48 Hours a Day

In the early morning, the pirates in the sailor's warehouse were screaming in a loud wash, and suddenly someone came down from the deck and said, "I see land! We're home! ”

The pirates stunned, then burst into cheer and ran to the deck.

Zhang Heng and Marvin were also caught in the crowd and taken out of the cabin all the way. When they arrived at the bow, they also looked at the harbor in the distance, and during this time they had heard more than once about the place from the sailors on board.

They glorify it, curse it, glorify it, and spit on it, but there is no doubt that all people cannot live without it.

This is Nassau, the capital of future generations of the Bahamas, on the northernmost island of New Providence in the western Indian Ocean, home to the finest seaport in the entire Bahamas, where the natives of the island were Lucayos and lived for generations fishing and hunting, discovered in Columbus in 1492, before the first European immigrants set foot on the land and built settlements by 1647.

“You'll love this place, and if you love freedom and adventure, it's hard to resist its charm.” Dewen introduced the two, "this was once a Spanish colony and then changed hands to England. ”

“And now?” The farmer's son is curious.

“Now, this is ours.” Goodwin revealed a white tooth, "Welcome to Nassau, the home of pirates, the land of freedom. ”

The merchant ship sailed into the bay with the Sea Lion, and the pirates were thrilled to put the wooden boat in the water. After that, they couldn't wait to paddle to shore. For more than a month out of the sea, everyone was suffocated. Now all they could think about was how to get off shore and get off the boat, with the exception of those who still had responsibilities.

Diffrena ordered more than a dozen people, including Zhang Heng, and started unloading. Marvin was a little nervous and couldn't help but look in the direction of the kitchen until the old pirate patted him on the back, "Don't worry about that barrel. When you're done with what you're doing, come to the pub and find me.” After that, he also boarded a boat.

Zhang Heng and the farmer's son did not move all the goods to the exchange on shore until the afternoon. The person in charge of the inventory did not enter the kitchen. At the end of the day, Marvin went back and saw that the barrel containing the smoked fish had disappeared.

Difresne called two people, "This loot is not for you, but it won't let you leave the ship without a penny.” He pulled out a pocket of money, "there's 50 silver pesos here, which is sort of an advance for you. It should be enough for you to live on shore these days. You can also get some work in town if you want to make money, but don't sign a contract. Someone will notify you before you go out next time. ”

Thanks to Diffrena, Zhang Heng and Marvin left the exchange, but soon after leaving the house, the latter looked at each other and split the money.

Zhang Heng knew what he was up to. On the way over, the farmer's son was always looking at the boats that were docked on the pier. Nassau was very close to the American colonies. It wasn't long before he left here to go to New York, Boston, and be a young master on his own farm. In any case, there was a better prospect than being a cook on a pirate ship.

However, Zhang Heng knew that he could not escape. If the pirates could not prevent such a thing, they would not be so relieved to let the two of them off the boat. However, Zhang Heng did not remind Marvin of what he meant. He saw that the other party wanted to break up with him. He said with great pleasure that he had split the money between the two sides and received 25 silver pesos each.

Marvin obviously didn't want to fulfill his deal with the old pirates. He saw silver coins fall and with the ticket money, he rushed to the pier.

Zhang Heng weighed his own town today. In the 18th century, Europe's productivity had grown to a pretty good level. The renaissance of literature had just come to an end, especially in the upstream society, and the aesthetic level of architecture and decoration had reached a new height.

But the first impression of Nassau, unlike here, is chaos: there are no theatres, no tall churches and bell towers, no noble ladies and gentlemen dressed in gorgeous pieces to go to prom, some lowly shacks and stone houses, and countless palm trees, as if they were a huge slum.

Wearing exposed gorges to solicit business on the side of the road, revealing their breasts to past men, children running barefoot from the dirt road, at this time, every traveler should watch out for his wallet, the street is full of armed pirates, just walking out of the tavern, another stuck in the casino, in addition to fishermen and hawkers calling for their goods to be sold on the market, young priests talking about how people wash their sins in the open space.

Yet beneath its crude appearance lies a resilient boom and vitality.

Zhang Heng is standing here now and can feel the town flourishing.

The time-flow rate of this replica is the longest he has experienced, at 300 days, plus 24 hours more, and he will stay in the world for 3900 days, more than all previous rounds combined.

This will be a very long journey. Zhang Heng doesn't know what awaits him in the front. Now that the game has started, he can only move on.

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Zhang Heng sorted out what was on his body. In addition to the props he had hidden under the floor that had been removed before disembarking, he also had a short musket with two abbreviations FH engraved on the handle of the gun. However, it was estimated that its owner should no longer be there, a dagger that fits perfectly well, but even if he did, he would not be able to sell a few pieces, and 25 silver pesos. This is a Spanish silver coin, quite popular in the colony.

That's all he's got.

In addition to those assets, he had a debt outstanding.

Zhang Hengyi walked through several pubs and finally found an old pirate in the fourth pub near the reef on the west side of the city. The latter was sitting there watching the dance on the stage, and saw Zhang Hengyu knock on the left hand side of the door. "If I remember correctly, I think I hired two people in the agreement, so when will our fat friend come? ”

“He's not coming over.” Zhang Heng sat down.

“Tsk, that's not a very wise move. He doesn't seem to be awake enough about his situation.” The old pirate deplored, "The man who wanted to catch him was Owen, not Phoebe, or he would have suffered. ”

Zhang Heng did not care about the fate of the farmer's son and said, "When do we start working? ”

“In fact, we're already at work. See that naked muscle man on your right hand side? He's an armorer on the Ranger. About this time last year, he borrowed 200 silver pesos from me. So far, that number has turned to 300. Go get my money back. ”