Chapter 19: Whaling

But none of this has anything to do with the Pearl, because on this day, the voyage is going to be renewed, and the target is Port Royal.

Yesterday Gordon ran around tracking down two targets, and Kulich was not idle, and it just so happened that the Pearl was short of sailors, so he was busy recruiting nine sailors for a busy day, and re-replenishing the ship's sailors with twenty-eight.

A day was spent on a detailed investigation of the background of these sailors, who had experienced the mutiny, had strict requirements in this regard, had no criminal record, and were between eighteen and twenty-two years old, with a clean family and a detailed address.

The new sailors looked with some curiosity at Gordon, who had come out of the captain's quarters, and had only seen the captain of the ship until today, and of course they had learned a lot from what the sailors had said.

A lucky boy who was appreciated for accidentally saving the original captain Kurich.

But it is precisely this legendary story that every young man who is new to the ship fantasizes that one day he will be like Gordon, step by step to the sky.

Gordon came out of the cabin without realizing that there were more people on his ship, and it had only been a week since he got on the ship, and he knew only a handful of people, his first mate Kurich, boatswain Mickey, and gunner...... I don't know.

At this point, he was already enjoying being a captain.

"Raise the sails! Ready to set sail, sailors, we still have a long way to go today. ”

As he spoke, he walked towards the rudder, looking full of energy.

Last night's dream seemed to Gordon as a sign and an inspiration, and he didn't have much to pursue in the first place, nothing more than to get rich overnight, live a luxurious life, or enjoy the thrill of adventure, like most sailors.

Kulich was a little embarrassed, new sailors usually ushered in the captain's speech, on the one hand, so that they all have an understanding and enhance loyalty, and on the other hand, it was also for the captain to get to know each other first, and it would be more convenient to do things in the future.

He walked over to Gordon's side and whispered.

Gordon looked at the sailors standing on the deck below, and almost none of them knew him, as if he should have known them.

"Welcome to the Pearl, well, since they are all brothers, everyone treats them equally on this ship, is that chef there?"

A somewhat stocky sailor in the middle of the crowd raised his hand: "What do you command, captain?"

"Everybody's meat has to be cut for me to the same size, and I don't want anyone to be upset about that. ”

The people below began to laugh, looking a little relaxed.

"But! There are rules on this ship, everyone thinks about what they do, and if they do something wrong, they will pay the corresponding price, theft, slander, crowd fighting, gambling will be whipped thirty times, the mast will be tied for three days, and the rebels will be treated directly as pirates, understand?"

As soon as these words came out, the sailors in the audience began to suppress their laughter, and the young captain in front of him was a little majestic at this time.

Gordon looked at the performance below and was very satisfied, there are no rules, of course, at this time, you still have to give a sweet date.

"You can deal with your trivial matters with Boatswain Mickey, and your financial expenses with Kulić, and if all of you are in good order, then each of you will be paid one silver coin this month, and of course if one of you commits an offence will be gone. ”

Kurich's eyes widened on the side, this fluttering sentence costs an extra thirty silver coins a month, how does the money be spent?

You must know that your sailor's salary is three silver coins a month, and the first mate, boatswain, and cook are a little higher, that is, a month's salary is sent out to about 100 silver coins, and now this sentence is an additional thirty silver coins, and Kulich simply gritted his teeth.

Some people in the audience had already begun to cheer, and for them a silver coin increase was a direct increase in wages by 30 percent, even if many sailors did not know how to count, they could know how much a silver coin was raised.

"Long live the Captain!"

Someone in the audience began to shout like this, Gordon nodded with pride, it feels really good to be rich.

Kulić, who was originally angry, was also stunned, Gordon's methods in exchange for everyone's loyalty and discipline, but it didn't seem to spend too much, once a person violated discipline, the money was gone, he had not seen a sailor who didn't do anything for so many years, these guys who couldn't stand loneliness would always start a gamble in a dark corner, and then forgot to control the sound of their shouts and were hung on the mast and whipped.

Besides, he is just a temporary first mate, but he will leave in a few days, how much does it have to do with him?

"All the sailors are back to their posts and go!"

The ship lowered its full sails and began to sail out to sea, towards Port Royal.

The trip was to deal with the pirates' heads, and the pirates who had been thrown into the warehouse, and who were only given a little food every day to hang their lives, Cayenne was a small port, and the guards were not in charge of the pirates, so they had to go to Port Royal, a port where naval warships were stationed and a commodore was said to be in charge.

Located in the Gulf of Venezuela, about 720 nautical miles from Cayenne, the Pearl is a small sailing ship of the speed type, sailing at an average speed of five knots, and if there is a little more tailwind, it may be there in five days.

Kurich continued to fatigue bombard Gordon in the captain's quarters, making him quickly become a captain, and this continued until the evening of the third day.

"Captain, you've spotted a hammerhead shark!"

Gordon looked at the sailors who had hurried in, and nodded his head to indicate that he understood.

The sailors were a little surprised, and their captain was not interested in the slightest?

Then turn around and go back to the first mate, Kurich.

After a while, Kulich rushed in again: "Gordon, hurry up, stop reading, you can make a fortune again." ”

Gordon looked at the voyage notes that he had only read less than ten pages today, and could only bow his head to the evil forces, he just sat here and read a book without interest, it was better to go and see what Kulich said, could it be that the original Coco was also a part-time pirate?

He followed Kulich to the deck, where he saw a large number of sailors beginning to watch the excitement, and the ships had re-assembled their sails and prepared their dinghies.

Looking around, I can't even see a ghost, and the nearest island is still on the horizon, what is this for?

"Whaling!"

"Whaling?" Gordon looked at the Pearl boat, which was less than thirty meters from head to end, where did he get the courage to hunt whales?