After listening to Estrade's words, Ella glanced at Janus coldly.
"There are still spaces available, and the cages used to raise cattle and sheep on the bottom floor can be filled. But not only can their meat be inedible, but they will also eat my food in return!"
"It's true. Food is extremely important during an ocean voyage. Even a mouse can't be tolerated, let alone hundreds of people at once." Estrade said, "Fortunately, this is an ocean voyage, no matter what No one will know what they do. Even if they disappear, people will think they are in a shipwreck."
Ella nodded: "Okay, in that case..."
"Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, have mercy on you!" The first mate kowtowed before Ella could finish her words, "The great mayor is against you, the King of Sweden, delaying your goods and robbing your business. There is absolutely no credibility at all. Such behavior is simply a disgrace to all the free cities of the Alemannic Federation! As long as I can return to the mainland, I am willing to serve as a witness to testify for the King of Sweden and publicly expose his shameless behavior!"
"How many times do you have to tell me, I am not the King of Sweden!" Ella glared at the first mate even more angrily, "It was me, Captain Blackbeard, who robbed you. What does it have to do with the King of Sweden?"
The first mate glanced at Janus complainingly - it was his idea to surrender, but the King of Sweden really wanted to kill them anyway. If he had known this earlier, even if he dived, he would not have surrendered.
"Janus!" He said in a low voice, "You should take responsibility and say something!"
"Don't you want to die yet?" Janus asked.
"Nonsense." The first mate complained in a low voice, "Who lives so well that they want to die!"
"Then let me try harder."
Janus nodded, his face still calm. He raised his head and looked at Ella and said, "Captain Blackbeard, I see there are some dark circles around your eyes. Have you not slept well recently?"
"Well……"
Ella rubbed her eyes subconsciously. Janus was right. Ever since she discovered there was something wrong with the chart, she had been thinking about Ptolemy's star map and had been sleeping very lightly. I am already a little tired after a few days, and my brain is still a little aching.
"Actually, I also suffer from insomnia. There is a bottle of medicine to help me sleep in the dressing table in my cabin. It is very precious. Captain Blackbeard, you can give it a try. It will definitely help with sleep."
The first mate looked at Janus with a blank expression, wondering why he suddenly brought up the issue of daily life at this critical moment of life and death.
"Dressing cabinet? Yours?" Ella looked at Janus with a strange look, "Let me confirm, are you a boy or a girl?"
"Same as you, Captain Blackbeard." Janus replied calmly, "Look, I also have a little beard on my face."
A pirate on the side couldn't bear it anymore, so he rushed up and started to pull Janus's beard. After a lot of force, he raised his head and reported to Ella: "Captain Rui, it's a real beard."
"Well, what does the medicine you're talking about look like?"
"Transparent colorless liquid with a slight fragrance." Janus replied, "Packed in a small silver bottle."
Ella motioned with her eyes to the soldiers to get the potion that Janus mentioned. Soon, the pirates who stayed on Janus' ship delivered a silver bottle to Ella. The bottle is made of sterling silver, with a hint of black on the outside. Ella unscrewed the cap of the bottle and fanned it with her hands to let the smell drift into her nose. Then she squinted her eyes and observed the condition of the silver inside through the mouth of the bottle.
"How come I didn't know you had insomnia? What is this, poison?" the first mate reminded Janus in a low voice, "Don't do anything stupid. If you don't tell me that the King of Sweden is a world-famous alchemist, even if you are lucky, you will be lucky. The King of Sweden was poisoned to death, and none of us will survive!”
"If you have any doubts, I can drink it to Captain Blackbeard first." Janus said loudly, "This is an ordinary drug to assist sleep. Lie on the bed, drink it, close your eyes, and if you don't sleep enough, thunder and Even an earthquake can’t wake you up.”
Ella held the bottle and glanced at Janus: "How much?"
"Three drops. Drinking too much can cause trouble."
So Ella slapped the bottle into the hand of a pirate next to her and gave Janus a look. The pirate understood, walked over and pinched Janus's throat, and poured three drops of the liquid in the bottle towards Janus. Janus choked a few times, looked at the King of Sweden, and said, "Do you believe it now?"
"Why didn't you fall asleep?" Ella looked at Janus with sharp eyes and asked.
"To fall asleep like this is called drugging." Janus responded, "This is just a drug to help you sleep. If you don't close your eyes, it won't make you fall asleep."
Ella took the bottle back from the pirate, looked at it for a while, and then put it in her pocket. After doing this, she looked at the Lübeck fleet not far away - all the sailors and mercenaries on board had been tied up with ropes by her pirates, and were thrown on the deck in a mess.
She had no real intention to sink the hundreds of Lübeck sailors into the sea, she just wanted to intimidate them. Although the loss of goods made her angry, after all, the mayor of Lübeck did not officially deliver the goods. He could completely make up for it when he returned - not just the goods of three ships, as long as these sailors were willing to say that they were "Captain Blackbeard" If the goods were robbed, the mayor of Lübeck would have to compensate her ten ships, and even have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages!
She glanced at Janus again. From beginning to end, the blond captain looked very calm. He must have seen her plan clearly. So she sighed and said: "Your sailors are stupid, but you are quite sensible. Okay, you have some food on the ship anyway. If you eat yours, I won't lose anything."
The first mate heard this and realized that Janus's negotiation was successful. Although he didn't understand the reason, he still knew that he would not die. He was so excited that he shed tears and kowtowed to Ella repeatedly on the deck.
"Don't be too happy too soon." Ella glared at the first mate, "I have spared your lives, but you are still my prisoners. Move all the goods and food onto the flying Zealander. All measurements All instruments are confiscated. As for your seven ships, leave a minimum number of sailors on each ship, and the rest will all go live on the bottom floor of my flying Zealander, where there happens to be one of your fallen companions. "
"Besides, what the captain just said was 'you eat what you have'." Amy said seriously from the side, "We don't have any extra food for you. If you don't bring enough food, don't blame us for making you hungry! "
Janus nodded obediently, but a smile appeared inadvertently on his lips.
