Chapter 13: The Adventurer

Edmund was caught by Pattinson, and Becker was also killed, and the two were punished for cleaning the dojo at night. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although he didn't think Honoré would care, Becker still called a student who lived in Frostmoon Village to help tell the tavern that he might go back later, and when he looked back, he saw Edmund dancing with a broom, playing happily alone, and asked a little strangely: "I haven't seen you come home for two months, and your parents are so relieved that you are alone in the dojo?" ”

"My mom died many years ago, and my dad hasn't come back yet." Edmund waved his broom like a child, and said indifferently: "I will live alone when I go back, it is better to live in the dojo, which is more lively than my house." ”

"Your father is relieved that you are left alone at home?"

"He hasn't come back from the sea, and he doesn't know I'm home alone."

Becker was about to ask, "Didn't your mother die many years ago?" but he used to go through the bend in his head first, and immediately understood the meaning behind Edmund's words.

In this world, where pirates are rampant and the navy is uneven, Edmund's father has not returned home after going to sea for several years, and he can basically be sentenced to death.

Becker also died unexpectedly in his previous life, and he dropped out of school early to support the family, and suddenly had a little closeness to Edmund. However, although Edmund usually looks very arrogant, it can be seen from his attitude towards other peers in the dojo that he has a strong sense of self-respect, and Becker did not show any sympathy to pity Edmund, and looking at Edmund's tone and expression, it seems that he still thinks that his father will come back.

Becker didn't want to continue talking about this topic, so he beckoned Edmund to clean the indoor training ground and diverted the topic, but the two walked for a while, but Edmund seemed to be unable to hold back, picked up the topic first, and asked Becker with a little encouragement: "Why don't you ask my father what he is doing at sea?" ”

Becker gave him a strange look: "What did your father do?" ”

"Adventurer!" Edmund looked triumphant, and raised his chin slightly at Becker, very unbeaten.

Becker's image of Belgrills popped up in his mind, flattering: "Amazing, amazing." ”

Edmund's chin was raised, and he didn't know where to conjure up two thin and torn books from his body, and he leaned up to Becker's side, and said in a mysterious tone: "These are all books written by my father." ”

Ever written a book? Beckelton looked up twice at Edmund's unmasked father - O man of culture!

Becker was also a little curious, so he took two books and flipped them up, one was "A Trip to the Glass Bead Island" (Note 1) and the other was "The Horror of Rare Beast Island". Daniel, I don't know how many years the two books have been with Edmund, and it can be seen that Edmund usually reads them often, so that both books are frustrated, and the covers are a little tattered.

Becker flipped through the pages for a while, but the more he looked at them, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he checked the two books over and over again, and sure enough, he found that in addition to the title and the author's name, there was no publisher information or anything like that. Even in ancient times, there was information about printing workshops, right?

Becker tentatively asked, "These two books are so old, why don't you replace them with two new ones?" ”

"Where's the new one?"

"Go to the bookstore and buy it."

"The bookstore didn't sell it, the book didn't get published, and my father found a way to print both of them."

Becker was a little curious at this time, he flipped through the book, and asked without pretending: "The writing is good, why can't it be published?" ”

"My dad is a pirate, no one dares to print it, and he can't sell it in bookstores." Edmund said as a matter of course.

"Huh?" Becker opened his mouth, and the image of Belgrills in his mind shattered, turning into the appearance of Captain Jack: "Didn't you say that your father was an adventurer?" ”

"Aren't pirates just a bunch of adventurers?"

"It's ...... a risky time to be a pirate."

"I'll tell you ......," Edmund carefully put away the two books, and looked around like a thief, and saw that there were no adults around, so he straightened his chest and belly, coughed, and made a proud appearance: "In the future, I will also go to sea to be a pirate!" ”

Looking at his expression when he was a child in school, when the teacher asked what he wanted to do when he grew up, the classmates replied "scientist" and "astronaut" with the same expression, Becker was quite surprised by Edmund's secondary two for a while, and did not speak.

Seeing that Becker was successfully "suppressed" by his pride, Edmund couldn't help but put his arms around Becker's neck closely, and said vividly: "I can't look down on the people in the dojo, Pattinson and the adults are too twilight, they don't have any adventurous spirit at all, and the other children are too weak, and the most important thing is that they can't bear any hardship." ”

Edmund was old-fashioned and patted Becker on the shoulder: "I saw that you didn't have an adult with you, and I knew that you were different from the other little children in the dojo, after some observation in the past two months, I found that this is indeed the case, you can endure hardships, and your swordsmanship is improving quickly, so why don't you go to sea with me to be a pirate in the future, I can let you be my deputy, and give you a deputy captain." He shook his head, looking like an ordinary person I didn't talk to him, and his tone was a little expectant.

Becker "leaned" in his heart, he was just thinking about cultivating a team in the dojo, and before he really started to accept the younger brother, he was first co-opted by a native who was not yet an adult as a junior brother? It's just unbearable.

Becker pouted: "You have such lofty ideals, but unfortunately you were not born in Somalia." ”

"Somalia? Where is that? ”

"Pirate Country."

Edmund's eyes widened, and he said with some shock: "There is still such a place?" Why haven't I heard of it? ”

"There's a lot of stuff you haven't heard of," Becker poured cold water on him rather cautiously, "What is there to do with pirates, they are chased by the navy all day long, and the navy is not a woman." ”

Becker's stereotypical impression of pirates comes mainly from his past life and his experiences in Blackreef Village. Needless to say, the pirates in the period in which he lived in his previous life were scattered, and the sand and rogue were Becker's evaluation of the pirates in Blackreef Village.

Becker didn't mind becoming a pirate, but he didn't want to fall into such a situation, the rise of sea pirates and sea lords in early modern Europe was not only because of the prosperity of the seafaring trade, which was profitable, but also because of the instability brought about by the struggle for maritime supremacy in some European countries, such as Henry. Morgan, Francis. Drake and many other well-known pirates are indirect beneficiaries of the Anglo-Spanish confrontation, and their identities are both officials and thieves, and the identities of many armed merchant ships often switch back and forth between "merchants" and "pirates" depending on the situation and the object.

This month, he ransacked the Spanish docks, and the next month he may be rewarded by the Queen of England. Titch even offended the British Navy, so he went to the United States to sell the stolen goods, and by the way, he could hijack the merchant ships on the route.

As far as Becker knows now, although the world is also divided into kingdoms, there is also a big government above, and the navy is under the unified jurisdiction of the government, although the pirates are still invincible, but no kingdom dares to support the pirates, and there is no soil conducive to the growth of pirates like the Anglo-Spanish War - at least in the East China Sea.

In other words, pirates in the East China Sea are a big problem even selling stolen goods and supplies.

"You don't even have a fishing boat, what do you use as a pirate?" Becker continued to pour cold water, "Even if I go to sea with you, the two of us can't go to sea, will you heal?" Will you look at compasses and nautical charts? Without a doctor, without a navigator, the two of us would have died at sea. ”

"Wow!" Edmund looked sincerely admired and applauded: "You are really a talent, I am right to win you over, I haven't thought about this, do you have a way?" ”

"You haven't thought about this in years?"

"Actually, I had an idea about the boat, but I think if you have an idea, it will definitely be better than mine."

"What's your idea?"

"Rob!"

Becker tugged at the corners of his mouth, as far as Edmund's virtue is concerned, he won't go to be a pirate with him if he kills him, he has an idea, but he won't tell Edmund about it, and casually said: "I don't have anything to do." ”

If Becker has to be a pirate, he must first practice and observe under the hands of the pirates, which is like starting a business, and those who have no capital to squander must first go to their peers to learn from them, figure out the ways in the industry, and have a higher emotional intelligence, and they can dig into the corners of the wall by the way.

The "industry" of pirates, there is Edward abroad. Titch as a reference, there is Zheng Zhilong as an example in China, backed by sea pirates, even if it is only a grassroots level at the beginning, it is also an important starting point, it is much easier than completely fighting the world with poverty and whiteness, and it is a little more ruthless, and when his own capital overwhelms the original backer, it is not impossible for Xuechao Gai to merge directly.

Edmund seemed to be a little unconvinced that Becker had no idea, and was about to ask again, when Koshiro, who was holding a bunch of new bamboo knives, suddenly walked into the indoor training ground, and he immediately stopped talking, he was also worried that his pirate "ideal" would be reprimanded if the adults knew about it.

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Note 1: Glass Bead Island, in the title page story of the original book, Zangao, who is good at hypnosis of the Black Cat Pirates, once went there and danced awkwardly with "Iron Fist" Hobodi, and the two got acquainted and later joined the navy. On the other hand, the head office of the popular clothing brand "Doskoipanda" is located on the island of glass beads in the East China Sea, and the clothing of this brand is expensive, and a T-shirt costs 10,000 Baileys. Judging by the awkward dance competitions and the headquarters of popular brands, the island should be prosperous.