People in the heavens are as rich as the enemies of the country

The whole Port Royal Marina went crazy.

With the lessons learned from the past, no one doubts that Tang Sen is joking. They regret extremely why they did not take the initiative just now and missed the opportunity to win ten gold coins. But this is no longer important, because the next game will award fifty gold coins. gold.

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. However, in terms of the difficulty of earning, fifty gold guineas can be compared to hundreds of thousands of yuan. It is an ordinary currency. The income of a person who has not eaten or drank for more than ten years.

With such a temptation in front of them, not to mention the poor sailors on the dock, even the businessmen, and even the soldiers behind Tang Sen, their eyes turned red.

“It seems everyone is happy to participate.”

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

"Choose me! Sir!"

"I can do anything! Choose me!"

The sailors immediately shouted and waved their arms wildly. If it weren't for the soldiers behind Tang Sen watching with eager eyes, they wouldn't even be able to hold back and rush forward.

"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 work hard to protect me badly."

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

The ten lucky ones stood out 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 only about myself."

After waiting for everyone's attention to gather, Tang Sen began to explain the rules of the game: "I think all gentlemen should know how to swim, right?"

This is an unquestionable question. The people here are all sailors who make money on the sea.

After receiving affirmative answers from ten sailors, Townsend said: "The rules of the game are very simple. I noticed that there are many cables on the pier. I am curious, how long can the gentlemen hang on if they just hold the cables with their palms?"

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

The sailors fell silent for a moment, and someone shouted in disbelief: "Is it that simple? Fifty gold coins?"

"I can hang up there all day! No! For fifty gold coins, I have to die up there even if I die!"

"We'll see." Tang Sen smiled. This kind of thing sounds simple, but it is not that easy to just support the weight of his body with both hands.

In modern times, there are many challenges of hanging on the horizontal bar for two minutes. In this short time, very few people can successfully challenge it. As for a whole day? That's a fantasy.

This is a test of physical strength and willpower.

Soon, ten sailors were hanging on the cable quickly, all with relaxed expressions.

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

Tang Sen turned to look at Warrant Officer Tom: "I wonder if the glass box I want is ready?"

Warrant Officer Tom looked around the town for a moment. With his sharp eyes, he saw a soldier running over holding a glass box a few inches in size. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Tang, it seems that you are ready."

"Don't move around here. I'll be right back when I go." Tang Sen patted Warrant Officer Tom on the shoulder, stepped forward to take the glass box, and put it into a cloth shop.

When he came out again, the outside of the glass box 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. He saw that there were only four people left on the ropes. They were all blushing and their hands were shaking wildly. They had obviously reached their limit. Just holding on with willpower.

"I didn't expect these sailors to die in a few minutes." Warrant Officer Tom sighed: "I thought they would last longer."

"It's not as easy as you think, isn't it?" Tang Sen said: "How long does the Warrant Officer think he can hold on?"

"I don't know." Warrant Officer Tom shook his head and said, "But I must have been here longer than them."

There was regret in his tone, as if he was thinking that if he had played, the fifty gold coins might have been in his pocket.

While the two were talking, another person couldn't hold on and fell into the sea with a thud. The sailors at the dock booed. Seeing that someone missed fifty gold coins, those of them who had no chance to participate naturally would not. Be stingy with your own ridicule.

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

As soon as he finished speaking, two sailors let go of their hands and fell into the sea.

They were all people who were close to their limit and couldn't hold on any longer. Although one gold coin was not as good as fifty gold coins, it was still not small money. It was the last straw that broke the camel's back and defeated their last willpower.

"oh--"

There was a noise like a wave, and the two sailors emerged from the water, looked at each other, and then at the only person on the cable, with complicated expressions.

Unexpectedly, someone had the same idea as him, so he directly gave the fifty gold coins to the lucky guy who was still hanging on it.

"It seems that our winner has appeared." Tang Sen was also a little surprised, but still said loudly: "He used his willpower to resist the temptation and won fifty gold coins!"

"Sir, you can come down now to receive your reward."

The sailor hanging on the cable was a little thin. He was swaying and crying in his voice: "My hands are frozen!"

"Damn it, I wanted to give up, but you guys beat me to it, right? I won?!"

Only then did he react like he was waking up from a dream, screamed, and fell down.

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

Isn't this person's willpower stronger? Is it just because his reaction is slow?

Is it wrong to be fast?

Tang Sen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but it was just a small and innocuous matter. His purpose was never to select the person with the strongest willpower, but simply to find a reason to scatter money. After the three sailors climbed onto the pier, he paid for it himself. Two gold coins were taken out and placed in the hands of two sailors who had given up.

The two sailors didn't know what expressions to show at this time. They should have been ecstatic, but now they felt very disappointed, especially when they saw Tang Sen pouring out a lot of gold coins and placing them in front of the lucky man. The regret in my heart overwhelmed the excitement of getting gold coins for free.

Everyone in the audience looked eagerly at the lucky man who was suddenly promoted to a small millionaire. He was obviously overwhelmed by the huge surprise. He wrapped the gold coins in dirty clothes and had a dull look on his face.

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

"I want to buy a boat. My dream since I was a child is to be a captain." Lucky said blankly.

"I'm afraid this is not enough." Tang Sen smiled and said, "You still need to continue saving money."

Ships are not something that ordinary people can afford, and even the middle class does not need to think about it. Not to mention those English warships, which often cost tens of thousands of pounds or even more than 100,000 pounds. Even ordinary merchant ships may cost It would cost thousands of pounds.

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