Chapter 184: The Gathering of Nassau

After saying goodbye to Elizabeth, Wang Hao went to the tavern in the city again.

Of course, you don't go to the tavern for drinking, mainly because the tavern is a regional news hub. From here, it is easy to find out which city has changed its governor, which port has changed the price of goods, and which country's treasure ships carrying gold and silver have departed for Europe from where and at what time.

Although mostly hearsay and not guaranteed to be up-to-date, it is the main source of news for most pirates.

Wang Hao also relied on these news to get rich overnight, and of course, there were times when he was trapped and drifted on the sea for several weeks without finding his target.

After going around the circle, I didn't hear any valuable news, and the only major event recently was that the European countries concluded a peace pact, readjusted the political structure of Europe, and at the same time, the power of various countries in the American colonies also changed. As a result, the Empress no longer needed privateers in the Caribbean and revoked their plunder permits.

You must know that in this era, although countless people are called pirates, in fact, the vast majority of them are privateers with legal recognition and certificates.

However, once their privateer licenses are revoked, it means that countless privateers and smugglers will no longer have legal recognition.

There are only two paths in front of them, or they will return to their hometown in embarrassment with broken dreams and pain all over their bodies. Or, become a pirate, become a person who plunders illegally.

Wang Hao didn't feel anything about this, and even felt a little happy in his heart, because he didn't have such a thing as a 'privateer license' from the beginning, and with the multiple accusations on his back, he was already an out-and-out pirate.

Speaking of which, I would like to thank the empress, this time I have lowered everyone's status, which is equivalent to indirectly raising Wang Hao's identity.

Driving the dinghy, Wang Hao returned to his ship, although it was very late, but the new quartermaster Billy Lavine, a Spanish sailor with only one eye and the other eye with a black blindfold, still did his duty, and did not choose to conspire with the sailor to secretly drive the ship away, but guarded the ship and waited quietly for Wang Hao to return.

Of course, this may also have something to do with the famous reputation of the 'Thunder Pirates' in the Caribbean.

Billy instructed the sailor to tie up the dinghy, and then asked, "Captain, have you given your gift?" ”

"Of course!" Wang Hao gave a thumbs up and pointed to his nose, "No one can refuse something shiny, can they?" ”

"But I never thought that you would come back so early, didn't the other party invite you to stay there for the night?" ”

"Uh......" Wang Hao raised his hand and touched the stubble on his chin, "Don't you think your words today are a bit much?" I think someone needs to clean the bilge! ”

"Well, Captain, I just wanted to ask...... No, I'm asking for the sailors, are we resting here? Or is it just a daze here? Billy immediately performed the duties of a quartermaster, giving his advice: "My advice is that it is better to anchor and leave." We've been adrift at sea for a long time, and I think the crew misses civilized life! ”

"In that case, let's anchor! Let's go to a place where there is no civilization, but it will definitely make you happy! Wang Hao walked to the steering wheel and began to give orders, "Go and wake up those slackers, we have to rush overnight, the goal, Nassau!" ”

Nassau, a harbor where ships can anchor in any weather, is a beloved hideaway for pirates and raiders.

Initially, Nassau was established as a commercial port, but it was soon overrun by lawless voyagers. Over the years, Nassau was a stronghold of pirates, raiders, and wrecked crews who made Nassau infamous.

It was also for this reason that Nassau was repeatedly destroyed over and over again by the Spanish Navy, the French Navy, the British Navy, and the navies of two or three countries, taking turns destroying it over and over again.

However, the shipping lanes near Nassau were often filled with cargo-laden and slow-moving merchant ships, and it was difficult for pirates to resist the desire to rob them. As a result, countless pirates gathered here, and they soon rebuilt the port of Nassau.

It can be said that Nassau, like Tortuga, is a city made up entirely of pirates, but unlike Tortuga's constant chaos, Nassau was forcibly taken possessed by a group of pirates not long ago and began to govern the area.

The leader of this group of pirates is none other than Benjamin Hornigold, a British pirate with more than twenty plundering ships.

It has to be said that the pirates are indeed a group of people who only know how to plunder and have fun. After Wang Hao decided that the goal was Nassau, all the sailors erupted in extraordinary passion, so much so that the speed of the ship was a little faster than usual. There was only one thought in everyone's mind, and that was how they were going to squander all the looting they had done when they got there.

After the Equality arrived in Nassau and had a brief registration, the sailors dispersed and began to squander their hard-earned fortune.

And Wang Hao went to the agreed place, a tavern built on the seaside.

The tavern is located on a cliff by the sea, and the main body is a platform made of wood, so that the view from here is very large, and you can see the whole port.

Before he could get close to the tavern, he heard Benjamin's voice greeting him, "Hey, Wang! Oh my God, it's almost a year gone, and I almost don't recognize you! Come in and have a drink. ”

Wang Hao took a few steps and came to the platform, where Benjamin enthusiastically handed out a large glass filled with rum.

The two of them laughed and clinked glasses, raised their heads and dried, and then heard Benjamin say, "Finally waiting for you, come, most of our allies are here." ”

Wang Hao glanced at the table in the tavern, and sure enough, he saw a lot of old friends, not only 'Blackbeard' Edward Titch and 'Black Sam' Sam Bellamy, two of Benjamin's old men, but also new faces such as 'Cotton Jack' and 'Legendary Female Pirate'.

It is worth mentioning that the blonde fat man who Wang Hao had just come to this world to rescue, Stede Bonnet, was also among them as a pirate captain. Bonnet is worthy of being a rich man, he bought a brig and armed it with his own funds, and then joined the ranks of pirates with the help of Wang Hao, how much wealth Wang Hao plundered is not clear, but he did earn himself the nickname of 'gentleman pirate'.