Pirate's Swordsmanship Supreme

After following Silas for two or three minutes, Qi Ya saw the semi-finished ship that the other party mentioned.

There was no sail or mast. The thing was only about two meters high, four to five meters long, and about three meters wide. It had a pointed bottom structure and was overall black.

If the middle third of the ship is covered with wooden boards, and the wooden paddles on both sides of the hull are removed, the young swordsman would feel that this thing is more like a submarine.

The reason why the old man said it was a semi-finished product was because the conditions on the side shown in front of the two people and the side behind them were completely opposite.

Just like a prostitute, the left half has outstanding grace and smooth skin, and can arouse the most primitive impulses of the opposite sex with every frown and smile. However, the right half is a dense skeleton. Apart from the harmonious proportions, there is no trace of beauty.

"Senior Silas, how long will it take to complete it if we have enough manpower?" Qi Ya looked at the old man and asked.

Silas poured a sip of ale into his stomach, uttered a cheerful syllable, and then said in a sighing tone:

"It will take almost three months! After all, slow work makes the most of careful work. A ship that can allow people to travel safely on cruel seas cannot be built overnight."

"..." Qi Ya stared at the other person's wrinkled old face for three seconds and said tentatively:

"For the previous conditions, I will prepare three months' supply for you, and I will pay you 20 beli after the ship is completed."

"Senior, tell me the truth, how long will it take?"

When Silas heard this, he looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and said angrily:

"Boy, do you think I am coveting your three-month rations and ale? You are insulting my professional ethics as a shipwright! You are trampling on my personality and corrupting my spirit!!"

Qi Ya had a dark face. Hearing the official tone the other party spoke, he suspected that the other party had also traveled through time. He was about to say:

"Forget it, just three months!"

Hearing Silas' sudden change of conversation, the whole person seemed to calm down. He sighed helplessly and said:

"I also know that little brother, you are in a hurry. Let's do this. You send me someone, I will work overtime, and I will give you the boat in a week!"

"A week?"

The young swordsman mentally estimated the time it would take for him to prepare to go to sea, nodded in agreement, and then without stopping, he took Silas to the village to select manpower.

The title of clan leader is much more useful than Qi Ya expected.

Almost as soon as he spoke, few of the young and middle-aged workers who were favored by Silas showed resistance. Occasionally, those who showed concerns on their faces were dismissed after he promised to pay the reward.

As mentioned before, most of the villagers in Qishan Village are easily satisfied. They just want not to be troubled by food and clothing. This seems to be the product of the deliberate guidance of the clan elders.

This approach reminded Qi Ya of his mother country during the feudal period.

For rulers, the policy of obscuring the people is the most labor-saving and most effective way of governance.

From an objective point of view, he hates and resists this approach, but now as a beneficiary, he only wants to say two words - "It smells so good!"

After using the property of the Clan Elders Association to settle Silas and his team of 23 people, Qiya went to Patricia's restaurant and learned a few simple dishes to satisfy himself when he sailed on the sea soon. appetite.

At noon, after eating a few dark dishes he had made at the restaurant, Qi Ya came to Silas and their shipbuilding site to inspect.

In one morning, six simple tents were set up on the beach, and several newly cut trees were piled beside the original hull.

Silas was writing and drawing on the paper in front of him in one of the tents. The boy turned his head and took a look, and found that the hand-drawn picture on it was the semi-finished ship, but it was a little different.

The feminine name "Vera" is written on the lower right side of the paper.

Seeing his employer arriving, Silas put down the charcoal in his hand and said to Qiya with some nostalgia:

"This is probably the last ship I will build in my life! In fact, if I hadn't met you today, I don't know whether this ship would have been completed."

"The sea is cruel. In the past 44 years, I have gone to sea 43 times. Although I was lucky enough to come back alive every time, my body was already broken."

"The sea no longer allows me to sail No. 40 four times. I was considering whether to leave my tattered body in the sea or continue to suffer and wait for the moment when the circular current disappears."

The young swordsman heard this and said:

"Senior, what is your choice now? This ship should be enough to accommodate the two of us, and I don't mind challenging the ring current with an experienced old man like you."

"When necessary, I can also protect you. Ordinary offshore sea monsters should not be a problem."

Silas thought carefully for a while, and finally shook his head slowly but firmly and said:

"If you are so powerful, I will only become a drag on you in the end. After trying 43 times, I am still lucky enough to come back. It is a blessing from God."

"I plan to take good care of my body for the rest of my life, betting that this circular current will disappear before I die."

"Little brother, if you can really break through the blockade of the circular current, I ask you to go to the Capital of Seven Waters on my behalf to see if there are two people named Carina and Vera."

"Carina is my wife, and Vera is my unborn child. If you meet them, please tell them that I have been thinking of them."

"..." More than 40 years have passed, and it is never that easy to find two people in a huge crowd.

The result of rational judgment was this, but after Qi Ya pondered for a while, he nodded and agreed to the other party, promising that if he could break through the blockade and meet the two of them by chance, he would definitely convey his meaning to them.

He had previously wondered why Silas named the ship "Villa" instead of more meaningful names such as "Victory", "Success", "Arrival", and "Lucky".

Now that I think about it, it must have been the product of the old man's extreme longing for his unborn heir.

But there is still a question here. Qi Ya asked Silas, who was now in tears and drinking ale:

"Senior, since your child was not born yet, why did you give him such a feminine name? If this is a boy, aren't you afraid of causing trouble to him in the future?"

After hearing this, Silas looked around and whispered in Qiya's ear:

"At that time, a respected old nun made her own calculations and said that Carina was pregnant with a daughter."

Qi Ya curiously asked: "Has she accepted your Pele?"

"No." Silas affirmed, paused, and then added: "She asked us if we wanted a son. She said that for 10 Baileys, she spent her life praying to the gods to bring Carina into her belly. The child will be a boy.”

"We had just bought a house at the time, and we couldn't afford that much money, so we refused... Besides, I think my daughter is pretty good too."

Qi Ya smiled and said, "Senior is really an enlightened father."

If this matter were placed in the previous life, it would have been 100% done by liars, but this is the world of pirates, and all kinds of devil fruits emerge in an endless stream. Maybe the old nun has the ability to change the gender of a baby through the belly of a pregnant woman?

Considering this, the young swordsman did not express his opinion too much on this, but asked Silas if he had encountered any problems in shipbuilding.