Chapter XVII

The pirates on the deck of the pirate ship took their places, and the pirates cheered as Captain Willie gave the order to set sail.

A few sturdy pirates began to move, the levers slowly turning, and the chains slowly rising, making a seeping grinding sound on the wooden roll on the bow of the ship.

It didn't take long for a huge four-clawed iron anchor to finally be pulled up by several men, and the iron anchor had just broken through the water, and several other pirates used long wooden poles to prop themselves up on the shore of the pier, and their feet pressed hard against the plank.

The pirates shouted slogans to each other, and after a few moments, the pirate ship slowly left the docks.

Most of the sea ships were pointed bottoms, and this newly robbed pirate ship was also a pointed bottom ship, unlike the flat-bottomed ships such as cargo ships that sailed on inland waterways, which could be parked everywhere and walked at any time, these sea ships did not have oars and sailed by sails.

For the time being, the pirate ship can only use wooden poles to prop the ship away from the shore of the dock, and the ship's helmsman steadies the rudder, adjusts the position, and sails out of the island bay, waiting for the wind to blow.

The sails on the ship were all stiff sails with bamboo ribs, very heavy, and more than two dozen people shouted trumpets and pulled the sails up the mast with cables, and the wide sails were like dark clouds, blocking the sunlight from the pirate ship.

The bamboo ribs on the mainsail were tied with cables on both sides, and the pirates adjusted the sails to the direction of the wind and tied the cables to the ship's stakes.

The pirate ship took advantage of the wind, and at this time it was downstream to go south to Gran Island, and soon raised its speed, and the sea breeze blew on the sails, and the sails on the two masts shook gently, driving the mast and the hull to creak softly.

To be honest, this is the first time that Donner has seen how the sails set sail so much, and it takes almost half of the pirates on the entire ship to set sail for a pirate ship to set sail at the same time, and such a cumbersome operation is really eye-opening.

Then the ocean currents and the sea breeze, and after a while, the pirate ship left the sea area of Crescent Island, and the Crescent Island slowly turned into a small black dot in sight.

The pirate ship sailed calmly on the sea, a few pirates with sails in charge adjusted the direction of the sails from time to time, and the rest rested on the side of the deck ship.

This kind of medieval sailing ship, Donner has only seen it on the movie network, he is quite interested, so he found an opportunity to talk to the pirates around him, but people don't like him.

Donner was bored with himself, pouting and not continuing to ask. The group of slaves who followed him had learned a lot of boat skills from Willy in the past two months, but if they were asked to say it, they couldn't let out a fart.

On the vast and boundless sea, I didn't see a single ship along the way, and I didn't know how many maritime merchants in this world were.

The pirate ship was smooth, but the speed was not very fast, Donner silently estimated in his heart, and it was about eight knots.

Donner saw that there were no nautical positioning tools such as compasses and astrolabes on pirate ships, and it seemed that the navigation of this world depended on the experience and memory of the helm, and compared with the islands and reefs along the way as a reference.

In Donner's opinion, it is estimated that the navigation of this world does not have ocean-going navigation technology, and the pirate ship only sails inshore, and when the weather is clear, it can faintly see the western continental coastline, so it will not lose its way.

After sailing peacefully for two days and two nights, the first sea ship appeared in sight.

"Guys, get the guys ready. Willy yelled.

Donner also silently put on the leather armor, hung the scimitar on his waist, and checked the bow and crossbow in his hand, but the arquebus had already been loaded with ammunition, and it could be fired as long as the arquebus was lit.

"There is still half a day to go to the island of Gran. Hans sat down next to Donner and whispered to Donner.

"Gran Island is at its busiest at this time of year, with thousands of pirate ships of all sizes gathering here. ”

"I heard that there are other merchant ships docked here?" asked Donner.

Hans smiled, "Merchant ships? ”

Donner nodded silently after hearing this, the merchants who can go to sea to do business with pirates are not good lords, and the cost of changing from merchants to pirates is quite low.

You don't have to change your clothes and flags, you pick up the handle of a knife and you're a pirate, and then the reward is quite high.

"When I got to the vicinity of Gran Island, it was quite safe and everyone was quite well-behaved, but in short...... It's better to be careful. Hans said after a moment's consideration.

Donner nodded to show that he understood, several large pirate groups on Gran Island had established initial order in this chaotic sea, but pirates were not well-behaved people, and it was not uncommon for them to take risks and eat black under the nose of Gran Island.

As long as you escape safely after doing a vote, God knows that you have broken the rules in Gran Island, and after the change, you are not still swaggering to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble on Gran Island.

In fact, the real reason why this group of pirates obeys the rules is that there are a lot of ships coming and going here, and they all refrain from looting, just because they are afraid that a pirate will suddenly come out next to them to make a profit.

Obviously, the ships on the opposite side also discovered the existence of the pirate ship, and they carefully distanced themselves from the seawolf pirate group.

After sailing in a state of vigilance for more than an hour, more and more ships appeared, and it was only then that both sides breathed a sigh of relief.

There were also some black spots nearby, these are some of the islands and reefs on the outskirts of the Grant Islands, and near noon, everyone had a good lunch, and the main island of Grant Island appeared in sight.

A large number of ships come and go in the surrounding area, most of them sailing towards Gran Island, there are nearly 100 of them.

Once here, the speed began to slow down, and the boat slowly moved in the direction of the island of Gran.

On the way, Donner also saw an island covered with gallows and corpses, and the situation on it was similar to the Hell Island that Donner had encountered when he left the iron ore field, with wooden frames and white bones.

After asking Hans, Donner learned that the corpses on this island were all pirates who had broken the rules around Gran Island, and were hanged here by the people of Gran Island, the purpose of which was nothing more than to establish a prestige and deter other pirates.

The pirate ship entered the bay and was greeted by sails that covered the sky. Countless towering masts are like sharp swords reaching into the sky, and thousands of large and small sea ships are gathered here.

Thousands of medieval sailing ships scattered across the sea would be like a grain of the sea, but the concentration in one harbor is very impressive.

For example, the group of uninformed slaves were already dumbfounded, and Donner, who had seen the Spring Festival and traffic jams, was not surprised by this dense situation.

The harbor of Koh Larn is a natural harbour, with more than a dozen wooden trestles stretching from the pier to the sea, allowing ships to dock here.

There was an arranger on the island of Gran, and the pirate ship sailed into the docks, stopped in an empty space, and dropped the anchor.

Donner stood up, and the pirate colony of Gran had finally arrived.