Pirate Ship Doctor [Rebirth]

Five days ago, Donahue told Bartholomew about Tim's mother and son suffering from malaria, and Barthalomew ordered the crew to bring money to find various shops on Pirate Island, whether it was a forging shop selling weapons. , or other grocery stores that sell smoked mosquito grass, or bakeries that sell food, have all been patronized by them.

In order to prevent riots, Bartholomew did not tell other people about this matter, even Palu and others did not know about it, but just in case he reminded other crew members and asked them to warn their relatives , Let them pay more attention on weekdays, it is best to move away from the pirate island as soon as possible, and go to some remote islands, places with extremely small populations.

Pirates are a highly dangerous profession. Many pirates would rather not marry in order not to worry their wives and children. The sailors on Bartholomew, except for a few old crew members, all the new crew members are bachelors without wives and children. For this reason, it can be regarded as allowing Basha Luomyu to breathe a sigh of relief quietly.

Although malaria is not as severe as the plague, it should not be underestimated after all.Just wait a few months for winter... They can rest assured, after all, malaria still has a very obvious regional and seasonal.Of course, for this reason, Bartholomew specially sailed to ask the crew to send their relatives away from the pirate island. Extremely unsafe.

As for those sailors who were unable to go to sea again due to injuries in the early years, there is no need for Bartholomew to manage them-they have no imperial wanted warrants. He went to his hometown to start a new life, so in the past month or so, except for Harry, the other injured crew members had already left Pirate Island on a merchant ship, so there was no need for Bartholomew to worry about it.

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Early in the morning, Palu took the crew on board and ran all over the shops on the pirate island to urge the goods, "How long will it take for this batch of black bread we ordered to come out?"

"Sir, the quantity you want is too much, and you have to wait until this afternoon to pick up the goods." The shopkeeper chatted with a smile, and he was in a good mood. This business can fully worth their previous month's Earned money.Their shop is not big, and only he and his wife make bread on weekdays, so this time they worked hard for four days and couldn't finish it.

"We will come again in the afternoon, but you have to dry them. If you cut corners for speed, don't blame us for coming back and chopping off your head!" Palu gesticulated his fist back and forth, baring his teeth.

The black bread needed by sailors who are sailing abroad is still very different from ordinary black bread. These black bread need to be baked drier and harder, so that they can be stored for a longer time on a wet ship, otherwise the bread will not be used for long It will become moldy and deliquescent and become difficult to eat, or it can't be eaten at all.

"Of course, of course. If you don't believe me, you can take a batch back to taste now. As long as you sign, you can take half of the goods you ordered back now!" The shopkeeper looked at Palu and laughed immediately. , raised his hand and invited Palu to the store.

"That's fine." Palu nodded, and walked in behind the store with the crew behind him.

Although the pirate island is full of unreasonable pirates, in fact, there are not many people making trouble in these shops...

Anyone who dares to open a store on a pirate island has some confidence—either they are relatives of the crew of the pirate group, or they are affiliated with the pirate group and paid huge protection fees. Of course, usually the shops that pay the protection fee will have more confidence. Some, after all, the pirate group that dared to collect protection fees so much on the pirate island was at least a big pirate like Black Sam with hundreds of pirate ships!

However, if these shopkeepers angered other pirate groups because of the reduced workmanship of the goods, then once these guys found out about this matter, they would no longer protect their interests, but would feel that they had lightened their burden.

Because of the large population on Pirate Island, there are still many people who like to take risks. If they can make a fortune, they will run away immediately. If they are tricked by other people in this situation, they can only blame these sailors Bad eyesight.But a sailor like Palu, who has been wandering at sea all year round and dealing with businessmen, is very good at inspecting goods. Basically, he only needs to take a look at the ordinary food to know the quality.

"Melissa, bring the baked black bread for Mr. Palu to taste!" As soon as he entered the shop, the shopkeeper shouted into the open door at the other end, and a middle-aged woman's voice suddenly came from the door. There was a sound from inside, and then a fat woman in gray clothes came out from the door. She was holding a tray in her hand, and there was a loaf of black bread and a glass of water on the plate.

Baking black bread is a very time-consuming task. Ordinary bread can be prepared on the same day. However, it takes nearly two days for black bread to ferment. It is not considered complete until the whole bread is toasted black and shiny, and can be knocked soundly without dropping crumbs.

Palu grabbed the bread with one hand and knocked it hard twice, without leaving any marks, nodded, then took out the dagger at his waist, cut a small piece, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and then sighed in satisfaction: "Well, the bread is baked well. It's worthwhile for us to come here to buy it. Although the bread is hard, it tastes pretty good. We'll collect as much as you have, and wait for the batch to come out in the afternoon. Come and pay together!"

The black bread tasted sour and salty, and Donahue, who was born as a commoner in the Celestial Dynasty, was not used to eating it. However, for these pirates, the bread that could be chewed and had a little bit of wheat flavor was almost considered delicious bread.

As he said that, Palu cut two pieces again with a knife and handed them to the sailors behind him. The other sailors tasted them and nodded to express their satisfaction. These are their future food, so they can't be careless.

"Okay! I'll help you pretend!"

There is nothing more gratifying than being affirmed by others for your own things. The shopkeeper frowned with a smile, and immediately became more enthusiastic. He called his woman to pack the bread baskets with him, and Palu followed the shopkeeper. Afterwards, they entered the kitchen together to watch them load baskets.

Five large baskets of black bread were carried by Palu and several people. Each basket of bread weighed only a hundred catties. It was very easy for each crew member to carry a basket. They sent someone to send the five baskets of black bread back to the Wandering Ship, and Palu greeted the others. Sailors, rush to other shops. The food for [-] crew members for [-] to [-] days is more than just five baskets of black bread.

Such scenes have been staged in many shops in the past few days. Old crew members such as Palu, Kun, Valk, Barnett, etc. have brought new crew members to various shops, underground trading markets, and ports to buy supplies for going to sea. There are still many things needed to go to sea, especially those special weapons and gunpowder.

However, both weapons and gunpowder were bought by Kun and Basha Lomeo to find an informant to build a bridge. In fact, buying is more like exchanging. If more profits are exchanged for gold coins and brought back to the empire, it is better to exchange weapons for good things here, and then return to the empire to make a fortune.

Therefore, merchants usually prefer other things in the hands of pirates than gold coins, such as maltose and Brazilian blood wood. These things are even cheaper on Pirate Island than buying them locally...

"We don't have the tobacco you mentioned, but we do have a batch of precious stones, as well as some ivory and glazed goldware. If you have suitable artillery ammunition in your hand, we will change them!" Bashalomyu sat down. Laughing in front of the bar, he raised his hand and asked Old Jack for a glass of rum.

The wooden glass was full of rum, and Basalomew picked up the glass and drank it, but his eyes were on the middle-aged fat man who looked a bit wretched beside him.

Fatty is a free trader from the British Empire. Free traders like them like to trade with pirates, so they can often make a lot of money from it.

"How many do you have?" The fat man swallowed, his face showing excitement.

Whether it's gemstone ivory or glazed goldware, if these things are brought back to the empire and sold to those nobles, they will earn no less than the commoner things like maltose blood wood!Sometimes even when those nobles are happy, they may reward them more!

"It depends on how many shells we need. If you have lead bullets, bring me a few more boxes." Basha Lomew took out a piece of kraft paper from his pocket, on which was written His things this time, these things are about one-third of the Klaus treasure he got last time.

Although it was only one-third, the fat man's eyes widened immediately and he gasped. It had been a long time since he had seen a pirate who could take out so many gemstones and ivory at once. Of course, there must be those big pirates, but They wouldn't trade with a small free trader like him, but there were too many things, and the guns in his hands were far less than the value here, and it was a bit difficult to swallow them all in one gulp.

The fat man laughed immediately and said, "Captain Bartholomew, the cannons and ammunition in my hand can only be exchanged for these precious stones from your place, and the ivory and glazed gold wares cannot be exchanged. Why don't you exchange the ivory and glazed gold wares directly?" Sell ​​it to me? I brought some gold coins with me when I came to Pirate Island this time, what do you think?"

Bartholomew smiled slightly, but raised his eyebrows, and shook his head slowly, "I only want ammunition and guns, and nothing else..."

"Hiss? Why is that?" The fat man was at a loss. Don't these pirates usually like gold coins the most?Wouldn't it be better to exchange it with gold coins?

"I plan to go to sea in the next few days. I don't want to cause any more trouble. Gemstone ivory is much lighter than gold coins and it is more convenient to carry around! After the gold coins are exchanged, they need to be distributed to the sailors. After they take the money, they will want to disembark and play. Woman, so if Mr. Durum wants these things, go find other merchants to help light the cannon out. Or you can change half? You can choose the half you like first."

Naturally, he thought of buying these things with gold coins because he liked them all!Durum thought hard.

Although these reasons are a bit reluctant, he still nodded. Pirates have always been strange in their minds and habits. Some pirates like gold coins, and they will not feel at ease if they don’t exchange their goods for gold coins. It is normal, and usually the favorite thing for sailors to do after getting gold coins is to go to brothels or bars and casinos, which is extremely unfavorable for the pirate group that is about to go to sea.

But if you take the money, don’t you just give some of it to them?Durum looked at Basha Lomew helplessly, but he didn't dare to say it. Before he came, Old Jack told him that the pirate in front of him was a bit eccentric... He was a little worried that if he proposed so, the other party would no longer plan to do him this trip. Business.

Dulum scratched his head a bit embarrassed by Basha Luomyu's words, but he didn't want to give up, so he had to find other companions to try, so he slapped the table with his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, you wait! I'm going to discuss it with my brother, he still has a batch of weapons in his hand, the things in our two hands combined should be worth what you have, please wait for me for a while, I'll find someone to make a list Here comes the list! I will come to your ship to find you at noon!"

"Then I'll wait for Mr. Durum on the boat." Bartholomew saluted very gentlemanly and grinned.

The fat man nodded and ran towards the door of Old Jack's bar as if his butt was being burned...

"Old Jack, the seller you introduced is really good, and he was able to take the last big sum at once." Seeing Dulum's back disappearing from sight, Basha Lomeo raised his glass to express his gratitude to Old Jack. , This is the third time he has come here to find someone to trade in the past five days, but the sum of the previous two transactions is not as much as this time.

"That's right, don't look at me, old Jack!" Touching the beard on his chin, old Jack laughed.

"However, why do you need so many artillery shells? You usually replenish them once when you go to sea, and the amount is no more than one-third of these. You actually bought more this time..."

Raising his hand and rubbing his forehead, Basalomeo said with a serious face: "I think it's time to avenge our old captain. This time we go to sea, we just want to show some color to those Portuguese navy!"

"I see." Old Jack nodded silently. Usually in the pirate group, avenging the old captain of the previous generation is considered a very important matter, but most of this matter is done according to one's ability. If it is really impossible, the crew will Giving up automatically, Bartholomew wanted to attack the port of the Portuguese colony, so he needed artillery.

"I heard that Pirate Island may not be very safe recently." Bartholomew took a sip of his wine, pretending to be nonchalant and said, "You are so old, and I should have made a lot of money a few years ago." , I think you should take your son back to your hometown as soon as possible so that you can live in peace, and if necessary, I can give you a ride this time."

"Hey, where is it safe? I spent the most free time on the pirate island these years, and I don't want to go back to that damn place in Spain!" Old Jack didn't wait for Bartholomew to finish, He waved his hand and interrupted what he was saying. For an old pirate like him who was a pirate when he was young and never left Pirate Island when he was old, this is his home.

Bartholomew sighed helplessly, patted Old Jack on the shoulder, turned and left the bar, since the other party didn't listen to his persuasion, he had no other way to say more.I can only pray for my friends, and hope that malaria will not become epidemic on the pirate island.

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Bartholomew's home.

James led two pirates carrying a large wooden box, and quickly turned into Bartholomew's house. Donahue was dumbfounded.

"You, you, what are you doing here? To grab something?" Donoghue's mouth twitched slightly, his face a little ugly.

"No, no, no! I'm not here to grab something!" The bearded James quickly shook his head and stammered, he almost shook his head.

Ever since the incident was mentioned at Tim's house a few days ago, James' mood has become active. He has been thinking about getting Donahue to accept him as a disciple. He comes to see Donahue every day, but every time He was rejected by Donoghue and sent back. He failed for five days.But seeing Tim's mother getting better and better, James became more and more unwilling to give up this opportunity.

"Then what are you here for?" Donoghue blinked, looking at the two burly pirates behind James and the big wooden box in their hands, feeling a little puzzled.

"Gold coins!" James stared at Donahue, raised his hand, and the two pirates behind him immediately opened the wooden box in their hands.The box full of gold coins shone dazzlingly in the sun, and the golden yellow light almost didn't dazzle Donahue's eyes.

Donoghue was dumbfounded, unable to turn his head around, "Why are you giving me these gold coins?..."

"I heard that Dr. Donahue likes gold coins the most. A few days ago, I was careless and didn't think about it. Please don't mind Dr. Donahue!" James took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and continued: "These The gold coins are all I have accumulated over the years, and I hope that Dr. Donna can accept me as a disciple! Teach me medical skills!"

Donahue: "..."

He feels a pain in the heart...

Where did this guy find out?Who told him that if he received this box of gold coins, he would accept James as his disciple?

which bastard?How could he tarnish his innocence so much? !How can he love money so much? !Whose stomach did those medicines go into?Spit it out, you bastards!

"James, I think there must be some misunderstanding among us." Donoghue quickly waved his hands and shook his head, explaining: "Actually, the reason why I don't plan to accept you as a disciple is not because you didn't give me these gold coins, but..."

"But...?" James looked puzzled.

Donahue looked at James and felt that his head was getting bigger. How could he meet such a persistent pirate?

"...I just feel that I don't seem to have anything to teach you. You think my medical skills are very good, but these are all based on medicine-I have sworn poisonously, so I don't have any medicine at all. How to teach you how to make it, at most I can only mention a few words, let you study it yourself, so even if you follow me, you won't learn much knowledge..."

"If you want, I can help you find Barnett. Although his medical skills are not as good as Mr. Roman's, he is quite good. If you are on the ship, if you have any questions, you can ask me. I will I know tell."

"No! Even if you entrust me with making those medicines, I may not be able to learn..." James lowered his head and adjusted his breathing before continuing: "What I want to learn is how you judge the condition and operate on the wounded." Technology...I heard it a long time ago, but basically there is no wound infection in any operation you perform."

"But when I was working on a pirate ship, almost half of the crew members died due to wound infection. Some people even turned into serious illnesses that had to be killed because of small knife wounds... So I think, as long as If I can learn this, I will not be in vain in this world!" James' voice was extremely sincere, and the expression on his face became more and more sincere, he really wanted to learn this excellent subject, Advanced, almost miraculous medical skills!

He felt that in this world, there should never be another doctor as powerful as Don Naxiu, so no matter what he said, he had to seize this opportunity.

Donohue scratched his head and looked a little embarrassed, "I said what you said before when I was teaching other people in the bar, as long as you do what I say... you can basically avoid most wound infections— — so if you just want to learn how to deal with a wound infection, you can do it in less than an hour. After that, I have nothing to teach you."

The operations such as disembowelling and disembowelling that he performed were too appalling to say the least. Who would be willing to let him operate before they were recognized by the public?Even the chances of him having another operation in the future are surprisingly small, so who else would dare to let James do it?

Donahue felt that it was very possible that he had just undergone an operation one second, and that he would be reported as a wizard and sent to the stake in the next second.So so far, except for Harry's more serious fracture and the operation of the mermaid mother and child, he has hardly had any surgery. He thinks that he may be more like an internal medicine doctor than a surgeon. Well, it should be a doctor in the outpatient room or the emergency room.

Most importantly, his system is not willing to tell others. If James becomes his disciple, he will definitely wonder where the drugs in his hands come from.

"So, you'd better go back... take your gold coins back." Donoghue sighed, blinked, and pretended to explain casually: "It's a lie to say that you don't like gold coins. After all, I am also a pirate, but I'm not as greedy as you think."

but……

Looking around at him, it seems that there is no belief.

Donahue: "..."

"What are you doing?" Bartholomew came back from the outside at some point, and looked at the three of James as soon as he entered the door. He glanced down to the wooden box full of gold coins, and suddenly smiled gently: "James, I I know you really want to worship Donna Xiu as your teacher, but I think you should discuss it with your captain first before making a decision. After all, if the pirate group wants to find a new ship doctor, it will be more troublesome... Your medical skills are good, I think you The captain probably won't let you go. Your captain will probably not be happy if you take them to the door with such carelessness."

The pirate group that James is in is just a very small pirate group, even smaller than when Donahue saw the Bartholomew fleet for the first time. There are only about 100 people on the entire ship, and the sailboat is just a two-sail triangular boat .

Each pirate group has its own rules. Although every pirate is free and has not signed any employment contract, such pirates who suddenly leave the pirate group to join other pirate groups are not Being unpopular, of course, would make the captain of the original pirate group extremely dissatisfied, and might even provoke revenge.

But sometimes, other people's influence is too great, and the original head of the pirate group will turn a blind eye and pretend not to know.

Under the eyes of Bartholomew, James nodded reservedly, and said with a smile: "Captain Bartholomew, don't worry about this matter. I have already talked with our captain when I made up my mind a few days ago. So there will be no other troubles."

"It's good that you don't get into other troubles." Bartholomew straddled the three of them and stood beside Donoghue. He glanced at Donoghue, turned his head and said to James: "But since the ship doctor James is sincere If you come to learn from a teacher, then you shouldn’t embarrass Dr. Donahue—I’m here to persuade Dr. Donahue, why don’t you three go back today. I’ll send the crew to tell you when Dr. Donahue figured it out. Dr. James what do you think?"

Seeing Tang Naxiu's perplexed look and Basalomew's firm eyes, James blushed and immediately nodded. They were right, and he really shouldn't embarrass Tang Naxiu's ship doctor. Since he came to apprentice, he should have sincerity.

As the saying goes, sincerity is as good as gold and stone, he believes that one day Dr. Donahue will accept him as an apprentice!

James ran here excitedly, but returned disappointed. The taste was extremely unpleasant. He shook his head and sighed, saluted Bashalomy and Donahue, and walked out together with the two pirates. go out.

Looking at the back of James leaving, Donohue wiped the sweat on his brow with great difficulty.

"How do you think you should thank me today?" Bartholomew stood beside him with a half-smile.

"What, thank you? Isn't it what the captain should do to help the crew solve their difficulties?" Donahue stared at Basha Lomew with extreme vigilance.

In recent days, he has always felt very strange. He has not forgotten that Basalomeu ran to find him in the Manchak Swamp regardless of safety, and he did not forget that Basalomew was on the cargo ship of Upton to test the medicine on his behalf. If the other party really put poison in the fish soup that day, maybe Basalomew would be a corpse now.So he was still very grateful to Basha Luomyuo for his disregard for safety, but why did he feel goose bumps all over his body and hairs in his heart when he saw Basha Luomei these days?

Donoghue suddenly became vigilant.