After a while, Chu Nan called the bearded man back. He was really an alcoholic. He was carrying a bottle of wine while walking and took a few sips into his mouth from time to time.
"Are you going to sea again?" The bearded man asked confusedly, as if he was still drunk.
Chu Nan nodded in affirmation. At the same time, he also sent a flying pigeon letter to Xiaoluan. Of course, he must have asked them to work as free coolies. But this time Chu Nan's conspiracy failed. Obviously Xiaoluan and the others were against each other.
They are no longer interested in anything. A group of them are studying the treasure map that was revealed when they went to sea last time. They are having a great time because the location of this treasure map points to an unknown place in the vast ocean.
On a small island, it is much more difficult to find it than on land, because there are so few reference objects at sea.
"I'm done, is this a bare commander going to sea again?" Chu Nan thought a little sadly, but according to Caroline's mission description, he, two knights in shining armor and a bearded man went to sea to fight pirates.
It is definitely unrealistic, and it cannot take advantage of the multiple gun positions of this large two-masted pirate ship, so Chu Nan had to shift his goal to hiring NPC crews. Although it would cost money, especially if he died in battle,
It's simply a trap, but hiring NPC crew members is not without its benefits. First of all, you are the boss, and they will obey you absolutely, and follow your instructions flawlessly. Secondly, no one will compete for experience and equipment and props dropped by pirates.
Okay, let’s recruit NPC crew members! Chu Nan quickly made a decision in his mind. Anyway, Caroline had already cheated her out of a thousand pieces of gold, so she didn’t care about these few small coins. If her character breaks out, she can still get a fortune like last time.
A treasure map might be able to make up for a lot of losses.
The recruited NPC crew members can be divided into three types: one is a very ordinary sailor with average combat effectiveness, basically used for boarding combat or defense, with a daily salary of 5 silver coins and a death pension of 3 gold coins; the second type is those who are good at sailing.
Sailors who fire cannons, referred to as gunners, have a daily salary of 10 silver coins and a death benefit of 4 gold coins. The last type is those who are good at repairing ship hulls, with a daily salary of 8 silver coins and a death benefit of 4 gold coins.
Chu Nan recruited 30 gunners and 10 maintenance sailors. As for the ordinary sailors, he did not recruit any, because these are basically cannon fodder types. The gunners and maintenance sailors can hide in the cabin, as long as the hull is not damaged.
If it explodes, his life will be basically fine, and the possibility of paying pensions will be relatively small. If there is an inevitable boarding battle, he plus Xiao Hei, two knights in shining armor and a bearded man should be able to cope with it.
A wave. However, Chu Nan believed that the possibility of a boarding battle was basically very small, because with Big Beard's sailing skills, unless a more advanced ship came, it would be basically impossible to catch up.
After going to sea, Chu Nan arranged all the gunners and maintenance sailors in the cabin. He, Xiao Hei and two knights in silver armor were the only ones on the deck responsible for patrolling. After all, during the sailing process, people would pop up in the water from time to time.
Few aquatic monsters.
According to the explanations of the two knights in shining armor, the location where the pirates were salvaged in Caroline's intelligence was in the northwest waters near the Frozen Island. Then Chu Nan relayed this destination to Big Beard. The Maple Leaf was in the Big Bear.
Under the control of Beard, he rode the wind and waves all the way towards the Frozen Island. Although he occasionally saw large ice floes floating down from the northern sea on the way, Beard could always avoid the danger. This performance made Chu Nan quite proud.
Satisfied, I sighed with admiration in my heart: This kind of person is so professional!
Due to the presence of pirates, the route from the East China Sea to the Frozen Island has been abandoned. Logically speaking, no ships should come here. However, when the Maple Leaf sailed near the Frozen Island, he discovered that the Frozen Island
There was already a ship docked at the small pier in the narrow bay. Chu Nan quickly raised his binoculars and glanced at the ship. There was no one on the deck, which meant that the ship probably did not belong to pirates.
"Maybe someone is leveling up here." Chu Nan thought to himself. As for this kind of ordinary single-masted pirate ship, he no longer has even the slightest interest. His only goal now is the large two-masted pirate ship. When encountering this kind of single-masted pirate ship,
If it's a mast, just choose to sink it.
The ship moved slowly around the outer waters of the frozen island, because the ice floes on the sea began to increase. Sometimes it was inevitable to hit one or two pieces. However, with the 10 maintenance sailors in the cabin, this
This level of impact is nothing.
After entering the sea near the Frozen Island, a layer of fog gradually appeared on the sea. The further north you went, the thicker the fog became. In the end, Chu Nan even put away his telescope because it was useless.
Fortunately, there was a professional pirate captain named Big Beard at the helm of the ship, so it didn't crash directly into any rocks, and it continued to move forward slowly along the way.
After sailing for a while, the bearded man suddenly stopped the boat and reminded in a low voice: "There is a boat ahead."
Chu Nan's energy immediately perked up. The current location was near the northwest waters of the Frozen Island. If the pirates really salvaged something here, it would not be surprising at all to see a pirate ship nearby.
"Fight?" the bearded man asked.
"Bring it out a little first." Chu Nan replied.
Soon, the pirate ship in the fog in front also spotted the Maple Leaf. Chu Nan could also hear the sudden acceleration of the water breaking. Big Beard immediately controlled the rudder, turned 90 degrees to the left, and headed west. The pirate ship followed closely.
And up.
After leaving the sea near the frozen island, the concentration of sea fog began to gradually decrease. Chu Nan ran to the stern of the ship and looked around. An ordinary single-masted pirate ship followed closely behind. Of course, this was the bearded man deliberately slowing down.
As a result, otherwise, how could they catch up.
"Fire! Fire!" Chu Nan gave the order to the gunners in the cabin to fire, because this ship has a gun position at the bow and stern, and this ship has another advantage over ordinary sloops.
The point is, the gun emplacements on this ship can be adjusted in direction, unlike the sloop, which is completely fixed and non-adjustable.
boom!
After the shot was fired quickly, since the distance was only thirty or forty meters away, it hit the bow of the pirate ship.
This hit rate is much higher than that of the laymen like Little Wheel. They are indeed specially recruited NPC gunners. The money is well spent, Chu Nan thought.
Whoosh.
At this time, two wind sounds suddenly passed by Chu Nan's ears. When he looked carefully, he saw two arrows with very strange shapes flying past him, falling in a parabola towards the pursuing pirate ship.
Chu Nan's eyelids twitched involuntarily: "Oh no, isn't this the black oil essence version of the explosive arrow I made?"
He quickly looked back, and sure enough, he saw the two knights in silver armor assigned to him by Caroline were drawing their bows, taking out explosive arrows, and shooting diagonally upwards. After a while, there were already people on the deck of the pirate ship.
When the fire started, swarms of pirates were like ants on a hot pot, spinning around.
