Chapter Fifty-Seven: Sailing Daily
Early the morning of the second day of sailing, Gordon handed over the helm to Allen, and he and Mickey began to inspect the entire ship's cargo and weapons.
This so-called Jackdaw is not the same as the Jackdaw in the game, the so-called penny is worth the cargo, and the ship that consumes a lot of its own money is a full-sail three-masted sailing merchant ship, instead of the original two-masted merchant ship, with more flexibility, more firepower, and a larger hull.
"Captain inspect the cabin!
In the last period, the sailing ship was soaked in the sea, and the sailing ship required the sailors to constantly clean up, wipe the deck, the cabin, and the sanitary conditions would make the ship slippery and the sailors would be prone to illness.
"Yes sir!"
Even though the floor of the cabin was so brand new, these experienced lads kept wiping the floor with mops and brushes.
Gordon nodded in satisfaction, then continued to walk further back.
This is very different from the Pearl in the past, which was narrow and the cabins had to be bent, but now it is like walking indoors.
The boat was very smooth and did not feel any bumps in the smooth sea.
Gordon looked at the ship's twelve-pounder gun, tsk, the caliber was still much worse than the Black Pearl's cannon.
When I walked to the rear of the cabin, I saw a large galley, and Chef Smith was preparing breakfast for the crew.
As a chef who has been cooking high-end food in the restaurant for a long time, he is also meticulous when he arrives on the ship, knowing that the Pearl used to have no breakfast, only two meals a day.
Gordon couldn't resist serving a bowl of brown bread and a bowl of dried meat with oats in it.
"Yes, this taste, it's really evocative. ”
What was originally a simple jerky, and those black bread mixed with sawn flour were simply murderous food, but in Smith's hands, it was changed to a different taste, and this chef was worth it.
"Captain, this is just the food of ordinary sailors, your food is here. ”
Looking at the table that was covered by a metal lid on the side, he opened it directly.
A bowl of boiled beans, a large cutlet, caviar, eggs, kelp, and a large piece of white bread as the main food is simply too hearty for a breakfast on the sea.
Gordon swallowed and forced the lid back.
"Ahem, Mr. Smith, our ships are fair, you know? Everyone has to eat the same food, and I'll eat whatever the sailors eat in the future. Mickey, find someone to send this to the captain's quarters so no one else can see it. ”
Smith was astonished that no captain had ever been as good as Gordon, except as an egalitarian pirate.
"Captain, this is your right, the whole ship, these ingredients, you pay these sailors, is there anything wrong with that?"
Gordon twitched his cheeks, and said as if he had some sense, why did he have to eat the same things as the sailors, he was originally the captain, these are all mine.
But the words have already been spoken, and now regretting it is a slap in the face: "Mr. Smith, I think you are right, but it's too extravagant, just give me an extra bowl of boiled beans, I like to eat this." ”
After all, you still have to be diligent and thrifty, otherwise look at Kurich, after running a lifetime of goods, the money is either in the hands of his wife, or he will eat and drink and smoke all the money.
Smith finally nodded, "I know Captain, you're as approachable as legend has been. ”
Gordon's old face was about to turn red from such boasting, and he just hurriedly took Mickey and continued to walk towards the warehouse below.
The cabins on this level are all kinds of consumables and supplies.
A large amount of rum was placed on the wine cabinet, and in the barrels were all kinds of brown bread, and so on, and in the corner, Gordon found his pickle jar.
He didn't pry it open, but walked around and looked around, and then found a cow, three sheep, and two pigs in a separate room.
The smell was overwhelming, and in this unventilated cabin, the animals were sailor-fed, hay or beans, but the excrement was really polluting.
"Mitch, make a note of it, remodel it here, open a piston door under the cabin near the outer deck, flush me once a day, use the sea, wash it all away. ”
Mickey looked at the dirty environment inside, and showed a frightened expression: "Captain, this ......"
"I'll leave it to you, boatswain I trust, for we can get cooked food on the sea, and you can't excuse yourself. ”
In the end, Mickey could only accept his fate, write down this article, and put a heavy reward on it, he didn't want to do this kind of thing himself.
Gordon held the list of supplies and checked that the food was in the correct amount, damaged, spoiled, or inedible, and needed to be recorded to ensure that he could estimate the correct number of days on the voyage.
Today is only the second day of sailing, of course, there are no major problems, Gordon is just a routine check, Kulic is leaving the ship, he has to take care of it himself, and he is training Mitch and Allen to be his best assistants.
At the bottom was the cargo floor, which was loaded with a lot of purchased goods, as well as cannonballs, and some gunpowder.
Of course, the heaviest things of the ship are stored at the bottom, otherwise the whole ship will be top-heavy and will capsize sooner or later.
"The number of round bombs, 350, it's okay, gunpowder, 12 barrels, this is a bit less, the next port will be restocked......"
Gordon took notes as he walked, and then he saw a mouse running over!
"Mouse, there's a mouse in my cabin! Mickey, catch it. ”
After receiving the order, Mickey quickly drew his scimitar and chased after the mouse, knowing that it was not only a rat that was terrifying, but this creature gnawed on the goods, continued to multiply, and spread diseases, which was a catastrophe.
Boom!
The scimitar was embedded in the hull on one side, leaving a large gap, and without the slightest hesitation, Mickey pulled out the scimitar and continued to chase the rat.
"Even, my ship, you give me attention. ”
Gordon shouted, but also put down the ledger and chased after the mouse, and the two collided all the way in the cabin, slashing and killing the mouse, and even screaming and screaming from time to time, which directly alarmed the people in the upper cabin, and then reported to the first mate of Kulich.
"Big, first mate, the cargo hold is haunted, the captain and Mickey keep screaming after they go down, what are we going to do?"
Hearing this kind of words, Kulich was also furious, but he still hit the guts: "The skeleton sailors of the Black Pearl have been defeated, what are you afraid of, you few, come with me, hey, get weapons!"