Chapter 344: Escape From the Tiger's Mouth

"Notify the whole ship and be on alert!"

The captain of the Fortune frowned and asked the crew to prepare.

He turned to Eileen and others and said, "Guests, you'd better go to the cabin."

Erin shook her head and said: "If it is really a pirate and you can't stop it, it will be useless for us to hide wherever we go."

She patted the sword on her waist - for convenience, she and Liya had been dressed in men's clothing since they boarded the ship - and said: "We know a little bit about swordsmanship, and we can be helpful in conflicts."

Liya on the side nodded, not to mention that she was the princess's guardian knight. Even the princess herself had received good swordsmanship instruction and training since she was a child, and was quite confident in her own skills. As long as she had a sharp blade in hand, , Waiting for idlers to get close.

Otherwise, the two girls would not dare to run away from home casually.

"Uh...okay."

The captain of the Fortune nodded suspiciously.

The businessman Velos on the side said: "Since girls are brave enough to face danger, wouldn't it make people laugh when we grown men hide in the cabin?"

Other passengers responded to Velos and expressed their intention to stay on the deck and share the difficulties.

"Okay, in that case, thank you everyone."

The captain became more courageous and ordered the crew to distribute weapons to the unarmed passengers.

The small boat sailing out of the West Harbor gradually approached the Fortune. The captain made a rough estimate and found that there were about ten people including the oarsmen. There are more than 50 people on his boat. This small boat alone does not pose much of a threat. But if they are really pirates, there must be more of their accomplices in Westport. He ordered the men on deck to hide their weapons first.

"I am the port officer in charge, requesting boarding."

After getting close to the Fortune, a man who looked like a leader shouted to the deck.

"Okay, please wait a moment!" The captain agreed and ordered the rope ladder to be thrown down.

The port officer who had just shouted climbed up with a few followers.

"Where did you get the boat from?"

The captain frowned and replied: "The Fortune in the Northwest Bay, we have been to Westport several times and registered at the port office. Don't you recognize it, sir?"

The captain's suspicion turned into worry. The shape of the full-wind sailboat was very strange to the people of Westport. Logically speaking, it should be highly recognizable. How could the port officials here not recognize it?

Hearing the question from the captain of the Fortune, the man who claimed to be the port officer smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I am newly transferred to Westport, and I am not familiar with some situations."

Then he changed to a serious expression and asked in a questioning tone: "What do you mean by stopping so close to the West Port but not going in? Could it be that you want to spy on the intelligence in the port? Or even the intelligence of the Kingdom's navy?"

"No, no, no, sir." The captain of the Fortune quickly [explained], "Actually, our stern rudder is broken. We want to see if it can be repaired before entering the port."

"It turns out that the stern rudder is broken." The port officer touched his chin, "Well, don't float on the water. Let's use the wind to move to the West Port first. When we get close, we will send someone to drag your boat in. Wouldn’t it be easier to repair in the dock? There are many skilled craftsmen in Westport, even for new ships like yours.”

"Haha, that will trouble you, sir."

The captain pretended to be grateful.

Devilos suddenly said: "Mr. Harbor Officer, say hello to your colleague Mr. Jefferson for me. I have some friendship with him. I will stop by to see him when I come to Westport this time."

He said as he held out his hand.

The port officer stretched out his hand and shook it with him, and responded with a smile: "It's that guy Jefferson. Don't worry, I will bring your greetings."

The two sides stopped exchanging pleasantries, and the port officer quickly led his entourage into the boat and rowed towards the West Port.

"Mr. Captain!" Velos suddenly said seriously to the captain of the Fortune: "Turn around immediately and stay away from Westport. Jefferson is a name I made up. There is no chance that Westport really happens to have such a portmaster. Official? Besides, when I shook hands with him just now, I could clearly feel the thick calluses on his hands, which didn’t look like someone working in a civil service. To sum up, there must be something wrong in Sihanoukville.”

The captain nodded sternly: "I originally wanted to turn around and leave, but with your speculation, I am even more determined."

The captain quickly gave the order to sail north. Under the threat of pirates, the sailors worked far more efficiently than usual.

At this time, the wind was blowing from the north. They adjusted the angle of the hull and sail to decompose the wind force into two directions of force. One pushed to the side of the hull, and the other pushed to the bow. The side force was offset by the resistance of the hull's draft. , another force pushes the hull forward toward the bow.

In this way, the Fortune slowly started to move and sailed towards the northern sea in a zigzag pattern.

This operation is actually quite time-consuming, but it is estimated that the "port officer" who boarded the ship before thought that his performance had been deceived by everyone on the Fortune, and was proudly waiting for the prey to be delivered to his door in the port. , so no further action is taken.

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However, after the Fortune turned around and headed north, they finally realized that it was not the other party who had been deceived by them, but themselves who had been deceived by the other party.

After a lot of fuss, several large ships were driven out from the West Port and chased the Fortune.

But because the Fortune was far from the port, the galleys didn't catch up after all.

"What should we do next?"

Looking at the ship moving farther and farther away in the south, Irene asked in a daze. She felt very disappointed that a good journey home turned out like this.

Moreover, pirates appeared on the west coast of the kingdom. As a princess, she was worried about the fate of the kingdom.

The captain told his plan: "The food and fresh water on the ship are not enough to support us to return to the Northwest Bay. So we must go north to find a supply point."

Velos suggested: "There are many ports on the west coast. It is impossible that they are all occupied by pirates like the West Port. It should be easy to get supplies."

The captain touched his chin, "What you said reminds me that it is better to find a closer port to unload the goods first than to transport them back to the Northwest Bay. But we have to send people to take a small boat ashore to find out the situation in this area."

The sunset gradually fell, and dinner was arranged on the Fortune. After eating, everyone spent the night with mixed feelings.

The next morning, the captain sent someone ashore to learn from a fishing village that Westport had indeed been captured by a group of pirates who had come out of nowhere, and even the Kingdom Navy stationed there was doomed. Now Jingyao is recruiting ships and sailors everywhere, preparing to eliminate the pirates by land and sea.

Everyone on the ship was terrified, they almost fell into the tiger's mouth.