Chapter 182 Sudden Storm
The torrential rain came faster than everyone expected. Black Prince Sam didn't stay on the Jackdaw because he was worried about the Vader, which had just repaired its hull. However, as soon as he got into the boat, the rain fell It has begun to fall from the sky, and at the same time, there are storms and waves on the sea.
Thick lightning flashed across the gloomy sky, and thunder roared like the end of the world.
Obviously the distance between the two ships was less than 30 meters, but Black Prince Sam's boat rowed for ten minutes, ups and downs in the huge waves, and finally approached the Vader. One of the pirates was still there. In the process of climbing, he was swept away by the big waves behind him.
The pirates on the Vader could do nothing about it, they could only watch helplessly as their companions disappeared into the waves.
It is impossible to disembark and rescue people in such bad weather.
On the other side, Zhang Heng did not return to the captain's cabin either. He stood on the bow of the Jackdaw, and Billy beside him was loudly instructing the crew to prepare for the storm.
Zhang Heng frowned. He was different from Black Prince Sam. The latter might just think that the weather was too sudden, but Zhang Heng followed Rothko not only to learn the technique of sailing, the old pirate also used his good wind judgment and The weather forecast was also handed over to him.
Although Zhang Heng cannot be as accurate as Rothko in weather forecasting, he can judge the weather changes in a short period of time. The storm appeared too suddenly and without warning. The sky was still clear and cloudless before the clock, and according to the experience Rothko had taught him, the sea should be relatively calm until at least tonight.
However, in just over ten minutes, the weather in this sea area changed drastically. Zhang Heng had only encountered such a situation before, when the Clark boat appeared, but the wind and waves were not as strong that time. Great, now the sea seems to be completely angry, one after another huge waves beat on the side of the ship.
Zhang Heng grasped the cable with one hand to stabilize his figure, and with the other hand, he took off the copper binoculars he carried with him. He first glanced at the Black Prince Sam. The Vader is busy again, but there is nothing going on for the time being. So Zhang Heng moved his gaze further away.
However, to his surprise, this time he did not see the ghost ship from more than a hundred years ago on the sea again. On the contrary, after a while, the terrifying storm began to weaken slowly. , the waves became smaller and smaller, and the raindrops became thinner. Five minutes later, the sun shone through the clouds again, and the sea became calm again, and the dark clouds that had covered the top of the head before disappeared.
In just over 20 minutes, even Annie, who has always been nervous, felt a little unbelievable. After the rain stopped, she shook the raindrops on the tip of her hair, and said, "What is this, is it a prank?"
Zhang Heng was also a little puzzled, but to be cautious, he came to the warehouse at the first time, checked the two boxes of silverware again, and found nothing unusual, and he picked up the rings and necklaces in the drawer , and also did not get the system prompt for obtaining props.
coincidence?
As a result, Zhang Heng is a little uncertain. Regarding the Clark, Zhang Heng always feels that he has missed something, but now he really has no other clues. He can only wait for Vincent to finish translating the three notes. Can you get more information from it?
This sudden and brief storm was just an episode in the long voyage for most people, and soon the pirates on board turned their attention to other things, such as who always sneaked into the kitchen at night to steal bread Eating is another example of where to go to have fun after landing this time.
And the Jackdaw was getting closer and closer to Nassau, but Zhang Heng didn't know that there was also a storm waiting for him on the shore.
The second-hand goods trading office of the businesswoman Karina is very popular on the island these days, and there are endless pirates at the door. Karina also has a boldness that does not match her gender, and the second-hand goods trading office does not refuse people. As long as it is not worthless, the businesswoman is willing to bid for it, and has won a good reputation among small and medium pirates.
At the same time, Captain Malone also bid farewell to his happy court days and became busy again. The Breeze began to shuttle between Nassau and the colony's port, taking the spoils that Karina secretly bought from the pirates on the island. In exchange for bags of gold coins, although most of this part of the income is subsidized to the second-hand goods trading office, and because Karina asks a high price, the profit is not very ideal, far worse than when her father Fagan was on the island .
But no matter what, they finally started to make a profit, at least not everyone would be idle and moldy when the Jackdaw was out at sea.
However, the good times didn't last long. It didn't take long for Karina's private transactions with the pirate captains through the second-hand goods trading office to be leaked, and it spread throughout the entire island almost overnight.
Immediately afterwards, the news that her father was detained by the colony also broke out. This incident that happened a few months ago was not a secret among the black market merchants. It has begun to be vigorously promoted, and the malice behind it is already obvious.
The captains who traded with the businesswoman before couldn't sit still. They just wanted to make extra money, and they didn't want to be tied to Karina, a boat that seemed to be sinking. Moreover, they all insisted that the one who leaked the secret was not their own. The subordinates even wondered whether Karina would release the news by herself. After all, if they fell out with the Black Merchants Alliance because of this matter, Karina would be the one who would benefit in the end.
The businesswoman had to come to the door in person, trying to communicate with them, convincing them that the black business alliance could not really implement the sanctions in the statement, which would be tantamount to pushing them to her, but in the end it had little effect, only two The captain said that if Karina can solve the leak problem, the transaction can continue.
Ma Long shook his head, "There is no way to solve this problem. We have done a good job here. We have arranged manpower to guard the warehouse. Even the sailors on the ship don't know what is being transported every time, so It can't be our side leaking the secrets, but those pirates, they have a lot of talk, as the saying goes, don't expect a group of pirates to keep any secrets, especially when they are drunk."
Karina shook her head, "Most of the pirates under their command don't know that they sold the goods to us. This matter is only done by a group of confidantes. Others only want to get the money in the end. The Black Merchants Alliance may hear some rumors, but Their investigation should not have been done so quickly."