Chapter 8 Torti Island
This battle ended with the victory of the party.
The other side's captain and chief mate were all killed in battle, with only ten surviving crew members, and Zhang Yang's death toll was 5. At this moment, these surviving pirates were looking at Zhang Yang in fear.
"That guy has magical magic that can change weapons."
"I saw it with my own eyes, no wonder we lost."
Thomas took out the navigation chart and calculated the current route, then pointed to Zhang Yang in a direction.
"There is a small island 3 nautical miles from this direction. According to the rules of the Pirate Code, these surrendered pirates may not be killed, but they will be exiled to the island and will be left to fate."
Thomas whispered in Chang Yang's ear.
"Captain, listen to me, it's your first time dealing with prisoners, and you can't be too kind to them. What you need now is to establish authority before these crew members."
"I see."
Zhang Yang nodded. They have now become pirates and it is necessary to abide by the following "Pirate Code". Zhang Yang remembers that this code was guarded by Jack Sparrow's father, hidden in the shipwreck bay and showed up during the pirate conference.
These Pamir survivors were caught on the Helen with iron chains. Cindy took five crew members over to take over the Pamir. It was noon and was on the sea again. The humid and stuffy environment could easily cause the bodies to rot. Cindy led his people to throw the bodies of these people down.
Soon, Cindy took over the entire Pamir and made several sign languages to Zhang Yang to show safety. At the same time, a prompt came from the dirty ear.
"You fight off the pirates, and your reputation among the pirates increases by 200 points. Reward 0.3% of the scene exploration."
"You have successfully occupied the Pirate Ship Pamir, and the ship collector mission progress +1."
Thomas and Zhang Yang were on the Helen, and Cindy was driving the ship forward on the Pamir. At this moment, the two ships hung up all the sails, and it was a good wind. Soon, they saw the island that Thomas had mentioned.
The island is not too big, covered with coconut trees and some tropical plants. You can see the white beach. Other sailors burst into laughter. They took out a wooden board about three meters long from the cargo hold and extended half out of the ship's side. This is one of the most popular ways for pirates to deal with prisoners - walking on the wooden board!
In history, this kind of punishment method of walking on wooden boards was the most popular method for pirates. They blindfolded the other party and let the other party walk out step by step in the darkness. Then they fell into the boundless sea.
However, this is the way to deal with the murder. According to the Pirate Code, although Zhang Yang and his team could force the other party to walk on the wooden board, they were not prepared to kill them immediately. Zhang Yang gave them a gun, 10 bullets, black gunpowder, and a scimitar. This allowed these people to solve their lives happily before they died.
Zhang Yang said goodbye to these pirates calmly.
"Gentlemen, our journey is over, good luck. Maybe you can catch a few turtles and tie them to your feet to get out of here."
"Hahaha."
Everyone laughed. The story of a turtle tied to his feet was invented by the famous Captain Jack Sparrow. Everyone knew that he had been betrayed by Barbosa.
"God bless you, if we survive, we will definitely spread your story. Captain from the East, can we know your name."
"Zhang Yang."
"Thank you, we may be able to see the birth of another legendary captain."
The 10 surviving crew members looked calm. They all knew the consequences of the pirates. They would be hung when caught by the Royal British Fleet, and there was no hope of escaping. Zhang Yang did not blindfold them. Zhang Yang's men pointed at the musket and walked onto the wooden board. Of course they would fall into the water when they walked to the end, but there was an island ahead that could last for a while. Maybe there might not be any passing ships to save them.
After the 10 prisoners jumped down one after another to swim towards the island, Zhang Yang and the others turned around and left. At this moment, Zhang Yang already owned two ships. Cindy sailed side by side with the Pamir and Helen and headed straight for Torti Island.
Zhang Yang glanced at the progress of the ship collector.
"Collector of Ship: Current collections of 2, Helen (medium-sized merchant ship), increased by 1% to enhance the attributes."
"The Pamir (a medium-sized merchant ship, later transformed into a pirate ship), adding 1.5% enhanced attributes."
This time, Cindy shaved the pirate flag of the Pamir, and Zhang Yang and the others were not attacked on the road. Four hours later, it was not completely dark, and Zhang Yang and the others saw a wide island.
"You arrive at Torti Island and reward 0.5% of the scene exploration."
Although it was still a distance away, Zhang Yang used a telescope to see at least forty ships docked in the bay, which looked densely docked together, as if they were a fleet of pirates.
"Captain, we can dock, that is Tortie Island. We have two ships and we need to pay some rent."
There is a fee to dock in the bay. 99% of the people on Turtle Island are pirates. They don’t care whether you just killed someone or robbed a ship. As long as you have money, you can do anything here.
Zhang Yang thought for a moment.
"Thomas, do you have any acquaintances here?"
"acquaintance?"
Thomas was stunned for a moment. He went out to sea for many years and had friends from all directions. He thought for a while.
"I do know an old friend in Turtle Island. He still has a good reputation here. Do you need any help if you have anything to do?"
"Help me contact him and I'll say I want to sell a boat, two ships."
Thomas just thought about it for a while and understood Zhang Yang's idea and agreed readily. As well as some of the remaining goods on the ship, they would be processed on Turtle Island.
After arriving at the pier, a black child came over and looked at Zhang Yang and said.
"Rent 1 pound, two pounds 2 pounds."
“So expensive?”
Zhang Yang was a little surprised. The cost of stopping a ship at a British port is 1 pence, but here it costs 20 pence, which is 1 pound. (Note, according to the information, the effective reference range for this exchange rate is from the end of the 17th century to the beginning of the 18th century, 1 pound = 20 pence.)
After paying £2 for rent, the black child handed Zhang Yang two strange wooden strips with a line of strange letters engraved on it, similar to the parking spaces of No. 1 and No. 2 in Area B, and then pointed to the exit road in the distance.
"Don't worry, it's safest to park the boat here. Without the rent sign in your hand, you can't unlock the chains, and no one can drive him away."
Zhang Yang noticed that around the docking of the two ships, a space was separated by iron chains, which looked similar to the white lines in the current parking lot. After Zhang Yang and his friends got the anchor, the black children locked the anchor with iron chains.
Zhang Yang and his team got off the anchor and docked together. There was no need to worry about the stolen ships here. At the exit of the bay, there were 4 fully armed 5-level battleships guarding the exit, equipped with 30 artillery. Those who drove the ship could only leave with a rental sign (that peculiar wooden strip), otherwise they would be bombarded into pieces by the four battleships.
Zhang Yang asked his crew members to go to freely move, leaving two people to take turns to guard the goods, gather here tomorrow morning, and then took Cindy and Thomas to find that old friend.
The three of them came to a noisy tavern. The decoration outside looked very worn, but it did not affect the people inside to have fun and get drunk. Countless drunks fell into the pigpen when drunk, or started fighting. The people around them clapped loudly and cheered, and the women twisted with the cheerful music.
"This is West Tavern, the largest tavern in Torti Island, and that old friend is the owner of this place."
While explaining to Zhang Yang, Thomas pushed a drunk guy away and walked towards the counter. He looked around and saw that no one was there, and then patted the counter and said to the guy.
"Hey, give me a big glass of rum, and I want a special and fragrant one. I called West over and said someone came to him to ask for black threaded shells. Cindy, Zhang Yang, what you two like to order by yourself, all of them are recorded on West."
“I want a cup of whiskey.”
"I want light rum, big glass."
Cindy and Zhang Yang ordered a glass of whiskey and rum. Cindy liked the spirits, but Zhang Yang was very curious about rum and wanted to taste it. When the guy inside heard the words "black threaded shells" and poured wine for everyone, then got up and called West.
Zhang Yang took a sip of rum, and a faint sweetness filled his mouth, exuding a faint fragrance, and he couldn't help but take another sip.
Rum is a distilled liquor made of sugar cane and molasses. It is originated in Cuba and has a sweet taste and rich fragrance. According to the flavor characteristics, it is divided into two categories: light fragrance and strong fragrance.
After a busy day or a fight to relax, rum is the most suitable one. It is not only cheap but also affordable. A large glass of high-quality light-flavored rum costs about 10p. Of course, there is also a 1p 1p 1g inferior rum that ordinary sailors drink. Zhang Yang is not short of this money now, so he ordered a better one.
"Thomas, what does that black threaded shell mean? Is it a code?"
Zhang Yang was a little curious, and Cindy took a big sip of brandy and looked at Thomas together.
"Ah, you say this, it's almost the same as a code. I came here two years ago. We were drunk together. If I had something to do, I would just go to West Bar and talk about black threaded shells."
Thomas was drinking a strong aroma, and Zhang Yang was a little uncomfortable with it. As soon as Thomas finished explaining, Zhang Yang noticed a thin middle-aged man coming over with European monocles on his eyes. When he saw Thomas, he immediately burst into laughter.
"Look at who this is, my old friend Thomas, I have been missing for two years, and you actually blackmailed my rum as soon as you meet." (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!
Chapter completed!