Chapter 224: Why Go to Sea
Andrea was treated by Gordon as an ancestor, and any request could be met, knowing that Andrea had enough influence over the Governor of Kingston.
Of course, the overall quality of the Jackdaw's personnel also gave the little princess a lot of security, and these sailors who did not get too bad about it, plus some restrained Chinese slaves, made Andrea quickly accept the ship, and the man who rescued him from the pirates.
Heroes save beauty always appear in fairy tales, although she is only thirteen years old, but it is also a spring at an age, not to mention that in this era, many girls will marry women when the first period of fourteen comes.
Gordon's body was strong and his face was handsome, and although there were some vicissitudes of life due to the drift of the sea, this only increased his maturity and did not show signs of aging.
He was a gentleman, a soldier, a captain, a general.
That was what Andrea had in mind, and she could still remember Gordon's blood-soaked smile as he told her to take her home.
Of course, he was really frightened at the time, but later he felt that the smile was so touching that it gave her hope when she was most helpless.
"Gordon, what is your dream, or why are you going to sea?
The latter was pouring water on himself, and when he heard such a question, he raised his eyebrows, and he knew that what he said would probably be told to the Governor of Kingston in the future.
"I don't know, maybe I just want to see the sea, the animals of the Caribbean, the gold of Africa, or the land of India. ”
In the end, he was not able to say some flattering words against his heart, what for the sake of the waters of the empire, for the sake of contributions, if a person needs to deceive a thirteen-year-old girl with lies to achieve success, it is really deserved.
"Have you ever been to India? It is said that the land is thriving, prosperous and free. ”
Andrea seems to have a certain yearning for the land recorded in that book, and of course, Europeans are superior people there, and they will be respected enough and live well.
However, Gordon was not so well impressed by India in later generations, with chaos and a harsh caste system that brought about constant class contradictions and inhibited development by faith, all of which were caused by the empire in order to maintain its rule.
"I've never been, but it's supposed to be a thriving land. The East India Company sends hundreds of ships to sea there every year, carrying gold from the East back to the empire and making us stronger. ”
After hearing these descriptions, Andrea seemed to yearn for that place even more.
"Evan, are those people gone? I want to go to the deck. ”
Gordon shook his head: "Be patient, miss, we have to wait for them to go away, many people in this world have evil intentions, you need to be careful." ”
When he found the warship, he told Andrea to hide inside and not to come out, if the navy took her, wouldn't it be in vain to do so much?
He left the voyage to Alan and Mickey, spending more time with Andrea to make sure he could have enough influence on the girl.
It was late in the evening, and a simple banquet was set up in the somewhat cramped captain's quarters.
The steak that Andrea wanted was on the table, along with a lot of seafood, including a large lobster, for which they delayed fishing for two hours.
The room was lit with candles, and the sea was quite calm at the moment, and the sound of silver knives and forks cutting on porcelain plates was crisp. David was holding the wine station on the side, looking at the dishes on the table from time to time and swallowing his saliva, of course, what made him swallow even more was Andrea, who ate carefully.
The aristocratic lady is full of mystery and temptation for him from a low background, and his long-term adrift on the sea makes him particularly sensitive to women, even if this woman is alone with the captain for a long time.
The captain probably wouldn't be interested in this little girl. What David thought in his heart, this girl was the same age as himself, if he could really win the heart, wouldn't he have to worry about food and clothing in the next life? Of course, it was just a matter of thinking, he and this person were separated by a moat.
"Another drink, miss?"
Andrea drank half a glass of wine, her face flushed, and she seemed to be dripping water in the light of the candle.
"Okay. ”
Andrea nodded, the sweet wine that made her not feel the degree at all, but felt that it was the best drink.
"Okay, drink less, you shouldn't drink at your age, alcohol will make you lose your judgment and bring danger in an unfamiliar environment. ”
Gordon waved his hand to stop him, he didn't want to instigate minors to drink.
"What will you do to me?"
Andrea didn't listen at all, but snatched the flask directly from David's hand and filled it for herself.
David's expression was a little innocent, but he gloated, of course, he was happy to see this noble lady drink too much.
"You go down first. Gordon gave him a look and told him to take the flask.
"Yes Captain!" even though he was reluctant, David could only push the door open with the flask, but a group of sailors covered his mouth and continued to listen to the corner.
"Captain, how about this?"
A sailor seemed incredulous, but the facts were in front of him.
At the beginning, the captain gave up the captain's room to Serena, but now he lives with this little girl.
Every morning, they had hoped to see Andrea come out of the captain's quarters in a strange pose, but they never did, but today, they felt that Gordon was finally going to do it, get drunk, and ......
The picture is really exciting to think about.
"Come to think of it, the captain never goes to the brothel, why?"
"Why?"
"Of course, it's because he doesn't have the type he likes!"
"You mean...... The captain might like men?"
“......”
"Don't let the captain hear that, or you'll be whipped from the mast." ”
"Get back to work!"
Mitch spotted the lazy sailors and kicked them over: "Be careful of one person with five whips." ”
On the Jackdaw, it was not pleasant to eat a whip, and it would hurt for four or five days.
Hearing this, the sailors dispersed in a hurry, and only David was left in place and a little at a loss.
"How's it going on inside? I don't want this little girl to be the captain's wife. ”
Of course, his grinning personality made him forget to lower his voice.
"Mickey, I can hear you clearly. ”
Gordon's voice from inside frightened him, and he quickly dragged David away.