Chapter 29: The Sinking of the Pearl
Barbossa agreed to his request, and the fog faded and the sun shone in, and they were located less than fifteen nautical miles from the port of La Guairla, on the coast horizon, and because of the fog, none of the ships in the harbor had left the harbor.
As the fog cleared, the pure black sailing ship had already begun to be observed, and it was a ship with tattered sails that was almost impossible to sail.
Next to him, there was an even more dilapidated boat, the mast already on fire.
Barbossa suppressed his anger and said with a smile on his face: "I have shown my sincerity, you put down my head now, I will retreat with my men, and you, you can wait for the rescue of the port." ”
The offer seemed reasonable, and Gordon had no reason to refuse.
"I refuse!"
After understanding what kind of person Barbossa is, no one at all dares to make a deal with such a purest and treacherous pirate, because he keeps his promises on the surface, but always finds a hole in your words.
For example, you only asked for your release, but you didn't say I wouldn't sink your ship, and then laughed and left.
Barbossa's expression became hideous, and he roared loudly, "What else do you want?"
"Order your men to get out of the way and let my men board the Black Pearl. Gordon commanded.
Barbossa realized what Gordon was trying to do, and became more and more manic: "You can't do this, my crew won't allow it, the Black Pearl is mine!
However, Gordon looked at him coldly: "Now your life is in my hands, and your crew will persuade them if they don't agree, my proposal now is that we take the Pearl away, and you row my ship away, if you move fast enough." ”
The Pearl's hull had been punctured and its mast was on fire, and if we had put out the fire now, we might have been able to sail for a while, but probably with oars.
Barbossa's tone had begun to soften, bordering on pleading: "You can't do this, I can exchange treasures with you." ”
Gordon's eyes suddenly lit up, this is a good idea, but once the Pearl is returned to him, it is a question whether the treasure will be lost or not, but in order to give Barbossa a little hope, so that the fish will not die and the net will be broken, he still promised: "I will take the Pearl first, you can redeem it with the treasure, you know, I am a merchant, pursuing interest, my sailors you have killed so much, their families need to be compensated, plus your ship, I will calculate, 500,000 gold coins!"
"Impossible!" Barbossa refused without even thinking about it, what does 500,000 gold coins mean, the weight of one gold coin is equal to six silver coins, and the gold-silver ratio is 1:13, which means that 500,000 gold coins are equivalent to 39 million silver coins, 195 million pounds, and in the future generations it is equivalent to 19.5 billion pounds, 195 billion famous coins.
The Aztec gold coin was a gift used by the Aztecs to bribe the Spanish colonists to avoid massacres, and it was only 882 roses, although the value of this gold coin was almost three times that of a regular gold coin.
All the property that Barbossa has plundered in his lifetime adds up to less than 100,000 gold coins, which is already a lot of money.
Gordon shook his head: "Now that we're trading, I ask for a lot of money and you can pay it back on the ground, but you shouldn't have much time." ”
"Eighty thousand, I can take out so much at most. Barbossa gritted his teeth.
Gordon nodded: "Deal, then good luck and let your crew get out of the way." ”
Barbossa then reluctantly ordered to his crew: "Let them go." ”
But his sailors did not act, but stared at Barbossa's head.
"Captain, we can't do this, that's our ship. ”
And the latter was directly furious: "Now, I am still the captain, and I now order you as a captain, get out of the way!"
At Gordon's signal, the Pearl crew pushed away the pirates in their way, slashing the connected ropes they boarded as they looked murderous, and the planks fell into the sea.
Gordon was left alone on the Pearl, and he carried Barbossa's head along the side of the ship to the side of the Black Pearl.
After estimating the distance, he threw Barbossa's head upwards violently, then took the rope from the mast and swung towards the Black Pearl.
Almost all of the pirates looked at the tumbling heads and prepared to catch them, but the tall boatswain raised his musket and shot it at Gordon in the air.
A bloody arrow flew from Gordon's shoulder, causing him to nearly lose the strength to hold on to the rope, but the two points of armor did their trick and he ended up on the deck of the Black Pearl.
"Barbossa, this shot is worth 10,000 gold coins. ”
Barbossa finally put his head back on his neck and glared at the boatswain fiercely, but he didn't blame it.
"Barbossa, what if they're not ready to give us back the Black Pearl at all?"
The boatswain had begun to call him by name, and the incident had made him very unhappy with Captain Barbossa's position, and after the incident he would hold a referendum to re-determine the captain's position.
The surrounding pirates looked at the two people who were full of gunpowder, and they didn't dare to speak at all, the captain's handling of this incident was indeed a little disappointing.
Barbossa put back on his captain's hat and slapped the boatswain in the face: "Please call me Captain." ”
Then he glanced at the surrounding pirates, and then returned to the tall boatswain.
"The captain of the Black Pearl is not so easy to be, taking the captain's position is equivalent to taking over a hundred years of contract with Davy Jones, he is a smart man, he knows what he should do. ”
At this time, almost everyone on the Black Pearl cried with joy and escaped from the brink of death, only one person was isolated, that is, the sailor who had drawn his sword and pointed it at Allen, and some people looked at him with disgust, and even told him to get away.
His eyes were dazed, and when he came back to his senses, he realized how disgraceful what he had done.
Kurich took the helm aboard the Black Pearl, while Mitch and Allen subdued the wounded Gordon.
"It's time to give them a ride!"
Gordon himself came to the guns on deck.
"All the sailors loaded the shells, sent the Pearl on its last journey, and sent these damned monsters to the bottom of the sea. ”
The cannons on the Black Pearl deck fired in unison, and after two rounds, the Pearl was completely sunk, along with all the pirates.
Barbossa eventually climbed onto the mast of the sinking Pearl and watched Gordon as he stood on deck.
Gordon didn't hear what he was saying because of the distance and the sound of the sinking ship, but he could tell from the shape of his mouth: you'll regret it......