"Hahaha, they don't dare to chase!"

The sailors hanging on the ropes looked at the corsair covered in flames, and the Flinken cheered, which had gradually turned, which resonated with more sailors.

It was undoubtedly a resounding victory, and they beat the pirates to the ground without losing a single manpower.

"Hahaha......"

Gordon squinted at the departing pirate ship, the dregs of the sea like pirates have no chivalry at all, let alone so-called humanitarianism, even if the friendly ship is sunk, and the sailor is holding the plank to sink in the water, he will not be able to turn a blind eye.

Do you still expect the Jackdaw to save it?

"Everybody's in good spirits, it's not time to relax, let's get out of the sea. Gordon commanded loudly.

At this time, the sky is clear, the wind is slowing down, and it is a new day.

The sailors who had been busy all night were a little sleepy, and everyone was nervous and highly focused during the battle, and once the battle was over, the sailors broke out with fatigue from the rain all night, and after making sure that the surroundings were safe, many sailors fell directly on the deck and fell asleep.

Gordon stretched, feeling a little sleepy at the moment.

"Captain, let me come, you go and rest first. ”

It was incumbent upon Kulich to take over as captain at this time as first mate.

Gordon looked at Kuric, who was also tired, and shook his head with a smile: "You go to rest first, we said okay, three hours, you will take over the shift." ”

Seeing Gordon's insistence, Kulic had no choice but to nod and decide to go to rest.

At this moment, only Alan and the other five sailors were left to accompany Gordon on the voyage, and he took out the compass, kept correcting the course, and continued to follow the predetermined goal.

When Gordon finally waited for the change of crew in Kulić, he pushed open the door to the captain's quarters, and saw a large hole in the back, a solid iron bullet, and the pages of the book that were constantly flying because of the movement of air, and the fragments of the table that had been completely shattered.

The books were purchased from the port of La Guaira at the time of the voyage, and were reimbursed directly in less than two days, and even more infuriating were the fact that the charts and sextants were broken.

But at this moment, he was tired and couldn't take care of it too much, so he could only close the wooden door again, and then lie on his soft bed, not to mention, while looking at the scenery outside, there was really a feeling of a sea view room.

Under the cool sea breeze, looking at the reef dunes in the distance and the coconut trees, I suddenly thought of the song Penghu Bay, and fell asleep while humming a song......

Early the next morning, Gordon was woken up by hunger, and he slept all day.

He kicked open the door and shouted, "Alan, get your captain something to eat, I'm dying of hunger." ”

At this time, Allen, who was at the helm, directly handed over the control to the sailor on the side, and then ran to Gordon in a hurry: "Captain, you finally woke up, I don't know if you thought you died inside." ”

Gordon slapped him directly on the head: "Why are you talking, quickly get something to eat, by the way, what about Kuric?"

Alan took this slap and hurriedly ran towards the bottom of the cabin: "The first mate is pumping water with the crew." ”

Seeing Eren so frizzy, Gordon rolled his eyes and followed him down to the cabin.

Eventually, two pieces of white bread and a glass of chocolate filled Gordon's stomach temporarily, and at the bottom of the cabin, five sailors pushed a huge winch, pushing the knee-deep water out of the cabin, and Kulich was counting the loss of cargo.

"How's it going?"

Gordon wiped his mouth, looked at the serious-faced Kurich and asked.

"Heavy losses, Captain, five crates of sugar fell into the water during the battle, as well as cocoa beans and tobacco, and we lost at least three hundred silver coins. ”

“...... That's a bit of a serious loss!" Gordon's face began to twitch, his own money was not blown by the wind, and three hundred silver coins were lost in vain, and sure enough, the merchant ship was not suitable for fighting against pirates at all.

He shook his hands, then pulled out a cigar and struck a match.

"Actually, there's more to it than that......

Kulic was about to continue.

"Wait, wait, let me light the cigarette first. ”

Gordon took a sharp puff of his cigar and then slowly exhaled the smoke, feeling his mood suddenly calm down.

"Go on. ”

"If you count the cost of repairs to the cannonballs, gunpowder, whale oil, and ships, you will have to pay two or three hundred silver coins......"

Hearing these words, Gordon almost slipped and stepped into the water, but he still barely pulled Curic to get back up: "Do you count the captain's room that was punched through?"

Kulich hastily calculated on the paper: "In the captain's room, if the sextant is broken, the chart or something, plus the maintenance cost, it will be about sixty silver coins." ”

Gordon didn't listen well, the cigar in his hand took two more puffs, and then extinguished it on the stone slab on the side, why, because of such a big loss, the cigar may not be smoked in the future, so you can only save a little.

"Morgan, tell me how much we've lost?"

The latter opened the accounts on the side, on which the manpower recruitment, supplies, goods, plus the cattle, sheep, jars, necessary equipment for navigation, cleaning tools, etc., which Gordon had bought.

"Captain, which one do you want to hear first, good news or bad news?"

"Well, good news. ”

"The good news is, captain, if we sell all the cargo, we should make a thousand more ducats. ”

"That'...... The bad news?"

"The bad news, of course, is that you could have earned two thousand, you promise me, don't fight with pirates in the future, we can't afford to ......"

Gordon was a little silent, but finally nodded, he is still in the most basic initial stage, and he doesn't have such a huge amount of capital to fight with others, the Jackdaw is not a black pearl, and there is no way to repair it indefinitely.

In order to remember this lesson, Gordon personally led the sailors to start repairing the holes in the ship, plugging the holes with the wooden planks that were originally stored in the supply tank, and making the simplest repairs, although fragile as paper, and maybe even submerged in seawater, but at least it wasn't so windy, wasn't it?

Seeing that such a brand-new ship, only three days after it was born, was beaten like this, Gordon was of course bleeding in his heart, and suddenly had the idea of recruiting a shipwright.

"Mitch, do you know where the shipyards are better?"

Mickey is an old man, and he has followed Kulich to a lot of places, so he should know.

"Captain, shipbuilding in Havana is actually pretty good, but that's the place of the Spaniards, and they don't necessarily buy it, and the best in England is the royal shipyard, and the private one is probably Detford. ”

"Looks like it's time to take a trip to the UK!"

Whether it's Burton's letters of recommendation or shipbuilding, the UK mainland is a place worth visiting.