Standing up expressionlessly, rubbing the back of his blood-stained hand against his clothes, Fang Yan coldly glanced at Haggis, who was lying on the ground with a blood-stained face and didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and looked around. As far as their eyes could see, many pirates subconsciously took a step back, their eyes looking at Fang Yan full of disbelief.

"Haggis, defeated?!"

The same thought crossed the pirates' minds.

Under the gaze of hundreds of pirates, Fang Yan took a few steps to pick up the Night Star Hammer that had fallen on the ground before and carried it on his shoulders casually, pretending to be questioning: "Now, who wins and who loses?" ”

Quiescence.

Hooking the corners of his mouth and smiling, Fang Yan walked to Holly's side with a giant hammer: "Uncle Holly, my performance is not bad, right?" ”

Holly grinned heartily, Chong Fangyan gave a thumbs up, and before he could speak, a burst of applause suddenly sounded not far away.

"Captain."

"The captain is here."

Seeing the comer, all the pirates greeted him, and even Hawley nodded at him. I don't know when, Captain Chamang has already arrived here.

Fang Yan stood quietly beside Holly, nodding at Xia Mang in a friendly manner, but he felt a heavy pressure in his heart. Although he had already seen Xia Mang when he first got on the boat yesterday, Fang Yan still felt uncomfortable standing in front of him, as if he had been pressed on a certain level. What's more, Haggis, who he just defeated, is Xia Mang's henchman.

Glancing coldly at Haggis lying in a pool of blood on the side, Xia Mang turned his head to look at Fang Yan as if he was ignorant, revealing his trademark aristocratic smile: "Fang Yan, it's very good." ”

The pirates were silent, and their eyes were focused on Xia Mang to see what he would do next. Haggis is the eagle dog of Shaman, and if he angers Fang Yan because of this, even if it is morally untenable, no one on this ship can stop it, not even Hawley. Because, this is the authority of the captain.

Fang Yan naturally knew this, but he was gambling, betting that Xia Mang would not dare to make an unfair judgment in front of everyone, which would offend the anger of the public.

Unlike most city-states in the world, Bilgewater pursues the law of the jungle of nakedness, where a big fist is the last word, and this concept has taken root in the hearts of the people. The battle between Fang Yan and Haggis was a one-on-one agreement, and Fang Yan won the dignified and upright victory, so although he was far inferior to Xia Mang in terms of strength, he had enough confidence to stand in front of Xia Mang at this moment.

Fang Yan, stand on top of righteousness!

However, Fang Yan's full of confidence disappeared when Xia Mang drew his sword in his left hand and pointed it at him, and the pirates around him were also in an uproar. Holly frowned and took a step forward: "Xia Mang! ”

"I announce that Fang Yan will succeed to the position of boatswain, and anyone who is dissatisfied can challenge him." The sword was on Fang Yan's shoulder, Xia Mang's tone was flat, but the words he said made everyone on the boat look surprised. There is no excuse for Fang Yan to be convicted of hurting people without permission, which is expected by everyone, but to promote Fang Yan to boatswain?

Even if you look at the entire Sea of Watch, in addition to recruiting the already famous pirates, there is no precedent for a newcomer to succeed to an important position on the second day of boarding the ship, but now Fang Yan has set this precedent?

In the confusion of many pirates, Xia Mang said lightly: "The strength of Fang Yan's little brother is obvious to all, and being able to defeat the former boatswain Haggis naturally proves that he is more qualified to succeed the boatswain, and the position on the ship should be filled by the capable." Am I not right? ”

"The captain is right!"

"Captain wise!"

"Captain wise!"

“……”

At this moment, Fang Yan also reacted, and when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't help but be surprised by Xia Mang's wrist, and even a trace of admiration rose faintly in his heart. With the momentum of defeating the boatswain Haggis, he showed his strength as soon as he got on the ship, accumulating his first prestige among the low-level pirates. If Chammon were to punish himself for Haggis, although the pirates would not dare to say anything, his prestige would inevitably decline, and no one would want to follow a captain who would reward and punish his cronies. If he didn't say anything about this, the pirates at the bottom wouldn't think too much, but Hawley's prestige would inevitably increase among the highs, because in their opinion, Fang Yan, who represented Hawley, defeated Haggis, who represented Shaman.

But now Xia Mang has come to such a hand, directly appointed Fang Yan, who defeated Haggis, and borrowed the captain's natural power over the crew to minimize the impact of Fang Yan's battle, and at the same time left many low-level pirates with the image of knowing people and making good use of rewards and punishments. At the same time, Chamang is also sending a signal to the ship's higher-ups: On this ship, I have the say!

Although Fang Yan thought a lot, it actually took less than a second, and glanced sideways at Holly, who was smiling happily because he had become a boatswain, Fang Yan secretly shook his head and smiled. This senior of his own, sure enough, doesn't know the straight nature of fighting for power and profit.

"Fang Yan, do you accept my appointment?" Xia Mang looked at Fang Yan with a flat gaze, Fang Yan turned his head to look at him, and the moment their eyes met, both of them seemed to understand each other's thoughts.

"Thank you, Captain, for your cultivation." Fang Yan bowed, and Xia Mang smiled.

In the end, Fang Yan still chose to accept Xia Mang's appointment and became the new boatswain on the "Bayonet". In fact, from the bottom of his heart, Fang Yan didn't want to be a boatswain on this ship, after all, he was just a passerby, so he put a layer of shackles on his body. But it was precisely because of this that Fang Yan did not refuse, in this case, he refused Xia Mang's appointment in public, this was a naked slap in the face, not to mention whether Xia Mang would retaliate afterwards, did Fang Yan still want to contact Blackbeard?

As long as he figured out the joints, there was actually only one choice in front of Fang Yan: accept Xia Mang's appointment.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Xia Mang nodded slightly, encouraged Fang Yan a few words, and then turned around and left with the entourage around him, leaving this place to Fang Yan as the winner of the duel. Of course, before leaving, Xia Mang did not forget his henchman who was seriously injured and fainted in a pool of blood, and ordered his subordinates to take him to the ship's doctor for treatment, but even with a clever ship's doctor, Haggis's injuries of this level could not be healed in a short time.

After Xia Mang and the other high-level officials left, the deck resumed its previous liveliness, and the pirates talked about the previous battle, and many pirates even ran to Fang Yan to show favor to the new boatswain, with a completely different attitude from the previous appearance. A big fist is the last word, this truth of Bilgewater is vividly displayed at this moment, no one will care about Haggis's injury anymore, and the pirates only care about Fang Yan, who is now in the limelight!

The lively scene on the deck boiled to its apex when Holly laughed and announced that a free wine banquet would be held tonight, and the share of the expenses was deducted from himself!

Even Fang Yan, who didn't care much about the position of boatswain, was infected by the emotions of the pirates and joined the carnival.

The revelry lasted until midnight, and after the bustling revelry, a large number of drunken pirates lay on the deck on their backs, still holding their wine glasses and reluctant to let go, and the wine was still pushing and arguing together, and many people were talking and drunken in their dreams.

The moon hung high in the night sky, and Fang Yan, who was the protagonist of tonight's banquet, was not really drunk, but his consciousness was inevitably a little drunk and half awake. Alone and quietly reclining on the side of the boat, blowing the sea breeze, sipping the rum in the cup, savoring the pleasure of the sweet and spicy mixture. His eyes opened, and he made a toast gesture to the moon, Fang Yan raised his head and drank it all.

After today's banquet, Fang Yan, who was incompatible with Bilgewater and was an outsider before, gradually understood the pirate's philosophy of life. Pirates live with their heads pinned to their belts all the time, and maybe they don't see the sun rise the next day. With such a life, what reason do they have not to revelry and enjoy themselves in time? It doesn't matter if they have family on shore or not.

"For an ordinary pirate, making a lot of money, retiring and reuniting with his family when he is old, teasing his son and grandson when he is bored, and bragging about his original years at sea, this is the most ideal life, right?"

Smacking his mouth, Fang Yan smiled drunkenly: "It's a pity, it's not for me after all." I'm not aiming for this. ”

(ps: I finally took the Mandarin test today, and I visually don't have much to do in the next period of time, just waiting for the fourth level in June, so we're going to work at full speed!) ）