Chapter 229: The Black Pearl is coming
"When I was a pirate, I once went to Italy with a ship, and the girls there were so welcoming, especially with long legs, that they could break your waist alive."
"The women there don't have big breasts, all I care about is their breasts, preferably the size of a coconut, and it must be very comfortable to sleep on a pillow."
"When it comes to beauty, the pearl of our Caribbean, Miss Elizabeth is one of the best, especially when she wears a straitjacket, she can make people stare out."
"Anyway, who invented the corseted bodysuit, I really love it, this inventor must be a lewd old man."
In the lower cabins, the sailors talked about women while eating dinner.
For these people, money, good wine, and women are the whole purpose of their voyage.
Wang Xu sat on the main seat, cutting the steak with a knife and fork, and listened to the discussion of the people below.
In the crowd, some people said that they wanted to save money to buy a boat and become a captain themselves in the future.
It is also said that after a few more years of working as a sailor, he will return to the countryside and buy a farm, marry a woman who is not very beautiful, but very virtuous, and never wander at sea again.
Listening to everyone's conversation, Wang Xu quietly ate the steak and did not express his opinion.
It wasn't until everyone had almost eaten that an old sailor asked, "Captain, you are so rich, why do you want to be a captain?" ”
The sailors put down their knives and forks one after another, eager to know Wang Xu's answer.
In their imagination, a rich man like Wang Xu should live in a castle in London, surrounded by a group of wives and concubines, and many servants to serve.
If they were so rich, they wouldn't have come out to wander around, and it would be nice to be rich.
"Money is not everything, there are some things that money can't buy." Wang Xu took a sip of rum and said meaningfully.
Hearing such an answer, a young sailor in his twenties took the initiative to say to everyone: "What the captain said must be love, only perfect love, which money can't buy." ”
"Shh The sailors raised their middle fingers one after another, those who believe in love will only be deceived by love, and those who believe in money will be favored by money.
Seeing everyone's reaction, the young sailor was discouraged.
Wang Xu also shook his head slightly, money can't buy love, let alone immortality.
The technology that goes against the world is so advanced, and it only reduces the mortality rate of diseases, pushing the life expectancy to the 120-year-old mark, and it will still die when it is time to die.
If it weren't for the Fountain of Immortality, Wang Xu would not have sailed to sea, and what money can't buy in his mouth is not love but youth.
Of course, he won't say these words, and the sailors just need to follow orders, and being too brainy is not necessarily a good thing.
Ding Ding Ding Ding...
In the midst of the discussion, the sound of a bell rang outside.
In an instant, there was silence in the cabin, and everyone looked at the metal pipe overhead.
This metal tube connects all the cabins, and as long as someone speaks loudly to it, the sound can travel far and wide.
"Prepare for battle, there's a pirate ship coming!" In the next second, there was an angry roar from the metal pipe, like a bomb dropped in deep water, and suddenly all the sailors stood up.
"There are enemies, ready to fight."
"Brothers, it's time to go on a killing spree!"
"Haha, my big knife has long been hungry and thirsty."
The sailors of the Age of Discovery, who had basically served as pirates, were not afraid of battle, but had a faint yearning.
Knowing that a pirate ship was coming, everyone put down their knives and forks, picked up their weapons one after another, and waited for Wang Xu to give an order.
Wang Xu's eyes swept over the audience slightly, took the wine glass and drank the rum, and said: "The musket team and the swordsman team are on the deck, the gunners are in place, the ship's carpenters are ready to repair the damage, the doctors are on standby in the infirmary, everyone is on standby, hurry up." ”
The sailors began to move one after another, and the musket team and the swordsman team followed Wang Xu to the deck.
At this time, the wind and waves were thick, and in the midst of the storm, it was a little difficult for people to stand still on the deck.
Wang Xu pressed the hat on his head, picked up the binoculars, and stood on the bow of the boat to look into the distance.
In my eyes, a dilapidated black strange ship, drifting with the waves, was approaching the Flower Plantation little by little.
"Black Pearl, it's you!" Wang Xu's eyes narrowed, and he ordered Zacrow beside him: "Open the cannon!" ”
Zacrow ran a few steps, pulled up the metal pipe on the bow of the boat, and roared, "Fire, fire!" ”
Boom Boom Boom !!
Due to the storm, the upper deck guns could not be used for the time being.
But even so, the middle deck guns and the lower deck guns combined, there were still dozens of cannons roaring.
Shells whistled out with the sound of breaking wind, turning into black dots and disappearing into the night sky.
Wang Xu watched quietly, only to see that these shells were shot out, but the Black Pearl on the opposite side did not react at all.
"What's the matter, didn't you hit?"
"Possibly, visibility is too low in a storm to be forgiving."
The surrounding sailors exchanged heads, and it was only when the visibility was too low that the shells lost their accuracy.
But Wang Xu knows that this is not the case.
A cannonball whistled out and hit the Black Pearl's hull, but it passed through like a phantom instead of hitting its target.
The same is true of several other shells, which can be hit, but they just can't hit, as if the other side is just a reflection of a mirage.
"The ghost ship, it's really ghostly!"
Wang Xu put down the binoculars and ordered: "Stop the artillery, although there are people on the deck, ready to engage in broadside battles." ”
"Broadside?" The sailors were stunned, the Seed Flower is a second-class sail battleship, shouldn't it rely on powerful firepower to tear apart the enemy from a long distance.
"Prepare for the broadside battle, this is the order!" Wang Xu spoke again, without explaining anything.
The sailors came back to their senses, the captain was the boss of the ship, and he wanted to engage in broadside battles, of course, in broadside battles.
"Copy guy, get ready for a broadside battle!"
"The captain has an order, and all the crew members are on deck and ready to engage in broadside battle."
With shouts, the sailors began to converge towards the deck.
Wang Xu raised the telescope again, and at this time, the two ships were only a few hundred meters apart, and the Black Pearl still showed no signs of firing.
After thinking about it slightly, Wang Xu sensed the other party's plan.
The Black Pearl is now a cursed ghost ship, and the sailors, including Barbossa, are also undead, and broadside combat has a great advantage for them.
In this case, only fools will attack with artillery fire, and these people are intending to directly occupy their ship by engaging broadside battles.
"Captain Barbossa, the other side has stopped shelling!"
On the Black Pearl, many pirates gathered at the bow of the ship, supported by a man wearing a captain's hat and a monkey crouching on his shoulder.
This man is Barbossa, the Caspian King of the Seven Pirate Kings, Jack's former first mate and betrayer, and the current owner of the Black Pearl.
Hearing the answer of his subordinates, Barbossa showed a hideous smile on his face and whispered: "They are not a navy, they have no tradition of blowing up warships, we are about to have a sail battleship!" ”
"Hooray, hooray, hooray!" The pirate brandished his sword and spear, and his eyes were extremely hot.
Owning a sail warship is every pirate's dream, but unfortunately several countries that have sail warships have a tradition of blowing up ships in the event of a war that is not conducive to war, so as not to let the warship fall into the hands of pirates.
To this day, the Black Pearl has destroyed eight sail warships, if not ten, but not a single captured sail warship.
"Pirates, prepare to engage in broadside battles, kill them all, and steal the ships!" Barbossa drew the sword at his waist and stood in the bow of the ship and roared loudly.
Hearing this, all the pirates fell into excitement, howling and striking their weapons.
At the same time, Wang Xu also began to order, ordering: "The swordsmen are in front, and the musket team is in the back, ready to take over!" ”