After the ship arrived in Valencia, ivory was normal and did not become a local bestseller.

So Luo Fei only sold the rum on the exchange, and since the Chamber of Commerce was reluctant to sell him any more ceramics in the short term, he had to replace the vacant cabin with local cotton. After all, Lisbon itself is rich in almonds and salt, and it would be self-defeating to buy these two items and sell them back.

The profit of the rum was not much after deducting the purchase price of the cotton and the wages and supplies paid to the crew.

The next day, the Seagull had to set sail back to Lisbon as soon as possible. Most of the crew, led by Surveyor Hramy, became homesick, and because of their previous encounter with Barbarodin at sea, they reiterated to Luffy that they could only want to trade between Portugal and Spain except Ceuta.

"Is there really no hope that this script will be cleared?" After another six days of sailing, when the Seagull finally returned to Lisbon, he saw that the ivory and cotton could only be sold at the normal price on the exchange, although he knew that he had little expectation of selling the best-selling products again, but Luo Fei still showed a very disappointed expression.

That night, all the crew members were allowed to go home for a day and a night, and then go to work on the ship the day after tomorrow, and Luo Fei and the three of them also stayed in the hotel where they originally stayed in Lisbon to discuss the next money-making strategy.

At the meeting, it was I, who was still the treasurer, who spoke first, and informed the other two about the current financial situation of the game team. "It's only 68 days until the deadline, but after selling two cabins of cargo and paying for our daily expenses, we still have only 723 gold coins," she told the other two. ”

"In other words, we have earned more than 500 gold coins in 22 days, and at this rate, we still have hope to complete the task!" Whoever you love listens to who I am, seeing that Luo Fei was still frowning, he hurriedly came out to liven up the atmosphere.

"Yes! Although we have lost the advantage led by "Notes" before, after all, there are still more than 60 days before the time limit, maybe next time we will trade to sell the price of the best-selling products! "I was a little pessimistic about who I was, but when I saw Luo Fei like this at this time, I also comforted him, after all, she wanted to play other scripts with Luo Fei in the future.

"Oh, am I such a fragile person in our hearts?" Luo Fei saw that the two of them misunderstood themselves, and explained with some self-deprecation: "Actually, these days, I have been thinking about Long Aotian's affairs, and when I separated, I told him that I would definitely save him." The last few times I have contacted him, although he has always told me that it is okay, but from his few words, I still feel that he must be very uncomfortable being detained by pirates! ”

"I see!" Who loves who suddenly realized: "But the other party has five pirate ships and hundreds of pirates, just the three of us, it is really difficult to rescue him!" ”

"Maybe we can pay some ransom, but I'm afraid that the other party will detain us all when we ransom people." I am the one who made her suggestion and also voiced her concerns.

"So be it! Tomorrow you two and I will go to the shipyard to have a look. Luo Fei pondered for a while and said.

"No, it won't!" Who loves who was completely shocked by his own speculation: "Boss, are you going to buy a cannon to install on the ship, and go to fight Barbarodin near the islands of Madeira and Las Palmas!" ”

"And we also need to take into account the attitude of the sailors, who are now only employed by us and will certainly not agree to fight the pirates." Who am I also added on the side.

"Don't worry!" Luo Fei comforted his two teammates with helpless words: "Even if you are desperate, it is not now, with our current net worth of 800 gold coins, even if we change the battleship, it should be far from enough!" ”

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Early the next morning, Luo Fei still took his love and I to the local shipyard in Lisbon to learn about the cost of boat purchase and renovation.

The shipbuilder's receptionist was a blonde lad of no more than thirty years old named Augustus. He enthusiastically let the three of them into the reception room and sat down, and then brought the basic information of the shipyard that could build ships, and told Luo Fei that he would take them to see the sample ship on the spot.

The Lisbon shipyard has four classes of ships for sale, the highest of which is the Dreadnought-class merchant vessels:

Sail speed S-class, 2 side guns, 3 cargo warehouses, 4 material warehouses, and 54 cannons! It can carry a maximum of 259 crew members, and a minimum of 89 crew members are required to drive normally.

For such a ship, Luo Fei saw that the price marked was 66,000 gold coins!!

According to the current rate of money made by the game team, it will take more than 2,600 days to buy this big ship。。。。。。

Seeing that the faces of the three customers turned pale, Augustus helped Luo Fei turn the album back as if he had expected it, and said as if he was relieving the three of them while flipping it back: "A dual-purpose ship like the Dreadnought class is generally considered by the national navy or a very small number of giant merchants. The reason why we put it in the first place in the atlas is that it is only meant to be a façade. ”

Next is the Ocean Class Merchant Ships:

Sail speed S-class, 1 side gun, 4 cargo warehouses, 5 material warehouses, equipped with 24 long and heavy guns! It can carry up to 176 crew members, and a minimum of 66 crew members are required to drive normally.

And the price of the ocean-class merchant ship has also reached as much as 34,000 gold coins!

Obviously, the receptionist Augustus didn't think that Luo Fei and the three of them could afford this ship, and the reason why he didn't directly turn the album to the end was that he wanted to show Luo Fei and the three of them the strength of the shipyard, and second, it was also out of politeness, and he couldn't show that the customer couldn't afford to buy a big ship from the beginning.

After Luo Fei took a cursory look at the structure and price of the ocean-class merchant ships, he continued to flip back the atlas by himself.

After that, there were the three levels that Augustus thought Luo Fei and the three might be able to afford.

The third class is divided into sailor class and paddle class:

Sailor-class sail speed A-class, no side guns, 3 cargo warehouses, 4 material warehouses, equipped with 2 long and heavy guns, up to 44 crew members, at least 19 crew members are required to drive normally, the price is 6700 gold coins.

Pulp Sail Class: Sail speed A-class, 1 side gun, 2 cargo warehouses, 2 material warehouses, equipped with 24 curved guns, up to 155 crew members, at least 70 crew members can drive normally, the price is 6100 gold coins.

Obviously, the two types of ships are focused on trade and combat.

"This sailor class looks about the same as our Seagull." Luo Fei said to the two teammates after reading it.

"Then if you don't have the money to change to the marine class, we can provide you with the service of converting the boat." Augustus heard what Luo Fei meant, and began to ask Luo Fei about the basic structure of the Seagull and the needs it wanted to rebuild.

However, the Seagull is not owned by the game team after all, and Oliver will definitely not agree to transform it.

So Luo Fei turned the album to the last page, which was the lowest level of the shipyard's small commercial grade.