. I forgive your recklessness, but remember, this is only this time. From now on, I am the captain of this ship! The great Blackbeard! Teach! Thief, hahahahahahaha!"

Blackbeard saw the gleam in the other's eyes and nodded with satisfaction. Although having a smart subordinate would have some risks, it would not be a big problem as long as he could control the other party. In this regard, Teach believed in his own strength. At least in the Four Seas, he was absolutely invincible!

"No problem, Captain Blackbeard, but Captain, where are we going next? Should we take out the last batch of goods on the island and sell them?"

Knowing that she had survived, Alrita immediately changed from being frightened to being a bootlicker and asked.

"Ah? What goods?"

Now it was Teach's turn to be confused. He had no idea what the problem was with the goods and his face was full of confusion.

"It is like this, Captain. That small island, the one where you sank the navy ship, has actually been used by us as a place to hide smuggled goods. There is still a batch of goods on it that have not been sold. We came here this time to get the goods. This is the source of funds for our pirate group."

Alrita explained immediately.

"Thief, hahahahahahaha, so that's it, I didn't expect you to be so smart, not bad, not bad, what is that thing on the island?"

Teach's eyes lit up, his experiences in the New World over the years told him that robbing is never a long-term solution. Although it is indeed the fastest way to make money, it is not a long-term solution for a big force. When he first joined Whitebeard's pirate group, although he often went out to plunder and got a lot of good things, because there were too many people in the entire fleet, they were actually always in a state of subsistence.

But since the Whitebeard Pirates started to cooperate with the other four emperors and conduct trade through commerce, when has the entire Whitebeard Pirates ever worried about money? When eating steamed buns, they want to dip them in brown sugar, and when they want to dip them in white sugar, they can drink a bowl of soy milk for breakfast.

And the first subordinate he found, besides being smart, was actually good at business? Then even if the next one was a little weaker, he was still good enough to be a cadre. After all, it was not easy to find someone who was good at business among pirates.

"It's some alcohol. Captain, you know that the price of alcohol has been rising in recent years. The main reason is that taxes are being increased everywhere. So it's very profitable to smuggle alcohol now."

When Alrita heard Teach's voice, she knew she was right, and she continued immediately. "Wine? Thief hahahahaha! That's good stuff. Let's go! Go to the island and move all the wine out. I have a very good plan! Thief hahahahaha!"

When he heard it was wine, Teach's eyes suddenly lit up. In fact, he had also noticed the price increase of wine, but when he was in the Whitebeard Pirates, the wine was purchased in a unified manner, so he was not aware of it. But things were different in the past six months since he escaped. He found that the price of wine was much higher than that of other commodities.

When he inquired, he found out that in recent years, the world government has been raising taxes on alcohol and tobacco items due to economic problems, which has led to the continuous increase in alcohol prices.

And because of this, Teach had a new idea, a plan, a plan that could make him a fortune. After all, a penny makes a hero fall. If you want to create a strong enough pirate group, in addition to a strong team, the most important thing is funding. Without funds, it won't work. Just eating is a problem. Which strong man is not a big belly? I dare not say how much he can eat in one meal, but there are many people who eat hundreds of pounds.

"Plan? Um, Captain, can I ask what the plan is?"

Alrita asked curiously and gestured behind her. After seeing the gesture, the other surviving crew members immediately went out to prepare and sailed to the island to load the ship.

"It's very simple. Since the price of alcohol is high recently, then go to the black market and find someone who can make alcohol. You can use these alcohols as base alcohol. There are not many strong people in the black market of the four seas. Half a year is enough for me to open up the underground alcohol transportation network of the entire West Sea. By then, we will have enough money. At that time, we can start the next plan and start recruiting strong people. However, during the integration period, let's see if there are any strong people and recruit them all at that time."

Teach grinned and said, he knew that the New World and the Grand Line were not something he could touch. What he needed to do was to accumulate strength in the underground world of the four seas and become the king of the underground world of the four seas. Then, when the time comes, he can become a surprise soldier when the Four Emperors and the World Government are fighting, and then reap the benefits!

"You mean, control the black market?"

Alrita said in surprise. She didn't expect that her new captain would be so ambitious. The black market of the four seas! This was something that no one had ever done before! Because the four seas were so vast, there were several kings in the underground world of the New World, and Teach actually wanted to control the black market of the four seas?

"What? Don't you even have this little ambition? It's just the Four Seas. The New World has openly broken with the World Government, so why can't we control a mere underground world? I want to be the king of this world! How can I not be able to do such a small thing? Hahahahahaha!"

Teach laughed wildly, and his laughter also infected Alrita. She seemed to see herself lying on a mountain of gold and silver, enjoying the kneeling of others. She immediately felt her blood boiling. What was the Straw Hat Boy? When she became the king of this world, what else could she not get?

"I understand, Captain. I will go and compile all the information I have collected about the wine dealers in the underground world and bring it to you!"

Alrita rushed out with full energy and shouted without looking back.

“Hahahahahahahaha! As expected, I am the man of destiny. In just one day, I got a ship and a subordinate who can help me control the underworld. Hahahahahahahaha! Who else can stop me!”

Teach looked at Alrita who was leaving, his eyes full of longing for the future and pursuit of ambition. For a moment, his appetite improved and he turned around and shouted towards the kitchen.

"Give me some more cherry pies!"

"Come right away Captain!"

(End of this chapter)