Fang Yan thought too simply.

It can be called the Devil's Sea, which is obviously not a calm place, and is even listed as one of the several dangerous seas in the Sea of Watch. Moreover, although the Devil's Sea is located in the center of the Sea of Watch, that area is full of reefs, and there are many strange and dangerous creatures, which is obviously not a suitable passage for ships, so few ships pass through.

Fang Yan's idea of taking a boat to go there naturally fell through.

In addition, under Fang Yan's deliberate inquiry, he also learned a lot of news about the Devil's Sea Area. Although there was no definite conclusion, Fang Yan also probably guessed why the Dark Lord went there, ten have* to obtain some kind of rare black magic material, and this material is only produced at this time of year.

This news couldn't help but make Fang Yan think of Blackbeard, Blackbeard is also a master who is proficient in black magic, and it stands to reason that he will also rush to the Devil's Sea, but Fang Yan inquired about the boatswain of Blackbeard who he knew before, but learned that Blackbeard would not set sail for the time being. This made Fang Yan helpless.

"Let me take a break...... Get rid of the other things first, string them together and then think slowly. So, the big problem now is that you can't find a ship to go to the Devil's Sea, you can't go to the Devil's Sea if you can't find a boat, you can't go to the Devil's Sea, you can't find the Dark Lord, and if you can't find the Dark Lord, you can't lift the curse. ”

Sitting at the table in the hotel, Fang Yan took a pen and wrote and drew in his black notebook: "This is the clue of the incident after making things absolute and single-lined, if you want to find a different way, you can work backwards from the conclusion." A gleam flashed in Fang Yan's eyes.

"You can't lift the curse if you can't find the Dark Lord...... Even if you find the Dark Lord, you won't be able to lift the curse, but that's the only way to do it. Next. ”

"You can't find the Dark Lord if you can't go to the Devil's Sea...... There are two in reverse. The first is that if you go to the Devil's Sea, you may not be able to find the Dark Lord, and the second is that if you don't go to the Devil's Sea, you may not be able to find the Dark Lord. Well, as I said, that sea area is not too big, as long as there are not too many divergences in time. Once there, you should be able to find the Dark Lord. Then, even if I do nothing and wait in Bilgewater Harbor, I should be able to wait until the Dark Lord, after all, even if he is mysterious, he will eventually come back to resupply, but that may be a few months away. Therefore, going to the Devil's Sea is the quickest way. ”

"If you can't find a boat, you can't go to the Devil's Sea...... Isn't this nonsense. If I don't have a boat, can I swim over? ”

So Fang Yan covered his face speechlessly, and scratched his head a little impatiently: "Then the problem is back to square one...... I can't find a boat to go to the Devil's Sea! ”

"Huh? Wait a minute! Grappling with his head, a bright light suddenly appeared in Fang Yan's mind, and he suddenly said brightly, "Can't find a boat to go to the Devil's Sea?" There's a way! ”

It's actually quite simple to say. But people sometimes fall into such a misunderstanding, and this is the case for Fang Yan now. Fang Yan's method was very simple, since he couldn't find a ship that passed through the Devil's Sea Area, why not take the boat to the Devil's Sea Area by himself? Anyway, his goal is the Devil's Sea, whether he buys a boat or rents a boat, and now he is poor and only has money left!

…… Of course, Fang Yan still prefers to charter a boat, which can save a lot of money. Well, this incident once again made Fang Yan realize the charm of gold coins.

Now that it has been decided to charter a boat. Of course, you have to find a place to rent a boat, and as for the crew, we will talk about it later. However, after Fang Yan walked out in a hurry, there was a cruel fact - the harbor of Bilgewater. There is no place to rent a boat.

In fact, it is normal to think about it, the cost of a sea vessel, excluding its own cost, a large part of the cost is spent on the maintenance of the sea vessel. If some ships are purchased or built for rent, there is certainly a market, such as merchants or pirates whose ships are being repaired, but it is more likely that they will not recover the cost at all. So. There is no such industry in the Bilgewater Seaport.

So Fang Yan, who knew the situation, had no choice but to be full of grief and indignation: "Okay, okay, I'll buy it." Can't I buy it! Isn't it just a boat? How much can it cost? ”

"An original three-masted ship is 2ooo gold coins, and an original five-masted ship is 6ooo gold coins. The decoration work on the ship can be completed by us for an additional fee, the hull can be modified according to the customer's requirements but for an additional fee, if you can't choose a satisfactory ship, you can also find us to order, but it takes a long time - of course, the cost needs to be calculated according to your requirements. ”

In one of the most famous shipyards in Bilgewater, the "Tom and Jerry" shipyard, the foreman Kaku introduced Fang Yan, whose face was getting more and more bitter in front of him.

The "Tom and Jerry" shipyard is owned by two brothers, Tom and Jerry, who were famous throughout the Overwatch as a senior sailor under a pirate king of the previous era as young people. Later, when the two brothers retired from the ship when they were old, they opened the shipyard in the harbor of Bilgewater, and over the years they accumulated a good reputation, and the quality of the ships produced in the factory was good, and there were few annoying problems such as water leakage, paint loss, and loose wood after soaking. Of course, the most attractive point for Fang Yan was the fair price, so Fang Yan came to this shipyard to see if there were suitable ships with good quality and low price. A week at sea passed quickly, so Fang Yan had to get the matter of the sea ship as soon as possible and couldn't delay more.

Although he had made a plan in his heart before, when he heard the price of the boat at this moment, Fang Yan couldn't help but twitch in his heart. Yes, the price of the "Tom and Jerry" shipyard is fair, but it is still very expensive!

His lips moved hesitantly, Fang Yan stared at the foreman Kaku and asked, "That...... What is the cheapest sea vessel? ”

After looking Fang Yan up and down, Kaku pointed to the dock next to him expressionlessly: "That ship is sent for nothing, drive it to sea, and the factory will not be responsible for any consequences." ”

Fang Yan looked in the direction that Kaku was pointing, and his eyes automatically ignored the accumulated debris and placed it on the so-called "sea ship" in Kaku's mouth. Well, it's a small fishing boat, and to add a modifier, it's a tattered fishing boat parked in a pile of debris, and it's a miracle that it doesn't sink for ten seconds in the water.

Fang Yan turned his head and stared at him with the same dead fish eyes as Kaku.

"Sailing is dangerous. It's also a very expensive thing, and I've seen many young men come to buy ships and say they want to go to sea to be pirates, but most of them end up miserable. Young man, as a person who has come over, I suggest you think it through. Kaku opened a pair of dead fish eyes. Although his gaze was full of calmness, Fang Yan always felt that there was contempt hidden in it, the deep kind.

Being underestimated, can you bear this breath? So Fang Yan decided to show his financial resources to this dead fisheye, and raised his head slightly and said proudly: "Where is the most expensive sea ship in your factory?" How many gold coins? ”

Kaku still had a pair of dead fish eyes on his expressionless face and said, "Ionian Seven-masted Giant Ship, 20,000 gold coins." Free three-year warranty after purchase, renovations and modifications are available for an additional fee. ”

“……”

The embarrassment in his eyes flashed, Fang Yan's face did not change, he smiled heartlessly, and said with an enthusiastic expression: "Boss, the three-masted sea ship 2ooo gold coin is too expensive. It's definitely okay to be cheaper, look like a bold and generous man! I'll do the math with you, the materials needed to build a three-masted ship are five or six hundred gold coins, and then ......."

This time it was Kaku's turn to be speechless. He was not good at words, listening to Fang Yan nagging here for nearly ten minutes without repeating it, his ears kept buzzing, Kaku's whole person was not good, but he couldn't leave because of his own duties...... In the end, Kaku finally couldn't take it anymore. Clenched his fists to resist the urge to punch Fang Yan Fang Yan's face, and said with a dry smile in a cold sweat: "I'll take you to the boss, you can talk to him slowly." ”

Fang Yan nodded with satisfaction. That's right, he is deliberately retaliating, and the effect is outstanding!

Follow Kaku to a seemingly ordinary white-bearded old man in the dock, this old man who was previously regarded as an ordinary shipwright by Fang Yan was one of the shipyard owners, the elder brother of the two brothers, Old Tom. Kaku simply finished telling Old Tom about Fang Yan with dead fish eyes and then left quickly, seeing that he didn't want to stay for a moment anymore, which made Fang Yan laugh secretly.

Old Tom looked kind. It didn't look like a pirate back then, so he touched his white beard and asked Fang Yan, "Let's talk about the price later." Let's start with your requirements for the ship, right? ”

Facing the owner of the shipyard, Fang Yan did not have the same playful mentality as when he talked to Kaku before. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "First of all, I must have the ability to sail far, and the place I want to go is not close." The degree should be fast, whether it is a long-distance voyage or a short-distance flexibility, and the explosiveness must be excellent. The hull must be tough and of high quality, so that it will not be damaged even if it hits a normal reef. In addition, the size of the ship should be smaller, the smaller the better in the case of ensuring the long-distance sailing ability, the larger the ship is not as flexible and convenient as the small boat after all. ”

The smaller the boat, the cheaper it is, this is a common truth, but Fang Yan said this sentence.

Old Tom asked, "Don't you have a requirement for the interior space of the ship?" For example, cabins, cargo holds, and the like. ”

Fang Yan shook his head and said: "There are no requirements, but it is best to complete the decoration within two days and get everything done, if there is a suitable finished ship that can be launched and set sail immediately, it would be better." ”

"So it seems that you are in a hurry to use the boat, the original ship still needs to be painted, dried, decorated, etc., and it will take at least half a month before it can be launched. Then you can only choose from the finished ship. Old Tom stroked his beard and thought, "Your requirements are a bit high, let me think about it." Voyage vessel, fast, tough, small size......"

Fang Yan's requirements are indeed a bit high, and they can even be said to be strange, and many of them are somewhat conflicting in the eyes of insiders. Old Tom thought about it for a long time, and just when Fang Yan's eyes began to reveal disappointment, Old Tom's eyes suddenly lit up and seemed to think of something. After staring at Fang Yan with some hesitation for a while, Old Tom stumbled: "There is only one ship that meets your requirements, but this ship has some special ......"

Fang Yan nodded and motioned for Old Tom to introduce him.

Old Tom said slowly: "At sea, the mainstream power of sea ships still uses manpower and wind power for a long time, but in fact, there are not only these two, but other power systems are not perfect. The ship I'm talking about that meets your requirements is a steam-powered ship. ”

"Steam-powered ship!" Fang Yan said in surprise. Steam power, Fang Yan had learned a lot about it from books before, this technology was mainly popular in Piltover and Bandel City, and was rarely used in other city-states. And now, the owner of a shipyard in the harbor of Birgewater says he has a steam-powered sea vessel?

Seeing Fang Yan's doubts, Old Tom said: "This ship is the experimental work of our brothers, we feel that steam power technology is very promising, and we want to show it in this regard, but we will not show its difficulties until we get started." As we get older, we slowly put out this thought, but this only boat left represents our hard work, and it is the most successful of all our works. Although this ship still has many flaws, we can't bear to destroy it, but we can't bear to put it in a corner and slowly decay. Our brothers longed to see the moment when it was launched and sailed away. ”

"The most glorious moment of a sea ship is to sail on the sea to fight the wind and waves, and to fight the beasts! The best destination for a ship is to perish in the ocean, rather than stay on the shore and grow old and die, which is a trampling on the life of a ship, and such a ship life is worthless! ”

Looking at Old Tom, who suddenly became excited, Fang Yan didn't know what to say. Something similar Fang Yan once heard from Hawley, "The best fate of a pirate is to die on the sea in the most glorious moment of his life, rather than die in a hospital bed after he gets old, which is the biggest irony of pirates." Old Tom looked into the distance, with a certain persistence in his eyes that was difficult for outsiders to understand, which was his definition of his life.

However, although Old Tom's words contained his understanding of life, Fang Yan was not confused by such simple words, but keenly sensed that something was wrong with Old Tom's words. After a few dry laughs, Fang Yan interrupted: "Uh, although I don't want to interrupt you, I have a question......

"First of all, please tell me why this ship did not go to sea, otherwise I always feel a little uneasy, please understand. In addition, 'the best destination for the ship is to perish in the ocean', please explain the meaning of this sentence......" Fang Yan said with the corners of his mouth twitching. I don't know why, what Old Tom said always gave Fang Yan the illusion that the ship would sink as soon as it got off the sea......

"Actually, according to Jerry's calculations and me, this ship will definitely have no problem sailing. However, because the previous test ships sank without exception and caused many casualties, no one wanted to sail away again...... We don't dare, hehe. Old Tom smiled wryly at the corners of his mouth.

"So, I, an outsider who doesn't know the truth, have become the new test subject?" Fang Yan's face was expressionless.

Old Tom swore excitedly, "I promise you! I swear to the whole of Valoran! This ship is absolutely fine, it will definitely be able to sail far! If something really goes wrong, Jerry and I will kill ourselves right away! We do what we say! ”

"It's too risky, let's get another one." Fang Yan shook his head and firmly refused.

"I can vouch for it, this ship is the only one in the entire seaport of Bilgewater that meets your requirements! You can't do what you ask! Little brother, trust me! Old Tom said with excitement on his face, Fang Yan, an outsider, was the only person in the harbor who could be moved by him! This opportunity must not be given up!

"I'd better go find another shipyard...... Fang Yan sighed, ready to turn around and leave.

"This steam-powered ship is given to you for free! In addition, we will give you 1ooo coins as a gratuity and insurance money for this trial! If you have any other requirements, please don't hesitate to mention them! ”

Fang Yan paused when he heard this, looked back at Old Tom and sneered: "Hmph! I'm not going to joke with my life for such a small amount of money! (To be continued)

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