The air suddenly became silent, and the next second, there was a wail.
"My Goddess of Ice and Snow, he is no ordinary Kaizi!"
"Her Royal Highness the Princess won't let us hack his money, what should we do?"
Ivanov puffed his beard and glared: "Have you seen the Demon God General at the port? Do you know the fate of the guy who returned to the One World? Whoever dares to blackmail his money will be the fate!"
The boatmen collectively fell silent.
Different worlds have different rules.
On Earth, when a rich country in urgent need of high-tech weapons buys arms from a large Eastern country, the cost price is often converted into U.S. dollars, and a zero is added, and they have to pinch their noses to admit it.
Who told you that you can't do it?
The rules for building warships in this world are very simple. As long as the ship is not purchased by a hostile country, the superiors have approved it. That is, the gross profit must not exceed 25%.
There's no way around it, raising a battleship is definitely a huge expense.
Ordinary characters really can’t afford to burn.
However, it would be too extravagant to turn a semi-finished product into a supply ship with a cost of 15 million lite dollars.
Ivanov still has a way.
"What the noble man said is 'having a certain ability to protect oneself'. It depends on who you compare with. No warship in the world can compare with the [Caribbean]. Have you heard about the Leiden City? [Caribbean]
But it is an extraordinary warship that can ignore all the coastal defense artillery in the world with its extraordinary power."
The boatmen suddenly understood and shouted in unison: "Boss, we understand!"
"The rules must not be broken! The cost is 15 million, not a penny less! I will contact my old friends right now."
The Adeptus Mechanicus accepts people regardless of nationality, but the great craftsmen have nationalities.
Basically, the craftsman does this job, and then uses the money earned from this job to work on his next creative goal.
The most painful thing is to have your funds cut off.
The emperor slapped his forehead and said that he would not build warships, which made everyone related to the ship miserable.
The designers at the Ship and Artillery Design Institute had no living expenses and still had some savings, but the shipwrights couldn't get enough of it.
Without Mark, the god of wealth, to come and modify the ship, they would really be in misery.
Now, buy one and get one free, you can get two ships at once.
Funding for next year has also been secured.
The point is not the big dog's lite dollars, but that he still has the ability to get a bunch of coupons from the big sects. There is a coupon exchange operation between the sects. The craftsmen of the Mechanicum got coupons from the Art Sect or the Twin Goddess.
, can also be exchanged for points within the Mechanicum. This is what they value most.
In addition, Helena's path to study with local mechanical craftsmen was much smoother.
The time came to February 14th, a delicate day.
Mark was finally able to get rid of the boring and musty life in the manor, and returned to a normal adventurous life from the days of 'hibernation'.
On this day, the streets of Austin Port were empty, and people spontaneously bid farewell to Mark, the great hero who saved the port.
Well, maybe I can't bear to part with a certain funder's father, which is also a very important reason.
At least the cheers and the towels swaying on the window sill couldn't be faked.
On the pier, the drumming was noisy. This time, Princess Anastasia was not a temporary hire, but really found a military band in advance to play the gongs and drums. She also spread expensive pure wool carpets from the entrance of the port area to
On the pier of the pier.
Mark was a little bit sore because when the two princesses met this time, there were sparks in their eyes.
The reason was that Anastasia saw Marianne's bun on the back of her head.
Twelve unique gold hairpins, paired with Marianne's luxurious jeweled dress, made her look like a peacock with its tail spread.
No, with Yolanda, there are two peacocks.
Although Mark knew that only male peacocks could open their tails, it was just that smell.
The two girls first stayed with Mark until midnight, and then on this cold day before spring, at four o'clock in the morning, they got up without an alarm clock and started putting on makeup under the service of the maid.
What annoys Mark is that the three Yaerdai girls seem to have taken refuge with them recently. It doesn't seem like much on the surface, but that kind of tacit understanding cannot deceive Mark.
Well now, let’s have a good farewell, but Marianne made it feel like a war.
Women's war!
He originally thought that Anastasia on the other side would not follow suit, but Mark found that he had been mistaken, and the other side was even more outrageous - the eldest princess was wearing a set of sacrificial robes called Stihari. This kind of color is pure white.
The sacrificial robe is studded with blessings praising the goddess of ice and snow, and every word is embroidered with pure gold silk.
A gold-rimmed white shoulder strap specially designed for saints has the talisman of the Ice and Snow Goddess inlaid with sapphires.
However, the shoulder strap around the neck is in a V-shape around the low-cut top.
In the very center of the valley, there is a cryolite the size of an egg.
Not only does it highlight the privileges of the saint, but it also highlights the qualitative violence of the saint.
Fortunately, Marian seemed to be well prepared and responded with a level of violence that was not inferior to that of the Saint.
Anastasia has the blessing of a saint, and Marianne brings a Yolanda and a bun. In this case, Marianne's combination should be slightly better.
Mark only found out later that Yolanda was Marianne's cousin within three generations.
The cousins were at that stop, and it felt like the Holy Lady had lost a bit.
Just when Mark thought there would be dialogue with a strong green tea flavor, the dialogue style between the two parties looked like this.
The Snow Saint came over and took the third princess's hand: "Huh? My sister has changed her hairstyle. Congratulations to my sister."
The third princess looked happy: "It was a bit difficult, but it was still successful."
"Then..."
"I am also a person infected with [abnormality], and I am very happy now."
"My best wishes to you."
"Thanks!"
"You must take good care of Mr. Destiny."
"I will."
As an observer, Mark felt that this dialogue was quite nonsensical. Not to mention that there was no tea smell, and he also vaguely felt that Anastasia seemed... relieved?
Anyway, he couldn't understand the brain circuit of this eldest princess. At first, she wanted to flirt with her, but then Mark refused, but she politely didn't cross the line again, and they maintained a friendly relationship.
In any case, he is here, and his presence itself has helped the eldest princess a lot, not to mention bringing additional help in terms of funds.
After the two women had a 'confrontation', the eldest princess Yingying came to Mark: "Fortunately, I know that you will come back as soon as you go. I hope that after you come back, we can carry out more in-depth cooperation."
"It depends on the situation." Mark didn't finish his sentence.
Here, Director Ivanov repeatedly promised: "Your Excellency Destiny, by the time you come back, the ship will probably be almost in repair. If you want to hire sailors, we have many good guys here who are willing to work with you."
Swim the ocean.”
"Well, I should invite some people and we'll talk about it when I get back."
Amid the voices of the soldiers and civilians in Austin reluctant to leave their sponsor father, Mark boarded the improved Caribbean.
On the surface, the boat is still the same boat. It has a very streamlined bullet shape and looks beautiful day or night.
Only when you move in can you feel a lot of changes.
Just like in 'that swimming pool', there is now the most powerful 'constant temperature' system of this era - a heating system installed in most places on the entire ship, which burns steam through boilers and sends the steam to the entire ship.
The steam-heated hot water is mixed with the swimming pool water in a small mixing tank, adjusted to the appropriate temperature, and then sent to the indoor swimming pool.
Although the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors has caused the floor-to-ceiling glass to be covered with a thick layer of water mist, making it impossible to enjoy the sea view outside, there is no interference from the cold sea breeze.
Mark felt very comfortable watching the mermaids swimming in the indoor swimming pool.
Originally, Mark was thinking that once he went north, he would need the Caribbean to break the ice. It turned out that he had underestimated his ability to make money.
"Why are you so troublesome? If you want to keep it secret, why don't we lend you an icebreaker?" Ivanov settled it with just one idea.
About one kilometer in front of the pure white hull of the Caribbean, Conrad was commanding a group of crew members to pilot a medium-sized icebreaker with a displacement of 3,000 tons.
"Kaka, kaka!" The powerful icebreaker acted as the vanguard and sailed along the sea coordinates given by Mark.
For a moment, Mark was worried about what would happen if he hit an iceberg?
He didn't want the Caribbean to become the second Titanic.
Later he discovered that his worries were unnecessary.
There was no sonar in this era, but there was human sonar.
The strength of the Sons of Storm lies in the fact that nothing on the sea can be hidden from them.
Using the miniature temple built on the icebreaker, as long as the Storm Priest is praying, his perception can be continuously spread in all directions, including abnormalities above and below the water.
The only difference between different levels of Storm Priests lies in how far their perception spreads and how fine their perception is.
As long as there is no neglect of duty, the iceberg that threatens the Caribbean will never hit it.
After sailing north like this for five days, we finally entered the sea surrounded by ice.
Seeing the icebreaker kowtowing in front of the big ship to clear the way, Mark almost had the impulse to buy this icebreaker and rename it "Vikrant".
After thinking about it, it was somewhat unlucky to have the same name as Asan's aircraft carrier, and there was no need for this kind of icebreaker in other sea areas, so I finally gave it up.
The right hand of [Valkyrie's Right Hand] is getting closer and closer, and in the soul boundary of Mark Hall of Valor, the soul line representing the connection between the body and the arm is getting thicker and thicker.
It's just that direction that makes Mark feel a little bit pained.
As the ship sailed into a sea full of ice floes, Mark was surprised to find that the angle of the soul line began to go downwards.
"My lord, what's wrong?" Ren asked.
"Hell! That thing is probably under the sea!"
【20】The risk and reward of a point are always directly proportional.
Mark doesn't want to start a water fight, and it's likely that the outcome won't be what he wants.
He began to miss the supply ship still on the slipway. If that ship was there, he could send away the ordinary people on board and let the Caribbean sail directly to the spiritual world.
But now, he has no choice but to let the [Ghost Ship] return to the world.