"Adam, wave the flag!"

As soon as Rod's voice fell, someone immediately stood on the bow of the ship, holding a blue and white striped flag in his hand.

Waving the flag together means agreeing to meet the ship on the other side.

Immediately after, Adam asked the crew to go to everyone, Uncle Goatee and Green stood guard in front of the cabin door, the two waited for Adam's instructions, the other crew went to the oars room, the gunner entered the gun room facing the opposite side of the ship, and Ye Qing and the others stayed on the deck.

In a few minutes, everything is ready.

When the opposite ship came, Rhodes explained to Ye Qing: "That ship has gun emplacements and no artillery, even if it is occupied by pirates, they can't choose to attack from afar, they can only board the ship and fight in close combat, we have guys, don't be afraid of them!" Besides, the weather is so good today, they want to hide another ship behind them, unless it comes out of the sea! ”

"Are they really asking us for help?"

"It depends." Rod walked up to Adam and explained a few words to him.

About twenty minutes later, the merchant ship on the opposite side slowly approached.

When it got closer, Ye Qing saw the whole picture of the merchant ship, as Leon said, the hull was not damaged, but it was relatively dilapidated, two circles larger than their ship, and the hull material, style, and artillery were not as good as Rhodes's ship, like a homeless man who had been adrift at sea for a while.

And there were twenty crew members standing on board, their faces haggard and dejected, and their eyes were full of longing as they looked at each other.

After getting Rod's permission, a long plank was set up on the opposite boat to Rod's boat, and the two men jumped off in turn.

The two men were tall and short, the tall man had a sallow face and a thin body, and the short man had a bad face but looked a little puffy.

The tall man didn't move when he landed, and the short man took the initiative to put his saber on the plank and walked towards Rhodes.

"I'm Chris Rillimoka Duff." Chris, the short man, pointed behind him, "He's my brother, Bian." ”

"I'm Captain Rodriguez Rodrigo Rosas."

"Half a month ago, our ship was attacked by pirates, they took away all the artillery and food, we have been hungry for a long time, we want to change some fresh water and food, we still have some hidden things on the ship, you can choose."

Rod didn't reply to his request, asking, "Where did you get attacked?" ”

Chris turned sideways, he glanced at Tien and said, "Near Rose Bay." ”

"Were you going to Victoria Island?"

"No, we had been to Victoria Island and wanted to go back to Ebbins, and the day after we left Victoria Island, we met the first wave of pirates and were forced to change course to the vicinity of Rose Bay, and then we met the second wave of pirates."

"I regret what happened to you, have you suffered heavy losses?"

"Except for artillery and food, everything else is fine, they didn't kill us."

"Then why don't you go back to Victoria Island?"

Chris's gaze swept over the people on deck, "Are you guys heading to Victoria Island?" ”

"Yes." Rhodes didn't hide it.

"I advise you not to go, it's full of pirates!"

Adam looked disbelieving and questioned his words: "There are often pirate groups in Rose Bay, and there are occasional pirates near Victoria Island, but how can they gather on a large scale? ”

As the southernmost island of the Norlan mainland, Victoria Island belongs to the Luna family, and in order to defend the family's interests, the Luna family and several large pirate groups have unwritten rules that they cannot rob trading ships flying the Luna family's flag.

Later, some small pirate groups that appeared around Victoria Island to "pick up leaks", fearing the powerful Luna family and the pirate group, did not dare to go too far, and only grabbed goods without killing people or ships.

Chris didn't get angry at Adam's suspicions: "We don't know what happened, but it seems to have something to do with the Fifty-Four Pirates." ”

After Chris finished speaking, he looked at Rhodes and waited for his reply.

But Rhodes said, "We don't want anything from you, but we can only provide you with a portion of the food." ”

"Rodriguez, there are twenty-seven people on our ship, and we will have more than a month to travel back to Ebins, and I hope you will give us more food, especially fresh water. There are really a lot of pirate groups around Victoria Island, it's not very peaceful over there, if you must go, I would suggest you take a break and you can go to Crown Island for a while. ”

Chris's information is very useful to Rhodes and his party, and if they go directly to Victoria Island, they may end up in prison, but only if what Chris says is true.

Chris continued: "We use trading ships, and we usually transport grain between Ebins, Crown Island, and Victoria Island, and sometimes we collect some curiosities, which you can go and see, and you can choose from them. ”

Chris turned back, he waved, and on the opposite boat, someone carried out a large box, opened the box, and the man picked up a gold wine glass encrusted with gems.

From a distance, everyone could see the dazzling light of the gems on the golden wine glasses.

"Rodriguez, we don't want your things for nothing, I also have an important news for you, I hope you can give us more food and fresh water, less of these things, it won't affect you anything, for us, it's life, we don't know when we will meet a friendly ship again."

Chris's words are perfectly fine.

Chris reminded Rhodes and his party that it would not hurt Rhodes to exchange treasures for ordinary food.

It can be said that Rhodes took advantage.

In other places, it is impossible to exchange only a part of grain and fresh water for gold and precious stones.

Chris's words made Rod feel embarrassed.

Because of the long journey, they had prepared plenty of food, and had planned to resupply Victoria Island, but if they gave Chris more food, they would have to go to Crown Island, and Duke Morales of Crown Island was a strange-tempered man, and they might not be able to please Crown Island.

After careful consideration, Rhodes said that he could only give them a little and not take anything from them.

Rod instructed Adam to fetch cooked food and fresh water for Chris.

Chris sighed silently.

"Thank you again." Chris handed the things to Tien and waited for him to carry them back to their ship.

At this moment, Shi Zhenxiang's voice sounded in Ye Qing's ears: "Old girl! ”

Cold, Ye Qing was startled.

"They have a copy of the treasure there."

Ye Qing turned around, went in the direction of the unmanned stern, and asked in a low voice, "What treasure?" ”

"It's a good thing anyway, exchange food with them, and they'll tell you."

She also wanted to ask carefully, Shi Zhenxiang had already slipped away.

"I flashed, bye-bye!"

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