48 Hours a Day

Zhang Heng switched the British army knife from some injured right hand to the left hand, blocking the other party's two consecutive splits. At the same time, he also took two steps back under reactive force. The sailor across the street saw that someone was weak after a long war. He couldn't help but rejoice. He stopped trying to cut the knife directly into Zhang Heng's chest. This knife had no fancy. It was purely based on strength advantages, but this time Zhang Heng unexpectedly did not step back, but instead welcomed him up.

With the two knives crossed, the sailors on the naval supply boat felt a huge force coming from the mouth of the tiger. His arms were swept away by this force and his face was shocked, and the next moment the British military knife in Zhang Heng's hand had been placed around his neck, saying, "It's over. ”

The sailor's eyes were glowing, and eventually he had to throw away his weapon and surrender.

Zhang Henghuan looked around, and the battle on the deck was nearing its end. The guards who were still resisting in the negative corners were basically forced into the corner. Sooner or later, defeat was a matter of time. Only the captain remained in the captain's chamber, but it was only a matter of time before it was eliminated.

This was the third tough war they had experienced in just two months, and although they had still won, the damage had been severe, and Owen had begun to replenish the prisoners.

The treatment of regular naval sailors in this era was deplorable. In the case of the Royal British Navy, for example, a month's salary was only about £1, equivalent to half of the river gate guards and a quarter of the carpenters. Moreover, the money was not yet fully available and would be deducted by the Comptroller and officers on board. Apart from that, the date of payment was uncertain and hardly monthly. The strangest thing was that a cruiser in the waters of the Far East had cleared the bill only once in 22 years, and the Navy Department finally refused to pay it.

These sailors also had a hard time disembarking. When the ships returned to their home ports for refurbishment, officers received only half their salary, while the bottom sailors were simply suspended and left to die for themselves, which was not the worst. Sometimes the Navy simply refused to disembark the sailors for fear of escape. They were transferred directly to other ships before entering the port, and their salaries continued to be white bars.

By contrast, pirates are treated like paradise, rich people making money together, meat eating together, and captains rarely catch their share of the crew.

Zhang Heng came to this copy for almost nine months, he was first forced to join the Sea Lion in order to survive, then had to step into the pirate world because of the main line of work, but now he has a better understanding of Nassau and the group of pirates living on it, a lot of things to look at in the context of the history of the time, in the 17th and 18th centuries piracy was not rampant for no reason.

At the beginning of the great age of navigation, it was difficult to distinguish between explorers, colonizers and pirates, and as European countries caught up in a conflagration, to compete for maritime rights, to create notorious privacy permits, and to completely open Pandora's box, these things may seem incredible from a modern perspective.

Assuming you are a businessman in this day and age, transporting a ship of goods to a colony and being robbed halfway by people from other countries, you will not be able to get it back through legitimate diplomatic means. It is generally the practice of countries to give you a privacy permit to encourage you to take back your losses from others.

In addition, a number of wealthy businessmen and aristocrats would sponsor potential captains to get them a private robbery permit to go out and plunder the sea before returning to split the stolen goods, with the advantage that they could do their utmost to combat the maritime forces of other countries and, at the same time, create an additional navy with no budget increase in their own countries, which would join the battle once the fighting had begun.

Henry Morgan was the best example if you robbed enough to get a royal reception, even to be sealed, to be a national hero, who was king of pirates in the Caribbean from 1665 to 1670, and then succeeded in becoming governor of Jamaica.

In fact, not only the civilian population, but also the Royal Fleet of Sailors, who can't afford money, will also go looting, and there are brokers in the harbor who specialize in turning loot into loot. Of course, the vast majority of this money eventually goes into the pockets of officers, and the bottom sailors receive very little.

Fraser once said to Zhang Heng at the tavern, "Do you know what the difference is between us and those guys? And that's what they have, and we don't, and we become hated pirates, and they're heroes, and that's the law of the world. ”

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Zhang Heng put away his knife. With the bursting sound coming from his feet, the last place on the ship was also breached. The captain of the naval supply ship died in battle, and the rest of the sailors surrendered their weapons and surrendered. The boat doctor was busy rescuing the wounded, and the bookkeeper was counting the cargo in the cabin.

The casualties on the pirates' side are also high, which is why no one wants to fight the navy, even if it is just a supply ship, and the firepower on board is remarkable, and the profit from robbing a navy supply ship is often low compared to the price paid.

Seventeen people were killed and many wounded in a vicious battle, but morale was miraculously not thwarted, especially when the helmsman, Olf, showed up in front of the crowd with a small map of the bloody treasure.

“Undoubtedly, we are one step closer to our ultimate goal, gentlemen!” The helmsman inspired.

According to Olf, Kid's finances were hidden on an uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea, and he drew a treasure map before his death, but the treasure map was eventually divided into six pieces, which fell into the hands of those involved in the capture and trial, and now the Sea Lion is searching for the whereabouts of these treasure maps, four of which they have now obtained, and are indeed on the verge of victory.

But then Owen walked up to the helmsman and said, "Mr. Olf, can I talk to you for a second? ”

The latter nodded and the two of them came to the stern, showing concern on the sailor's face, "I wonder if you've noticed that we've lost a lot of hands lately. ”

Olf nodded, "So how's the recruiting going? ”

“You know we can't fill all the vacancies with these guys, right? After all, they're the Navy. If there's too many people in here at once, we'll have to think about if someone slits their throats while sleeping. ”

“So what do you suggest? ”

“We've been out for two and a half months, and I suggest we go back to Nassau for some supplies.” Owen Dao.

Orpheus looked into Captain Sailor's eyes and said halfway back, "I don't want to hide it from you, but once the treasure hunt gets out, it will cause some unnecessary trouble, but I will respond to your suggestion to the Captain. ”