Zhang Heng is not indifferent to Kidd's treasure.
After all, as the son of a farmer said, it would be much easier for him to set up his own pirate ship with such a start-up fund. Nassau does not lack sailors, but all kinds of skilled people, and most importantly ships, especially ships with certain firepower.
The vast majority of Pirates only drive the most common small fishing boats, which don't even have guns on them. When they go to war, they can only be hit unilaterally, praying that they can get on the opposite deck before they are sunk by shells.
Therefore, if Zhang Heng plans to work alone, the first thing he has to do is to find a boat. During this time, he has been out to sea with the sea lion and has gained some income. In addition, he has accumulated some money to help the old pirates collect debts. However, it is quite a long way to buy a boat, even the most common sloop.
Kidd's treasure can undoubtedly solve this problem, but the problem is that it happened at a time when Goodwin was going to challenge Orff, and helped him through this trust crisis. What made Zhang Heng more worried about was what happened later.
Orff used this news to arouse the whole boat's emotions, almost effortlessly defeated Goodwin's challenge and stabilized his position. However, it was strange that he did not stop after that, instead, he continued to add firewood to the fire to make it more and more prosperous.
Only recently did Zhang Heng suddenly realize that Orff's target may never be Goodwin. He didn't regard the latter as his own threat at all. He just used this matter to solve the current problems. Now the crew of the sea lion has completely fallen into a fanatical atmosphere, and his influence on the ship has reached its peak.
The previous battles are the best illustration. In the past, this kind of action which is not directly proportional to the cost and benefit will be rejected by the crew before it starts. But now, no one on board or off the ship has raised any objection. Now, even if Orff intends to lead the ship to the dungeon, I'm afraid there will be no objection.
Under such circumstances, if Orff is really hostile to a certain crew member, his situation will undoubtedly become very dangerous. Therefore, Zhang Heng has been keeping a low profile recently after discovering that someone is spying on him in the dark. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, he has deliberately reduced his contacts with other people.
However, sometimes you don't look for trouble, but trouble comes to you.
Late at night, Zhang Heng was awakened from his sleep by a knock on the door. He opened the window and saw a black carriage parked downstairs.
"Who?" Anne yawned her head out of the room.
"It's none of your business. Go back to sleep." Zhang Heng recognized the carriage, dressed and went downstairs. Malvern's sleep quality was good all the time. Even under such noise, he still snored like thunder.
Zhang Heng didn't take the British saber he had seized from an officer, but took a short musket to defend himself. He went to the carriage and a strong driver opened the door for him.
Behind the door was a familiar face. "I don't want to disturb you at this time, but by contrast, you don't want me to come in broad daylight."
Zhang Heng sat down opposite the old pirate. The door of the carriage closed and the wheels of the carriage rolled again.
"If you're here for Kidd's treasure, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. Orff is very careful. No one knows where he put those maps. Besides, as long as I don't leave the sea lion for a day, I'm still on board. Even if I know where those maps are, I won't tell you."
"Kidd's treasure?" Fraser showed his yellow teeth. "No, no, no, that kind of thing can only cheat those idiots on the beach. You don't believe it yourself, right? Orff has always been good at this kind of thing. You have to admit that that guy has a talent for lying, but I've been cheated by him once and won't be cheated again."
"Then why did you come to me tonight?"
"I have a gift and a message for you." The old pirate threw a small money bag to Zhang Heng. The latter opened it and found that there were only some small things such as small change and belt ring.
"In order to thank you for your hard work, I decided to show my sincerity and give our mutual friend Vic the most complete rest. This is the only thing he has left in the world. From now on, you and your companions don't have to worry about someone threatening you again."
Zhang Heng picked pick eyebrows, some accidents, "why do you do this?"
"I find that you seem to have misunderstood me all the time." Fraser moved his butt to make himself more comfortable. "I've never been your enemy. We've known each other for so long. I've never forced you to do anything, have I? Even if I ask you to collect debts, I will also pay you a lot of rewards. If you want to learn how to control sail from Roscoe, I will also cooperate with you to tell you his secret. You can't find a second person with good intentions like me in Nassau. "
Zhang Heng is silent, which is also his biggest question all the time. In the past nine months, Fraser has clearly grasped his handle, but he has always been very polite. He has never really threatened him. It's like he really wanted to collect debts. Tonight, the carriage appeared downstairs. It's time for Zhang Heng to show his cards, but he didn't expect Fraser to take the initiative to return his handle He came back, and it seemed that even the only worry did not exist."I know what people here think of me before, and I'm sure you've heard the grudges between Orff and me. You're on guard against me because you think I'll use you to stir up the wind and rain on the boat at some time, but in fact, I've put everything down after retirement."
The old pirate shrugged. "Few pirates in history can die well. In a sense, my life is not bad now. But ironically, although I put it down, the people who dealt with me didn't seem to put it down. "
"What do you mean?"
"I'm sorry that Orff's prejudice against me is so deep that he is still alert to everything about me up to now, including you. I just got a very bad news that Orff is going to clean up all the unstable factors on board when he goes to sea next time."
Fraser stopped for a moment, and then said, "anyway, you are involved because of me. I can't leave you alone. My power on the ship has been cleaned up all these years, but if you are in danger and need help, you can find a carpenter named Kent."
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