Sky-high prices

After VitN and VitU left, only Phyllis and others were left on the dock, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion, extremely unreal. ΡˆΡ‰Ρˆ.(vii) (ix) x.S.сом The update is so fast.

"Miss Nike Ray Mons, are you still on the six ships before that?" asked Hook as he stepped closer.

"Of course, the market is so tight now, even if I can't use it myself, I can sell it to others and make a profit. Phyllis blinked slyly, and then pointed to the huge skeleton of the dragon whale next to the dock and said, "This is called the Dragon Whale! ”

"What a big guy, I've never seen such a big monster in my life, if it can make a ship, it must be a great ship. Hook looked at the huge dragon whale and sighed, then took out a parchment similar to a price list from his pocket and handed it to Phyllis, "After choosing the keel, you will have to decide on the material, the price of all kinds of materials is here, please take a look." ”

Phyllis took it and looked at it slightly, then frowned in embarrassment, and threw the parchment directly to Otto, "It's up to you to decide this kind of small matter, I'm only in charge of the big things." ”

Otto was originally a person from the Venus plane, and he knew a little about shipbuilding, so he immediately looked through it carefully, and explained to others from time to time, "The most basic wood aspects, I think a few of them are good, you can pick them." Oilwood, the protective effect is average, the advantage is light weight, which can improve the effective carrying capacity of the boat, and the disadvantage is that it is easy to catch fire. Ironwood, which has a high protective power, is not easy to catch fire, but it is very heavy. Teak has a good protective effect, average weight, and has a certain anti-demon 'nature', especially the fire resistance is higher than that of oil wood. There is also the last one, which has many advantages, such as being extremely strong, high defense, average weight, and good magic resistance, but the price is three times that of several other materials. ”

"It looks like Chiyang wood is the best, but I'm afraid the price is not cheap. Dakko was a little unsure.

Phyllis pointed to the dragon whale and said to Hook, "Just use red sun wood, don't cut corners for me." ”

Hook nodded yes busily.

Phyllis calculated for a moment, "Then according to what you said, the first batch of cannon fodder of my family will arrive tomorrow, and you will have to complete it in the next month, since you want to build a ship, you can build it better, otherwise you will be sorry for the bones of the dragon whale." ”

Hook nodded and said, "The nearby island of Sanin is the production area of Chiyang wood, and my people went to transport it overnight, and they will be able to ship it tomorrow." The cabin arrangement is determined below, because the number of weapons such as artillery and oars determines the number of sailors needed, and this total number in turn determines the area of the rest room and material warehouse needed for shipbuilding. Settle these down first, and then you go to the Sailor's Guild to hire sailors. ”

"Artillery room, paddle room?" Phyllis was confused for a moment, and these concepts were completely absent from her understanding.

"The cannon room uses small gunpowder cannons, which are not as powerful as the magic you unleash, but they are superior in number, and if there is a broadside battle with local ships, the more artillery can cause great trouble to the other side with iron ball-shaped shells. Each gun compartment had a 'door' gun, which required three sailors to 'operate'. ”

Darko wondered, "Doesn't it have to be powered by a water magic array, why do you need oars?"

"Just in case, otherwise after the magic array is damaged or the magic crystal is consumed, you can only rely on the sail, in case you encounter the windless belt at sea, it is easy to be trapped in the sea, and no power is the most dangerous for the sailing ship. Otto explained the problem.

"The next step is to install the sails, what kind of sails to choose? There are three options. One is a quadrangular sail, which has a fast downwind speed, but it can't make good use of the crosswind! The last one is to install a quadrangular sail and a jib, which can ensure that there is enough power in both crosswind and downwind, but the price is more expensive!"

"Here are the rudders, and you need to decide where and how many rudders you have. Hook continued to ask while holding a pen and paper, "It's usually better to have a rudder in the stern, but your ship is larger, so I suggest you use a rudder." Two in the bow and three in the stern. This makes it easier to control. In fact, controlling the output deviation of the magic arrays on both sides can achieve steering, but it needs to be controlled by a water magician. Usually large ships will have a special 'gate' water mage to control the direction, but the rudder design has also been retained just in case. ”

"Okay, just do as you say. Otto looked at the price list in his hand, and then looked up and asked, "Are we going to install a ramming horn or a bow elephant on the bow?"

"Such a big ship, after it is built, it is much higher than other ships, and it can't hit others with ramming angles, so let's put it on the bow elephant. Hook analyzed professionally, he 'touched' the short and stiff beard on his chin, and said in a deep 'groan', "In this way, all the materials have been determined, and I have the corresponding channels for red yang wood and canvas, and I can 'get' the best quality for you, and due to the high demand, I will increase the price by 5%." ”

Phyllis nodded in agreement, in this situation, a 5% increase is considered very cheap.

Hook continued, "But the bow of the ship seems to be an alchemy item, and if I buy it, it will also be in the alchemy workshop, so it should be cheaper to buy it yourself as you." ”

Otto continued, "Now that we have all decided, please help us calculate the price roughly." ”

"Although the internal structure has not been fully determined, there will not be too many discrepancies. I have already calculated that with the volume of this dragon whale skeleton, the total cost of materials required is 220,000 gold coins. ”

Hearing this price, Darko and the others were numb in their scalps, they never thought that there would be such an outrageous price.

"220,000 yuan, how can there be a whole thing?" Phyllis muttered, then waved her hand and said, "It's not too expensive, so be it, I have enough cash with me, I can sign the contract now." ”

Hook was also stunned, and then said with a wry smile, "Miss Nike Ray 'Mon's, to be honest, I was waiting for you to make a counteroffer. ”

Phyllis shook her head, "It's okay, it's not my money anyway, as long as you use more snacks when building ships, it's worth my investment." ”

"Of course, of course. Hook nodded busily, still worried that Phyllis had a mistaken understanding of the cost of sailing, and explained, "But you know, that's just the price of shipbuilding, and the rest of the cost is just as astronomical." For example, if you go to sea, you need a sailor, and this one has to be hired by the sailors' guild, and the price is different for different sailors. Two sailors were needed for each slurry room, three sailors for each gun room, twenty sailors for each sail, and five masts, or a full hundred sailors, to 'handle' the sails. Add to that the special skills of sailors such as ship doctors, cooks, and navigators, and the total amount of money to hire is a lot of money. There are also weapons on the ship that belong to magic items, you have to go to the alchemy workshop to buy them, and you must know the price of magic items better than me. In addition, it is necessary to buy food and fresh water, and at least to maintain so many sailors to hold on to the next island, all of which add up to about a million gold coins. ”

Hearing this, Darko was also shocked, and he grabbed Phyllis's sleeve, "This...... It's a lot of money. ”

Seeing Darko's reaction, Phyllis laughed happily and suddenly asked, "Darko, if you have endless money to spend, what are you going to do?"

Darko was stunned, not knowing why Phyllis asked like this, he subconsciously replied, "There is so much money, and it is useless for me, of course it is all for you." ”

Phyllis narrowed her eyes with a smile, patted Darko on the shoulder and said, "Yes, because this is your purpose to make me happy, and the whole purpose of our family at this stage is the relics of death, so it doesn't matter how much money is 'spent', if there are less 'flowers', they will feel that they are not prepared enough." ”

Several people all showed surprised expressions when they heard this, but Hook gradually changed from surprise to excitement, because he saw a possible 'sex', the possibility of making the ship he built go down in history. If he did not hesitate to invest, as Phyllis said, he would be confident that he would build this ship into the most powerful seafaring ship ever built, and he himself would be honored.

However, then Hook suddenly thought of something, and groaned in embarrassment, "There is one more thing I must remind you that if you want to drive such a large ship, you need a larger water magic array to provide power, otherwise your ship will be slower than a small boat. However, my shipwrights, although they also have a few water inscriptionists, are not up to the task. ”

Darko and the others were stunned when they heard this, they didn't expect things to be so complicated. Phyllis was already eagerly exclaiming, "What did you say, why didn't you say something so important?"

Darko stepped forward and asked, "Captain Hook, do you have any blueprints of the driving magic array used by the seafaring ship? I'm an inscriptionist, can you show me?"

Hook nodded busily and called an inscriptionist with a monolithic eye behind him forward. This inscription master also has the rank of a great magician, but he obviously also knows the origin of Phyllis and the others, so he quickly came to Dacko and spread out a piece of parchment in front of him, and very respectfully showed the driving magic array diagram to Dacko.

Darko had never seen this kind of magic array, but he had already '' it himself before, and now after a cursory look, he asked the other party a few questions, and he already knew everything about it. After a while, Dakko raised his head, shook his head at Phyllis and said, "The efficiency of this kind of driving magic array is limited, and if you want to output more power, you need the inscription master to have a higher mana level, and to provide power for a sailing ship as large as the Dragon Whale, I am afraid that a grandmaster-level inscription master can be competent." ”

The inscription master next to him added, "That's right, and it must be a strong talent in the water system, otherwise it will be difficult to transcribe a qualified magic array." ”

"The Inscription Grandmaster of the Water System?" Kevin groaned, as if he had thought of something.

Phyllis was a little crazy, "Where can I go to find the Water Inscription Grandmaster, it's useless to buy such a big guy!"

"The words of the Grandmaster-level inscription master......" Hook hesitated for a moment, but finally said tentatively, "Actually...... There is one on this island. ”

"What? Why didn't you say it earlier!" Phyllis jumped to her feet, "Tell me where he is?"

"I'm afraid it won't be so easy for you to invite him, because that Grandmaster is the Archbishop of the Sea Church, Cadava Morales. ”

"Ocean Church?" Phyllis muttered to herself, but then asked in confusion, "After the establishment of the Vitamin Guild, aren't there no other churches on the Venus Plane?"

"That Missouri, he was from the Thunder Church, didn't he appear here?" Hook said with a smile, "The major churches are just afraid of the power of the Vitamin Guild and do not preach in this plane, and they will not set up churches and temples, but their followers and congregants will still come here, especially the Ocean Church." The Venus plane, which is the most abundant in water elementals, is not far behind their main temple, and the efficiency of meditation is much higher than in other planes. ”

Phyllis and the others looked at each other and exchanged opinions, and then Otto asked, "Does the captain know where the archbishop lives?"

"On the south shore of the island, there is a place where there are high cliffs, and at the junction of the cliffs and the sea are some dungeons, which are completely submerged when the tide rises, and usually half of them are submerged. The man you are looking for is in one of the dungeons. ”

"In the sea prison?" Darko wondered, "how can there be a sea prison here, and why is he locked up in the sea prison?"

"This entire island was the territory of the Ocean Church before the Demon Revolution, and the sea dungeon was built by them, but it has long been abandoned. ”

"No, why is Archbishop Morales still locked up inside?" Phyllis felt that she was getting more and more confused about the situation, "Could it be that the Ocean Church forgot about him after locking him inside?" ”

Hook shook his head and said, "Although that sea dungeon is strong, it can only hold up professionals below the archmage, and the reason why Archbishop Morales is in it is, of course, he entered it by himself. ”

Several people were so shocked that they couldn't speak for a while.