Chapter 212 Celebration Party

Black Prince Sam sent a dozen sailors with the best water skills to sneak into the area where the Spanish treasure ship had dived, and quickly found out where the gold was.

But then they encountered another problem

——How to get this gold out of the sea.

Those boxes containing gold fell half a mile from the coastline. The water depth is about more than 20 meters. This is almost the diving limit for ordinary people. In addition to being limited by oxygen, every ten meters a person dives in the water, he will Withstanding an additional atmospheric pressure, and further downward water pressure will cause obvious symptoms such as nitrogen narcosis and oxygen poisoning.

Zhang Heng vaguely remembered that the largest human diving record seemed to be more than 40 meters without the help of any equipment. He didn't know how he did it.

Like the group of people sent by Black Prince Sam, they all grew up on the beach. Many of them are children of fishermen and have excellent water skills. However, they only dived to where they could see the box and came up immediately. Only one Someone actually dived to the bottom and brought up a gold bar that was scattered around.

"It looks like we have to stay on this island for a while." Black Prince Sam said with a bitter smile.

But no matter what, this joint hunting can be considered a success.

Even if five thousand pounds of gold were divided among six ships, everyone would still get a large sum of money. In addition, the ship also transported a batch of tobacco, but it could not be salvaged after being flooded.

Even Brooke, who had suffered the most heavy losses, was in a good mood at this time. Even if the extra half of the loot was deducted from the cost of ship maintenance and pensions for the wounded, there was still a lot left over.

Of course, Zhang Heng and his Jackdaw were even more enviable. He and Brooke served as bait together, but in the end the three Spanish sailing ships chose the Swordfish, which had weaker defenses, as the main target.

Except for the two rounds of shelling it suffered before, the Jackdaw did not receive much attack after that. During the encirclement, he also chose the entry point very well. The Jackdaw did not join the battle until all four pirate ships in the bay launched attacks. , at this time the three Spanish sailing ships no longer cared about him.

When making bait before, Zhang Heng's every choice and timing were also excellent. Not only did he successfully confuse his opponent, but he also gave the Swordfish a chance to retreat. Without his two entanglements, Brooke and him would have The crew is now feeding the fish at the bottom of the sea.

Therefore, the captain of the Swordfish was very grateful to Zhang Heng. After landing, he came to him in person to thank him. Zhang Heng had not had much contact with Brooke before, but he was not unfamiliar with the name, except because of the latter's reputation in Nassau. , and because his joint letter of recommendation also had this name on it.

And to Zhang Heng's expectation, when he met Brooke, he found that the latter was not as cold as he appeared on the surface. In fact, he was quite talkative. When discussing the battle plan several times before, he had always cherished words like gold. Add up to what he said. There were not even ten sentences. Zhang Heng thought that this was his character, but now it seems that is not the case.

"Sorry, I'm not targeting anyone else, I just have a little conflict with Gunpowder Jarvis." Brooke said

Gunpowder Jarvis was the captain of the Warrior, another pirate ship in this operation, and was also one of the names on the joint letter of recommendation.

Zhang Heng remembered that Black Prince Sam said that he once used this incident to mediate the conflict between two friends. It seemed that the people he was talking about were Brooke and Jarvis. Unexpectedly, he actually called them two again during this operation. On.

"Jarvis and I have been friends for more than ten years. I have been friends with him longer than Sam. About two months ago, I got a very valuable clue that there was a slave ship sailing from Africa. , planning to go to Boston, the quality of the goods was very good, they were all young adults between the ages of 16 and 18, in good health, with neat teeth. I led the people to the route of the ship in advance, and when I was about to succeed, I suddenly rushed out. There was a group of guys of unknown origin. I sent people to negotiate with them, but they didn't follow any rules. They killed the people on the boat I sent out, and then attacked me directly without saying anything, but their ship didn't have me. Come on, I finally escaped.

"Looking back afterwards, I always have the feeling that that group of people seemed to be coming for me, so this incident was not a coincidence, but a personal grudge." Brooke paused, "But I only mentioned this matter before going to sea. 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 should not doubt him. I also thought that I had wronged him at the time, but later I sent People investigated and found that he secretly left Nassau the night before I sailed, but on a ship that was not his own."

"Did you have any conflicts because of this matter?"

Brooke nodded, "I just don't understand why he would attack me based on our previous relationship. Forget it... I'm too lazy to think about this kind of thing. I promised Sam not to attack him, but that's all. That’s all, from now on there will be no relationship between the two of us.”

Brooke and Zhang Heng chatted for a few more words, and then Eric, the black helmsman on the Vader, came over.

"Ah, you are here. We are lucky. Ball's people found some wild goats and rabbits on the island. We have some oral drinks tonight. There happens to be a lot of rum on the boat, Sam. I suggest we just hold a bonfire party to celebrate the success of this operation. We became the first group of pirates in this area to successfully rob a Spanish treasure ship."

"Celebrate now, but isn't the gold still at the bottom of the sea?" Zhang Heng asked.

"Yeah, but they won't run away 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? If you have something to eat, you can also contribute.”

"I can provide 30 barrels of rum, plus a batch of fresh lemons."

"Great, I'll organize more 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 one-third of the supplies."

Brooke raised his eyebrows, "Did he do it voluntarily, or Captain Sam told him to do it."

"Is there any difference between the two?" the black helmsman blinked, "Be more generous, Brooke, that matter has passed so long, do you still want to worry about it? Wait until we get the gold from the bottom of the sea. Can’t you make up for all your previous losses?”

Brooke snorted, but said nothing more.