Chapter 589

Hansen's mate is about 50 years old. He is not tall. He is thin and vigorous. He has gray hair and light brown eyes. Under his pale forehead is a dark face and brows browed by the sun. His face with vertical and horizontal gullies is like old bark soaked in oil. He is tough and full of vitality. Every wind and sun scratch seems to tell the beauty of life and life. His right hand is missing a middle finger and his left index finger is missing half, which may have been unfortunately lost in the winch accident. Old sailors often lack fingers and toes, but this does not prevent them from skillfully making convenient and practical knots and sewing all kinds of holes, whether on sails or clothes. At the same time, their hearts under pressure are far stronger than ordinary people.

It is said that experienced old sailors are not afraid of darkness and avoid rainstorms. They always have a lingering smell of water.

The mate of the Golden Goat is obviously an experienced old sailor. Only Borui kingdom can cultivate experienced old sailors.

Hansen's expression was very surprised. His right hand pressed a tattoo on his neck, which was a face mask pierced by a dagger. The masked brotherhood is famous at the bottom of the Borui Kingdom, but he didn't expect that the handsome and extraordinary gangbis noble had also heard of the masked brotherhood.

But there's nothing to worry about. He has already reported his experience to the internal affairs office of kite castle. He quickly put down his hand, revealed the masked brotherhood tattoo on his neck and respectfully said, "yes, sir. I used to be a member of the masked brotherhood."

Marquis goron looked at the tattoo on Hansen's mate's neck and asked Victor, "you know the masked brotherhood in the kingdom of Borui."

Victor nodded and said faintly, "the Southwind chamber of Commerce and the Wimbledon chamber of Commerce fought each other. The assassins of the masked brotherhood brought my wife a lot of trouble."

Baron haggard, who followed him, suddenly felt a chill in his heart, pricking his cold hair and numbing his scalp. All the sailors he recruited from the kingdom of Borui fooled around in the masked brotherhood. At this time, the magnetic low voice of the Marquis of goron came and soothed Baron Haggett's huddled heart.

"Oh, I heard that the masked brotherhood is a loose organization of free migrant workers. Almost all Borui sailors have to hang the signboard of the masked brotherhood."

Haggett breathed a sigh of relief and politely explained: "The Marquis is right. The masked brotherhood is composed of many liberal gangs. Fishermen and sailors join the brotherhood mainly to negotiate and solve their differences. As far as I know, sailors often have disputes with other fleets for fishing waters when they leave the port. When the ships sail outside the port, the rough sailors often attack each other without fear of the Lord's laws, Each other suffered heavy casualties, and no one dared to fish at ease. The ship owners and sailors suffered great losses. The sailors gradually formed fish gangs, large and small, and all joined the masked brotherhood. In the name of the brotherhood, they sat at the table to negotiate and divide their fishing waters. "

"Sailors can't get on the ship without joining the fish gang. Joining the fish Gang is tantamount to joining the brotherhood. However, the masked Brotherhood has no fixed head. It is actually a negotiating table for free people." Baron Haggett paused, raised his finger to Hansen's mate and explained to Victor: "Your Highness Randall, Hansen once lived in the fish port of Borui Kingdom under the banner of the masked brotherhood. Now he is a vassal of my recruitment. The people of Gambis Kingdom have nothing to do with the masked brotherhood."

Victor nodded without hesitation, looked at haggard, who was tight, and asked with great interest, "Your Excellency haggard, also from the kingdom of Borui?"

The battle between Wimbledon chamber of Commerce and Borena chamber of Commerce spread to the following vendors and thugs. Some people shed blood and died for this. However, in the eyes of the heads of both sides, the interest struggle between the two major commercial organizations was like two giant beasts fighting each other, each with damage, but no harm, let alone hatred. Moreover, the final result ended in shaking hands and making peace, invading the underground world of Neville The masked Brotherhood was completely defeated; Raymond Peter, who provoked the underground war, was deprived of the position of head of the Southwind chamber of Commerce by Lord Borui. The Wimbledon chamber of Commerce and the mercury of the Randall family won a great victory.

Baron Haggett could not understand his highness Randall's state of mind. He was relieved to see his highness change the topic, stroked his chest and said proudly: "My mother is Lord Michel of the crudas family on the North Bank of Borui kingdom. I am the youngest son of my family. I was fostered at Uncle crudas's house since childhood. Later, I went to the silver white tower to study and was lucky to be a teacher of the University of koden griwald. Thanks to the teacher's attention, I was recommended to join the noble griwald family. His majesty Auguste gave me the title of court Baron and appointed me As the chief ship building officer of the court. "

In the kingdom of Borui, the north shore family outside the seven alliance islands is only second-class. The crudas family and Victor have never heard of it. It is no wonder that Haggett will be complacent to join the griward family, one of the five princes of Gambis.

Victor smiled and asked, "master, master of shipbuilding?"

"A little experience." Haggett said modestly, "my uncle's name has a shipbuilding workshop and two fishing teams. I have been in contact with shipbuilding and navigation since childhood, and I also specialize in shipbuilding under casting in the silver white tower. Hansen used to rent a fleet of my uncle's for a long time, hunted two water lizards in Kalong lake west of Dahe Bay, and returned to Hong Kong smoothly."

Victor couldn't help looking at Hansen. He had a special knowledge of the operation of the great river bay fishing fleet and knew how difficult it was for the fleet to hunt a water lizard and transport it back to the port. Their success in hunting water lizards is second. The key is to be able to keep valuable booty or seize the fruits of other people's labor. Either way, it has proved that they have outstanding ship combat capability.

The ownership of the fishing fleet belongs to the Borui aristocracy, and the use right belongs to the Freeman captain. The plundering and compromise between the fleet and the fleet have nothing to do with the aristocracy. As long as the captain takes the ship and fish back to the port, the noble ship owner can take 80% of them. If the ship sank, the noble ship owner thought he was unlucky and must not anger other noble ship owners. The rules of the game are like this. The famous captain can subdue people's soldiers without war, which is very popular with the Borui aristocracy.

In a sense, kite Castle recruited the unknown Haggett, gave him the surname of a great aristocrat, and entrusted him with important tasks. In addition to his ability to build ships, most of them also had the factor of Captain Hansen.

"Bards sing that a ship can have a soul, and a good captain gives her a soul." Victor looked into the old sailor's sharp eyes and said with a smile.

Hansen's deeply scratched dark face showed a complex look of remembering the past and losing the present. He was silent for a moment, looked down at the board in the bottom cabin, shook his head and said, "I... the golden wool has not reached that level."

"The golden wool is just a training ship. Tell me, what is a ship with a soul?" Marquis goron asked, his low voice seemed to have a kind of magic, which could reach the depths of people's heart, just as he asked himself.

Hansen raised his head and said with burning eyes, "the captain and the sailor are like one person. One person is integrated with the ship, which is closely connected with the wind, waves and water. The ship with soul can insert the wings of the wind, easily cut into the undercurrent under the water, chase the water lizard in the storm, fast and flexible, and the overlord in the water is as weak as a baby in front of her."

"How many captains can give a ship the soul?" Asked victor.

Baron Haggett replied, "Hansen is one. Most experienced captains work for the families on the seven alliance islands. How many? I don't know..."

Victor and the Marquis of Cologne looked at each other and saw the heaviness of each other's eyes.

"The York family fell behind to Augustus." Said his highness Randall with a smile.

"We are behind Borui United Kingdom." Marquis goron nodded and said, "ten years at most."

Victor thought for a moment and said, "gangbis is united and catch up. Maybe we can catch up... After all, the hydrological conditions here are different."

Marquis goron's serious face smiled and nodded, "Your Highness Randall just orders, and we will cooperate fully."

"I do my best."

Entering the pulp chamber in the bottom cabin, Victor saw dozens of strong men with big arms and round waist. They were neatly dressed, stood upright, their eyes were frozen, and their skin color was much whiter than captain Hansen. Obviously, they were elite soldiers of the forbidden guards.

Hansen seemed dissatisfied with the disciplined soldiers and muttered, "a good sailor should at least get used to bare arms."

Haggett quickly whispered, "this is the Royal Navy, and the set of free sailors should be put away."

Victor waved his hand to stop Haggett's scolding Hansen and asked, "the golden wool has 10 pairs of long oars. There are 60 oarsmen here. There are three shifts. Can the golden wool go against the current?"

"Sir, it depends on the current and the load of the ship." Hansen's mate was just reprimanded by the master and explained honestly: "There is no going with or against the water on the gentle lake. Excellent paddlers can accelerate, slow down or even reverse the boat. However, if the boat is too heavy, the paddlers can't take turns in three shifts. If you sail against the water, you can't move basically. You still need to rely on the sails... I mean the situation of sharp bottomed boats upstream of Jinshui River. Flat bottomed boats are slow, shallow draft, heavy load and capable boats The captain can't drive a large flat bottom boat into Kalong Lake in the upper reaches of Jinshui River. "

Most of the old sailors were talking nonsense. Hansen spoke more and more vigorously, pulled the button off his collar, revealed his strong chest, and shook his head and said: "The waters of Dahe Bay are the territory of the seven Liandao fleets. They can catch them all year round. Their fleets have large flat bottomed boats and sharp bottomed clippers. They cooperate with each other. When they are watched, they can't run away. We can catch them one by one. Our fleet on the north bank can only go retrograde to the upstream Kalong lake to catch fish. Go up in the wind season, wait until the water season is cold, and then return, or we'll catch fish It stinks. We only fish once a year and have to brave the freezing rain and heavy snow. Our sharp bottomed sailboat can go against the water and is fast enough, but it is not as stable as a flat bottomed boat. If we are unlucky, we may turn over the water supply lizard... "

Haggett coughed and reminded the old crew not to go too far. Victor interposed with interest.

"You can't fish in the big river bay. Kalon lake can only be visited once a year. What do you usually do?"

"Transport goods. If there is no business, go fishing with a small pointed bottom sailboat." Hansen smacked his mouth and said with aftertaste: "The fish and shrimp in the sea taste delicious and are valuable goods. We go out once, and everyone's pockets are bulging as long as we come back. Moreover, the sea lizard is more and bigger than the water lizard in the river. They are all precious, and the price is four times that of the water lizard. Unfortunately, the east of the ship allows the big ship to go to sea. We only have a small boat. We can't catch the sea lizard, so we have to hide from it."

Marquis golon is old-fashioned and pays attention to aristocratic etiquette and the majesty of extraordinary knights. He can condescend and speak to captain Hansen. It can be seen that kite Castle attaches great importance to this experienced old sailor. Knowing that he could not find a chance to communicate with Hansen alone, Victor asked bluntly, "did the fleet of Borui United Kingdom explore the landing point on the coastline?"

Baron Haggett nodded and replied, "all explorations ended in failure. Large flat bottomed sailboats can't withstand the wind and waves of the sea. Sharp bottomed sailboats are strong enough, but their draft is too deep to rush into shallow water and sweep away the fishermen on the coast. Moreover, the sea water is bitter and salty, and the fleet lacks fresh water supply. It can't go far at all. Like those small sharp bottomed fishing boats, they can only wander around the Haikou."

Marquis golon said with a smile, "if Borui can land from the coastline, they will not cooperate with us, let alone stare at the land of the southern continent."

Victor shook his head and smiled. He took the lead out of the bottom cabin and boarded the deck. He saw Princess Roland teaching Williams how to steer the rudder, of course with her mouth. She firmly grasped the rudder and refused to let go.

Marquis goron stepped forward, stood side by side with Victor, looked at the calm lake and said, "the gondola can't go to sea. After it is full, it can't go retrograde in the Jinshui River. Do you have any good way?"

Without a direct answer, Victor turned to Hansen and asked, "the river surface of the brinor river is almost 2km wide. Can a large sharp bottomed sailboat go retrograde?"

Hansen looked embarrassed and said, "Sir, I've seen the water flow of the brinor river. It's faster than the Jinshui River. If the sharp bottom ship is loaded with 1000 tons, I guess it can only wait until the monsoon period every year. I'm afraid it's necessary to use a tracker to pull it on the shore."

Bulinoer River and Xuehe River on the south side of FIS are both large tributaries of Jinshui River, and their hydrological conditions should be close. If a sharp bottomed sailboat can only sail upstream in four months of the wind season on the brinor River, the situation of the blood river is similar. Gambis's fleet can't come and go freely on the blood river. The blood river development strategy and frog leaping tactics are equivalent to failure.

Victor raised his long straight eyebrows and smiled. "How about we add two wheels to the boat?"

"Wheel the boat?"

Roland, with sharp ears, dropped the rudder, jumped to Victor's side, pushed Marquis goron aside, took Victor's arm, and asked with flashing eyes:

"You just said to put wheels on a ship? Is it a ship or a car? A car or a ship?"

"Steamer... Ming steamer."