"Pedro Almeida, it's the first time I've met you, you know what I want to know?" Isabel put down the logbook of the captain of the Portuguese merchant ship, took a sip of a glass of wine from the table, and glanced at the Spanish-speaking Portuguese captive.

The navigator stood up again and nodded at Isabel, "As your captive, I am so grateful that you didn't kill me. As a token of my appreciation, I will tell you all about the routes, ports, and wind directions that I know. ”

Isabel nodded, "Pedro, you are a very sensible person, do you speak English?" ”

"Captain, I'll just say a little."

"Well, I hope you can learn English quickly, because the other captains of the fleet don't know Spanish or Portuguese."

"Yes, Captain. Uh, what do you need me to do when learning English? ”

"You don't have to do anything, just think of yourself as an English sailor."

The Portuguese navigator nodded thoughtfully, and Isabel glanced at the adjutant of the maritime affairs again, "This Portuguese man doesn't speak English, you send him to the priest and let the priest educate him in English." In addition, find another of His Highness's guards and priests to supervise him. ”

"Yes, Captain." Baldwin glanced at the navigator again and said calmly, "Captain, what to do with him if he lies?" I mean, he said he didn't speak English. ”

When Isabel turned her gaze to the navigator, the smile on her face was really beautiful. Smiling, he said something very calmly that made people shudder, "If he lies, you can always remove him from the ship." ”

When Baldwin returned to the "Nemesis" with the Portuguese Pedro Almeida, the artillery commander Fast, who was in the captain's cabin, looked at Isabel with a smile, "Captain, when you laughed and said that you were going to kill the Portuguese navigator, this guy thought you were joking." ”

Isabel stood up, her glass in her hand, pacing in the captain's cabin, "Fast, if he had understood what I had said, he would not praise me but begged me for forgiveness. ”

"I see. Captain, were you talking to him about the affairs of the Portuguese colonies before? ”

"Nope. Although he knew a lot about nautical matters, he was still an untrustworthy Portuguese. So, I asked Baldwin to find someone to supervise him for a few days. ”

Fast agreed with her arrangement, and was about to compliment her when he heard a knock outside the hatch. Turning around and opening the hatch, it turned out to be Captain Hawkins and two other captains standing outside the door. Standing to the side, he turned to Isabel and reported aloud, "Captain, Captain Hawkins and the rest of the captains are here." ”

Isabel turned around and smiled at the captains who had walked into the captain's cabin, and then looked at the artillery commander, "Fast, you take someone to move all the guns, weapons and gunpowder in the arsenal to the ship, and then take some guns and gunpowder and send them to the captains' ships." ”

"Sit down, captains." Isabel spoke to the three captains as she walked to the side of the cupboard, picked up a glass bottle and three glasses and returned to the three of them. Just as she was about to pour some wine for each of the three captains, the three captains who had already sat down immediately stood up again.

"Miss Isabel, I... I don't dare let you pour the wine for us yourself. Captain Hawkins cautiously dissuaded her.

"Captain, you Hawkins family members deserve it. If it weren't for the brave fighting of the Hawkins sailors, we wouldn't be sitting here drinking Portuguese wine. Isabel poured wine into her glass and smiled as she asked the three of them to sit down again.

Seeing that she was so stubborn, the three captains had no choice but to accept her kindness with trepidation. After she sat down again, Captain Hawkins stroked his beard and laughed, "Miss, this battle today was fought very cheerfully, and a lot of food, weapons, guns, gunpowder, spices, cane sugar, and treasure were obtained. What's more, we also got 3ooo black slaves! ”

Isabel shook the glass back and forth in her hand, and smiled as she admired the wine in the glass, "Captain, this is just a battle with the Portuguese. If you come across a Spanish merchant ship and get more supplies, do you want to jump into the sea and swim for a while? ”

"Hahaha... I guess what Miss said will come true. One of the captains laughed happily.

"That's right. Wait until the next time you have sacked a Spanish merchant ship, patriarch, you will definitely jump in the Caspian Sea and dance with the whales. The other captain spoke with some gentleness, but he still couldn't hide the joy in his heart.

Captain Hawkins turned his head to look at the two distant relatives of the family, and said with a deliberately calm face, "I swear to God that I will surely jump into the sea if I defeat the Spaniards." But you two have to stay with me. ”

There was a burst of laughter from the captain's cabin of the Portuguese merchant ship. Later, Captain Hawkins recounted the rebellion he had just done, "Miss, weren't you afraid that the projectiles of your arquebus would hit you?" ”

This question is easy to say, but complicated is somewhat complicated. Isabel nodded, and thought as she spoke, "Captain, the arquebus also creates some backward force when fired, just as our Hayabusa cannon does when it fires. ”

Isabel took a sip of wine and glanced at Captain Hawkins, who was heavily nodging his head, "Perhaps, the Portuguese aimed at my head when they fired, but due to the backward force, the projectile missed me after the hit. ”

"On the other hand, when the arquebus is fired, the musketeer must close his eyes."

Her words made the three captains present very incomprehensible. Captain Hawkins glanced at the other two family captains, and then looked at her thoughtfully, and said, "Captain, can you shoot the enemy with your eyes closed?" ”

"Captain, it's funny, isn't it? Can you recall what the musketeers looked like after they fired, was there a lot of smoke? ”

Captain Hawkins stroked his beard several times, "I think this is probably produced by the gunpowder after it burns." ”

"That's right, gunpowder burns the eyes of musketeers when it burns. So, you can only close your eyes and shoot. ”

"I see. It seems that arquebuses are still very difficult to use. ”

"Captain, this is the best kind of gun in all of Europe. Regardless, it fires projectiles that can pierce any kind of knight's armor, including plate armor. ”

One of the captains present widened his eyes in surprise, "Miss, is this true?" ”

Isabel turned her head to glance at a French bar clock on the cupboard, "Yes, the Spaniards used it to conquer many ancient empires. ”

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