Chapter 551
Time Reverse was about two quarters ago...
"Ship! Look, there is a boat coming over there--!"
The watchman on the mast suddenly yelled in excitement. On the messy deck, the captain of the Black Sparrow, Ed, also known as the "black blind", quickly got up and jumped and ran to it with only one good leg. At the stern, stared wide-eyed stared wide-eyed.
Sure enough... Not far behind them, a standard Sackland galleon was slowly approaching.
"The swallow-tail flag on that ship...like an iron crown?" a sailor suddenly shouted.
tone barely fell, the sailors around have changed their colors!
Their Black Sparrow is not a serious merchant ship. Once discovered, the consequences...unthinkable!
"You idiot, where is the iron crown?!" An experienced old sailor next to him immediately noticed the strangeness, and cursed at the rookie who had just scared everyone to death:
"Keep your eyes open and see clearly. Under the crown of that banner is a lion, and under the real iron crown of Dessa Leon are three dragons! That is simply not the symbol of the Imperial Family, but the banner of the Imperial Governor of Byrne!"
But this remark did not make the surrounding sailors look better, one by one is still trembling with fear, even "black blind" Ed's own face is also gloomy and uncertain.
The empire’s galleys are usually equipped with at least one ballista, forty fully armed sailors with crossbows, and twice as many sailors; and because they are warships, their speed is also higher than normal. The merchant ship is much faster, and when necessary, you can also use manual paddles to increase the speed of the ship.
In other words, whether this ship belongs to the Imperial Legion or the Governor of Byrne in the south... it is definitely not the object that this "Black Sparrow" can provoke!
It’s too late to even want to run-when they can see each other, they must have discovered their "black ship" without any flags; once they speed up to escape, apart from exposing themselves There will be no good results outside.
So Captain Ed immediately rejected the idea of escape-this is an inland river, not a sea. Can a broken merchant ship still run through the battleship? !
"Black Sparrow" is not "Black Pearl" after all...
"They have accelerated and are approaching!" At the top of the mast, the watchman suddenly cried out in surprise, originally The henchman trembling with fear immediately lost one's head out of fear.
"Boss, what should I do?!"
"What are you panicking?!" Captain Ed stared at the shameful henchman beside him, pondered for a moment, and pointed towards the top of the mast. The watchman roared:
"Look again to see if there are any other signs on that ship!"
The watchman who got the order quickly stared wide-eyed; the deck Almost all the sailors could not help but lift the head, waiting for news from there.
A few minutes later, the watchman finally sent the answer: "I saw it. There is also a swallow-tail flag on the ship with the logo of the Chamber of Commerce!"
The expressions of the sailors who received the news hardly changed, and their faces were still pale-as the richest and most powerful Chamber of Commerce in the South, the relationship between the Chamber of Commerce and Governor Byrne is almost well known; in the same way, the Chamber of Commerce is almost well known. It doesn’t seem surprising that of Commerce can borrow a battleship from Governor Byrne.
But Captain Ed’s expression was overjoyed, staring at the battleship, as if to write down the appearance of the ship; it took a long time before he made up his mind and asked the sailors Order:
"Listen, everyone, let's stop the boat!"
tone barely fell, everyone was shocked, even the watchman on the top of the mast was almost surprised Falling from above.
On the deck...death silence.
"That...the boss." An old sailor swallowed, and plucked up the courage to open the mouth and said: "You did this...Should you explain to us?"
The other sailors instinctively gathered behind him, watching Captain Ed's eyes become more and more weird, and they almost made it clear "Are you crazy"...Of course, they dare not say such things.
A group of cowards...Looking at their terrified and over-cautious henchmans, Captain Ed hates gnash the teeth, although he will never admit that his little heart is throbbing too.
But the question is, even if they want to run, can they run away... That’s a battleship. Once discovered, even if they can run away, they can’t run out of the range of the ballista-a military ballista, which can be fired with just one shot. They feed the fish with this little sampan!
But you can’t say such things, otherwise you will really end up relying on these cowardly henchman...even more how, Captain Ed doesn’t want to escape, he wants to make a big vote.
That’s right... At the moment when he knew that this ship belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, Captain Ed knew that his only good luck in his life had finally come!
This is the battleship of the empire. Even if it is the Chamber of Commerce, it is not something you can borrow if you want to borrow it. It can allow Governor Byrne to vacate a ship for the Chamber of Commerce. What does this mean? ?
Explain that the ship must be escorting something valuable, or there is some great character on this ship!
"Be quiet, you idiots!" Ed turned around, climbed up the ship's side quickly with one leg, and leaned on the reins to shout at the henchmans:
Think about it, why are we running?"
A group of sailors fell silent for an instant, and then looked at their captain with foolish eyes...even the young sailor who likes to shout. Contemptuous look.
Isn't this nonsense...you will die if you don't run.
A group of idiots, running is really dead...Captain Ed hates gnash the teeth, but now he still needs this group of henchman, wait for the ransom...hmph!
"Yes, if they discover that we are not a merchant ship, then we are indeed dead." The captain waved the short blade in his hand: "But now they don’t know... we are not a real ship. merchant ship!"
"I'll know when they get closer!"
"That's right, which merchant ship doesn't even have a box of goods?!"
"I guess they've discovered it a long time ago... Real merchant ships have the Chamber of Commerce swallowtail flag, but we don't have one!"
"Nonsense, if you have money to hang the flag, you can still use it. Robbery?!"
...There was an uproar on the deck, Captain Ed, who couldn't bear it, raised the short blade and nailed it directly under the feet of the sailor called the favorite!
"Shut up all, you cowards!" Captain Ed foul-mouthed: "Can you use a little brain, we have hostages in our hands, why are you running away?!"
"Since that ship is flying the banner of the Chamber of Commerce, it means that there is a great character of Chamber of Commerce on board! We just need to find a way to let them know about the hostages, and we need it Are you worried about not getting rich?!"
But this answer did not satisfy all henchmans, and an old sailor immediately stepped forward: "What if we don't plan to give money, we are not a serious merchant ship."
"You are still not a thief, will you not even tear the ticket?!" Captain Ed yelled: "Besides, who would be so stupid to tell people that he is not a serious merchant ship? We saved their family. It’s a life saving benefactor, they have to thank us!"
"Listen clearly, you idiots, this is a rare opportunity in our life!" Captain Ed stared wide-eyed. :
"Are you going to be poor for a lifetime, or make a big fortune?!"
"Yorde Chamber of Commerce has money, not what you poor ghosts can imagine If they are rich, one million Silver Coin is not even a root for them; and now we have their family members in our hands, as long as we use him as a hostage and think of ways to deal with it, we can make a fortune from the Chamber of Commerce. Great!"
"Now the choice is yours-those who don't want to go with me can now abandon the ship and escape, and then wait to be sent to the bottom of the gem river by bows, arrows and ballistas to feed the fish; Either follow me to finish the big vote, and if we get the ransom, we will disperse on the spot!"
All the henchmans have no objection to this proposal...If we can really get a million , They do not need to continue to be thieves; and even if the Chamber of Commerce is willing to give them money, they will not be let go, when the time comes, it is necessary to run away.
Speaking, Captain Ed was standing on the side of the ship with his arms outstretched, and his only eye was scarlet: "Equally divide a million, do you dare to join me?!"
"Roar——!!!"
There was a sudden boiling on the deck!
"Boss, what are we doing now?!"
"Of course, let's see how our meat ticket is going..." With that, Ed jumped off the ship's side , There was a trace of hideousness on his face:
"Listen to me, I told him that it was a merchant ship from the Chamber of Commerce, and no one was allowed to give me half a word. !"
"Understood—!" The henchmans were also chuckled with grinning faces.