Chapter 65: Fleet Formation is Troublesome
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"Vena, don't break the rules, you are not allowed to do anything here, wait until we leave. (Please search Bayi Chinese Net, the fastest updated novel website!)"
Seeing this, Luo Zhengdao hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Vina Dubov to stop her impulsive behavior, but finally didn't let the half-elf beauty take out her weapon in public. Thinking that this place was indeed not suitable for hands, Vena hesitated slightly, and then she suddenly realized that something was wrong, her pretty face turned slightly red, and she quietly broke free from Luo Zhengdao, who was hugged by the bear.
The Pirate Bazaar is not a place where you can casually turn your face and use force, and if you drink too much, it is not a big problem, and once you make a big fuss, it is likely to attract countless enemies to besiege you. As the saying goes, a good memory is better than a bad pen. Since the crossing, Luo Zhengdao has used the excuse of his amnesia, and he has inquired about the customs and gossip of the new world whenever he meets people, and recorded these materials in the ancestral black book, and took them out to review every time he has free time. Regarding the information related to the pirate bazaar, Luo Zhengdao knew no less inside stories and rumors than the natives, so he intervened in time to stop the half-elf beauty from attacking the warlock Najaf.
For an evil warlock with mental power, even a hint of malicious look was enough to arouse their alarm, and when Najaf moved his gaze to Luo Zhengdao and Vina, after a brief look of surprise, a smile full of malice appeared on Najaf's face, and he teased:
"Yo, isn't this Lord Earl of Flue? You look good, you must have eaten and slept well recently! β
"Fuck off! You bastard! β
Luo Zhengdao knows very well that this is not suitable for settling old accounts at the moment, and the guy who dares to use force in the pirate bazaar according to the rules will be judged by the pirate rules, and the fate of this kind of second goods is usually only the way out of the mast hanging. Since it is clear that it is not possible to use force, Luo Zhengdao does not have a perverted habit of spitting against the enemy, and there is always a correct way to end everything. There is a famous saying in the Old World that the clarity of the cannon replaces the vulgar insults, which allows us to be civilized. Luo Zhengdao is also ready to settle the new and old debts with Najaf in a civilized way, and the dispute cannot be resolved by word of mouth alone, let alone the old grudge, so it is better to wait for the cannon to reason!
Obviously, the warlock Najaf is a sinister and cunning villain, but he is not a faceless scoundrel either, and he sneered maliciously at Luo Zhengdao, and he turned and walked away.
"Will!"
Seeing the enemy in person, Luo Zhengdao only hated that he couldn't turn his face immediately, but he had to appease Vina Dubov in turn, and said depressedly:
"Well, it's important to get down to business, and we'll find this bastard when we get out."
Unfortunately, he bumped into Najaf, and this unexpected encounter also made Luo Zhengdao completely lose the mood to continue to wander around, and pulled the half-elf directly to a stall selling warships, although he couldn't see the actual battleship, the photo crystal could also present the three-dimensional image information of the trading items very realistically.
After carefully flipping through the parchment catalogue and the thumbnails of the battleships, Luo Zhengdao pointed to one of the ships and said to Vina Dubov:
"Vina, what do you think of this boat?"
The cool-headed half-elf beauty, with a wealth of experience and judgment as sharp as a falcon, carefully examined the image of this battleship, she shook her head and said:
"Will, you were fooled, this ship must have been refurbished and overhauled not long ago, if you don't believe it, go to the bottom bilge of the battleship when the cargo will be inspected, and the ship's planks are estimated to rot."
Three cooks talk about cooking, three butchers talk about killing pigs, and the pirates talk about two centers, how to find raiding targets and reconnaissance preparations. Of course, where the bars have the best wine and the best women is also one of the eternal topics, and pirates who lack professionalism and professional enthusiasm do not know which nameless port they are hanged in. Luo Zhengdao follows such a group of guys all day long, not to mention that he is studious enough, even if he is lazy, he can be called half an expert.
Nodding silently in recognition of Vena's judgment, Luo Zhengdao still flipped through the catalog, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and said:
"There's actually a third-class battleship, how did you get this thing?"
The reason why Luo Zhengdao did not say how this ship was snatched but used the statement of how it was obtained is that according to the classification standard of the third class battleship in the New World, this ship can carry at least more than 1,000 sailors and be equipped with more than 120 guns.
The pirate merchant who was selling warships revealed his golden teeth when he heard this, he smiled, gave Luo Zhengdao a look with an ambiguous look of "you know", and replied:
"This is the flagship of the Gujarat princely state fleet, which was reported by the new commander for battle damage and pulled out and sold for a good price."
The catalogue for the sale of the ship contains a detailed note stating that the ship's original user was too different in size from other intelligent races, and that the middleman responsible for reselling the ship had completely modified the ship to meet the needs of most potential users.
The Kingdom of Yogyakarta, where the princely state of Gujarat is located, is a political entity similar to the Kingdom of the Fish-Men of Shahua, which is an archipelagic state geographically adjacent to the main 6 of the Great 6. In the mysterious kingdom of Yogyakarta, the dominant race is the giants and their vassals, the cyclops, who are divided into three hundred and sixty-nine according to different castes.
In this exotic country with strange customs, the powerful Giants are rightfully in the first tier of dominance, and they don't really do anything but pray to their ancestors, the Titans, all year round, and I don't know what they are praying to their ancestors.
The second class of the Yogyakarta kingdom is the Cyclops, who are the nobility of the samurai and the actual operation of state power, and of course a group of outstanding craftsmen, and the next class are the dwarves. It is hard to imagine that these dwarves, who were not as tall as humans, were related to the giants, perhaps because of this, the dwarves were able to rank in the third estate, where they performed skilled jobs such as craftsmen, farmers, and woodcutters, and the fourth was humans. These human beings are of a low social status, they are slaves, they do the heavy work of crude benzene every day, they eat like animals, they can only barely survive, and nothing else.
It is said that the ancestors of these human beings were the traitor group of the original human dynasty, they fled all the way from the main 6 to the sea of stars, and finally became slaves of the alien race, so for this group of people to be cruelly ruled by the alien race, the human dynasties on the main 6 have always held an indifferent negative attitude, what is the fate of the descendants of a group of traitors, who cares about this kind of thing?
Luo Zhengdao humbly asked his tutor Vina Dubov about the situation in the Yogyakarta Kingdom, and tried to know it by heart, and then he smiled and said to the exotic merchant with a red cloth bun:
"How much does the boat cost?"
"Thanks to your patronage, 120,000 gold coins."
Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao, who had just made a windfall on the elf, couldn't stop grinning, shook his head again and again and said:
"It's too expensive! It's too expensive! β
The smuggler, who specializes in second-hand ships, looked disappreciative, waved his hand and said:
"If this battleship was not expensive, others would have bought it a long time ago, is it your turn to ask for the price?"
Just when Luo Zhengdao felt that it was difficult to choose, the half-elf beauty leaned close to his ear and said:
"Will, look over there."
Following the sound, Luo Zhengdao raised his eyes and looked over, only to see that in front of a potion stall not far away, Warlock Najaf was looking at Luo Zhengdao and his party coldly. Seeing that his sneaky behavior was targeted, the evil warlock sneered and raised his right hand, made a throat-slitting gesture at the neck position, and turned away without saying a word, as if he had come here to pull hatred.
Fearing that Luo Zhengdao would not be able to suppress the urge to make a move, Vina stretched out her arms to wrap her arms around him, and said in a hurried tone:
"Don't be impulsive, this guy must have a conspiracy."
How can Luo Zhengdao be so naΓ―ve, he will be fooled as soon as others tease, although he is very confident in his own strength, he will not deliberately do it at a time and place chosen by an enemy, it is not brave and decisive but an idiot to go home.
Gently breaking away from the half-elf's embrace, Luo Zhengdao smiled and diverted the topic and said:
"Are we going to rest at the market tonight?"
Hearing this, Brando Scarlet Interface, who came with him, said:
"Yes, Lord Count. We made an appointment to meet tomorrow at noon, and the sailors held back at sea for a long time, and did not let them relax properly, because if they dragged on, something big would happen. β
Of course, Luo Zhengdao knows the truth that there is no urgency, and it is not easy to change things that have been decided at will, and changing orders at night is a taboo for an organization. Now that he has given the order for all the staff to rest and recuperate, no matter how bad the situation is, it is impossible to bring back those guys who are prostituting and gambling to prepare for the war, even if Luo Zhengdao has a great grudge against Najaf, he can only silently recite a sentence to comfort himself.
The Age of Discovery in the New World and the Age of Discovery in the Old World have a certain spiritual level in common, not only the pirates had a corrupt style of life and profligate wreckage, but also the regular naval fleets were no better, and even surpassed in some aspects.
Because the salaries paid to sailors by the navy of the New World were meagre compared to the hard work they had to undertake, and the living conditions on board were extremely poor, not only did the navies of many small nations not recruit enough soldiers, but also many large ones, and the naval officers, who had always been flexible, resorted to kidnapping and kidnapping people from coastal villages to serve on ships.
It is not surprising that the New World has such a crude approach, and the John Bull of the Old World has long "conscripted" its own civilians to serve in the navy, and even openly attacked villages, kidnapping villagers who do not understand the nature of water to serve as soldiers. Regardless of the question, if this matter is left behind a few hundred years later, it will undoubtedly be a shocking scandal, and it is outrageous that a country should organize an army to defend the country by kidnapping its own national service! It's not universal! If you want to avoid criticism, the best way is to raise a few more public knowledge, when someone attacks you for not being able to govern and be humane, immediately let the public know go out and bite people, then everything will be fine.