Chapter 51 Black Pearl

On this morning, Arcado came to the blacksmith's shop. The keel of the new ship has been built. Recently, due to the frequent departure of the Black Pearl, there are more and more apprentices in the blacksmith shop, so he had to build a smaller blacksmith's shop in another village and assign it to that part of the personnel to be responsible for the agriculture of Rome Island. The construction of utensils and tools, and this large blacksmith shop is responsible for the production of iron plates on armored ships.

"Hi, Quint, are you busy today?" Akadora took Meadow's hand and walked into the blacksmith's shop.

"Oh, why are you here? Come here. We made 400 iron plates today. We couldn't catch up with the shipbuilding speed of the dock, but Hubert had some trouble because he couldn't understand your drawings, so the project was forced to stop." Quint, the old blacksmith, said with a smile.

"Well, a boatman came to me this morning. I just came back from Hubert and they have continued to work." Arcado said with a smile, with a happy smile on his face. It seemed that being with Meadow made him find his happiness.

"Old Tom is quite interesting. Last time, he said that he left 20 tons of share of our blacksmith's shop, and a new batch of large furnaces and supporting equipment have been added. Tomorrow, the new equipment will start construction, and the output will at least double." Quint said.

"It's not easy for them to ship. A ship has a load of 100 tons, and they have to move out space to house a large number of elf slaves. They have to purchase food for more and more island residents. Materials are needed to build facilities on the island, which can only be alleviated after the new ship is launched." Arcado said helplessly.

The number of residents on the island has soared, from the original more than 3,000 to more than 6,000 now. Most of the newly increased population is slaves, some of the poor who voluntarily came to settle down on Rome Island, as well as vagrants, and small families who were bullied by religion.

The population is increasing too fast, and the infrastructure cannot keep up with the development. Rome Island is full of construction sites and tent residential areas.

As a priority development project, the arable land reclamation that Meadow is responsible for has been on the right track. Unfortunately, it will not be rewarded until the harvest season. Another key development is maritime trade. The design and construction of the sister ship Black Pearl has become the top priority for the development of Rome Island.

The port village built by Elvin has been named Jianye. According to the plan, Jianye Port will become the largest city on Rome Island. The village has begun to build large warehouses and commercial streets, as well as hotels, etc., but these plans are too far away. The current port village is still only 1,500 A fixed resident, two docks, two docks, and a small fishing village of blacksmiths.

Now almost all of Romer's hopes rest on the new ship in the two docks that Hubert is responsible for and Morgan's training sailors.

"Morgan, how is the sailor's training going?" Arcado asked as soon as he entered the house.

"Sir, according to your request, they have to carry out very complicated training, first of all, the investigation and cultivation of loyalty. Their families must stay on the island, and they also have to swear allegiance and observe the assessment for a long time."

After a pause, Morgan continued: "Then there is skills training. Everyone should have professional knowledge, including crystal power control, rescue and self-help medical treatment, chef ability, navigation and navigation, observation and reconnaissance, chart drawing, helmsman and mate skills, deputy captain's skills, and follow the elf team every day. The members practice fencing and fighting. Seriously, they know much more than when I went to the Black Pearl.

"Very good, you have worked hard." Arcado continued to ask and patted Morgan on the shoulder, affirming his efforts.

"Now they are being repeatedly trained for loyalty, and now they can die for you." Morgan looked at Arcado, and the man in front of him took him through the most legendary experience of his life - he led everyone to build a crystal-powered iron ship, drove such a ship to sea, and earned gold coins like mountains. When each of them was very kind, he took everyone to discover Rome Island and gave it back to him. Trust and friendship gave him such an important job, and he never dreamed that he would become the mentor of 50 sailors.

"Of course, sir, I can also give everything for you!" Finally, Morgan said loudly.

"At the beginning, you followed me and trusted me. We have struggled together until today. Everything is our common cause. Believe me, I will take you to a height that has never been reached." Arcado looked at the sea level in the distance and took Meadow's hand tightly and said that he was telling Morgan that he was also telling himself to protect himself with his life forever.

"Hubert assured me that two new ships will be launched in 7 days, and your work will be tested by time soon. I will select 20 excellent soldiers from the security forces trained by McVlon to board the ship together. Everyone can supervise each other. No one can be lazy." Arcado said with a smile.

"I heard that the two new ships are the same as the Black Pearl?" Morgan asked curiously.

"Well, it's basically the same. There are internal differences. The process of this production is more refined, and the whole ship is more sophisticated. The fourth power cabin has been cancelled, the center of gravity of the ship has been moved, the cargo compartment has been expanded, and the stability has been improved, so these two new ships are better than Black Pearl." Arcado said with a smile.

"But they are like children, no, they are the children of Black Pearl." Morgan said with red eyes.

"I know everyone's feelings for Black Pearl. Black Pearl is always the best ship in our hearts. One of these two new ships is called No. 2 and the other is called No. 3. They both belong to the Black Pearl-class commercial ship." Arcado said with a smile.

"Black Pearl?" Morgan obviously doesn't understand this word.

"In the future, for every new ship designed, I will personally name the first ship built, and the rest of the ships will only have code names and no names." Arcado explained to Morgan.

"Acado, you are such a lazy person. You should name every ship." Morgan said with a smile.

"Morgan, you know, one day in the future, we may have hundreds of ships. If each one wants me to think of its name, then I don't have to do anything else." Arcado explained with tears and laughter: "You can name your ship in private, but Romer doesn't admit it. Hahaha. Only ships recognized by everyone can have names, which is a means of motivation.

"I think these sailors will work hard for their boats to have a nice name." Morgan said.

"I hope so."

Seven days later, the gods were created in 36178, and the Holy Empire was created on July 19, 1573. When the first commercial fleet of Rome Island was established, the residents and slaves on the island were surprised to see three almost identical steel ships slowly disappear on the sea level. They will soon find that, as Arcado said at the launching ceremony of the new ship: the shipping capacity of Rome Island has tripled, and life on the island will become more and more. The better!