Black Prince Sam sent a dozen of the best sailors to sneak into the area where the Spanish treasure ship dived, and quickly figured out where the gold was.
But then they encountered another problem
How to get the gold out of the sea.
Those boxes containing gold fell half a mile away from the coastline. The water depth is about 20 meters. Withstanding an additional atmospheric pressure, further down the water pressure will cause obvious nitrogen anesthesia, oxygen poisoning and other symptoms.
Zhang Heng vaguely remembers that without any equipment, the largest diving record of human beings seems to be more than 40 meters. I don't know how to do it.
The group sent by Black Prince Sam all grew up by the sea, and many of them are children of fishermen. The man actually dived to the bottom and brought up a scattered gold bar.
"It looks like we'll be staying on this island for a while." Black Prince Sam said with a wry smile.
But no matter what, the joint hunt was a success.
Even if 5,000 pounds of gold is divided among six ships, each person can get a large sum of money. In addition, that ship also transported a batch of tobacco, but it was impossible to salvage after being soaked in water.
Even Brook, who suffered the heaviest loss, was in a good mood at this time. Even if the extra half of the booty was deducted for the maintenance of the ship and the compensation for the wounded, there would still be a lot left.
Of course, Zhang Heng and his Jackdaw were even more enviable. He and Brook acted as bait together, but in the end the three Spanish sailing ships chose the weaker defensive Swordfish as their main target.
Except for the two rounds of bombardment before, the Jackdaw was not attacked much after that. Later, when the siege was encircled, he also chose a good entry point. The Jackdaw joined the battle after all four pirate ships in the bay attacked. At this time, the three Spanish sailing ships could no longer take care of him.
When making the bait before, Zhang Heng made every choice and grasped the timing very well. Not only did he successfully confuse the opponent, but he also won the opportunity for the Swordfish to retreat. Without his two entanglements, Brook and his The crew are now feeding the fish on the bottom of the sea.
Therefore, the captain of the Swordfish was very grateful to Zhang Heng, and came to thank him in person after landing. Zhang Heng had not had much contact with Brook before, but he was no stranger to this name, except for the latter's reputation in Nassau. , also because his name was also on that joint recommendation letter.
Contrary to Zhang Heng's expectation, after contacting Brooke, he discovered that the latter was not as indifferent as he appeared on the surface, but in fact he was quite talkative. There are no ten sentences. Zhang Heng thought that his character was like this, but now it seems that this is not the case.
"Sorry, I'm not targeting anyone else, I'm just having a bit of a conflict with Gunpowder Jarvis." Brooke said
Gunpowder Jarvis was the captain of another pirate ship Warrior in this operation, and he was also one of the names on the joint recommendation letter.
Zhang Heng remembered that the Black Prince Sam said that he used this matter to mediate the conflict between two friends. From this point of view, it should be Brooke and Jarvis. up.
"Jarvis and I have been friends for more than ten years, and my relationship with him is longer than that of Sam. About two months ago, I got a very valuable clue that there was a slave ship departing from Africa. , planning to go to Boston, the quality of the goods is very good, they are all young and middle-aged men aged 16 to 18, in good health and with neat teeth. A group of guys with unknown origins, I sent someone to negotiate with them, but they didn't talk about the rules at all, they killed the boatman I sent out, and then attacked me without saying anything, but their boat was not as good as mine Quick, I escaped in the end.
"Looking back afterwards, I always have the feeling that those people seemed to be targeting me, so this matter is not a coincidence, but a personal grievance." Brooke paused, "But before I went to sea, I only talked about this matter. I told Jarvis, so when I came back, I went to his residence to question him face to face. He denied it and acted very angry, saying that I shouldn't doubt him. I thought I had wronged him at the time, but then I sent I found out that he had sneaked out of Nassau the night before I went to sea, but on a ship other than his own."
"The conflict between you because of this matter?"
Brook nodded, "I just don't understand why he would attack me based on the relationship between the two of us before, forget it... I don't bother to think about this kind of thing, I promised Sam not to attack him, but that's all , From now on, there will be no relationship between the two of us."
Brooke and Zhang Heng chatted a few more words, at this time Eric, the black helmsman on the Vader, came over.
"Ah, you are here, we are lucky, Bauer's people found some wild goats on the island, and rabbits and so on. We have orals tonight, and there is a lot of rum on board, Sam It is proposed to hold a bonfire party to celebrate the success of this operation, and we became the first group of pirates to successfully rob the Spanish treasure ship in this sea area."
"Celebration, now, but isn't the gold still under the sea?" Zhang Heng asked.
"Yeah, but they won't run away with long legs anyway, don't worry, we will find a way to pick them up." Eric patted Zhang Heng on the shoulder, "What can you do over there?" You can also contribute something to eat."
"I can supply 30 casks of rum, plus a batch of fresh lemons."
"Great, I'll organize people to catch some fish. Your lemons can be used to remove the fishy smell."
Brooke on the other side spread his hands, "As you can see, there is nothing on my boat now."
"It doesn't matter. Captain Sam is already solving this matter. Maybe you can thank Jarvis. I heard that he is willing to give you a third of the supplies."
Brook raised his eyebrows, "He did it voluntarily, or Captain Sam told him to do it."
"Is there any difference between the two?" The black helmsman blinked his eyes, "Be more generous, Brooke, that matter has passed for so long, do you still have to worry about it? Wait until we get the gold on the bottom of the sea Don't you make up for your previous losses?"
Brook snorted coldly, but didn't say anything else.