Chapter 1130 The Shortcomings of the White Bird

Zhang Tuohai drove the White Bird and continued along the coastline.

While driving, I thought about the nearby cities marked on the chart.

What is a pity is that the nearby cities are all resource-based cities. One produces coffee, one produces sugar cane, and one produces bananas. There are not a large number of artillery and weapons.

For a while, Zhang Tuohai didn't know where to go to replenish some artillery and ammunition.

At this time, Elizabeth came over.

"Great Captain, where is my residence?"

"You are definitely not willing to squeeze into the berth with the sailors. Well, you are good at cooking Orleans roast chicken, so you will temporarily go to the kitchen to work as a cook. The cook Linda is also a girl, and you live with her. Let’s get together.”

Zhang Tuohai said.

"Are there other women on your pirate ship?" Elizabeth was a little curious.

"He's just a poor man who escaped from the village. Go quickly, maybe you can catch a midnight snack."

Zhang Tuohai said.

Elizabeth hadn't eaten much since she got up in the morning, and had been busy with wedding matters. She didn't find a chance to run out until the evening. She followed Zhang Tuohai and did so many exercises, including running and swimming, and she felt hungry for a long time. My back was broken, and now I couldn't help it when I heard the midnight snack, and ran quickly towards the cabin.

After taking a look at Elizabeth's back, Zhang Tuohai glanced at the energy in the crystal pyramid again. It was a little fuller, but it was still far from filling the bottom of the crystal pyramid, let alone filling the entire pyramid.

It seems that it is a long way to go to fill up the energy.

Placing the crystal pyramid on the slipway to continue absorbing energy, Zhang Tuohai drove the White Bird forward.

Drifting on the vast sea, Zhang Tuohai thought about future plans.

Now his ship is seriously lacking in force. First, there is a lack of artillery and shells.

Second, there is a shortage of manpower.

There is no suitable replenishment location in the area of ​​artillery and shells.

What about manpower?

Is there any way to quickly add more manpower?

At that time, even if we fight the enemy, we will still have the capital to engage in battle.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to even sail a sailboat just relying on these 16 pirates.

But replenishing manpower is a very difficult thing for the Pirates.

If you are not desperate, who would want to do this kind of life where there is no tomorrow but today?

It was once popular among pirate groups to kidnap innocent villagers onto ships.

But the fighting power of those villagers was so poor that every time the ship docked, some would run away, and some would run to the port to report, causing several small pirate ships to be caught on the spot, and everyone hanged on the dock.

Desperate, loyal, and with a certain amount of fighting ability...

Zhang Tuohai had a headache looking at these elements.

With so many conditions, it is really difficult to get it all together.

No wonder the power of pirates is constantly shrinking.

Just when Zhang Tuohai was feeling worried, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He thought of a kind of person who perfectly met these conditions, and that was a slave.

Especially the kind of slaves who have been trained since childhood, who are ideologically obedient to their employers, brave in battle, and have good combat effectiveness. The most typical example is the Mamluk cavalry.

If we can get a group of slaves similar to Mamluks, it seems to be a supplementary method.

Zhang Tuohai began to search for cities with slave trade on the sea map.

Once you search like this, the scope will expand a lot.

This area belongs to the resource area of ​​the empire and has a large number of plantations, so it also requires a large number of slaves, so almost all cities have slave trade.

But there are three largest cities.

The closest to them is the harbor city of Pearl City.

Pearl City, as its name suggests, is famous for its abundant pearls.

The residents of this city are basically sea dwellers who cultivate pearls and clams in large quantities and then use slaves to collect pearls.

Because of their diving work, slaves often suffer from water pressure syndrome and become paralyzed.

For these slaves, employers threw them into the sea to save costs.

Year after year, in addition to pearl clams, there are also numerous bones on the seabed offshore of Pearl City.

Zhang Tuohai's ship sailed overseas to Pearl City, changed its ship's license plate and mixed in with the merchant ships before sailing into the port of Pearl City.

When she heard that Zhang Tuohai was going to Pearl City, Elizabeth volunteered to be a guide.

According to herself, she spent more time in Pearl City than in Orleans and knew every street of Pearl City well.

Zhang Tuohai felt that having such a local snake could solve a lot of troubles, so he took Elizabeth with him.

At the same time, she brought Linda, a small oil bottle, under Elizabeth's soft touch.

The three of them put on the clothes collected by their predecessor on the boat and got off the boat. If you didn't look carefully, they looked like a family of three.

But if you look closely, you will find that the three people have different looks, skin, and hair colors, and there is nothing the same between the three people.

However, it is nothing in this kind of city, no one will care about this kind of thing.

The three people's ordinary attire allowed them to pass the inspection and enter the city easily.

On both sides of the streets in Pearl City, you can see various vendors selling trays of pearls.

It occupies almost more than half of the vendors, and half of the remaining vendors are selling various by-products of pearl clams, such as clam meat, clam shells and so on.

Although the pearl mussel meat is not delicious, it is large in quantity and cheap, so it is very popular among the captains. They buy various pickled clam meat in large quantities as side dishes for the sailors.

Zhang Tuohai stopped and walked, tasting various clam meats from time to time, and then asked about the price.

Finally, he summarized it and quietly told Polly to send a message to the first mate and ask the first mate to come ashore to purchase.

As for Zhang Tuohai, under the guidance of Elizabeth, he came to the largest slave trading market in the city.

As soon as I entered the slave trading market, an indescribable smell wafted out.

Elizabeth subconsciously took out a handkerchief and covered her nose.

"Are you guys going to choose life slaves? There are newly trained female slaves here who are capable of cleaning work in any household. They are all in good shape. Although they are a bit dark, their texture is great, their physical strength is long-lasting, and they are strong and durable. There won’t be a situation where it’s bad in just one try or two.”

A slave merchant saw Zhang Tuohai and his party and came over to sell them.

Elizabeth looked at the slave merchant with an unkind expression.

Seeing Elizabeth's expression, the slave merchant misunderstood and said quickly: "There are also male slaves, who can do daily physical work. Moreover, they are available in various sizes, so I guarantee you will be satisfied."

"Okay," Zhang Tuohai interrupted the slave merchant's ramblings.

"We have several manors that are often attacked by horse bandits. We are planning to buy a group of slaves who can fight. I wonder if you have any here."

Zhang Tuohai said.