Chapter 088: The Battle for Battleships III
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Author: polarisa
The attack and defense of the Jingdong guard camp lasted all night, until the dawn began, and the attacking side may feel that it was difficult to break the camp in a short time, so the casualties were collected and dispersed, and the guard camp also hurriedly went out to clean up. The principality is still calm, and neither of the two sides of the conflict wants to escalate into a formal rebellion.
Warren left as early as the moment when the two sides were about to stop, and quietly sent the oarboat back to the sea cave and returned to Washington. Without hesitation, Belle dragged him on board and went to the cave to see the boat. Seeing that others had something to do, the two of them directly summoned the boatmen and sailors hired by Uncle Zhou, and drove the paddle boat named Huasheng Heyi to try sail again.
This time it was Belle who personally controlled the rudder and the ban. As soon as they leave the shore, they immediately let the boatmen who control the oars retreat. In the stunned eyes of the captain and other ordinary people, Belle used her divine sense to sacrifice the runes, controlling the Huasheng Oneness, which moved forward as if floating on the sea, and came to the boundary between the inner and outer seas in less than an hour.
Now that he is out, Warren does not plan to go back empty, and guides Belle to the place where the Arrow Shark Group was found last time. Seeing arrow sharks flying from time to time in the sea, Belle cheered.
Compared to Belle, Warren's last hunt could only be regarded as inefficient and clumsy.
Last time, Warren and the others piloted a 50,000-stone battleship, although the speed of the ship was as high as more than 20 knots, it was still slow compared to the arrow shark and the flying squid. Warren and the others could only let the battleship reluctantly follow, and after a few people used their divine sense to manipulate the flying sword talisman to kill the flying squid, they then drove the ship forward to pick up the squid corpse. Sometimes the hit is not fatal, and the prey escapes. Sometimes, there are even daring sharks that snatch the squid and run away.
Belle quickly found the trick, and once she found a flying squid, whether it was hunting an arrow shark or not, she drove straight over, sacrificed a boulder charm, and smashed the flying arrow shark and the flying squid on the deck, or even in the cabin. Then Warren made up a sword to catch the flying squid. The arrow shark that landed on the ship had no ability to fly, and could only wait to be subdued by the boatmen.
This efficiency amazed Warren. In less than an hour, the 4,000-stone paddle boat had already been harvested, and Belle had to reluctantly return home. Along the way, the boatmen were busy, and in order to hide their eyes, they broke down the flying squid and arrow shark into saleable products and stored them in storage boxes as they sailed.
This trip to the sea took only three hours, but there were nearly 100 flying squid and arrow sharks hunted. The harvest of squid beads has exceeded the sum of the two 50,000-stone battleships piloted by the four of them last time. Although the catch is single, it is better in a short time and with quick results. In particular, as a source of water spirit stones, squid beads are an important material for daily cultivation and driving paddle boats.
Belle's trial voyage was a complete success, and she came back at noon, showing off to everyone without worrying about eating. made everyone stunned, and Uncle Song and Aunt Zhou confirmed from the side, everyone quickly determined the future business direction of Huashenghe. Each time, Uncle Zhou was the main one, and then a foundation monk was selected in turn to accompany him, and the two Huasheng He set sail together, mainly hunting flying squid and arrow sharks. Both the flying squid and the arrow shark are fast and cannot be caught by ordinary hunting boats. Huashenghe's management of this specialty must be famous overseas and make a lot of money.
After the lunch break, the auction on the last day of Qingyunfang began.
This time, the old fart did not appear, but the thin Uncle Song and the delicate maid did not summon a provocation. Thinking about the Acacia Bird that kept flying away last night, it must be that the fierce strength of Qingyunfang has spread throughout the entire principality.
In the auction hall, Song Chuanzhi led two maids, with yesterday's aftermath, effortlessly, at a high price of 550,000 and 580,000 yuan, two sets of squid beads were successively sold, and then the battle for the battleship was in full swing.
Song Chuanzhi announced the starting price of 100,000 gold coins, and after each price increase of not less than 10,000, those who were interested in it on the field launched a fierce competition without hesitation.
In fact, the cost of 50,000 stone battleships is 200,000 yuan, and it can be easily ordered in the Cangwu Empire. However, as a bulk commodity, the construction period of warships above 10,000 stone is not one month or two months, and it will take more than half a year at the earliest. The price of a current ship and a futures ship is far apart, not to mention, it is easy to order, but it is difficult to legally sail into the Muhai Principality.
Box 11 threw out a shock price of 200,000 yuan at the beginning, but it did not deter the pace of boxes 3 and 4, and even box 2 also raised the price. When the No. 11 box finally quoted a sky-high price of 400,000 yuan, the third and fourth boxes gave up the competition. However, other boxes at this time. Finally, there was movement, and Box 16 quickly followed, reporting 450,000.
The No. 11 box was a little confused about the intention of the sixteenth, and gave up the offer with suspicion. As a result, the competition was launched in the remaining boxes, and in the end, the No. 16 box ended with 550,000 yuan.
Song Chuanzhi did not propose a new lot, but continued to launch a second battleship. This time, as soon as he came up, it was the leader of the No. 2 box, and he reported loudly: "300,000!"
Unexpectedly, the third and fourth boxes did not keep up this time, and the people behind the eleventh box appeared behind the ice silk curtain several times to visit the movement in the field, but there was no quotation.
Mu Shizi was complacent, thinking that he had picked up a bargain, and the No. 16 box directly quoted 500,000 yuan. Subsequently, the No. 15 box followed up with a price of 510,000 yuan, and even the No. 20 box, which was not qualified to compete, also quoted the last finish price of 55.
Just when everyone on the field spoke out and asked Qingyunfang to stop the No. 20 box, a hand holding a number plate stretched out of the box, and it was one of the four guests who applied for it in the auction hall yesterday. The crowd turned to his seat, only to find that they were not seated today, and no one could remember their voices.
The battle for the battleship finally came to an end, and everyone on the field seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, there are also some doubts that since the core lots of full-body armor, broken shield crossbows, battleships, purple spirit crystal beads, and squid beads have been sold, what support will the rest of the auction time rely on, or will it end in a hurry? Everyone faintly felt that there was still a heavy treasure about to be launched.
Sure enough, Song Chuanzhi picked up a jade box in the jade plate held up by the maid on the right, and gently opened the lid of the box, but he didn't put it on the auction case, nor did he take out anything, just held it in his hand, and said: "The finale of the lot has been sold." Now the last lot is on display. ”
After speaking, Song Chuanzhi lifted the jade box slightly and tilted it forward slightly, so that everyone upstairs and downstairs could see the contents of the jade box: a fist-sized meat worm, under the whale oil lamp, emitting a sparkling golden light!
"Is this a whole gold-secreting worm?!" shouted an old man in the audience with white eyebrows, pointing at the stage with an uncertain but feverish face.
Hearing the old man's question, the upstairs and the audience became quiet, and they all looked at the stage, waiting for an explanation. Song Chuanzhi smiled, nodded and said, "This is indeed the gold-secreting worm rumored on the mainland. "What?!" Everyone in the audience exploded instantly, and they all got up, trying to see more clearly, and dozens of divine senses shot into the jade box.