At some point, a strange legend began to circulate among pirates operating in the waters off the Arabian Peninsula.

A devil's ship haunts this sea, constantly looting all the pirates, none of the pirates can escape the poison, the ship is so weird, the hull is not wood, but metal, although it is white, but in the sunlight there is a metallic luster emanating out.

The ship was always filled with billowing smoke and mysterious, and someone once vaguely saw in the smoke that the ship not only had sails, but also several huge cylinders on its hull.

And whenever that ship came with billowing smoke, no ship escaped its pursuit, no matter how big or small, no matter if it was against the wind.

The ship haunted the sea like a devil, and none of the ships it attacked were left intact, only wreckage.

This legendary devil ship is naturally Zhao Weiji's Black Pearl, the reason why he will attack the pirate ship is because his sentence can defeat the pirate of the pirate should be the pirate king, and he is the man who wants to become the pirate king, so the target of the Black Pearl's attack has been reduced from all the passing ships to the simple pirate ship.

Although the pirate ships of this era did not have a skull flag on the tallest mast like the legendary Pirates of the Caribbean, it was natural that the pirate ships would be used to hijack other ships, so there would naturally be some modifications on the hull for combat.

These alterations are visible, but they require a telescope to be able to spot them without being approached by a pirate ship.

Thanks to the Black Pearl's telescope, sextant and compass for positioning at sea, it can always be seen in unexpected directions for the pirate ship.

The reason why legend has it that whenever the Black Pearl appears, it always carries billowing smoke, it is because Zhao Weiji wants to approach the target as soon as possible without being affected by the wind, so at this time, the steam power is activated to propel the ship, which also causes the smoke to billow.

As for the legendary metallic luster, it is because of the steel wrapping of the outer layer of the hull. And the sacked ships were only mutilated, which was naturally the result of the shelling.

However, because all this is too magical for the pirates of this era, Zhao Weiji's name as the pirate king was not caught, and the devil's ship was confirmed.

When they attacked the first target, the surviving pirates on the target's ship returned to shore and told the story.

"We met the devils, their ship was so fast that it was still fast against the wind. Then we heard a few loud bangs, and our mast broke, and our deck exploded.

Then our ship was completely approached by the devil's ship, and the people who jumped on the ship were magicians, and they were holding a huge staff with a hole in the top.

Every time they cast a spell, they would be accompanied by a cry: "Bah, and then our companion fell, and a hole appeared in the fallen companion's body, and the blood bubbling in the hole was terrifying.

When they had looted the gold and fresh water from our ship, they left. But before the end of the matter, after leaving, the devil's ship began to make a loud noise, and then with the sound our ship seemed to have been hit by a huge stone, and there was a huge impact, and there was an explosion, and finally our ship disintegrated. ”

These survivors described their entire mental state as abnormal, and they were always immersed in great fear and could not extricate themselves.

At first, no one believed their claims on land, and everyone thought that these people must be crazy, and the inexplicable mast broke, and the deck exploded, and with a single click, it was a magic that could open a hole in a hole. It's a fantasy.

Since these people used to be pirates, they were quickly captured by the rulers of the land after they came ashore, but when they were captured, they still repeated the previous story, hoping that someone would believe them.

But what they didn't believe was that not only did no one believe them, but they were also charged with witchcraft and devils in addition to the crime of piracy.

Because in the Qur'an, all magic, witchcraft, and shamans belong to one of the seven deadly sins, and anyone who commits such sins awaits them only one fate, and that is death.

Therefore, these people, who were only pirates and did not deserve death, were all executed in the end, and they were hanged in the most cruel way.

But these rulers, the mullahs of Islam (the equivalent of Catholic bishops), did not expect that not only did this rumor not stop, but began to grow stronger.

More versions began to circulate, and more original pirates came ashore to tell stories of their attacks. There is only one core of all the versions and all the stories, and that is the appearance of a never-before-seen devil's ship.

Of course, there are also merchants who have been plagued by pirates for a long time believe that it is not a devil's ship, but an oracle sent by Allah to save them, so in private, the Black Pearl is called the Adan of the sea (Islamic angel) by these Muslim merchants, and every time they go to sea, in addition to praying in the direction of Mecca, they will also secretly pray to the Black Pearl, which is their sea Adan.

Zhao Weiji did not expect that his actions would bring such a big repercussion on the peninsula, and he still ordered the sailors to roam the waters around the peninsula in the Black Pearl every day, but he found that there were fewer and fewer pirates.

When the pirates became less and less, Zhao Weiji's daily "hunting" pleasure decreased a lot, but he still did not continue to set off to prepare for Baghdad after landing, but found a small island in the south of the peninsula near Africa and docked.

Because at this time, the Black Pearl had accumulated too much gold, and all of it was grabbed, so at this time, some of this gold could be spent.

After Zhao Weiji established a temporary base on this island, he asked Wang Dayuan to take a group of people and gold, and drive a ship they had grabbed that was much smaller than the Black Pearl to the port of Aden.

Zhao Weiji needed Wang Dayuan to buy a big boat there, a big boat that could be used by most people, and the small boat that was snatched could not carry too many people.

And now the Black Pearl is too conspicuous, Zhao Weiji and they don't know what kind of reputation the Black Pearl has on the peninsula today, because after grabbing the small boat, Wang Dayuan also took people to the port of the peninsula to replenish supplies, and naturally heard the legend of the devil's ship.

So now it is basically impossible to sail the Black Pearl into the Persian Gulf without being recognized, but fortunately they have robbed a lot of gold, which can be used to buy a suitable big ship.

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"It's a pity that the Suez Canal hasn't been built yet, otherwise I would have wanted to go straight to Europe." After Wang Dayuan and Yang Hua left, Zhao Weiji stayed bored in this temporary base.

"Dad, what's the Suez Canal?" It just so happened that his words were heard by Zhao Ling'er, who came to report that he had finished reading the book.

"It's just a canal, but it doesn't seem to have been built yet, and it will be opened later. Have you finished reading the book? Zhao Weiji couldn't explain to his daughter where the Suez Canal was at this time, so he could only do it casually.

"I'm done."

"Then let's talk about what the book I read today is about."

After Zhao Weiji finished speaking, he heard Zhao Linger begin to tell the main characters in the book "Three Kingdoms" that he read today, although Zhao Linger does not have Zhao Weiji's ability to remember it, but he still inherited a strong memory, so as long as he reads the book carefully, he can remember the main content clearly after reading it.

After listening to what Zhao Ling'er said, Zhao Weiji nodded and signaled that today's task was over.

After learning that she had finished her reading task today, Zhao Linger began to be a little restless: "Dad, who are we going out to rob today?" We haven't been out to sea for days. ”

It turned out that after robbing other pirates a few times, it was found that it was basically a one-sided abuse of vegetables during the broadside battle, and later every time he robbed, Zhao Weiji no longer let the two children hide in the cabin and not come out, but let them go to the lookout at the top of the mast to watch the excitement.

So after a few times, these two bear children were also addicted to robbing pirates, and when there were no targets to rob in the past few days, these two children were more unhappy than Zhao Weiji.

"No, no, didn't I turn around the sea several times a few days ago, and I only found some ordinary merchant ships."

When Zhao Ling'er heard this, she lost interest, because in the process of robbery, they also understood that those pirates were all bad people, so we robbed them to punish the evil and promote the good. And ordinary merchant ships are good people, so they can't be robbed, or they will be evil.

At this moment, when he heard that there were only ordinary merchant ships sailing on the sea, Zhao Ling'er knew that it was an object that could not be robbed, so he was not interested.

Zhao Weiji also saw that Zhao Ling'er was not interested, so he gave her a job: "Aren't you okay now, go and keep an eye on your brother, let him practice martial arts and don't be lazy." ”

It turned out that when Zhao Weiji found that the physical work of doing housework could no longer bring any difficulties to Zhao Teng, he decisively changed to a new method, that is, to ask Zhao Teng to practice martial arts, and let Zhao Teng contact some martial arts foundations.

And this time happened to be the time for Zhao Teng to practice martial arts every day, so Zhao Weiji asked Zhao Ling'er to stare at Zhao Teng, so as not to be lazy.

And Zhao Linger couldn't go out to rob pirates, so he started the idea of "torturing" his younger brother, so he ran to supervise Zhao Teng's martial arts practice.

Seeing that Zhao Ling'er ran to find Zhao Teng, Zhao Weiji didn't plan to continue to take it in the base, so he got up and walked to the beach.

And just as he walked to the place where the Black Pearl was docked on the seashore, the sailors on duty on the ship suddenly shouted at him: "Lord, it seems that a ship is coming this way." ”