Chapter 956 Finding the Fountain of Youth
The ship first drove to Havana for supply and asked the old alcoholic about the detailed information about the "Fourth of Youth". The ship was under the banner of Captain Stoke's Portuguese merchant ship, because Captain Stoke was a Portuguese and could freely enter the Spanish port. Before entering the port, the sailors covered the cannons on the deck with waterproof canvas and blocked the muzzle with waterproof plugs. This was for the maintenance of the cannons, and the second was to prevent other forces from discovering the secrets of new cannons.
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"Little Catalina, do you know what you need to ask me?" A one-eyed, sloppy drunkard with disabilities in his legs and feet said in a daze. "I finished all the whiskey you gave me last time..."
Zhang Fan discovered that only such a poor and old drunkard with a wide-edged ragged sailor hat and one-eyed and lame legitimate actually kept a crow as a pet. The red-eyed crow pecked at the bread crumbs from time to time in the old drunkard's hands. Interestingly, the paper crane on the green-winged shoulder, when he saw the red-eyed crow, actually showed great affection and flew up and pecked the crow intimately.
And the crow actually acted like an elder, serious and quiet, like a majestic senior of the family, ignoring the paper crane. This surprised Zhang Fan's Green Wings.
Katerina laughed, "It's ready for you!" After saying that, two black men raised a box of rum and put it in front of the old alcoholic. The old guy's eyes suddenly shone!
"If you are willing to go with us, I will soak you in the barrel every day!" Katerina inserted a dagger into the wooden box, blocking the old drunkard and stretched out toward her dirty hands.
"You know I have difficulty in legs and feet, and I swear I will never go to that disgusting swamp again!" The old alcoholic swallowed, his eyes unable to leave the wine box, "Miss Catalina, my moon, my princess, you can do it. Poor, I am a bad old man, if I go to the swamp of Florida, my old bones will be completely rotten there..."
Katerina smiled sly, pulled out a bottle of rum from the box, and used a dagger to pick out the cork, "Whatever you want... But I can only pour this rum into the gutter..." Katerina poured the wine on the old alcoholic's face.
The old guy greedily licked the wine on his face, "Tsk tsk, don't do this, dear Katerina, you are too cruel! Don't bully me, a poor old man like this, don't waste my rum! I'll go with you, but I'm going with the 'king'. I'm old and forgot a lot of things. The 'king' can help me lead the way, and when I arrive at my destination, I have to pay me thirty gold pounds..." The dark cloud with red eyes was actually the 'king'!
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Jack stood on the top of the mast, suddenly put down his telescope and shouted at the deck below: "See the land!"
Green Wings rode the 'Bai Ze' out of the clouds and sent a message: "There are not many ships in this area, only a Spanish expedition ship is seen. Do you want to try the new artillery with it?"
"Forget it, there will be opportunities in the future." Zhang Fan has no love for robbery.
But it seemed that things went against my wishes. The Spanish pirate ship disguised as an expedition ship did not want to let go of the lonely sloop in front of me. For the Spanish pirate ship, this sloop looked new and in a novel style. It was obvious that it was a trendy rookie explorer. However, the other party was still good at controlling the ship.
It is probably probably a Portuguese aristocratic playboy who wanted to learn from the legendary explorer and come out to find the fictitious "Fourth of Youth" to gain fame. If that were the case, maybe you could get a considerable ransom. No matter how bad the new ship was, you could rob the new ship and sell it. It is hard to say that there is a beautiful Portuguese aristocratic young woman on the ship...
Chavez was overjoyed when he thought of this, and his lower body was a little excited. He took out a black eye mask from his shirt pocket and put it on his intact left eye, pretending to be a one-eyed pirate who had been through the battlefield for a long time. He put the wrinkled black wide-brimmed captain's hat on his head, then pulled out a rusty Turkish scimitar, waved it at the sloop a few times, and shouted at the sailor who was busy on the deck: "Rise the pirate flag and let them surrender obediently!"
"Ship... Captain! The other party's ship is not smaller than ours. We are just two mast ships, and the shells are also rusted..." The young and tender second deputy reported a panic.
"They are just a group of rookies! Look at their ship, the hull is narrow and the side of the ship is so short that it can't hold many people. Don't worry, as long as we raise Chavez's pirate flag, these fat sheep will surrender obediently!" Chavez felt like he had a blindfold, and there seemed to be a grain of sand inside. His eyes were uncomfortable, but he still refused to take them off.
"You said so last time... I was chased to Jamaica!" The young second-tee muttered.
Chavez was said to be a little angry and embarrassed, "Get out! If you don't want to be a second mate, I will go to the old drunkard in Port Havana! At least he will not talk nonsense when he is drunk!"
"As you wish, Captain!" The young second deputy ran away in a hurry, ordered the sailors to raise the black skull flag, and asked the other ship to stop and surrender to him!
Zhang Fan was very depressed. Katerina and Captain Hook both laughed, "There are really no-eyed guys! Brothers, all come out to move your muscles and bones. I think your joints are almost rusted!"
When Jack saw that the other party was actually a pirate, he was so happy that he immediately slipped down from the lookout at the top of the mast, and shouted and asked the black sailors to lift the waterproof canvas covering the cannons, "Get the ammunition quickly! Let me get a shot first! You said, don't be too late! I haven't worked for a month!"
Captain Hook laughed and turned the bow, quickly occupied the upper hand, and crossed the ship. He aimed the starboard ship at the two-masted pirate ship. A bow long-barrel cannon, two double-barrel cannons, and five gun barrels. With the sound of rotating gun mounts, the gun mouth was aimed at the starboard side. The black sailors were busy stuffing the bottom gunpowder bag into the muzzle, and used a long-handled wood plug to the bottom of the gun barrel. Then he struggled to invert the conical shell from the muzzle, and also used a wood plug to push it to the bottom.
The gunner immediately took his seat, began to turn the shaking handle, and adjust the gun firing angle. The red cloth strip Jack stood next to a double cannon in the middle and loudly ordered the gunner to adjust the angle of the gun barrel. This guy is now a first-class gunner!
Chapter completed!