My friends are all pirates

This is the price to be paid for failure.

Asherid attached great importance to his first formal participation in the fraternity's external brawl, and worked hard to participate in the whole process, while strictly controlling the scale, so as not to steal Henry's limelight.

After all, if you are looking for a job, you must be generous and consider the examiner's face.

However, everyone may not have noticed it for the time being, because they were all praising Henry for his good performance just now.

Those who want to be captains must be good at making decisions and not ink marks.

The situation at sea is ever-changing. If something happens, if you can’t make a decision immediately, you will be poor if you don’t get beaten to death.

Asherid looked at Henry who was grinning from ear to ear in the crowd, and knew that the position of captain should belong to Henry again this time.

No way, he did perform pretty well.

The tavern has returned to its original bustle, and the members of the Brotherhood of the Coast, who had finished their drive, returned to their tables to enjoy drinks and food.

Henry stepped on the box again and clapped his hands vigorously, bringing everyone's attention back to him.

He said loudly: "I believe everyone knows what the theme of tonight is. Now that there are no people in the way, let's start!"

Everyone immediately raised their glasses to show their approval.

Henry watched this scene with a smile, he waved, and a crew member pulled up a wall covering behind him, with densely written words on it.

Another crew member moved a table and put a thick stack of paper and a pen on the table.

"Okay, as you can see, this is the content of the contract currently recognized by everyone on board. Today, on behalf of the people on board, I will recruit new companions to go to sea together. Those who are interested in boarding the ship can first look at the contract. If they agree , you can recommend yourself to me, of course, I will make a conditional choice according to the situation of the crew, everyone understands this."

Henry said to everyone, then jumped out of the box and sat at the newly moved table.

The wall covering that was originally behind him was clearly displayed in front of everyone.

Ashred also craned his neck to look.

He sat relatively close, but he could see it fairly clearly.

The crew who had brought the wall coverings had already begun to read out the contents of the contract aloud.

"Everyone has the right to vote on what is going on at the moment. Every time the loot is grabbed, fresh food and spirits are shared equally by everyone and can be enjoyed as they wish. For the benefit of the entire crew, only when there is Where a sacrifice is required, it may be decided by a vote."

After reading this article, the crew paused deliberately, and after making sure that no one questioned this, he continued to read the second article.

"Lights and candles are to be put out at eight o'clock in the evening, and if there are any people who want to drink and merry after eight o'clock, they must go on deck."

Everyone nodded to express that they had no opinion.

On the vast sea, if there is a fire, no one can try to please.

"Gambling is prohibited on board, women are not allowed on board, and everyone is required to keep their tools, pistols and other weapons clean and ready for use."

"There shall be no fighting in a ship, but every dispute shall be settled ashore by pistol or sword."

"Those who do not fight share no spoils, and if any man abandons his ship or leaves his post when the battle begins, he shall be punished as the others see fit."

"No one can talk about giving up this life until they have each contributed half a million peles, and if before that much is contributed, someone loses a limb, or becomes crippled, or any injury that will interfere with his work, Each will receive his due compensation accordingly, and these compensations will be apportioned from the spoils of others."

The crew read it out one by one. During the process, no one raised any questions or asked for revisions.

Finally, he read the most important part.

"Both outstanding performers and captains have a double share of the spoils, helmsman and first mate get one and a half, doctors, officers, gunners and carpenters get one and a quarter, and everyone else gets one and a half." share."

"Henry, how do we judge a person's outstanding performance?" Someone finally asked.

"It's simple." Henry put down his glass. "You kill the most people, or you can bring good luck to everyone, or play a decisive role in the process of finding and catching the prey. These all count."

"Would you like to vote then?"

"What do you say?" Henry looked at him, "If you were someone else, would you ask not to vote?"

The man smiled and stopped talking.

Definitely vote!You can get double!

Overall, this is a decent contract with nothing to fault.

After all, pirates are not professionals who specialize in contracts, and the so-called contracts are just a set of simple rules, which cannot cover all possible accidental events.

On the vast sea, dozens of old men are nestled in a boat, floating for several months, and it is not surprising that anything happens.

The guy like Henry went ashore to duel too frequently, causing the neighbors in the neighborhood to take turns to persuade him to change careers.

Compared with the sad brother, Henry's pirate career is much smoother, and he is very satisfied now.

The publicity of the contract ended smoothly, no one made very personalized requests, and there was no need to call everyone over for a crew meeting.

Now he just needs to sit in a chair and wait for someone to apply for the job.

In fact, everyone is very enthusiastic about signing up.

When Henry came back this time, 36 people disembarked because they had achieved income. If the scarce resources such as blacksmiths were not counted, the skilled workers they now mainly needed were carpenters, coopers and tailors.

When Asherid finally got in line, there were not many contracts left on Henry's table.

This is thanks to the fact that everyone is from the Brotherhood of the Coast. Knowing that this is the first time for Ashred, I don't mind giving him a last chance.

"Oh, let me see who this is?" Henry was delighted when he saw Ashred, "Isn't this our little blacksmith?"

Everyone laughed in good faith.

Skilled blacksmiths will have a high social status, but even technology is generally a scarce resource, and even fewer are willing to go to sea.

Except for warships, any sea ship will lack blacksmiths, and many merchant ships simply do not have blacksmiths in the exempt personnel sequence.

"I don't think I need to conduct an assessment on the skills you have mastered." Henry said with satisfaction, and pushed a contract in front of Asherid, "Come on, see if you have any comments. If necessary, It can be brought up during the crew meeting."

"I think this is very good." Asherid said quickly, "My master has no objection, of course I have no objection."

"Your master must be happy to hear this." Henry smiled,

Until now, Henry and the others have only one blacksmith on board, that is, Asherid's master Bussel, but considering that this master holds the important position of helmsman, he does not have enough time to be a blacksmith.

Under Henry's expectant eyes, Ashred read the contract carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he picked up a brush and wrote down his name.

"Welcome to be a member of the Imagination, Ashred." Henry put away the contract, smiling like a spring breeze.

He was looking forward to Bussel's expression when he knew that Ah Sherid was going to board the ship.

Chapter 5 Go to sea

Regarding the name of the Imagination, Ya Sherid, who was also a half-hearted fan of the Age of Discovery in his previous life, actually has the desire to complain.

But when he boarded the ship with a group of new colleagues, he didn't want to complain about the name.

Its main deck has had some structures removed, part of the cabin partition below the deck has been removed, and more gun positions have been dug out on both sides of the hull. It has a total of twenty cannons, but they can be used for side-firing guns There are only eight doors, the largest of which is only about ten centimeters in diameter.

Make no mistake, the Imagination is a pirate ship with a serious lack of heavy firepower.

But it's obviously not that Henry and the others didn't pursue it. Asherid has a say in this point. He was originally an apprentice blacksmith who had extensively participated in the casting of Yserra's guns.

The Ysera people can only make old-fashioned smoothbore artillery that uses solid bullets, but the smelting technology and casting technology are not good, and the castings are also very rough. Without in-depth processing, the shooting accuracy is extremely poor.

If the Ysera pirates want to obtain reliable cast iron cannons, they still have to snatch them from their prey. Because they can't beat warships, they can only grab armed merchant ships, and armed merchant ships also don't have heavy artillery.

So the lack of heavy firepower on the Kinks is purely out of reach.

According to Asherid's understanding, this is a common phenomenon that can be seen everywhere in the pirate circle. Most of the pirate ships do not have heavy firepower. In this way, it can be understood why most people in the navy are clearly cannon fodder in the comics. , but when facing pirates, he is awesome.

It's really not just because of the crowds.

Most of the cannons in One Piece are iron front-loading smoothbore cannons. There are solid shells and explosive shells. On Blue Star, a new generation of iron front-loading smoothbore cannons that can fire both solid shells and explosive shells is available. The era of great voyages only appeared in the middle of the nineteenth century, and then came the era of large ships and cannons. Sail warships, front-mounted smoothbore guns, and solid shells were all quickly and completely eliminated.

The starting posture of naval warships is to shoot flat bombs into the face, and considering the three small gun rooms that are standard on large warships and the setting that can directly pass through the windless belt, it can be judged that the navy of this world is already in a state of warships with sails. Beginning of the trial phase of the transition to a hybrid ironclad ship.

This is true of ships and cannon, as well as of the technology of shells.

The Ysera can make explosive bombs, but they rely on simple and completely unreliable time-delay fuzes. At the same time, because they do not have bombardment technology, they can only use mortars to launch explosive bombs. The propellant that ignites the cannon has the same terrible lethality on the ships and personnel of both the enemy and the enemy.

From the comics, it is obvious that the navy uses explosive bombs with impact fuzes. The performance is also very reliable, and the above problems do not exist at all.

Faced with such a technological gap, a pirate group with insufficient personnel cannot stand it at all. On the contrary, a pirate group with sufficient personnel can obtain the above-mentioned equipment by attacking warships. The degree of polarization is even more serious.

After seeing the scenery of the Imagination, Asherid clarified a basic principle on the spot - if he sees a warship, he must call it out loudly at the first time, so that his companions can start the running process immediately. , It's really not enough for the navy to finish a round.

"How is it, Asherid, isn't the boat good?" Henry's voice came from behind Asherid, interrupting his worry at the moment.

Asherid turned around and saw that besides Henry, his master blacksmith was also there.

Seeing the expression on Master Jun's face full of reassurance, Asherid knew that his life on the ship would be very fulfilling.

"Although our boat is not big, it is very fast. It happened to be refurbished this time when I came back, and I replaced it with new sails and new ropes, which cost a lot of money." Henry said very sighingly.

"Uncle Henry, master." Asherid timely sent his praise, "I have never seen such a beautiful boat."

All that said, from the looks of it, the ship is very well refurbished.

"Hahaha, we will have bigger and more beautiful ships in the future." Henry was very pleased with these words. What he longed for most was to have a magnificent warship with powerful firepower.

"Do well, I'm optimistic about you." Henry patted Ashred on the shoulder and walked towards the stern.

Asherid was going to look elsewhere when he was stopped by someone.

It's his master, Bussel.

Asherid followed Bussel on the deck, and the people who boarded one after another caused the ship to shake slightly.

The sailors were busy loading supplies onto the ship, and their expressions were beaming.

It is undeniable that for a person who must follow the rules on land, a giant ship sailing in the ocean, sails like clouds, and gunpowder burning in the wind can fully satisfy a man's greatest fantasy of war and romance. Ashred is no exception.

Compared with the busy sailors around, Alsherid, who was unoccupied, seemed a little conspicuous, but none of the sailors took a look this way.

"Don't look at it." Bussel said, "You are a 'lander' after all, but we are blacksmiths, understand?"

Taking a little pride in his profession, Bussel continued: "I will arrange your future work. When you have nothing to do, you can do some physical work, but don't do things like wiping the deck."

Speaking of this, Bussel still feels very surprised. According to Ashried's body shape, he really shouldn't have such great strength.

But this is also an important reason why Bussell would accept Ashred as an apprentice.

It happened that another batch of cargo was about to board the ship, so Bussel took Yasherid to participate in the transportation and unloading.

When the Imagination was finally ready to set sail, the sun had already set and the rays of the sun shone, the sea level was covered with a layer of gold, and the sky also appeared in strange colors.

With such good weather, it would be unreasonable not to hold a party.

So the Imagination was still bustling with people, and everyone took out the food and wine they had prepared, and they planned to spend the night on board.

A crew meeting was held to determine positions on the ship.

All the people gathered on the deck, and Asherid watched a person walk up to the poop on his own initiative, using it as a temporary podium.

Important positions such as captain, helmsman, and first mate were elected one by one. Although there were new crew members, considering that the old people accounted for the majority, Asherid felt that the candidates for these positions were still the same as the previous ones.

For example, Henry is still elected as the captain, and Bussel is still the helmsman.

The latter was even more important than the former, responsible for distributing loot and supplies, and punishing pirates who violated the rules. They were elected by the crew to prevent the captain from abusing his power.

In the eyes of the general public, each pirate ship is not only like a mental hospital for crazy criminals, but also a mental hospital without supervisors.

But most pirates will take the initiative to prevent their small society from degenerating into a lunatic asylum, so contrary to the traditional view of the general public, the lives of pirates are actually orderly and honest.

The Ysera pirates are particularly thorough in this regard. The helmsman has the ability to restrain the captain from abusing his power in situations other than battle, and is the real second person on the ship.

To be honest, although the organization of the Brotherhood of the Coast is very friendly to the members, it also shows that they have no bright spot in individual force. To put it bluntly, they are just a group of ordinary people.

But the location of Alabasta is doomed to easily usher in countless perverts in the future.

Asherid went to sea not only to seek wealth, but also to seek a chance of survival in this increasingly familiar world.

At this moment, Asherid was standing on the deck, enjoying the joyful atmosphere with the others. Although he felt very cold inside, his appearance was as enthusiastic as any rookie.

By the way, he voted Bussell for the helmsman and Henry for the captain.

He didn't need to be reminded of these two positions, and he knew who he should vote for.

It stands to reason that newcomers who have just boarded a ship and have not participated in a battle do not have the right to vote, but the Brotherhood of the Coast is special, they do not partner with outsiders at all.

After the election, the "newcomers" including Asherid, before they get guaranteed income for themselves and the team according to the contract, they are a group of pirates.

In the way of the pirates, this group of people will only act by the rules of their small society, they will no longer be fathers, husbands, brothers or sons to anyone on the shore, and when they set sail, they will forget what they cherished on the shore Everything until they return with their riches.

As a member of the small society, the crew of the Imagination held a banquet for the newcomers on the night before departure. They set up a bonfire on the beach, sang and danced, ate meat and drank heavily.

Ashred worked hard to get used to the atmosphere.