After two days, Edward was still not seen returning. Now even Bonnet felt that something was wrong, and asked John, "Do you know where Edward is?"

John sat in a chair, facing a campfire, holding a skewer of meat in his hand, carefully roasting it. Listening to Bonnet's question, John turned his head: "I probably know a little bit. Seeing Bonnet's anxious eyes, he said, "He, he should have sneaked into the governor's palace that day, was caught by the governor, and locked up somewhere." ”

"This ......" Bonnet jumped up in fright, and circled around John in a hurry, "What should we do? If the Governor wants to execute Edward, can we get him out?"

John grabbed Bonnet, who was spinning in a circle, held him down and sat down, and said, "Bonnet, you should see that Edward is a pirate, right?" Bonnet didn't know what John was trying to say, nodded and said, "Yes, I thought Edward should be a pirate when we first met, but at that time, I could only get out of there by relying on the two of you, so I couldn't help but not break him." When he was sailing, he could also see that his behavior was a little abnormal, and now that I think about it, it was probably a pirate's habit. John nodded and said, "Now that you have seen Edward's identity, I can tell my own guess." He handed the meat skewer in his hand to Bonnet, and casually picked up the skewer of meat next to the campfire and took a bite: "Do you remember what Edward said about the Observatory that day? Although you think it was just a bedtime fairy tale to make children sleep, Edward must have seen it, or learned some information about the Observatory from somewhere, confirming that it really existed and had great value." ”

Bonnett nodded, turned around and took out two bottles of rum from the wine box behind him, handed one of them to John, and sat down next to John: "I remember Edward said when he left that he was going to talk to someone?"

John took a big sip of the cork: "Yes, I remember it too." The next day I went out to inquire and heard that there was a prisoner of the Governor in the Doge's palace who had been released, but that his companion had been caught. I suspect it was Edward who was caught. ”

"After that, I thought about it for a moment, and thought that Edward might have been taken advantage of. If Edward had rescued someone, he wouldn't have been there alone, and I felt that if one of the two had a chance to escape, it would have been Edward, and it couldn't have been the person he was looking for. ”

Bonnet listened to John's analysis and asked, "Do you know where Edward is now?" If we can, we will get him out of here and leave Havana. As he spoke, he pointed to his merchant ship anchored in the harbor: "I believe that even the governor of Havana cannot control the wind of freedom at sea. ”

John patted Bonnet on the shoulder, stood up and looked at the full moon rising over the sea: "Don't worry, Bonnet, Edward has a way to escape." Even if he didn't escape and was executed by the governor, this was the fate of being a pirate. Just as a merchant at sea risked being robbed and oppressed by pirates, pirates also had to risk being executed at any time, especially for us, the pirates of England, who were caught and hanged in places under Spanish administration, and it was not surprising at all. ”

Bonnet looked at John's back, took a sip of the bottle, and said, "I remember, you are also a pirate. John turned his head and shrugged: "Yes, I'm also a pirate, so I know the fate of pirates." Whether it is a pirate who dares to rob only a small fishing boat, or a large pirate who commands a large fleet and can make the navies of all countries flee in fear with the banner alone, there are only three kinds of final outcomes: staying in a place where no one knows, relying on treasure and not daring to use the slightest bit of survival, being betrayed by his men or companions and dying at the hands of his own because of the uneven distribution of spoils, or being caught by the navy and hanging alive on the edge of a sea cliff, and the corpse being pecked by seabirds every day, leaving only a dry skeleton. Other than that, there is no other ending. "Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I just remembered the ending of the pirates in the Age of Discovery in the Rough Stone World.

Bonnet held the bottle and didn't know what to say for a moment.

John didn't care what Bonnet thought, he raised the bottle and took a sip and said, "Let's go Bonnet, let's get a good night's sleep today, and tomorrow we'll see if we can recruit a crew, and we'll leave here in a few days." ”

"Need to be in such a hurry?" said Bonnet, who was about to raise the bottle to his lips, and put it down, looking at John.

John nodded: "There are quite a few people in the city who recognize Edward now - you made such a big fuss at the time, you know that you must be celebrities." If the Governor gets angry and wants to arrest us together, it will be easy for me to get out of here, after all, I am only one man, and I have no goods with me. You're different, you have this merchant ship that you can't abandon, and when the time comes, as long as the governor orders the port to be blocked, you won't be able to leave. ”

Seemingly frightened by John's words, Bonnet thought for a moment, picked up the bottle and drank the wine inside: "Then what are you waiting for, rest quickly, we will go recruit the crew tomorrow, and we will leave as soon as possible." John, will you come back to England with me when you leave, or will you leave on your own?"

John said, "I'm going to Nassau, and I'm guessing Edward, if he escapes, he'll go to Nassau—I can hear that he likes Nassau." ”

The next day, John and Bonnet walked into a tavern and began recruiting crew. The process was simpler than John had imagined, and in the current context where everyone could go to sea and make a fortune, as long as someone had a lot of pounds and silver dollars, the idlers who were willing to go on board and be a crew could be lined up from the tavern to the dock. However, John said that not everyone can get on the ship, and the number of recruits is limited, so naturally they need to participate in the selection, and only those who are qualified can get on the ship.

Since he was recruiting a strong, working crew, Bonnet decided that he needed to be able to lift three crates full of wine at a time, and walk from here to the tavern door and back without panting.

This method is good, this alone has eliminated many drunken drunkards and those who have no muscles on their bodies and can't even lift the box, and there are still a dozen or so people who are qualified to become Bonnet's crew. However, these crew members are not easy to talk to, and as soon as they get on board, they ask Bonnet for an increase in wages, and they seem to be veterans of frequent extortion. But they were unlucky, and they met John, and after the men who were leading the way were lifted by John's neck and thrown overboard, they became honest.

So, on the fourth day of Edward's capture, Bonnet loaded the crates of tobacco he had bought ("It's a sought-after item from the nobles!") Bonnet told John as he bought it. After the supplies, they set out for England.