After distributing food and fresh water to the survivors on the island, Zhang Heng also focused on the salvage of gold.

There is not much time left for them, the navy has agreed to reunite on Parrot Island in two weeks, and now more than half of the time has passed, and there are still about five days left, but in fact, the navy side cannot be so accurate, and they will generally come back a day or two early.

Therefore, the time really left for the Jackdaw to carry the gold is only about three or four days, and it is necessary to consider the problem of leaving after moving the gold, and staggering the returning navy as much as possible, which also takes time.

But there is good news, the Kent, which had nothing to do outside the harbor, was also thinking about salvaging gold, and the carpenters on board had made a set of salvage tools.

The structure is actually very simple, that is, the claw hook has been improved, two more hooks have been added, tied to the front end with a short rope, and the previous hook is triangular, which increases stability, so that the box can be hooked from the bottom of the sea, of course, even with this tool, people still need to go to the sea to hook the hook on the box containing gold.

Walden had originally planned to force the remaining pirates on the island to do this job after catching them, but Zhang must not be able to do so, and asked Guy, the carpenter on the ship, "How is it, is it difficult?" ”

"It's not that difficult in terms of imitation alone, they've already measured the size, just do it, and there are a lot of claw hooks on the ship, and I can deliver ten more sets before sunset."

"I've also picked the salvage person." On the other side, DuFreina said, "They are the best on the Jackdaw, but even the best of them can't stay underwater for long, and the rest can't even swim to the box." ”

"That's because they wasted too much energy and oxygen on the way." Zhang Heng said, "When diving, each person can hold a stone, so that you can sink directly to the bottom of the sea without much effort, and tie a cable around your waist, set a good time, and fish people up at the point, so that the time saved can be used to install the hook." ”

As for the problem of pressure, Zhang Heng didn't have a good way, so he could only let the divers overcome it by themselves, fortunately, the depth of twenty meters is not too serious a load for the body, and there will definitely be adverse reactions, but it should not be fatal, of course, the group of people responsible for salvage must also have corresponding rewards to stimulate their enthusiasm.

But these details were left to Billy and Dufreina to discuss, and the quartermaster nodded, and he first sent someone to test, and with the successful release of the first crate of gold, the feasibility of this method was also confirmed, and then it was time to refine and repeat the work, and by the next night, the Jackdaw had successfully scooped up more than half of the gold.

But then the salvage work also got into trouble, the Spanish treasure ship was quite strong, it was sunk after many rounds of shelling, but inevitably, the hold was also heavily shelled, and the boxes of gold had been almost moved, and the rest were gold bars scattered everywhere.

This part of the gold is very troublesome to collect, and the tools made before are not useful, so they can only be picked up by hand, so the efficiency is naturally greatly reduced, and the time that can stay underwater for another day is also limited, and the number of diving people will be a little unbearable.

Fortunately, the surviving pirates on the island recovered a lot, and in order to repay the Jackdaw's rescue, they not only gave up the ownership of the gold, but also were willing to help the Jackdaw salvage it for free, but even so, on the third night, everyone worked together to only catch about 3,000 pounds and 200 pounds of gold.

There were 1,800 pounds of gold left, which were either scattered too much or crushed under the wreckage of the shipwreck, and it was not impossible to salvage them at all, but it would take a lot of time.

And Zhang Heng didn't plan to wait any longer, the battle experienced by the Jackdaw these days was a bit too intensive, after escaping from Parrot Island, everyone's hearts were holding their breath, but after sinking the Kent, this breath was almost out, and the personnel on board began to feel tired, at the same time, although they also got some gunpowder replenishment from the Kent, it was no longer enough to support the next battle.

Therefore, Zhang Heng was not ready to stay any longer, and took Brooke and the others to return to Nassau.

They spent nearly twice as long on the way back as they had come, in addition to avoiding the other five ships, and because of the extra people and cargo on the Jackdaw, but fortunately there were no dangers along the way, until they saw the stone walls and forts of Nassau again, and everyone's hanging hearts were completely relieved.

But the moment you see the land, everyone's mood is different, for the crew of the Jackdaw, although the process of going to sea is twists and turns, but the final result is to end with another big victory for the Jackdaw, Zhang Heng, the captain of the ship, also continued his legend again, in the almost desperate situation at the time, the Jackdaw was the only pirate ship that successfully escaped from the encirclement of the navy, not only that, but also unbelievably completed the turnaround against the wind, and killed the Miranda and Kent one after another, Recovered most of the gold and saved the surviving pirates on Parrot Island.

On the other side, however, were the survivors of five other pirate ships, who lost completely this time, not only did they gain nothing, but their ships were sunk by the navy, but they were lucky to be able to survive and return to Nassau compared to their dead companions.

After docking, Brooke and another captain hurriedly disembarked, they had a bunch of aftermath to deal with, and they had to re-recruit the crew and find a new ship, and then Eric also said goodbye to Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng first sent someone to send them all ashore in a small ferry boat, and then began to direct the people of the Jackdaw to unload the gold on the ship, although there were still more than 1,800 pounds of gold sleeping on the bottom of the sea (and it should fall into the hands of the navy and pirate hunters later), but their harvest this time was still very amazing, especially considering that the other five pirate ships had given up ownership.

This harvest alone was enough to keep the pirates on board from washing their hands, and most people would never have seen so much gold in their lifetime, especially when the Jackdaw was unloaded, and the whole of Nassau was once again a sensation.