There was not much nonsense in the pirate meeting, the captains' meeting lasted only one morning, and all the captains walked out of the council chamber.

As a result of the meeting, Bellamy was re-elected as pirate consul unsurprisingly. Bellamy proposes to go to Hispaniola this year, and to do so he is willing to share a secluded haven. First, everyone will gather to grab a few large ships in the Windward Strait to strengthen the strength of the pirate group, and then settle down to stop.

Bellamy is a pirate who suddenly rose to prominence three years ago, going from being an ordinary sailor to becoming a pirate captain within a year. His abilities are so strong that his experience is legendary, and sailors are willing to follow him. At the captains' meeting, no one objected to his proposal.

After the meeting ended, the captains gathered their people, read out the decision of the meeting, and made final preparations for sailing.

Captain Grover decided to act collectively with the Pirate Regiment first, his ship was second only to Bellamy in size, and he also had ten military guns, which was extremely important to the Pirate Regiment's firepower output.

Because the Blue Banshee arrived early, the preparation was more relaxed.

In the afternoon, Chen Shouxu found that William had boarded the Blue Banshee.

The captain was standing on the stern to check the ship's preparations for sailing, and One-Eye led William to the captain.

After the two greeted each other, William went straight to the point, "Captain Grover, I'm willing to take my people to follow you." ”

"Captain, William is an old sailor, and he knows the Caribbean Sea as well as his own yard. ”

Glover took his pipe in his mouth and didn't take it off, "Captain William, everyone knows that you are a great warrior at sea. There will be a lot of people who want you to join their team, why did you find me? ”

William first complimented Captain Grover, "Captain Grover, I have heard about your battle with the Spanish fleet, and I admire your courage, admire your commanding art, and I am touched by you and your fighting spirit. I am willing to fight with you and no one else. ”

Captain Grover took off his pipe and smiled, "Captain William, you know, my team rules are a little different from the others. ”

William hurriedly said, "Please speak." ”

"Captain William, first of all, I want to make it clear that I will not rob English and Dutch ships, even Spanish ships, and I will not allow indiscriminate killing of prisoners and human trafficking."

It's okay not to grab English ships, this is not the era when the Royal Navy crossed the four oceans in the future, and there were not many English ships in the Caribbean. William would not have killed his captives indiscriminately. But not robbing Dutch ships and not trafficking in human beings is a bit painful for other pirates, and if you rob a slave ship, the biggest asset on board is people. Although pirates usually freed slaves who were willing to join them, they sold them for money if they refused to join them.

However, William did not hesitate and immediately agreed. Grover's style, he also understands.

Captain Grover continued, "The spoils of war are distributed, and my ship is not the same as the others. ”

This is too important, William listened carefully.

Captain Grover continued, "All the loot goes into the team's account, and you can send a quartermaster to oversee it. When the gold and silver are compensated for the cost of the voyage, including repairs and supplies for the ships, I will divide them according to the general rules. But I had to dispose of most of the goods in Curacao, and I had to pay 10% of the proceeds to the Dutch Maritime Court, and I had to buy off some Dutch officials. The rest you and your sailors can divide together, and my officers and non-commissioned officers and I will share a little more. ”

Fair enough, William agreed, "That's no problem, I know that the price you handle in Curacao is a bit higher than what we sell to the black market." "That's the benefit of privateers having some legal status.

According to pirate practice, after reading out the rules of the team, it is considered to be occupied.

William held out his right hand and shook it with Grover.

"I am for everyone."

"All for One."

The two captains agreed in unison, and the sailors around them cheered.

For pirates, being more crowded is just as useful as having a large ship. Even if it is a large armed merchant ship with many guns and a stern building, if you encounter a galley supported by a gunboat in the coastal waters, you have to kneel, the guns of the merchant ships in this era are still not strong enough, and the pirate oars and oars and oars are rushing over, and the jumping gang can't stop it at all.

"Captain William, your Peliaga ship is too small, if you wish, I can give you a cabin in the stern of the Blue Banshee." Now that he is in the gang, Grover is also generous.

William shook his head, "Thank you for your kindness, I would prefer to be with my sailors." ”

The two nodded to each other, and William turned and disembarked.

The captains are hurrying to make the final preparations for the voyage, and pulling the strong ding is the most important job. The mortality rate of sailors was high in this era, and slave ships often died more on the way from Africa to New Spain than slaves in poor conditions. Due to the high latitude of Europe, Europeans have extremely poor resistance to tropical diseases. Although the pirates lived in the Caribbean Sea all year round and were more resistant to tropical diseases than the average European sailor, the frequent outbreaks of fighting also caused the loss of personnel to be extremely common. Therefore, it is extremely important for every captain to take every opportunity to replenish personnel.

The Blue Banshee has a lot of rules, and it doesn't appeal much to these people who aspire to join the pirates. There was no one except William who joined with his Peliaga ship.

The next day, the weather was sunny and the wind was in the right direction. Whether well prepared or not, the fleet must set sail. Bellamy hoisted his black-bottomed skull flag and ordered one of his team's sloops to lead the fleet as a lead ship.

Chen Shouxu confirmed that two brigs and four sloops were the main force of the pirate team, and there were seven other sloops and Peliaga ships that could only be called large boats, carrying more than 800 pirates to Hispaniola.

It was impossible for a corsair to have the discipline of a Spanish fleet, and after entering the wide waterway outside the harbor, the ships maintained the same course roughly within visual distance. Like William, the Pelaga ship had put away its oars when it entered the open sea, and with the only sail he could not keep up with the fleet, and he had to find a large ship to tow him.

Boatswain looked at the pirate fleet in front of him and said to Chen Shouxu, "Perhaps this is the largest assembly of the Pirates of the Caribbean, and West Bank will definitely be surprised." ”

Chen Shouxu asked, "Teacher, I have a question. There are so many pirates, but most of them are small boats, and there are not many big ships, haven't they grabbed big ships before? ”

"Of course, pirates can often grab big ships, and here's the problem," Wicks tapped the planks of the Blue Banshee with his hand, "In these tropical waters, the planks can't withstand the corrosion of maggots and other parasites, and if they can't be maintained regularly, the ships they grab won't last long before they decay." Most pirates did not have the ability to maintain the use of large ships for a long time. So this time Bellamy first gathered into a large group to grab some big ships, and he was still very ambitious. ”