Nangong Yu shook his head, looked at the two of them with a look of imminent victory, and said, "Don't worry about it first, I'll find out first." ”

Nangong Yu first said to Marco: "Marco, do you need so many iron sheets to build ships?"

Marco nodded as a matter of course and said, "yes." The number of our ordinary assault ships is already four, and all of them are brand new. Now I'm building a flagship of yours, boss, which can accommodate nearly two hundred people, has enough sail power, and has a stable enough hull...."

Nangong Yu hurriedly shook his hand and stopped Marco, otherwise he might have talked endlessly, Nangong Yu said: "Yes, Marco, you just say, what else do you want?"

Marco was pleasantly surprised: "Boss, do you agree?"

Seeing that Nangong Yu was about to loosen his mouth, Jim hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Nangong, you also have to consider my feelings, at present, the gold coins in our base have begun to be tight, because I have stocked up a batch of silk before, and a Neapolitan merchant needs this batch of silk." So I bought a large amount of silk from Venice two days ago, and I was going to make a small profit, and now I really don't have a single gold coin. ”

Seeing that the two were about to "quarrel" again, Nangong Yu hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt them, thinking to himself: Marco is right, he can't stay only in the Adriatic Sea in the future, Villanueva is currently in the Black Sea, maybe when he will personally lead the fleet to destroy him, it is indeed not possible to have a better flagship. But Jim's side is really hard, and it's money.

Nangong Yu thought for a while and said to Jim: "Jim, if you want to buy this batch of iron sheets, how much is missing, you can tell me directly." ”

Jim heard Nangong Yu loosen his mouth, smiled, thought about it, and said, "Boss, naturally, the more the merrier, that, isn't Alger going to hold a drinking party in two days, you see?"

Nangong Yu was stunned, looked at the smile on Jim's face, and immediately understood what he meant: "Jim, you won't let me hit those nobles with my idea." After speaking, he also looked at Anna who was smiling beside him.

Jim nodded as a matter of course, his face was full of the look of a profiteer, and said: "Boss, you and the people of the Gallo family are so familiar, take advantage of the drinking party, see which nobles have spices and other goods, you know, these nobles are popular with this now, help me get some, of course, to get it at a low price, I sold it to a merchant in Genoa, there is a shortage of this now." ”

Nangong Yu sighed, and now he really wanted to cry without tears.

Originally, I went to the drinking party by myself, just to find out more clues and the mysterious forces hidden behind the Gallo family, but now there is another task to help Jim get the information about the spices!

Jim also has no choice, there is indeed not much gold left in the base now, he has "exchanged" them into more goods, and these commodities are Jim is ready to exchange for more gold coins in the future, it seems that all merchants are like this. But as Nangong Yu's power grows stronger, the burden on his shoulders becomes heavier and heavier, and he must find more and faster ways to make money to cope with the increasing expenses of the base.

When he had a "dispute" with Marco this time, he happened to meet Nangong Yu, and he started the idea of those nobles of the Republic of Venice. Spices have always been the most popular commodity in merchant circles, especially pepper. The pepper found in the base last time was sold by Jim to Genoese merchants, except for his own use. Jim wanted to take Nangong Yu to the opportunity to go to the drinking party this time, so that he could collect more spice information and obtain greater profits.

Jim is a typical businessman, originally because he was still a chef, he was very interested in food products, but now seeing Nangong Yu and the Gallo family so close, he didn't consider the political relationship at all, and he was bent on digging more commodity information and popular information, which was his fundamental purpose.

Nangong Yu naturally knew what he thought, and he couldn't offend him too much, who let him hold the economic power of the base?

Anna on the side looked at Nangong Yu, who was a little depressed, and then looked at Jim, who was looking forward to it, and said, "Jim, I'll solve this problem, and leave this task to me." ”

Nangong Yu looked at Anna in surprise, and her heart really didn't look like letting Anna bother about this matter, although she had a very high status, it still took a lot of energy to find out about these news about the goods.

You can't let Anna run like an ordinary person and ask those nobles if they have spices or something.

Nangong Yu wanted to say something, but Anna spoke first and said, "Okay, Nangong, leave this matter to me, you all have made great contributions here, and I should also do something for here." ”

Jim laughed, he didn't care about any trouble, and said, "Well, with Miss Anna's help, it will be an easy thing to do." Miss Anna, no, hostess, as far as you can about spices, try to know where their sources are, and if possible, it's okay to negotiate them directly. I want as many spices as I want, and it's best to be able to take credit. ”

Anna, who was called "boss lady", was red-faced, and for Jim, he had long seen that Nangong Yu and Anna were in love, but he didn't show it.

When Marco heard this, he also stepped forward, since Anna could help Jim get information about spices, then he must be able to help himself, he said: "Boss, you see, our ship is now fast enough, but the weapons are still poor, and at present we can only rely on speed to force boarding, or use bows and arrows to damage the enemy remotely." Let's see if you can help you get some powerful weapons, such as cannons, muskets, etc. ”

When Anna heard this, she said with some solemnity: "These weapons are contraband, I may not be able to get them, but..." Anna thought for a moment, and then said: "I can let Jim buy some gunpowder, and by the way, get some more metal products, and I'll see if I can get the production blueprints, so we can make them ourselves!"

Jim had a helpless look on his face and said, "It's going to cost money again?!"

Marco patted Jim on the shoulder and said, "Accept your fate, work hard to make money, everyone is waiting for you." ”。

Jim shook his head, sighed, and said, "Okay, I just happen to know some directions, I'll see if I can get them." ”

Artillery, Nangong Yu knows this thing, he has seen it a few times in his previous life, although it is powerful, it is very heavy, and the loading time is very long, and it is not as practical as a bow and arrow. But the fire gate gun is a new term for Nangong Yu, and he thinks that he will only know what it is when he has the opportunity to see it.