“When” and indirect speech

Question

This is the phrase I have:

Direct speech: The world laughed when I told what I had seen.

Indirect Speech: He said that the world had laughed when he (had) told what he had seen.

The question regarding the reported speech is, do I have to use "told" or "had told"?

Answer 1

I'd write it this way:

"He said the world laughed when he told what he had seen."

The 'past perfect' does not need to be applied to every verb.