Chapter 57: New Goals

Despite Becker's words, Tony felt a little pain in his flesh and reluctantly agreed.

This is perhaps the biggest difference between Becker and Tony, although Becker does not suffer from eating bran after making money in the mead business, but he will not spend his money on useless places like Tony, wearing gold and silver, smoking cigars and buying good wine, he prefers to use the money on the blade.

Becker's biggest expense during this time is the money to buy cigarettes, the pirate ship does not know how long it will be able to dock and enter the area of people after a long voyage, compared to the alcohol as a reserve of supplies on the ship, cigarettes can only be provided by the pirates themselves, some inexperienced newcomers, or the pirates who spend a lot of money and fail to stock up on enough tobacco The pirates ran out of food after a short time of sailing, and Becker sometimes saw that the pirates who ran out of food were addicted to smoking, so they would throw a pack to each other, and on the ship, the role of tobacco and alcohol in buying people's hearts and favors sometimes exceeded Bailey's.

If he was still a rookie pirate, he might be seen as weak and bullied by a group of old thieves on the ship, but Becker is now a navigator on the ship, and is deeply trusted by the captain Barbarossa, and his swordsmanship is very skillful, and he dares to clash with the second mate Felton, but he has a bold and generous impression on the ship, and in just a few months on the ship, he has been better than the old pirates who have been on the ship for many years.

Tony didn't want to talk about Harden, who was going to make him pay a lot of money for connections, and instead asked about the situation on the ship: "What's next?" Isn't it Redbeard's turn? ”

Tony said, his hand also compared a downward splitting action, with a look of eagerness, anyway, the nickname "Redbeard" in the East China Sea can be described as a famous murder, as a person from the East China Sea, Tony thought of being able to overturn this sea thief and had some expectations, as a street gang, he had a fierce spirit in his bones, and he was a little afraid in his heart, but more of an excitement to see that things could succeed.

This is exactly what Becker admires about him, Tony has a lot of problems, but he dares to help Becker plot to capture the Redbeard Pirates, relying on this courage, compared to Manny, who is mixed with Tony, is much worse.

However, in order to prevent Tony from being afraid of heaven and earth from becoming arrogant and sabotaging his own plans, Becker had to pour a basin of cold water and said: "It's not time yet, there is still an important person to get rid of before it is Barbarossa's turn." ”

Tony frowned and asked, "Who else?" More important than Wood? ”

When Becker heard this, a calm, wise gaze flashed in his mind that did not match the bloated and majestic body of his master.

"He's a lot more important than Wood, he's the co-captain of my ship, Lacey."

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When "Redbeard" Barbarossa got the news of Wood's death, it was already when the pirate ship was about to set sail, and he was not as annoyed as Becker imagined, Becker could see that although "Redbeard" Barbarossa still seemed angry, it was more about the fact that the ship was about to set sail, and the fact that the lack of a navigator on board might cause chaos to the voyage, rather than caring about Wood's death.

"Lucky" is that in addition to Wood, there is also Becker, a navigator on the ship, which does not affect the ship to set sail, and the Buendia family hurriedly could not find another navigator who is not loved by his grandmother and uncle, although their family's merchant ship has talents who are proficient in navigation, but they are unwilling to send them to a pirate ship, becoming a pirate who is destined to be imprisoned if he is caught, or even hanged directly, after they heard that there are navigators on the Redbeard Pirate ship, they found an unlucky young man and threw him on the ship as a quartermasterto help oversee loot looted on the ship.

Therefore, the enemy with evil intentions inside the fortress is the most terrifying, the Redbeard Pirates have been roaming the East China Sea for many years, and they have not died an important cadre on the ship as they are now, and Becker, the scum who killed their navigator, successfully replaced Wood, the unlucky bastard, and became the new and only navigator on the ship.

Redbeard and the Buendía family still believe that Wood's death was only due to a conflict between gamblers, and that they don't think about anything else.

Becker made his daily rounds of the deck and cabins, not only to inspect the ship, but more importantly to increase the impression of the new pirates on board, and to gain favor and establish authority.

Becker got out of the cabin entrance, but he didn't expect that there was a person outside, and he almost hit the other party head-on, but fortunately he reacted in time, and the other side reacted quickly, and stopped his pace.

Becker frowned, and when he saw the appearance of the person he almost bumped into, he stopped frowning, and asked with a smile: "Eric, you don't wash the deck at the bow of the ship, what are you running around here?" ”

The one who almost hit Becker was a boy who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, his immature face still had freckles, and what did not match his immature face was a tall and sturdy body, and a short fiery red hair was covered in a mess on his head, and he was a little surprised when he saw Becker, and then rubbed his hands awkwardly: "Brother Becker, I'll go back to the cabin to get the money." ”

At this age, Becker was still in school in his previous life, and he had already run to be a pirate in this world, but Becker didn't feel strange when he thought of the African Boy Scouts in his previous life.

After the young Eric barely curled up his tall body in the narrow aisle and made way of the way, Becker stepped out of the cabin and asked, "What money?" ”

Eric pursed his lips, a little depressed, and said with a little grievance: "I just gambled with people on the deck, I lost all the money on my body, and I still owe some money, and I still put some money in the cabin where I live, I went to get it and return it." ”

Becker shook his head, a group of old pirates on the ship have been at sea for many years, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, cheating, and abducting and cheating, while the other new pirates on the ship, Becker has almost touched their temperaments, Eric, a simple teenager, obviously let the old pirates be slaughtered as fat sheep because of playfulness.

When Becker saw that Eric wanted to enter the cabin, he grabbed him by the back collar and stopped him, and reprimanded: "You are stupid to gamble with people, you really go to withdraw money!" ”

Eric looked at Becker a little bewildered, and Becker glared at him, but when he saw the other party's immature face and fiery red hair, he unconsciously thought of Edmund, and his heart softened.

"Follow me."

With that, Becker turned around and walked to the deck, followed by Eric dejectedly.

Eric and other newcomers on the ship have also been sailing with the ship for a while, and most of the cadres on the ship have been in contact, Captain Barbarossa is high and cruel, Deputy Captain Lacey is harsh and ruthless, Second Officer Felton is reckless and impulsive and vain, and the ship's doctor Harrison doesn't care about anything, as for the quartermaster of the Buendia family who is trembling because of living in a group of pirates, not to mention it, among the several cadres, except for Captain Barbarossa, Becker is the most prestigious among the newcomers, Eric did not dare not listen to Becker.

"How much do you still owe?" Becker asked without looking back.

After Eric was stunned, he subconsciously responded with a number, and then saw Becker groping in his arms and taking out a sum of money and handing it to him.

"Big Brother Becker?" Instead of taking the money, Eric looked at Becker in confusion.

"You take this money and give it back to the people who gambled with you."

Seeing that he was not punishing himself, Eric was relieved, but then said to Becker embarrassedly: "I have the money to pay back." ”

"You just have a little money left, what if you can't grab the loot for the next period of time for others?" Becker said lightly, "This money is borrowed from you, and you will return it from it when you get the loot later." ”

Becker stuffed the money into the arms of Erik, who was a little embarrassed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Also, don't gamble with people, you rookie is a little careful and writes it all on your face, and you still gamble with people?" You're giving money to someone, right? ”

Becker is different from Barbarossa, the latter may not even know how many newcomers there are on the ship at this time, and Becker has already found out the temperament and strengths of everyone on the ship, Eric reminds Becker that Edmund is the reason why he gives the other party care, and more importantly, Eric grew up in a shipyard since he was a child, and he is also a relatively rare technician at sea, whether it is a big or small talent, as long as he is a talented person, Becker never forgets to buy people's hearts.

However, Becker was not stupid enough to stop the old pirates, if he was the captain of the Redbeard Pirates, he would definitely punish this gang of ruffians who intensified the conflict on the ship, but now Barbarossa is in charge, he will not do this kind of offending thing, the old pirates defrauding the new pirates, but it will make these rookies increase their favor for Becker, an old pirate who is good to them, and it will also be more conducive to Becker to buy people's hearts.

Becker took Eric to the deck, and at a glance swept Lacey's tall and bloated body like a bear, while Lacey was reprimanding a few old pirates with a gloomy face.

Seeing this, Eric smiled and said with a gloating face: "They are really unlucky, I was caught by the deputy captain as soon as I left." ”

Becker didn't respond to the other party, just squinted at Lacey.

That's why Becker decided to get rid of Lacey first, Barbarossa is just the shopkeeper of the ship, Lacey is the real housekeeper on the ship, gambling money or doing things like cheating the new pirates out of money, Barbarossa is not interested in taking care of it, only Lacey will take care of it, and only Lacey can persuade Barbarossa who loses his mind and often does stupid things, so that although Barbarossa has become a tyrant, he will not degenerate into a madman who makes all the crew members deviate from morality and wants him to die immediately, get rid of Lacey, It's the equivalent of separating Barbarossa from the rest of the pirates.

(The first book friend's character "Red Devil" Eric appeared, and he just needed a similar important role, so he was the first to appear.) ）