Nassau, originally just a British settlement. Because the British needed pirates in the Caribbean to interfere with the merchant ships of Spain, the maritime overlord at the time, and allowed the pirates there, or rather, to send pirates there to fight the Spanish merchant ships, Nassau became a stronghold of pirates in the Caribbean. In Nassau, you can find many of the most notorious pirates of the time: Edward Thatch, Benjamin Hornigold, Mary Reed, Charles Wayne, and many others.

By the time John arrived near Nassau with his crew, it was March 1716.

"Do you know where we are now?" asked John as he came out of the cabin and looked at the sailor, George Gage, who was at the helm. "We're already on Great Inagua, Captain! it's close to our destination, Nassau!" yelled George Gage at John, taking the helm.

George Gage was a quartermaster chosen by sailors, and according to him his family had been lords, but because his grandfather and father were lazy men, he squandered all his family fortune and left him to face a large number of creditors who were behind his ass. In order to escape debts and make money, George Gage chose to become a sailor.

"Great Inagua?" John pondered for a moment as he looked at the islands that were becoming clearer and clearer at sea level, "Are there any inhabitants there?" I think we're in need of supplies. "Of course, there are many inhabitants on the Great Inagua, where we can make a final supply of fresh water and food, you are always wise, Captain!"

To say that George is a person, whether it is the level of navigation or knowledge, he is the best among sailors, and he is also famous for not being fatal when he fights, and in the previous treasure hunt for the island, he was also one of the sailors who fought to the end, so he came as a quartermaster, and the sailors were more convinced.

John looked at the island that was getting closer and closer, turned to the sailors who were working on the deck, and said, "Soon we will be ashore, boys!"

The sailors waved their hands excitedly at the thought that the tedium of sailing would soon come to an end, and the thought that they still had the pounds issued by Bonnet on them, they could not resist going ashore to splurge them.

John watched as the sailors waved their arms in delight, shouted, and held out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. When all the sailors had seen John's movements and began to lower their voices, John said, "Be quiet, be quiet! Because of the manner in which they had been on the voyage, I decided that, when they came ashore, they would be rewarded with ten pounds each!" (In 1715 the British treasury surplus was £1,066,689 and 15 shillings and 5 pence, so that £10 was worth a lot at this time.) ）

Hearing that they had just done their duty and that they would get a large amount of extra income when they arrived at this supply point, the sailors were naturally even more excited, shouting, "Captain!" as they took out their rum and drank it.

"Huh?" George was looking at the jubilation on the deck with joy, but suddenly noticed a ship coming in front of him, and quickly deflected the rudder to give way to the waterway, and the ship that saw John on the other side began to deflect, and also deflected to the other side. As he staggered by, John saw that the man standing next to the helmsman was supposed to be a woman.

John felt a little strange, according to the unwritten rules of the ship, standing in that position was either the captain or the first mate or quartermaster, a high-ranking person on the ship, but it should be known that at this time the ship was generally reluctant to carry women, and in the traditional culture of the crew, women may bring misfortune. It is basically impossible for a woman to be able to become a high-level woman. So John looked over there. The other side also noticed John's gaze and looked this way. John was looking that way

Nodding, he told George to go to Great Inagua.

When John arrived at the harbor of Greater Inagua, he saw another ship parked next to him, which looked not like a war ship but rather a slave ship.

The slave trade in the Caribbean was very developed, and when European caravans engaged in seafaring trade, most of them would load cheap goods such as salt and cotton cloth on the European mainland and reach the vicinity of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa, where they traded with slave hunters. The caravans would then sell their goods to slave hunters in exchange for the black Africans they caught, and then transport all of these black slaves to the West Indies in the Americas, where they would sell them to local farmers in exchange for sugar, tobacco, rice, gold and silver, and industrial raw materials that filled the ship's hold. Now it's time for the pirates to make waves.

None of the merchants, who traded slaves here, or the pirates who robbed ships, had nothing to do with John, as long as they didn't provoke him. John thought as he beckoned the crew to dock the ship at the nearby dock, lowered the anchor and put away the sails, and took out the money bags, and each of the crew members received the reward that John had promised. The crew took pounds, praised John's generosity, and ran to the docks without looking back to have fun with themselves.

George did not go ashore with the crew, and only after the last crew member had already left the ship to have fun did he go over to John: "Captain, you are too generous, but be careful, greed is a beast that cannot be fed. John glanced at him, "It's fine, as long as you have enough strength to lock it up." Any beast is to be released when needed, so it's always good to feed some sweetness. ”

George was silent for a moment after listening to John's words, and seemed to remember something: "It's been a long time since I've heard such imposing words." Boss, you must not have been ordinary before. John didn't answer, he opened the money bag in his hand, grabbed a handful and stuffed it into George's hand: "Take it, my quartermaster, it's your share." ”

George grabbed the pound in his hand, and even if he didn't count them one by one, he could feel that it was definitely more than 10 pounds just by the weight. George looked up and was about to say something to John, when he watched John casually stuff his money bag into his chest and walk ashore, while a group of men stood on the shore with their backs to the boat and said something. John walked behind one of them and slapped him on the shoulder, and the man suddenly turned around and was about to punch the captain in the face. Seeing this, George was ready to rush up, but saw that the man stopped his movements, held the captain's hand and said something. It seems to be someone the captain knows. George shrugged his shoulders and left it to his side, taking the money and preparing to go to the shore for a good rest.

Edward had just slapped his pirate friend, James Kidd, behind him while discussing with the port administrators how to expand Great Inagua. Originally, he had raised his hand and was about to give this guy who had nothing to provoke him a hard blow, but suddenly remembered a person, and turned his head to see that it was really John: "Hey, man, if I hadn't remembered you, your face would have bloomed!" and shook John: "Are you going to sea alone now?"

John said, "I sent Bonnet back to his hometown and went alone. As he spoke, he pointed to the boat behind him: "See, this ship is mine, and now I have my own ship." Edward let go of John and looked over there, "What a nice ship." But it's not inferior to yours. Pointing to the ship parked next to John, "My ship, the Jackdaw." ”