Gordon quickly denied it.

But looking at Kurich's small eyes, the greasy middle-aged man's somewhat long beard.

Due to the restrictions of navigation conditions, even the captain of the ship, because of the long-term blowing of the sea breeze, his face was abnormally ruddy and chapped, which really made him unable to find a trace of handsomeness.

Then one can imagine what his daughter will be like.

It occurred to Gordon that he still didn't know the name of the ship.

"The name of the ship is Coco, but you, as the new captain, can certainly name it as you wish. ”

Kuric replied that the name Coco was just a whim, and that no one cared about this kind of boat.

"From now on, let's call it the Pearl. ”

Gordon looked at the ship that now belonged to him, very immature but very precious to himself, and named it the Pearl in honor of the Black Pearl.

The ship's route was from the Gulf of Guinea to the Caribbean, and there was only a small overlap with the course of the ship that had fallen Gordon, but it was just by accident that it boarded this ship.

It just so happened that for Gordon, it also became a way home.

Huaye Island is a small island west of Praia, and after leaving this island, you are greeted by a large expanse of the ocean, and this voyage takes three days to reach the next port, Cayenne, where part of the ore and fine timber are sold, where sugar and whale oil are loaded, and then continue towards the port of Caracas.

Although Kulić's ship was not large, the value of such a cargo could reach 1,000 ducats.

British colonies spread throughout Africa, the Americas, and even as far as India, and the pound rose with it, but in many places it was still only serious about gold and silver, and a thousand silver coins were worth five thousand pounds.

Silver has not yet been mined on a large scale on the American continent, and the ratio of silver to gold at this time is 13:1, and if you use gold to settle the settlement, it is only about 75 pieces.

The cost of sailing, the cost of goods, this time the trade could be accounted for at least a thousand pounds, and it would take less than two weeks.

Gordon drove the ship with excitement for one day, and then the next day he was completely paralyzed, in such an endless sea, it was really not interesting, in this boring voyage, the sailboat was left to the helmsman, and the captain stayed quietly in the captain's room to study the route, or to check the cargo in the hold, to read the book, to keep accounts.

Because it was a very simple merchant ship, there was no accountant and no surveyors, and these tasks were all done by the captain alone.

At this time, Gordon and Kulich were sitting in the captain's cabin drinking coffee, and the rocking ship creaked a little.

Coffee is a luxury, it requires the presence of a stove to boil hot water, and at sea, where fresh water is difficult to preserve, the vast majority of sailors can only drink rum, so they get drunk all day.

Kuric handed Gordon the logbook of his voyage.

"If you want to be a captain, you don't just have to be at the helm, we have to write down what we see and hear every day on the sea, so as not to forget important things. ”

Then Gordon took out a thick ledger, which not only recorded every transaction, but also recorded the specialties of each port, where it was most profitable to ship, and even designed two golden triangle routes for trade transportation.

"There's no money, but there's no one to follow you, the captain. ”

These are decades of trading experience as a captain, and newcomers are not so easy to mix.

"It's a sextant, and every night you need to use it against the star map to determine where we are, and then mark it on the map. ”

This is a small metal object, Long Jikun may have seen it in the history books, but he only knows it, he doesn't understand it at all, and he also needs to relearn it at this time.

This is not the end of the story, as a large number of books and geography books need to be memorized, including where reefs exist, where the currents are so strong, and in what seasons the routes cannot be taken......

For the first time, Gordon had a deeper understanding of the profession of captain, and why some people were willing to risk their lives to become pirates rather than trade on their own, because sailing was not as simple as imagined, but very tedious and boring, and becoming a pirate was a shortcut.

As time went on, Gordon was scratching his head and losing more hair from all kinds of books every day, and he became more and more determined that he must assemble a perfect seafarer system.

A first mate who takes care of more chores, surveyor, accountant, cook!

"Chef, there must be a good cook, I've had enough of these things. ”

The initial novelty faded, the food that stayed at sea for a long time was simply unbearable, in this era when there was no canned food at all, vegetables and fruits were a luxury, and ships that sailed long distances were easily infected with sepsis, and this also gave him a good idea to make money.

With the advent of cans, you can definitely make a lot of money, but this requires a large amount of start-up capital, if you can apply for a loan from the Royal Bank.

On this day, the ship stopped at Cayenne, which was also the first time that he came to this world to personally visit the gathering place of civilization.

Looking at the low-slung buildings, the people dressed in gray, the dirty harbors, and the dilapidated houses, Gordon felt that the word civilization was a far cry from what it is now.

The ship slowly came to rest in the harbor, then dropped anchor and secured it with ropes.

The sailors began to move half of the cargo, and under the leadership of Kulich, came to the exchange.

An inconspicuous stone building, with a plaque at the entrance that reads Exchange, and upon entering is a courtyard where people are loudly discussing the buying and selling of goods, and then they are labeled and classified by the personnel of the exchange.

Most of the personnel here were armed with knives or muskets, and were in disarray.

And Kulić is obviously an old friend here, and he called an old man who looks like a manager.

"Captain Morgan!

"It's the same, I want to see Mr. Donner, it's been a long time. ”

"Captain Morgan, I can trust him, who told the two of them to move these things in. ”

The old man did not check the number himself, but moved directly into the warehouse.

Morgan didn't bring much at a time, but fortunately, it was very stable, and it was never bad.

Morgan let his sailors move freely, stayed here for a day, and then, led by the old man, to the room at the end of the corridor on the second floor.

When the door was opened, a stout man sat behind a desk.

"Morgan, you haven't visited me in years, and you've finally figured it out?"