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The USS Thunder was a decommissioned military ship from the United States of America, converted into a merchant ship.

On the way back from East Asia, the Thunder encountered a group of pirate ships. After several hours of artillery fire, a group of pirates even jumped ship and stormed the captain's quarters.

Fortunately, after the brave fighting of the crew, the Thunder finally broke out of the encirclement.

Unfortunately, in the fierce fighting, almost all of the ship's nautical instruments were destroyed.

The Thunder stubbornly continued eastward for a few days, and then encountered overcast weather, and could no longer tell the direction.

"No sun, no stars, where are we going?" muttered the first mate, standing at the bow, looking around with his binoculars.

Someone next to him intervened, "Then don't drive the boat, wait until the sky is good." ”

"York, you're such a fool. The first mate said angrily, "Shall we stay here and wait for the pirates to catch up?"

The sailor's exclamation rang out, "Hurry up and raise the sails, as far as you can." ”

York felt that they were thinking too simply, "I don't know the direction now, what if I take the way back, isn't it just in front of the pirates?"

There was an immediate silence on the deck, followed by a wave of scolding.

"Damn pirates!"

"Damn British!"

York was confused, "What does this have to do with the British?"

"The British sent all the criminals to Australia, and they couldn't keep them. With so many villains coming together, they become gangs and gangs of pirates. ”

"So. It's all the fault of the British!"

York nodded, "You have a point, I think I should write a report on the relationship between the flaws of the British prison system and the rampant piracy in the Western Pacific." This must have made the headlines of the newspapers......"

A sharp-eyed sailor suddenly shouted, "There's a ship ahead!"

The first mate turned the binoculars around, "It's a canoe, and there seems to be a person on it." ”

"Let me see, let me see. York snatched the telescope from the first mate's hand and looked at it for a moment, "This is a shipwrecked drifter. There's no rowing tools at all, go save him!"

The first mate rolled his eyes, "Why did you save him?"

"In the spirit of humanitarianism. At sea should rescue a person who has fallen into distress. ”

"Do you know who the canoe will be?"

"Who is it?"

"That's the indigenous Maori people of Australia, uncivilized. The first mate Yan said, "Our supplies have lost a lot in the last battle, save a primitive man on the ship." It's a complete waste of food. ”

York still insisted. "But it's a human life, after all. ”

"I'd rather save a black man. ”

"Why can you save the Negro and the Maori don't care?"

Someone next to him helped explain, "Mr. York, if you save a black man, you can sell it as a slave when you return home." This kind of primitive person, the law does not say that he can be a slave, is it not in vain to save it?"

York cried out in grief, "Aren't primitive people human?"

The sound of creaking leather boots on the deck was heard. The gray-haired old captain walked slowly, waving his right hand. "Get the Maori up and give him good food and drink." ”

York exclaimed, "Captain, what a gracious and generous gentleman you are. ”

The sailors asked, "Why save him?"

"Primitive people traveled in canoes, which means that they may have the means to discern the way, to get the man up and see if he can lead the way. ”

The crowd exclaimed, "Captain, what a wise and wise leader you are. ”

The Thunder immediately hoisted its sails and headed in full direction for the canoe.

There was a lot of talk on board:

"Why do Maori feel their bearings?"

"Uncivilized primitives are similar to beasts, and the sense of direction is a beastly intuition. ”

"I see. ”

"It's also possible that this Maori is a tribal sorcerer who may have mastered some mysterious natural powers," said the wise captain. ”

York asked, "What if you get the Maori up and now he can't see the way?"

"Then throw him down again. ”

After two hours of sailing, the sailors wondered, "Why haven't you caught up yet?"

The Thunder is a converted warship, and the navigation is quite good, otherwise it would not have escaped in the encirclement of pirates.

But now it is only a small boat without sails and oars, and it is impossible to catch up with the other party.

The first mate looked at it again and again with a telescope, and his face gradually became solemn, "The distance has not been shortened. ”

"This is so weird!"

"Maybe the Maori in the canoe were really wizards. ”

"Without the tools to sail the ship, is he sailing with a spell?"

"It's dangerous to deal with wizards. ”

Until nightfall, the distance between the Thunder and the canoe did not shorten in the slightest.

"If you can't see the boat at night, you can't chase it. "If the canoe continues at night, we won't find it again tomorrow." ”

The people aboard the Thunder spent the night with trepidation. An overly mysterious ship can be intimidating, but it can be an important opportunity to find your way.

At dawn the next day, the sailors on duty were shouting, "The canoe is still there! ”

The people of the boatload were excited, and immediately pulled up the sails and chased after them.

Then, until the whole day passed, the canoe remained at its original distance from the Thunder.

The same was true on the third day.

The people on the boat felt that they were going crazy, could it be that the canoe ahead was just a phantom, and it would never be possible to catch up?

York's face suddenly dawned on him, and he rowed the cross repeatedly, "This boat must have been sent by God to save us." ”

No one believed it.

"Why don't you think about it, if this ship wanted to leave us, it would have left long ago in the night. So it's showing us the way. We follow it every day, and we will definitely be brought back to the United States by it. ”

The first mate asked, "What does a Maori do in the United States?"

York said sternly. "This is not a Maori, this is a messenger of God. ”

"Do you have any other evidence?"

"The sun has come out today, and you don't see that this canoe has been sailing east?"

Many sailors noticed this and cheered, "It's to the east! It's to the east!"

"This Maori must be going to our lovely United States. ”

"Follow him, there is a way, and we will be able to go home. ”

York said excitedly. "A Maori man, paddling across the Pacific Ocean in a canoe, if I were to write about it. It will definitely make the headlines of all newspapers and make a sensation in the world!"

"I feel sorry for the science that primitive man was able to cross the ocean to the Americas. Columbus would have cried. ”

The sailors shouted. "Mr. First Mate, don't worry about Columbus at this time!"

There was an atmosphere of joy on the ship, and everyone felt that there was hope of returning home, and they were in a great mood.

It didn't take long for the lookout to suddenly shout, "The canoe is approaching us!"

Seven or eight telescopes looked over at the same time, and an exclamation sounded, "There is no one on the ship anymore?"

Half an hour passed. The Thunder caught up with the canoe, its empty hull undulating with the waves. The "Maori", who were supposed to be on the ship, were gone.

The mood of the crew suddenly fell from the high mountain to the trough, and without the guide, how to go on the next route?

There was a sound of "rubbing", and there was the sound of the sword coming out of its sheath. When they looked back, they saw the benevolent, generous, and wise captain draw his command knife, and at an angle of forty-five degrees, pointing upwards towards the stern.

On the roof of the aft cabin, at some point sat a young man with dark eyes and tattered clothes, looking at them lazily.

Some of the reactive sailors quickly picked up their muskets and took aim with the captain's command knife.

After a while, the captain saw that the other party did not react, slowly put the command knife back into the sheath, waved his hand, and said, "Put the gun down." ”

York nodded, "It's just that so many of us still need to be afraid of him...... No, no, I mean, we have to be kind to the guest who comes on the ship, and we don't have to point a gun at him as soon as we meet. ”

The first mate turned his head and asked, "York, do you speak the Maori language?"

"How could I be, I'm neither a linguist nor have worked in Australia. York spread his hands, then waved at the young man, "Hello, Maori." ”

He just said hello out of courtesy, and didn't expect the other party to understand.

"Hello, I'm not Māori. ”

There was a boil when the boat boarded, "This Maori, he can speak English!"

York glared, "Didn't you hear that he just said he wasn't Maori?"

The first mate sighed and said, "This is not a good thing, if he were not a primitive man, he would not have the intuition of a beast to recognize the direction, and he would not have the power of mysticism." ”

"That way, you don't have to feel sorry for science," York said. ”

He continued to wave at the young man, "Friend, where are you going?"

"Americas. ”

York asked, "Can you go to America alone?"

"Yes. ”

"Does that mean you can see where to go to the Americas?"

"Of course. ”

York was overjoyed, "We're also going back to the United States, so let's go together." ”

"Okay. ”

York waved his hand and shouted, "Gentlemen, you all hear, this friend is indeed the messenger sent by God to save us. As an angel of God, he certainly possessed the natural ability to discern direction at sea. ”

The first mate muttered, "But how could the messenger of God be a yellow man, like those who were transported to the United States to build the railroad?"

York whispered, "Don't doubt God, for He will send as many messengers as He wills." ”

The weather-beaten captain did not take the so-called "Messenger of God" lightly, and asked in a stern tone, "Sir, can you tell us where you came from?"

"Don't ask me where I'm from," said the young man, "trust in God." (To be continued......)