Chen Shouxu sailed the repaired Tempest out of St. Lucia, and the mast and cable had been modified, but the canvas on the ship was a little insufficient, so the sail truss positions of the midmast and the top mast were empty, and the support sail was only hung on one side. At present, he can't hang the sails more, which will aggravate the hull of the ship, and Chen Shouxu plans to install two cannons at the bow position to balance the counterweight of the whole ship.

Therefore, for the Tempest, first of all, he had to grab the sails, and secondly, he had to grab the cannons.

With just a jirst sail and a stay-in sail, the Tempest wasn't fast, about the same as it was before the refit.

This turns the robbery of the Storm into a hilarious ride. Those ocean-going merchant ships that were running slowly had too many guns, and Chen Shouxuan didn't want to touch them. When the boat saw the flag of the Tempest, it ran faster than a rabbit with its sails full.

After a long time, the merchant ships around St. Vincent and Grenada learned that there was a pirate at sea that had recently come out to sell cute.

Looking at the merchant ship in front of him who was running away with a full sail and standing in the stern and laughing loudly at the Tempest, Chen Shouxu almost wanted to vomit blood.

Looking at the captain with the bruises on his forehead exposed, the sailors looked at each other. Since Chen Shouxu became on the ship, the atmosphere on the ship has been very harmonious, and no one has ever been beaten. Everyone knows that the captain is proficient in seamanship, but he is a rookie in robbery, and the ship is not in the best condition, and the sailors are giggling and laughing, and they don't take it seriously at first.

Chen Shouxu, who was standing at the bow of the boat, was even angrier when he heard the chuckle behind him that he couldn't hold back, and he kicked over a bucket and spewed out a national curse, "Laugh at your sister, laugh." We haven't opened for half a month, and we're running out of food if we continue like this. The wine is gone. If you don't want to eat those hard brick-like beef and drink cold water in the future, hurry up and find a way! Everybody wants to. ”

Chen Shouxu strode to the stern, turned around and threw down another sentence before returning to the captain's room, "The meeting will be held in an hour." After the meeting, I will eat, and I don't think everyone will eat anymore. ”

The door of the captain's cabin slammed shut, leaving the deck staring at each other.

Chen Shouxu rested for a meeting, and an hour later, a crew meeting was held on the deck on time.

Looking at the sailors sitting scattered in front of him, Chen Shouxu raised his head, "Let's talk about any ideas." ”

"Captain, the problem now is that we lack sails and can't catch up with merchant ships. This creates a vicious circle. ”

Nonsense.

But Chen Shouxu still gave a heavy sigh of gratitude, after all, the first one is to encourage.

"If we can't grab the boat, let's go grab an island. Occupying the islands of St. Vincent and Beckia were the Galibian Indians and some of the fleeing blacks, and there were no batteries and bastions, so it should not be difficult to fight. ”

If you can beat it, this is also a solution. It seems that the sailors did not waste this hour, and some results were obtained after discussion.

"Next, let's move on." Chen Shouxu was noncommittal.

"Captain, or let's go straight to Curacao. It's important to find the Banshee first. ”

This is also a choice, Chen Shouxu nodded, and did not express his opinion, "Next, continue." ”

"Captain, or shall we simply go to mainland Spain? It's not far from Venezuela, so let's go ashore and do a big job. ”

……

The pirate's crew meeting still dared to say it, and many people put forward their opinions, and Chen Shouxuan wrote them down one by one.

It wasn't until he asked again and again and had no more comments that he replied one by one.

"Grab a handful on St. Vincent, and we're going to have to go ashore. The Galibian Indians were able to hold St. Vincent firmly in a situation surrounded by white colonies, which was certainly not weak. We're just so hand-wrenching now, and I'm heartbroken to lose any of them. ”

"As for the suggestion to do business with the Galibian Indians, buy some supplies from them. It would be nice if we had money, but now we don't have a little silver on board, and the brothers' money is on the Banshee. In exchange for goods, I am afraid that people are only interested in our weapons. Now there are not many weapons on the ship, and they cannot be replaced. ”

Chen Shouxu took a sip of water and continued, "The Spanish mainland is definitely going to go, but I won't go until the sails are all loaded. What if I get stuck to a Spanish warship and can't run away? Curacao was definitely going to go too, but that didn't stop us from grabbing a few boats on the way, and the sails were added to the speed, so we didn't have to delay. Besides, if we can't meet the Banshee in Curacao, what if we go, we can't even enter the port without money. ”

Chen Shouxu finished speaking one by one, observing the reactions of the sailors, and saw that everyone stopped talking. He threw out a strategy that he had already thought of, "We have never robbed an English ship since we set out from the Windward Channel. During this time I have observed that some of the English ships are not wary of us. If we lower the mainsail, close the gun doors, and do some camouflage on the deck, we have a chance to attract the English ships to come over. ”

"I'm against it." Sterling raised his hand and said, "Captain Grover will not allow us to rob the English ships. Sterling didn't know what Chen wanted to do, which was another precursor to a split.

Chen Shouxu smiled and said to Sterling, "Brother, we are part of the pirates after all. The English ships may be a little less wary of us, but they will run if we approach them on our own initiative. Now there is a shortage of supplies on board, and we must replenish it. I just got on the British ship in this way, rest assured, there is still some cargo on board, the Indians don't want it, Europe still wants it. Do some business with them then. Isn't that against Captain Grover's usual rules? ”

What Chen Shouxu said made the sailors shake, yes, it makes sense, it's not a robbery, it's just business.

"There were only twenty-eight of us in all, and we all went through the bloody artillery battles and gunwales with the Spaniards and the Portuguese, and we all experienced the storm of terror together. It's not easy to be alive, and I don't want to lose any of you. So, I want to be able to get what we want as peacefully as possible, and I think camouflage is a good way to do it. What Chen Shouxu said next made the sailors a little emotional.

“AYE。 AYE”

"The captain is right."

"We agree with the captain's suggestion."

Chen Shouxu smiled and watched as he got twenty-seven of the twenty-eight votes on board. Only Sterling abstained, well, and he didn't object either.

Chen Shouxu, who was supported by the crew assembly, immediately announced the left rudder and changed course to Barbados. The Storm had been delayed between St. Lucia and St. Vincent for a long time, and if he wanted to fish, Chen Shouxu felt that it would be better to change his nest.

Barbados was the first stop for English ships on their voyages from Europe to the New World and was the nucleus of the British colony in the West Indies. The towering forts and fortresses in the harbor were naturally not the targets that Chen Shouxu could attempt at this time.

Chen Shouxu ordered the main girder to be lowered, but there was no way, the characteristics of the girder sail were too obvious. The Storm hoisted the St. George's flag, disguised as a fire, and crawled slowly outside the port of Barbados with its first sail, and in order to be more realistic, Chen Shouxu took out some ink tree trunks from the cargo hold and piled them on the deck.

Fishing is hard and requires patience. Chen Shouxu waited for two days before a merchant ship was not suspicious. Chen Shouxu had sailors create fireworks on the ship, and had the trunk of an ink tree thrown into the sea.

Seeing the British merchant ships that had become more hurried, Chen Shouxu smiled slightly.