has nothing to do, Liu Zheng simply became an assistant.

With such a fierce general, Gertrude's efficiency has increased a lot, especially the chance of medical trouble has been successfully reduced to zero.

It is rumored in the city of Ceuta that Gertrude hired an assistant who was more fierce than a pirate.

When Anna laughed at him, he felt quite wronged.

Obviously, he is usually very elegant and easy-going, didn't he just throw a guy who was a bad guy five or six meters away?

On this day he stood beside Gertrude with a smile on his face, and with his creaking fist he helped a patient's family to lower the fire, and Raphael and they finally arrived.

The little young master had a bitter face, and there was no good news at first glance.

"Mr. Wallace, my father won't lend me money." Sure enough, Raphael said with a dejected expression.

Liu Zheng was not surprised, Frio had told him a long time ago.

"Isn't it enough to sell the armed clippers?" Liu Zheng asked.

"It's not enough, at least 2,000 gold coins are needed." Frio picked up.

"Well, is there any way to make money?" Liu Zheng touched his chin.

"Wallace, you're not thinking about something illegal, are you?" Flio had a strange look in his eyes.

"Well, the captain is the biggest, and he will do whatever he says." Liu Zheng kicked the ball to Rafael.

His ball is destined to be kicked in vain, even if the Castello family has any gray business, it is impossible to involve this most favored youngest son, Rafael has nothing to do.

Just as the three of them were meditating, Gertrude, who had been immersed in writing medical records, raised his head: "I have 2,000 gold coins." ”

"Huh? Doctor, do you want to invest? Liu Zheng asked.

"I'm going to get on board with Anna, and I'm going to take an extra 10% of the proceeds from each voyage until I get 4,000 gold." Gertrude said calmly.

"3,000 gold coins, and you have to be a ship doctor, follow my orders." Raphael said immediately.

"Yes, then I'll draw 15%, 4,500 gold coins." Gertrude replied.

"No problem, we can sign the contract now." Raphael showed great action.

"Dr. Gertrude, why do you want to get on board?" Liu Zheng stopped Raphael, stared at Gertrude and asked.

"If she stays in Ceuta, Anna will always be the daughter of a gambler. She deserves a better environment, one that doesn't know her past. Gertrude had obviously been thinking about it for a long time.

"Then you can invest, you don't have to get on board. Raphael is the young master of the Castello family, and he will not rely on your accounts. Liu Zheng did not compromise.

"I asked for a doctor, Mr. Wallace. I don't want to stay in Ceuta anymore. Anna walked in through the door.

"Anna, sailing is a dangerous thing. You may be going to kill someone, and you may be killed. Even if you don't encounter pirates, a storm can kill you at the bottom of the ocean. Liu Zhengquan said.

He liked this attentive and strong little girl very much, and did not want her to embark on a dangerous sailing path.

"I want to live differently, Mr. Wallace." Anna looked at him with sapphire eyes, a look of determination and a pleading.

"Okay, but if I don't think you can do it, I'll get you off the ship right away." Liu Zheng said domineeringly.

He decided to get on the boat on his own initiative, but everyone didn't think it was wrong.

They could feel that Liu Zheng's concern for Anna was out of brotherly care.

As onlookers, they can also feel the warmth.

The contract was signed, and Gertrude and Anna were officially abducted into the thief ship.

Raphael excitedly dragged Flio to the shipyard to buy a new ship, while Wolf Heart and Liu Zheng stayed at the clinic.

Anna pulled Wolfheart and asked what to pay attention to when sailing, and Wolfheart was rarely a little embarrassed.

She was thrown onto the ship by the "Secret Keepers", and the devil knows what to look out for.

Anna saw it and changed the subject very empathetically.

Now Wolf Heart was even more embarrassed, so he simply dragged Anna to the backyard and taught her some basic self-defense skills, which would be useful if she got on the boat anyway.

"You..." There was no one around, Liu was staring at Gertrude, and his voice dragged on.

"I just think of her as my sister." Gertrude still had a paralyzed face.

"Oh~" Liu Zheng had a look on his face, you see me believe it or not.

Gertrude lowered his head and wrote down the medical records again, as if I don't care if you believe it or not.

It's not interesting to tease this guy Gertrude, Liu Zheng simply went out and trotted to catch up with Raphael and Flio.

He was actually quite curious about the ships of the Age of Discovery, and it would be good to follow him to the shipyard to have a look.

The group arrived at the shipyard east of Ceuta, where several half-finished ships were parked in the dock, and dozens of craftsmen were busy working up and down.

Shipbuilding is a very high-level job in this world, and shipwrights are well paid and respected.

It can be seen that the craftsmen are full of smiles on their faces, and the work connection is also very orderly, and this scene of collective enthusiasm into the work makes Liu Zheng feel a sense of intimacy.

In many old-age documentaries, the people of China have created one engineering miracle after another with such enthusiasm and strong discipline.

The steward was informed of the intentions, and the shipyard owner quickly invited them in for a detailed discussion.

When he arrived at the office, the boss asked, "I don't know what kind of ship Master Raphael wants?" ”

Raphael had already thought it through, "I want a three-masted Karak ship with a load of about 250 tons." ”

The boss shook his head and said, "There is no ready-made three-masted Karak ship, and it will take about three months to be semi-finished. ”

In fact, three months is not a long time, like England's Invincible battleship from raw materials to launch at least 4 years, and 6 to 8 months to repair.

The carac is one of the most popular types of merchant ships in the world, first appearing in places such as Venice, Genoa and Spain.

It is a product of the mixture of the characteristics of northern and southern European ships, which can be used both military and commercially, and is the original style of ocean-going ships in Western Europe, and it is also the most typical ship of the sailing era.

It is said that the mixture of North and South characteristics originated in the Crusader era, when Crusaders from all countries had the opportunity to see the types of ships and how they were built.

As a representative of large and medium-sized merchant ships in today's era, the manufacturing cycle of a Karak ship is also more than 10 months.

But Raphael certainly couldn't wait that long, and he pleaded with his trademark innocent eyes, "I believe in your strength, sir." You must have a way to get me a ship as soon as possible, right? ”

With Raphael's appearance and his temperament, it is difficult for anyone to refuse his request, which is common to both men and women.

The boss coughed twice and said helplessly: "Okay, Young Master Raphael." I do have a three-masted multi-sail Karak that has been built, with a load of about 300 tons. ”

Raphael was pleasantly surprised: "Great, this is the boat I want." ”

The three masts are the foremast, mainmast and the aftermast.

Initially, a large spinnaker was hung on the foremast.

Later, a pole was placed at the bow of the ship and a square slash sail was hung on it, which allowed the foremast to be moved back and increased in height.

Later, during the voyage, because they felt too tired to handle the big sails, many Karak boats began to experiment with the use of a series of small sails.

First, some large ships hung three sails on the mainmast, from bottom to top in order of mainsail, top sail and upper mast, and later ships generally had three sails on each mast.

Later, some methods of shrinking the sail were also invented, and the square sail no longer relied on the sail to reduce the sail surface as before, but tied it with a piece of small flag-like canvas, and it was not necessary to untie the strap and take it away.

Although this multi-sail technology has become popular, it is still a new product after all, and it is difficult to buy if it is not specially customized.

Raphael originally just wanted to buy an ordinary three-masted Karak ship, but he didn't expect such an unexpected surprise.

"Don't be too busy rejoicing, Master Raphael. The price of this ship is 7,000 gold, but I can give you ten guns. Of course, that's not the problem. The boss frowned.

Raphael was already itching, and said quickly: "Sir, don't sell it, tell me quickly." ”

The boss was amused by his impatient appearance and smiled, "Okay." The ship was ordered by a gentleman named Jenas Pasha, but he had a financial problem and was unable to pick up the cargo. He had said before that if anyone wanted to buy the ship, they had to go through his approval first. ”

"And where does this Mr. Jenas live? We'll visit right away. Raphael asked.

"He's staying at the Rainbow Trout Inn not far away." The boss replied.

"Okay, then we'll go now." Raphael said happily.