Chapter 155: The Daily Life of Pirates
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As a strong contender for the throne of the Bright Dynasty, Gaude Needham will not willingly hand over the control of the Pirate Conference to Luo Zhengdao, which has nothing to do with personal friendship.
Immediately, Gao De quietly spread out the chart on the table, and said loudly:
"Ladies and gentlemen, in order to avoid misunderstandings and contradictions, let's circle our own targets!"
Seeing that he was about to have no role, Luo Zhengdao, who patted his head, suddenly remembered the serious matter, and slammed the table twice with a gun to attract everyone's attention, and then he raised his voice and shouted:
"I have a mention, if you have any contact with the forces of the main 6 sides, you can also report it, the salt works of Wick Reef supply a large amount of salt, the price is favorable, everyone is welcome to come and buy."
Hearing that Luo Zhengdao advertised his private salt on this occasion, a pirate leader with glass false eyeballs in his eyes grinned, and by the way, he showed four or five shiny big gold teeth in his mouth, and said:
"Hehehehe, this is a good business, remember to count me in."
At this time, in the midst of the hustle and bustle, a centipede-shaped scar on his cheek, the hideous-looking pirate collar also raised his hand, greeted Luo Zhengdao and said:
"Don't worry! As long as there is money to be made, we will not refuse, and we will talk about the price later. ”
Wandering in the Aether Sea for long periods of time due to professional reasons, scurvy and complications caused by wound infections are common diseases in the pirate profession, and tooth loss and amputation are common standard pirate physical features. It's no exaggeration to say that as a weathered veteran pirate, if you don't have dentures, iron hook hands, wooden prosthetic legs or something on your body, that ordinary look is too sorry for the expectant audience. In fact, the voyagers of the New World knew for a long time that eating plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits to help fight scurvy when going to sea, but the problem is that what you know how to do is not the same thing as what you can actually do.
In the era when there was no Ming refrigeration and preservation technology, it was not easy to preserve fresh ingredients that were easily spoiled, and even the Luo Zhengdao fleet, which had a lot of space equipment, did not have the luxury of providing each sailor with a fresh vegetable service. It is not easy for the sailors on his ship to eat an orange or apple every once in a while, a fruit is indeed not heavy, and it is not a small amount for the thousands of people in the whole fleet to eat one fruit each, even the space equipment is overwhelmed! Although the water sprouts look very beautiful, they consume limited freshwater resources, and what is the taste of the sprouts coming out of the smelly and dirty water, imagine that the wonderful taste in the mouth will be disgusting, and providing this kind of food is really not afraid of the rebellion of his subordinates!
In order to track their prey or get rid of the pursuit of regular warships, pirate ships cruising on the sea will often deviate from trade routes for a long time, and the islands and reefs they pass through are likely to not even find a mouthful of fresh water.
In the event of such an extreme situation and without any supplies, the sailors had to go up and down, drinking the dirty water that dissipated the smell of the sewers, and nibbling on worm-infested biscuits and cured salted meat as hard as bricks.
To sum up, unless you carry a lot of space equipment with you, or provide magical artifacts that can make food and water, the seafaring living conditions in the new world are difficult enough to make tough guys become bad breeds, and they have nothing to do with romance. Frankly, piracy is a high-risk profession for poor people to pay a huge price for, hoping to get rich overnight and risk their lives. Under normal circumstances, only those who are so poor that they have a rotten life left will consider running to the sea to adventure, gambling their lives to fight for the wealth of the rest of their lives, Luo Zhengdao is a noble child with status to stay at home and be pampered, no matter how short of money he is, he can't afford to come to eat this bowl of raw rice with a knife head licking blood.
After the third pirate conference, on the returning battleship, Luo Zhengdao stood on the stern deck blowing the cool sea breeze, and suddenly remembered the little goblin jingle with pistachio chirping, and he asked the Yaling Overseer:
"Sariel, how's that little one doing?"
Yaling Overseer's demeanor at this moment is in line with the old saying that Yan Ruo Tao Li is as cold as frost, but in the face of a funny genius like Ding Dong that is rare in a hundred years, she is still not completely immune, Luo Zhengdao mentioned the little goblin, and a smile appeared on the corner of Sariel's mouth, and said:
"Rest assured, Her Majesty's garden is big enough that she should have a good time there."
Hearing this unsurprising answer, Luo Zhengdao shook his head and smiled bitterly, it wasn't that he didn't want to keep the little goblin, but the environment of Wake Reef was not suitable for her to survive. After being silent for a while, Luo Zhengdao said with a lot of emotion:
"Yes! Her life is much more comfortable than mine, and the purer her thoughts, the happier her life becomes, isn't it? ”
Saril Byrne didn't have much sense of recognition for Luo Zhengdao's feelings, the mood of the two sides was too different, behind her always stood the new world's number one naval power to rely on, and those who could not turn the situation around through their own efforts could not turn the situation around, the Yaling Overseers could still hope for the Yaling Empire to lend a hand. Luo Zhengdao is an authentic lonely person, and the secrets he hides can't be confided in anyone, if the Yaling Overseers can really understand Luo Zhengdao's unspeakable suffering, then it's called a hell of a life!
"Your Excellency, I have something to discuss with you."
"Well, I guessed it too, let's say it!"
Just now, Luo Zhengdao felt that Sariel Byrne's expression was a little absent-minded, which was very abnormal for the Yaling Overseers, who had always been dutiful in their duties. To say that a woman is not reluctant to give up, she is probably thinking about a man, and she probably can't find a suitable partner on the pirate ship, so Luo Zhengdao speculated that the Yaling Empire must have issued a new order to her.
Seeing Luo Zhengdao's confident appearance that I already knew, Sariel really couldn't be happy, anyone who was seen through by others wouldn't feel very happy, how heartless it was! She didn't dwell too much on this, and said bluntly:
"The Empire has prepared a second shipment of military aid for His Excellency the Earl, which is expected to arrive at Wake Reef early next month."
No matter how strong the capital of the Yaling Empire is, it is impossible to scatter a lot of gold yuan casually, and if you can't even see a splash in the end, it will be too bad. Since it is an investment, it is natural to consider the returns and risks, and a series of facts have proved that he is quite a potential investment object, as an exiled nobleman, he can live a nourishing life under the threat of the second goblin Empire, and it is not a simple matter to do this. Feeling that the initial investment is worth it, the Yaling Empire does not mind adding another investment, anyway, the greater the success of Luo Zhengdao in the future, the part of the benefits of the Yaling Empire will also rise, this is an undoubted fact.
In the old world, accustomed to seeing the ugly faces of politicians with honey on their mouths and lotus flowers, and feeling knives in their hands and preparing to stab, Luo Zhengdao knew that there was no free lunch in the world, and when he heard the good news, he did not show signs of joy, but asked calmly:
"Very well, so what do I need to do?"
Sariel Byrne was not born in the diplomatic profession after all, and she was too amateur when it came to this trick to fool people, and she didn't pay attention to the change in Luo Zhengdao's expression at all, and she said to herself:
"Expanding its military strength, the Empire is looking forward to His Excellency the Earl completing the restoration plan as soon as possible."
Hearing the sound, the corners of Luo Zhengdao's mouth couldn't help but tilt up slightly, and said:
"Hehehehe, this request is not excessive, I will start to expand the army as soon as the military aid arrives."
"It would be great that Her Majesty the Queen is willing to provide more assistance and support to Her Excellency the Earl."
The ancients said: People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless. No one lives in a vacuum, and the Buddhist ascetics of the old world once famously said, "The head of the Buddha does not stay three nights in the void", which means that a qualified practitioner should not live under the same tree for three nights in a row, so as not to develop feelings for the big tree and disturb his own spiritual cultivation. In the final analysis, if a person stays in a place for a long time, he will naturally have some feelings, from love to hate, and even involve a series of grievances, which is also a logical thing.
Luo Zhengdao did have a normal spectator mentality for a traverser at first, but after staying here in the new world for a long time, he inevitably had a dual love and hatred for different things.
Some time ago, when Luo Zhengdao witnessed the family of the little flower girl who starved to death in Xiangjiang Port, the shocking tragedy brought him a great spiritual impact, which was incomparable to any powerful goblin army. It was from that time that Luo Zhengdao realized that he was not a gamer, and that New World was not a platform for live-action RPGs, and that his every move would implicate other people's lives and deaths. After that, Luo Zhengdao was finally able to face up to his time-traveling life, and the people from different races who appeared around him were not NPC characters with a number on their heads. Not only is he responsible for his own life, but at the same time, he can't ignore the feelings of other people around him, this sudden heavy sense of responsibility is a sharper weapon for Luo Zhengdao than Sen Han's blade and roaring cannon, which often makes him feel the heavy pressure on his shoulders, making him gasp hard.
Assuming that Luo Zhengdao only wants to settle down in this new world, it is not difficult for him to protect himself alone, dig deep holes, accumulate grain, and not seek hegemony, this nine-character mantra is also common in the new world.
The harsh natural environment of Wake Reef is a natural barrier, and no matter what enemy attacks, the first wave of attacks is not successful, and the besieging army can only sit and sit in the scorching heat of this desert and slowly suffer and weaken, and the supply problem is so severe that it can force a bunch of commanders to die alive. Just imagine, the entire army has to be transported from other places to eat and chew horses, and even drinking water has to be transported from other places, and this extremely harsh battlefield environment can be called a nightmare for officers in the logistics system.
The well-fortified Wick Reef settlements had abundant water and food supplies, and the siege lasted for two or three months without any success, let alone being besieged for three or five months.
Even if the vulnerable surface greenhouses are destroyed by enemy long-range weapons, the cultivation of mushrooms in underground caves can convert the indigestible cellulose agricultural residues of human intestines into new food resources, so Luo Zhengdao, who has always been relatively less aggressive, has practiced the innate skill of turtle defense to the supreme realm of the Golden Bell Jar.