In the deep night, the galaxy was secluded, and the old captain with a face full of vicissitudes held the rudder with one hand, took a puff of cigarette with a pipe in the corner of his mouth, and spit out smoke rings of different sizes .......

In the face of Edison's question, he first smoked a long cigarette in silence, and then replied in a tone that was half self-mocking, half proud:

"Panic?!"

"What's the use of panicking, I'm the captain, and if even me panics, wouldn't the crew be even more panicked?"

"When the time comes, how many people on this ship will survive?"

As he spoke, the old captain turned his head and squeezed his eyebrows at Edison with a hearty smile with a bit of deterrence and innocence, at this time he was not at all like the calm old captain just now, but like an old boy who did not grow up.

But immediately, he inhaled a puff of smoke into his lungs, and then slowly exhaled from his mouth and nose, forming three smoke rings, one large and two small, which slowly and leisurely rose into the sky, showing the changes that time has brought to men.

Although such an answer seems to have been expected by Edison for a long time, it still aroused Edison's curiosity as a troubadour.

Edison continued to ask with some reluctance: "Then don't you have any means to save your life? ”

The old captain knocked the soot in his pipe and replaced it with some new tobacco, and Edison took the initiative to light a fire for him, and then he said: "What a hole card! Most of those who do our business are born and raised on ships, and finally die on ships! ”

"So you don't panic, or can you stop panicking when danger comes?" said Edison, analyzing himself, while looking at the old captain with a puzzled expression. Hopefully it can be confirmed.

The old captain Jobs raised his head a little melancholy and said, "I don't know what about others." But I know that the more I go through it, the more scared I become...... Because it doesn't matter if I'm dead. Most of them are going to die, but the thought that this ship might also be buried with me makes me ......"

Speaking of this, the old captain showed a complicated and entangled expression on his face, his hand unconsciously brushed the rudder, and his eyes were gentle as if he was caressing his lover/person.

"I just thought desperately, how can I get out of this predicament, keep this boat, and gradually ...... I forgot about the panic and fear, and only focused on how to solve the danger in front of me. ”

"It's just that in hindsight, I'm actually scared...... What do you think. Are you satisfied with my answer?

Hearing this, Edison came back from his stunned stupor, and quickly nodded and replied, "Satisfied, satisfied!" Thank you...... In fact, this answer was much better than the answer he had thought;

The old captain laughed and patted Edison on the shoulder, and said, "What is there to thank you for! I also want to thank you for being willing to talk to me, an old man! Not to mention that you helped me save the ship." ”

"In fact, I almost gave up after the maelstrom appeared, there was no tailwind to take advantage of at that time, if you just relied on human paddling, you couldn't run away, and you had already cast so many magic before. ”

"Even if you said there was no magic at the time. I'm not surprised. ”

"At that time, I just asked by luck, but I didn't expect you to say that you want to rest for 5 minutes...... To be honest, I was scared that you would run away like this, because magicians always have a way to save their lives that we can't think of!"

Edison was a little embarrassed by Captain Jobs's remarks, so he had to say haha: "Where! It's all in the same boat. ”

Suddenly, Edison remembered something and asked, "By the way, the condition of the four of us on the ship was that we were willing to lend you 'Bai Feng' after getting off the ship and boasting?

Suddenly, an embarrassed expression appeared on the old captain's face, and he almost fell off the pipe in the corner of his mouth. This made the old captain, who had not been flustered just now, hurry for a while, and even a little sweat stain on his forehead allowed the pipe to return to his hand safely.

The old captain carefully wiped his pipe undamaged. said in a strange tone that was inexplicable: "At that time, I couldn't help but make a bet with others, and the result was ...... Plus, it's hard to find free ostrich eggs. What's more, it's still the former 'king of birds' egg, so ......"

When Edison heard this, he immediately asked, "What kind of bet?"

In the end, under his repeated questioning, Captain Jobs was hesitant and embarrassed to tell the story behind it.

It turns out that there are only 6 semi-official passenger ships that travel to and from the outer area of the "Mosen" circle and the outer area of the "non-falling city" circle every time, and basically when a ship arrives at the port for repair, there will be another ship to set sail, maintaining an efficient transportation mode of at least two ships on standby in the ports on both sides of the ship each time, and the other 3 or 4 passenger ships on the route.

So the extremely bored old captains developed a strange habit of betting, that is, to bet on the passengers on their own ship every time they returned from the voyage, as for how to bet......

Sometimes they bet on the ratio of men to women, sometimes they bet on the height of the passengers, and sometimes they bet on the first letter of the passenger's first letter...... As for this time, they are betting on the weight of the consignment carried by the passengers, and although the 'Baifeng' does not meet the traditional consignment cargo transportation regulations, it is ...... Old captains have to learn to be flexible, don't they?!

"I'm telling you this for the sake of you saving the whole ship, don't you tell it!" After speaking, the old captain repeatedly told Edison with an expression of "I told you a big secret, you have to be grateful to me!".

Edison: "......" (How boring you are!)

In the end, the chat lasted for a long time...... The two sides conducted in-depth negotiations on how to alleviate the boredom at sea and how to improve the technology of sailing, and also expressed their respective opinions and views, and reached a certain exchange consensus!

On one side of the flank is a knowledgeable theoretician (Edison is serious! yes, it's me).

On the other side are experienced practitioners (Jobs calms his face, uh-huh!hahaha!).

Edison: "So, the sun is good anyway, isn't it a good idea to put a parasol on the deck and set up a stall to buy and sell sunscreen fish oil, beer, and drinks?"

Jobs: "This can't be done! Now the boats are all men, a group of men have nothing to dry on, and they also smear oil, not to mention beer and drinks, if it is expensive, others will not buy it, it is easy to smash their hands, and if it is cheap, I might as well bring more goods...... But since you said that, I might as well have a fishing tournament......"

Edison chattered: "Actually, alchemy props can be used on the ship, such as using a fire-based magic array to heat water for pressurization...... Drive...... Finally, we can move forward in windless conditions......"

The old captain said in a puzzled voice, "But...... Why bother, if I really had the money to put the alchemy props, wouldn't I just attach a wind magic array to the mast or hull?"

Edison suddenly realized: "It seems to be the same!" embarrassed...... (To be continued.) )

PS: One more is sent! That's it for today!