Chapter 47: Chasing the Black Pearl
At this time, Jack didn't know how to answer, he wanted to exchange Will, but now everyone was sitting at the same table.
Jack beckoned, ready to talk to Gibbs in detail.
"Because Barbossa is almost finished. At this point, Gordon spoke.
Jack's plan to trade Will for the Black Pearl was a fantasy, so it would be better to dismiss him.
Jack was about to turn around and leave, when he heard Gordon's words and sat back down.
"How?"
"Because Barbossa's men have already lost more than half of their sailors in the Battle of La Guaira, and the Black Pearl is now full of holes, and only one last push is needed, boom!"
"What's wrong with Black Pearl?" Jack grabbed Gordon's sleeve directly, his face twitching.
Gordon suddenly realized at this time: "I seem to have forgotten to say that when I was fighting with my ship, Black Pearl was hit by more than a dozen cannons, and later hit seven or eight fortress cannons, anyway, it looks more like a ghost ship." ”
Gibbs shook his head: "Even so, if you gather people to fight with Barbossa......"
Bang dang!
Gordon took out a large bag of silver coins directly from his arms, at least more than a hundred, and several people present were stunned.
Jack quickly covered the bag, and only secretly opened it to look at it after noticing that no one around was looking, and then turned his head to stare at Gordon with the wrong eyes.
"Where did you get all this money from?"
Gordon shook his head and simply pushed the big bag of silver coins to Gibbs.
The latter nodded with wide eyes, and said to Gordon with a smile: "Of course there is no problem, I will definitely gather a group of people who are as crazy as you, Captain!"
Jack looked at Gibbs and corrected, "Hey, I'm here!"
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Early the next morning, Gibbs gathered sixteen crazy crew members, who only recognized silver coins and not people, and dared to do anything as long as they were given money, but well.
"Mr. Gibbs, this is the crew you've gathered? ”
Gordon looked at the thin, short, or mute who trained parrots, and a woman.
"Captain Gordon, only these people dare to get on the ship, and they can't ask too much for Barbossa, can they?"
Gibbs smiled flatteringly as he waited for Gordon's words.
"What good can we do?"
The woman at the end of the queue spoke.
"Maria!"
Jack lifted his hat in surprise, only to be greeted with another slap!
"You stole my ship and dare to come back?"
"I think I've paid enough of the deposit, and if I can get Barbossa, I'll get twenty silver coins each!"
Gordon spoke, and the sailors looked at each other, which was not a small amount, but these promises were all false, and no one dared to believe it without seeing the real thing.
Bang Bang Bang!
Gordon once again took out a large bag of silver coins from his bosom, and the crisp tapping sound in it indicated that what he said was true, and if the deposit was added, the mercenary remuneration for each sailor in this mission was thirty silver coins, one hundred and fifty pounds, and even if a pirate robbed the richest merchant ship, each pirate would not be able to share so much.
"Agreed, that's it!"
The sailors were satisfied with the payment, smiled and picked up their supplies and prepared to board the ship.
Jack looked at Gordon angrily, he was originally the captain, but it was obvious that he had betrayed himself for the sake of the drinking coin, and now the right to give orders was not his, which made him a little depressed.
"Hey, Gordon, let's make a deal, I'm going to be captain again, and you won't be able to find Dead Island without me. ”
"Jack, I have paid you thirty silver coins to hire me as a navigator, you can't go back, if you rebel, you will be executed, of course, you can also go through the official channels. ”
According to the Pirate Code, the captain of a pirate ship cannot lead the entire ship, and the sailors can vote for the next captain.
As if he saw hope, Jack hurried aboard the boat.
Gordon followed behind with a smile, Jack was poor at this time, what to use as a captain?
As expected, Jack danced like a clown for a long time, but no one responded, and under Gordon's money offensive, almost everyone fell.
"Raise the sails, raise the anchor, we're going fast!" Jack, show the course. ”
"Yes Captain!"
"Gordon counts you ruthless!"
The former is the lovely crew, and the latter, of course, is Jack.
Instead of snatching the right to take the helm with Jack, Gordon returned to the cabin alone and rested quietly for a while.
In fact, he didn't want to be the captain of the ship, he just wanted to save this group of innocent people, not all the new sailors on the ship were pirates, if Jack became the captain of the ship, then the ship would be defined as a pirate ship, and all the sailors would be treated as pirates.
You know, this is not a movie, Clinton is not a stupid commander, under the attack of the Fortress and the Dreadnought, there is no way that any pirate can escape from Death Island, he can't use these crew members to kill Barbossa desperately, and then turn his head and send him to the gallows, as a man of conscience would not do.
The Interceptor set sail quickly from Totuga to the north, and in the shadow of the rocks, two behemoths rushed out, and then followed the Interceptor all the way north.
If the prediction is correct, the exact location of Dead Island is one of the Bahamas.
But according to legend, Death Island will sink into the sea within ten years and rise in another ten years. The reefs are dense, and countless good sailors have died there, and of course there is no coordinate research.
Boom Boom Boom !!
Since evening, the sky has been raining heavily, accompanied by thunder and lightning, and Gordon must come out of the captain's quarters to look after the ship.
Jack stood in front of the rudder, staring at his compass and correcting the direction as he steered the rudder.
Sailing in heavy rain is the only way to keep the direction accurate.
The sea and the waves constantly rocked such a small boat, rushing up to the deck and breaking the rope that held the sails in place, and the sailors picked it up again and again and again and fixed it on the side of the ship.
"Jack, we must put the sails away, or the mast will break!"
Increasing winds kept the Interceptor at an exaggerated speed, but it was also a great test for the hull.
"Hold on a little longer, and we'll be on the verge of catching up with Black Pearl!" Jack smiled confidently, the closest he'd ever been to a Black Pearl in ten years.
Gordon checked the ship for leaks, the loss of the deck and mast in the cabin, and there were no big problems.
"Gibbs, believe him, he's the legendary Jack Sparrow!"
"It's Captain Jack Sparrow!" Jack stared at Gordon.
The latter smiled and did not speak again, but did the same work as the sailors, making sure that the dinghy was secured, that the waves were soaking and that the icy rain was washing everything.