48 Hours a Day

Zhang Heng knew exactly how important the first voyage was to a new captain, not to mention that he and his Cold Raven were still being targeted by Nassau.

Since his return to the island, countless eyes have been watching his movements, a powerful battleship and an overly young, seemingly inexperienced captain, paired like muffins in the eyes of many.

Therefore, Zhang Heng had to consider the worst possibility before landing. He did not question the loyalty of Billy et al. At least these 16 people would not betray him in the short term after the Kid treasure incident, but he had to take into account the possibility that Billy et al. would be exploited by others.

Especially when the intelligence of the perfume boat and the Daffy appeared, and the location of both happened to be on the Cold Gate route, Zhang Heng felt that the matter was a little too coincidental, and contacted the strong attitude of the Black Merchants League before, Zhang Heng could already predict that the first voyage would not be too smooth.

But he still has a card. Karina belongs to an outsider on the island just like him. Especially when the Black Business Coalition was formed, it was even more devastating for her to try to earn ransom for her father's cause. At that time, she needed Zhang Heng's Cold Raven to provide her with the trophy, and Zhang Heng likewise needed someone to be able to realize the trophy he had stolen every time he went out to sea.

Unlike Billy et al., Zhang Heng had no intention of cooperating with the Black Business Coalition from the outset, not just because of the shadow of Fraser behind it. Many people were unaware of the dangers of this imminent organization. Once Nassau's trading channels were monopolized, pirates on the island were not just losing their bargaining power.

The captain of a pirate ship may have been chosen for reasons such as courage, force, or experience, but ultimately it is because of their ability to create wealth for the crew, and the unrealisable spoils of war cannot be called wealth, in other words, when the Black Merchants Union really monopolizes the entire trade in Nassau, they can easily achieve the objective of removing the captain by refusing to accept the spoils of a ship.

With that right, the status of hackers and pirates would also change.

This is undoubtedly something that Zhang Heng did not want to see. In fact, other captains may not have noticed this, but the conditions imposed by the Black Merchants Union on them made it difficult for them to reject it. In addition to the higher acquisition price of the market, the Black Merchants Union also promised that the price would be valid only when they were captains, in other words, when their crew were later prepared to overthrow them, they had to consider the losses that would result from this move.

This undoubtedly helps to make their position more secure, and as for what happens next, the vast majority of people are prepared to think about it at that time, very few people in the high-risk profession of piracy would have thought about what will only happen tomorrow.

But Zhang Heng could not have been so short-sighted, not to mention the fact that the existence of the black merchants' union has now hindered his development, and Karina's presence offers him a possibility.

Billy and Devereaux felt that the latter was too inexperienced and lacked foundation on the island, so they did not like her, but Zhang Hengzheng, on the contrary, hoped that he would take the lead in choosing a partner and that having a channel at his disposal to stabilize the spoils would be of great strategic importance to him.

Karina is the most suitable partner he can find at this stage, but before doing so, Zhang Heng needs her to prove her abilities.

The Cold Raven arrived on Freshwater Island at sunset, less than 20 hectares long and uninhabited.

There are tens of thousands of such islands on the Caribbean, most of them without names, and Freshwater Island has names because Magellan used to stop here when he was traveling around the world.

Many years later, people were often bewitched by the island's name, but there was actually no fresh water on the island, and Magellan called it that because his fleet was docked here just in time for a storm, so that the fleet lacking water received enough fresh water.

Knowing the truth makes this island even more deserted.

Zhang Heng allowed the Cold Raven to anchor not far from the island, while he came to the island with a small boat of four people, including Annie and Billy.

Everyone jumped off a shallow boat and walked under the coconut tree on a soft sandy foot. Zhang Heng soon found traces of human activity nearby. He did not go any further and whistled as promised. Shortly afterwards, a figure came out of the woods.

When Zhang Heng saw the visitor, there was some surprise. At the time, he and Karina agreed that the latter would send one of his men to bring the news, but it was not expected that the businesswoman herself.

The latter seemed a little slutty, and she probably had been living on the island for a day or two, and although the boat she had been sent had left her with enough food and water, it was already remarkable that a woman could live alone in such an environment for so long.

Karina was also excited to see Zhang Heng because the transport that sent her here had gone back to Nassau, considering that this was not a popular route, in other words, if Zhang Heng could not reach her, she might even die here.

The businesswoman shook, “I found out exactly what you asked for, there was a boat you should be interested in, it sailed from North Carolina half a month ago and it was full of spices. ”

“Spices? ”

“Yes, it's nutmeg from the spice archipelago, and it's a complete accident that the ship will appear in the colonies of the New World, and they're going back to Europe, and I hear that in London, it's worth almost as much as gold. ”

“How far are we from that ship now?” Zhang Heng immediately asked.

“I asked the captain of my transport vessel, who said that it might take a dozen days to catch up with them at the speed of your vessel. ”

“Get on the boat.” Zhang Heng had no bullshit and took the lead to the boat by the beach.

And Billy is still immersed in the news that shocks him, and he still doesn't know what's going on in front of him.

Until the six of them boarded the boat, Zhang Heng explained, "I asked Miss Karina to do me a favor and let her use her relationship in Boston to find out what prey was worth taking on this route. ”

“But... wasn't she in Nassau?” Billy opened his mouth.

“She returned to Boston in the first place that day after we had finished talking, and I chose this as a connecting point also because it was the nearest uninhabited island on our route to Boston, but I must admit that Miss Karina's efficiency was remarkable, and the time I left her was very tight, and she was able to come here so quickly to show that she had only stayed in Boston for less than a day. ”