"That's why you asked me to recruit ten French-speaking people on the island before?"

"Yes, we're going to keep thirty people on deck, disguised as sailors on a merchant ship, well, try to choose ones with less fierce faces, the ones with a thinner body, and the rest stay in the secret mezzanine below deck, oh yes, and artillery, the number of guns on the ship is a little too much, throw away half of it."

"Are you serious? Leaving only a dozen guns to deal with the most powerful British warships in the Caribbean? ”

"Believe me, there is no difference between sixteen guns and thirty-two guns against the Scarborough." Orff shrugged his shoulders and looked around, "Any more questions?" ”

"Even if we do what you say and get lucky enough to fool the people on the Scarborough into believing that we are a French merchant ship and successfully take overboard, we are still at an absolute disadvantage in the hands of the people." Zhang Heng, who had been silent before, also spoke.

"Good question, we all know that there are 700 people on board the Scarborough, but this number is actually water, and the captain Elmer comes from an aristocratic family, and his own lifestyle is very luxurious, and this has not changed even on the Scarborough, he paid for musicians, a separate cook, and an attendant...... There are a lot of miscellaneous people who accompany him to relieve his boredom, these people are not combative, plus the original logistics on the ship, there should be only 600 people who can really fight. ”

"To paraphrase your previous sentence, I don't see the difference between 600 and 700?" Owen said.

"I haven't finished speaking, the situation in Marbella is tense, at the beginning of this year, the Admiralty recruited a group of experienced veterans from the New World, and now about two-thirds of the Scarborough are recruits, most of them are colonial fishermen and farmers, they have only experienced a short training period of one or two months, and the combat level is very average, as long as we can stun them in the first round of attacks, there is a high probability that they will be completely dispersed after that, so our real enemy is only those 200 veterans, Now in this boat are real men, one-on-one, and I don't believe you will lose to anyone. ”

Orff's last sentence successfully aroused the blood in the bones of many people, but there were still few who responded.

The point is that the Scarborough's reputation has always been a nightmare for pirates around the Caribbean, and the thought of challenging such a behemoth has led to a drop in morale.

Orff clapped his hands, "Gentlemen, I know what you're worried about, I said from the beginning, it's not an easy journey, the treasure won't come to us, there is no doubt that we will go through trials and tribulations along the way, and we will encounter challenges, but as long as everyone works together......"

Owen couldn't help but interrupt him, "Challenging the Scarborough is not a grind, this matter is too dangerous, even if every link in the middle is not wrong, it is still unknown whether we can take it down, you said that the matter of the treasure map should be kept secret, we have been unconditionally obeying your command for so long, but this time I am afraid it will not work, if you want us to agree to this matter, at least tell us why we are doing it." ”

Owen's words resonated with the pirates, and Orff could only nod when he saw the general trend, "Well, anyway, we're close to the target, so I'm almost ready to tell you, I got the exact news that the fifth treasure map is in the hands of the Count of Belo Monte." ”

"Count of Bellomont? That Count Belo Monte of the Governor of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire? ”

At first, there were pirates who didn't know what the name meant, and they couldn't help but gasp after hearing this, if there was a list of the most powerful people in the New World, Belo Monte must be one of those people at the forefront, and the treasure map was in the hands of such a big man, and there was almost no possibility of being taken back.

"Yes, he was also the one who personally sent Kidd to the gallows, and after Kidd's death, a large part of the relics fell into his hands, not only the fifth treasure map, but also the clues related to the sixth treasure map, in other words, as long as we caught him, we would almost find the treasure." Orff then threw another bargaining chip, "and he himself is worth no less than a treasure, and if they succeed in catching him, they can conservatively expect a ransom of 400,000 pounds." ”

This number made everyone's breathing worsen, after all, Kidd's treasure was still a little far away, but the ransom was close at hand.

However, it was Orff's last sentence that really played a decisive role, "Belo Monte will leave his territory in a month and a half and go to Charleston for his youngest daughter's wedding, that is our best chance, take the Scarborough we can block Charleston's harbor and go directly to shore to arrest people." ”

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"I must have been crazy to vote yes." Marvin's hand shaking as he held the potato sharpener, "We're dead, aren't we, the cannons on the Scarborough are going to tear us all to shreds, or the sailors rush up and cut us down, God, I should have listened to your vote." ”

"It's useless, even if you count your vote, it's still far from vetoing this operation." Zhang Heng carried the soup spoon and said, but he was still calm, if he could decide the direction of the matter, he would definitely not want to come to this point, but now the Sea Lion is Orff in charge, the latter itself is wary of him, Zhang Heng has been very low-key during the days on the ship, although he voted against, but he did not dissuade anyone except for mentioning it to Marven in passing.

At this point, there is no point in complaining, and only by taking the Scarborough and a boatload of people together can there be a way to live.

Zhang Heng and Marven were selected into the group of disguised merchant marines because they were not so cruel in appearance, and now they are the cooks on this "French merchant ship".

Zhang Heng took off his black clothes and temporarily handed them over to the ambush soldiers in the mezzanine for safekeeping along with the weapons on his body, but to be on the safe side, he still kept a dagger for self-defense, and the dagger was hidden under the pot of potato skins at Marvin's feet.

After a while there was the sound of footsteps outside the door, and Griffin, the bookkeeper, ran down from the deck, "The Scarborough has taken the bait and is heading this way, Mr. Orff has asked me to tell you to get ready and not show your feet." ”

He had obviously not experienced this kind of thing before, and he seemed very nervous, and even stammered a little when he spoke, but considering the role they were playing now, it was a normal reaction to encounter a British warship.