Chapter 284: Voyage
System: Captain Paley asks to join your fleet, does he agree?
The preparation of the fat man, Paley, was far beyond Wang Hao's expectations.
In the blink of an eye, Pelly had almost cleaned up the "Drifting Snow".
Looking at the sailors walking around on the opposite boat, Wang Hao scolded the fat man in his heart, if he gave him this sailor's forced requisition, maybe he would agree to the other party's request on land, so how could it be wasted.
From recruiting sailors, preparing supplies for the voyage, and even weapons and ammunition, Pelly did it all, showing a rich and wealthy appearance.
Although this saved Wang Hao a lot of effort, he inevitably felt a little strange in his heart, especially when he saw the fat man opposite commanding the sailor to push a purple cannon to the gun gate, the expression on his face had completely stiffened.
"Help me reinforce the boat, give it, just use these materials."
Handing over some materials to the shipwright brought by Haitong Express, Paley's expression finally became serious, for him, the ability to save his life is the most important thing.
"Rosewood? Used in this broken ...... On board, will there be something wrong? β
Speaking of which, this shipwright is not a person who has never seen the world, but the fat man in front of him actually wants to use the precious rosewood on a second-order ship, and he still has a feeling that he is about to go crazy.
You must know that rosewood is one of the top reinforcement materials, even if it is used on an artifact ship, it will not seem to be lost, but Pelly is good, he took out three pieces at once, and all of them were specified for use on the second-order Willis gunship, although the latter is not bad, but the level of the ship is too low.
But Paley doesn't think so. In his eyes, his life is undoubtedly the most important, and these three pieces of rosewood are precious. But in fact, it didn't cost much money, and it was deducted when he was a French quartermaster. couldn't help but widen his eyes, and said, "If you want to reinforce it, you can reinforce it, what are you talking about!" β
In addition to being a little deflated in front of Wang Hao, in front of others, Paley's aura should not be underestimated, and he stopped the old shipwright in a few sentences, although the latter was still muttering in his mouth, but his hands began to act.
There was a "ding-dong-dong" knocking sound, and the "Drifting Snow" began to be further transformed and strengthened.
Paley spotted Wang Hao, his employer and boss, looking at him. hurriedly sent a humble and flattering smile, but if he knew Wang Hao's thoughts at the moment, he would start to wonder if his decision this time was wrong.
"This guy's net worth seems to be far beyond his previous expectations, just for a while, I'm afraid that tens of thousands of gold coins will be scattered, it's really ...... It's so hateful! β
It's not wrong to have money, and it's not wrong to spend money, but when you spend money, you don't even think of me as the master. That's a big mistake!
Wang Hao couldn't help but squint his eyes, thinking that he must slaughter the fat man when he had the opportunity.
Where do you go for the knife?
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Spurred on by Paley's promise of double wages, the boat transformation was completed at breakneck speed.
"Your Excellency, weβcan we set sail now?"
Paley settled quickly to his new identity. Even the title of Wang Hao has changed, and his fat face has a little more confidence, but he remembered that he had been delayed on the road for so long because of himself. He became a little apprehensive.
"Yes."
Wang Hao was unexpectedly easy to speak this time, and he didn't mean to embarrass the other party at all. Seeing that Pelly was happily going down to give the order, he was still thinking about a very important issue. How many gold coins did this fat man spend just now?
System: Congratulations on creating a mini-fleet, do you want to name it?
When he completely calmed down, he saw the system prompt on the navigation diary, and without thinking about it, he decided that the name of this fleet would be the Brilliant Fleet.
It doesn't matter if it's dirt or not, the important thing is that you like it, for Wang Hao, this name has a special meaning.
The two ships sailed westward after leaving the Strait of Gibraltar, and basically did not stop except for some supplies on the shore.
For other players, it is very dangerous to embark on such a rash voyage, knowing that the depths of the sea are endlessly risky, and without a veteran navigator to lead the way, players can easily get lost in the journey.
This is not a joke, even in the world before Wang Hao crossed, transoceanic trade is not something that everyone can play, and every year, more than thirty percent of players who engage in ocean trade will fail because they have lost their way, or encountered pirates, and bad weather, not only did they not make money, but they also had to lose a sum of money.
Ocean trade has always been a combination of risks and benefits.
Wang Hao's self-confidence is based on the experience of completing the route from Europe around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, crossing the Indian Ocean, and arriving safely in Asia in less than a year after the service was launched, as well as traveling back and forth from Quanzhou to Southeast Asia to Cape Town many times.
Although he had never been to the Americas, some of his sailing experience was universal, and he was far more powerful than himself in another time and space in this life, so naturally he had no reason to worry.
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Wang Hao had roughly calculated the distance from the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea to the waters of the Americas, and at their current speed, it would take about 12-15 days.
Such a long journey is enough to suffocate many active players, but Wang Hao can calm down, rushing every day during the day, tying the two ships together with ropes at night, and then going offline to rest.
It's not that he's lazy, maybe he can stay up all night a few times in a row, but it's not advisable.
In such a long-distance journey, it is a very important thing to adjust one's mental state through proper rest, many people just don't understand this truth, the early progress is very smooth, but in the middle and late stages because of various mistakes and failure, Wang Hao naturally will not make such a mistake.
For more than a week, Wang Hao was on a long-distance trip while making long-distance calls.
Half of the people we call are from Europe, but more than half are family and friends from Asia.
In the call with Jie Shao and others, Wang Hao learned a lot of things, the progress of the domestic game is still developing along the trajectory of the previous life, the Dragon Soul Guild with an official background and the God of War tribe supported by several top consortia in China swept most of China with a unique momentum.
In the past week, Mo Qilin, the leader of the Dragon Soul Guild, has become the rear admiral and brigade commander of the Beiyang Navy, and can directly mobilize nearly a thousand NPC capital warships, and its guild's sphere of influence has also expanded to dozens of small and medium-sized port cities around Tianjin, with more than one million official members.
And the God of War tribe, with the support of several major consortia behind the scenes, successfully merged several top-ranked studios in China, and used the influence of all parties and a lot of money to sign cooperation treaties with two of the top ten guilds in China, and the momentum even overshadowed the dragon soul.
The only variable is that Quanzhou Port, which was originally scattered and scattered with many small and medium-sized guilds, has also begun to enter the sight of many domestic bigwigs because of the Four Seas Guild. (To be continued......)