Seagulls, waves, reefs, sailboats, rum, cheap women painted with heavy makeup.

When these words are combined, what can you think of, close your eyes and think about nothing, and listen to the call of the sea together.

......

There was a light rain in the sky, and Wang Xu, dressed in black, was walking on the muddy road, looking at the buildings on both sides.

Because of the rain, visibility is not high, and there are not many pedestrians on the road.

But judging from the buildings on both sides and the sails faintly visible on the dock, Wang Xu felt that he had returned to ancient Europe, an era when steamships had not yet appeared.

"Ancient Europe, what kind of world is this?" Wang Xu pressed his hat with his fingers, and a good dress can allow him to better integrate into society.

Occasionally, pedestrians passed by in the drizzle, and when they saw his black dress and diamond-studded hat, they all bowed their heads humbly, preferring to take a detour past him rather than run through directly.

Wang Xu held a civilization stick in his hand, walked in the drizzle, let the rain hit his body, and his face was a little cool.

After a few minutes, the trail came to an end, and beyond that, there was an endless sea, where a few seagulls with rain-soaked wings stood on the pier cleaning their feathers.

"Dear Sir, do you need help?" The sheriff who was guarding the dock ran out of the wooden house after seeing Wang Xu, covered his head with his clothes and asked.

Wang Xu looked at this person twice and found that this person was wearing a red uniform, and the cuffs were wearing the national flag of the British Emperor.

Seeing this, Wang Xu retracted his gaze and said, "Where is this?" ”

"Sir, this is the last supply depot in Spek Harbor, on your way to London, what about your retinue, sir, have you encountered pirates?" Wang Xu was dressed very decently, at least in the eyes of the sheriff, Sir Allen, the governor of Spek Harbor, and there was no hat studded with diamonds.

Can you do whatever you want with money, the answer is yes.

The sheriff bowed his head slightly, he instinctively sensed that it was a big man, and he had better be careful.

"Port of Spike, pirates, to London's last supply station!" Wang Xu muttered the word and looked at the endless sea.

After a moment, he withdrew his gaze and nodded slightly at the sheriff, "Thank you for your answer, this is your reward." ”

Wang Xu stretched out his hand gently, and the sheriff was short of breath, and quickly held his hands and made a gesture.

In the next second, two collision sounds came, and the sheriff's eyes narrowed instantly, these were two charming gold coins.

"Oh my dear, thank you for your generosity, Sheriff Faybat, always at your service, honorable gentleman." Although Faibart was a sheriff, he was able to manage the docks and collect taxes for the Governor, Sir Allen.

On weekdays, let alone gold coins, he has never even seen a coin, looking at that look, he can't wait to kiss Wang Xu's shoes.

"Febart, I heard you mention pirates, so what about the security in Speck Harbor?" Wang Xu has just arrived, and every sentence is exploring the world.

Faybart replied in the affirmative, "Sir, this place is very close to London, and no pirates will come to harass the port, and the security here is very good." ”

"Can you show me your gun?" Wang Xu raised his head slightly and looked at the musket behind Feibat.

Febat hesitated for a moment, they had a rule that the musket could not be separated, but this rule was quickly forgotten by him, and in front of this rich man, the rule was nothing.

"Absolutely, it's my pleasure to serve you." Feibat took off the musket and respectfully handed it to Wang Xu, this is the charm of the two gold coins.

Wang Xu took the musket and checked it, this is a flintlock pistol, which can only be loaded with one projectile at a time, and after the shot, it is necessary to load ammunition from the muzzle of the gun and use a stick to poke it in.

If he is not mistaken, this is probably the earliest flintlock pistol, which appeared in 1547, the level of craftsmanship and design is extremely backward, this is still an unimproved model, belonging to the first flintlock pistol in the world.

Looking at this most primitive flintlock pistol, Wang Xu guessed that the current time period should be between 1550 and 1620.

At this stage, Britain kicked off the prelude to the great voyage, the Spanish Armada roamed the world, pirates and privateers were rampant, referred to as... The Age of Discovery.

"The Age of Discovery?" Wang Xu handed the flintlock pistol back, and under the gaze of Faybart from afar, he walked away with a civilized stick.

The Age of Discovery, which was the rise of capitalism, and the world was moving from ignorance to science.

In Wang Xu's mind, there are many movies and TV series about this era, and it is difficult to judge what kind of world this is based on the word Age of Discovery.

But it didn't matter, he had time to explore, and he knew where to start.

... Jingle bells...

Pushing open the door of the tavern, the wind chimes rang out.

Wang Xu covered his nose with his hand, the tavern of the Age of Discovery was not as good as people imagined.

It was a meeting place for pirates, sailors, adventurers and explorers.

You can't expect this group of big guys to sit in a tavern or watch a football game like modern people.

"Hercules, defeat him, defeat him, I have pressed three silver coins on you, this is my entire net worth."

"Philidore, if you win this big guy, I'll be yours tonight."

The smell of feet, perfume, barbecue, beer, and all kinds of smells mixed together, making Wang Xu a little unbearable.

However, the sailors of the tavern did not feel that they gathered together in twos and threes, or drank and chatted, or played cards for entertainment, or wrestled their wrists to compete for strength, and a group of people were lively and very happy.

There are even people around who open a handicap for the drunks in the tavern to bet on.

Several women in corsets, dragging trays with wine glasses, constantly wandered through the crowd.

The drunkards took the glasses and placed the copper coins on the trays, and occasionally a few old perverts would not do that, and liked to stuff the copper coins into the women's corsets.

These tavern girls were not annoyed, and laughed and played with these people, and some of them looked like old friends, and they would take the initiative to sit in each other's arms and take the only copper coins they had.

"Look, what did I find, a fat sheep suspected of being a nobleman, appeared in a cheap tavern, is he going to hold a ball here?"

"Hehe, you have to be careful when you speak, you will be hanged if you collide with the nobles, maybe the guards will rush in the next second."

With the appearance of Wang Xu, the drunkards blocking the door talked a lot, but in fact, no one dared to take action.

This is Spek Harbour, not a terra nullius sea.

Run into a nobleman here, the sheriff and the guards of the island, and you will be taught how to behave in minutes, and the lightest is a whip, and even hanged in serious cases.

"Friend, how about I have a drink?" A drunken and hazy bald man staggered to his feet and said vaguely: "Invite me to have a drink, and I will tell you a secret." ”

"Come on, Zacquero, the secret you can know is no longer a secret." Hearing the bald man's words, the people around him burst into a commotion.

As if enraged, Zacrow slammed his fists on the table and said loudly: "The secret I want to tell, I promise you haven't heard of it, you scum." ”

"What do you mean?" The people around him still coaxed, shouting for Zacrow to say quickly.

Zacrow burped, his anger turned into a smile, and he shook his head and said, "If you want to deceive my secret, no way, I will only tell the person who invited me to drink, at least a bottle of golden rum." ”

A bottle of gold rum costs two silver coins, which is definitely a lot of money for sailors who have been drinking inferior liquor for a long time.

The coaxing people sat down one after another, and whispered, "There are no secrets, it's worth a bottle of golden rum, no." ”

"Yes, you just don't know it, it's a secret about the captain of the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow." Zacrow said this, his head tilted on the table.