Chapter 11 Overseas Trading
The crowd on Skull Island changed drastically throughout the day, the people of the past were just living to live, especially the women on the island, and the male pirates were just trying to live better.
The two tables give a glimpse of a life like no other, a life where there is hope and hope for future generations.
The credit acquisition table is very simple, and it only has a detailed credit exchange for the performance of the raid, such as how much you can get by killing an ordinary pirate, and how much you can get by killing the opponent's second mate, first mate, and captain.
What really makes everyone on the island so excited is the exchange table, which is divided into several different types, including the exchange of living materials, as well as the exchange of weapons and equipment, and the most desirable is the exchange of positions, because it is marked with the captain's exchange exploits.
A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a pirate captain who doesn't want to be a pirate is not a good pirate, not only that, but if you have enough merits, you can not only apply to leave the island, but also apply for pirate funding to study in the Western Continent, etc., these two items alone make everyone see hope.
Skull Island has entered a period of stable development under Leo's two tables, and even if anyone has an idea, it has been ruthlessly extinguished under the general trend. The pirates on the island are in full swing, and the training is very high, especially the female pirates are even more desperate to train, and the group of men who watch it are extremely embarrassed.
Since Leo set the rules on the island, he has completely settled in the harbor and space, and has been secretly tinkering day and night.
Seven days later, in the improvised workshop next to the port, Leo watched intently as the stones in the furnace melted, as it melted, as it melted into liquid, and finally cooled down, and a piece of iron, which was only a quarter of its original size, appeared in front of him.
Don't look at the seven days is a short time, in order to practice the iron Leo doesn't know how many days and nights he struggled in the space, at this time he was completely attracted by the process of refining iron, so that he didn't have the energy to care about anything else, otherwise he would now be like Leo who had just boarded the Redbeard.
The iron was smelted, meaning he could move on to the next step, and Leo summoned the head of the pirates, and Osna was among them, not because of her position, but because she was the only person on the island who could read and write, except for Leo.
The personnel soon arrived, and when they heard Leo ask if there were any blacksmiths on the island, they were stunned and didn't know what Leo was doing.
Blacksmithing may be a good profession in the Western Continent, but on the island, there are no workshops, no iron, and even a farmer who can farm the land.
The people who reacted began to talk nonsense, and after a moment Leo knew that there were blacksmiths on this island, but they had not forged for many years.
Leo didn't care about this, he didn't want to knock it piece by piece, and when he heard the rumors, he quickly transferred these people to him for another appointment.
There were five people in total, all of whom had thick arms and round waists, and these people were either persecuted and had to take the road of pirates, or they were looted in the course of sailing.
Seeing the iron in Leo's hand, the palms of the five people itched, and they couldn't wait to get back to their old jobs.
Leo pointed to the Skeleton docked in the harbor and said, "I saw that ship, my idea is to build a ship made of steel." ”
"Impossible, how can steel sail on the seas?"
"Captain, this is impossible, there has never been a ship made of steel. ”
No one believed that Leo's statement was completely beyond their comprehension, in their cognition, in addition to forging weapons and armor, iron is to make daily necessities and use them to build ships, how is it possible?
Leo ignored them at all, and forcefully demanded that they start smelting ore and make iron sheets, and the five of them had no choice but to start working according to Leo's instructions.
Gradually, the news that Leo wanted to build a steel ship spread, and everyone thought that Leo was crazy and doing something stupid that couldn't be more stupid.
Over the course of a month, people gradually persuaded Leo to give up this unrealistic idea, but Leo was unmoved and insisted on building a steel ship, and everyone had no choice but to pin their hopes on Osna and the first mate, who were close to him.
On this day, Osna and the first mate came together, and before they could speak, Leo said, "Osna, inform everyone that we are going to sea." ”
Isn't it just for this day that two months of training day and night, the mood of going to sea to plunder has been spreading among the pirates for a long time, and has been pressed by Leo, this huge surprise made Osna forget the purpose of this trip in an instant, and hurriedly ran out to inform the others.
The first mate watched Osna run away with a wry smile, and was about to speak, only to hear Leo say again: "First mate, bring all the money, this time our main purpose is to go to Sina Island to buy things." ”
"Buy, buy something?" The first mate's mind couldn't turn around, when did the pirates need to buy something?
Leo didn't bother to explain, and waved his hand to let the first mate hurry up, if it weren't for some problems that needed to be solved urgently, Leo wouldn't want to go to sea so early. Although the construction of steel ships is only a layer of iron sheet on the outer bread of the ship, the increase in weight cannot be carried out at sea by manpower and wind alone.
The speed of sea combat is often an important factor in victory, a turtle speed ship can only be a live target for others, the most important purpose of this sea Leo is to buy animal power instead of manpower, there is a kind of indigenous cattle on Sina Island that is very suitable for Leo's requirements, if you can buy a larger ship than the current one, it will be better.
The low sound of a conch sounded, it was the sound of the pirates rally, more than fifty male pirates and more than thirty female pirates, all carrying long bows on their shoulders and holding weapons on the skull, their expressions were serious and full of anticipation.
Leo stood on the roof of the captain's cabin and looked at the people below: "First mate, are you ready for the necessary supplies to go to sea?"
"Captain, the material preparation of the life of ninety people for a month. "Sina Island is not very far, only ten days away, and a month's material consumption is completely sufficient.
Leo nodded and continued, "Second mate, has the Skull been checked?"
"Captain, the Skull has been inspected, and it will not be a problem to sail at sea for half a year. ”
Leo nodded again, then looked at the boatswain and Osna and said, "Boatswain, are all the crew ready?"
"Captain, thirty-five female pirates, including Osna, are ready, and all of them are eager to fight. ”
"Lift anchor, hoist the sails, go. Leo shouted, followed by the sound of a long conch, and the Skull began its first voyage since the name change.
Leo didn't know how to sail, but he was an experienced first mate, although he was a little lacking in ability and courage, but it was enough to deal with sea navigation, and he stood in the cockpit and commanded in an orderly manner.
Pirates are good at this, no matter who they are, as long as they have been pirates for three or five years and have not died, they will all become experienced people, except that they are not as rich as the elders in the distribution of pirates, and the rest of the experience is not bad at all.
Osna and other female pirates are obviously deficient in this, they have been living on the islands since they were plundered, and they are all caught blind when they go to sea, like headless flies, and they don't know what to do.
Osna was obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he was just as good as he was, only to see the female pirates doing their best, sticking to the male pirates' rich nephrite, and learning one by one.
Sea voyages are boring, and now with these female pirates joining, it has a different flavor, but the so-called men and women are not tired of working together.
The geographical location of Skull Island is also far away from the shipping lane, and it is rare to encounter ships here, and even if you meet them, they are also peers, and they will not attack rashly without full certainty.
The black skull flag hunted, facing the wind and waves, and the ten-day voyage passed in a flash, and when they saw Sina Island in the distance, everyone was extremely disappointed, they thought that there would be a plundering war, but they didn't expect it to be like this.
Seeing the disappointed crowd, Leo was worried about the low morale, and said with some amusement: "Okay, the main purpose of this trip to sea is to let the female pirates experience the sea sailing, and when they are familiar with it, the next time is when we really go out to raid." ”
Hearing Leo's explanation, the male pirates were relieved, and the female pirates were ashamed and secretly made up their minds.
Seeing that Sina Island was clearly visible, Leo said to the second officer, "Second officer, wave the flag and tell them the purpose of our trip." ”