After packing, the Banshee piloted, and Chen Shouxu followed, and the two ships sailed away from the island of Saint-Barthélemy. After dark, the Banshee lit the sailing lights at the stern of the ship so that Chen Shouxu could follow. After Grover fell ill, Wilkinson decided that the Banshee was no longer suitable for sailing, and that the Dutch-occupied island of St. Eustatius was not far to the southwest, and Wilkinson decided to choose a Dutch port to dock at.

The island of Sint Eustatius is not large, only 20 square kilometers. Four years earlier, the Dutch had seized the island from the French, and after the loss of Sint Maarten, the island became the center of Dutch domination in the Leeward Islands. The Dutch merchant fleet between New Amstrand in North America and Recife in South America chose the island of St. You as a transit point, and the ensuing transit trade in the West Indies developed and formed a bazaar.

The 600-metre-high volcanic cone on the island of São Ju stands out from the crowd and is a natural waterway landmark, and the fleet has successfully arrived under the Dutch flag. Chen Shouxu carefully observed the Dutch port in front of him, the island of Oranjestad is located on the plain between two volcanic cones, on the windward side of the east side of the island. The bay of the port is open and there is no shelter, and Chen Shouxu's intuition is that the conditions of the port are not very good. As was customary in the colonies of this era, a half-ridged fort with a half-moon fort was located on the hillside on the north side of the harbor, where heavy artillery could cover the harbor's infrastructure. On the other side of the port, there is also a three-storey, square gun emplacement, the muzzle of which directly controls the market town of the port.

Under the guidance of the dhow sent out by the port, the Banshee was the first to land on the trestle, and Chen Shouxu stopped next to the Banshee. Wilkinson took out the privateer license of the Banshee and registered it with the West India Company management authority at the port.

Chen Shouxu was relieved to see that all the sailors were relieved after docking at the port, as if they had released some pressure. After Chart split the team with half of the sailors, the Banshee's earnings this year are not enough to see. In order to free up the cargo space, Wilkinson decided to sell all of his cargo on the island of San You. Chen Shouxu commanded the sailors to carry down all the supplies on board, and the bulk cargo included cane sugar, cocoa, tobacco, and some important dyes, the trunks of the ink tree.

"It's been 3 years, and I've come to this island again." Maiden stepped off the springboard.

"You've been to this island?"

"The island of Saint-You was my first stop out of Europe and on my way to the New World." Maiden sighed a little, "Chen, don't you have anything to do with us to meet an old friend." ”

Chen Shouxu was surprised, "Do you still have friends on such a desolate island?" ”

"Since the death of the Generalissimo, his loyal subordinates have been living in exile. Walter, Westheim, and Holren, I, and I, with the help of our Dutch friends, made it to the New World. Holren said that when he was old, he settled on the island. The three of us boarded a merchant ship bound for Jamestown, hoping to try our luck on the Tobacco Coast. ”

Generalissimo...... Chen Shouxuan was a little thundered, the generalissimo in the German mouth.

"Albrecht. Wallenstein? ”

Westheim, who was walking on the side without speaking, spoke, "It has been six years since the generalissimo died, and you should not have reached the West Indies at that time, could it be that the deeds of the generalissimo have spread to the East?" ”

Chen Shouxu was in awe, "Marshal Wallenstein is one of the greatest army commanders of this era, and of course I know his achievements. ”

These Germans did not have a strong presence on the ship except for Maiden, and Chen Shouxuan spoke to him for the first time, but no matter where they went, everyone loved to listen to good words.

"Let's go, let's go, we've got two shipments with us, and Wilkinson can't sell them out today. Come with us and meet Holren. I think he must have loved to meet a friend from the East. ”

Chen Shouxu looked over the ship, and the sailors were unloading under Wilkinson's command. There were already many merchants in the port who showed a desire to buy, and he didn't know how to bargain at the distribution center where the pirates handled the goods, and it was not interesting to keep them, so it was better to go out and have fun.

A few people walked towards the town behind the port. The Dutch town is pretty with palm trees on both sides of the road and some bread trees and bananas outside the town. Like many islands in the Leeward Islands, Sint Eustatius is not a humid island, with low rainfall and poor land that makes it difficult to grow staple crops. The bread tree, a plant fruit from the spice islands in the Pacific Ocean, is an important food supplement in the archipelago, and the Dutch brought this plant to the world from the East Indies, and some are planted on the islands of the West Indies where conditions permit.

Between the port and the town is a trade square, and Chen Shouxu got closer to see that the main commodity in this market is slaves. At the stand, a slave trader was leading a row of sturdy black slaves. All the black slaves wore only a loincloth with their hands tied behind their backs. Merchants gushed about their products to the European colonizers in the audience. The main source of black slaves was prisoners of war during tribal wars, and perhaps these strong blacks were once powerful warriors or even nobles of the tribe, but after months of torture on transatlantic voyages, they were reduced to lifeless "objects" in their eyes.

In addition to the largest number of black slaves in the market, there were some Indian slaves and even some whites. There was a quote all around, "Adult male black slave from Guinea, £20 apiece." "White Irish indentured servants, £10."

In the West Indies, white indentured slaves were half the price of black slaves. Whites were far less adaptable than blacks in the tropics, and slaves were an important asset, and the high mortality rate also made whites unsellable.

Slaves were the most lucrative trade on both sides of the Atlantic, and the Portuguese, Spaniards, and Dutch brought small European goods to Africa, exchanged prisoners of war with African tribes, and brought them to the West Indies and mainland Spain to sell. As a pirate, Chen Shouxu is more accustomed to using weapons as general equivalents. In Boston, a four-pounder cannon like his ship costs £16, which is not as good as a black slave. This triangular route of slave gold created the most barbaric and shameless international trade in human history.

A few Germans, who didn't like the squalid slave market, hurried around the side and walked along the Palm Grove Boulevard into town. Maiden stopped in front of a separate courtyard, a wooden fence separating the garden in front of the house from the road. He walked into the yard where some onions and sweet potatoes were planted and knocked softly on the door.

The door was opened by a middle-aged European, tall, with neatly groomed clothes that were a little worn out, and the short hair on the top of his head was cut off at the sideburns, looking very energetic. Compared to him, Maiden was a bit stubble and haggard.

"Ernst! Will! Walter! "The host called the guest's name in surprise, the comrades met, and the host gave all the guests a bear hug.

"This is ......" When it was Chen Shouxu's turn, he hesitated slightly.

"Chen Shouxu, a friend from China." Maiden introduced, "This is Holren. One of us who was once the highest-ranking in the military. ”

"Welcome, welcome, you're Maiden's friend, that's my friend, please come in."

Holren let the guests into the room and found a place to sit. The comrades-in-arms told about their experiences in the past three years, and Holren did not expect that the three comrades-in-arms were now "pirates" and were on the ship commanded by Chen Shouxu. Westheim was angry at the mention of this, and Maiden winked at Chen, but fortunately Westheim had more important things to talk to about Holren, and did not continue to spray Maiden.

Westheim walked over to Hallren's desk and said, "Heinz, are you still putting together your Infantry Tactics Notes?" ”

Holren laughed, "I recorded every march and battle in the brigade. ”

Westheim opened the box he was carrying, carefully opening, "Take out a stack of manuscripts, this is the essentials of the High Staff Assignment that I have put together." Let's take a look. The two former officers of the Holy Roman Empire seemed to have forgotten about other things, and used the dinner table as a tool for the work on the map, and talked very attentively.

Maiden said to Chen Shouxu, "Westheim is the operational staff officer of the Field Marshal's Staff, and Holren is the commander of the Silesian Infantry Brigade. ”

Walter next to him was also a little helpless, "I'm a cavalry officer, and Maiden is from the Marshal's Guard." They generally do not participate in the conversation between the two officers of their command. ”