Chapter 139: The Jackdaw
Not long after Zhang Heng left the Queen Anne's Revenge, he heard the sound of cannons coming from behind him.
The direction of Charleston was shrouded in firelight, and Zhang Heng knew that Orff and Titch's revenge had begun, but what happened after that had nothing to do with him.
His career on the Queen Anne's Revenge has ended, in fact, after tonight, Titch disappeared with his Queen Anne's Revenge, Zhang Heng met the latter four years later, that's a story for later.
The sixteen people on the ship had already selected the helmsman at this time, and Billy said to Zhang Heng, "I just took a rough look, and now there are about twenty ships moored in the port, including twelve small ships, eight medium-sized ships, and two large ones, and there are no people on board, so they can be easily taken." ”
Charleston was hundreds of kilometers away from Nassau, and it was impossible for the people to row back with the boat under them, especially since they were now in a treasure trove, and the Queen Anne's Revenge was the best chance to grab a new car.
"You should already have a choice." Zhang Heng looked around, he knew that this was his future team, Owen was right, now the group of people on the small boat are basically the oldest batch of sailors on the Queen Anne's Revenge, experienced, excellent technology, and more importantly, their identities are very clean, neither Orff nor Fraser, but if Zhang Heng does not interfere, they may end up the worst in this power struggle.
Billy and the others looked at each other, and a flash of excitement flashed in their eyes, "The Royal Navy also has a frigate here, it is a medium-sized ship, it is equipped with about thirty guns, similar to the Sea Lion we took before, but it is more powerful, and the speed should be faster, with our current manpower, we can drive it back to Nassau, and when the time comes, as long as we recruit some more people, we can go to sea." ”
Another old pirate also said, "Actually, the Queen Anne's Revenge is not the most suitable ship for plundering, it is too big, it will inevitably sacrifice some speed, and there are too many sailors on board, if it is just a robbery of ordinary merchant ships, it will not use such strong firepower, and the loot that everyone can share will be very limited, not to mention that it is too conspicuous." ”
Zhang Heng nodded, "Without further ado, let's do it." ”
A quarter of an hour later, seventeen people climbed onto the selected navy frigate along the rope at the stern, and now there is no sailing mission, there are only ten people on board who are in charge of guarding, Zhang Heng did not embarrass them, but subdued them as quickly as possible, tied them up, and threw them in the small boat they were in before.
After that, everyone worked together to untie the sail cables and put away the anchor, and at this time the two small boats of the navy at the dock had just been launched, and they were trying to row this way, but they were still a step too late.
The sea breeze blew the sails, Zhang Heng stood at the bow of the ship and personally took the helm, he did not bother the Queen Anne Revenge that was in a fierce battle on one side, but steered the sailboat under him to sail to the other side, and finally quietly sailed out of the harbor.
Looking at the harbor that gradually disappeared behind him, everyone on the ship erupted in cheers.
"I've just checked that there's plenty of food on the ship for our people, and at this rate, we'll be back in Nassau soon." Helmsman Billy walked up to Zhang Heng, "Captain, there is only one last thing left now, let's give our new ship a name." ”
Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows, unconsciously he had entered this round of dungeons for a year, and in this year he had been trying to integrate into this cruel and magnificent world, eating, sleeping, fighting, and learning various skills with pirates, but he had not forgotten where his soul came from, so after thinking about it, he said, "From now on, this ship will be called the Jackdaw." ”
The pirates didn't understand the meaning behind the name, but simply thought it sounded catchy, so no one objected.
Zhang Heng glanced at the stars above his head and said with a smile, "Now, let's go home." ”
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Anne has returned to a state of boredom recently, and when Zhang Heng is there, there is still someone to talk to her, listen to her complain about the life of the salted fish, and as soon as the latter leaves, she is the only one left in this house.
In the past, she could still walk around the island and beat one or two people who didn't open their eyes to send her to be lonely, but since Zhang Heng promised to come back next time to take her out to sea, she also promised someone that she would take care of her fists and stop causing trouble everywhere.
Anne had a lot of faults, but not being true was one of them.
So during this time, she rarely went out and lived a life like a housemaid.
But even so, there will still be trouble.
Anne sat on a chaise longue in front of the gate and basked in the sun, but it wasn't long before the haunted figure reappeared in front of her.
"What do you think, we can go to Massachusetts, I have an uncle who grows tobacco there, we can go to him, and he will provide me with a stable job enough for us to live comfortably in the New World, and we don't have to worry about food and house."
Anne raised her eyelids, but there was no reaction, and the man continued, "Accept the reality, Anne, you have been here for more than a year, is there any ship willing to accept you, it is time to give up your unrealistic illusions, when pirates are not a playhouse, you should be glad that I am not angry about what happened before, my promise is still valid, as long as you marry me, our previous debts will be written off." ”
Anne rolled her eyes, and finally couldn't help but speak, "Jaime, you're embarrassed to say that whose money we spent all the way from Ireland to Nassau, didn't we rely on the silver cutlery I stole from home?" As a result, when you get to Nassau, you turn your face with me, and you have to settle your own accounts, so why don't you settle the previous accounts? ”
Seeing that the red-haired girl finally had a reaction, Jaime suddenly became happy, and he didn't blush, and said in a heartfelt manner, "The matter of settling accounts separately is something we agreed to as soon as we got off the ship, and you agreed at the time, even then I still raised you for half a year, and you always said that you would return the money to me if you became a pirate, but now it seems that this is simply impossible." ”
Anne was amused by the shamelessness of this thing, it was not the first time that a similar conversation had happened, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat the red-haired girl, James would have been unable to help but move his hands and feet.
Just as Anne was seriously thinking about whether to break the vow once and punch the nasty face in front of her, a little ghost came running from the field and shouted from afar, "Boss Anne, Boss Anne, there's a new pirate ship coming to Nassau, it's a naval warship!" Honig, who was in charge of guarding the fort and fort on the island, was taken aback! Fortunately, they raised the black flag in time. ”
"Huh? Another warship, are people so bold now? Anne recognized it as a child king in the street, and after being flattened by her a few times, out of adoration of power, the latter worshipped her as the boss, and he ran barefoot all the way from the docks, sweaty, and looked eager.
"Their captain has asked me to tell their boatswain to assemble at the docks."
"Then you just go and inform me, why did you come to me?" Anne didn't have a good air.
The imp panted, "I'm weird too, but now the island's name is Anne, and there seems to be no one else except the boss." ”
"Huh?"