Set Sail! Storm in the Caribbean! Chapter 4 Interview

Chapter 4 Interview

After calling out the first toast, Fang Senyan raised his glass and shouted:

"May God bless his wife and daughter with good health.

This toast was something these people had never heard of, and the content seemed to contradict the previous curse. However, Fang Senyan claimed to be from the far East. For Europe, no matter how they thought of the East, it was always shrouded in a veil of mystery, so they speculated that it should be a unique custom of the East, in order to show their broad-mindedness, but no one responded to this sentence.

But Fang Senyan took a big sip of wine and raised his glass and shouted:

"May God take me to his home!"

When Fang Senyan shouted this, most people were stunned for a moment, and then they realized the deep meaning of it and laughed wildly/lewdly, and raised their glasses and shouted:

"May God bless his wife and daughter with good health! May God take me to his home! "

After Fang Senyan's pretentiousness, he blended into the atmosphere of the bar smoothly. However, when he seriously asked these people how to get to the three large ships in the port to be sailors, he was mercilessly laughed at.

It turned out that these three ships had become legends on the sea. Every time they went out, they returned with a full load. In layman's terms, it was a top-notch job where you could get paid from 10 am to 4 pm, and have a two-hour break at noon. After get off work, you could eat, drink, gamble, and have your expenses reimbursed. People who wanted to be sailors there were flocking to them. They had to go through fierce competition, which was more intense than the exam to become a glorious worker-peasant-soldier college student thirty years ago and more intense than the exam to become a national civil servant thirty years later. For a sailor like Fang Senyan who only has potential but is unknown, it is simply an impossible task.

After paying the price of five glasses of rum, Fang Senyan finally realized that he still has two ways to go. The first way is to find an unknown pirate ship to mix with, and then slowly plan to enter the three legendary pirate ships after making some achievements. The second way is to become a good person.

The "becoming a good person" here certainly does not mean that sex workers will go to xx famous gynecological hospital to do xxx repair surgery after making enough money and then find a pure and innocent sucker to marry, but to join the official fleet - to be more precise, it means Go to the two British warships docked in the south of Tortuga Harbor and be a sailor. If Fang Senyan could look back when he just entered this world, he would be able to see the flags of the two warships fluttering in the sea breeze.

Choosing the first path is undoubtedly full of dangers and challenges, and of course there will be more opportunities. As for the second path, Fang Senyan can also guess from the descriptions of these pirates: fixed salary, stereotyped life, relatively small risks but also lack of opportunities.

Fang Senyan is not a person who keeps to himself. More importantly, from a small perspective, in the entire world of Caribbean Pirates. The British national fleet has always appeared as a tragic character. In the Caribbean 4, it was even defeated by the Spanish Invincible Armada. Comprehensive suppression. From a big trend, if you make a mistake in the first step, you will probably be more passive in the future, and you will have to work ten times or a hundred times harder to get into the core plot. So from a short-term perspective, choosing the national fleet is a low-risk and good-return behavior, but from a long-term perspective, it is relatively disadvantageous.

After he made up his mind, he no longer hesitated. Scar Henry in front of him also looked quite generous, so Fang Senyan directly asked him to help recommend a ship that was short of manpower, saying that he was willing to slowly earn some money for the journey, and then think about how to go home. After hearing Fang Senyan's request, Scar Henry laughed and said:

"Sailor Yan? Do you really want to work on the ship?"

Fang Senyan smiled bitterly:

"I have no way out now. What else can I do except doing my old business?"

Scar Henry looked at Fang Senyan deeply, touched his chin and pondered:

"We are still short of a miscellaneous person on our ship, but we have to raise and lower the sails and scrub the decks, and of course we can't fall down when we need to pick up the knife. Although the work is a bit hard, our Captain Armand is quite generous. I wonder if you want to give it a try, Yan. But even if I nod my head, it doesn't count as a pass. Anyone who gets on board has to pass the test according to the old rules. "

Fang Senyan's heart moved when he heard the word "Armand". This guy seemed to have appeared in the movie plot of Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and he appeared as the Black Sea Pirate King, one of the seven pirate kings. He was active on the Black Sea and commanded Islamic pirates to plunder Christian trade ships. He also successfully joined forces with the Ultraman Empire to control all areas from Morocco to Turkey.

At this time, this guy didn't seem to have made a fortune. But there is no doubt that at this time, being able to go to sea with a guy who can be on par with Jack Sparrow/Barbossa in the future, of course, all kinds of opportunities will be much greater.

"I am willing to try to pass the test. "Fang Senyan stood up and said firmly. In fact, he knew very well in his heart that if he had not won Scarlet Henry's favor through arm wrestling and treating him to drinks, then with his limited charm, he really would not have the opportunity to join the pirate ship "The Bell and the Goblet".

Scar Henry and Mud behind him looked at each other, with an unknown and mysterious smile on their faces. Seeing that Sheyan's "application" was successful, several pirates who were waiting at the bar next to him also chatted and squeezed over, but they were ruthlessly rejected.

Half an hour later, Sheyan was standing on the deck of the "Bell and Wine Glass".

This is a North Sea three-masted square sailing ship between medium and large-sized. The slender hull is painted with wide stripes of gray and dark blue. The tall mast is hung with Latin flags carefully sewn with canopy cloth warp and weft yarn. Sail, dozens of thick gray sail ropes intertwined in the sunset, like a spider web, with a feeling of trying to capture everything. There are still a few white seagulls licking their feathers and claws on the empty observation deck. The ramming horn of the bow sticks out high, which is reminiscent of the protruding tip of a unicorn's head.

The deck is made of ramp wood that has been growing for at least thirty years, which can provide considerable protection while reducing the chance of being ignited by fire. Its surface has been scrubbed quite clean, which shows that Scar Henry is at least a qualified 's first mate. Because a clean deck not only gives people visual and sensory enjoyment, but more importantly, details determine success or failure. Violent bumps and swaying are inevitable when sailing in the sea, and a dirty deck surface will make you fall. The probability is doubled. This is definitely a nightmare start. If the consequences are serious, there may even be a serious accident of falling into the sea.

There is no doubt that Scar Henry caused a small sensation by bringing Sheyan back to the ship. This caused everyone in the entire pirate ship to lazily get up and watch this strange face come on board. These guys were all dressed in tattered and colorful clothes and had rapiers and knives on their waists. Yangyang was spread all over the deck, with his hands folded in front of his chest, looking up and down with an intriguing look.

"Oh my God! You let a damn stranger defile our deck without the captain's consent. Mad, you idiot. If you kneel down and apologize right away and offer me your axe, then I can take it for granted." Nothing happened."

The speaker had just walked out of the cabin. He was a guy wearing a felt hat with two white feathers on it. If it weren't for his dark skin and deep wrinkles, he would have looked a bit like an aristocrat. . And Sheyan even noticed that Madhu, who was very rude when he spoke, could not help but shrink back. It was obvious that this man had considerable power on the ship.

Scar Henry stood up at this time and said in a loud voice:

"Mr. Charles, as the first mate of Bell and Wine Glass, I think I have the authority to make adjustments to the inappropriate places on the ship. Your duty is to take everyone exactly where they should go, that's all."

Ciel was choked by Scar Henry, but he said forcefully:

"Only the great Captain Armand has the power to directly appoint the crew. You can only recommend it. Unless he can pass the customary test, I will never allow such a stranger to board the ship! The same goes for the Bell and Wine Glass Suffering an inexplicable curse!"

That last sentence aroused a lot of exclamations from the crowd. As a senior crew member, Fang Senyan had already made the matter very clear by watching with a cold eye. He was obviously involved in a vortex of power struggle. Here we have to talk about the main components of pirate ships in this era:

First of all, the captain is the commander-in-chief of the ship, the main decision-maker, and the one with the highest risk. In an emergency, he can take care of everything, but usually he doesn't take care of anything.

The first mate can be understood as a housekeeper: in charge of internal affairs, allocating manpower, taking care of food, drink, toileting, and sleeping, and in charge of cargo (calculating the center of gravity of the cargo, the stability of the ship, and allocating cargo. A simple explanation is that you cannot load the cargo that arrives at the port first. Next, there are the types of goods. You can't pack tea with fruits. Once the fruits return to moisture, the tea will be ruined. Rubber and oil drums are also not allowed. In case of oil leakage... If the general cargo ship loads dozens or hundreds at a time, Of course it’s impossible to grow goods without a good first mate.

Finally, there are the characteristic characters of this era: Navigator: At this time, there was no radar, and the ship could only be positioned at sea by relying on the stars, compass, and weather. Drawing routes and nautical charts requires a lot of experience and professional knowledge. Navigators are like the eyes of the ship, guiding them in the right direction. At the same time, because of their higher culture, they have to draw sea charts. They also serve as pastors and missionaries, talking to pirates who feel lonely and scared, and solving their mental problems. , spreading faith to primitive residents. In simple and straightforward terms, on the vast sea, the pilot functions as a radar/Playboy magazine/mobile phone.