Chapter 590 Gold Coins Are Just Numbers
The Sunset is moored in the dock and is about to launch into the water for a long voyage.
Liszt rode on the chocobo Rocky, looking at the 65-meter-long, 19-meter-wide ship in the sky with three huge and thick masts erected.
With the collapse of the Son of the Sun's civilization, this huge ship soaring in the sky in an unimaginable way has completely become history. After Liszt salvaged it and decided to transform it into a sea sailing ship, it had bid farewell to the past and moved on to a new future.
"My lord, the current state of the Sunset, judging from what I know, is not inferior to the fast sailing ships of the palace."
The speaker was Buck Driftwood, an apprentice shipwright.
He came from a shipyard in Leather Island, which was owned by the Marquess of Leather Island, Ramirez Bai Nuomi, and was forced to leave the shipyard for some reasons. Then, he was invited by the Tulip family to settle in Heima Island through the channel of the caravan, and served as the host of the dock.
There are three families in the Grand Duchy of Sapphire who can build two-masted sailing ships, the White Glutinous Rice Family, the Pineapple Green Family, and the Sapphire Family. In the past, there was the family of the Marquis of the Bull, who also mastered the shipbuilding technology of the brigantine, but now the Bull family has long since disappeared.
Among them, the Sapphire family also mastered the method of building three-masted sailboats, which basically belonged to the world's top shipbuilding technology, which was strictly kept secret and could not be leaked.
It is impossible for ordinary nobles to dig man-made ships from the Sapphire family. Even if they really plunder the shipbuilder, they will soon suffer the wrath of the Grand Duke.
So Liszt could only ask his father, Li William, to recruit people from the Bai Nuomi and Pineapple Qing families, but the shipbuilder couldn't get them, so he hired an apprentice shipbuilder. This apprentice shipbuilder named Buck Driftwood has pretty good skills and is in charge of the technical development of the brigantine.
I believe that it won't be long before Liszt will be able to master the two-masted sailing technique.
Coupled with the keel setting technique he got from Virginia Truth and the schooner technique he knows, he will definitely be able to build a high-quality sailboat.
With rich experience in shipbuilding.
Buck Driftwood also took over the task of transforming the Sunset from Captain Costo.
After groping for new materials and new structures one after another, I finally completed all the renovation work of the Sunset: "I have studied the court clippers, and the mortise and tenon structures are very complicated. I can't get the answer to many mortise and tenon techniques for load bearing and operation. But the rubber water in the territory can replace those mortise and tenon structures."
The Grand Duchy of Sapphire is iron deficient.
All ships are made of wood and cannot be welded, so they are manufactured with a mortise and tenon structure. These mortise and tenon structures are by no means simply observed a few times to understand the truth. Even if a palace sailing ship was dismantled and placed in front of Buck's eyes, he still couldn't figure it out.
But one of the most important specialties of Heima Island has played an important role in shipbuilding technology-rubber water.
The material bonded with rubber water is stronger than steel riveting, and the solidified rubber water is fire-resistant, water-resistant, strong, magic-resistant, and anti-corrosion.
"In terms of the main keel, it still needs to be fixed with a mortise and tenon structure, but in terms of details, it can be replaced with rubber water. Therefore, the condition of the Sunset will not be worse than that of the court clipper... But to develop the three-masted sailing technology, I am afraid It takes time to research."
Buck was about thirty-five, and had been working in the docks since he was fifteen.
He may not have much talent, but with many years of experience, his vision is absolutely fine-the Sunset has reached the standard for long-distance voyages.
"Let's go then!"
Waiting for the Sunset to replenish its nautical supplies, Liszt led a squad of knights and boarded the ship together with officials such as Gortai, Blair, and Costo.
Wide deck.
It feels wider than when he was on the long-tail family's clipper. The sea breeze was blowing, and under the command of the first officer and the second officer, the sailors immediately weighed anchor, hoisted the sails, and rowed the oars. The Sunset broke through the waves of the sea and slowly drove out of the dock, sailing from green water to blue water.
The boat was running very smoothly, and there were tables and cups on the deck, and Liszt could sit under the parasol and taste the coconut juice.
On the top of the main mast, a black tulip flutters in the wind.
"My lord, the Sunset is too magnificent. Such a sailing ship will definitely not be inferior to the Grand Duke's court fast sailing ship." Gao Ertai said happily, holding a fragrant coconut.
"It is indeed mighty, but I always feel that there is something missing." Liszt walked to the bow and said.
Gao Ertai looked at the bow of the ship and suddenly realized: "I see, my lord, the restoration work of the Sunset is perfect, but there is no figurehead installed. If you want to get the favor of the knight's glory at sea, you should install a pair of figures on the bow of the ship." A sapphire dragon boat head."
The sapphire dragon is the master of this blue sea, and its figurehead is naturally popular.
"A figurehead?"
Liszt squinted his eyes, he was not willing to install the sapphire dragon boat head, if he wanted to install it, he should also install the fire dragon boat head. However, compared to the figurehead, he prefers another bow-mounted tool—the ram.
Currently.
There is only one navy of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire in the blue sea, and it seems meaningless to install a ram on the sailboat, and there is no naval battle. Those small sampans or oar boats produced by the land kingdom dare not go out to sea at all. When a wave hits, Basically capsize and die.
"However..." Liszt still decided that after returning to the voyage, let the boatmen study the ramming angle, "If we can coexist peacefully with the Sapphire family, the ramming angle is of course useless. But if Grand Duke Sapphire can't tolerate me, naval battles are bound to happen. The collision angle may be a strategic advantage."
He found Costo and Buck, and described things like armor to them: "After you go back, you must carefully study the angle of impact."
"Yes, my lord!"
...
The speed of the wide Sunset is definitely not comparable to that of a court clipper, that is, the speed of an ordinary two-masted sailing ship. Departing from the port town, when they arrived at the port of Coral City, the sun had already set. The setting sun hangs in the sky, looking from the port, it just reflects the black tulip flag.
Levi, who came to greet Liszt, looked at such a picture scroll and didn't have much emotion—he didn't know the meaning of the setting sun.
It was to commemorate the lost civilization of the Children of the Sun—the civilization of the Children of the Sun has completely declined since the sinking of this skyship.
"Liszt, is this the three-masted sailing ship you salvaged from the bottom of the sea and transformed into it?" Seeing Liszt disembarking from the Sunset, Levi couldn't help asking, "It doesn't seem to be a palace three-masted sailing ship. , are very different from court sailing ships.”
"Perhaps it was the sunken ship of the Magic Goat family a hundred years ago. Basically, there is only one hull left, and I repaired the rest with rubber water."
"But it looks good, it doesn't look like a sunken ship."
"The entire body has been polished and many decayed materials have been replaced to give it a new look." Liszt smiled slightly. "Maybe it can't compare to the palace's fast sailing ship, but it should be more powerful than the Tulip. At least it looks from the outside." It's grown a full circle."
Levi's mouth flattened: "The Tulip is an old ship for more than ten years, and it should have been replaced long ago... If it wasn't for the struggle with Mari and her son, I would have paid out of my own pocket to buy a more comfortable three-masted sailboat." Liszt cooperated in many industries, and he made a lot of money.
So speak loudly.
Thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins for a three-masted sailing ship, you have to buy it yourself if you open your mouth.
Liszt, who had been assigned to fight for the family property, had no interest at all. He watched the dock workers carrying the cargo of the Sunset, and he was very pleased: "With the Sunset, at least a thousand more serfs can be brought in each trip... …If you have money, you should buy a boat, and if you have a boat, you can do big business!"
"The family does have a plan to continue to buy a batch of cargo ships, mainly the glass produced in your territory, which is becoming more and more popular. Liszt, Luo Liya calculated that according to the current sales growth scale, the glass business alone is enough Support the original Tulip family!"
Liquor used to be the most profitable industry in the territory, but now glass has far surpassed liquor—this is an exclusive business, and it is an exclusive business with no cost.
"Let Loria rest assured that the Grand Duchy of Sapphire is just a remote archipelagic country after all, with a small population and few nobles. The vast continent is the real place to do business. When I fully explore the glass technology, To expand the scale of output, gold coins are just a bunch of numbers."
"Haha, you're right, gold coins will be just a bunch of numbers to us in the future!" Levi imagined the beautiful blueprint and was very excited, "Father is still on Blue Dragon Island and grandma doesn't want to see Mrs. Marie, Li Weila Back in Falcon Town, Luo Liya is not feeling well...how about we go directly to Rubble Castle?"
"doing what?"
"A fun party." Levi's smiled lewdly.
Liszt shook his head calmly: "Brother, how many times have I told you that I don't like this kind of party, so I just rested overnight at Tulip Fort, and I will return by boat tomorrow morning."
"My God, you really don't look like a nobleman, how can there be a nobleman who doesn't enjoy life!"