The Defeated Dragon

In the evening, arrive at Huahua Port.

After confirming that A Ke had returned to the beach, Liszt returned directly to the castle and began to draw how many gold coins he had. The result is that if he does not sell the fixed assets, he can probably only gather a hundred gold coins—the market for fresh flower stuffing has not yet been fully opened, and it is difficult to raise how many gold coins in a short period of time.

This amount of money is not enough to buy a medium-sized sea-going ship. At least five hundred gold coins must be prepared.

The first generation of Sapphire Grand Duke Andrew Sapphire, when the Grand Duchy of Sapphire had not yet been established, the humans living on the mainland had not yet entered the age of sailing.

Ships are mostly powered by oars, poles, and sculls, and they sail in inland lakes and rivers, and they rarely even go out to sea.

I don't know when the sail was invented, but if we had to trace it back, it would be traced back to the Moon Empire——all cultural sources in this world can be related to the Moon Empire.

But the sailing ship must have been carried forward by the Grand Duchy of Sapphire, because this is the first country established by mankind on the island.

There is a lack of serfs, food, and minerals on the island.

Everything must be snatched from the mainland.

Small inland boats like scull boats can't stand the wind and waves at all, and sailing ships have become the main force of navigation. Driven by the war, they developed rapidly among the islands in the Grand Duchy of Sapphire.

Basically, paddle boats have been eliminated here.

Only sailboats are being built and sold.

There are currently three classes of sailing ship - the small sailing schooner, the medium schooner ketch, and the large schooner three-masted.

All sails are horizontal sails. Of course, in the era when the vertical sail was not invented, they were all called sails. Only Liszt would distinguish them by horizontal sails.

The sail of a one-masted sailing ship, more accurately called a square sail, is somewhat similar to the kind of sailing ship used by Vikings, with a huge square sail hanging.

The sail of a two-masted sailing ship is composed of two small square sails, as is the sail of a three-masted sailing ship.

These three classes of sailing ships are divided into three types: cargo ships, ordinary ships, and fast ships. A cargo ship is very spacious, with a huge cargo hold, but travels very slowly; a fast ship is narrow, with a small cargo hold, but travels very fast; an ordinary ship is a combination of the two, neither big nor small, neither fast nor slow.

The Flower is a two-masted ordinary sailing ship.

Distinguish according to the cost of public ships.

A one-mast ordinary sailing ship costs between 50 and 200 gold coins; a one-mast cargo sailing ship costs between 100 and 300 gold coins; a one-mast fast sailing ship costs between 200 and 400 gold coins.

An ordinary two-masted sailing ship costs between 500 and 1,000 gold coins, and the Flower is worth at least 500 gold coins; a two-masted cargo sailing ship costs between 800 and 1,200 gold coins;

Three-masted ordinary sailing ships are between 2,000 and 3,000 gold coins; three-masted cargo sailing ships are between 2,500 and 4,000 gold coins; and three-masted fast sailing ships are at least between 5,000 and 6,000 gold coins.

At present, only the Sapphire family can manufacture three-masted fast sailing ships, and they are not sold to the outside world. They are used as warships. There were only a small number of gifts——after Merlin Marquis Changyu retired, he was presented with three three-masted fast sailing ships by the Grand Duke Sapphire in recognition of his contribution to the Grand Duchy.

The task requires a medium-sized sailboat, and the cheapest is 500 gold coins. You can either sell the iron or borrow money. Liszt rubbed his chin, feeling that he had nothing to sell.

And it's just that funds are temporarily scarce.

Flower stuffing can still earn hundreds of gold coins every month. Simply use the profit of flower stuffing to advance the income of the next few weeks from Tulip Castle.

Think here.

He immediately wrote a letter to Levi's, and asked Galtai to take the letter to Tulip Castle: Consultant Galtai, I hope you can follow the caravan and choose a suitable two-masted ordinary sailing ship, the price should not be too high , we only sail between Heima Island and Huahua Town.

My lord, are you going to ask the shipyard to build a new boat, or just buy a medium-sized sailboat? Gao Ertai asked after receiving the letter.

Of course... Liszt wanted to say that of course he would buy a new boat.

But it suddenly occurred to him that the smog mission was only to ask him to buy another medium-sized sea-going ship. It neither asked for a newly-built sea-going ship, nor asked whether it was a cargo ship or an ordinary ship.

If so, why not buy a used boat?

The Huahua is an old ship, and it is still an old ship that has been mended, but it runs smoothly on the sea without any problems. Especially recently, rubber water has been used to irrigate the gaps in the ship's planks, making the Huahua more solid and stable. There is no sign of water leakage, and it can sail for at least ten years without any problem.

Bought an old boat, sewed it up and put some rubber water on it, it can be used as a new boat.

So he temporarily changed his attention: Then buy an old ship, and the price will be controlled within 500 gold coins.

Gao Ertai smiled and said: My lord, it is very coincidental that I recently heard the news that the caravan of Tulip Fort is going to replace a batch of new ships. It is related to the specialty flower brewing in Huahua Town. Mr. Frank told me , Sir Levi's is going to set up a special wine fleet, buy fast sailing ships, and replace several cargo ships.

Liquor is of high value, and the use of fast sailing ships can reduce voyage time and transportation risks.

Really, since this is the case, then choose a relatively better one from this batch of cargo ships and buy it.

As you wish, my lord.

...

Galtai went to buy a ship.

This will probably take a few days, and in the past few days, the castle is going to demolish the shell wooden building and restore it to its original appearance. As for Liszt, he rarely stayed in the castle, because the news of beheading the six-headed king sea snake had spread, and the nobles of North Valley City came to visit him one after another.

He was very impatient to receive these nobles. Apart from eating and drinking, they had nothing in common to talk about.

So I asked all the reception tasks to be handed over to Zambrotta——Flower Town has good diplomatic skills, except for Gortai, only Zambrotta is left.

As a nobleman who had been deprived of his title, he was not good at practical work, but he was very skilled at retreat work.

He also has another important task, which is to reject all requests to buy materials for intermediate sea monsters. All materials for the six-headed sea snake are not for sale.

Liszt, who is not bothered by paperwork, is building a seaside villa with a golden house and a charming seaside in peace of mind.

On the beach after low tide, a large pit of 500 square meters was dug, filled with a lot of rocks and sea sand, and then mixed with rubber water for stirring.

sun exposure.

The solidification speed is very fast, and a platform similar to a cement platform is built in a few hours.

The beach is soft and the foundation is not deep, but the platform is large enough and strong enough, so it is still very stable, and it is not affected by the sea water after high tide.

On the platform, continue to build a layer of stone houses.

The stone house on this floor will be submerged by seawater at high tide, allowing Ake to come in and out freely. On the upper floor of the stone house, a wooden house will continue to be built for Liszt to live in. Ake can also go up the steps to read books and study magic.

Take drugs, practice vindictiveness, and listen to sea monsters sing.

Facing the Ocean, Spring and Blossom.