Helen Port is indeed more prosperous than Tangwei Port. There are more shops here, the roads are cleaner, and the voices of NPCs can be heard everywhere.
If you are patient, you can also get some clues about quests from these conversations, and the rewards are quite considerable.
It's a pity that what Wang Hao lacks most now is time.
Governor's Palace.
This building is something that Tangwei Port does not have, and it is precisely the Governor's Mansion that gives Helen Port the potential to be upgraded.
Players can increase the port's cargo quota by investing in the Governor's Mansion.
There is a certain limit to the goods that players can purchase at any port every day, which is the goods quota.
After the quota is used up, you can either switch to another port to operate the business, or you can only donate money to the port to increase the goods quota. Of course, you can also wait until the next day.
In the early stages, players' ships have narrow warehouses and may not be able to use up the daily cargo quota. However, in the middle and later stages, each shipment can be dozens or hundreds, and then the benefits of high cargo quotas can be realized.
Walking into the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Wang Hao walked around inside. He was not here to see the Governor. In fact, if he had not invested more than one hundred gold coins at a time, he would not have been able to meet the Governor at all.
Sitting in the side hall was a middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes dressed as a knight, who was also the target of his trip, Quartermaster Nagel.
Mission Tips: The conflict between Britain and Spain is getting bigger and bigger. Both sides are rationally restraining the navies below to prevent the conflict from expanding further. However, this does not mean peace. On the contrary, both sides are actively preparing for war and accumulating strength.
, waiting for the opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the opponent. In order to attack and weaken the other party, both countries sent pirates to sneak into each other's waters, conspired to sabotage ports, block transport ships, etc.
Quartermaster Nagel also spoke, "The evil Spanish navy has contained most of the empire's power. Young navigator, would you like to transport a batch of important supplies to the soldiers ahead?"
Wang Hao came here for this reason, so he naturally nodded.
System: You have received a commission - Chapter 1 of The Rise of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets.
The difficulty of this task lies in the fact that Spanish pirates appeared during the transportation. If the ship was sunk by the Spanish pirates, there would be no place to cry.
Fortunately, the naval forces of the two countries restrain each other. Around this offshore area, the pirates who can sneak in are not too strong. With Wang Hao's operational ability, there should be no big problem in completing the mission.
Going to sea again, the destination of this trip is Fort Green, southwest of Port Helen, and the voyage is expected to take about half an hour.
The warm and humid sea breeze felt very comfortable on his face, making him feel drowsy. Wang Hao had to cheer up. The Spanish pirates didn't know when they would appear, and he didn't want to swim back.
port.
The system suddenly made a beeping sound, which was a prompt to add friends.
Wang Hao looked at the other person's nickname and saw that he was a pervert and loved beautiful girls, so he accepted the invitation. Apart from his landlord, he couldn't think of anyone else with such a lewd and lewd name.
"Dear Wang, have you seen it? The sea and the wind are so realistic. I must make money quickly to buy a boat and take my girl to sea. Oh, that would be so happy." York's voice sounded very loud.
Excited, I kept chattering for a long time before I remembered a question, "Brother, which fishing village are you in?"
"Tangwei Village."
"Oh." Jack replied carelessly, "I will go find you then. Believe me, buddy, I will be able to buy a boat soon."
Oh, sister, I don’t believe you know where Tangwei Village is.
Wang Hao patted his forehead helplessly, and asked someone more reliable, "Where are you?"
"Wait, let me ask first." York did not hang up, but seemed to stop passers-by to ask. After a while, he showed a proud expression again, "Ha, it turns out our place is called Fishman Port."
This guy's thinking was obviously different from ordinary people. Wang Hao couldn't understand what he was so proud of. He lowered his head and recalled that Fishman Port seemed to be north of Helen Port, not too far away, but it might be difficult to meet him for a while.
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After hanging up the phone, Wang Hao returned to his alert state, scanning the sea with his eyes, and a black spot gradually entered his sight.
At first, he didn't pay much attention to it. He saw many large cargo ships turning on their wheels along the way, but they were very fast, and in the blink of an eye they had left him behind.
"It's a pirate."
As the ship approached, Wang Hao finally saw the opponent's flag clearly, his face suddenly turned cold, and he ordered to enter combat mode.
As the only sailor on the ship, Hal has always gone wherever needed, cleaning the deck, unloading cargo, operating sails, etc. It can be said that he is versatile, good at everything, and cheap. For example, now he works part-time as a gunner.
This is also one of the benefits of hiring a crew. They can operate the ship's small catapult. Otherwise, Wang Hao would have to engage in a boarding battle and fight hand-to-hand with the opponent.
He has always hated this kind of unskilled work.
Small catapult: range 200 yards, projectile power +5, hit -1
The small catapult comes with the ship. In addition to the basic damage, if the enemy ship is also an unarmored unit, it can cause 10 points of damage if it hits.
Wang Hao calculated in his mind. He could see that the other party was also a single-masted merchant ship, and that it had undergone certain modifications to make the ship more conducive to combat.
There are several directions for the transformation of ships, some focus on speed, some focus on armor, and some increase the cargo hold so that the ship can carry more cargo.
The pirate ship in front of me has improved sails.
Wang Hao quickly made a judgment, which meant that the opponent's boat was faster than his, so he couldn't escape by running, so he had to fight.
"Attack." Wang Hao ordered.
After hearing the order, temporary gunner Hal hurriedly pulled the catapult to the bombardment position. He worked for more than ten seconds before firing the first stone bomb.
A water column as thick as a bowl rose up more than ten yards away from the pirate ship. It was like this for non-professional gunners, and the hit rate of the bombardment was pitifully low.
Fortunately, Wang Hao didn't have high expectations for this. If he could hit once or twice in ten attacks, he would be satisfied.
The ships from both sides were approaching quickly. Wang Hao stood on the bow of the ship and had a panoramic view of the opponent's deck. There were three sailors and a captain. This was the opponent's entire strength.
The pirate ship has not counterattacked yet, which can only explain one reason - boarding battle.
Because of the low hit rate of shelling, boarding battles have been popular among players for a long time, especially duels between captains, just like duels between knights in ancient times.
This is also a choice made out of necessity. In order to save money on hiring sailors, the captain can only go into battle shirtless.
It was not possible to engage in a boarding battle, regardless of whether it could be fought. If the sailor died, Wang Hao would have to pay double the salary, which was a huge loss to him now.
PS: There are really not many nautical novels, and very few are well-written. More than 95% of them are unfinished. In addition to the difficulty of writing in this genre, a large part of it is also due to the incompetence of readers.
reason.
Sailing is a niche, and it needs the support of readers who love sailing.
