The Evil Generation of Pirates

The development of the condenser, the core technology for the advent of steamships, began. After Yamos's explanation, the research team quickly drew the style of the condenser device and began to collect the key manufacturing material of the condenser, copper.Mobile terminal m..

Research in this area is not that easy. Yamos just provided the right direction. It will take some time to break through this thorny road.During this period of time, Liamos simply stayed at the shipyard. It happened that the shipyard had just been acquired and needed to be reorganized. He stopped practicing for the time being and spent all his energy in the past few days on this.

The shipyard has stabilized and is operating as orderly as it once did.While accepting orders from Francis Shipping Company to build a total of five ships, the research team developed condensers and strived to perfect the steam engine.

On March [-]th, it took the research team five days to create the first-generation condenser. This brand-new device connected the steam furnace and the cylinder, forming a system that has not yet been practiced but can theoretically recycle resources. steam engine.

Yamos, the research team, and the escort team arrived at a closed workshop of the factory early in the morning to prepare for the first test of the steam engine.

The steam engine device is small. After all, it is just an experimental tool and is not an engine to be installed on a large ship.

A group of people surrounded the steam engine, but at a certain distance to ensure safety.Without further ado, the research team couldn't wait to start the experiment, and the water in the steam furnace was burned to heat up.

As the temperature rises, steam begins to form and is pumped down the pipe to the cylinder to do work, and then to the condenser device to turn the steam back into water.

This is the most critical step in this experiment. Everyone holds their breath and looks forward to the effect of the first-generation condenser.

Eventually the steam engine produced power continuously for two hours and stopped because it ran out of water.The same steam engine without a condenser can only generate power for about one and a half hours using the same amount of water.

In other words, the first-generation condenser improved the performance of the steam engine by more than 30.00%.

As the first-generation condenser developed in just five days, this result is already very good. At the very least, it confirms that the direction of the condenser planned by Yamos is feasible and correct.

All shipwrights involved in the development were very excited when they saw this result, because as long as the heat dissipation capacity of the condenser is raised to the highest level, steam ships powered by steam engines will easily break through the style ship market due to their ultra-high cost performance and excellent performance. Make changes to this era that has lasted for hundreds of years and has become old.

From then on, the age of sailing ships will be a thing of the past, and what will follow will be the age of steamships written by them.

It is a great honor for a boatman to be the person who ushered in a new era, and to be the person who developed such a masterpiece that is so great to the world that it is almost a god.

While they were happy, they also knew that they were destined to be recorded in history.

Yamos just pursed his lips and smiled, winked at the guards who were monitoring the boatmen, praised the boatmen a few words and left the factory.

The next day, Yamos dispatched several people from the Chamber of Commerce base to take up several important positions in the shipyard, further strengthening the control and supervision of the shipyard.

After taking care of all these things, Yamos left the shipyard.

It would take at least several months for the research team to come up with a real steam engine, and he couldn't stay in the shipyard all the time.After taking care of several important matters, he wanted to go back and sit at the Chamber of Commerce base again.

After returning to the Chamber of Commerce base, Locke Shriver met directly with Yamos in the office.

"The Glitter Gold Chamber of Commerce and Inspector Jason also used other methods besides monopoly." Rock Shriver looked very tired, obviously having been spinning for several days, "The Glitter Gold Chamber of Commerce secretly hired several pirate groups to attack us. The shipping company launched an attack. During Drake's recent voyage, he encountered four pirate groups in a row. Although they were all sunk in the end, we also had a cargo ship sunk, and several others were damaged to varying degrees."

"Four..." Yamos was speechless.

Although there are many pirates in the Shipwreck Strait, you won't encounter four pirate groups in one trip.Encountering two of them is quite accidental, but there is definitely something fishy about the four.

However, Locke Shriver hadn't finished his words yet: "The inspectors thought there might be tax evasion issues in several of our industries and sent financial officers to conduct verifications. Although we have a clear conscience, we cannot avoid them secretly setting a trap for us. So recently newspapers, shipping companies, and shipyards are all conducting internal checks. Once they find out something, and the judge is one of their own, we will definitely be in big trouble."

Yamos, who had been staying at the shipyard for the past few days, also knew about this. He was afraid that they had no problem, but the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce and the Inspector sent people to quietly tamper with them, so he became more vigilant and started to take care of himself very carefully. Thorough investigation.

"It's easy to dodge open guns and hard to guard against hidden arrows. If they really want to frame us for some crime and trick us into death, we can't avoid it by raising our vigilance and strengthening self-examination." Yamos frowned. He originally thought that the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce would fight back. The words will be carried out one after another. Unexpectedly, he was silent for a while and then came up with a big move, "So this matter cannot be left passive. You can go to Sheriff Alvaradin and the people from the Sea Rat Gang. We are a team." People on the front line must maximize their role."

"Understood, my arrangement is that we will go to Alvaradin's mansion to discuss countermeasures this afternoon." Rock Shriver agreed.

Yamos shook his head: "You go ahead, there is still the problem of pirates. It just so happens that we have basically stabilized now and can free up our hands, then why don't I personally go to the plundering port in the Shipwreck Strait to clear the safe channel? This matter is settled. As long as this matter is accomplished, the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce’s stranglehold on our sea will be self-defeating."

Yamos didn't explain in detail how to break the containment, but Rock Shriver already knew it.

If you want to open a safe channel, you must cooperate with the big pirates in the Shipwreck Strait.The pirates have this business where they can make a lot of money just by sitting, so they will naturally maintain it.It became impossible for the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce to spend money to hire pirates to destroy the waterway.Let's not talk about whether the pirates they hired will also be the beneficiaries of this safe channel. If not, whoever dares to destroy it, the big pirates who account for the majority will definitely be the first to twist off the troublemaker's head.

After discussing the main issues of the day, the two went downstairs to the cafeteria for lunch.

Lu Yamos asked again: "How is the business monopoly of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce?"

"The shipping company's job is unique, and the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce cannot monopolize it. The orders for the shipyard in the past six months come from us, and it has no impact, so the pressure is now on the newspaper." Rock Shriver pulled out the root Smoke, sigh and pick up the cigarette.

Yamos couldn't help grinning when he saw this scene.

The four core members all drank in the beginning, but only Yamos, Drake, and Dolat smoked. Now Rock Shriver has also been infected and has become a person who can't live without smoking and drinking.

Speaking of which, these people were all led to smoke by Yamos, who felt like he was a bad uncle.

"However, high pressure is not a problem. We have plenty of ways to deal with it." Locke Shriver suddenly regained his confidence, as if his sorrow just now was fake, "A few days ago, I allocated [-] million berries from the Chamber of Commerce, part of which hired domestic employees. The most capable reporters and editors, and other parts have reached cooperation with several major newspapers in the Kingdom of Laika and the Kingdom of Nubery. Our newspaper will open several new pages to receive news from the cooperative newspapers and integrate the news from our newspaper The radiation expanded to the entire Breno Sea area.

With the editor-in-chief hired at a high price and the help of several ace reporters, our newspaper can quickly surpass and crush the newspapers owned by the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce in terms of content.After that, we will print a large number of our newspapers and distribute them for free for one month, and use our capabilities to seize the market.For at most two months, other newspapers will have no choice but to close their doors. "

Yamos also took out a cigarette: "This is about..."

"It will cost about one billion Beli." Lockshriver knew what Yamos was going to ask and answered directly.

Yamos asked: "How much profit can we make in a month if we monopolize the newspaper industry on Bechus Island?"

Locke Shriver guessed what Amos meant again: "Even if we have a monopoly on the newspaper industry on Bechus Island, we can only barely break even because we share the information of other major newspapers in the Brenno Sea area and hire editors and reporters. ."

There is no break-even in the eyes of a businessman. Break-even means making no money.This is also the reason why the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce has a monopoly on the newspaper industry and why Rock Shriver does not spend as much money to improve the content of newspapers.If you spend a lot of money to do it and you can't make a penny, it's better to steadily earn tens of millions of berries every month on this scale.

Amos had no objection to Rock Shriver's approach.Their goal is not to make some money. Now it is more useful to expand the newspaper's business, improve the newspaper's capabilities, and continuously expand the market to a wider market to earn tens of millions of dollars.

The two arrived at the cafeteria and chatted some more while eating.

Now the Chamber of Commerce has been basically stable, and various industries are developing in an orderly manner. Even if it is facing a bad situation like monopoly, with the protection of the black and white forces of Alvaradin and the Sea Rat Gang, and the capital support of the Chamber of Commerce, it is still possible to break into a new world. the trend of.

Although this series of measures will cost one billion berries to deal with monopoly sanctions, once the safe waterway is opened, there is no need to consider the financial issue at all.

At this point, Yamos realized something deeply, such as saying that rich people will only get richer, and seeing the world from another perspective is a capital game.

After a meal, Rock Shriver is going to find Alvaradin and the Sea Rat Gang. No matter what, they can't sit still and wait for death. Let's kick him over before the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce strikes.

Yamos had just returned to the base and was about to go on a long trip. He and Rock Shriver said goodbye at the entrance of the Chamber of Commerce base, and then came to the dock alone, took the company's ship and set sail, swaggering to rob the criminal paradise that made everyone fearful. Port forward.

When Yamos proposed that he was going to plunder the port, Rockshriver was completely unmoved on the outside and inside, and he didn't even say a symbolic reminder to be careful.Yamos was originally very powerful and could walk sideways in the North Sea.Now that I have eaten a Devil Fruit, my swordsmanship and sense of sight have improved greatly in a month. Now, even if Thomas can do a 360-degree turn, it is just a matter of Amos Le being unwilling to do it.

As for the composition of the forces that plundered the port, Yamos almost knew it. After all, Rock Shriver had said this a long time ago.There are three major pirate groups in the Shipwreck Strait. It is said that the Four Emperors are the earth emperors of the new world, so these three pirate groups are also the kings of the Shipwreck Strait.

The three pirate groups are the Hilbert Pirates with a bounty of 500 million berries, the Trident Pirates with a bounty of 200 million berries, and the Scorpion Pirates with a bounty of 600 million berries. .

Although the bounty cannot measure the strength of a pirate, it can also be used as a basis to a certain extent.Before eating the fruit, Yamos could not defeat the mercenaries in the dark world with a single commission of up to 5000 million berries, let alone these few.

One, two, three, everyone here is a jerk.

As for why they still cooperate with these pirates when they are clearly powerful enough to crush them, the reason is simple.Putting aside the thankless task of killing so many pirates, if the pirates disappear on a large scale, then the trade barrier in the Shipwreck Strait will be gone. Without the trade barrier, the overt and covert trade between the two countries will become smoother.At that point, Yamosi's dream of a safe passage will be shattered, and even the profits of the current shipping business will plummet.

In order to make money, the pirates must remain.

Sometimes the situation is so ridiculous. If light wants to exist, it must rely on darkness.The two are entangled and affectionate...

Because the Plunder Port is the territory of pirates, the closer you get to the Plunder Port, the more pirates you will encounter.Yamos and his companions encountered three pirate groups along the way on their cargo ship, which looked like a little lamb at first glance. These pirate groups ended up being killed by Yamos' hands.

Yamos used his perception ability to find the weakest point of the ship, and then used Qinggui to wield a powerful sword light, directly splitting the pirate ship in two.

This is still because Yamos is only in the realm of a first-class swordsman. If he is a swordsman, he does not need to consider where the ship is vulnerable. He can solve most problems with just one sword.

As for the great swordsman, a great swordsman like Hawkeye, the power of the sword is needless to say.

Eventually, there was a commotion at the plunder port, and under the watchful eyes of many pirates, a merchant ship anchored at a dock full of pirate ships.The ship did not have a rope ladder or a passage board lowered, and the pirates did not dare to take action rashly against this ship that could arrive at the plunder port intact.

Before the scratching pirates could wait too long, a man jumped from the side of the merchant ship.The height was more than ten meters, but the man landed firmly on the ground without any problems.

The merchant ship was like a ghost ship, with not a single human figure visible, except for this young man who suddenly fell from the sky.

The man was upright, wearing a clean and handsome suit, and his fair face showed no signs of panic.Surrounded by hundreds of pirates, he slowly took out a cigarette and took out a lighter from his pocket to light the cigarette.

"Hiss..." He took a breath, the smoke filled his lungs, and he exhaled it slowly.As soon as the smoke came out, it was blown away by the breeze, flying disorderly like a young man's hair.

Without staying too long, the man walked straight forward with a cigarette in his mouth.

When he was about to hit the surrounding pirates, the vicious pirates in ragged clothes and smelling of alcohol involuntarily retreated to both sides, naturally creating a passage.

The young man walked calmly through the thousands of pirates who were split into two by him. He didn't say a word during the process, but relied on the terrain of the plunder port that he had constructed in his mind, and moved straight in one direction with familiarity. go.

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