The Final Evolutionary Quest! The Origin of the Black Pearl! Chapter 39 The Secret of the Black Pearl!
Chapter 39 The Secret of the Black Pearl!
Of course, businessmen only exist to make money, but these profiteers are too cruel. Although the sloop is not popular, it can be easily transformed into a fishing boat. According to Old Sea Dog, it only costs a few hundred pounds to build a new ship. Even if depreciation and black market sales fees are included, two hundred pounds should be a fair price.
These profiteers directly offered the purchase price of 20 pounds... This is really quite the calm and generous demeanor of mixing milk into melamine, and it is really the best quality to the top level.
As soon as the old sea dog heard what the guy said, an unknown anger arose in his heart, and he slapped the counter hard:
"Which of your eyes saw that we were coming to sell the sloop?"
The old sea dog was full of confidence at this time, and he was already a bit powerful when he yelled and scolded. The guy didn't dare to neglect after hearing this, and said quickly:
"Then what does the guest need?"
The old sea dog said loudly:
"Go and ask your boss. He has two Galen-style paddle-sail ships of the British Royal Navy, III-class ships, plus 63 brand-new cannons from the Krupp Arsenal, including one-pound and three-pound cannons. He What price can you give me?”
The guy's eyes widened after hearing this, and he immediately shouted to the old guy surrounded by the crowd:
"Dick, you idiot, it's okay to let them wait for a while for those small businesses. Once this business is done, I will give you five points!"
Sheyan and Jiao Shi were stunned. They felt that the man in the black turban was the boss, and the old man was the employee... As soon as the boss spoke, Old Dick immediately showed a relieved expression and squeezed out. He nodded to Sheyan and the others and asked them to sit down.
Of course, the contractors started to curse one after another. There were at least a dozen of them at this time, belonging to three groups of forces. They were already worried about queuing before they came, but unexpectedly, a queue suddenly came out. , of course it will not make you feel comfortable. Fang Senyan didn't pay any attention to the conversation and laughter between them and Reef Mogansha, and treated them as if they were nothing.
After all, those contractors still had no way to take action here, because for the contractors, Turtuga was similar to the Gate of Hell camp in the world of Avatar, a safe area, so they could only grit their teeth and leave bitterly. It was only then that Sheyan dispatched the gold mine to engage in the fiercest face-to-face confrontation with Old Dick. As the saying goes, once the gold mine comes out, who can compete with him? He directly pulled out a stool and placed it next to Old Dick, and then jumped He went up and put his arm on Old Dick's shoulders affectionately and said:
"My dear friend, these two ships are of high quality, sexy, plump, round and beautiful. The price you gave is really unreasonable. Each of the twenty-one three-pound guns is worth three hundred pounds. Here it is more than nine thousand pounds. ......."
After the gold mine bombarded him with words, he then took out a Chinese abacus, crackled the abacus for a while, and finally reported a number:
"That's it. The original total is four thousand one thousand one hundred and thirty-five pounds and seventeen shillings. You can get it by paying four thousand five hundred pounds."
Old Dick always felt that something was not right, but he still succeeded in making a deal with the gold mine. The four of them immediately took the money and left. Not far away, they suddenly heard a scream from the old profiteer inside!
"Oh my God! Even a brand-new Galenic barque only costs just over two thousand five hundred pounds!"
Hearing this shrill scream, which was almost like cutting flesh, Sheyan and Liao Shi looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and quickly disappeared into the sea of people. Within a few seconds, Old Dick rushed out and shouted angrily:
"What happened to me today? Why did I give this money away in such a stupid way? Damn liar, you'd better pray not to be caught by me!"
Then Old Sea Dog took Sheyan to another shipyard in Tetuga, where the prices and services would be relatively fair. Sheyan also made his own request to the owner of the dock, which is to completely give up the ability of long-range combat and only pursue speed. He would like to ask him if he can further accelerate the ship at the current speed. The price is easy to negotiate.
The owner of the dock is called Luo Han. He is a bearded man in his forties who speaks in a loud voice and is full of energy. After listening to Fang Senyan's words, he went to see the Sam on the spot. Fang Senyan promised that the transformation would be completed by this time tomorrow, and the ship would be able to speed up by another 20%. Of course, the price would be a very expensive five thousand gold pounds.
For ordinary contractors, that five thousand gold pounds is probably an astonishing astronomical sum. Fang Senyan's previous two fully armed, newly launched III-class ships were both sold for less than 5,000 gold pounds, but for Sheyan at this time, it was just a sum of money that required a little thought.
He used the fruits of giant sargassum to sell for a high price of 160,000 gold pounds. At this time, excluding all kinds of expenses, including the pirates' dividends and the previous squandering of buying food for Paul, now he could have ten pounds in his hand at any time. Thousands of pounds of working capital coming.
Therefore, facing Luo Han's request, Sheyan readily agreed, and after paying, he asked Luo Han intentionally or unintentionally:
"I wonder if there is any way to build a ship that can go faster than the Black Pearl?"
Luo Han was startled for a moment, shook his head and said:
"It's almost impossible."
Fang Sheyan said curiously:
"Why?"
Luo Han probably also knew that Sheyan was a big spender. After thinking about it, he smiled, made a cup of coffee for everyone, invited them to sit down and said:
"It would be too long to talk about this matter. In fact, there are many legends about the Black Pearl, but the one that people are most convinced of is that it is truly the fastest in the Caribbean, so that it is regarded as a representative of freedom! But! Hasn't anyone analyzed the reason why the Black Pearl is the number one speedboat in the Caribbean? This is of course impossible. In fact, every shipbuilding craftsman has one requirement when he comes into contact with this industry. The ambition to build a ship faster than the Black Pearl!"
"When I was studying shipbuilding under the master craftsman Jason Rees, I discussed this matter with a friend. He told me that it was said that when the Black Pearl was first launched, it was just an ordinary five-masted armed ship. It’s just a merchant ship. If there’s anything special about it, it’s that it has a very high-quality keel!”
"Keel?" Jiao Shi said in astonishment. He also didn't know much about the technical terminology of ships.
Probably Luo Han also wanted to lure these big benefactors to spend more money, so he said very patiently:
"The keel is a longitudinal member that connects the bow pillar and the stern pillar in the center of the base of the ship when building a ship. There are transverse ribs on the keel for reinforcement. Just like the spine of a human or animal, there are two ribs on both sides. The rib and keel are the backbone and core of a ship. With it, the ship has a backbone. "
After seeing Sheyan and the others roughly understanding it, Luo Han said seriously:
"After the Black Pearl was launched, it was initially used as an armed merchant ship ------- You should understand that the armed merchant ship means that it is a merchant ship when it encounters the navy, and it is a merchant ship when it encounters other ships. Use weapons when you attack merchant ships or pirates."
"According to our speculation, the previous captains of the Black Pearl were also guys with strong knowledge and vision in ships, so after they captured the opponent's ship, they not only plundered wealth, but also easily Some hull components made of precious and rare materials were found from other ships and installed on the Black Pearl, even if it was impossible to tow the other ships away. "
After hearing what Luo Han said, Brother Hei and Liao Shi looked at Fang Senyan at the same time, obviously thinking that he could also plunder the precious components on other ships. Fang Senyan suddenly became thoughtful, and Luo Han continued:
"What we can be sure of is that the owners of the Black Pearl must have a paranoid hobby of pursuing speed! So during the long robbery process of the Black Pearl, they robbed countless ships and equipped the entire ship with All kinds of precious parts, these parts obviously all increase the speed without exception, so in this process of plundering for many years, it will slowly change from quantitative to qualitative, and finally the current Caribbean Sea will be formed. The King of Speed, the Symbol of Freedom, the Black Pearl!”
The black guy couldn't help but interjected:
"It doesn't sound too difficult, so theoretically speaking, as long as you have money and buy enough speed-increasing accessories, you can surpass the Black Pearl, right?"
Luohan burst out laughing after hearing this:
"This is why I mentioned the keel to you at the beginning of the story! For a ship, it is also made up of thousands of precise components! It is definitely not that such a simple stack is precious The parts are so simple.”
"Believe me, my friend, some precious and sophisticated hull parts even have a soul of their own! Can you imagine a band with only singers without accompaniment? If you like sweetness, you will ask for the fragrant black pepper steak to be added A spoonful of Malaysian cane sugar?”
"The reason why the Black Pearl has become the unique king of speed is because it has had a unique keel since it was built and launched into the water!!! Only such a magical keel can powerfully support the entire ship. The backbone of the ship suppresses the conflict and backlash of those precious parts. If the commander of the army perfectly integrates those parts, it will create the king of speed in the Caribbean. If there is no such keel, the Black Pearl will not be able to survive! The added accessories have already started to conflict like crazy.”