Chapter Seventy-Seven: A Few Gains
When Gordon caught the shark's attention, Jack and Mickey rushed out and climbed the hill as fast as they could.
The speed of the shark in the water is not at all comparable to that of humans, but fortunately it is not aggressive yet, but it is just getting closer and closer to where Gordon is.
But this is scary enough in the eyes of ordinary people, followed by a six-meter-long great white shark, with a bloody mouth, which can directly swallow an adult alive.
Gordon looked back at the four men who had already crossed the hill, and then sped up with all his strength and rushed into the cavern.
After losing its vision, the shark lingered at the entrance of the cave for a short time, then swam up again because of the loss of its target, and Gordon re-emerged from the hole.
Moving around in the water requires a lot of oxygen, and Gordon felt like his lungs were about to explode after a strenuous workout.
"Whoop, whoop......"
Rushed into a bucket and gasped violently.
"Diving is really not a human thing in this era. β
The whole underwater was too oppressive, there was no sound, no light, and it was not only oxygen that suffocated, but also the capacity of the heart, and after a good rest, Gordon began to inhale a breath, and then continued towards the goal of the sunken ship.
Circumnavigating the mountain from a distance, it took a long time to reach the location of the shipwreck.
Looking at the few people who were busy on the sunken ship, searching for all kinds of things that might have value.
There were several chests on the deck of the wreck, and the rotten wood was so vulnerable that Gordon kicked one open, and saw that there were only a lot of gold and silver coins inside, and none of the legendary gems were found.
Gordon pointed to the box and looked at Mickey to the side, who nodded, indicating that he had only found so much.
Jack dragged another box from the lower level of the shipwreck, and smashed it open with a stone in the middle of the crowd, but there was only a large pile of stones inside, it was simply a pit man, how could there be a box in a ship with stones?
Jack looked at Gordon and then at the sailors around him, and no one found the gem.
Gordon pointed up, and the people around him understood, and began to swim upwards, they needed ropes long enough to drag the gold and silver chests up.
When the five of them went back, they were much more direct, with the help of the buoyancy of the flowing water, they directly ignored the great white shark that was still a little far away, and went directly towards the diving bell.
"Huhu...... What's the situation? What about the so-called gems? Just a little thing, Jack, what the hell is your pointer pointing at?"
At this time, Jack, who wiped a handful of water from his face, was also a little depressed: "I don't know, it's not broken." β
Gordon shook his head, then struck the inside wall of the diving bell three times, and the whole bell began to rise upwards, along with five people.
"Pull, pull, Captain, they've got a signal!"
One sailor kept his ear on the chain, and then shouted for the five sailors to start pushing the winch and pulling everyone up.
Gordon broke through the water, and finally felt alive, the pressure of the water in the deep sea pressed against the lungs, and of course there was no breath to breathe, not only the lungs, but also the eardrums.
The five men climbed onto the deck of the ship in turn, and then lay down and did not want to move.
"Captain, have you found the treasure?"
Alan hurriedly walked over and asked, he had already thought about buying a farm.
"Found ...... Found ......"
"Wow, really?"
"I found a hair, I haven't even breathed yet, it's really a cheat, we don't even know if this is the Elizabeth, only the first half of the ship below, I didn't even see the name of the ship, the biggest catch is a box of gold and silver, there are probably more than 10,000 gold coins, compared to that ship of treasure, it is nothing." β
Gordon blocked out the glare of the sunlight and got up from the ground.
Kulich also walked over and regretted: "It seems that the rumors are wrong, there is no treasure, but someone made this treasure map to pay for the wrongdoers." β
Gordon could disagree with KuliΔ's remarks, and took out the two gems from his trouser pocket, one a red spinel and the other a slightly smaller agate, and the pure red and green proved to everyone that the treasure must exist.
"Captain, shall we continue looking?"
Mickey also got up from the ground and pulled up Jack by the way.
"Look, why don't you look for it, we haven't even seen the stern yet. β
Gordon felt the temperature of the sun, then pulled out a cigar from the cigarette case on the side deck and brought a bottle of rum.
"Whew...... It's good to be alive, Jack, do you want one?"
Gordon knew that this temptation was simply not something that the pirate could resist.
"No thanks. β
As a result, Jack ignored the cigar handed over, just opened a bottle of rum, and then gulped: "I don't know anything like cigarettes." β
Gordon's hand in the air was a little embarrassed, a pirate didn't smoke, no, I should say that all the money was used to buy rum, so there was no money to smoke anymore?
"Let's take a rest, drink some wine to warm up, and maybe we will have to go to the sea in a while. β
Mickey and the two young sailors who were diving also opened the rum, but the others couldn't, and the whole boat couldn't be drunk.
A lot of food, broth, and kimchi were brought out from the kitchen for everyone to replenish their energy, but not too much, and it was not okay to eat too much.
"What is this? vegetable?"
Jack took a bite of the pickles, which tasted really good, sniffed the somewhat spicy thing, and then took a big bite into his mouth.
He licked his fingers, then drank the broth as well, nibbled on two bites of bread, and said as he chewed, "Gordon, your boat is really good, and I think it would be better if you came to me as a cook." β
"Hahaha......"
Hearing what Jack said, the sailors around him laughed directly.
Gordon pressed his hand to stop, and whispered around him: "Jack, what do you think of my ship?"
Jack looked around at the ship, they were all young men, no quirks, not lazy, young, strong, the ship was new, there were some minor damages, but it was not in the way, the caliber of the guns might be smaller, but the rate of fire should be faster.
"Very nice. β
Although he was tempted to find fault with it, it was already an excellent configuration for a merchant ship, and besides, it was a full-sail three-masted sail sail that had already caught up with his Black Pearl.
"Jack, you can't be a pirate for a lifetime, what's wrong with running a businessman, robbing others, is that really what fascinates you?"