Thanks to the reborn dead man for silently rewarding me with 588 starting coins!
Thanks to the dog I saw and neal01 for the reward of 200 starting coins!
Thanks to Diving First for tipping 100 starting coins!
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Cory Busso has made no secret of her spite. 【Read full text】
The sky is filled with eternal dark clouds and endless rain. The amount of precipitation is getting heavier and heavier, and it often only takes an hour for the empty barrels outside to be completely filled with rainwater. And in just one day and one night, the wind strength increased from a breeze to above Category 4.
The cargo got wet, things were blown away, and preparations before going to sea became increasingly difficult, even impossible...
You see, we only have a month of food left, our ship is still on the mountain, our captain is a fool who only knows how to give orders, and we have very few sailors available. The few sailors we have are from the Musketeers in the past. …
But none of this could stop the entire "Shipwreck City" from falling into the frenzy before going to sea.
The ship that people are about to board, the cruiser "San Gabriel", is still at the top of the hill, fifteen meters above the water level - several ship masts have it stuck there, and it is impossible to get her down. Impossible, we can only wait for the tide to rise.
So under the leadership of Lu Yuan, people cleared an inclined slide on the side of the hill, connected the "St. Augustus" and the "San Gabriel", and then installed The pulley block completely solves the transportation problem.
Boxes filled with coins were hoisted up from the bottom warehouse of the "Saint Augustus", then pulled by pulleys to the top of the mountain, and loaded into the bottom warehouse of the "San Gabriel". These would be valuable Another quality ballast! In addition to Zad Kapa's treasure, each household also brought their own stored property. As mentioned before, Shipwreck City is perhaps the wealthiest town in the entire Caribbean, with every household worth tens to hundreds of thousands of pesos.
They handed the money or property to Pedro Hotadu for evaluation, and then received vouchers with the amount written on them. Most of this money will be converted into investments in new loan shark shops. And 10% of it belongs to Lu Yuan's freight, and he only charges the gold part.
Everyone is working.
Adjutant John Workman, with a dozen former sailors he found, recruited sailors among young and strong men. Take turns training.
Most of the men are doing physical work such as carrying materials, children are running on both sides of the ropeway to ensure that the goods will not slip out, and the elderly are sorting and sorting the materials, loading them into barrels, wooden boxes, packing or rolling them.
Women, and anyone with a little spare time, hurried towards the ruins of Shipwreck Island. In the past, they were searching for valuables such as gold, silver, and gems. Today, they are searching for cannons, canvases, ship planks, food, wine, and other supplies that are useful for navigation in good condition.
"There are still seven days!" When everyone met each other, they all encouraged each other, and then passed by in a hurry.
The rain is getting heavier day by day.
Every night. They all gathered directly in several large boats to rest, and fell asleep quickly after listening to the priest's blessing.
In the morning, people are gathered on the decks of various ships before breakfast - to exercise.
This is not only to move the body and avoid injuries during work, but also to enable more people to weather this storm. Except for those young and strong men in the shipwreck city. There are also many women, elderly people, and a small number of children.
They are factors that must be considered.
The method Lu Yuan adopted was to openly supply these people with food, and then add some exercise, hoping to strengthen these people's systems in a short period of time. As for how much he can survive by then, he has no idea...
"Corrie shakes her big butt~ and tells me you have to work all day..."
"Corrie shook her big butt~ and told me that there is no time to work in the morning or in the evening..."
Many people were laughing and singing the tune specially composed by Lu Yuan. These vulgar songs can relieve fatigue, and when everyone knows who Corrie is referring to...
These were the first songs sung by Lu Yuan. Under the influence of his magic, they soon became popular in the "Shipwreck City".
At this time, you can see that some people are singing along nonchalantly. Some people were silent, while others showed angry expressions.
On a certain observation deck invisible to everyone, a large bronze book opened by itself, and opened to a certain magic page. The falling heavy rain was bounced away by a pale white light film on the "Book of Sea Monsters". Every once in a while. The "Book of Sea Monsters" inspired a spell. This magic is like a circle of transparent ripples, passing through everyone nearby. If it hadn't been for heavy rain, there wouldn't even be ripples.
This spell taints everyone with an invisible magical aura. In Lu Yuan's arcane vision, most people are red, and they hate and fear Colybuso; a small number of people are white, and they don't care about Colybuso, such as Father Padley Angel. There are also people whose aura is blue, and they worship and love Corybusso from the bottom of their hearts. Even though it was the mad woman who sank them into the sea and exiled them here, and never gave any benefits to the believers - but there has never been any benefit in the world. No shortage of brains.
In the following time, some people would occasionally trip over the rope, and then be knocked to a sharp corner, killing themselves. Some people will be dragged into the water by pale, bespectacled "water ghosts" while walking by the water, and they will never come up again.
In short, the recent casualties are relatively large.
In response, Lu Yuan could only shrug and say, "I made a mistake while busy."
"Pull harder!" John Workman grabbed the cable and shouted at the top of his lungs in the rain.
"Yo~Yo!" More than a dozen sailors shouted in unison. They tensed their muscles, leaned their bodies and worked together. The thick cable dragged a huge blue sail up slowly.
"Pull harder!"
"Yo~Yo!"
The open blue sail was instantly soaked with rainwater and became as heavy as iron. The rising wind blew up the heavy blue sail and pulled the sail rope in the opposite direction. However, under the command of John shouting the trumpet, the sailors still followed the rhythm and used force to successfully install the blue sail to the predetermined position.
Lu Yuan changed all the "San Gabriel" into blue sail cloth. Higher durability means higher sail resistance to storms; and the guarantee of the minimum speed will prevent the ship from being caught in a storm. Sudden stall. These two improvements made everyone ecstatic and regarded them as a gift from heaven.
They cherish Lan Fan even more.
"Fix!" Installing the sail is the most difficult step, and the next step is to fix it. John Workman let go of the cable. Be the first to ascend the rope ladder.
The previous sailors continued to pull the sail, and another group of sailors, led by John, quickly climbed up the rope ladder and threaded the upper edge and crossbar of the raised blue sail onto the cable. Fasten firmly. Transfer the weight of the sail rope to the crossbar. This step was a little more dangerous because of the ship's large inclination. But this is nothing to the residents who spend their days jumping around among the wreckage.
"Reef the sail!" In order to prevent the mast from being destroyed by the gradually increasing storm, the installed sail was pulled up again. But this time it is the lower edge that is raised, the canvas will be folded upward on the crossbar, and then tied tightly. When you need to unfold the sail, just cut the fixed rope.
In this way, more than a dozen sails were gradually put into place after being installed layer by layer.
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"Left full rudder~!"
After installing the sails of the "San Gabriel". The sailors' training ground was moved to "St. Augustus". Within a few days, people passing by could see a group of sailors following orders to turn the empty mast of the "Saint Augustus" in the increasingly heavy rain... Each of them operated it extremely seriously. .
Another group of people dug through the bottom of the "Esmeralda". Then all the men in the city took turns to train - learn how to shake the lever and draw out the water from the bottom of the warehouse.
Controlling the wheel, steering the sails and draining the water are the three essential tasks for sailing through a storm.
The "San Gabriel" is like a tinkered bottle. Although it doesn't leak, it's not very useful.
Henrik Van Dyck's twenty years of work only turned it into a ship that can sail on the sea. If you want her to be able to carry out normal navigation with perfect performance and excellent performance. Then there is infinite work to be done!
Among the two hundred or so people in the Shipwreck City, Lu Yuan's carpentry level was second only to Henrik Van Dyke. Therefore, he was busy in the cabin with seven or eight kinds of tools every day. However, he has tentacles to help and a deputy brain to direct. The efficiency is often the sum of several people. He alone takes on most of the basic transformation work. Lu Yuan had previously participated in the strengthening of the "Siren" and "Maria". These tasks are easy for him.
"Captain!" John, the white-headed man, hurried in. Although there was no one around, he still leaned over and whispered in Lu Yuan's ear, "I will go to the campus bay you designated and keep watch. No one is there." Come……"
"Now?"
"We have arranged for people to continue guarding. I will come back first to report the news." John said fearfully. The place where Lu Yuan arranged for him to be on duty was exactly where the East India Company and Zad Kappa met. This was the information that Lu Yuan read directly from his mind. Lu Yuan's original plan was for John to lead an ambush with his men, preferably to seize the ship, but no one came?
Lu Yuan thought for a while and shook his head. "Take the people back, the ships won't come."
The only reason why East India Company ships could not enter Shipwreck Island could only be because Collybuso did not want them to enter.
Another option was gone - first the submarine, then the East India Company, and now the San Gabriel was the only option left... Cory Busso was tightening her noose.
If Cory Busso destroys the Shipwreck Island now, Lu Yuan's only way is to hide in the deep sea and dive back bit by bit! He now has the "Book of Sea Monsters" and the sea cannot drown him.
But Lu Yuan knew that this crazy woman was still playing, she hadn't gotten serious yet! Lu Yuan couldn't guess what her plan was. Was it to wait until the "San Gabriel" was completed and then destroy it? Or to destroy all the food and let them go to despair bit by bit? But Lu Yuan knew that she would definitely be there. When everyone thought victory was in sight, all the escapees were pushed into the abyss.
"How much dry fire has been saved?" Lu Yuan asked.
"There are only fifteen barrels, and we have been using drying methods. This is too dangerous to operate!"
"Well, make the gunpowder barrel and fuse waterproof. I want you to place the gunpowder barrel here, here, and here..." He quickly marked on the map of the shipwreck city and listed the needs. The number of powder barrels... "Okay, that's all, go make arrangements!"
Then there was the priest. No matter what, he asked Lu Yuan to set aside a place for him on the ship as a chapel, and made a lot of moral requirements. The two quarreled and spat at each other. The final result was that Lu Yuan swore not to rob ordinary people, and the priest swore not to refuse anyone entry into the church. After that, the two parties reached an understanding. Lu Yuan was on the second deck, below the gun deck, for He found a location that served as a church and infirmary.
Then the store owner reports on the collection of supplies...
Lu Yuan just handled the affairs and rushed to the next work place.
When passing by the stern of the ship, he saw Henrik Van Dyke installing the rudder. The wheel rudder is a "new gadget" that has only appeared in the past ten years, and veteran shipbuilders like Henrik Van Dyck also need to learn and sell it now. Seeing Lu Yuan passing by, he sneered, raised his hand, and a gear arced and fell into the sea water on the side!
"Ah! Sorry, it was a mistake!" Henrik Van Dyke said pretendingly, "But if you give me one million pesos, I will work overtime all night and make it again!"
Lu Yuan took off the big bronze book hanging from his waist with a cold face, kicked it into the sea with a flying kick! Then the two people stood opposite each other angrily, staring at each other!
Not long after, the sea monster's soul flew out of the water with the bronze book. After a period of study in the world, the sea monster's soul has gained some wisdom and can act independently. Now it's holding the gear on its tentacles, spinning happily around Lu Yuan, seemingly having a great time - its consciousness is constantly sending signals to Lu Yuan, "Throw it away again!", "Throw it away again!" ...just barely wagging his tail.
Lu Yuan slapped the gear into Henrik Van Dyke's hand, causing his old face to twitch in pain.
"Bad work attitude, 50,000 pesos will be deducted!" Lu Yuan finished his punishment word for word, and then left, leaving Henrik Van Dyke screaming in protest.
The old shipbuilder proposed an amount of two million pesos, of which 1.4 million was the money needed to upgrade the ship, and the remaining 600,000 pesos was his reward. Lu Yuan doesn't want to dunk too much, as that will affect his work efficiency, as long as it makes him feel heartbroken enough...
