The sailors sat down on the deck, and the sky was getting brighter, and the rain and wind were getting lighter. Although Chen Shouxu was also tired, now was not the time to rest, he walked on the deck, checking the condition of each sailor. Chen Shouxu walked up to Titch, a tall black man who gradually recovered after boarding the ship, revealing his strong nature. In last night's storm, it was he who bravely cut off the iron bolt that held the anchor cable in place.

"You're doing well." Chen Shouxu tried to express himself in simple Dutch words, and he handed Titch a bottle of rum. "Good job."

Titch didn't speak, and raised the bottle to greet Chen Shouxu.

Chen Shouxu walked up to the stern, and the air was so fresh after the storm. The Banshee is long gone, and Stirling's ship must have run aground. Fortunately for Chen Shouxu, no one on his ship was missing, and only two sailors were slightly injured. He held the hilt of his knife in his left hand, and the rising sun in the distance had jumped above the sea level. The glow of the sun rushed through his body like a tidal wave, outlining his silhouette.

The sailors helped each other to their feet, and I don't know who got up, "Captain!" At first only one or two people spoke, then the sailors joined in one voice, "Captain Order!" ”

Chen Shouxu was slightly surprised, he turned around, including Maiden and the chief, they were all taking off their hats to greet him, and an indescribable feeling came to his heart. He knew that at this moment, he had truly become the captain of the sailors' hearts, not the commander of the Banshee who had been temporarily sent to the trophies.

He looked at Maiden, who had adhered to his habit of not reversing his name as a Westerner when he first introduced himself on the boat. Therefore, most sailors thought that "Shou Order" was his surname and "Chen" was his first name. Only Maiden and a few others knew that Dongfang was surnamed first, but instead of correcting the mistakes of the sailors, he called him "Captain Orderly." ”

Maiden took a step forward, "Captain Orderly, the sailors have elected you as their captain, and I think first we need a ship name, and you need a captain's flag. ”

"Storm, our ship will be called Storm in the future," Chen Shouxu said without thinking, "Flag wait for me to think about it." ”

Although the storm has passed, there is still a lot of work to be done.

The first job was drainage, and the Tempest's hull was sturdy and not leaking, but the waves that swept across the deck still poured a lot of seawater into the cabin, and the bilge was already submerged. Like other ships, the Storm had a manual dewatering pump behind its mainmast. After eating breakfast and resting for a while, Chen Shouxu arranged for a few sailors to turn on the drainage pump to pump water.

Equally important is saving people, Chen Shouxu remembers that last night Sterling's boat sank in tentacles not far away. He lowered the dinghy and searched for survivors in the bay.

In addition, the severed mast also needed to be repaired, as well as the bulwarks that had been damaged by the waves. But this is not in a hurry, you can only take your time. There was a lot of work to do, and Chen Shouxu's manpower was a little tight, so he could only divide everyone, including Germans and Indians, into two shifts and take turns to work.

Chen Shouxu went down to the captain's room, and Maiden was right, as the captain he needed a flag of his own, and a new flag could also boost the morale of the ship. Now he only had one thing on his mind, the orca that jumped out of the sea on the side of the Banshee in Bonito Bay. When the King of the Sea leaped out of the water, his proud posture and indifferent eyes were still fresh in his memory.

Chen Shouxu sketched the pattern of the orca with simple lines, and put a lot of thought into the choice of colors for the flag. At this time, there were not many dye-friendly options available, and European heraldic flags generally came in six colors: gold, silver-white, red, black, blue, and green. If the colors are divided into two groups: silver and white, gold, and red, black, blue, and green, then it is best not to superimpose and mix the same group, as the color of the dye will cause confusion. This problem occurs when Grover's flag is at sea for a long time, and the whole flag has a dark tone, and the pattern is not visible from a distance.

White should not be used at sea, as it will become dark over time and lose its original color. In this way, the options are more limited. Chen Shouxu's final choice of color was a red background with a golden orca pattern as his captain's flag.

When Chen Shouxu was designing the captain's flag, a sailor knocked on the door to report that three survivors had been found. Putting away the designed graphics, Chen Shouxu hurriedly climbed onto the deck.

"Captain, we first found the wreckage of the ship on the reef at the mouth of the bay, and then we found Sterling and his two sailors on the beach on the other side of the bay along the scattered planks."

Hearing that Sterling was still alive, Chen Shouxu was overjoyed. He hurried over to Sterling, his face as white as paper, and he looked like he was struggling to breathe.

"The second mate has a fracture on his body."

Looking at Sterling, who was speechless, Chen Shouxu asked the sailor to carefully carry him out of the cabin, and then he asked one of the sailors who seemed to be in better shape, "Tell me how you got out of danger." ”

The sailor recalled the experience of last night, and still had some palpitations, "Our ship reacted to the storm later than you, and did not lower the sails in time, and the speed of the ship was a little fast. When we found that the waves were pushing the boat against the reef, Stirling asked us to lower the anchor. But our luck was so bad that the anchor didn't hook the bottom of the sea, and the ship was still pushed to the cliff by the huge waves. At that time, we all realized that the ship must be hopeless. Sterling ordered us to cut the anchor, and he struck the rudder at the last moment, allowing the ship to turn towards the beach. ”

Chen Shouxu nodded, "Sterling didn't do anything wrong, he wanted to give the swimmers a chance." ”

The sailor continued, "The boat eventually ran aground, and everyone was thrown into the waves, and we were lucky enough to be washed up on the beach. Others...... Did they all hit the reef? ”

The search and rescue team sent by Chen Shouxu shook his head and said, "We searched repeatedly where they were found, and only the three of them were still alive." ”

Chen Shouxu's heart was gloomy, and he instructed his sailors, "In the afternoon, we will change shifts for search and rescue and expand the search area, and we must not give up any hope of saving our comrades." Also, get them some wine. He patted the survivor on the shoulder, "Rest well and recover as soon as possible." ”

Suppressing the sadness in his heart, several of the sailors who died in the shipwreck were old men who had sailed with the Banshee from Jameston in the Chesapeake Bay, and were also mutual friends of the sailors on board. Chen Shouxu knew each of them, and the experiences from the time he was rescued on the ship to the present appeared in his mind. If he hadn't been the captain of the ship, he wouldn't have been responsible for the ship's people, and he would have tipped himself over with a bottle of liquor now.

The Banshee doesn't know what happened now, where did the waves push them? Will Captain Grover and the teacher be able to get out of the storm? If the Banshee survived the storm, where would they go and continue on their way to Curacao? The Mast of the Storm is destroyed, and you can't go anywhere until it's repaired, and even if you do, where can you find the Banshee?

Many questions came to Chen Shouxu's mind, making him irritable.