Chapter 12: The Voyage (20/64)
There are two ways for ordinary strangers to really go to sea and go to some resourceful places instead of wasting time on some offshore islands.
The first is to form a fleet of your own, buy a ship, select a crew, navigators, etc., and then hire some other strangers to go to sea independently.
The advantage is that you don't have to look at anyone's face, except for those islands that have been divided, the other islands want to go whichever they want, if you are lucky, you will have a harvest, and the income will be your own, and you will make a lot of money.
The disadvantage is that this is a very risky investment, because the nearly 1,000 gold pounds spent before returning it are likely to be lost after a storm, and even if you are lucky enough to land on the island, you will lose money if you are unlucky enough to find enough precious goods.
Donald has no money or power, let alone a ship, and he doesn't even have enough money to hire people and buy charts of overseas islands, so this road will definitely not work.
Second, join the fleets of other forces and follow them out to sea.
The advantage is that you don't have to pay a lot of money, and you can also get a gratuity from the hands of the employer, as long as your own harvest completes the requirements of the sailor and hands over a certain amount of goods, then you can earn yourself some extra money for extra time, and if you are lucky, you can also earn a lot of money.
The disadvantage is that they can't decide where to go for themselves, due to the lack of information, some people are often taken to resourceful but extremely dangerous islands by inexperienced and hot-headed captains, and finally buried them, and the mission standards of each fleet are different, they pay money, and if the hired person does not meet the requirements, they have to return part of the honorarium, after all, they want someone to help, not someone who used to fish in troubled waters.
"Have you ever been out to sea?"
The boat that took them to the sea market was a ferry, but it was two laps larger than the previous Donald, and there were 16 seats on one boat, and Donald wanted to ask for more information before he got to the island.
"I've definitely been out, I've been out three times so far this year, and I've been to some completely discovered islands, and the focus is on safety. ”
"Hey, where is the really safe island, Crescent Bay is considered a safe island, right? A few years ago, I heard that half a month ago, when a fleet docked, I found that there was a group of thorny seagulls nesting nearby, and it was too late to run, and there was a whole ship counted as one, and all of them were hit by a cold heart, and now some fleets of strangers who are not enough don't dare to lean up, for fear of being targeted!"
The discussion between the black hand and Donald did not deliberately lower his voice, and Donald didn't know about these contents, so after the black hand finished talking about his situation, someone next to him accosted him.
"The thorny seagulls are easy to solve, as long as they leave a certain range, they will return to the nest, I was out at sea when I was so dead that I bumped into a group of assassination fish, but I have been huddled in the cabin and did not go out, almost suffocated Lao Tzu to death. ”
Another person told his story, causing a sigh from the people on the boat.
"What is an assassination fish?"
Donald didn't understand, so he could only bow his head and ask the black hand for advice.
"It's a very strange fish, these fish swim in schools next to your boat, as soon as you lean to the side of the boat and expose your body, these fish will jump up directly from the sea, and a spike in their mouth, if they are pierced into the flesh, it will not kill, but it will be paralyzed, if you are lucky enough to fall into it, if you are dragged into the sea by the barb on the spike, there will be a group of assassination fish waiting below, and in a few minutes, a cow will turn into white bones, let alone a man. ”
The black hand was about half an arm's length in his hands, which was the general size of the assassination fish, and then said,
"If you want to know more and more detailed information, you can go to the Aquarium in Dmingham, don't go to the low-level, go to the Deep Sea Aquarium, the entrance fee is 1 shilling, but it is definitely worth it, I remember that there are this kind of fish in it, and other dangerous marine creatures, but in the end I am still reminding you that going to sea is something that needs to be carefully considered, especially those islands that are not fully explored, many people may feel fresh when they hear it for the first time, but after really going out once, there may not be a second time, we who have no background, no power support, in the eyes of many people, are going up to die." .....”
As the scope of island exploration is still expanding, the mortality rate of going to sea has been high, especially those who come to sea to try their luck, many of them are often quite confident in their own strength, thinking that the island exploration is just a tourist outing-like thing, for a large amount of money, join the fleets of those large companies to pioneer, and when they land on the island, they find that they have no resistance in the face of this wild and dense overseas jungle.
The final outcome is to exchange his life for some information that may or may not be useful to those large companies, and as for the high remuneration that should have been paid to them, with the death of the person concerned, it will naturally not be counted.
Donald listened to the conversation between the black hand and the people nearby, and he also had a rough idea of the danger of going to sea.
Danger is danger, and he will not miss this kind of activity.
To succeed in the battle against pain and destruction in the future, he must become stronger.
And the money, treasures, and combat experience needed to become stronger are things that you will never get by exercising yourself in a hidden place all day.
Now that he knew the way to sea, Donald's mind came alive and asked how the Black Hand could join the other fleets.
"This is simple, most of the fleet in order to ensure safety, will hire strangers, after you land on the island later, you will find that there will be a lot of additional tables and chairs in the port, that is recruiting, after the past they will ask about your ability, some fleets will recruit a certain number of people after they will have requirements in this regard, and then talk to you about remuneration and the like, if you close the stall fast enough today, you can try, anyway, participation or not is voluntary, when the time comes, they will leave after asking, they will not say anything. ”
The words of the black hand made Donald involuntarily think of the dungeon activities in some games in his previous life, forming a good team to brush the dungeon together, and everyone can get money and various resources together to improve their combat effectiveness.
It's just that there is no resurrection here, and to die is to die.
It had been about 10 minutes since the ferry had left the port in Tallinn, and Donald noticed a blue light in the distant sea.
"That's the searchlight on Whale Island, oh, I forgot to say just now, in addition to landing on the island to explore, there is also a way to make money, whaling, now a whale with a body length of more than 10 meters can be sold for more than 500 gold pounds in the whaling factory outside Whale Island, and the price of those big whales in the deep sea will increase several times, I heard that the most expensive whale seems to be more than 20 meters long, one is equal to two big ships in Demingham. ”
"I've heard that whale oil technology is being studied on that island?"
Donald couldn't help but ask, thinking of what the boatman had said about whale oil techniques when he first arrived in Dmingham.
"That's right, the original whale oil technology came out there, like the ferry under our ass is also powered by whale oil technology, and recently I heard them say that it seems to be researching some kind of steel airship..... These things are gradually spreading to the coastal areas of the entire Ryan Empire, I heard that as long as a ton of whale oil is converted and purified, it can supply an entire block of energy consumption for nearly three months, and it is estimated that the inland is not needed, they have no place to catch whales, but they have coal mines, and the effect is estimated to be similar, such as Dmingham, there are still many steamships that use coal at sea. ”
Whale oil energy is a completely new energy source, and Donald knows that this energy did exist for a while before oil was thoroughly developed in the previous life, but the world has clearly found a whole new use for whale oil.
"Ahead to the shore!"
The man at the bow of the ship roared, and Donald's eyes looked ahead, and in the vast white mist, the sea bazaar was finally unveiled in front of Donald.
Said to be an island, the prototype of the Sea Bazaar was a reef in a large ocean, most of which was too far away to see, but Donald could see that the area facing them should have been transformed, and the original uneven reef face had long been bulldozed.
When I got closer, I could see a large number of metal pillars rising from below in the mist on this platform, and there was a sound of steel colliding in my ears, and then I saw a bright yellow light suddenly appear in the mist in front of me, and this was like a signal, in just a dozen seconds, the entire sea market was completely illuminated!
Donald saw a sea platform the size of a football field, the ground of which was covered with steel plates, and on top of these steel plates, in addition to the lampposts for lighting, some mechanical structures were gradually rising.
Like the recruiting place next to the harbor mentioned by the black hand, it was originally empty, but after the lamppost was lit, several special large steel plates first sank, and then retracted to both sides, and there should be a lifting platform below, and Donald, who had just come off the ship, happened to see the metal tables and chairs rising.
Further afield, the situation is similar, with the sea market abandoning stalls or counters in favour of half-height metal tables and chairs.
Compared to the slightly mystical underground market of Pston, the sea market in Dmingham is more of a mechanical simplicity and convenience, and everyone seems to be used to this, holding their own goods and looking for their stalls.
There was a circular metal pillar on the right side of all the tables, and the black hand told Donald that this was the place where the rent of the stall was paid, and the fee was 3 shillings for 1 hour, which was probably put in the ordinary market to be greeted by the merchants, but here, everyone was used to it.
After discussing with the black hand, Donald decided that the two of them would share a stall, and the goods they sold were very small in size, and they sold quickly, and the split was to pay an extra booth rent, and simply merge together, anyway, behind the counter was a bench, which could seat 3 people in length.
PS: The next day's update is complete!