The cost of building a fourth-level battleship was around 20,000 pounds. Andre offered a price of 22,000 pounds. Two ships would be 44,000 pounds.
Linn agreed to the price, but said that it must be equipped with artillery and basic ammunition.
As for merchant ships, his requirement was that they should not be less than a thousand tons, and they must be well-maintained new ships within five years. The price was half that of a battleship.
This is a business worth nearly £100,000 in total!
Andre's profit can reach 10,000 pounds. This kind of business has not been possible for several years. He immediately said that he could assemble these ships within three months.
Linn refused directly.
"If we can raise it within a month, I can add another ten thousand pounds."
How can he have so much free time to wait? In two months, the "Magic Stone" can create a ton of gold.
A simple conversion, one pound is about 7.2 grams of gold, ten thousand pounds is 72 kilograms of gold. The production of "Philosopher's Stone" takes three or four days.
The price of a fourth-level battleship is about 150 kilograms of gold. The production of magic stone takes about more than a week.
There is absolutely no need to waste too much time on this.
But Andre was almost stunned by Lynn's generosity.
Just to avoid waiting for two more months, he spent 10,000 pounds! This is almost the profit of his largest shipyard in Tatuga in two years.
After Linn left, Andre's face was red with excitement and his beard was trembling.
A rough voice roared in the shipyard, "Quick, quick, tell all the pirates that I want a ship, not building a ship, but buying a ship."
"The newer the better, the faster the better."
Andre even thought that he could go to the navy barracks and discuss with them the replacement of "scrapped" ships.
If you can do something with gold, try not to waste too much effort. After Lin En decided on the ship, he left it alone.
But the news of a mysterious rich man appearing in Tatuga soon spread throughout the port.
His handiwork was so great that it was destined to be impossible to conceal. Andre did not agree to hide it for him.
Because he still had to recruit crew members, Lin En simply let out the news and announced that he would be recruiting openly in the tavern where he lived.
The owner of the tavern welcomed this very much. She was not afraid that the ground would collapse if too many people came. The more people there, the better her business would be. She was so excited that she even said that she could find the best woman in Tatuga for Linn.
Lin En decisively refused. Although he was not afraid of getting sick, he was becoming more and more picky about women.
No matter how good the Liuying people in these ports were, he was not interested in them at all. If he had that time, he might as well meet a few more crew members.
A fourth-level battleship is fully equipped with 350 people, and the minimum number cannot be less than 200. Any less will affect the combat effectiveness.
If the two ships are fully equipped, they will have 700 people. The merchant ship will need fewer people. The entire fleet will need about a thousand people in total.
The number of people who applied for the job far exceeded this number.
Whether they are crew members or pirates, the ships they serve are actually not fixed.
It's easy for ordinary seafarers to understand. After landing, many of them will go home to rest for a while, and then decide when to start work based on their personal circumstances.
But after the pirates landed, they only had one thing to do, spend money like crazy!
They would spend any shilling they had and then go looking for "jobs" after the tavern owner threw them out.
Of course, many pirates will form a team after working together several times. But all captains do not welcome this kind of "team".
Because for pirates, no one can be trusted.
When at sea, if the pirates are dissatisfied with the captain, they may overthrow the captain under the leadership of the first mate, who will lead them to continue sailing.
This is allowed by the "Pirate Code".
After all, if a pirate captain cannot control his crew, he deserves to die.
Such is the case with poor Captain Jack Sparrow!
The pirates boarded the ship for one purpose, gold!
When the captain cannot bring them gold coins and does not have enough prestige, it is almost foreseeable that he will be driven into the sea.
Therefore, many captains prefer to gather a few core personnel, then disband them after each mission is fully completed, and then recruit them again. If the old crew members return to the ship, of course, they will be informed of the sailing time, and they will not come in time, Captain
Never wait one more minute.
When Lin En recruits a large number of crew members, he is still a "newcomer" captain with little reputation. In the eyes of many pirates, he is just a piece of fat meat, ready to be slaughtered.
But Linn doesn't care about this at all. He doesn't fear anyone who comes, whether it's a retired navy or a pirate. Even gangs with ulterior motives don't care.
As long as they can skillfully operate artillery and battleships, he will accept them without fail.
The next night, Captain Jack quietly came to the door. He grabbed the red wine beside his table and drank it "tons, tons, tons".
Then he stretched out his orchid fingers, picked up the grapes on the table and threw them into his mouth. He smiled and said:
"Lynn, you are now the most famous big shot in Tatooga!"
"Almost all pirates are talking about you. You can go to sea with confidence, and no pirates will attack you."
"Because you can't wait until that day! You will be thrown overboard by the recruited sailors when you just go to sea."
"They have formed dozens of teams, large and small, and are already discussing how to divide the money!"
Jack didn't ask him what he planned to do or where he got the money.
Linn knew that he just reminded himself after hearing the news. He didn't explain anything to Jack, but just invited him to a big meal.
Seeing that he didn't care, Jack didn't try to persuade him any more. After eating happily, he said goodbye and left.
But the way he looked at Lin En when he left was like saying goodbye forever. It made Lin En feel cold all over and almost gave him a brick!
Of course Lynn knew what Jack was talking about, but the recruitment continued as usual the next day.
He only selected those who were skilled in the business and could skillfully control the sails for navigation. The most demanding ones were the artillerymen.
Naval guns in the sail era did not have servo mechanisms for pitch and deflection angles. Therefore, the shooting accuracy of warships depends more on the fluctuation factors of the waves, the training level of the gunners, the outstanding performance of the gunners, and the rich experience of the captain.
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Artillery at this time is usually trained on a team basis. A team has 5 to 13 people. A skilled team can shorten the firing interval to less than one minute. But for poor cooperation, it may reach five minutes.
The difference is simply worlds of difference!
Therefore, Linn's recruitment did not ask about their origins or their purpose. He only cared about their proficiency in skills.
Therefore, the recruitment went very quickly. In less than seven days, he had recruited 1,200 people, and he even recruited 200 more.
