Chapter 455: Ponce de Leon's "Bootlegging"
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, you have made a mistake, I am not a brigadier general! Not anymore~" Norrington wiped the tears from his eyes with his sleeve. Struggling to get up.
Han Xing hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him, but he pushed him away, he stood up with his stroking pillar, and said to Han Xing: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, because of you, I have lost my ship, my crew, my rank, and my honor!" But there's one more thing I can never take away from you—my dignity! ”
Han Xing was silent, and withdrew his hand stupidly, but he was not angry. He understood what Norrington meant, this is the pride and stubbornness that belongs to a man!
Han Xing will not blame Norrington for his ignorance, the most attractive part of Norrington's body is not his aristocratic pride and self-esteem? Losing the proud Norrington, is it still the Norrington?
"Don't you want to take it all back?" Han Xing appreciates it very much (every time I hit the appreciation, "I want to go" ~ typo stalk) Norrington, he is the most reliable naval commander Han Xing has ever seen, and Han Xing also needs such a talent, in his absence, conscientiously guarding the Caribbean Sea, fighting pirates, and defending merchant ships.
"I don't want your charity~" Norrington's eyes flashed with a hint of intention, he moved his lips, but in the end it was this arrogant sentence that popped out.
"Then win them back! Draw your sword, James Norrington! Han Xing knew that he could no longer stimulate the brigadier general's self-esteem, on the contrary, he needed to motivate him and help him find himself.
"If you win me, I'll give you everything you have!" Han Xing pressed his broken heart against his throat.
Hearing Han Xing's words, Norrington's already lifeless eyes flashed with a gleam. But a moment later it was again filled with gloom.
Just when Han Xing thought that his plan had failed, Norrington suddenly pulled out the masterpiece from Will Turner's hand, the black gold ornamented sword, and shook the broken heart in Han Xing's hand, and launched an attack like a storm.
The two of them fought back and forth on the street, and in an instant they were in a mess, and the sound of clanging swords clashing was endless.
Sideways dodging Norrington's blade, Han Xing could clearly see the silver sword shadow, almost swishing past his ears, and he could vaguely feel the wisps of coolness coming from the blade on his earlobe.
Han Xing hurriedly mentioned the broken heart and slashed towards his chest, and with a "poof~", the broken heart and the black gold ornament sword in his hand clashed together. The two began to compete for strength, Norrington was not Han Xing's opponent after all, and the blade that exuded a cold glow began to get closer to Norrington's cheek little by little.
At this moment, Norrington suddenly dodged, hugged the pillar with his left hand and turned, coming to Han Xing's back, relying on inertia, the black gold ornament sword instantly disappeared from the back of the heart.
Looking down at the blade that came out of his chest, Han Xing turned around, pulled out the blade, and said to James Norrington, "You won, Brigadier General Norrington!" "God can see mercy, originally Han Xing planned to release the water and sell a flaw to him, but he stabbed Han Xing through the heart with his real skills.
"Now, maybe you can let me treat you to a drink?"
Moments later, there were three people sitting side by side at the bar in the tavern, from left to right: Captain Jack, Han Xing, and Commodore Norrington.
"It's interesting, huh, the three of us actually sit together and drink?" Captain Jack looked at Han Xing and James Norrington on the right, spat out the smell of wine, and put his arms around Han Xing's neck.
"I thought you were dead! Mr. Jack Sparrow, who almost escaped~" James Norrington took a sip of rum and continued to sneer: "Tell me, great Captain Jack Sparrow!" Is your escape legend related to turtles again? Smash the lock of a cell with a turtle? If that were the case, I'd feel a little sympathy for that turtle! Apparently, Norrington also heard about the "legend" that Jack Sparrow escaped with a turtle.
"Forget it, I'll talk about it!" Han Xing sighed, and then spoke.
"Jack, I need you! I brought you a gift, the most desired thing for you, your baby! Han Xing said with a smile.
"Where?" Captain Jack Sparrow looked at Han Xing, and was about to reach out and search Han Xing's body.
"Not on me, your precious black pearl is moored in the harbor!" Seeing this, Han Xing felt a chill and immediately said.
"Black Pearl! My Black Pearl? Captain Jack immediately sobered up most of the time.
That's right, it's Black Pearl! This was obtained by Han Xing from Barbossa, of course, through peaceful negotiations~ For this, Han Xing paid the price of a frigate, two cruisers and a two-masted clipper.
Han Xing is not surprised that Barbossa will accept his proposal, after all, in the first part of the original plot, when Jack Sparrow proposed that Barbossa take the Dreadnought as a ship, and he served as the captain of the Black Pearl, Barbossa agreed.
In the 4th and 5th parts, Barbossa got the Queen Anne Avenger with Blackbeard, and he was no longer obsessed with Black Pearl. It can be seen that Barbossa is not as obsessed with the Black Pearl as Jack Sparrow.
"Listen, here's our deal: you can get your Black Pearl back, and in exchange, you must participate in my treasure hunt and join the French forces!" Han Xing said succinctly.
"Although I like France a lot, whether it's French goods or French people, you should also know that I don't really like to join the official forces~ I'm a free-spirited person who hates being bound!" Captain Jack Sparrow hooked Han Xing's neck, spitting wine, and said with a kind face. Obviously, he also planned to use his three-inch tongue to bargain with Han Xing.
"You have to think about it clearly~ This is probably the only chance you have in your life to get the black pearl back~ The opportunity is right in front of you, you have to seize it!" Han Xing raised his eyebrows and said.
"Will Barbossa give up his ship easily?" Captain Jack's expression was unusually serious, and his eyes were full of suspicion.
"Of course not!" Han Xing took a sip of rum and pretended to sigh and said, "Because of this, you should understand how much I paid to redeem the Black Pearl from Barbossa's hands?" There are four warships~ Your black pearl is really worth a lot! Alas~ Since you don't want it, I see, I'd better do business with Barbossa again! With that, Han Xing pretended to walk out.
"Or maybe I can hand him over to Brigadier General Norrington? I think he'll be happy to hunt you down in the Caribbean with your pearls! Han Xing knew that to deal with Jack Sparrow, he had to rely on agitation, because he knew very well the weight of the Black Pearl in Jack Sparrow's heart, which was equivalent to pinching Captain Jack's weakness.
"I'll be glad to do it~ I mean, it's an honor to be able to continue playing peek-a-boo with Captain Jack Sparrow in the Caribbean~ Don't worry, I'll take care of your baby Black Pearl! Maybe, in the future, you can still come to the boat to sit~" Norrington said with a smile, his "sitting" obviously does not refer to being a guest, but to prison!
Hearing this, Captain Jack Sparrow's face turned green!
"Who said I didn't want it? I'm going to! I want you to come back~ Let's make a deal! The black pearl was Jack Sparrow's heart, and he immediately let go, staggered after him, and grabbed Han Xingdao.
Now, Han Xing already has a reliable guide, and if he wants to go to the Fountain of Youth, it is almost Shao Feng's map.
Just thinking about it, Han Xing began to think: Is it really necessary for him to run to the east for the map of the end of the world?
Or is there any other way to find the Fountain of Youth? Don't forget, in the search for the Fountain of Youth, in addition to Captain Jack Sparrow and First Officer Gibbs, who had seen the map, the Spaniards also managed to reach the Fountain of Youth.
The Spaniards don't have a lucky compass and a map of the end of the world, but don't they still find the Fountain of Youth? What is certain is that that Poncey de León, as a Spaniard, must have left private goods for his fellow countrymen!
Relying on the alliance between Spain and France, he used money to go on the offensive and let the Spanish businessman Alfonso ask around, not to mention, it really made Han Xing find some eyebrows - Alfonso brought Han Xing an expedition map that Ponsé de León kept in his home.
It is said that this was specially left by Ponsey de Leon to his children and grandchildren, and it marked some unknown places and fast shipping routes and supply points that he discovered during his expeditions, which can be described as painstaking!
In the age of maritime navigation, maps were a great thing to do, saving you a lot of timeless exploration and heading straight to important locations. And the reason why he left this map is probably because he hopes that some of his children and grandchildren will inherit his career. To put it simply, it is to leave private goods for your own descendants!
It's a pity that his descendants are like the descendants of most great men, or in other words, with titles and large sums of property to inherit, who is willing to run to the sea of life and death to wander blindly? In case of pirates, wouldn't it be a whining and mourning?
As a result, this precious map, which recorded the general location of the fountain of youth, was thus shelved. It is only when you boast of your home's illustrious history to your guests that it is brought out as a treasure.
The map that Han Xing obtained was not the original manuscript of Ponsey de León, but a copy that his descendants asked a painter to copy on the canvas. After all, the manuscript is parchment, which is very fragile over time.
aboard the Black Pearl.
"Now, Mr. Jack Sparrow! Let's go~" Han Xing looked at Ponsai de Leon's map.
"Your Excellency, you should at least tell me what we are going to find, right?" Captain Jack opened his compass and found that the compass pointed to the rum bottle around his waist, and immediately took a sip of rum and wiped his mouth contentedly.
"Fountain of Youth! We're going to find the Fountain of Youth~" Han Xing shook the map in his hand and said.
"Okay, I've got a direction ~ Guys, hoist the sails! You're going to follow Captain Jack Sparrow in search of the legendary Fountain of Youth~"