The burly pirate looked at Marven and raised an eyebrow, "You're a cook?" ”

No wonder he suspected that Malven's dress was a little far from that of a cook, and the farmer's son still looked quite upper-class, with a wig, lace embroidered on the cuffs and neckline, and a coat sewn close to his waist, but now he only had white silk stockings on his feet, and those beautiful boots were counted as trophies when he searched his body.

He nodded busily and said, "I...... My mother owned a small hotel in Canterbury, and I would help out when I ran low on staff. ”

The burly pirate looked a little skeptical, especially as his gaze shifted to Malvern's wet crotch.

Marvin obviously knew that his first impression on the other party was not good, and he added in a hurry, "I cook very deliciously, and the cook will ask me for advice when I am on the ship, if you don't believe it, you can ask you...... Those friends, I was in the kitchen when they found me. ”

"That's right." The two pirates who discovered Zhang Heng and Marven nodded in agreement when they heard this.

Marven looked nervously at the burly pirate, who touched his chin and said after about half a minute, "Then you can try it, but I warn you, if it tastes bad, or if we eat bad stomachs, even if I am willing to forgive you, they will not let you go." He said as he gestured to the pirates around him.

Malvin hurriedly thanked him.

"Alright gentlemen, the quota is full, the recruitment is over, and I wish you a pleasant journey ahead." After saying that, the burly pirate took the three of them and prepared to leave.

However, at this moment, another voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Wait."

The burly pirate stopped, not noticing that Malvin's face suddenly tensed when he heard the voice, and the latter looked up at the place where the voice had come from, his expression full of pleading.

Zhang Heng ignored the hint given to him by the farmer's son, got up and said, "I'll join the gang too." ”

The risk of drifting at sea is too high, and there is a serious shortage of food and water, if he is alone, he may choose to fight, but so many people will complicate the situation, not to mention that he still has props left on the boat, and he will not be able to get those things back.

The burly pirate frowned, "I appreciate your enthusiasm, really, but as I said before, there are only three spots in this recruitment, and now we are full." ”

Faced with the rejection from the other side, Zhang Heng just said calmly, "Give me a gun." ”

Perhaps moved by someone's self-confidence, or perhaps because of the coaxing of the pirates around him, in the end, the burly pirate handed Zhang Heng a short musket.

Zhang Heng received it and checked it a little, after experiencing the script of the Soviet-Finnish war, he also did some homework on firearms, and now he is no longer the little white who didn't understand anything at the beginning.

Now he is holding a flintlock pistol, compared with the arquebus, the process of shooting is simplified, the use of flint to ignite the gunpowder, faster rate of fire, less recoil, higher accuracy, was developed in the middle of the 16th century, by the mid-to-late 17th century began to be widely distributed in the European army, and later the American Revolutionary War was also the stage of the flintlock pistol.

But in the final analysis, this thing is also the tears of the times after all, not to mention modern firearms, it is far from the M28 he used in the Soviet-Finnish war, the so-called simplified shooting process, just relative to the arquebus, because the bullets and gunpowder at this stage are loaded separately, after firing a shot, just loading bullets and gunpowder will take a while, and the firing range is only about 80 meters.

Zhang Heng looked very carefully, and it took a full minute for a full minute to see the lively pirates around him, and the burly pirate who was in charge of recruiting people also began to show impatience.

At this moment, Zhang Heng suddenly raised the short musket in his hand without warning, aiming at Marvin, who was horrified in his heart, and thought that Zhang Heng wanted to kill people, but the next moment the bullet flew past his ear and hit the apple core in the hand of a pirate at the stern of the ship, startling the latter.

The pirates were stunned for a moment, then burst into cheers.

The distance between Zhang Heng and the apple-eating pirate was more than forty meters, and the hull of the ship was in the bumps of the waves, and the difficulty of shooting itself was very high, and the consistency of this set of rapid-fire movements learned from Simon was too good, and it looked like he didn't aim at all, and in the end, this amazing archery won the applause of the audience.

In a sense, the vast majority of pirates are quite simple people, they always have no lack of respect for the strong on the sea that believes in the law of the jungle, and they don't know who started first, and the pirates around them shouted together, "Accept him, accept him!" ”

The burly pirate in charge of recruiting people frowned, but in the end, he couldn't resist the surging public opinion behind him, and said helplessly, "Okay, a sharpshooter, no one should be able to refuse, anyway, three people have been recruited, and I don't care about one more, come with me." ”

The four of them followed the burly pirate down the deck, and the latter introduced himself as he walked, "My name is Owen, I am the boatswain of the Sea Lion, no matter what you have done before, what your identity background is, you are now a member of the Sea Lion, of course, we can't trust you as much as we trust others, but it's okay, let the time tell." ”

Owen paused, then continued, "But there are some things you need to know in advance, listen, gambling, theft, and private fights are strictly forbidden on board, unless there is a duel in the presence of a notary, and it is a capital offense to escape in battle......"

As he said this, he glanced at Malvin, who was smiling with sweat.

Owen continued, "It is strictly forbidden to hide the spoils of war when plundering, except for the enemy you killed, you can pick one thing first, and in the end all the harvest will be divided equally among everyone, the captain and helmsman, the doctor, the carpenter, the gunner, the cook, and the boatswain will each have one and a half points, and other people who have done well in battle will also have additional rewards, and if you are disabled, there will be a pension, the amount of which depends on the number of years you have been on the ship."

"Oh, and, most importantly, all the day-to-day affairs of the ship, including the appointment and dismissal of the captain and the helmsman, everyone has equal voting rights."

Owen looked at the four of them after speaking, "That's all for now, do you have any questions?" ”

Marvin raised his hand and sneered, "Declare in advance, I'm not trying to evade responsibility, I just want to know, that ...... Is the cook going to fight too? ”

Owen glanced at him, "Normally, no, but if it really comes to a crisis where everyone has to take up arms, speaking of which, you go to Di Freina in a moment and ask him to equip you with a musket, and I will tell him about it too." His last sentence was said to Zhang Heng.

"And the rest of you too, you can also find Di Freina to receive a weapon, this is a newcomer's benefit, as for the future, if it is damaged, you will have to pay for it, and it will be deducted from your next loot."