Chapter 41: The Navigator

Barbarossa the Redbeard asked Becker a few more simple questions about navigation, and Becker answered them one by one, and Redbeard nodded slowly, as if he believed Becker's identity and abilities, which made Becker breathe a sigh of relief. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

A knock on the door temporarily interrupted Redbeard's questioning, and after receiving Redbeard's response, a middle-aged man pushed the door and walked into the room, the sunlight outside the door shone into the room, casting the other party's shadow on the ground.

This is a man in his thirties, medium height, thin build, different from the sloppy sailors on the ship, he wears a neat and clean casual suit, a short gray hair smeared with hair wax and clinging to the back of his head, slightly shiny in the sun, his face is cleanly shaved, revealing a slightly blue jaw, narrow eyes, and seems to like to squint at people, giving people a somewhat feminine temperament.

"Captain, you call me?" After the man entered the room, he casually glanced at Becker, who was standing with his hands down, and then glanced at the deputy captain Reis, before asking lightly.

"Wood, this is Becker, the new lad on board, he knows some navigation, from today you are responsible for taking him and letting him give you a hand." Unlike the solemnity of the interrogation of Becker, Redbeard and the man in the suit Wood were much more kind and polite when they talked, which made Becker a little strange, and he felt that Redbeard would not be such a polite person because the other party was an important navigator on the ship.

When the middle-aged navigator named Wood heard Barbarossa's words, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Becker seriously, and Becker knew that he might be his immediate boss in the future, so he quickly smiled and saluted Wood.

Wood said nothing about Becker's humble attitude, and after a half-ring, he said dissatisfiedly: "He is so young and how much seamanship he can master, just leave him on deck and stay with the other sailors, so as not to make trouble for me." ”

Barbarossa seemed to be unimpressed by Wood's attitude, and comforted: "You can command him if you know how to do less, and finally there is a literate person on the ship who can read and know some navigation, even if he helps you run errands, it is better than other illiterate people who can't even read nautical charts, right?" ”

Wood still muttered a little dissatisfied, but the captain had already said this, although he was a little dependent, it was not easy to refuse again, so he asked directly: "Captain do you have any other instructions besides this matter?" ”

"It's gone." The red-bearded Barbarossa shook his head.

Seeing this, Wood didn't hide his dissatisfaction with this arrangement, and said directly: "Then I'll go first." ”

After he finished speaking, he didn't look at Becker, he turned around and walked out of the door, Becker did not follow immediately, although Wood was the top boss, but Becker would not forget that Captain Redbeard was the supreme leader on the ship, of course he wanted to show his political correctness, first looked at Redbeard Barbarossa, showing that he was more obedient to the captain's orders, and only after Redbeard Barbarossa nodded before chasing Navigator Wood.

When Becker and Wood left, the red-bearded Barbarossa's face became a little gloomy, and he looked a little angry, and he scolded hatefully: "This stupid donkey really thinks that he is a thing, what kind of pretend is a waste that no one wants? Think you're a nobleman too? Sooner or later I slaughtered him. ”

Although Wood's attitude just now was not good, it was not enough to make the red-bearded Barbarossa so angry, and Reis on the side hurriedly persuaded: "Now there is a newcomer on the ship who can sail, and when Becker gets a firm foothold on the ship, he will have one less to rely on, and he should be much more honest." ”

Redbeard seemed to be more obedient to Lacey's persuasion, and there was still anger on his face, but he no longer shouted and screamed to kill, but only hated and cursed.

On the other side, Becker followed Wood out of the room, Wood glanced back at Becker, but didn't say anything, and continued to walk with Becker for a while, and only raised his chin after reaching the back of the deck, and asked Becker condescendingly: "You say you know how to sail?" ”

"There is no comparison with an experienced navigator like you, I only know a little bit about it, and I will trouble you to teach more in the future." Becker was unimpressed by Wood's attitude, still flattering with a smile on his face.

Wood snorted twice and said: "I don't care how much you know, you tell the captain that you know how to navigate, I will treat you as if you know how to navigate, if something goes wrong, you will wait to bear the captain's wrath, from today you will be responsible for the night, and you will be responsible for piloting when I am away, understand?" ”

"On duty? What time is that? ”

"Are you deaf? Didn't you hear me say that you were in charge of piloting when I wasn't there? When I go to bed at night, you start to watch the night, and it is worth it until I wake up! ”

Becker still smiled: "Understood." ”

Wood saw Becker's good-natured appearance, hehe sneered twice, turned around and wanted to leave, but Becker chased after him again.

Becker stepped forward and asked politely, "Mr. Wood, where are the compass and astrolabe, and are there any charts on board?" ”

Becker only had a compass with him, and if he wanted to lead a ship, especially if he had to watch at night, it was better to use more professional tools.

Wood didn't look back, and continued walking: "No." ”

Becker was not discouraged and asked, "How could it not be, although Mr. Wood is experienced, he also needs tools to navigate this sea." ”

"Lao Tzu just uses it for himself, you don't want to bring tools yourself, why do you want me to give it to you?"

Becker scolded secretly, he had known that he would encounter this kind of brain-dead, and he would not be too troublesome to say anything, and he would not bring navigation tools.

At this time, Becker could only say: "Without tools, how can I lead the way?" If something goes wrong, the captain will be angry and even punish me, but when the captain knows that you have asked me to watch at night and doesn't even give me the astrolabe, I am afraid that he will have a bad opinion of you. ”

Hearing this, Wood stopped abruptly, turned to look at Becker, his eyes narrowed only a slit, and after a moment he said, "Okay, I'll let you use my sailing tools." ”

Wood walked away a little angrily, and Becker watched his figure leave his sight with a smile on his face, and his smile only then did he retract, and his eyes were cold.

Navigation is obviously the dependence of Wood's status on the ship, although Becker is a new crew, but he is also his competitor, but Wood is really small-minded, and he is not confident enough, he didn't even try to buy and win over, he was squeezed out and suppressed at the first time, and he didn't know a thing or two on the surface, this attitude even an idiot knew to beware of him in the future, which made Becker a little despiseful.

Whether it was the appearance of talking to Redbeard before, or the undisguised narrow-mindedness in the face of himself, you can see Wood's shallowness, Wood wanted to spoil Becker's affairs, so that he made mistakes in piloting, but he used the most stupid method, even after Becker really caused an accident, he himself would be implicated by the captain's anger regardless of whether he asked, if his identity was transferred, Becker had a shady means to destroy the other party's image in the captain's heart without involving himself, Wood's low emotional intelligence is not yet taken seriously by Becker, but he is not a big-minded person, but now that the situation is unclear, he does not want to be too conspicuous for the time being.

"I'll make you proud for a while." Becker sneered, then put on a professional smile and walked briskly onto the deck.