Chapter 1129

Zhang Tuohai continued to drive the White Bird along the coastline.

While driving, I thought about the nearby cities marked on the nautical chart.

It's a pity that the nearby cities are all resource-based cities. One produces coffee, one produces sugar cane, and the other produces bananas. There are not many artillery and weapons anywhere.

For a while, Zhang Tuohai didn't know where to go to replenish some artillery and ammunition.

At this time, Elizabeth came over.

"My great captain, where is my residence?"

"I'm sure you don't want to let you share the bunk with the sailors. How about it? You can cook Orleans roast chicken well, so you can temporarily work as a helper in the kitchen. The helper Linda is also a girl. You live with her. Let's go together."

Zhang Tuohai said.

"Are there other women on your pirate ship?" Elizabeth was a little curious.

"It's just a poor man who escaped from the village. Hurry up, maybe you can catch the supper."

Zhang Tuohai said.

Elizabeth hasn't eaten much since she got up in the morning, and has been busy with her marriage. She didn't find a chance to run out until night. She did so many exercises with Zhang Tuohai, running and swimming. She was already hungry. Back, and now when I heard the supper, I couldn't help it, and ran towards the cabin quickly.

Glancing at Elizabeth's back, Zhang Tuohai glanced at the energy in the crystal pyramid again, and it was a little more abundant, but it was far from the bottom of the crystal pyramid, let alone filling the entire pyramid.

It seems that it is a long way to go to fill up the energy.

Putting the crystal pyramid on the berth to continue absorbing energy, Zhang Tuohai drove the White Bird forward.

Drifting on the vast sea, Zhang Tuohai thought about his future plans.

Now his ship's force is seriously insufficient, one is the lack of artillery and shells.

The second is the shortage of manpower.

The area of ​​artillery and shells does not have a suitable supplementary location.

What about manpower?

Is there a way to quickly add some manpower?

At that time, even if you fight against the enemy, you will have the capital to fight on board.

Otherwise, relying on these 16 pirates alone, it would be difficult to even steer a sailboat.

But the matter of replenishing manpower is a very difficult thing for pirates.

It's not that there is no way out, who would want to live in this kind of life where today is not tomorrow?

There was a time when it was popular among the Pirates to tie innocent villagers aboard.

But those villagers were too weak in combat. Every time the ship docked, some people would run away, and some would go to the port to report. As a result, several small pirate ships were caught on the spot, and everyone was hanged on the pier.

Desperate, loyal, and have a certain fighting power...

Looking at these elements, Zhang Tuohai felt a little headache.

With so many conditions, it is really a bit difficult to get together.

No wonder the power of pirates is constantly shrinking.

Just when Zhang Tuohai was feeling worried, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He thought of a kind of person who perfectly met these conditions, and that was slaves.

Especially the kind of slaves who have been trained since childhood, who obey their employers ideologically, are brave in combat, and have good combat effectiveness. The typical ones are Mamluk cavalry.

If a group of slaves similar to Mamluks can be obtained, it seems to be a supplementary means.

Zhang Tuohai began to look for cities with slave trades on the sea chart again.

In this way, the scope will be expanded a lot.

This area belongs to the resource area of ​​the empire and has a large number of plantations, so it also needs a large number of slaves, so almost all cities have slave trade.

But there are three largest cities.

The closest to them is the harbor city of Pearl City.

As the name suggests, Pearl City is famous for its rich pearls.

The residents of this city are basically sea people, who cultivated pearl oysters in large quantities, and then used slaves to collect pearls.

Because it is a diving job, some slaves suffer from hydrostress and become paralyzed all the year round.

For these slaves, employers threw them into the sea in order to save costs.

Over the years, in addition to pearl oysters, there are many bones on the sea bottom of Pearl City.

Zhang Tuohai's ship sailed overseas of Pearl City, changed the ship's license and mixed with the merchant ships and sailed into the port of Pearl City.

Hearing that Zhang Tuohai was going into Pearl City, Elizabeth volunteered to be a guide.

According to herself, she spent more time in Pearl City than in Orleans, and knew every street in Pearl City like the back of her hand.

Zhang Tuohai felt that having such a local snake could solve a lot of troubles, so he took Elizabeth with him.

At the same time, under Elizabeth's soft and hard foam, Linda brought a small oil bottle.

The group of three changed into the clothes stored on the previous ship and got off the ship. If you don't look carefully, they look like a family of three.

But if you look closely, you will find that the three people have different appearances, skin and hair colors, and there is nothing alike between the three.

However, it is nothing in this kind of city, no one will care about such things.

The usual attire of the three of them made it easy for them to pass the inspection and enter the city.

All kinds of vendors can be seen selling trays of pearls on both sides of the streets in Pearl City.

Almost occupied more than half of the vendors, and half of the remaining vendors were selling various by-products of pearl mussels, such as clam meat, clam shells and so on.

Although the clam meat of the pearl clam is not delicious, it can't stand the large quantity and the price is cheap. It is very popular with the captains. They buy a variety of marinated clam meat in large quantities and use it as a side dish for the sailors.

Zhang Tuohai stopped and went, tasting all kinds of clam meat from time to time, and then asked about the price.

In the end, I told Polly quietly, and asked Polly to send a message to the first mate, and let the first mate come ashore to purchase.

As for Zhang Tuohai, under the guidance of Elizabeth, he came to the largest slave trading market in the city.

As soon as he entered the slave trading market, an indescribable smell wafted out.

Elizabeth subconsciously took out a handkerchief and covered her nose.

"Do you want to choose life slaves? There are female slaves who have just been trained here. They are capable of cleaning up any household. They are also in good shape. There won't be a situation where you can play badly in three or two moves."

A slave trader saw Zhang Tuohai and his party and came over to sell them.

Elizabeth looked at the slave trader with an unfriendly expression.

Seeing Elizabeth's expression, the slave trader misunderstood, and quickly said: "There are also male slaves, who can do daily physical work, and there are all sizes, I guarantee you will be satisfied."

"Okay," Zhang Tuohai interrupted the slave trader's eloquence.

"We have several manors, which are often attacked by horse bandits. We are going to buy a batch of slaves who can fight. I don't know if you have any here."

Zhang Tuohai said.

(end of this chapter)