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After entering the house, Li Yu and the two sat down at a table, and the middle-aged uncle made two cups of hot tea for them.

After the tea was served, the middle-aged uncle sat down and began to introduce himself:

"I didn't have time to introduce you just now. I was rude. Don't blame the two young masters! I: Huo Chengtian is the director of this shipbuilding workshop. This is our first meeting. I hope you will take good care of me in the future!"

"Senior Huo's words are serious. Junior Li Yu has met Senior Huo."

"Junior Wang Qingyang has met Senior Huo."

"Hahaha, these two young masters are young and promising! I have been in the world for many years, but I have never seen such young masters at their peak like these two young masters! As I expected, these two Young Master, are we only one step away from the realm of Grand Master?"

"Senior Huo has a keen eye, and I admire you junior! We are indeed not far from the Grand Master realm. It is estimated that in a few months, we should be able to truly step into the Grand Master realm."

"Well, I would like to congratulate the two young masters in advance! Such a young grand master is probably very rare in this continent! Hahaha!"

"Senior Huo is overrated. We just work harder than others and have a little better luck. It's nothing to mention."

"Hahaha, okay! You are so insignificant! With such a character, it seems that in less than ten years, you can become the youngest people in the half-step realm on this continent! By the way, you will definitely come to my workshop this time. You two want to order a ship, right? I wonder what you two young masters want from a ship?"

"Haha, Senior Huo, we are here naturally for the ship. However, before I tell you our needs, I still want to hear, senior, please introduce the production capacity of this workshop and the ships it can build. The size. The number of ships we need may be a bit too much, and I also want to know more about the workshop of my predecessor so that I can make some arrangements for our future plans."

"Hahaha, that's easy to say! We have a total of 75 craftsmen here and 6 shipyards. We can start making 6 sea-going ships with hundreds of materials at the same time. Each sea-going ship with hundreds of materials can hold about 50 people. The construction period is about 2 to 3 months.”

Li Yu listened to Huo Chengtian's introduction while silently calculating in his heart.

（现在咱们的部队人数在200人以内，战马则是有400匹左右。如果按照每艘船承载人数为50人，光载人的船就需要4艘。至于承载战马的船则是最少要准备数十艘。马匹的重量大约是人的8-13倍。如此算来，每艘船所能承载的马匹最多也就5-7匹之间。400匹战马所需要的船只，那将是天文数字啊！不行，得问问这霍前辈能不能制造出能装载20匹马匹的船只。）

Thinking of this, Li Yu directly interrupted Huo Chengtian's introduction and went straight to the point:

"Senior Huo, is the ship that can carry 50 people the largest ship you can make? If that's the case, I think you can't meet my requirements!"

When Huo Chengtian heard Li Yu's sudden inquiry, he was suddenly startled, and then burst into laughter:

"Hahahaha, of course not! A large ship made of hundreds of materials is what we most often make here. If you want to customize it, as long as you have enough money, I will build a ship made of thousands of materials for you! It will definitely be no problem to fit more than 100 people at one time!"

"More than 100 people, it still feels a bit small. Can we build a large ship with thousands of materials that can carry about 200 people?"

Li Yu's words scared Huo Chengtian. (For a large ship with thousands of materials, it would probably take several months just to cut out the materials. If his workshop stopped all the work at hand, he could still build one or two ships, but Mr. Li , What is the use of such a big ship?)

With this question, Huo Chengtian asked Li Yu:

"I wonder, Mr. Li, what exactly do you need to transport such a huge ship? The production of such a large ship with thousands of materials takes a long time!"

"To be honest, Senior Huo, what we need is a ship that can carry horses. We have more than 400 horses that need to be boarded. I wonder if Senior Huo has any good suggestions?"

When Huo Chengtian heard this, he was immediately frightened. He listened carefully just now, and what Li Yu in front of him was talking about was a war horse! That means that Mr. Li has an entire army under his command!

Thinking of this, Huo Chengtian's eyes flickered when he looked at Li Yu. Li Yu naturally noticed Huo Chengtian's abnormality, so he added:

"Senior Huo, don't be nervous. I am not an officer of the Roujian Kingdom. The people under me are not an officer either. They are just a group of water bandits."

After Huo Chengtian learned from Li Yu that he was actually traveling with him, he was relieved, but the shock on his face still did not fade away. After all, he was also a pirate, but he had never seen someone like Li Yu who could be so arrogant as a water bandit. There are hundreds of troops, which can completely match the defense strength of a small city.

No wonder Huo Chengtian was so surprised. After all, when he was a pirate, at his peak, he only commanded more than 100 men. And Li Yu just told him the number of horses. He was not told the actual number.

Therefore, Huo Chengtian naturally counted the number of horses as people. After all, in the thinking of bandits, only those who are strong and well-off can equip their men with war horses. These war horses are usually specially designed for the people under their command. Prepared by his elite members.

A bandit leader who can own 400 war horses can naturally understand that the number of people under his command will be more than the number of horses. For this reason, he concluded that the number of people under Li Yu was at least 400, or even around a thousand!

Naturally, he would not have thought that someone would equip his subordinates according to the specifications of the army's cavalry, with each person equipped with two horses. If he knew, the war horse equipped by Li Yu was still a precious hybrid war horse with monster blood. Then I'm afraid he will be so angry that he vomits blood on the spot!

Li Yu was naturally too lazy to correct Huo Chengtian's thoughts at this time. He wished Huo Chengtian had misunderstood. He didn't want to reveal his details casually. Therefore, he didn't mind that Huo Chengtian was thinking about it right now.

After a while, the surprise on Huo Chengtian's face gradually receded. He calmed down and then said:

"Well, Mr. Li! Oh, no, you should be called Mr. Li! The ship you need to customize this time is to carry 400 war horses and the corresponding number of people, right? The weight of this war horse is more than People weigh too much. Even large ships with thousands of materials can only carry more than 20 horses at most. What do you think you mean? "

"Each ship can carry more than 20 horses. It is enough. Then build me 23 ships. How many ships can you build at the same time? How long will the construction period of each ship take? What is the price of each ship?"

"Well, Mr. Li, this is a large ship with thousands of materials! It will take several months just to cut the materials. If you want 23 ships at one time, it will take a whole month just to cut the materials. years and above.

After all the materials are prepared, we can only build 3 ships at a time, and the production time of each ship is about 5 to 6 months. It will take us several years to build your more than 20 ships before they can be fully delivered to you! This time is a bit long, and I am afraid that I will miss your business. So you want to stop thinking about it? "

"In other words, I need to give you more than a year to prepare materials, and then in the next year, you can make 6 ships. If you make all 23 ships, it will take a full 4 years. I need to wait for a total of 5 years. Plenty of time, huh?”

"That's roughly true! But Mr. Li, you also know that we can't start work on this rainy day. The wood must be dry enough, otherwise the wet wood will be installed inside the hull, and the keel of the ship will easily rot. , it’s not safe. Therefore, it’s safer to plan for about 6 years.”

"Six years...that's a long time! Let me think about it." After saying that, Li Yu fell into deep thought.

Neither Huo Chengtian nor Wang Qingyang dared to disturb him with words at this time, because both of them could see that Li Yu was weighing the pros and cons of the whole matter at this time.

(In his original plan, he also made an estimate of the time it would take to customize the ship. His original prediction was roughly about 2 years, which was also the maximum range he could accept.

But when he learned from Huo Chengtian, it would take as long as six years to build the ship. He also became hesitant. He had not thought about taking only a part of his troops to attack Red Copper Island. But this extremely risky approach was very inconsistent with his cautious character.

At the same time, he also suspected that the island owners of the nine overseas islands were most likely hiding their strength, and it was possible that all the island owners had cultivated above the Transformation Realm. Otherwise, with only a half-step cultivation level, how could the Nine Islands have been able to stand overseas for so long? This is completely unreasonable. On this continent, although the number of powerful people in the Transformation Realm and even the Martial Master Realm is not large, they are not so rare that they are extinct.

If the island owners of the nine overseas islands only rely on their half-step cultivation, even if there are nine island owners plus one, they may not be able to defeat a greedy Martial Master Realm expert. Let alone the strong ones in the Martial Master Realm, just by joining forces with Wang Qingyang, he can easily kill a Half-Step Realm, and even a weaker Half-Step Realm, he can challenge him alone. With such weak strength, how can they gain a foothold in this world?

What's more, in Leisure City, which is the closest to the nine overseas islands, as far as Li Yu knows, there are at least two strong warriors in the martial arts realm. He Suyi is one of them. There is at least one in the palace of Roujian Kingdom. One, or even several Martial Master Realm experts. Under such circumstances, why can these martial arts masters remain calm and not attack those nine pieces of fat?

After adding all these doubts together, Li Yu came to a conclusion. That is, the water in Jiudao is much deeper than he previously thought. There is at least one Digital Realm and one or more Martial Master Realm experts on the Nine Islands. Otherwise, it would be incomprehensible to explain that the nine overseas islands have never been coveted for so many years. )

After figuring out the twists and turns, Li Yu cursed secretly in his heart.

"What a He Suyi, so scheming. He actually gave me wrong information and encouraged me to attack Red Copper Island, but at the same time he gave me Yamingxuan's White Jade Order. No matter I lose or win, I have to accept it. Her love, this wishful thinking is so effective!

I'm afraid she was hoping that after I failed to attack Red Copper Island, she would appear again and save us, thus making me owe a huge favor.

By then, all my troops will be wiped out overseas, and I will have no strength on hand to fight against her. If we fall into her hands, we will be like meat on the chopping board, and we will have no choice but to be slaughtered by her. Sure enough, the ancients did not deceive me, they are the most poisonous women! "

"Hmph, you want to plot against me? It's too early! Do you want me to be wiped out? Then I will not be as good as you want! I have to knock down this red copper island so that you can take a good look. I am He is not a foolhardy person like you imagined."

"Since it will take 6 years to prepare the ship, I just want to take advantage of these 6 years to practice hard. At the same time, I will also give the troops some preparation time. After I go back, I have to pick out a few attack methods. Mo Wuhen brought him over to train all the soldiers! I don't believe it! In 6 years, I can't spend money to build a reinforced company with all the little masters! The auxiliary elixirs needed for training, even if I sell them, I can't It’s all together for them!”

After thinking about this, Li Yu slowly opened his eyes. He picked up the teacup on the table, brought it to his mouth, and took a few sips. Then he slowly said to Huo Chengtian:

"Senior Huo, please give me a quote. How much money will it cost to make 23 super large ships?"

"Master Li! Have you thought clearly? After I take the order, I have no regrets!"

"Well, you can make an offer. Li can still afford to wait for six years. However, I hope that the sea-going ships made by Senior Huo can maintain quality and quantity, and don't make any crooked melons and cracked dates to be used as inferior materials." Haolai is the one who deceived Li."

"Hehe! Mr. Li, you are worrying too much. Although I, Huo Chengtian, was once a gangster, I have always accepted people's money and helped them to eliminate disasters! I never do anything sneaky! Even if it is robbery! I am also fair and aboveboard. The grab.

do not worry! Even if you don't tell me, I won't dare to fool you with shoddy products! What’s more, you are the honored guest of His Holiness! I still want to live a cool life for a few more years, but there is no need to offend the two young masters over this matter! "

"With the promise from Mr. Huo, Li will feel relieved."

"Because the production cycle of this kind of super-large sea-going ship is relatively long and labor-intensive, we usually charge 8000 gold coins per ship!

不过既然您是何尊者的贵客，又一次性在我这儿定制如此多的数量。老夫按6500金一艘给你！23艘一共是14万9500金！那500金的零头，我也给你摸了，您到时候给我14万9000金就行！”

"14 gold. In 9000 years, this fee is quite reasonable. After all, you have so many brothers who depend on you for food. Then I will pay a 6 gold silver check as a deposit now. After 1 years, I I'll come over on time to inspect the goods. What do you think?"

"Oh, Mr. Li! You also know that we are all pirates, how can we have any money left in our pockets? The materials you need for more than 20 ships are an astronomical sum of money! Please let me Where do you get so much money to pay for it? Can you pay more for this deposit?"

Li Yu frowned slightly after hearing Huo Chengtian's words. He was not afraid that Huo Chengtian would run away. He could send someone to stay here to supervise the work, but he was not very happy to ask him to pay a large amount of gold coins as a deposit all of a sudden, so he thought about it briefly and answered:

"Let's do this. I'll pay you the deposit as a deposit. I'll pay the remaining 10 on the day of delivery. However, I have a small requirement for paying such a large deposit. I don't know. Senior, can you agree?"

"Mr. Li, you're welcome. It's normal for you to have some small demands for paying such a large sum of money. Please tell me!"

"I will send a few subordinates from the Grand Master Realm or the Half-Step Realm here to supervise the work later. I hope Senior Huo doesn't mind."

When Huo Chengtian heard what Li Yu said, why didn't he understand what he meant? I co-authored it because I was afraid that he would get away with the money. Even the half-step transformation realm was sent out. If he dared to run away, he might really die on the spot. Although he felt a little unhappy, he reluctantly nodded and agreed.

Seeing Huo Chengtian nodding in agreement, Li Yu also breathed a sigh of relief. He was most afraid that Huo Chengtian had some evil intentions and wanted to swallow up his deposit. Now that he is willing to agree, he must also be serious about taking over Li Yu. of this transaction. So Li Yu continued to speak:

"Then I will pay you 1 gold coins in silver notes now. The remaining gold and silver notes will be sent to you later by a subordinate who is in the Half-Step Realm."

"In that case, I will completely listen to Mr. Li's arrangements! We are all in the world, and you have also sent experts to take charge here. I think there is no need for us to sign a contract, right? That kind of thing Waste paper really doesn’t have much effect on us people in the world!”

"That's natural. Since I have sent experts to supervise the work here, there is no need to sign any contract with you. So, then please ask Mr. Huo to accept the deposit of [-] yuan."

Speaking of this, Li Yu took out a banknote worth [-] gold coins from his storage bag and delivered it to Huo Chengtian.

After Huo Chengtian took the banknote, he looked at it carefully, confirmed that it was correct, and quickly put it away.

When Huo Chengtian put away the banknotes, Li Yu stood up straight, cupped his hands to him, and said:

"In that case, Li will take his leave now. Later, a half-step transformation man named Mo Wuhen will bring you the remaining banknotes. I'll trouble Mr. Huo later and order someone to clear out a room. If there is a vacant room, he will stay here after he sends you the banknote."

"Okay, I will ask the people below to clear out an empty room for Mr. Mo later. Mr. Li, please go slowly! I won't send you off! I still have to explain this big deal to the people below. people, so that they can stop what they are doing. Be prepared in advance!”

"Okay, Mr. Huo Da, you can go and do your work. There is no need to see you off. Li will leave on his own now."

After saying that, Li Yu and Wang Qingyang quickly left Huo Chengtian's residence. The two of them did not go out directly from the entrance of the small courtyard, but turned over and jumped out of the courtyard wall.

After a while, Li Yu and the two left the shipbuilding workshop. On the way back to Leisure City, Li Yu carefully told Wang Qingyang what he had just guessed and his next plan.

When Wang Qingyang heard Li Yu say that He Suyi was so vicious and wanted to annihilate their entire army, he immediately became so angry that he cursed:

"Damn! This woman's heart is so dark! Sure enough, the more beautiful the woman, the less trustworthy she is! Fortunately, Lao Li, you are smart enough! Otherwise, we would really have fallen into He Suyi's trap this time!"

"You don't have to be too angry! Haven't I already found a solution? The funds needed to build the ship are much lower than we originally expected. But our reserves are about to bottom out.

Buy horses, buy ore, build a forging workshop, and there is also such a mouth waiting for us to eat. Now I only have less than 10 gold left on hand for doing things.

We have to think of a way to get rid of one or two low-grade spiritual weapons. We must raise another 20 gold, 10 will be reserved for the final payment of the ship, and the other 10 will be used to purchase medicinal materials for the soldiers to practice!

We must create a reinforced company composed entirely of young masters within these six years! Otherwise, if you want to take over Red Copper Island, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties! "

"Then what skills are you going to use for them to practice? If they use too many skills, they won't be able to be promoted to a small master in a short time, right?"

"Overlord Body Forging Technique! Light Swallow Technique! Mountain Collapsing Sword Technique!"

"I'll go! Such a big deal! The Overlord Bodybuilding Technique is a high-end bodybuilding art that we are also practicing! You are going to build an iron-blooded army! And the combination of the Light Swallow Technique and the Collapsing Mountain Sword, this is the whole team. Evil man!

Extremely sensitive Qinggong, coupled with extremely explosive sword skills. If you have mastered all this, how can you become an army of fruit ninjas? Cutting off someone's head is as easy as chopping melons and vegetables!

The key is also the blessing of the Overlord's body training technique, which is not only fast and high in damage, but also has high health and thick defense. Even if you are only in the Junior Grandmaster realm, you will definitely feel the same when meeting an ordinary Grandmaster! Absolutely forced to kill indiscriminately! "

"Hmph! Otherwise, why do you think I would choose an advanced body-building technique, an intermediate light skill, and an intermediate sword technique? I just want them to not only have super long-range abilities, but also make full use of their shortcomings in melee combat. Complete! I don’t believe it! A whole reinforced company composed of young masters can’t push down this red copper island!”

"Let's head towards the outside of the south city gate now. Mo Wuhen and the Sun sisters should still be there. Hurry up and try to get there before the Sun sisters leave. I want to tell them something!"

"Okay! Speed ​​up~ charge!"