Soon, the crew carried supplies from their original ships to the new ship, and some sailors pulled the three small gunboats that had been paralyzed over with cables. Finding that the flagship had been captured, the navy on these small gunboats was even more demoralized, and not only did they not resist when they saw the hooks thrown by the pirates, but some even ran to hang the hooks on the side of the ship so that the hooks would not slip off.

John looked at it and felt very strange, and asked George, "Why are they still helping us, aren't they afraid that we will kill them in the past?" George looked at the gunboat that was getting closer and closer, and replied: "John, why do you ask like that? What are we just doing to snatch the cargo and kill people? Now that we have achieved our goal, we will naturally not kill them again, and it will not do us any good." Of course, these navies also know this, and when they are unable to repel us, they will only be saved by surrendering, and we will kill them as long as they still have blades in their hands. So in order to show us their submission, naturally they will not stop us. And that kind of saying?, John was a little surprised.

In real history, pirates at this time were sometimes more famous than the navy, and all the people on the pirate ship shared the spoils equally, and when major decisions were made by vote, or even with the consent of the majority, the pirates were able to remove the captain, which was in stark contrast to the authoritarian navy. Many merchant ships in the Caribbean would not even resist pirates because they had seized their property and left enough food and fresh water for them to reach shore. When the British Navy was trying to exterminate the pirates, there were countless incidents of naval soldiers sneaking up to the pirate ships at night to surrender and join the pirates. For this reason, Britain also issued a special decree, if the merchant ship did not resist the pirates, it would even be sentenced. So it's not hard to see why these Navy soldiers are helping John now. In fact, there were indeed sailors who were willing to take refuge in John's pirate ship, and George also selected a few strong and combat-savvy additions among these willing navies, after all, John's sailors were also damaged in this attack.

At the time of the final reckoning, John found that five of his original crew had been killed by the navy in the engagement, some by the navy's sabers, some by the fusiliers, and eight or nine wounded, two of whom would no longer be able to carry their swords on board even if they had been adequately healed. You must know that there were only about thirty pirates on John's ship, and one battle was equivalent to half of the casualties.

Looking at John's face, which had been gloomy since he counted the numbers, George comforted: "Captain, it's okay, I have already recruited fewer people in the navy, and there will be no shortage of personnel." John looked at the bodies of the sailors who had been placed on his original ship, which had been broken and unseaworthy: "I know, but it's not good to see my companions who had followed me out of Havana dying in a battle." They followed me to sea with the hope of their families, and yesterday they discussed that they would be able to share a large amount of gold this time, but they did not expect to die today. ”

George didn't expect John to be unhappy because of this, and was a little surprised: "Why do you think that? John, when we first went to sea with Bonnet, we were ready to die, let alone volunteer to go to sea with you to be pirates." Everyone who chooses to be a pirate knows that if we go to sea, we may never go back, but who cares? You see, all who go back alive get a large share of the gold, and we don't get a tenth of that gold for the rest of our lives working for the farmer, so we have already sold our souls to Satan before we get on the ship and go to sea, and it is not surprising when we are taken away. As he spoke, he pointed to the sailors who were spilling gunpowder next to the corpses: "Do you see any sad looks on their faces? No, we don't grieve, because we know that if we die, someone will collect the corpse for us, and we don't have to throw it aside like they did." ”

John was still a little incomprehensible to them, and if the undead were indifferent to death because they had died too many times, then what were the reasons for these soldiers? But since they don't care, then you don't have to grieve for them.

Watching the sailors carry the rum, beer, and jerky from the small gunboats to their own ships, and then leaving all the navy unwilling to join the pirates on the gunboats, John stood beside the rudder and let George sail back to the fortress.

Sailing was no fun, and although it was romantic to say, it was easy to get bored with the crew for a long time in the monotonous waters with no land islands around, so many ships would have a lot of rum and beer for the crew, at least drunk. John watched the sailors rush into the warehouse to open the rum crates and take wine from them, and was about to step forward to get a bottle, when he suddenly heard the exclamation of a sailor who was opening the box, and the sailors who heard the exclamation around him looked at the box with a surprised expression. John pushed aside the crowd and walked over to the chest, which found a chest full of Spanish silver coins in a large pile of rum boxes, which John estimated to contain were not as good as the treasures of the Holy Roman Empire that he had salvaged.

John clapped his hands vigorously at this time, and woke up the people who were still there for this unexpected treasure. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, John said, "As you can see, this silver coin is the first fortune of our pirate ship, and according to the rules, all the brothers on board who have participated in this battle will receive their share, and no one will take one more, and no one will take less." Hearing John's words, the sailors opened the rum beside them: "Praise the captain, praise John, praise the silver coin, praise Spain!"

John stretched out his hand to take the rum handed over by George, who heard the voice coming in next to him, waved his hand to stop, and continued: "I now think that the fleet we met is most likely the fleet sent out by the fortress to trade, that is, there may be more than one box of silver coins! Now let's open all the boxes and bags, and let the gods witness our harvest this time!" Although he didn't know who the god of this world was, John always felt that the sailors would be more accustomed to saying this.

Then the sailors frantically searched the ship for any container that could hold anything, not only the case of rum, but also the barrel of beer and fresh water, they opened the bag of bacon, biscuits, and wheat, and poured out all the contents and spread a thick layer on the deck, and they knocked every inch of the floor and wall of the crew's lounge, the equipment room, and even the captain's quarter, looking for a mezzanine, just to find every silver coin that might exist on board. The crew was not unfounded, as they found two chests full of silver coins and jewels, two large bags of spices in the food store, and a secret compartment in the captain's room, which contained a bag of silver coins in addition to the captain's nautical diary. The return took place in a cheerful atmosphere, and the celebration continued until the end of the fortress.