Clay King accepted the letter of recommendation, "It may take some time to get everyone to vote, and the others are okay, mainly captains like you, some of whom are not on the island now, but they should all be back in a month, and you will officially join the council by then." ”

"Trouble Mr. Clay." Zhang Hengdao.

The owner of the courtyard smiled, "How about waiting for you to officially join the council and hold a dinner party here to celebrate, the girls here have heard a lot of your stories during this time, and they are very curious about you, so please be sure to enjoy it when the time comes." ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw a girl about seventeen or eighteen years old with a beautiful mole on her mouth poking her head out and asked curiously, "Is it true that they say that you can summon dolphins and ride dolphins to chase the enemy?" ”

"No, the version I've heard is that the ropes on their deck have magical powers that can fly up and lasso enemies, which was told to me by one of the crew members of his ship." Another plump woman said.

"When will you tell us the story of your battle with the skeletons, I heard that you came across a skeleton ship with more than three hundred skeletons on it, and you and your crew heroically repelled them......"

The girls chattered until the bustard mother blasted them away.

"I didn't even know I had so many more stories." Zhang Hengdao.

"Never mind, every rising captain comes with a series of legends that even they haven't heard of themselves." Clay King put his pipe in his mouth and took two puffs, "When Captain Sam snatched the Whydah, there were people who believed he was a descendant of King Arthur. ”

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Before going to sea, Zhang Heng went to the second-hand goods trading office to find Karina again, but the businesswoman was not there.

Jim immediately greeted him, and after clearing his suspicion, Karina gave him a salary increase, and made him the head of the trading office, and Mr. Bookkeeper was a blessing in disguise.

After Zhang Heng asked, he knew how resolute Karina was, the grocery store she mentioned before, Nassau had already chosen an address, just next to the market, the businesswoman was going to open tomorrow, Zhang Heng thought about it and finally didn't bother her.

On the day of going to sea, the port was full of people.

This is the largest joint hunt in Nassau in recent years, and the pirate ships involved are all famous, not to mention the Vader, since the disappearance of Blackbeard Titch, the Black Prince Sam and his men have faintly become the strongest pirate group in this sea, and the people he found to cooperate with this time are also famous pirate groups.

The only one with relatively shallow qualifications is Zhang Heng and his Jackdaw, but they are now the most popular pirate group in the entire Nassau, and they are also the pirate group that the men on the island most want to join today, and they can bring back a huge amount of loot when they go to sea three times in a row, and the number of pirate groups that are three times their own in one battle is annihilated, although the rise of the Jackdaw is short, but every step is full of legends.

Even in a group of well-known veteran pirate groups, no one would ignore their existence, on the contrary, when they saw Zhang Heng coming to the dock, many captains took the initiative to greet him.

In addition, Zhang Heng also saw Malcolm, this was the first time he met the other party after that dinner, the latter's expression did not look much different from the past, Malcolm only stayed at the dock for a short time, and said a few words to the black prince Sam, wishing them a smooth operation, and then prepared to leave.

But before leaving, he saw Zhang Heng not far away and stopped again, and nodded at Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng also returned the salute politely, and those who didn't know couldn't see the hostile relationship between the two at all.

The Black Prince Sam looked at the six pirate ships of different shapes moored in the harbor with an excited expression, and he was already a little impatient, he was very generous, and had already told the captains of the other five ships the sailing route of the Spanish treasure ship as early as last night.

There was no need to keep this operation secret, and there was no possibility that someone would secretly repent, and act alone, because it was no different from being sent to death.

"Let's get started, if we succeed this time, even the Queen in London will know our name, and from now on passing merchant ships will see our flag and bow down."

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"Rats found on the ship?" In the captain's room, Zhang Heng put down the Dutch study notes in his hand and looked at the quartermaster and cook in front of him.

"Let Mr. Ramsay do it." Di Freina Road.

"Strictly speaking, I don't see the little things, but the kitchen does have food loss, and it's getting worse." The chubby chef wiped the sweat from his neck.

Rats are definitely one of the most annoying things on board, they will speed up the consumption of food and water, and they will also gnaw on cables and planks.

But that's not the most troublesome thing, the real danger is that they can also cause plague.

It is a highly contagious disease, which often starts with a headache and fever, but soon feels nausea, ecchymosis on the skin, and then the lymph begins to swell, quickly suppurate and burst, and eventually death due to severe toxemia, pneumonia or sepsis within 3 to 5 days.

Especially in this era, the only way to control the spread of plague as much as possible is through isolation, and there are hardly any effective means of treatment.

Zhang Heng knew better than anyone the dangers of the plague. The Black Death killed 25 million people in Europe in the 14th century, accounting for about one-third of the continent's population, and the most recent plague, which occurred in London more than 40 years ago, also caused considerable panic.

"Didn't anyone check it before going to sea?"

"My dereliction of duty." "I checked it the day before I went out to sea, but I didn't check it again when the supplies came in, and if there were rats mixed in the boat, it might have been brought in with food or wood. ”

"I don't blame you, this time the time is tighter, I heard that you were still looking for people to gather here at that time, but fortunately, you found it early now, hurry up and solve this problem." Zhang Hengdao.

"I bought a cat the last time I went ashore, just to cope with this situation, I'll take it to search the cabin again."

After Di Freina finished speaking, he left the captain's room with the cook, but what he didn't expect was that this time he brought the cat, and still didn't find the mouse that stole the food, so Zhang Heng had to mobilize the whole ship to search every corner in a carpet way.

When the wood storage room was searched, it was finally discovered.

However, the result made Zhang Heng a little crying and laughing, especially Anne, whose face suddenly changed after seeing the scene inside.