On a sunny morning, the crew of the Nemesis, anchored in the harbor, stepped onto the open deck. Some leaned on the port side fence and watched curiously at the various merchant ships from Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, England and France moored in the harbor, as well as the small ferries that occasionally sailed to the shore with a glittering trail of water behind them.

Others sat on the deck or leaned against the fence, chatting softly on the mast and feeling the warmth of the sun. The sailors and craftsmen who worked on the lower decks were particularly fond of the crisp damp sea breeze with a faint smell of the sea, which blew through the hair, cheeks, and body like a woman of beauty and abundance.

Isabel Walton and her maritime lieutenant and artillery commander boarded a small ferry boat with two sailors to the pier on the other side, listening to the creaking of the oars in the water, and gazing indifferently at the rows of Spanish buildings and the towering Catholic churches on the land on the other side.

Artillery Commander Fast withdrew his gaze and then looked at Isabel, "Captain, Captain Hawkins is going to find a Spaniard navigator, it won't be any trouble, right?" ”

Isabel glanced sideways at everything that was moving, dancing, floating, and churning on the surface of the sea, and spat out softly, "I don't think there will be any trouble." A civilian navigator, no one will care about his life or death. ”

Baldwin, the maritime adjutant sitting beside her, snorted softly, "It's just a good time to use this navigator to inquire about some of the Spaniards' colonial forts or forts on the African coast." If you don't have a fort or fortress, you can also inquire about their colonization of the Americas. ”

Isabel nodded, grinning at her maritime adjutant, "Baldwin, it seems that you're getting more and more fond of disrupting the enemy's maritime trade lines, right?" ”

Baldwin still looked composed, and turned his face to look at her, "Captain, why don't you love it when you have the authority of His Majesty the King and the vast amount of treasure you can obtain?" ”

"Hahaha...... I'm surprised, old man, that you'll love the Marauder class. Fast patted his brother on the shoulder.

"Aren't you too? Even the priests and priests will fall madly in love with gold and silver treasures, and we, as believers, will fall in love with them. As soon as he talked about money, Baldwin finally had some smiles on his face.

Before that, Isabelle's appointed boatswain, Brady Hawkins, walked up the small staircase below the lookout. When he ascended to the lookout outside the captain's cabin, he found that the door of the captain's cabin was not closed, and a very familiar figure inside the cabin came into his sight.

Staring at the back, he muttered to himself, "What is John doing in the captain's cabin?" Why would he stand there and not move? What was he looking at? ”

Turning around and creeping up behind him, he raised his right hand and slapped it heavily on John's right shoulder. John, who was holding the Bible in his hand, immediately sensed a slight pain in his shoulder, and at the same time was startled, and even the Bible in his hand fell to the floor.

Hurriedly crouched down and grabbed the Bible, and patted the dust on it. Turning back to look closely at the person who patted him on the shoulder, he roared with some anger, "God above, Brady, what do you want to do?" ”

"Hey, what are you kid doing in the captain's cabin?" Brady grimaced, his hands on his hips, and asked the other in a respectful manner.

"Nothing." John carefully placed the Bible on the captain's desk and walked away.

Brady glanced at the Bible on the table, smiled softly and walked out of the captain's cabin with the hatch, catching up with his cousin in a few steps, and the two walked towards the stairs in front of the lookout, "John, I'm just joking with you. ”

As John walked down the stairs, he turned his head and stared at him coldly, "I just hope you're joking." ”

"If you look at the Bible, I don't think there's going to be any problem."

"Brady, don't talk to anyone about this anymore. You know, that's printed in English. ”

Brady looked at him in astonishment, then at the others on the open deck, pulled him to the side of the stairs and said in a low voice, "Look at the English Bible, that's a crime that can be put to death!" ”

John nodded calmly and said in a very small voice, "I know, don't say any more." Give me a few sailors and a ferry, and I'll go ashore at once to buy supplies. ”

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The three Isabel silently followed behind Captain Hawkins and the others, and strode towards a tavern on the east side of the docks. It was a secret agreement between her and Captain Hawkins, and in order not to cause any kind of trouble to the raiding voyage, no one was to mention her true identity to anyone outside the fleet until she returned to Plymouth.

As for the pretend plan she had proposed three months earlier (in which she would take care of foreign affairs and others would pretend to be French or Spaniards), it would be difficult to carry out in practice. Therefore, Captain Hawkins advises her to use the plan at the right time, and decide who she will meet before deciding whether to carry it out.

The act of a group of merchant-like men with swords and swords entering a tavern on the island did not attract the attention of the others in the slightest. Because the people who came to the tavern to drink and eat were not only the colonists of the island, but also the sailors and sailors of the foreign trading fleet.

However, Isabel, a young woman walking among a group of men, attracts the attention of several Spaniards and Italians. The men, dressed as colonists or crew members, reclined in front of the tavern's serving and operating cabinets, each with a glass of wine in his hand, and looked at her with interest as he sipped.

Captain Hawkins and his party sat at two separate tables, and soon a manservant came to ask if they wanted a drink. As soon as Isabel entered the door, she noticed that the men in front of the operating cabinet seemed to have bad intentions, and deliberately chose a chair with her back against the wall before sitting down, so as to observe what kind of behavior the men would have.

After a while, two male servants brought some drinks to the group. Isabel picked up a glass of wine, glanced at a few foreign men with those falcon-like eyes, and said to Baldwin beside her, "Pay attention to the men on the other side of the serving cabinet." ”

Baldwin calmly picked up his glass and turned his head to look at the foreign men. After taking a sip of wine, he said casually, "Captain, I know what to do." ”

Captain Hawkins, who was adept at dealing with people on the trade routes, used only a glass of ale to introduce the manservant to a Spanish sailor and navigator.

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