Codex Pirates

Chapter 228 The Track of the Sea Train

The capital of seven waters.

Espagu and Akin greeted the members of the expedition team of the Kingdom of Navia on the pier. Although it was the first time for both parties to meet, Edmund and other cadres had already seen the photos of Espagu, so they all They recognized him as soon as they met. Under the guidance of Ah Jin, the two sides introduced each other, and then walked to Tom's studio outside the city.

Those young international students and other ordinary crew members were amazed by the strange architecture and geographical environment of the capital of seven waters, while in front of the team, Edmund, Crowe, Harden, Selkirk, Jesus cloth and others gathered around Looking at Ajin and Espagu, talking.

Espagu had some scars on his face, which were obviously not caused by work-related injuries in the shipyard. They looked more like they were caused by a fight. Edmond was straight-hearted, so he asked if he had any doubts. After all, the man in front of him looked slender, The young man, who even looked a little thin, was one of the inventors of the sea train William Nitz, a great shipbuilder.

At the moment when Tom the Murloc died and Carter Flam's life and death were unknown, Edmund was also worried about what might happen to Espagu. After all, the great route was not peaceful.

After hearing Edmund's question, Espagu froze for a moment, then touched the scar on his face with a wry smile, and told the whole story.

Espagu did not have the experience of running a shipyard by himself, and he wanted to understand the root cause of the city's troubles in the capital of seven waters. Therefore, like William at the beginning, after Espagu entered the city, he also Choose to study and investigate under the peers, and accumulate experience for your own "entrepreneurship".

With his outstanding shipbuilding technology and strong personality, Esbagu can easily get a job in a shipyard even when the overall form of the shipbuilding industry is not good.

And soon, with his mind and craftsmanship, he grabbed many orders for his shipyard in an environment where customers were increasingly scarce.

Unexpectedly, this led to Esbagu being targeted by people from other shipyards. Under the economic downturn, every order is a means of supporting their families and maintaining their survival for the shipyard staff in the capital of seven waters. The point is that over the years, because of this problem, many shipyards, from the boss to the workers, have fought less.

Espagu was really ignorant of the environment in the city, and as a result, he was blocked and beaten by workers from a competing shipyard once he was careless. Fortunately, he ran away in time and did not suffer serious injuries.

From then on, Espagu tried his best to be careful, but because of this experience, he also discovered a major problem in this city.

The decline of trade routes, the decrease in orders, and the rise in resource prices caused by the era of the Great Pirate are all external elements that lead to the ruin of the city, while internal elements are the result of many shipyards on the island trying to grab the few orders that are already there. Vicious competition gradually began.

In order to compete for orders and survive, various shipyards kept lowering prices, squeezed the small profits, and often fought, resulting in a decline in the city's law and order. The shipbuilding industry that once brought prosperity to the city has now fallen into a prisoner's dilemma. Go on, even if there is a sea train, they can only die together.

The expedition team led by Edmund and others brought valuable funds and manpower to Espagu. Those foreign students were all young people with work experience in shipyards. They were strong and full of energy. It is not the capital of seven waters, but Espagu believes that with his own leadership, the skills of these people will only get better and better.

"I'm going to set up a shipyard. After the No. 4 shipyard closed down, no one has taken over it. We can buy it with a small amount of funds. Compared with other shipyards in the city, the biggest advantage we have now is that we have sufficient funds. Therefore, I am going to use low-price competition and other means to defeat other competitors in the city and find a way to acquire them." Espagu seemed to be explaining to Edmund and others, and he was talking about his own thoughts a little bit, and he did. He was explaining that, after all, according to his idea, the early stage was equivalent to burning money to make a loss-making business, and the money was brought by Edmund and others. Of course, he had to convince the other party.

Moreover, the most important thing is that Espagu has seen the competition among the shipyards in the city today, and fights frequently. He also needs the guards of Edmund and others to do so.

Edmund, Crowe and the others glanced at each other, and did not answer immediately, but Akin said blankly: "Esbagu, I told you that we have no idea how to use this money." There will be too many demands."

Crowe also reacted quickly, pushed his glasses, smiled and said: "Mr. Espagu, Lord William appreciates your talent very much. The initial funds are his personal investment in you. How you use it is up to you." Don’t worry about our objection to your reasonable proposal, and we will try our best to cooperate with you while we are on this island, but…”

Selkirk on the side said: "However, after we have our own shipyard, we hope you can build a ship for us first."

Esbagu seemed a little puzzled: "Of course it's no problem, but as far as I observe your ships moored on the pier, although some of your shipyards in the East China Sea look rough in technology and design, you can also see that there are a lot of them. With excellent inspiration and ideas, it is really unnecessary to go to the capital of seven waters to build a ship, not to mention that even if it is built, it will be difficult for ordinary ships to bring it back to the East China Sea with or without wind belts and red soil continents."

"No, the ship we want can only be built in the capital of seven waters, more precisely, it can only be built with the assistance of the inventor of the sea train," Edmond looked at Espagu, word by word. Dun said, "And you don't have to worry about how the ship will return to the East China Sea, because what we hope to build is a steam ship that can pass through the calm zone."

"It turns out that you have taken a fancy to the steam engine of the sea train," Espagu smiled, but then persuaded, "With all due respect, I'm afraid you think the windless zone is too simple. The most dangerous place there is nothing but In addition to the absence of wind, there are also all kinds of incomparably huge sea kings, even if the problem of wind power is solved by relying on steam power, the existence of sea kings is still an unavoidable problem."

Harden let out a hoarse laugh, as if what Espagu said was funny.

Under Espagu's puzzled eyes, Crowe explained: "Although the problem of steam power is still immature, our shipyard in Donghai has already taken a look at it. We are really interested in it and want to further apply it to the ship. The first thing, is the acoustic technology of the sea train tracks."

Espagu didn't react at first, but then, as if he suddenly thought of something terrible, he showed a surprised expression.