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Chapter 74 Shipbuilding Project

“What? Why aren’t we able to afford to buy it?” Roland asked while going through the analysis of his request to obtain a two masted ship, which had been put on the table within his office

Barov cleared his throat and then he explained, “Your Highness, it’s iold royals, but this would only be the es of the crew Taking all additional costs into consideration ould need to pay up to 200 gold royals “

“Didn’t I say we don’t need sailors or a helmsman? We also don’t need a captain; we just need to buy a boat!” Roland exclai on the table to underline his point With the help of Wendy, he wouldn’t need sovessels mostly sailed in only one direction So, to operate it, only the sails had to be set, which made helmsmen and sailors redundant However, since we can control the wind, why should I be afraid that we can’t hness, there aren’t any offers of that kind, at least not in Willon” Barov carefully explained, “It seeeneral, the owner of the ship is also its captain He ht be ato the forroup, they will travel between all of the oods If they belong to the latter group, they would typically recruit a deputy captain as looking for a boat Employees won’t be paid on a monthly basis Instead, their salary would be paid for one to three years all at once”

“Most of the tiether You intend to purchase a vessel from a captain, but without the crew he had already hired, so the salary he had already paid will be his loss Even for a old royals isn’t a small ainning of the old royals, but if we spend half of it to buy a boat noon’t be able to pay the salaries of the militia” The assistant minister explained without pause, but afterwards, he had to first take a big gulp of ale

After thinking about what he had heard, Roland asked “You said most of the time …”

“Yes,” Barov nodded, “There are two cases when boats will be sold without their crew The first would be when the ent need of money, and they have to sell all of their property They will start by disbanding their crew, and then they will try to sell the ship as quickly as possible In the second case, the oants to replace their old boat with a new one Both cases would be a good opportunity, but I have to say that this kind of situations is very rare”

“Wait,” Roland frowned, “you said to buy a new boat … So in this case, where do these ships come from?”

“Port of Clearwater, Seabreeze District, Farsight Point Only cities with a seaport that have a dock are able to produce new ships”

Hearing this Roland kept silent for a inalof, “within Willon, it’s impossible to find such a deal” However, I also can’t afford to travel to any of the port cities; they’re too far away, and if I don’t hire a creould I get the ship back to Border Town?

“Since this is the case, I will have to think about it”

When the assistant ht, he quickly left the room

Within Roland’s plan for the future, ships played an irreplaceable part If there wasn’t a quick and conventional way to transport the artillery, he wouldn’t be able to use them in battle Generally, the Duke’s troops were built up frohts So, inevitably theirspeed was slohen they had to move

But, the artillery would be even slower Just like Carter had said, as soon as they hit a pothole the artillery couldn’t be e, there weren’t any asphalt roads, there wasn’t even a stone road During this ti sunny days they would be lucky, but when it rained, the path became muddy

In the end, like always, would he have to rely on hi down the needed specifications

Firstly, the ship has to be able to carry one or two cannons in addition to thirty people, but it wouldn’t be powered mechanically, only with sails

Secondly, since the ship would be used only in rivers, it would need to have a shallow and stable hull

Thirdly, it had to be easy to operate so that the