"My name is Bailey, and I am the best sailor in Isabel City. If you want to go to the Siren Territory, I can guarantee that no one but me will dare to take you there."
In Bill's Bar, Wang Xu was eating tomato noodles, drinking rum, and listening to an old man bragging without raising his head.
It’s not bragging, the legendary sailor Bailey is a famous person in the world of navigation. Sailors who haven’t heard of his legend are not considered good sailors.
"You want me to hire you?" Wang Xu didn't raise his head, still eating hungrily.
Bailey swallowed, glanced at Carmen hiding outside the window, and whispered: "You should know that I am the best."
"what do you need?"
Wang Xu put down his knife and fork and lay down on the chair.
He knew full well the relationship between Bailey and Carmen, and he also knew that the two of them planned to trick him, but he was happy to pretend that he didn't know anything.
After all, the Carmen family's ancestral home is in the Siren Territory, and there are likely to be clues to the wizards there.
If Wang Xu doesn't help, Carmen doesn't know how long it will take to find an enemy like him and embark on a journey to the Siren Territory.
Although Wang Xu has plenty of time, he doesn't like to wait, especially when there is a shortcut, why not advance the plot.
"If you want to enter the Kraken Territory, you must first overcome the strong winds and waves outside the Kraken Territory. Wooden warships cannot withstand such winds and waves, so we need a steam ironclad ship. Currently, in the market, the rental price of renting a steam ship
, it’s about 5,000 U.S. dollars, including supplies, it’s about 6,000 U.S. dollars. You provide the funds, and I’ll find a sailor, and I can guarantee that you will successfully reach the Siren Territory and find the treasure.”
Treasures and such are of course fake.
Even if it was true, Carmen would not hand it over. If Wang Xu were an ordinary person, he would be destined to return without success.
Unfortunately, Wang Xu is not an ordinary person, and Carmen's confident transformation skills are nothing in his eyes.
Not to mention that what Carmen can transform now is only the first-order black-backed wolf in the juvenile stage, the second-order black-backed wolf in the growth stage, or the third-order black-backed wolf in the mature stage. Wang Xu doesn't care too much.
"Okay, it's settled." Wang Xuyi was bold and agreed nonchalantly.
Seeing how happily he agreed, Old Bailey was a little unconvinced.
You know, this is a $6,000 business, and the Old Bailey is even prepared for Wang Xu to bargain with him, so there is no need to worry at all.
"This is a cashier's check worth $6,000. I want to see the ship and the sailor tomorrow morning. Any questions?"
Wang Xu took out the cashier's check from his arms and pushed it in front of the Old Bailey.
Old Bailey took the check tremblingly and asked in surprise: "Aren't you afraid that I will take the money and run away?"
"I have always believed that people can have more trust between people, don't you think so?" This little money in Wang Xu's hands is just a drop in the bucket, and it is still in the water. Even if the Old Bailey absconds with the money, it will be gone
What can be done.
What's more, Wang Xu has been monitoring the two of them, so they can't run away so easily.
Even if the two of them plunge into the sea, Wang Xu can pinch them out with two fingers.
"Go ahead, it's 11:15 noon. I need to see what I want before 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Do you have any questions?"
Under Wang Xu's gaze, Old Bailey shook his head subconsciously.
Wang Xu gently waved his hand, indicating that Old Bailey could leave, and then continued to fight the tomato noodles.
I turned back three times at the Old Bailey, and until I got out of the gate, I still couldn't believe it would go so smoothly.
Carmen, who was waiting outside the door, saw Old Bailey coming out, ran towards him and asked, "Is it done?"
"It was smoother than expected. Before I could say anything, he decided to invest in us. It was as if we were not begging him, but he was begging us." Old Bailey waved the check in his hand.
Smelling the scent of ink on it, I whispered: "What a ghost!"
"Never mind him, as long as he pays." Carmen thought more simply than Old Bailey. In his mind, his goal was to go to the island and return to the ancestral land of the Carmen family, and everything else was just a side detail.
No matter how or where the money comes from, it doesn't matter, as long as you have money.
After renting a boat, looking for sailors, and purchasing supplies, Carmen and Old Bailey began to act separately.
Renting a boat is very simple. All you need to do is pay money, and at most accept a second mate provided by the boat owner, who is responsible for preventing anyone from escaping the boat.
Finding sailors is also very simple. Today is the Great Depression, factories are going bankrupt, prices are skyrocketing, and sailors are being laid off on a large scale.
With the reputation of the Old Bailey and the money from green flowers, the sailors clamored to sign up. Even the vicious reputation of the Siren Leader could not scare these poor people.
On the contrary, it is more difficult to purchase supplies. First of all, everyone has to sail at sea for more than a month, and the cost of food and clothing is not a fraction.
In addition, there are sirens in the Kraken Territory, so the rented steamboat must be equipped with artillery, and the sailors must also have weapons.
If it is a rental, a few hundred dollars is enough to rent the police station's old weapons.
In order to cheat Wang Xu out of money, of course Carmen would not rent them. Instead, she went to a weapons dealer and purchased five artillery pieces, fifty of the latest rifles, and thirty revolvers.
An artillery piece costs 200 US dollars, a rifle costs 28 US dollars, and a revolver is cheaper, about 15 US dollars, which is 2850 US dollars.
In Carmen's mind, this overspending money must of course be recorded on Wang Xu's head, and it would be best to make him bankrupt.
"Sir, the money you gave us is not enough. We are still short of 2,500 US dollars."
As the deputy of the Old Bailey, Carmen approached Wang Xu who came to inspect the dock.
"Hmm." Wang Xu held his cigar in his mouth and snorted moderately.
Carmen looked at him with gloating. According to his calculations, Wang Xu's property was about seven to eight thousand US dollars, and he could wipe out his property this time.
Unfortunately, no matter how he looked, he could not see the look of heartache and regret in Wang Xu's eyes.
Wang Xu stood on the pier, holding a cigar and blowing the sea breeze, looking leisurely like a rich man on vacation, not a fake rich man who was about to go bankrupt.
"Sir, are you listening? We don't have enough money. If we want to go to sea, we must equip ourselves with weapons. Now we owe the weapons dealer 2,500 US dollars."
Wang Xu raised his head slightly, looked at Carmen with a smile on his face, and said with the same smile: "What a coincidence, when I came here just now, I specifically withdrew 5,000 US dollars from the bank. I was worried that you wouldn't have enough. I didn't expect you to be so economical!"
After counting out 25 hundred-dollar bills, Wang Xu pushed them into Carmen's hand and asked, "Any more questions?"
Looking at the banknotes in her hand, Carmen widened her eyes and wanted to ask why Wang Xu still had money.
It shouldn't be like this. He should have no money. He even had to mortgage the apartment building on Center Street in order to close the gap of 2,500 US dollars.
But now, looking at the stack of banknotes in Wang Xu's hand, Carmen was like a rooster stuck in her neck, and said hoarsely: "No problem."
"Then check it out and we'll set off in the afternoon."
Wang Xu's time is very precious, and he is not willing to continue wrangling here.
Carmen felt extremely unwilling. He wanted to see Wang Xu's annoyed look instead of his proud smile.
It's a pity that he guessed Wang Xu's property wrong from the beginning. He didn't even know who his opponent was, so how could he get what he wanted.
"Sir, let me introduce to you. This is our Saint Mary. First of all, the Saint Mary is a steam ship and does not need sails. The requirements for personnel are relatively simple. However, in order to cross the Siren Territory, we must
We have hired eighty combat sailors who will protect us and the ship."
Old Bailey held a pipe and stood next to Wang Xu to introduce him: "In addition, the Saint Mary is 57 meters long and divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower. It used to be a cargo ship, which is strong enough to withstand violent storms. The Siren's
Wind and waves are no problem for it.”
Under the leadership of the Old Bailey, Wang Xu inspected the St. Mary.
As a cargo ship, the Saint Mary is not beautiful enough, and can even be said to be a bit stupid.
Looking at the sailors wiping the deck and the engineers installing the artillery, Wang Xu asked without looking back: "If we can set off on time in the afternoon, how long will it take for us to arrive at the Siren Territory?"
"Eighteen days, this is the ideal speed." Old Bailey calculated the route and answered very happily.
Wang Xu nodded lightly. Eighteen days was more or less. It seemed that he had to prepare some entertainment activities.
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