Chapter 40: Red Beard

Several gunners had cigarettes in their mouths, wiping the artillery while swallowing clouds and spitting fog, and occasionally talking and laughing loudly, very chic. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Becker subconsciously glanced around, and found that the ammunition was not beside him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, these should all have some sailing experience, and they should not die easily, otherwise with Becker's degree of life, he would not dare to approach a group of stupid ** who smoked next to the ammunition.

At this time, a young gunner threw away the rag and felt in his pocket, as if trying to find a cigarette to light on, and Becker, who had been prepared, had already smiled and took out an open pack of cigarettes that had been prepared and held it up in front of him.

The young gunner paused for a moment, then smiled and picked up a cigarette from Becker's cigarette case and put it to his mouth, and when Becker helped him light it, he took a beautiful puff, squinted at Becker through the smoke, and stammered: "You, you are new, new to the ship?" How, how do you think about running here, this coming? ”

Cigarettes were bought by Becker a long time ago, in order to successfully use cigarettes to close the distance on this occasion, he didn't care that the person opposite was a stammer, and said with a smile and flattery: "I was recruited by the deputy captain in the tavern, and I just saw these cannons on the dock, I like this thing the most, and I admire you the most for being a good hand at making cannons, and I want to communicate with you when I have the opportunity." ”

The stammering young gunner touched the back of his head honestly, and said a little embarrassedly: "It's not good, it's not a good hand, it's just a blind fight." ”

Becker still flattered with a smile on his face, not feeling impatient at all because of the other party's stammering: "Brother, don't be modest, this kind of naval weapon must be guarded and used by the good hands on the ship, otherwise the captain will not be at ease." ”

A middle-aged gunner sitting on the cannon next to him laughed when he heard Becker's words: "You kid is so talkative, you like artillery so much, why didn't you tell Reis to let him transfer you as a gunner?" ”

Becker saw that this person was quite addicted to smoking, just finished smoking a cigarette, and groped for cigarettes in his pocket, so he quickly threw the pack of cigarettes he opened to the other party, and said with a smile: "I don't have the talents of a few brothers, and I can't help much when I come here, not to mention that the deputy captain has his own arrangements for allocating people, and he must have his own ideas, how can I have a newcomer to interject?" ”

The middle-aged gunner wanted to throw the pack of cigarettes back to Becker, Becker hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, although Becker wanted to rely on cigarettes to close the distance with other pirates, but he didn't want to be wronged, although he had money, but he only bought mid-range cigarettes, which was just a drop in the bucket for Becker, who was already quite wealthy, so he generously asked the other party to pass the pack of cigarettes to several other gunners who had also finished smoking, and the remaining half of the box of cigarettes made a gunner laugh in Becker's gesture.

After a round of smoke, the gap between the smokers was cleared up, and Becker could speak again, and after a while he had recognized several gunners on the deck, and learned that the young man who stuttered was called Harden, and the middle-aged man who had been sitting on the gun before was actually the second officer on the ship, named Felton.

Several of the gunners also remembered Becker as a new crew, and made a good impression of him because of the cigarettes and the conversation.

While laughing, the bear-like figure of Deputy Captain Lacey stepped out of the cabin, and walked a few steps to the deck, during which the wooden planks of the staircase creaked, as if he could not stand his weight, and when he got on the deck, his huge head turned, and when he saw Becker's figure, he strode over.

Like a little giant, Lacey's footsteps were so loud that Becker heard him coming, stopped talking to several gunners, turned to face Lacey, restrained his smile a little, bowed his head slightly, and lowered his hand to show a slightly respectful look.

Reis seemed to be quite satisfied with Becker's attitude, nodded to him, and said, "The captain wants to see you, come with me." ”

Finally remembered me, Becker said secretly, seeing that Lacey didn't talk much, and turned around to leave, he confessed to several gunners, and hurriedly followed Lacey.

The captain's cabin is one floor below the aft deck, and the lighting in the cabin is not very good, even in broad daylight, it is very dim, Lacey has lived on the ship for many years and is already familiar with the situation in the cabin, but Becker can only squint his eyes to observe, so as not to stumble.

A moment later the two of them came to the door of the captain's quarters, where a brown bear's head hung in front of the thick wooden door as a decoration, and Lacey knocked on the door first, and waited for a response from inside before pushing open the door and leading Becker into the house.

The captain's room was also not very well lit, there were no candles or lamps, only a few narrow windows let in the sunlight, so that the room did not fall into complete darkness, but as the captain's room, it was already countless times more spacious and comfortable than the ordinary crew room, Becker entered the room with a soft blanket on his feet, and he also found a wine cabinet full of famous wines, and a wooden bed covered with velvet quilts, and the most outrageous thing was that there was a luxurious bathtub in the room, and the owner of the room sat behind a large desk.

"Redbeard" Barbarossa's appearance is almost exactly the same as Becker's fantasy of the character image of "Pirate Captain", he is as tall as Lacey, but much fatter than Lacey, wearing a white shirt that has been yellowed, a black vest, all unbuttoned clothes, revealing a big belly and chest with thick body hair, and a black tricorne hat on his head, but his head is huge, and the tricorn hat cannot completely cover his head, and the long red hair under the hat is messy, A red beard consistent with his hair color almost obscured half of his face, but inconsistent with his overall scruffy image, his red beard was groomed and shiny, and the long beard on his chin hung down to his chest.

"Redbeard" Barbarossa appears to have suffered severe injuries, with several scars crisscrossing his face, a pair of blindfolds in his left eye, and a pair of silver prosthetics on his left hand, which is topped with an iron hook.

With a three-cornered hat, a black blindfold, an iron hook hand, and a big beard, Becker felt that Barbarossa, who made this dress, would not be able to do anything else in his life except to be a pirate captain.

He had a little guess about the character of "Redbeard" Barbarossa from the layout of the room, and felt that this might be a person who was keen on enjoyment, and even disdained to do it under disguise, and judging from the fact that he had been able to sail the sea for many years, and the crew did not have much complaint about his extravagant manners, Barbarossa's prestige on the ship was probably not low, or even if there were complaints, Barbarossa could suppress it.

"I heard you know how to sail?" Contrary to Becker's expectations, Barbarossa's voice was almost polar to his rugged appearance, very shrill and even harsh.

"Yes, Captain." Becker lowered his head and said as respectfully as he could.

Barbarossa nodded, but didn't speak, just squinted at Becker, and the room was quiet for a moment.

After all, he was in an enemy camp and had a bad heart, Becker was a little nervous in this environment, but fortunately Barbarossa broke his silence after a while, and he asked in a deep voice, "What did you do before?" You know how to sail, so why be a pirate? ”

Becker's heartbeat accelerated slightly, but he had already thought that there might be a scene at this time before boarding the ship, and he had already made up a case in advance, so he said unhurriedly: "Our merchant ship encountered a storm, and suffered heavy casualties, my mother was killed, and my father was also seriously injured, and when it came to a small island to replenish fresh water, the sailors on the ship thought that my father's pension was small and made a mess, and after tricking me out of the ship, he rolled up the ship's cargo and ran away, and my father was also killed by them." ”

Becker brought in Xiao Lizi, who couldn't win the Oscar, and pretended to be sad and hateful: "I stayed on the island for many days, and I was lucky to meet a passing merchant ship, and they sent me to the town, but my father borrowed a lot of money for business this time, and this time he owed a bunch of debts without returning, and I can't pay it back, so I don't want to go home, so I just want to be a pirate." ”

This story is actually true, of course, Becker is not the unlucky real protagonist in this story, he only heard this story in Momiji Village, if Redbeard really inquired, it is estimated that he can also find out the rumors of the gang of troublemakers, and he will not be suspicious.

Redbeard didn't doubt Becker's words much, he wasn't Sherlock Holmes, he couldn't connect Becker to Edmund, and a lot of things were automatically completed from the information revealed in Becker's story.

If the Becker family can borrow money to run a business, at least a middle-class family, then it is normal to know swordsmanship and navigation.