Assassin’s Adventure

It took almost a whole day to recruit sailors, bringing the Jackdaw's crew to 80, which cost Gordon 1,600 silver coins.

Early the next morning, Coolidge took half of the sailors to the market to purchase goods. The sailors were mighty and Coolidge smiled.

The style he originally pursued has finally been realized here. It is more direct than any luxurious clothes and good cigars. Forty people walking on the street are full of momentum.

And Gordon took the other half of the people and began to collect supplies from the market, a lot of rum, water, black bread, and of course pigs, cattle and sheep.

I finally had a lot of money, and of course I couldn't let myself be so miserable. I set out two cabins at the bottom of the ship to support animals, so that the sailors could eat fresh meat.

As for the lack of vegetables and fruits, Gordon has an excellent idea.

"Mitch, let me ask you a question, you know that in the fifteenth century, a country in the East once sent more than 200 warships and 27,000 people to investigate India and even the Americas, but they never got septicemia. sick, do you know why?"

The latter is completely a sign of confusion. According to the current nautical chart, the farthest one has reached Singapore. I never knew where there was such a country with such a powerful fleet two hundred years ago.

"do not know."

Gordon snapped his fingers: "My bosun, you are very honest, so I'm going to tell you this big secret, how to keep the sailors from septicemia."

The latter opened his eyes wide, his captain is definitely a talented person, except for the Royal Navy, which is in good condition, there is almost no ocean-going ship that is not infected with sepsis. This is a worldwide problem. Captain solved it? Or refer to the ancient eastern countries that even the navy has not yet explored.

"Captain, I swear, I will absolutely keep this secret and not tell anyone else."

Gordon showed a mysterious smile, and then said, "Sprouted bean sprouts, and kimchi!"

Such unfamiliar and mysterious words made Mickey surprised and sighed.

"It turned out to be bean sprouts and kimchi."

This time, it was Gordon's turn to be surprised: "You know what?"

The latter shook his head: "I don't know, but it looks very high-end when I hear it."

Gordon laughed: "Mitch, tell the sailors to buy a lot of vegetables and beans, let's go buy some jars!"

"Alan, take the other sailors to buy supplies, buy some vegetables, don't buy too much jerky, you guys, come with me!"

Alan, who was still haggling with the vendor behind him, nodded, and then shouted, "Captain, I have no money!"

Gordon rolled his eyes, he once gave him so much money, but he thought that he might lose it during the battle, and he took out the money bag and threw it to him directly: "Save it... "

Gordon and Mickey took five or six sailors to the place where they first bought the clay pots, and of course they also looked at the glass bottles. In the end, they could only choose a clay pot that could barely seal. They bought seven or eight and carried them on their shoulders. walking back.

"By the way, there is also salt."

When Gordon passed the food market again, he bought a lot of salt again, and this ended the purchase.

In the afternoon, after all the sailors had eaten lunch, Curry ended this purchase, with boxes of sugar, cocoa, coffee, tobacco, leather, wood, and a dozen barrels of whale oil.

Whale oil is a good material whether it is sold at the time or kept on the boat for its own use, so I bought a lot at one time.

Everyone who went back to the ship started to watch Gordon mess around, instructing the sailors to clean up the clay pot, then tear up all the freshly cleaned vegetables into small pieces, then stuff them in, and add the ones that had been left at room temperature. Boiled water, salt.

"White sugar, what about white sugar?"

Gordon suddenly thought that he needed something like sugar, and his eyes lit up when he saw the goods Gordon brought back.

He directly took out the white sugar from the cargo, opened a box, and then grabbed two handfuls of them in it. Coolidge was very distressed. Does this need to be good white sugar? Obviously just use the most basic sucrose, it's simply absurd!

Although Gordon has never made kimchi, has he never eaten pork or seen a pig run? It’s all these raw materials anyway, and you’ll know after you make it twice more. As for whether there is too much salt, what is the proportion of sugar, and whether the peppers are spicy enough, these are not things to consider in this attempt.

Arranged for two sailors to seal the kimchi jar and move it into the lower cabin. Gordon clapped his hands and expressed his satisfaction.

"Is this the end?"

Coolidge watched Gordon work for a long time. Although he didn't know what he was doing, it should be a means of preserving vegetables.

"A week, probably, I can show you how to eat vegetables in the sea, but it seems that we can reach Havana in more than a week~www.readwn.com~ La Guaira is about 1200 nautical miles away from Havana. At an average speed of five knots, it would take about ten days.

"Gordon, vegetables soaked in water will quickly rot. You are wasting!"

Gordon smiled: "Remember the theory I told you? High temperature can kill those tiny bugs, as can a certain concentration of salt water."

"so?"

"So Morgan, I suddenly had a new idea. You can take the cannery as soon as possible. You can go back and open a kimchi workshop. Sailors who specialize in making this and sell it to merchant ships may also make a lot of money."

Coolidge shook his head and was a little speechless about Gordon's whimsy: "Let's wait until your experiment is successful. You always want me to do some weird things every day. You are the captain, and you don't want to do anything about sailing every day."

Gordon ignored him, but continued to demonstrate how to sprout bean sprouts. Whether it was soybeans or black beans, just soak them as he remembered, cover them with linen, and sprinkle them with water.

These things can't be seen for a short time. Anyway, after all the preparations have been made, the time is approaching evening.

All the goods have been loaded on the ship, the cattle and sheep made the ship's environment very bad, but for their own appetite, they could only forcibly endure it.

"All the sailors are in place, raising their sails and ready to set sail. This time it will be a somewhat long journey to Havana."

"Yes Captain!"

The densely packed sailors on the deck began to move, pulling up the anchor and spreading the sails. Gordon also felt the pleasure of being a captain for the first time, holding power, money, and sailing freely.

He opened his hand to feel the wind blowing from the south, and shouted: "Tailwind, full sail!"