Chapter 149: The Correct Use of the Silver Moon Trumpet
"Adjutant Garon, what will happen to this ship in the future?" Hu Bin suddenly had an idea.
"Well, most of the captive ships will be brought back to be converted into merchant ships and sold, after all, these types of warships are not suitable for the unified formation of the navy, don't worry, this is a trophy, after the pension of the fallen sailors is issued, the rest will be distributed to the combatants, and your share will not be less." Adjutant Garon said casually.
Hu Bin said secretly, and hurriedly asked Adjutant Garon: "Then can I directly buy this ship?" ”
"Of course, thanks to you and your companions, we were able to repel those two ships of pirates, and although we can't give you any discount, as long as you can come up with enough gold, the ship will be yours. Why, do you really want to buy this ship? That's nearly 100,000 kingdom gold. Oh, I forgot that you are not short of money, and if that's the case, I'll report it to the quartermaster now. ”
"Please, Adjutant Garon!" Hu Bin was waiting for this sentence, and quickly took out a bag of gold coins and stuffed them into Garon's hand.
Garon embarrassedly held the bag of gold coins and smiled bitterly, such a blatant bribery was really difficult for Garon to get used to, although this is the usual practice of asking people to do things, but this bag of gold coins is a bit too much.
Hu Bin didn't care so much, if he wanted to make a large warship like his own port production office, at least upgrade Hope Port to a large port, and upgrade the supporting dock and naval academy accordingly, the score gap in the middle would not be erased even if it was one or two more mission worlds, according to the ratio of space gold coins and Gondor Kingdom gold coins to five to one, spending more than 500,000 gold coins to buy a big ship was simply profitable.
Lin and Ta Dun were hot for a while, but they obviously didn't have the financial resources like Hu Bin to squander.
The quartermaster came to Hu Bin, nodded and took the bill in Hu Bin's hand, knowing that the elf in front of him had just transported a large number of supplies to Baicheng, and it was said that he was a friend of General Boromir.
Satisfied, he took over the ship certificate from the quartermaster's hand, Hu Bin took out a bag of gold coins again and sent away the smiling quartermaster, Hu Bin checked the attributes of the ship certificate after the space identification.
"Ship: Evil Dragon (can be renamed)
Grade: Normal
Attribute: The owner gains ownership of the large warship Evil Dragon
(The Dragon: A large warship.)
Dimensions: displacement 130 tons. 34 meters long, deck 18 meters long, three masts, attached jib.
Hull durability: 7630/10000
Crew Limit: 0/75
Weapons: Small Crossbow*2, Fire Oil Injector*2)
Synopsis: The Kingdom of Gondor recognizes Mr. Reed's rightful ownership of the ship. ”
"Reed, why don't you ask us to go up and have a look?" Ta Dun stepped forward and asked, and Lin looked expectantly.
"Of course!"
In the previous battle, the three of them did not pay attention to the specific scale of the ship, but when they stepped onto the deck again, a completely different feeling lingered in Hu Bin's heart.
"This ship is yours from now on?" Tower Shield muttered as he looked at the wide deck.
"As long as I get a score of 100 to redeem her!" Hu Bin's tone was a little erratic. He didn't expect that the scale of the Evil Dragon was somewhat unexpected, although the weapons on the ship were a little backward, and the hull and canvas were also partially destroyed, Hu Bin believed that as long as he brought her back to space, Hope Port would definitely be able to repair and renovate the warship.
"The name of the dragon is a bit unpleasant, Reed, have you figured out what to name this ship?" Ta Dun came back to his senses and asked Hu Bin.
"Of course it'......" Hu Bin just wanted to come up with a pre-conceived name, but the head ring given to him by the goddess Elune suddenly flashed, and the name of the ship on Hu Bin's boat also appeared.
"Silver Moon!" Hu Bin didn't know what to say. As a high god, Elune was in the mood to take care of these things, and he really wanted to ask the goddess in person if she was idle.
"Nice name, I thought you'd come up with some weird name." Lynn liked the name of the ship.
"By the way, how is this ship going to get away?" Ta Dun suddenly thought of a question.
"This?" Hu Bin's face suddenly became ugly. Including Lorraine, who was taking care of Quentin, there were only four of them, and none of them had sailing experience and could not operate the large warship.
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Hu Bin and his entourage had no choice. In the end, he begged Adjutant Garon to help him with some sailors to help him drive the ship back to the South Bay, and how to place the big man afterwards. Hu Bin hasn't thought about it yet. Garon just took a large sum of money from Hu Bin, and immediately agreed to Hu Bin's request, although the main force of the kingdom fleet needs to continue to destroy the pirate city to the south, but there are a large number of wounded and loot that need to be transported back to the South Bay, and Hu Bin's ship can just save a navy warship, but Hu Bin's original plan to sack the pirate city has failed, which can be said to be a gain and a loss.
Lin and Ta Dun originally took advantage of Hu Bin's light to do the task together, and they were already very content with a large number of gold coin rewards and contribution rewards, but as for whether to go to the Pirate City, they would not suffer as much as Hu Bin.
"Hahaha, I heard, Reed, you actually bought the Evil Dragon, and you want to use four people to drive it away, hahaha, laugh at me, no, my wound is going to crack." General Quentin clutched the wound on his chest and leaned back on the bed laughing.
Hu Bin looked at this old guy with a black line, and he was reluctant to let him get on his own ship, but who made this big ship more comfortable than other medium-sized ships transporting the wounded, and Quentin, the old guy, did not move after occupying the captain's room. The crew that operated the Silver Moon was the two dozen or so sailors who survived the flagship, they were the old guy's cronies, each sailor was an elite seaman in charge of his own right, they did Hu Bin a great favor, and with them, the large battleship was trained to be obedient, and the speed of return was at least a fifth faster.
"Hey, Reed, take a look at the warehouse on the ground floor of the ship." The voice of the tower shield came from the aisle, and Hu Bin told Lorraine to take good care of the general, and followed the tower shield to the bottom floor.
"What is this?" Hu Bin saw the scene in the warehouse on the ground floor and muttered, the ballast that should have been boxes of heavy cargo boxes was replaced by large wooden barrels, and the appearance of those wooden barrels was still a little familiar, Hu Bin seemed to have seen it there.
"I called you here to open it and take a look, these things are the owner's by default, and I can't touch them without your permission." Ta Dun held a candle in one hand and tried to touch the barrel beside him in the other. And Hu Bin found that there was a faint film of light blocking the tower shield.
Suddenly, Hu Bin rushed over and quickly snuffed out the candle in the hand of the tower shield with his hand.
"What are you doing?" Ta Dun was taken aback by Hu Bin.
"I finally remembered to see the barrels there." Hu Bin's eyes flashed and he said, "It's full of fire oil." ”
"Oh my God!" Ta Dun looked at Hu Bin, then at the wooden barrels piled up in the bottom warehouse, and muttered a word.
Two days later, the Silver Moon successfully reached the South Bay Line, and General Quentin finally reluctantly left Hu Bin's captain's room, and Hu Bin reluctantly watched the twenty sailors leave the deck.
"Boy, you're very good, are you interested in coming under me. I leave you the place of adjutant. General Quentin said to Hu Bin.
"Aren't you afraid that Garon will trouble you?" Hu Bin smiled and said that he knew that General Quentin was just joking, and that he did not belong here as the numberer.
"Don't worry about that guy, I guess I'm going to call him Brigadier General Garon when I come back this time, haha, sometimes I have to serve the old, and the sea after that will be your younger generation!" General Quentin said with some reluctance that after this injury, he obviously felt that his body was not as strong as when he was younger.
"It's a pity, these are old people who have been with me for a long time." Quentin looked at the sailors who were waiting for him not far away and said, "The kingdom is preparing for war. There is no budget left to build new ships, and these guys may have to be broken up and incorporated into other ships, and maybe the older ones will be decommissioned. ”
General Quentin was about to say something when a beautiful human woman suddenly rushed over. He hugged General Quentin and complained that he was going to fight the pirates again, while the old guy grinned and comforted the man in his arms.
"Your daughter?" Hu Bin asked when he saw the intimacy of the two.
"Hahaha, my wife. How's that, it's pretty! General Quentin picked her up despite the beautiful woman's objections and opened his mouth at Hu Bin. I was satisfied to see that Hu Bin's face showed a tangled expression.
"Why didn't you die sooner, old man." Hu Bin sighed that a delicate flower was gnawed off by the old cow, and seeing the back of General Quentin that could not be supported, he suddenly had an idea and took out the horn token given to him by Boromir.
"Hey, old fellow!" Hu Bin activated the horn and shouted at General Quentin: "Ask if your decommissioned subordinates are interested in doing something with me?" ”
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"Seasoned Peraja Seamen (Common): As the elite of the Gondor's navy, they have been battling the pirates of Amba on the southwestern waterways for many years, and they have a wealth of experience in navigation and warfare.
HP: 80. Energy: 10.
Protection: Water (inside), Navy uniform (outside).
Weapons: Moisture-proof longbow, navy scimitar.
Ordinary level swordsmanship, ordinary level archery
Key Skills:
Skilled boats: (omitted)
Naval Mastery: Increases naval combat strength by 20%
Concerted efforts: When there are 5 seafarers fighting at the same time, each additional seafarer increases the overall strength by 1%
Plunder Split: 20% of the spoils of each naval battle must be divided equally among the seamen
Pirate Killer: Increases combat power by 10% against pirates
Creed: Love the sea, even though it will be buried there one day.
Progression Route: Explore on your own. “
"Say, how did you do that!" After seeing that the ten older elite sailors were picked up by Hu Bin like this, Ta Dun pulled Hu Bin's shirt and asked very enviously.
"I have a good character!" Hu Bin defeated the tower shield with a word, although these sailors are older, but they have the existence of space, and life span is not a problem.
Although Lin didn't say anything, there was also a look of envy in her eyes, and she was very surprised by Hu Bin's good luck.
"You've just seen me slick on the surface, and you must know that the maintenance cost of these elite sailors is about to catch up with the elite knights." Hu Bin said a little embarrassed under Lin's gaze.
"If I had these sailors, I would have paid twice as much for maintenance." Ta Dun is still struggling with his character, not better than Hu Bin, his strength is at least the middle and upper reaches of the number, but after meeting this guy, he was suppressed in every aspect.
"Well, don't worry about so many details! Anyway, I was very concerned just now, why are there so many numberers here in the South Bay port? Hu Bin saw a lot of numberers gathered near the port.
"Just ask someone." Lynn said casually. Then I saw Hu Bin and Ta Dun looking at him together.
"I don't understand, why is Lin so silent when she is with us, when she can talk to other people about information?" After Lin went to inquire about the information, Ta Dun complained a little puzzled.
"It's not because of you stupid, the eyes of Lin are not right, it's really a shame for my male compatriots!" Hu Bin complained secretly, but said: "Who knows! ”
Ta Dun continued to babble and complain that he couldn't arouse Lin's love, but found Hu Bin looking at him with an expression I don't know you, and this time his mind was spinning fast, but he hadn't turned around yet. He had already said, "Lynn, why did you come back so quickly!" ”
But it was too late, and Lin had already heard Ta Dun's complaints, and with a very yellow and violent episode, Ta Dun listened to Lin with Hu Bin with a bruised nose and swollen face as she recounted the information she had obtained.
"What, the fortress of Okujo has been breached? How could it be so fast? After listening to Lin's information, Hu Bin muttered, the Aocheng Fortress was guarded by two thousand regular soldiers and five hundred elite Icylian rangers, and it was completely lost in a few days.
"Then this group of numbered people is not good at guarding the White City, what are they doing here?" Ta Dun asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Aragorn!" Lynn's diction is consistently simple and concise.
"Damn. I didn't expect that in the plot, Aragorn and his ghost army arrived here in the South Bay on a pirate ship! The pirates had already been strangled by Gondor's navy, and how could they still bother to go to the west coast to rob them, apparently because of the presence of the numberer. The extent to which the plot has changed has finally expanded to this extent. Hu Bin reacted instantly after listening to Lin's words.
"Isn't this unfair to the numberers of our human camp!" Ta Dun asked, somewhat puzzled.
"The pirates who were supposed to occupy the defense line of the South Bay were destroyed by Gondor, how can you not say that this is unfair to the numberers of the dark faction. The Ghost Legion should not have appeared on a battlefield in which the numberers participated, and it would be unreasonable if space did not give some restrictions. The more Hu Bin thought about it, the smoother it became, and he finally understood why he only contributed so much to himself after the entire pirate annihilation war. It is estimated that the space is not bad if it does not deduct its own contribution, if because of this, Aragorn's ghost army cannot reach the White City on time to break the siege, then the human camp will lose big.
"Are these men looking for a ship to go to sea to meet Aragorn and his ghost legions?" Hu Bin said with some interest?
"That's right. But it was impossible for the navy to lend them ships, and the merchant ships had taken refuge because of the orc invasion. Lin nodded and said, she glanced at Hu Bin's silver moon number.
"Lynn, do you know how much you'll get when you welcome Aragorn and the Ghost Legion here?" Hu Bin understood what Lin meant, and it seemed that the responsibility for welcoming Aragorn would fall on the Silver Moon, but Hu Bin had other concerns.
"I don't know!" Lynn replied, somewhat puzzled, as Reed asked what those words meant.
"The arrival of Aragorn and the Ghost Legion may be the end of the battle, and who can guarantee that the contribution will be able to complete the main quest at that time? There will be gains and losses, if the main quest cannot be completed, it is estimated that the space will not block the road of the numberer, after all, there is still a big battle in the Balado fortress of Modo, and the space may have some punishment missions there, but which of you can guarantee that you will be safe and sound in that kind of melee? Hu Bin's words left Lin speechless.
"Are we just giving up on our plans to meet Aragorn, but what if the White City falls without the Ghost Legion?" Ta Dun's face was a little ugly, he actually wanted to say what he and Lin should do.
Ta Dun knew that Reed was not the numberer of the human camp, and his analysis was also very much in line with the principle of self-preservation of the numberer, so it was understandable to give up this plan, as long as he completed the battlefield contribution required for the main mission, he could get out smoothly regardless of who won or lost.
"The risk is too great, I will not agree to this plan, I advise you and Lin not to get involved in these things." Hu Bin solemnly admonished Lin and Ta Dun, and when he saw the two of them looking at him with gloomy faces, he couldn't hold back his face and laugh anymore.
"We don't want to go, don't others want to go either, don't you see that the port is full of numbered people who want to do this, such a difficult and important mission, leave it to them to complete. Anyway, the boat is idle here, so it's better to let her earn some money back for me. ”
Lin and Ta Dun were not stupid people, and they instantly understood Hu Bin's plan.
"You did it on purpose, black-bellied fellow!" Ta Dun hammered Hu Bin's shoulder.
"You idiot doesn't have the right to talk about me." Hu Bin raised his fist and was about to fight back, and tore it with the tower shield.
Lin watched the two of them play, and suddenly smiled, as for what she thought in her heart, only she knew.
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"I mean, these guys aren't going to hit your boat into the shallows, are they?" Tadun asked with some apprehension as he watched a group of crappy numberers clumsily start the Silvermoon under the command of an old shipwright they had hired.
"Yes, not really!" has always been concise and concise, Lin actually used it should.
"I kind of regret it!" Hu Bin looked at the love boat that was slowly driving away with a stiff face, and he didn't charge the charter fee at all, and he was elated at that time.
"Let's go, it's useless to worry, even if the ship sinks, it's a big deal to bring it back to the space for overhaul, anyway, the contract indicates compensation, and I won't lose too much." Hu Bin was going to take Lorraine back to White City, and the ten crew members were asked by him to be arranged by General Quentin's wife to arrange them to a safe place to wait for his call-up. (To be continued......)