Many things are priceless in the hands of those who know it. If you don’t know it, it’s worthless. For example, calligraphy and paintings, many people love them so much. For me, I think it’s nothing…

When Old Tucker came back in the eyes of everyone, he had washed himself and changed into clean clothes. He even shaved his beard and suddenly seemed to have changed his personal life. I handed him the treasure map again and gave him twenty gold coins in front of everyone!

The old guy laughed and took the bag, weighed it casually, took out a gold coin from the middle, put it in his mouth and bit it. He immediately cried out with a smile: "The payment for the goods has been received! Captain!"

I sneered and said, "If you receive it, work quickly! Tell me in detail what happened to your treasure map? Don't be silly!"

A ray of light flashed in the old Tucker's eyes, spreading the treasure map on the table, muttering, "Look, Captain, this treasure is in the southwest of Negros Island..." He suddenly frowned and swept up the treasure map, and asked mysteriously: "Captain, are you sure you want to see the treasure map here?"

I suddenly realized, slapped my forehead heavily, shook my head and said, "Damn it! Put away your stupid treasure map! Wait for me! Let me wait! Let me tell you when I go back! Damn it! Why didn't you remind me earlier!"

Old Tucker immediately donated the treasure map and put it in his arms. His eyes looked around with thunderous eyes, afraid that someone would see or hear something. His expression was very ashamed, but he was thinking about me, so I couldn't criticize him...

In fact, although everyone around was mocking Old Tucker and his treasure map, almost everyone wanted to know what was hidden in this guy's treasure map? Unexpectedly, today the legendary treasure map actually sold at a high price of twenty gold coins! For a moment, the legendary treasure map added a magical color again!

Just now, people clearly heard Old Tucker say the words "Southwest of Negros Island". The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. Many people have already started to think about this.

After receiving this treasure map, I was obviously a little lost. Although several people later took out the so-called information and I gave them a lot of gold coins, none of them were precious from this treasure map.

Similarly, several navigators recommended themselves to me. I looked at them and found that they were all mediocre people. There was only one descendant of Chinese named Xu Kun, who claimed to be good at measuring techniques. If it was true, it would be useful.

But I invited all of them to my boat - of course, the condition was to start with the trainee voyeurs, so these long-lost guys naturally had no objection.

I drank the wine until the sun sets. I told a few sailors to go back to pack up and report to my house on Le Dao Street tomorrow morning. I took my group, oh, and Old Tucker, together with everyone, and went there.

The next morning, a few sailors came to my house to report. I gave them all to Lan for arrangements. After all, they were just a few trainee sailors. Just arrange a random location to inspect first! Moreover, today we have to prepare for a long voyage, and it is time for them to come.

Negros Island is an island located in the Visayas Islands in the central Philippines. It is far opposite to Panay Island in the northwest and is separated by the Guimaras Strait in the middle; to the east, it is far away from Cebu Island and the Tanion Strait. Negros Island is the Visayas Sea, which is exactly where we sail. To the south is the Sulu Sea, which is the only way to Tuo O.

However, at this time, Tuo O was still the world of kangaroos, and the British prisoners had not been sent to the island yet! Therefore, there were very few opportunities to sail at Sulu Sea and no formal route was opened.

According to Mavie, most of the residents of Negros Island are Visayas and have gentle personalities; and there are black dwarves in the mountains, which sound fierce, but in fact they are not easy to deal with. It is said that the best way to deal with them is to use muskets. I said "Oh" and I am good at this!

The northern volcanoes are stretched out, with fertile volcanic soil and dense forests. There are also two volcanoes in the south. The northwest coast is an alluvial plain. The temperature is not dripping all year round, with an average of about twenty-eight degrees.

The island is dry in the dry season, rainy in the rainy season, and the rivers are short and cannot be navigated. The island is rich in sugarcane, coconut, rice, tobacco, etc., especially the production of sugar sugar accounts for more than half of the Philippines! The island is rich in wood, coal, sulfur and other mines. In short, it is a very rich island.

However, since it is summer recently and there is not much rain, I need to be more careful about the indigenous people on the island. So the preparation before sailing is mainly weapon maintenance... As for sailors and ships, they are all ready-made - I still brought my five mid-sized Ming Dynasty sailboats, most of the sailors were brought from the Ming Dynasty and Japan, and a few locally recruited sailors, because most of them had the same language environment, were quickly integrated.

The departure time was set in mid-January. During this period, I carefully studied the news I bought from other sailors. One of the sailors took away my ten gold coins and gave me the news that "there is a golden holy cross sword that cuts iron like mud in the hands of the Lord of Manila." I didn't take much effort to let the Nine Ghosts Zhengxiao and the others confirm the authenticity of the news!

Because, this Golden Holy Cross Sword was playing with it in my hands at this time. I also quietly released the news that I got this sword through secret channels.

I don't want to have a quarrel with the Lord of the Red Coach. After all, he represents a force that cannot be ignored on this island, but I still have to do so. I want to show my strength, right?

It was soon mid-January and the day of sailing was about to come. Although I had tried my best to block the news, unfortunately, the news that I was going to Negros Island to find treasure still spread like wildfire. On the day when I was about to go to sea, even Little Pence made a special trip to the dock to see me off.

Standing on the wooden board of the dock, Little Pence gave me a heavy hug and said softly in my ear. Then we let go of each other and said a lot of blessings and thanks. I said goodbye to Little Pence, and then recruited the onlookers to say goodbye to my flagship - Ningyuan.

The ship slowly started, and the palm trees in Manila became farther and farther away in the morning light. Later, only a few small black spots were left, and they soon disappeared on the coastline.

For the five ships this time, I brought nearly 700 sailors, including nearly 100 well-trained musketeers - about 40 elite trained by Shige training, twenty later joined the training, and about 40 were the players of Zagazhong. They lived enough to hide and felt that they had a future in their work with me, so they applied to Shigehide Suzuki.

Although Shigehide Suzuki received a lot of bonuses from me, it was still not easy to support so many people, so it was equivalent to selling and giving away half of it. These skilled musketeers became my subordinates.

We set sail from Manila and soon passed by Nasugbu and saw a small island called Lubang Island. The residents of the island saw ships passing by and walked to the coast and waved to us in a friendly manner!

We also wanted them to give the gift back, watching the children chasing my fleet, shouting and running forward.

After passing Lubang Island, not far away is the coastal city of Minduluo Island. We did not intend to stop, but continued to watch the city pass by.

It is said to be a city, but it is actually just a larger town. The most popular city in the Philippines at that time was probably the same as Jizhou east of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which is the size of a county.

The fleet arrived near Panai Island that night. At this time, Mavi seemed quite silent. I knew that he was the sound of his hometown, the kingdom of Panai Island. This is also a prince who left his hometown! I thought to myself, isn’t this the origin of the novel who ended up doing a great career?

However, Mavie is quite conscious. He did not get off the boat now and return to his hometown to recall the past request. Instead, he stared at the several huge rocks by the sea with his eyes flashing, and was silently enlightened.

I patted his shoulder and said softly: "When I come back this time, I will build the largest and most luxurious monument on the original site of the Kingdom!"

Mavi's eyes flashed without making any sound, and finally nodded heavily, twisting his head to the other side.

I sighed slightly, leaving my hometown is always sad, and I deeply understand this.

At this moment, a hoarse voice suddenly came from behind: "Captain, I suggest landing in Bacolod!" It was Old Tucker, who was my guide at this time, and this was part of the agreement between me and him - if he took me to find the treasure, he would be the third mate on my ship. Of course, if you can't find it, then get out with his twenty gold coins!

Mavi and I came to my senses. Before I answered, Mavi frowned and asked, "The waters of Bacolod are not open, and our ships are relatively dangerous to sail inside. It is better to send a port near Dumaguete or San Carlos. Although you will take a little longer, it is much safer and there will be no unknown situation on the water!"

I looked at Old Tucker. Since boarding the ship, this guy has changed into bean-green clothes. He looks very historically vicissitudes, and he is wrapped in a dark green square scarf on his head... Yes, dark green, cultural differences are really terrible!

The old household was holding a bottle of wine in his hand and said vaguely: "No, no, no! Just land in Bacolod! The waterway is narrow, so there are naturally the benefits of narrow waterways!!"

Mavie said unhappily: "You are a liar who makes money! Aren't you afraid of bringing the fleet to a dead end?"

Old Tucker was not angry. He gently moved his right leg with a wooden stick prosthetic limb, making a "bumping" sound, and smiled and said, "Young man, believe in experience. After all, I am the guide... Captain, do you believe me?"

I used my right index finger to snatch my cheeks and smiled and said, "Of course, my old guide Tucker, since you came out to sell treasure maps, I have believed in you deeply! Seeing what you said, we are logging in at Bacolod!"

Old Tucker looked at me deeply, laughed a few times, took a sip of wine, and shook it away.

Mavi stared at Old Tucker's back with hatred, and angrily hit the railing on the side of the ship with his palm, gritting his teeth in a deep voice: "Captain, why do you believe this liar? And I have told you before that the people from the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce are on the side. Are you not afraid of being ambushed when you come to strange waters like this? "

I patted Mavie on the shoulder again and laughed in a low voice, "Young man, oh, yes, you are two years older than me. Well, young man, I believe him like this for a reason. Please believe my judgment, just like I believe you, okay?"

Mavi looked at me for a long time, then shook his head helplessly, sighed, and went to the front deck to check how Xu Kun measured the angle.

Nine Ghosts Zhengxiao walked behind me silently and whispered: "Sir, you're all ready."

I stared at Mavi's back, nodded gently, and after a while, I whispered: "I hope everything is as I expected, otherwise, I will be really disappointed!"

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Chapter completed!