The whole Port Royal marina went crazy.

With the lessons of the past, no one suspected that Tang Sen was joking, they were extremely sorry why they didn't take the initiative just now and missed the opportunity to win ten gold coins, but it didn't matter anymore, because the next game would award fifty gold coins.

Fifty!

There is no way to accurately compare the purchasing power of medieval currency with modern currency, after all, modern industry and agriculture are much more developed, but in terms of difficulty in earning, fifty gini gold coins can be compared horizontally with hundreds of thousands of yuan, which is the income of an ordinary person who does not eat or drink for more than ten years.

Such a temptation was in front of him, not to mention the poor sailors on the docks, even the merchants, and even the soldiers behind Town, their eyes were red.

"It seems that everyone is happy to participate."

Seeing the scene in front of him, Tang Sen nodded with satisfaction: "However, I only need ten people." ”

"Pick me! Mr! ”

"I can do anything! Pick me! ”

The sailors suddenly shouted, waving their arms wildly, and if it weren't for the soldiers behind Townsend staring at them, they wouldn't even be able to hold back and flock to them.

"Mr. Tang..."

Warrant Officer Tom couldn't help but come forward and whispered, "Can the soldiers participate?" ”

Tang Sen glanced at him and said with a smile: "Warrant Officer, this is just a game, don't worry, I will stay in Port Royal for a while, and I will not treat the soldiers who have worked hard to protect me." ”

After saying that, Tang Sen randomly named ten people among the sailors and said, "Gentlemen, one of you will receive fifty gold coins, provided that you can defeat the other nine men and win this game." ”

Ten lucky people stood up from the crowd and looked at their opponents in ecstasy, their eyes full of hostility.

"Relax." Seeing that they might fight at any time, Tang Sen said calmly: "This is not a ring, and I am not going to let everyone fight, this is a game that is only about myself." ”

Waiting for everyone's eyes to gather, Townsend began to explain the rules of the game: "I suppose gentlemen should be able to swim, right?" ”

It's a no-brainer, and the people here are sailors who make money on the sea.

Receiving an affirmative answer from the ten sailors, Townsend said: "The rules of the game are very simple, I noticed that there are many cables on the dock, and I am curious, if the gentlemen only hold the ropes and hang them on it with their hands, how long can they hold on?" ”

"Of course, the gentleman who lasts the longest will receive fifty gold coins."

The sailors were silent for a moment, and someone shouted in disbelief: "It's that simple? Fifty gold coins? ”

"I could hang on it all day! No! For fifty gold coins, I have to die on it, even if I die! ”

"Then we'll see." Tang Sen smiled, this kind of thing sounds simple, but just using his hands to support the weight of his body is not so easy.

In modern times, there are many two-minute challenges on the horizontal bar, and at this time, there are very few people who can successfully challenge them, as for a whole day? That's a fantasy.

It is a test of physical strength and willpower.

Soon, ten sailors hung neatly on the cables, all with relaxed faces.

"Very good, our game has begun, it seems that everyone can hold on for a long time, take advantage of this time-"

Townsend turned his head to look at Warrant Officer Tom, "I don't know if the glass box I want is ready?" ”

Warrant Officer Tom looked around the town for a moment, and saw that a soldier had already run over with a glass box several inches in size, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Mr. Tang, it seems to be ready." ”

"Don't move around here, I'll come as soon as I go." Townsend patted Warrant Officer Tom on the shoulder, stepped forward to take the glass box, and loaded it into a cloth shop.

When he came out again, the outside of the glass case had been covered with a layer of black cloth.

Tang Sen casually placed the box on the ground and looked at the sailors who were still hanging on the cables, only to see that there were only four people left, all of them blushing, their hands trembling wildly, obviously they had reached the limit, and they only relied on willpower to persevere.

"I didn't expect these sailors to be dead in a few minutes." Warrant Officer Tom lamented, "I thought they would hold out a little longer." ”

"It's not as easy as it seems, is it?" Tang Sen said: "How long do warrant officers think they can hold out?" ”

"I don't know." Warrant Officer Tom shook his head and said, "I'm sure I've outlived them, though." ”

There was regret in his tone, as if he thought that if he had played, he might have already pocketed fifty gold coins.

While the two were talking, another of them could not hold on, and fell into the sea with a pop, and the sailors at the dock let out a burst of boos, and when they saw that someone had missed fifty gold coins, they who had no chance to participate at all naturally did not skimp on their own ridicule.

Looking at the last remaining three, Tang Sen raised his voice and said, "If someone gives up now, they can get a gold coin." ”

As soon as the words fell, two sailors directly let go of their hands and fell into the sea.

They are all people who are already close to the limit, and they can't hold on to it, although a gold coin is not as good as fifty gold coins, but it is not a small amount of money, it is completely the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and crushes their last willpower.

"Oh-"

There was a tidal commotion, and the two sailors emerged from the water, looked at each other, and then at the only man on the cable, with complicated expressions.

Unexpectedly, someone had the same idea as himself, and directly gave the fifty gold coins to the lucky one who was still hanging on it.

"It looks like our winner has emerged." Tang Sen was also a little surprised, but still said loudly: "He resisted the temptation with his willpower and won fifty gold coins!" ”

"Sir, you can now come down and claim your reward."

The sailor hanging on the cable was a little thin, he staggered, and his tone was crying: "I... My hands froze! ”

"Damn, I wanted to give up, but you preempted me... No, I... I won?! ”

Only then did he wake up from a dream, scream, and fell down.

“......”

The two sailors who had just fallen were even more uncomfortable.

Isn't the person who has stronger willpower, simply because he is slow to react?

Is being fast also a mistake?

Townsend couldn't laugh or cry, but it was just a harmless trifle, his purpose was never to choose the person with the strongest willpower, it was just to find a reason to throw money, and after the three sailors climbed up to the dock, he personally took out two gold coins and put them in the hands of the two sailors who gave up.

The two sailors didn't know what kind of expressions to show at this time, what should have been ecstatic was now very lost, especially when they saw Townsend pour out a large pile of gold coins and put them in front of the lucky man, the regret in their hearts overtook the excitement of taking the gold coins for nothing.

The crowd looked at the lucky man who had been promoted to a little rich man in a flash, and he was obviously carried away by the great surprise, wrapped in dirty clothes with gold coins, and his face was sluggish.

"Congratulations, gentleman, tell me, how are you going to use them?"

"I... I want to buy a boat, and my dream since I was a kid was to be a captain...", said Lucky Guy dumbfounded.

"I'm afraid that's not enough." Tang Sen smiled: "You still need to continue to save money." ”

Ships are not something that ordinary people can afford, even the middle class does not need to think about it, not to mention those English warships, the cost can easily cost tens of thousands of pounds, even more than 100,000 pounds, even ordinary merchant ships, I am afraid it will cost thousands of pounds.

Fifty gold coins is probably only enough to buy a small fishing boat with a single sail, and I can take care of both the captain and the sailor.