Chapter 231: Target White Wave Bend
"Barbossa, you lost, lost everything!"
Wang Xu carried the knife in one hand, did not look at Barbossa, turned and walked towards Jack who was hanging from the mast, and said: "Paint his head with gold paint and hang it in my captain's room, this is my trophy." ”
"Let go of me, I haven't lost yet, I'm going to fight you again."
Barbossa was also immortal, his head fell on the deck, and he was still clamoring for a new duel with Wang Xu.
Unfortunately, the sailors did not give him this chance, and two of them held down Barbossa's headless body, and one of them picked up his head, and soon the curse turned into a gagged whine.
Swish!
Wang Xu walked two steps quickly to the bottom of the mast, and the cable broke in response to the sound of the knife falling.
Jack and Will screamed, their bodies fell heavily to the ground, and complained, "Can't you just be gentle?" ”
"You don't need to be gentle!" Wang Xu stood in front of the two, put the blade on Jack's neck with his backhand, and said, "Jack, you haven't forgotten our deal, have you?" ”
"Of course... Won't forget! ”
Jack quickly got up from the ground, pinched his orchid finger, pointed at the Black Pearl, and then pointed at himself: "You help me recapture the Black Pearl, and I will help you find the Fountain of Youth, this is a very fair deal." ”
Speaking of this, Jack Kla walked away with Will, and said without looking back: "I'll get on the boat and lead the way for you, and we'll see you later." ”
Zheng!!
Jack had just taken a few steps forward when Wang Xu's long knife stopped on his chest.
Jack stretched out two fingers, tapped the back of the knife like a crab, and whispered, "Is there anything else you want to add?" ”
"The Black Pearl is so fast, what if you let you get on board and you run away?" Wang Xu leaned over to Jack's side, looked at the black oil paint on his eyelids, and said with a smile: "I won't let you get on the boat until I find the Fountain of Youth, you can only follow me." ”
"It really saddens me, is it in your mind that the great Captain Jack Sparrow is such an unruly villain?" Jack looked incredulous, as if he were a trustworthy gentleman.
Wang Xu smiled disdainfully, ignored the funny Jack, and ordered the sailors around him: "Lower the sails of the Black Pearl, destroy the rudder of the Black Pearl, and then tie a rope to it, hang it on our stern, and we will drag it to the Fountain of Youth." ”
"Yes, Your Excellency!" The sailors swarmed up and jumped onto the deck of the Black Pearl.
In the previous gambling battle, the Black Pearl was lost by Barbossa, and Wang Xu, as the ultimate winner, is the current owner of this ghost ship.
Under Wang Xu's order, the Black Pearl removed its stealth, and was soon lowered by the sailors, destroying the rudder that controlled the direction.
Seeing the sailors torturing their ship like this, Jack was short of breath and hurriedly said, "Don't be so rude, I promise to find the Fountain of Youthlessness for you, don't wreck my ship!" ”
"Jack, you're not trustworthy. So, until you find the Fountain of Youth, the Black Pearl wasn't your ship. Listen Jack, the fate of the Black Pearl depends on you, not me, as long as you honestly help me find the Fountain of Youth, you can happily drive it away, and until then, you'd better be honest and put away your little tricks. ”
Wang Xu looked at Jack with a warning gaze, because this guy's reputation is too bad and he is not a trustworthy person.
Luckily, Jack's weakness is obvious, and that is the Black Pearl.
For the sake of the Black Pearl, Jack can do anything, only by firmly controlling this ship, Wang Xu believes that this guy will work for him and go to the legendary Fountain of Youth.
"People who like to be full of lies will be burdened by lies one day, and I think you are reaping the consequences." Looking at Wang Xu's back as he turned away, Will whispered to Jack.
Jack scoffed and shrugged noncommittally.
You know, in the world of pirates, it's a world of deceitful lies.
Jack had been innocent before, but instead of being sincere, he got Barbossa's betrayal and the Black Pearl being captured.
From that day on, Jack understood that in this cruel world, it is impossible to live alone, and only lies can make people go further.
The battle subsided, and with Barbossa's defeat, the remaining pirates gave up resistance.
Wang Xu walked on the deck to count the casualties, and the number of dead in the battle was as high as 86, 37 were seriously wounded, and 154 were lightly wounded, and almost everyone who participated in the battle was wounded.
The pirates fared much better, and with their immortal bodies, more than forty of them became captives, except for a few unlucky ghosts who were thrown into the sea and washed away.
The most unlucky of them were the fat man and the thin man, and the two of them finally found their heads in the sea and climbed onto the boat after a lot of hardships.
As a result, by the time they got on board, the battle was already over, and they could only surrender cleanly with their hands raised.
"Captain, kill me, I hurt so much!" A sailor hugged Wang Xu's boots, his eyes full of pleading.
Wang Xu lowered his head slightly, the sailor's stomach was dissected, and his intestines hung on his clothes and he died painfully, but it was difficult to die for a while.
With a sigh, Wang Xu raised his knife and fell, ending the seaman's pain, and said: "Doctor, try to rescue the seriously injured, if you can't save them, let them go happily and suffer less pain." ”
"Yes, Captain, although the medicine on board is very sufficient, some of the wounded are too badly injured to do anything I can." The ship doctor was a middle-aged man, and he was full of helplessness when he spoke.
Wang Xu nodded slightly, the sailors of the Age of Discovery were all people who carried their heads for wealth, and cowards did not dare to get on the ship.
However, out of the captain's duty, after a week of inspection, Wang Xu still promised: "In this battle, you fought very beautifully, and you should be rewarded." For the dead, each person will be issued five gold coins, which will go into the hands of their loved ones. The living, the seriously wounded were also five each, the lightly wounded were three, the doctors, the ship's carpenters, the cooks who were not involved in the battle, two gold coins each. ”
The purchasing power of gold coins in this era is very sufficient, don't look at Wang Xu to buy a flower number, he spent hundreds of thousands of gold coins at a time, and he felt that this thing was worthless.
In fact, the average sailor's annual salary during this period was only about ten silver coins, which was a very high salary at that time.
For an ordinary family of five, saving five silver coins a year is enough to live, and a family has a sailor, which means that there is no need for food and clothing.
If you are a more experienced gunner, a musketeer, you can even buy a farm in the countryside in a few years, and become an object of envy.
"Thank you for your kindness, there are very few shipowners who give out rewards for the dead."
"Praise you, great captain, I was just thinking about what Bob should do when he died, and his family, with five gold coins, there is no need to worry about it!"
Hearing Wang Xu's words, the sadness on the faces of the sailors disappeared a lot, because in this era, sailors will not have pensions.
According to the current standard of 16 silver coins for one gold coin, 5 gold coins can be exchanged for 80 silver coins.
Save a little, a family of five can use it for fifteen years, enough for the next generation to grow up.
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"As a captain, I demand to be treated fairly, which is not in line with my status."
In the captain's quarters, the head of Barbossa, painted with gold paint, was hung on the desk in the captain's quarters instead of the original deer head.
Looking at Barbossa, who had only one head left and could still speak, Jack stroked the globe and whispered, "Dear Captain, can you give me this head after I help you find the Fountain of Youth?" ”
"No, don't promise him, I'm the best captain I can solve a lot of problems for you, even if I only have one head left. With me, you will be unimpeded on the sea, and I am willing to share all the secrets with you. ”
Barbossa knew that he was in Jack's hands, but it wasn't as simple as an ornament, and Jack would definitely deal with him in a different way.
It's a pity that the choice is not here in Barbossa, Wang Xu just thought about it a little, then nodded: "If you can help me find the Fountain of Immortality within a month, I will promise you." ”
"Deal!" Jack picked up the rag on the table, stuffed it into Barbossa's mouth to prevent him from speaking, and said to himself: "The Fountain of Youth, hidden on an island in the White Waves, is invisible from afar, guarded by a group of mermaids for generations. As long as you can deal with the mermaid, I will only take you half a month to find that hidden island. ”
"Mermaid!"
Wang Xu tapped his fingers on the table, thinking about the group of long-tailed creatures, and nodded, "Then let's go, First Officer Jack Sparrow." ”