Karina drank the bottle of rum, and under Zhang Heng's guidance, she finally turned her attention away from the spice ship she was chasing, but she didn't be quiet for long, and when the wine came up, she began to talk about other things, most of which were related to her childhood.

She talked about her father, who had rarely seen her since she was born, her mother, who indulged in proms and her perfume-ridden lover, her sister, who was two years older than her but liked to steal her things, and an old dog named Parker......

Most of the things were intermittent, and there was a lot of emotion in between, "I thought we didn't like each other that much, I thought my mother would be with her lover after my father was in prison, and my sister would go to London to continue her painting studies...... Because I (the family) was born broken, which is something I realized when I was six years old, where everybody, including me, was busy with their own business and indifferent to everyone else, but the strange thing was that when the bad news came, no one left. ”

The businesswoman paused, "This is the most unreasonable part of the whole thing, we have spent our whole lives escaping from this black hole that swallows us, but when the opportunity is in front of us, why should we choose to stay?" ”

Zhang Heng waited for Karina to announce the answer, but after that, the latter talked about a salon she attended last year, complaining about how unpalatable the desserts were and how hypocritical the guests were, and then she finally lay on the table and stopped moving.

Zhang Heng did not wake up the businesswoman and let the latter go back to his room to sleep, but chose to leave the captain's room, anyway, there was nothing else in it except books, so there was no need to worry about any secrets being discovered by Karina.

He closed the door behind him, and there was no one in the dark hallway outside.

Zhang Heng didn't go far, he leaned against the wall on the side, closed his eyes, and until this moment he finally felt a deep tiredness.

Different from the high spirits when leaving the port, these days the Jackdaw is shrouded in an atmosphere of suspicion and frustration, after experiencing the incident of the perfume ship and the Duffy, the current crew has developed an instinctive suspicion of the so-called intelligence, even if Zhang Heng announced the news of the spice ship, it has not been able to improve morale too much.

And as time goes by, there are more and more voices that are not optimistic about this operation, Zhang Heng has not always been as indifferent as he appears on the surface, especially considering the failure of the maiden voyage, the living environment of the Jackdaw will undoubtedly deteriorate further, and more importantly, he, the captain, as the first person responsible, will definitely be to blame, and when he returns to Nassau, he will face a more dangerous situation.

Therefore, Zhang Heng couldn't help but be suspicious, and even the extreme situation that Karina said he had considered, but at this time, it was actually meaningless to look ahead and look backwards, but it was better to go all the way to the dark.

Everyone on the Jackdaw can panic now, but he, the captain, can't show even the slightest bit of negativity.

Because in this helpless time, everyone's hope will naturally fall on the captain, hoping that he can have a way to lead the ship out of the predicament, his self-confidence and composure are the last comfort in the hearts of the sailors, Zhang Heng knows that the current situation is not completely bad, because if he can really lead everyone through this crisis safely, then he can also quickly establish his prestige among the new and old crew members and become a real leader.

However, the question now is whether he can really do it?

Zhang Heng didn't know the answer to this question, in the previous rounds of the game, he basically only needed to take care of himself and do the things at hand, he himself was also such a person, he rarely participated in group activities when he was in school, and he was more accustomed to being alone, not that he couldn't communicate with others, but he simply didn't like this kind of thing.

However, the main task of this round of the game is to build a force, which is indeed an unprecedented challenge for him, from the beginning he was forced to juggle between Fraser and Orff, during the time of the Sea Lion Zhang Heng not only learned various skills related to navigation, but also learned and thought about the way Orff and Titch led the crew.

And in this matter, Fraser also gave him a lot of help, the old pirate once said that excellent captains do not necessarily have the same qualities, but without exception they are all people who can use their traits to the extreme.

Like Blackbeard Teach, although he rarely showed up to participate in the affairs of the ship, the crew of the Sea Lion was deeply in awe of him, and for three years, not a single crew member dared to challenge his position as captain. Or Sam, the Black Prince, who is the most righteous pirate leader in all of Nassau, and the pirates under his command love him from the bottom of their hearts. And Honig, who was known for his generosity before his retirement, was full of followers.

So Zhang Heng has been thinking about what his characteristics are since very early on, he doesn't want to rule by fear like Titch, and it is difficult to completely mingle with the low-level sailors like the Black Prince, and Honig's generosity is also not something that everyone can learn.

Zhang Heng thought for a long time, and finally decided to trust as his label, he hoped that the crew of the Jackdaw could trust him, especially at the moment of difficulty, everyone would think of him at the first time, and believe in him unconditionally, over time, the crew of this ship will not hesitate to implement every order he has, even if they can't understand the meaning behind it.

Zhang Heng knew that this was the most difficult way, because this kind of thing could not be tricked, and it could only be forged through crises again and again, but the advantage was that once it succeeded, the pirate group he led would also have the execution and tenacity qualities that other pirates did not have, and it would be difficult to defeat it again.

But that's all for later, if he can't lead everyone through this crisis safely, then everything is in vain.

…………

"You look like you're tired." Suddenly, a voice came from the darkness.

Zhang Heng opened his eyes and saw a face close at hand, the red-haired girl didn't know when she was standing in front of him, carrying an oil lamp, but with the surrounding environment, it was a bit of a ghost movie.

Anne looked at the closed door behind someone and said suspiciously, "You ......"

"Well, she came to me just to discuss her plans for tomorrow."

"What's your plan for tomorrow? Aren't we chasing the spice ship until we catch up? The red-haired girl was a little puzzled when she heard this.

"............" Zhang Heng couldn't refute, maybe Annie was the only one on the entire ship who had never wavered, and he didn't know if the red-haired girl was because of her big heart or something else, and she never seemed to be worried about the outcome of this operation.

However, seeing her appearance, Zhang Heng's heart was inexplicably relieved, but before he could say anything, he heard the lookout on night suddenly shout, "A ship has been found ahead!" ”