Donk looked at the details again, and it was written in rows of standard typographic fonts:

"The Black Toad Pirate Regiment, which is active in the Sea of Dreams, recently issued a manifesto, claiming that they will go all out to hunt down a new pirate named Donk. At present, there is very little news about Donk, only that he is an Oriental. Can the newcomer pirates of the East resist the pursuit of the Black Toad Pirates? This newspaper will continue to follow the development of events. ”

The signature of the newspaper reporter is also written below.

"Ding! Your reputation increases by 10 for a single report, and your bounty increases to 1000 gold. ”

When Donk saw this news, he chuckled in his heart at first, but he was immediately relieved. Paper can't contain the fire, as long as there is a person who has a lot of mouths, the news will leak out. Although the Black Toad Pirates were chasing him, his plan was to leave the sea.

The major forces of the Sweet Dream Sea have been stereotyped, and there are great limitations, and if they want to develop rapidly, they can only go to more distant seas to venturize.

"Being targeted by a black toad, in this way, my life is not happy. But the sea is so vast, can you catch me? Donk smiled disappreciatively. He threw the newspaper out, and when the sea breeze blew, the newspaper flew away like a seagull.

After reading the newspaper, Donk naturally understood why some sailors were laughing and some were crying. He recruited sailors with a strong surname and high loyalty. This group of pirates is not afraid of death, even if the black toad pirate group is killed now, they will rush forward with knives. But the newly recruited sailors were different, and they were afraid of the notoriety of the black toad.

Because Donk signed a contract with the new sailors, if the new sailors broke the contract and left, Donk could hand the contract to the police station and recover liquidated damages from the new sailors according to the law. The new sailors did not dare to break the contract, and did not want to go to sea to die, so they naturally cried urgently.

"You're being targeted by a black toad! It's even funny! One of the sailors cried out in tears.

Tang Ke snorted and said loudly, "What's wrong with the black toad?" It's not like I've been defeated! Let me tell you about it. Sooner or later, I will take my fleet and wipe out the black toad from this world. By that time, it will be my group of dragon pirates that will make the headlines! ”

The old sailors liked the tune of Donk, and they all raised their arms and cheered: "Long live Captain Donk!" ”

Donk wants pirates like wolves, and if these newcomers are timid, he doesn't plan to keep them, so it's a big deal to earn points by fighting sea monsters, and then use the system to recruit sailors.

"Bad creatures are not qualified to go to this sea, where there are storms that sweep everything, there are reefs that lurk at the bottom of the sea, and at night, we have to sleep to the roar of sea monsters. Compared to the horror of this sea, the black toad is a fart. ”

Donk glanced sternly at the trembling new sailors, and continued to say fiercely: "I don't need cowards on my ship, if there are people who are afraid, just leave, there is no need to worry about liquidated damages, I don't have time to delay my departure for that little profit." I'm eyeing a big fish. As long as I make this vote, I can make everyone on the ship rich! ”

More than seventy new sailors were silent, their hearts beating gongs and drums, constantly struggling. They also wanted to be pirates for the sake of making a fortune, and they were all thugs, many of whom had been in prison, and no one dared to call them cowards.

Under Tangk's watchful eye, the sailors gradually divided into two groups, and the decision had already been made to stay or not.

"I'll stay!" A man with a scarred face raised his hand and said, "I sincerely admire your pride, and I am willing to put the mark of the Evil Dragon Pirate Group on my body and follow you forever!" ”

"I'll stay too. An old pirate once told me that the head of the regiment is the soul of a pirate regiment, and he dominates the surname of the whole regiment, and a regiment leader like you is trustworthy. ”

Sailors continued to express their willingness to stay, some of them really wanted to go to sea and adventure, and some of them were afraid of being told by Donk's contract and did not dare to leave.

Another sailor said with great regret: "Dear Commander Tangke, although I am leaving, I will remember your kindness of not pursuing liquidated damages." ”

Tang Ke scolded with a smile: "Damn, if you want to be a coward and still say nice things here, get out of here." He kicked the man away, and the rest of the sailors who were about to leave departed in disgrace.

As a result, the number of people on board became 77, including 1 captain, 1 musketeer, 1 gunner, 21 white-knuckle sailors, 2 grappling sailors, 10 archers and 41 ordinary sailors.

Donk had already figured out that Neham's merchant ships would depart in three days, consisting of two large ships, one purely warship and the other a merchant ship focused on cargo. Donk wants to use one medium-sized ship against two large ships, which is obviously overstretched, but One-Eye offers a trick to defeat the strong with the weak. However, they had to get ahead of Neham.

In order to fight this battle, Donk made some special preparations, he bought two large wooden boxes, a bucket of red paint, some broken wooden boards, and exchanged a large number of copper coins.

The porters carried the items aboard the Black Pearl.

"What do you bring these things for?" One of the sailors asked inexplicably.

"You'll know when the time comes." Donk patted the sailor on the shoulder and said mysteriously.

Tang Ke also brought the woman named Hua Lu on the boat, and Hua Lu was able to play a little role in this raid, and it was not for nothing that she ate on the boat. There were superstitious sailors who muttered that it was unlucky for a woman to go on a ship, and that it would invite disaster, and he was extremely resolute, preferring to break the contract rather than get on a ship with a woman.

Afraid of making people panic over this little thing, Donk said solemnly: "Don't think of her as a woman, but as a mascot, for the soothsayer says that taking her out to sea will bless us with all safety." ”

The sailors were suspicious, frightened by Donk, but they still got on board. However, there are still sailors who regard Hualu as a plague god, and they all take a detour when they meet.

On the 15th day of the sweet fruit month of 1745, the Black Pearl finally set sail again after docking for more than two months. Tonk stood on the high boom, shouting and commanding the sailors, the anchor was pulled out of the sea with a winch, the cables were untied one by one, the sails were raised proudly, and the sea breeze poured into them provided the sailboat with an inexhaustible source of power.

The Black Pearl, sailing!

With the rejuvenated ship under his feet, Donk looked out towards the end of the sea, the surface of which was round in his vision, like an azure plate. He felt passionate, there were prey waiting for him on this sea, and there were enemies chasing him, full of passion.

They had been driving southeast for a whole day, not to mention the port of Carlin, and even the whole of Greenland Empire could not be seen, and all that was left was the vast sea, and the ships were as small as a leaf in the sky and the sea.

In a rickety conference room. Donk, One-Eye, and the Sailors gathered.

Only the flower dew was arranged in a separate room and did not come out. And the spitting frog, which almost starved to death again, was chained to the mast and not seen for two months, and it was still tenaciously alive, during which time it was tended by the shipyard, after all, it was a pet on the guest ship. Its loyalty has dropped to just 1 point, and it is unknown what will happen when it becomes 0.

"One-eyed, tell them about our general plan, so that they can have a bottom in their hearts." Donk said.

One-Eye said a little uneasily, "They just came, can you trust them?" ”

"In the past, where I worked, my boss used to tell me that if you treat people with sincerity, others can treat you with sincerity. The guy who hides his heart everywhere will never get friends. Donk patted One-Eyed on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, I'll tell them." Now that they're on board, they've already taken on the name of our dragon pirate group. ”

One-Eye stopped talking nonsense and walked over to the chart, which was erected on a wooden frame and spread out like a wall. He said as he pointed to different locations.

"As you know, the black toad is our sworn enemy, and we are not their opponent now, so we can only choose to stay out of the edge for the time being."

One-eyed's finger circled the sea between Greenland and the Dragon's Tooth Country.

"The black toad's area of activity is here, their boss Harold has been rampant for many years, and there are many enemies in other seas, he will not leave easily. Moreover, he is already tied to the Dragon Tooth Country, and if he pulls a hair, he will move his whole body. ”

He drew his fingers downward.

"We're going to go south to do this case, and after that's done, we'll go directly to the pirate city to trade the goods. This ticket will allow us to buy a new ship. Leaving the Pirate City, we will continue to go south, choose a golden route in the east or south, and we will gradually move away from the power of the black toad in the future, and strengthen ourselves as soon as possible. ”

His downward finger suddenly circled, returned to its original position, and said, "When we return to this sea area, we will break off with the black toad!" At that time, the sea of dreams will make room for us! ”