Based on information provided by Karina, the Jackdaw is chasing a ship called the Spear of the Goddess.

The latter is a whaling ship that roams the waters, and they have been at sea for more than a year, and finally their patience has finally paid off handsomely.

Some time ago, a ship returning to port reported seeing them hunt a huge sperm whale, a seventy-foot-long behemoth and quite cunning, and the Goddess Spear waited for three months in its frequent haunts before it was lucky enough to take it.

But now all this effort has paid off, the sperm whale is a treasure all over the body, the fat can be refined into whale oil, the huge skull cavity contains whale brain oil that can be used to make whale wax, and the intestines are pregnant with incomparably precious ambergris.

It is a gray or blackish wax with a very unpleasant smell when first removed, and when dried, it will take on an amber color and give off a strange aroma. This high-grade spice is mainly used as a fixative in perfumes, and its price has surpassed that of gold, so it is not only Zhang Heng's Jackdaw that has its sights on the whaling ship.

However, the first pirate ship to catch up with the Spear of the Goddess did not end well, in this day and age whaling is a very dangerous job, and the men who dare to do it are real men.

They did not panic when they saw the black flag behind them, because there were not enough guns on board, and the captain did not give the order to return fire in the face of the shells, but waited until the pirates boarded the ship before engaging in hand-to-hand combat, and as a result, the sailors with harpoons and fishing nets beat the pirates armed with muskets and scimitars.

Instead, they captured the pirate ship, removed the gunpowder and weapons from it, and when the situation was settled, they slit the throats of the surrendering pirates and threw their corpses on the deck, hoping to scare off the pirates behind them.

This did have an effect, and some of the less powerful pirates did retreat when they saw the piles of corpses and large patches of blood on the deck.

But the powerful pirates were more and more excited, because it just proved that the other side did have a lot of valuable cargo on board, otherwise the sailors would not have worked so hard, and a mere whaling ship would not have scared them away.

The Jackdaw, led by Zhang Heng, did not withdraw from this competition.

With the help of the first voyage of the victory Jackdaw, a new round of personnel recruitment has been completed, and the number of crew members has risen to 62 people, this time the quality of the recruited personnel is much higher than before, especially the gunner, Billy directly dug up the chief gunner of a powerful old pirate group, and the new chef Di Freina found is also very good, originally the chef of a hotel on the island, his skills have been praised by all the crew in the past half a month, and the original boring sea life does not seem to be so unbearable.

And more importantly, both new and old crew members are now full of confidence in Zhang Heng, the captain.

With the previous harvest as a foundation, Billy didn't even need to make a speech to mobilize the ship's morale when he left the port this time, and no one was afraid to fight when he saw the pirates slaughtered on the ship halfway.

This is also the reason why Zhang Heng feels that he can continue to chase down, at this time, he can have one or two tough battles to improve cohesion and increase the actual combat experience of the Jackdaw.

The previous firefight with the Happiness was not a decent battle at all because of the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, but more like a shooting exercise, except for a few shots at the beginning of the Jackdaw, which was not painful at the beginning, and the back was basically the rhythm of pressing the Happiness on the ground and rubbing it, and Anne, the boatswain, was attacked by those naval cadets in the cabin and encountered some danger.

And this time against the Goddess Spear will definitely not be so easy.

In fact, compared to the whaling ship, Zhang Heng was more concerned about the situation of several other main competitors, they met a pirate ship less than a week after leaving the port, and not long ago they met another pirate ship, the two sides raised the black flag at about the same moment, and then the helmsman on the opposite side came over in a small boat for a brief exchange, exchanged the information at hand, and finally reached a consensus, each other maintained restraint, and they parted ways silently.

And this is not because of the friendship between peers, but because the opposite side is afraid of the firepower of the Jackdaw, and both sides have not gained anything at this time, so they chose the most peaceful solution.

Zhang Heng looked at the direction of the ship and was slightly distracted, he didn't know how Karina was doing in Nassau, before leaving, the businesswoman probably discussed the next plan with him, Zhang Heng also took out 100 gold coins to buy shares, in addition to helping Karina relieve some of the cash pressure, Zhang Heng also did this to let the businesswoman further feel at ease and strengthen the alliance between the two parties.

In addition, he also promised to invest another 800 gold coins in the later stage, so that the two sides will be tied together, Karina no longer has to worry about being kicked out at any time, and Zhang Heng can enjoy a profit share of 20%, this share does not only refer to the income brought by the Jackdaw, if Karina can attract more ships to cooperate in the future, then they can get additional rewards every time they return with a full load.

Billy was also a little moved, but because he had a family to support, he couldn't take out too much money, so he only invested 30 gold coins in the end, but Anne didn't have to buy a house for the time being, so she invested 40 gold coins with Zhang Heng, and both of them eventually became minority shareholders.

In addition, Laeri should also start to find a way to contact the tribesmen in the Tros Manor according to the plan.

Zhang Heng just wandered for a moment and then returned to reality, there is no point in worrying at this time, since he has gone to sea, he can no longer control what happens on the shore, he can only choose to believe in the ability of his allies, after all, as a pirate, his focus is still on the sea, if it weren't for the Black Business Alliance, he wouldn't have spent so much energy on land.

The sooner the Jackdaw becomes stronger and enters the ranks of the top pirate group, the more he can control his own destiny, so every time he goes to sea is very important to him, and this time Zhang Heng also wants to take down the prey.

Compared to other pirates, he has [Hunter's Blessing] on his body, [Lucky Rabbit's Feet], and there is no interference from wrong clues, these two things should be able to play a role in this chase, in addition, just two days ago, he also got a system prompt, and his sailing skills have also been upgraded to lv2.

Now that everything is ready, the Jackdaw can finally show its fangs.