Chapter 31: Ebil's Departure
Gordon's words touched the heart of the sailor, not everyone can ignore life and death, the more a person carries, the more he cares, the more afraid of death.
"My name is Ebil, my father is a farmer, and my mother works as a servant in the mayor's mansion. ”
Turning his head, Ebil's eyes were already full of tears, he was born in an ordinary family, he had no dreams, just to beg for a bite to eat, and he was not world-weary, he wanted to live well, his father told him that as long as there are good people, there will be good rewards.
But when the sailors around him fell one by one under the pirate scimitar, the creed on which he built his life collapsed, and it was not a good person who could get a good reward, nor a conscientious person who could live a good life.
He just wanted to live, no matter how slim the chances were.
Looking at Gordon's face of comfort, his tears could not be stopped at all.
"Captain, I'm just, I just want to live! don't send me to hanging......"
Gordon looked at the person in front of him, the most ordinary, most honest and responsible person in the world, who had been crushed by the cruel reality and blood, and had already stepped into the abyss with half a step, and if he let it go, he would have fallen into it completely.
He struggled to pull Abel up from the ground and shouted, "Stop, cry or not a man?"
The latter buried his head and tried to stop sobbing, but he couldn't stop the tears at all, and the experiences of the past few days of the voyage passed through his brain like a movie, the laughter, the killings, the blood, and the pirates who couldn't be killed at all.
Gordon patted him on the shoulder: "I'm the captain of the Pearl, and every sailor's sin counts as mine, cheer me up if you stay on board." ”
The surrounding sailors looked at the two people in front of them with an indescribable feeling, maybe the poor person must have something to hate, such a poor Abiel, who did something so despicable, fortunately, was stopped by Gordon's appearance.
But this kind of person is not hated, who is not so afraid at the end of the day? even when they hear about Barbossa's conditions, they have some thoughts in order to survive? But in the end their conscience suppresses the desire to survive, and Abel does not, representing almost all the desires of their hearts to survive.
"Captain, I want to go home, I don't want to sail......"
Abel decides to abandon the path of sailing, and like the storm-torn Donner, he may never re-enter the sea for the rest of his life.
Gordon sighed, feeling a little panicked, but he still took out a large handful of silver coins from his money bag, and finally about fifty of them, and put them into the latter's pocket.
"This should be enough money for you to get home from here, and you can buy some small business. ”
Looking at Abiel who staggered off the ship, his leg was still bleeding, but this was the best ending, wasn't it? Abiel still caused the displeasure of the other crew members on the ship, but he couldn't bear to deal with him, after all, things hadn't developed to the worst.
"It's not people who are at fault, it's the world!"
Ebiel left the ship, and there were eleven people left on the ship, and it was a joke to try to drive away from the Pearl.
The Pearl was a fourth-class sailing ship, just a stone's throw away from a third-class battleship, with a forty-five-meter-long hull, 36 cannons (50 for a Tier 4 battleship), and a full-sail three-masted galleon that brought the fastest speeds in the entire Caribbean.
During Barbossa's reign, the Pearl was full of 87 pirates. Take charge of deckwork, helm, artillery, carrying supplies, and more.
Eleven people operate such a ship, and it would take five people to propel such a huge metal anchor, let alone raise and lower the sails.
They were short of manpower, and the Black Pearl had its foremast cut off in this battle, freeing it from the curse of Barbosa's group, and it was still a question whether it could be restored, and the tattered sails were not available to them, and La Guaira did not have a good shipyard and repair yard, and they did not dare to stay long.
I don't want to think about these annoying things, but fortunately there is no blood stained on the Black Pearl, otherwise the amount of work to clean the deck will be very large.
A group of men found an inn in the harbour, and the ships were given to the harbour for three shillings.
Of course, Gordon also commissioned the personnel of the port, and if he could find someone to repair the foremast of the Black Pearl, he was willing to pay thirty silver coins, of course, it was only a simple repair.
After briefly bandaging the wounds of the crew, the sailors began to group up again to go to the tavern, and it was just noon, and Gordon was hungry, so he followed him to the tavern.
La Guairah is not the same as Cayenne, and although it is a smaller port, it is absolutely indispensable, producing spices, sugar, tobacco and, of course, moonshine.
And the port and Caracas city is only less than ten kilometers away, the transportation of materials is very convenient, more prosperous, it naturally drives the development of the economy here, the bar and Cayenne are not at all a grade, a two-story building covering an area of about 300 square meters, this is a large building, providing all kinds of alcohol, the price can be found from high to low, to meet the consumption level of all people, the first floor of the spacious and bright hall also has a large number of decorative pictures, tables and chairs are very chic, that is, the sailor's loud noise is very annoying.
Gordon took the sailors straight up to the second floor, which was similarly decorated but much quieter.
It was a luxurious meal for Gordon, with the white bread that only the rich could enjoy, sandwiched with caviar, sardines, prawns, and, of course, a roast suckling pig, a large turkey thigh, and steak, enough to satisfy the eleven sitting people.
Of course, wine is also indispensable, but the thought that he will have to go to the Admiral's mansion for a banquet in the evening, Gordon did not drink too much, and so did Kurich.
The meal, which cost one hundred and twelve silver coins, was more than the total wages of the sailors of the entire ship before, and was now eaten by one meal, and Kulich said nothing.
"I feel it now, the greatest tragedy in life is that people die and the money is not spent......" Kulic spread his hands and answered his question.
On this voyage, it felt like he had experienced more than anyone else in his life, his rebellion, and the second escape from the Black Pearl, the most vicious pirate in the Caribbean, and Kulich was now a legendary captain.