"You want to learn how to swords?" Owen was a little surprised when he heard this, considering the huge risks he had to face every time he went to sea, most of the pirates on the ship were hedonists, and few people would plan for tomorrow if they could live one day at a time, so Owen specially reminded, "Knife skills can not be practiced for a while and a half, and it will take a month or two to see results at the earliest, and the practice process is very boring, isn't your marksmanship very good, why do you have to learn knives again?" ”

"Melee combat is my weakness, the flintlock pistol can only fire one bullet at a time, and it is very troublesome to reload after that, I don't want to stand by and watch every time I finish shooting, and I can at least protect myself by learning some knife techniques."

"Well, that's right."

The difference between the musket of this era and the later generations is very large, although the flintlock pistol has made great progress compared to the arquebus, but the loading process is still very complicated, not only the projectile and the gunpowder are separated, but also in addition to the barrel, the gunpowder pool must be filled with gunpowder after each shot, in addition to the mute fire rate is also extremely high, so when the battle is more about the two sides first shoot each other a wave, and then begin to show the knife and fight for muscles.

However, the vast majority of people rely on temporary martial arts and strength advantages in battle, which are not worth mentioning in terms of skill, so people with formal military training like Owen can often have a considerable advantage in battle.

"Well, in that case, come to the deck tomorrow morning when the sun rises, and I'll teach you some basic moves like slashing." Owen said, but then he added, "It's okay to practice knives, but don't delay your daily work." ”

"Thanks, it won't." Zhang Heng said sincerely, it is not for nothing that Owen can win the support of all pirates, he is very generous and upright, even if he is good at swordsmanship, there is no intention to hide it, Zhang Heng wants to learn him and readily agrees.

But the others were not so easy to talk to, Zhang Heng found the sail cable on the ship, an old man named Roscoe, according to the people on the ship, he spent more time adrift at sea than he lived on land, judging the wind, predicting the weather and manipulating the sails are his three most proud specialties.

Relying on these three skills, he can be treated by the captain and crew even if he doesn't participate in the battle on any pirate ship, but correspondingly, he is also very precious to his own skills, and he doesn't want to be learned by others and lose his job, Zhang Heng is not the first person to come to him, but just like the guys who came to him before, he was also rejected by Rothko without hesitation.

Zhang Heng once raised the remuneration to five hundred silver pesos and paid it within a year, but Rothko finally agreed to teach Zhang Heng his skills after he retired.

But at present, Zhang Heng is afraid that it will be difficult to wait for that day, the old man's body is hard and terrible, although he is old, but his appetite is better than that of many young people, and meat and vegetables are not taboo, he should eat and drink, Zhang Heng suspects that if nothing else, Rothko will work until he leaves this copy.

Therefore, after disembarking for the third time, Zhang Heng went to the tavern to find the old pirate Fraser.

"How's your close hand skills going? Can you help me collect my debts? Fraser said as he tossed the peanuts into his mouth.

"Nope." Zhang Heng admitted frankly that after two and a half months of drifting at sea, his knife skills are still at lv0, just like Owen said, this is a long process, which requires persistent practice, and integrating basic movements into combat instinct in order to achieve results, for now, he is still a little far from this level, but Owen has already begun to practice with him in actual combat.

And the good news is that after such a long period of recuperation, his weight has returned, and his strength is even greater than when he first entered the dungeon, although it can't be compared with those guys who are born with divine power, but it is also excellent among ordinary people.

"Then what are you doing with me?" The old pirate wondered.

"The Sea Lion was originally yours, and Roscoe, as the oldest crew member on the ship, you must know him well enough."

"Oh, that old fox, although he has no principles and no bottom line, but the level of sail control is really good, you will be hard-pressed to find a better sail length in Nassau." Fraser sighed, "Ah, I really miss that time, when we met pirate hunters, we had to risk sailing into the storm belt when the speed of the ship was at a disadvantage, and the change of other people was the result of the ship's destruction, but Roscoe and I cooperated to save the mainsail in the end, and later returned to Nassau safely, I have never admired a few people in my life, Roscoe is barely one, you have to have a drink for that guy's good skills." ”

The old pirate picked up the beer in front of him.

Zhang Heng didn't go around in circles and said straightforwardly, "What can I do to get him to teach me his technique." ”

The old pirate's face showed a hint of playfulness, "You want to learn how to control the sails, why?" ”

"There's always nothing wrong with learning more while you're young."

Fraser grinned, "So you're going to convince me with this?" He put down the knife and fork in his hand, stared at Zhang Heng for a while, and then spoke again, "But your luck is good today, I happened to have a trouble recently, if you can help me solve this trouble, I don't mind telling you the way to make Roscoe obedient." ”

"What's the trouble?"

"There's a bastard in town named Jacob, who just stole a pack of black pearls from me in the morning, and if you can find him in half a day and get my pearls back, I'll grant your request."

"Sounds fair." Zhang Heng got up.

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I also asked another guy to help, and he left an hour before you, so I can only wish you good luck."

…………

Zhang Heng left the tavern, and didn't go a few steps away, when he saw a group of imps frolicking on the side of the road, a guy dressed as a hawker passed in front of them, several imps pretended to be a mess, attracting the attention of the hawker, and the youngest one left quietly put his hand into the hawker's pocket, and they immediately dispersed after they succeeded.

This is Nassau, theft is not uncommon here, like Zhang Heng rented that cottage, he never left valuables in it, in fact, every time he went to sea and went back, he could always see a few guys occupying the magpie's nest, basically they could only beat up and throw them out.

Therefore, it is not easy to find the person who stole the pearl among so many villains and hooligans, especially when there is only one name as a clue.