Chapter 51: Special Drugs
April 16, 1609 AD, was originally an ordinary day in history, but this day was a special day for the Sailor's Tavern. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
More than half of the waiters in the Sailor's Tavern had been replaced, and the original ones had already taken sampan boats, slowly rowing to a three-track galleon not far away, the new ship was so dazzling in the sun, its white hull undulating on the shore, and the flag of the Kingdom of France swaying in the wind at the stern.
"The road... Melody, you have to listen to Captain Rudy when you go to sea this time, and you can't be emotional, understand? The Duke of Loire instructed Melody on the other side, and the carriage was already heading in the direction of the quay.
Soon after the crowd gathered at the docks, some insiders said that the Duke of Loire personally came to the docks to see everyone off, but when the Duke's royal carriage slowly came, all the onlookers held their breath, and many people began to know the merchant ship belonging to the Sailor's Tavern again, some people had secretly made up their minds to have a good relationship with the Sailor's Tavern, and some merchants who were still watching began to liven up, and the alliance treaty about the "Equality" brand of fish and chips had long been memorized by these people. It's just that they don't know how far the sailor's tavern can go, and now that there is a duke to support it, how can there be any talk of pushing money out.
Murong Tao and the others have been waiting on the dock for a long time, and the rest of the sailors on the sampan have already boarded the ship, just waiting for them.
Meledy, under the close protection of Ulysses, came to the docks, and after eye contact with the Duke of Loire, he waved his hand at the Duke and got on the sampan.
"The commission starts today, please keep him safe!" The Duke of Loire leaned over to Murong Tao and whispered, "I guess you have also guessed that Melody has a special status, I just hope that you can accompany him crazy for three months, and then send him to Paris." I'm afraid that the people in his family will not give you any good faces, but please look at my face and don't worry about them. ”
Murong Tao wanted to say, it doesn't matter, I'm just a person who takes money to do things, three months is not a long time, it will pass in the blink of an eye, and when the time comes, I don't care how his family will throw face at me, I still remember who they were at that time?
Although there is some disagreement in my heart, but listening to the Duke say these words so sincerely, I still have a little heart, before there are plump wings, it is best not to provoke these nobles, otherwise it is still light to walk around without eating.
Marcus waved to some acquaintances around him, and then he began to pick up two oars from his feet, and with his left hand, he pushed the wooden pontoon bridge of the pier hard, and pushed the sampan aside with his strength, and then rowed the oars towards the Franks, which was the name that Murong Tao gave to the new ship temporarily.
Captain Franks watched leisurely as the three-track sailing ship named after him lifted anchor and slowly disappeared at the end of Cherbourg Harbour.
"You're really laid-back, haven't you gone over to say goodbye?" Captain Franks squinted slightly, smoking his pipe, but teased Angelina, who was standing beside him, "You're not mad at him for letting you stay here to train those kids, are you?" ”
"Hmph, willing to gamble and lose, the relationship between us is just a relationship between hire and employment, where is it as complicated as you think?" Angelina turned her gaze to the other side and looked away, "If it's okay, I'm going back to the manor." ”
"It's all hard-mouthed guys, hehe!" Captain Franks got up and walked in the direction of the tavern.
Angelina galloped all the way to the sailor's manor, which was under construction, walked into the original site of the preserved treehouse tavern, entered through the original kitchen, pushed open a stone door, got inside, and then closed the stone door.
"Sister Angelina is here, everyone come and stand!" The boy who had gone to the Governor's Mansion for help for the Treehouse Tavern before had sharp eyes, and when he saw Angelina walking down, he hurriedly beckoned his companions to line up neatly, if it was like a soldier waiting for the general to review, it really looked like that.
"Like yesterday, 50 push-ups per person, 20 push-ups per person, and the same goes for girls, now start counting!" Angelina's cold voice echoed in the playground on the basement level, and for those new terms, it still popped out of the mouth of that nasty guy, and I don't know how that bastard's brain grows, and he always comes up with something inexplicable. However, these basic moves to exercise physical fitness are quite good, and I have secretly tried them a few times in the room, and I am still a little uncomfortable at first. After a period of time, I can feel that kind of continuous physical strength.
"Bastard, don't die outside." Angelina suddenly said such an inexplicable sentence in her heart, and she was really startled, when did that bastard have a place in her heart? Phew, it's obviously a nasty guy!
The sea is calm, in order to seek stability, the sailor in charge of the helmsman work is recommended by Captain Franks, and he is also the helmsman of the previous merchant ship, and Murong Tao can be regarded as having a relationship, speaking of which, Murong Tao is still his life-saving benefactor, if it wasn't for the rescue of these people from the hands of the mad dog Pearson, maybe no one was spared on the merchant ship at that time.
"Mr. Rudy, oh, now I'm going to call you Captain!" The helmsman named René is in his fifties, with a lot of crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and his short stature, just enough to control the rudder, but fortunately he has a lot of strength, and even the Carrick-class rudder is so easy, "If the weather is like this these days, we will be able to reach the port of Bavrel in less than three days." ”
"René, you'd better drink less!" Marcus didn't give any face, and directly exposed René's bad habits, "Remember that time, you almost washed the boat on the reef?" ”
"Come on, Marcus, the two of us are fifty steps and a hundred steps, and you are also a veritable drunkard, and my name will be robbed by you!" René was also a strong revelation when facing his former companions, but Marcus was very thick-skinned and didn't care about his provocation at all.
"By the way, René, you are said to have gone to Saint-Malo to make a fortune after that breakup, why did the old captain write a letter and you ran back in a hurry?" As soon as Marcus's question came out, René changed his smiling face just now, and sighed vigorously, "I was originally thinking of going there to find a good job, and I don't know what those Brits have been doing recently. ”
"St. Peter's Port? St. Helier? When Murong Tao silently recited these two place names, a dialog box appeared directly in front of him.
"St. Peter's Port and St Helier are part of Guernsey, one of the three major Overseas Dependencies of the British Crown, and Guernsey is located in the English Channel near the coastline of the Kingdom of France, in the Channel Islands, and forms the Borough of Guernsey with a number of surrounding small islands. The capital is St. Peter's Port. The synthesized sound sounded at the same time.
I see, isn't this tantamount to a thorn in the throat of the Kingdom of France? Probably because he bullied the emperor when he was young and had just ascended the throne, right?
"Mr. Melody, why are you here?" Marcus first saw Melody who didn't know when he was standing on the side of the ship, and seemed to find that he was in a bad mood, so he didn't ask any more, and it was better to leave this kind of trouble to Murong Tao.
"Oh, Melody, come here!" Murong Tao beckoned to Melody, who walked over with a lot of face, "Do you know Guernsey?" Oh, I actually wanted to ask the Duke of Loire if he knew about Guernsey's military status? It must be uncomfortable to be stuck in the throat like this by the British, right? ”
"Sooner or later, the flag of France will be planted all over Guernsey, I promise!" I saw Melody clenching his fists and vowing.
However, for these old sailors, few people take the jokes of a child who is much younger than their grandchildren seriously.
"Looks like the Duke of Loire has told you about Guernsey before, right?" Murong Tao stretched out his hand and rubbed Melody's somewhat natural Liuhai and said with a smile, "This kind of thing still has to be handed over to us adults, but as a man, appropriate blood is necessary." ”
Melody raised his head and looked at Murong Tao, his eyes flashed with determination, he let out a "hmm" and turned around and walked to the cabin.
Looking at Melody's somewhat vain steps, it was obvious that the little guy had not yet adapted to his new life at sea, and seemed to be a little seasick.
René and Marcus were just joking, unaffected by Melody's appearance.
"Tell Bayard to prepare some more clean ginger slices!" Murong Tao stopped a passing sailor and instructed, "If there are still people on the boat who are seasick, let them take the ginger slices under their tongues, it will help!" ”
The sailor's eyes suddenly lit up, in fact, he was about to go to the ship doctor to consult about the treatment of seasickness, but he didn't expect that there was no ship doctor on this ship, so he had to go to the chef Bayard, sometimes the chef and the ship doctor have the same status, because the chef cooks the food, knows which ingredients have which special effects, and sometimes the senior chef is more effective than the half-hung ship doctor.
In fact, in addition to some sailors who had to be on the sea, some young sailors were recruited in Cherbourg Harbor, some of whom were sailing for the first time, and it was normal for them to feel a little uncomfortable.
Soon, the sailor who had obtained the "special medicine" appeared on the deck with a tray of ginger slices, nodded kindly to Murong Tao, and ran towards the rookie sailors who were leaning on the mast and constantly breathing the sea breeze, Murong Tao chased after him, and chose two thinly cut ginger slices into the cabin.