Rod sorted out the dozen or so ships they had seen today, and asked a few people's opinions, but Ye Qing and a few people didn't understand, and only Juan could answer him.

Rhodes asked, "What do you think of the third ship?" ”

"The third? That's going to cost a lot of gold! ”

"Juan, we're not short of gold." Rod took off the cloth bag he had been carrying all day and placed it heavily on the table.

Juan looked over, took a piece of gold coin and put it in his mouth to bite it, and squinted with a smile: "I think the fifth ship I saw in the afternoon is good." ”

"Which one is better than the third?"

"The hull structure of the two ships is similar, but the price difference is so great that we don't need the best one because I can make it better, but I need ten days."

"Great! Juan, I'll give you the gold coins, and the ship will be yours alone! ”

Juan put back a gold coin in his hand and licked his lips: "So many gold coins...... Leave it all to me? Rod, do you believe me? ”

"You're my companion!"

Rod's words made Juan super moved, and he immediately went to Merlin Bay, and he promised to transform the most suitable boat for their trip.

Rod finally put down a big stone in his heart.

Ye Qing was not at ease, she was not worried about Juan's character, but worried that he would be robbed as soon as he got out of the tavern with so many gold coins.

Before Juan left, Ye Qing pushed Hu Yingfeng over: "I'm afraid you can't be busy alone, let him help you." ”

Since Rong Sheng was very interested in shipbuilding, Shi Yin also took him to Meilin Bay.

Leaving Luo and Ye Qing, they returned to the main city the next day and went to the West Market.

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As the saying goes, buying equipment in the east and selecting crews in the west, the west market is like a comprehensive talent market.

But the West Market is not like the modern job search market, the recruiter has a booth, waiting for job seekers to submit their resumes, Wendy's West Market, originally was the Trevi Fountain Square, at first, in Wendy and other employers of the crew sat here to bask in the sun, later, all such crew members are waiting for employers in the square, looking for the crew captains also come directly to the square, the square is crowded, so that there are crew members in the streets and alleys around the square.

They sit on the side of the road like vendors, waiting for employers or buyers to come to their door, but they are not renting or selling a certain commodity, but themselves.

"Let's go to the gunner first."

Rod took Ye to turn into a dark narrow alley, and then went up to the roof of a small building, he said that the gunner's eyesight is very important, they will train their eyesight in the two extremes of dark and light, and the gunner who is ready to go to sea usually stays on the rooftop.

On the rooftop, Ye Qing found that this "gunner market area" was composed of four rooftops, which was not inferior to the Wishing Fountain Square she saw earlier.

Because piracy has been rampant recently, the net worth of gunners has risen with the tide.

Rod had already explained to Ye Qing the importance of the gunner, it was best not to meet pirates, if he met a pirate, his own ship was not equipped with artillery and a gunner in charge, and the end would be absolutely miserable.

There was a person like an "intermediary" on the rooftop, and when the man saw the two Rhodes, he asked enthusiastically: "Captain, what kind of gunner do you want to find?" ”

"Billy has been to the Thousand Islands Continent twice, and can give you the best advice, and his judgment of artillery projection is excellent."

"That's Haile, he's often around Stewart Island, he can go in and out of Rose Bay with his eyes closed, and he's also caught monsters on Cannibal Island!"

Rod didn't speak, his gaze swept over the faces of the gunners on the rooftop one by one, and Ye Qing looked at the man on the very edge.

"Ma'am, you have a good eye, that's Bayer, he once helped his employer's ship defeat the pirates twice, the Fifty-Four Pirates know, Bayer was able to dodge the bombardment of the gunners of the Fifty-four Pirate Regiment, the siege of five ships, Bayer and the employer cooperated tacitly, but killed two ships! Bayer's floor price is the highest of any gunner, and of course, he has requirements for his employer. ”

Rod didn't continue to listen, he took Ye Qing and left the rooftop.

"None of them?"

"That's an exaggeration! Who can go in and out of Rose Bay with their eyes closed? Who can take out two ships of the Fifty-Four Pirates? If he could take out the ships of the Fifty-Four Pirates, he wouldn't be here right now. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The guy named Bayer, he and his employer, must have fed the sharks earlier."

Out of the alley, the two walked towards the square: "Let's go, go to the square and see our crew." ”

Their search for gunners has not been smooth, the problem of the ship is temporarily solved, Rhodes hurried to find the crew, the requirements for the crew are not high, they quickly found two suitable teams.

The crew is not a one-by-one group, but has its own team, and each team has a captain, who is responsible for contacting the captain and getting the opportunity to sail.

After the captain pays, the crew members come on board together, and the number of people in the team is more or less, and the experience and ability of each team are emphasized, depending on the destination of the captain's trip.

Rhodes told Ye Qing that small boats generally carry less than 10 people, and the number of medium-sized trading ships is generally between 30-50 people, and Juan's renovated ships are best controlled within 35 people, and Rod's idea is that the place they want to find is the Lost City, and more people will become an unstable factor.

"The sea is too big, the Lost City has never been found, we have been drifting on the sea, there are all kinds of unknowns, and there is also the possibility of encountering murderous pirates, once is fine, if it is two or three times, the hearts of those crew members will easily appear uneasy."

"We need determined sailors, old and experienced, but not easy to follow commands, not as good as young people, who are mentally unstable and can betray us."

Ye Qing said: "How many times do we need young adults who have been out of the sea?" ”

"That's right! Excluding a few of us, the number of crew members should be less than 10 people. The captains of these two teams are more reliable, and their experience and ability match, what do you think? ”

"Yes." Ye Qing has no opinion, according to Shi Zhenxiang's spoilers, they can just follow Rod's ship.

So, Rhodes first interviewed a captain and negotiated everything, but when the captain heard that they were going to find the Lost City, he directly refused Rhodes' employment.

"The Lost City will pass through the Poison Swamp and the Ghost Domain, we haven't been there, and we don't want to risk it, sorry, it's too dangerous."

Rod and Ye Qing had no choice but to find another captain, but he was not worried about the difficulties on the way to find the Lost City: "We have been to the Poison Swamp, we have seen the danger there once, but we are still willing to follow you to go again, who doesn't want to find the Lost City?" ”

After receiving a positive answer, Rhodes thought about it instead, and he told the captain that he would give him a final answer tomorrow.

"They have a problem?"

"Let's see." Rhodes didn't explain.

When the two walked back to the square again, they were stopped.

"Hello, can I recommend my fleet?"

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