Chapter Sixty-Nine: News of the Ocean Giant

Just when the little girl looked at the gem in her hand and was immersed in sadness, Al was on a dining table, eating with oily face and smiling.

"Well, well, this is good, the taste of this fish can be hey" Al said vaguely, as a foodie, when he came to the port, he naturally had to taste the seafood here.

When the old mayor on the side heard this, he smiled like a flower on his face, and served all kinds of delicacies to Al more diligently, and whispered while serving them.

"It's a sea crab," said the old mayor, pointing to a crab the size of a basin.

"Woo, it looks good", Al nodded, and then "Click, click", Al vigorously removed the shell, revealing the pink flesh and crab roe, took the spoon, scooped a full spoonful, swallowed it in one bite, the meat was delicious and delicious, plus the fullness of the crab roe, it was a delicious mess.

The point is, looking at the crab shell cut from the middle, full of crab roe and meat, Al felt for the first time that a crab was too much, like a can, and it would take a long time to eat.

After eating a small half, Al decisively gave up the remaining crab meat and crab roe, used a silver fork to fork out a piece of fried golden sea fish, and ate the sea fish without spines, dipped in the sauce from time to time, took a bite of white bread, drank a sip of seafood soup, and ate with great pleasure.

In the middle of the night, Al, who had eaten and drunk enough, sighed with satisfaction, looked at the various delicacies left on the table, showed a look of pity, wiped his hands, and walked towards the study here, while Benson, who had been waiting for a long time, followed Al with a pile of account books.

Sitting on the chair, he blew his breath, picked up the black tea sent by the maid, took a sip lightly, and after moving it, he looked at Ben Sen, who was fidgeting on the side, and said with a smile:

"Sit down, get him some snacks, relax, if you have any doubts, I need you to explain to me."

"Yes," Benson said hurriedly.

With a move of his finger, Al picked up the first ledger and began to look through it in the soft light, while little Freeman, waving his hand away from the attendants in the room, gently closed the door and stood next to Al.

"Whoa, whoa," the study immediately fell silent, save for the sound of Al flipping through the book from time to time, and the sound of Benson's answers.

I don't know how long it took, seeing that the moon was already full of stars outside, Al shook his somewhat swollen head, and finally finished reading all the ledgers in front of him.

Leaning back, he picked up the tea that had already been cold, and drank it, thinking about the preparation of supplies for the voyage as he drank.

There are 20 large sailing ships that can withstand strong winds and waves and support ocean voyages, eight large warships that are the main force of the world's naval warfare, and some other small sailing ships and small fishing boats that can barely sail in the oceans, and about 10 are scattered and docked on large sailing ships.

That is to say, there are twenty-eight ships on his own voyage this time, and such a large fleet has been created in such a short period of time, and the strength of the Plantagenet family can already be guessed from it, and I am afraid that all the ocean-going ships in the vicinity have gathered in this port.

As for the ship's material reserves, food, fruits, fresh water, vegetables and other daily necessities, naturally there are special people to help him calculate, and the storage is enough for the fleet to eat for half a year, and other weapons, armor, salt, spices, spirits and other materials are also full, but he doesn't have to worry too much.

At this time, El looked at the fresh water reserves on the ledger, which occupied ten percent of the storage of the entire fleet. Rubbing his chin and thinking about the legendary item "Endless Water Bag" in his hand, if he had it, would it be possible to reduce the fresh water reserves on the ship, save space, and store some other supplies.

In this era, ships sailed to distant distances, and the bilge of the ship was generally used to load ballast and supplies, and water, wine, dried meat, dry food, etc. were packed in large wooden barrels, fixed into piles with ropes, and taken at any time.

Due to the general sanitary conditions and the fact that the ocean is tropical for most of the time, clean fresh water tends to become cloudy, dirty, and smelly within a week of embarkation, but because of magic, fresh water can be kept for a longer period of time, so that fresh water reserves occupy an extremely important share.

However, people tend to prefer spirits that don't spoil, such as the famous rum.

Because it was too dangerous to make a fire on a sailboat, and because it was too extravagant to use magic, the drinking water could only be drunk raw, and the crew would mix the water with spirits to kill it, and even then, the diseases caused by the poor quality of the water were still difficult to contain, so the number of sailors who died was unknown. In this day and age, in order to be a good sailing crew, you must first have a stomach strong enough to defeat all diseases.

Besides, when you get to the sea, there is no supply point, like some food, it doesn't matter, some are places to exchange supplies, but those weapons, armor, and other military supplies, precious items, if you are not familiar with the place and have no way, it is difficult to get it, and it takes some effort.

Al picked up the pen, drew a heavy circle on the fresh water reserve of the ledger, and instructed the somewhat unmotivated Benson: "The fresh water reserve, down to one-tenth, is enough for the fleet to drink for a week."

You have the legendary item "Endless Water Bottle", and it is very wise for you to have as much fresh water resources as you want, so it is a very wise choice to reduce fresh water resources and store other items.

"This ......", as the manager of the materials here, Benson is naturally not a stupid person, and he hesitated a little when he heard Al's unreasonable order.

Looking at Benson, who was a little hesitant and wanted to say something, Al snapped his fingers and said, "I know your concerns, but I have a solution to the freshwater, so, for the extra space, you can discuss with several experienced captains and pack more needed items."

Hearing Al say this, Benson had no choice but to retire and do as Al instructed.

After seeing Benson leave, little Freeman, who was standing on the side, took out the information he had just obtained and handed it to Al.

Flipping through the information of the two siblings in the information, Al thought suspiciously, "Is the caravan manager who came to sell goods?

Shaking his head, Al denied this speculation, a silver-level powerhouse to be the head of the caravan is too big and useless.

After thinking about it for a while, Al decided to try it himself. Now is the critical period for his own preparations, and no suspicious person can let go, especially a silver-level powerhouse here, which makes him feel like a man.

After glancing at the sky, Al learned that the two siblings were downstairs in the tavern, and got up and prepared to go to the tavern to find out the truth of the two, if there is anything suspicious, then take it directly on the spot, at this time, there must be no unstable factors.

Just as the manpower was arranged, Al looked at little Freeman and asked, "How is the repair of the ocean-going giant ship??"