"I understand, I'm afraid the same is true of the 'Bai Ze' on the other side of the Green Wing. If you go to the next level, you will become a follower of the scene props. The strength of the followers of the scene has reached a higher level, and it has left the level of the followers and turned into a call for assistance. If our team grows, will Aid Call become a follower? For example, King Kong? Zhang Fan asked.

The book demon nodded, "I think it should be possible, but King Kong wants to become a follower, and our strength is not enough......" From this aspect, it can be seen that King Kong's strength is still above the bone dragon Osirels.

The Chinese Ark stops at a secluded anchorage on an island in Cape Verde, a secluded and beautiful bay. There is also a merchant ship that has been completed here. The ship was a beautiful small Spanish-style three-masted galen, 25 meters long, 6 meters wide, 4 meters draft, and a displacement of about 150 tons. As a merchant ship, it is relatively affordable.

"My captain, that's why we're hiring you." Akon smiled and said to Stoker, "What do you think of this ship?" ”

"Captain?" Stoker narrowed his eyes and stared at the new sailing ship, "I'm just a navigator to bring you safely across the Atlantic to meet Captain Hawkins. As for what to be the captain of the ship, well, I can only promise you to sail this ship to the Caribbean. I don't want to leave Port Harcourt for long. But how did I look so familiar with this ship? ”

Stoke took a sip of wine and said nonchalantly, "I heard that Captain Hawkins lost a large merchant ship carrying black slaves, as if it was robbed by a group of Cape Verdean black slaves. It's so much fun......"

Akon wasn't surprised when he heard this, "It seems that there is such a rumor." I've heard some more interesting things. A benevolent Oriental nobleman could not bear to let 300 black slaves be sold or even die tragically from infectious diseases, so he taught these black slaves to sail a sailboat. and warned them not to harm the lives of the crew, even if they robbed the ship...... And I also heard that a Portuguese man with affection and righteousness fell in love with a black woman who once saved him, but God is not beautiful, that ......"

"That's enough...... Stoke waved his hand sadly as he heard Akon mention his past, "I do hate Hawkins' dirty slave business, but I owe Drake a favor, so I'm leading the way for you." I'm not going to talk about it, but you're not going to just get this ship in front of Hawkins......"

"Of course not. When we were ready to go to the Caribbean, we would find a port and refit the ship......" Akon was in a good mood when he saw that Stoke had agreed to keep it secret, and offered his own ideas.

"This is Hawkins's ship, this guy is the queen's royal merchant. His fleet has some fame throughout the Caribbean. If you sail the ship so blatantly, I'm afraid it won't take a week for Hawkins to know it all. Stoke sneered.

Akon was embarrassed, he didn't think of this, "Ah...... Then you see......"

"You saved the three hundred black slaves, even if I return the favor to poor Black Mary." Stoke thought for a moment, "I know that on the island of Barbados, on the outskirts of the Caribbean islands, there is a hidden harbor where you can refit this ship. Their jishu is good, and they have a tight mouth. I'll take you there. ”

"Hidden Harbor?" Akon didn't quite understand.

Stoke laughed, "That's a nice way to put it." In fact, it is where pirates sell their stolen goods. You know, now the Spaniards consider the whole Caribbean and the New World to be their territory. We Portuguese and British can only survive on some undignified smuggling, or the occasional cameo as a pirate. This is how these hidden harbors were created. Don't underestimate these hidden ports, their underground cargo throughput is also amazing! There are countless remodeled plundering ships. ”

"Thank you so much!" Akon was overjoyed, knowing that this was because of Zhang Fan's act of rescuing the black slaves, in exchange for the scene return.

"Nothing to thank. As I said, this is a favor for Black Mary. But if I change it, I will sell this ship directly after refitting, which can save a lot of trouble. With a wave of his hand, Stoke boarded the stolen Galen merchant ship to inspect it.

The former companion of Zhang Fan's team, the indigenous warrior Sarika, led his people to maintain the ship well. When they heard that Zhang Fan was going to sail this ship to the other side of the ocean, they all signed up as sailors.

Under the careful selection of Stoke and Akon, a new group of sailors was recruited from among the people of Sarica, and they were mixed into the black sailors recruited at Port Harcourt, increasing the number of sailors to 120. Such a configuration is already the standard for an armed merchant ship. And under the influence of Akon, these sailors were selected from among the best indigenous warriors.

After being replenished with fresh water and food, the fleet did not set off immediately. Because of the book demon's suggestion, these black sailors were decorated with the rune array of 'voodoo'. Most of the black sailors were followers of 'voodoo', and naturally they were very willing to accept the blessings of 'voodoo' wizards. How did they know that this was the book demon Akon in order to fight with the Spanish warship in the future, even if these sailors died in battle, it would not affect the combat effectiveness of the ship.

Stoke saw from the number of sailors recruited that Akon's ambition was not small, and estimated that by the time he arrived at Barbados, the merchant ship would probably be converted into a Galen warship. But as a warship, this light Galen ship is undoubtedly a little smaller. Although the three-masted ship was fast with Hawkins' modifications, the firepower was certainly not good. If it is a broadside battle, encountering a Spanish carrac galleon of hundreds of tons, this is really not enough manpower.

However, it seemed that Akon didn't care, and he often consulted with the young 'voodoo' wizard of Sven, and let these native warriors take turns to learn navigation and gunnery with him, and the few long cannons on the light Galen merchant ship were almost scrapped, making Stoke very busy. It seems that Akon thinks of himself as a full-time pirate trainer. But with Baron Shifan's generous remuneration, Stoke was still happy to work like this.

How did Stoke know that through the understanding of history, Akon already knew the direction of the future development of naval warfare. These black fighters were not used in broadside combat, because broadside combat was already a tactic that was obsolete. In the Anglo-Spanish Naval Battle, the Spanish ships were full of soldiers, who did not even touch the side of the British fleet, and were buried in the Atlantic.

These faithful black sailors are all crew members who are prepared to control other ships in the scene in the future. Use their talent for combat, master naval warfare artillery, and cultivate excellent naval combat talents. Now this standard light Galen ship happens to be a representative ship of the British late warship, and it actually performed very well in the later naval battles.

With its high speed, low bow and stern, excellent steering power, and long-range guns, this is the nemesis of the Spanish Carrac galleon! The old Carrak galleon, on the other hand, was a representative type of ship that eliminated the tactics of naval warfare, with too tall bow and stern, obvious targets, and slow speed, poor steering power, except for carrying more people and cargo, it was simply useless to fight.

The convoy of two ships followed the current all the way to the west. Along the way, Stoke taught his lifelong skills of navigation and gunnery to a few brilliant black sailors. Among them, Sarica was one of his most proud disciples. All members of Zhang Fan's team, even followers like Willis Downier, also learned navigation and sea tactics.

Stoke may not be the best privateer captain, but he was certainly a good teacher. He also has a wide range of knowledge. Although most of his maritime tactics are the tactics of pirate raiding, they are very practical for Zhang Fan's team fighting in a small fleet. Akon, in particular, has a character of a pirate in the truest sense of the word.

After more than half a month of sailing, Xuanyuan, who was riding a wooden kite scout in the air, first reported the discovery of an island and reef ahead. Then, from the lookout of the Galen merchant ship leading the way, the black warrior Sarika also spotted an abrupt piece of land on the border between sea and sky. Stoke immediately pounced on the unfolded chart, pressed the rum bottle in his hand against the corner of the chart, and used a magnifying glass and an astrolabe (there were no sextants in this era, and navigators used primitive astrolabes to determine time and find their position at sea). Double-check the ship's position. After half a ring, he seemed to have come to a conclusion......

Stoke yelled into a walkie-talkie, "Hurry up and report to the Baron, Barbados is ten nautical miles away!" Get ready to dock! God knows if the anchorage of that hellish place is packed with filthy pirates! ”

A black sailor jumped on the back deck with a lantern in his hand, and whispered to the flagship ark that followed. Zhang Fan naturally received the message a long time ago and was chatting with Akon. At this time, another message came from Regulus, and there were three large sailing ships without flags, heading towards their own routes. Zhang Fan Akon didn't care either, thinking that this was normal. Approaching the Caribbean islands, it is natural to yujian a variety of ships.

But as Stoke stepped up from the cabin to the deck, he was trying to get a good look at the long-lost island of Barbados, recalling the passionate and romantic days of privateer captains, and the nostalgic feeling made him drain a third of the rum in one gulp. Stoke opened his drunken eyes when he suddenly noticed three small black dots at the end of the sea level. It definitely doesn't look like land!

Stoke thought of something, and immediately sobered up half-drunk, and casually pulled out an old monocular from his waist, pulled the barrel open, and put it to his eyes. This didn't matter, it only turned the bottle of rum he had just drunk into a cold sweat, soaking through his clothes! Stoker shouted, jumped off the top of the back deck, and rushed to the rudder. Kicked the black helmsman who was at the helm out of the way and hit a left full rudder!