Chapter 679 (1/2)
”Your Majesty, I absolutely did not disclose the information conferred between you and Sir Thunder to anyone” She quickly explained
”I know,” Roland waved and looked at Gareat interest ”Where did you hear about this?”
Although he did not regard the matter as confidential, it was almost impossible for the outsider to know about the steel shi+p as there were still a couple o until it was fit to launch Plus, only the bottom of the hull was completed at the moment and it was built in a totally enclosed shi+pyard All the workers they had selected were the most skillful local residents
They would have to pay special attention if any locals were secretly in contact with the Fjords
”It's big news in Fjords that Sir Thunder is recruiting nes and that the caer scale than any of the recruitments in the past It isn't a surprise that many people fro captains in Crescent Moon Bay” Gaical steel shi+p also came from Thunder He must take some hard measures to dispel the concerns of others about an in-depth exploration of the ocean to the west of Shadow Islands”
”How many people know about this?”
”Not many, Your Majesty The captain would not have revealed anything to us if he didn't receive a great help from Crescent Moon Chamber of Cohly respected than us businessmen”
”I see,” Roland nodded, ”however, I can't meet your demand since we cannot build a second shi+p in a short time as this kind of shi+p is extremely hard to build”
”We understand, Your Majesty,” Marleen said, ”We're just hoping that you can sell the second steel shi+p to us after you complete the transaction with Sir Thunder Crescent Moon Bay Cha to pay 10 deposit up front and we'll pay 40 of the re once the project starts”
”They have already started to talk about the deposit before they even know the price” Roland once again realized the Fjords people's adventurous spirit Perhaps they sreat potential of the shi+p doreat nobles ould pay a high price for so he had never seen before
”The city of Neverwinter also needs more than one steel shi+p, so it'll be two or three years later by the time the shi+pyard has time to build you one” Roland slowly said, ”Have you not considered to send your craftsn a new ten-year or five-year contract? That ht speed up the construction process, and you can also learn the relevant techniques”
”You're kidding me,” Gammon felt a little embarrassed and said, ”We absolutely don't mean to covet it We won't dare to ask for such techniques With a steel shi+p like this, you can definitely become the most popular partner in the Fjord Islands, provided that it's really like what Sir Thunder described”
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”” It was their turn to be shocked this time
After ato disclose the technologies to the Crescent Moon Bay Chah craftsmen as I need not only blacksmiths and carpenters but apprentices as well,” Roland replied without hesitation ”I'll need 2000 of them You can recruit literate civilians to make up the number if you don't have that many You need to provide the laborers within five years In that case, we'll start the shi+p construction next year Of course, you'll still bear the expenses incurred on shi+pbuilding”
”I really don't knohat you're thinking, Your Majesty,” Gammon said with a wry sy just yet?”