"I understand that the same is true for the 'Bai Ze' on the Green Wing. When the next level is up, it will become a follower of the scene props. The strength of the scene follower will reach the next level and become a support summon. If our team's strength increases, will the aid summon become a follower? For example, the Vajra King?" Zhang Fan asked.

Shu Yao nodded, "I think it should be possible, but if King Kong wants to become a follower, our strength is not enough..." From this aspect, it can be seen that King Kong's strength is still above the bone dragon Osirels.

The Ark of China stopped at the secret anchorage of a certain island in Cape Verde. This is a quiet and beautiful bay. There is also a complete merchant ship. This ship is a very beautiful small Spanish-style three-masted Garen ship, 25 meters long, 6 meters wide, 4 meters of draft, and a displacement of about 150 tons. As a merchant ship, it is relatively affordable.

"My Captain, that's why we're hiring you." Arkan said to Stoke with a smile, "How do you look at this ship?"

"Captain?" Stoke narrowed his eyes and stared at the new sailboat, "I am just a navigator, responsible for taking you safely to the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean and meeting Captain Hawkins. As for what kind of captain, well, I can only promise you to drive this ship to the Caribbean. I don't want to leave Harcourt Port for a long time. But why do I look so familiar with this ship?"

Stoke took a sip of wine and said carelessly: "I heard Captain Hawkins lost a large merchant ship carrying black slaves, and it seemed to be snatched by a group of Cape Verde black slaves. This is really interesting..."

Aken was not surprised to hear this, "It seems that there is this rumor. I have also heard of some more interesting things. A kind oriental nobleman could not bear to have three hundred black slaves sold or even died of infectious diseases, so he taught these black slaves to drive a sailboat. He also warned them not to hurt the lives of the crew even if they snatched the ship... And I also heard that a Portuguese with affection and righteousness fell in love with a black woman who had saved him, but God did not do good deeds, that..."

"Enough..." Stoke waved sadly when he heard Aken mention his past, "I do hate Hawkins' dirty business of selling black slaves, but I owe Drake a favor, so I will guide you. I won't tell you about this, but you won't just drive this ship to Hawkins..."

"Of course not. We are going to find a port and modify the ship after we arrive in the Caribbean..." Akan was in a good mood to show his thoughts when he agreed to keep it confidential.

"This is Hawkins' ship, this guy is the Queen of England's royal merchant. His fleet is a bit famous throughout the Caribbean. If you drive the ship like this blatantly, Hawkins will know everything in less than a week." Stoke sneered.

Akan was so embarrassed, he didn't expect this, "Ah... Then look..."

"You saved those three hundred black slaves, even if I give you a favor for the poor Black Mary." Stock thought for a while, "I know that there is a hidden port for Barbados, on the outskirts of the Caribbean Islands, where you can modify this ship for you. Their skills are good and their mouths are tight. I'll take you there."

"Hidden Port?" Akan didn't quite understand.

Stock smiled, "This is a better saying. In fact, it is the place where pirates sell stolen goods. You know, now the Spaniards regard the entire Caribbean and the New World as their territory. We Portuguese and the British can only survive by some undecent smuggling, or occasionally making guest appearances as pirates. These hidden ports are generated because of this. Don't underestimate these hidden ports, their underground cargo throughput is also amazing! There are countless transformed raid ships."

"Thank you so much!" Akken was overjoyed, knowing that this was the reward of the scene because of Zhang Fan's behavior of saving the black slaves.

"There is nothing to thank. I said that I will give you a favor for Black Mary. But if I change me, I will modify the ship and sell it directly, which will save a lot of trouble." Stoke waved his hand and boarded the stolen Garen merchant ship for inspection.

The former partner of Zhang Fan's team, Sarika, brought his tribe members to maintain the ship very well. They heard that Zhang Fan was going to sail to the other side of the ocean, and they all jumped and signed up to act as a sailor.

With the careful selection of Stoke and Akan, a group of sailors recruited among the Sarica tribesmen, mixed them into the black sailors recruited in Harcot Port, and expanded the personnel to 120. Such configuration has become the standard for an armed merchant ship. And under the influence of Akan, these sailors were selected from excellent indigenous warriors.

After supplying freshwater and food, the fleet did not set off immediately. Because of the Shu Yao's proposal, the black sailors were tattooed with the rune array of the "Vodou" on them. Most of the black sailors were believers of the "Vodou", so they were naturally very willing to accept the blessings of the "Vodou" wizard. How could they know that this was the Shu Yao's Akan in order to fight against Spanish warships in the future, even if these sailors died in battle, it would not affect the combat effectiveness of the ship.

Stoke saw from the number of sailors recruited, Aken's ambition was quite good. It is estimated that when it comes to Barbados, the merchant ship would probably be converted into a Galen warship. But as a warship, this light Galen ship is undoubtedly a little smaller. Although after Hawkins' improvement, the three-masted ship was very fast, but its firepower was definitely not good. If it was a platoon battle, it would be difficult to meet the hundreds of tons of Spanish Carac sailing ship. This was really not enough manpower.

However, it seemed that Akan didn't care. He often discussed with the gentle young wizard of the "Vodou" and asked these indigenous warriors to follow him to learn navigation and artillery techniques, and to scrap the light Galen merchant ship's few long cannons, making Stoke very busy. It seemed that Akan regarded himself as a full-time pirate training officer. But given Baron Shifan's generous reward, Stoke was still happy to work like this.

Stoke didn't know that through his understanding of history, Akan already knew the direction of future naval warfare. These black soldiers were not used for platoon battles, because platoon battles were already an elimination tactic. In the "British-Spanish Naval Battle", Spanish soldiers were full of ships, and they had never even touched the British fleet's ship's side, and they were buried in the Atlantic Ocean.

These loyal black sailors were all prepared to control the crew members of other ships that were seized in the scene in the future. They used their combat talents to master naval artillery skills and cultivate excellent naval combat talents. Now this standard light Garen ship happens to be a representative ship of the British late warships, and actually performed very well in the later naval battles.

This kind of ship is fast, with low bow and stern tower, excellent steering force, and with long-range cannons, it is the nemesis of the Spanish Carac Sailboat! The old Carac Sailboat is a representative ship for eliminating naval combat tactics. The bow and stern tower are too tall, with obvious goals, and slow speed and poor steering force. Apart from loading more people and cargo, it is useless to fight.

A fleet of two ships went west along the current. Along the way, Stoke taught his lifelong navigation and artillery skills to several intelligent black sailors. Among them, Sarika was one of his most proud disciples. All members of Zhang Fan's team, even followers like Willis Donier, learned navigation and sea tactics.

Stoke may not be the best privateer captain, but he is undoubtedly a good teacher. He has a wide range of knowledge. Although his sea tactics are mostly inequality pirate plundering tactics, it is very practical for Zhang Fan's team in the small fleet to fight. Especially Akan, his personality is an absolute pirate.

After more than half a month of sailing, Xuanyuan Xing, who was riding on a wooden kite scout in the air, first reported that the islands and reefs were discovered in front. Then, on the observation deck of the Galen merchant ship leading in front, the black soldier Sarika also discovered a sudden land on the border between the sea and the sky. Stoke immediately rushed to the unfolded chart, pressed the rum bottle in his hand heavily on a corner of the chart, and used a magnifying glass and astrodiameter (there was no sextant in this era, and the navigators used the original and simple astrodiameter to determine the time and find their own sea location.) to carefully check the position of the ship. After a while, he seemed to have come to the conclusion...

Stoke shouted at a telephone call, "Go and report to the Baron, ten miles away is Barbados Island! Be prepared to dock! God knows whether the anchorage of that ghost place is full of dirty pirates!"

A black sailor jumped and jumped onto the rear deck, jumping onto the back deck and sang lanterns to the flagship ark that followed behind. Zhang Fan had naturally received a message and was chatting with Akan. At this time, another message came from Xuanyuan Xing, three large sailboats without flags were coming towards his own route. Zhang Fan Akan didn't care, thinking that this was normal. When he approached the Caribbean Islands, he would naturally encounter various ships.

However, after Stoke went from the cabin to the deck, he was about to take a look at the long-lost Barbados Island. When he recalled the passionate and romantic years of the privateer captain, the nostalgic feeling made him drink one-third of the rum in the bottle in one sip. Stoke opened his drunken eyes and suddenly found three small black dots at the end of the sea level. It definitely looked like it was not land!

Stoke thought of something and immediately woke up halfway. He pulled out an old monocular telescope from his waist, pulled open the tube of the lens, and put it on his eyes to watch. It didn't matter, but he turned the bottle of rum he had just drank into cold sweat, soaking his clothes! Stoke screamed, jumped off the highest point of the rear deck, rushed to the rudder, kicked the black helm who was steering away, and hit a left full rudder!
Chapter completed!