The formation of the Brotherhood of the Coast did not bring any substantial changes to the pirates of Nassau.

Although, this is nominally a pirate republic, and everyone should enjoy a share of rights and obligations. But in reality, the newly formed Brotherhood of the Coast is a loose alliance of pirates.

"It's more like an alliance of drunkards and idiots! It's worth mentioning that everyone has freedom! ”

Although Cotton Jack was always drunk, he also told the truth.

However, Benjamin Hornigold obviously didn't think so, and what Wang Hao didn't expect was that he was still an idealist. He had high expectations for Nassau, believing that the place provided an excellent opportunity to experiment with his social ideals. He hoped that he would be able to create a civilization here that was free of corruption and blind obedience, completely different from the old empire.

And he's really working on it.

But others are clearly a little more pragmatic than Benjamin.

For Blackbeard Teach, Cottonjack or other pirates, more people still think it's just a community of interests.

Everyone huddles up, invades a sea area, and twists into a force to strike at the enemies and peers in the area, and then this sea area can recognize itself as what it wants.

Moreover, although Benjamin issued a number of edicts to restrain pirates, pirates were not navies after all, and Benjamin could not restrain his pirates by paying them military salaries like the navy did.

As a result, the pirates' activities remained the same, and each captain still had his own game and enjoyed very full autonomy.

Time flies, months pass, and the sailors are still indulged in wine and gambling, which is the most stimulating existence in their barren spiritual world.

But Wang Hao has become a little tired of Nassau's ordinary life.

So, he disguised himself and set out alone on a cargo ship bound for Port Royal in Nassau to resupply supplies.

The owner of the cargo ship received Wang Hao cordially, although he didn't know the true identity of the yellow-skinned boy in front of him, but for the sake of the bag full of silver coins and the bright scimitar on his waist, he still handed over his captain's room to Wang Hao with a sneer.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Shepard." Thomas, the owner of the cargo ship and the part-time captain, said hello with a stiff face when he saw Wang Hao.

"Good afternoon, Captain Thomas." Wang Hao, who is alias Shepard, had just finished lunch in the room and was about to go to the deck to relax, when he saw Captain Thomas's constipated face, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Looking at your expression, have we encountered something that cannot be solved?" ”

"Hmm...... Yes, sir. Seeing that Wang Hao saw his predicament, Captain Thomas did not hide it: "Actually, I don't know very well. It is said that he has encountered strange things that he has never seen before, and Mr. Shepard has traveled a lot, so he should be well-informed, so please come with me to have a look. ”

After speaking, Captain Thomas guided Wang Hao to the forward deck.

Wang Hao followed behind Captain Thomas, and after a few steps, he smelled a strong fishy smell, and a group of sailors surrounded the source of the fishy smell, and everyone was terrified.

Captain Thomas separated the crowd, led Wang Hao in, and introduced Wang Hao: "This is just salvaged by the sailors, I thought it was something useful, but I didn't expect it to be such a ...... A monster! ”

Wang Hao took a few steps closer and observed the 'monster' in Captain Thomas's mouth.

The first thing that people have to pay attention to is its body, which is silver-gray all over its body, with blue-black markings on it. The body is flattened and ribbon-shaped, and is estimated to be 6 meters long, and the body is not covered with fish scales. The head is blue in color and is small compared to the body, resembling a horse's head. The dorsal fin is red, and the front rays are filamentous, as if there were tentacles on the top of the head. The abdomen also has a pair of long, red filamentous fins with swollen willow leaf at the end.

Wang Hao pondered the information about this looking creature in his mind, and finally confirmed that this was a deep-sea fish called the emperor ribbon fish.

"Captain......" said one of the sailors, swallowing his saliva and plucking up courage, "we'll throw it ...... Send it back to the sea, I think this monster will eventually bring disaster if it is placed on the ship. ”

The sailors next to him echoed each other.

"This ......," Captain Thomas looked around, and finally made up his mind, "then hurry up and get moving, get a few people, and throw this damn creature into the sea!" ”

"No need." Wang Hao stretched out his hand to interrupt Captain Thomas's movements, "I know what it is." ”

"Oh?!" Thomas grabbed Wang Hao and asked anxiously: "What kind of monster is this, please ask Mr. Shepard for advice!" ”

Wang Hao broke free of Thomas's hands without a trace, glanced around at the sailor, and then said: "Aristotle once wrote in his History of Animals in the fourth century B.C.: 'In Libya, sea snakes are very large. Sailors who sailed along the coast said that they had also been attacked by sea snakes during their voyages. I think that's what I'm describing the monster in front of us. ”

Thomas asked curiously, "So, this is a sea serpent?" ”

"Of course not!" Wang Hao immediately denied, "This is a fish!" ”

"Fish?!"

"God, is it hard to imagine what such a big fish does for a living, eating people?"

"Of course not," Wang Hao came to the fish, took out his saber and knocked on the fish's mouth, and said, "This is called a slurry fish, which is a deep-sea fish." Despite its size, they only eat small and medium-sized fish, squid, krill, and crabs. ”

Wang Hao put away his saber and continued: "So congratulations, you have caught a very rare marine fish. Luckily, it has enough edible parts, I think it should be enough for all of us to have a good meal of fresh food! ”

After listening to Wang Hao's words, the sailors were skeptical, and they all pointed their eyes to Captain Thomas, waiting for the captain to give an order.

After listening to Wang Hao's words, Thomas also breathed a sigh of relief, he raised his leg and kicked the emperor ribbon fish, and then shouted at the sailors: "Didn't you hear what Mr. Shepard said, you, you, you, you guys hurry up and deal with this fish!" Others, go back to your posts, don't rub off the lazy guys, hurry up! ”

After reprimanding the sailors, Captain Thomas turned his head and said gratefully, "Thank you very much, Mr. Shepard. You know, during this long voyage, in addition to disease, navy and pirates, invisible fear is the sailor's worst enemy. ”

Wang Hao shook his head, quietly pulled Captain Thomas aside, and asked, "Captain Thomas, how long is it from Port Royal?" ”

"If we don't go wrong, we'll be in Port Royal by sunrise tomorrow."