Chapter 1129: The Shortcomings of the White Bird
Zhang Tuohai drove .
While sailing, I thought about the nearby cities marked on the nautical chart.
It's a pity that the nearby cities are all resource-based cities. One produces coffee, one produces sugarcane, and one produces bananas. None of them have large quantities of artillery and weapons.
For a moment, Zhang Tuohai couldn't figure out where to replenish some artillery and ammunition.
At this time, Elizabeth came over.
"Great Captain, where is my residence?"
"You definitely won't want to share a bunk bed with the sailors. How about this? You're pretty good at making Orleans roast chicken, so why don't you go to the kitchen and help out temporarily? Linda is also a girl, so you can live with her."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"Are there other women on your pirate ship?" Elizabeth was a little curious.
"He's just a poor guy who escaped from the village. Go quickly, maybe you can catch a midnight snack."
Zhang Tuohai said.
Elizabeth had not eaten much since she got up in the morning. She had been busy with wedding arrangements. She only found a chance to run out in the evening. She had done so much exercise with Zhang Tuohai, including running and swimming, and she was already very hungry. When she heard about the midnight snack, she could not help it and ran quickly to the cabin.
After glancing at Elizabeth's back, Zhang Tuohai glanced at the energy in the crystal pyramid again. It was a little more abundant, but it was still far from enough to cover the bottom of the crystal pyramid, let alone fill the entire pyramid.
It seems that filling up your energy is a long and arduous journey.
Placing the crystal pyramid on the slipway to continue absorbing energy, Zhang Tuohai drove the White Bird forward.
Drifting on the vast ocean, Zhang Tuohai was thinking about his future plans.
Now his ship is seriously undermanned, firstly due to the lack of artillery and shells.
The second is the shortage of staff.
There was no suitable place to replenish the artillery and shells in this area.
So what about manpower?
Is there any way to quickly add some manpower?
By then, even if we fight the enemy, we will have the capital for a boarding battle.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to even drive the sailboat relying on these 16 pirates.
However, replenishing manpower is a very difficult task for pirates.
Unless you have no other choice, who would want to live a life with no future?
It was once popular among pirate groups to kidnap innocent villagers onto their ships.
But the villagers' fighting ability was too weak. Every time the ship stopped, some people would escape. Some even ran to the port to report, causing several small pirate ships to be caught on the spot, and all the people were hanged on the dock.
Desperate, loyal, and have a certain fighting ability...
Zhang Tuohai felt a headache looking at these factors.
With so many conditions, it is a bit difficult to meet them all.
No wonder the pirates' power is constantly shrinking.
Just when Zhang Tuohai was worried , his eyes suddenly lit up.
He thought of a type of person who perfectly met these conditions: slaves.
Especially those slaves who have been trained since childhood, are ideologically obedient to their employers, fight bravely and have good combat effectiveness. The most typical example is the Mamluk cavalry.
If we could get a group of slaves similar to the Mamluks, it would seem to be a supplementary means.
Zhang Tuohai began to look for cities where slave trade took place on the nautical charts again.
With this search, the scope is expanded a lot.
This area belongs to the empire's resource zone and has a large number of plantations, which requires a large number of slaves, so almost all cities have slave trade.
However, there are three largest cities.
The nearest place to them is the port city of Pearl City.
As the name suggests, Pearl City is famous for its abundant pearls.
The residents of this city are basically sea people, who cultivate pearl oysters in large quantities and then use slaves to collect pearls.
Because the work involves diving, slaves often suffer from water stress sickness and become paralyzed.
In order to save costs, employers would throw these slaves into the sea.
Over the years, the seabed near Pearl City is filled with not only pearl oysters but also piles of bones.
Zhang Tuohai's ship sailed to the overseas of Pearl City, changed the ship's license plate, and mixed in with merchant ships to enter the port of Pearl City.
When Elizabeth heard that Zhang Tuohai was going into Pearl City, she volunteered to be the guide.
According to her, she spent more time in Pearl City than in Orleans and knew every street in Pearl City like the back of her hand.
Zhang Tuohai felt that having such a local boss could solve a lot of problems, so he took Elizabeth with him.
At the same time, under Elizabeth's soft and hard persuasion, Linda was brought along as a little burden.
The group of three changed into the clothes collected from their previous ship and got off the boat. If you didn't look closely, they looked like a family of three.
But if you look closely, you will find that the three people have different appearances, skin colors, and hair colors, and there is nothing alike about them.
However, it’s nothing , and no one cares about it.
The three people's ordinary attire allowed them to easily pass inspection and enter the city.
On both sides of the streets in Pearl City, you can see all kinds of vendors selling plates of pearls.
They occupied almost more than half of the stalls, and among the remaining stalls, half were selling various by-products of pearl oysters, such as clam meat, clam shells and so on.
Although the meat of pearl oysters is not delicious, it is very popular among captains because of its large quantity and low price. Captains buy large quantities of various pickled clam meats as side dishes for the sailors.
Zhang Tuohai walked and stopped, tasting various clam meats from time to time and then asking about the prices.
Finally, he summarized the information and told Polly quietly, asking him to pass the message to the first mate, asking him to come ashore to purchase.
As for Zhang Tuohai, under the guidance of Elizabeth, he came to the largest slave trading market in the city.
As soon as we entered the slave trading market, an indescribable smell wafted out.
Elizabeth subconsciously took out a handkerchief and covered her nose.
"Are you guys looking for a life slave? Here are some newly trained female slaves who are capable of cleaning any household. They all have nice figures. Although they are a little dark, they are of top quality. They are very strong and durable, and will not break easily ."
A slave trader saw Zhang Tuohai and his group and came over to sell his goods.
Elizabeth looked at the slave trader with a bad face.
Seeing Elizabeth's expression, the slave trader misunderstood her and quickly said, "We also have male slaves who can do daily manual labor. Moreover, we have them in all sizes. I guarantee you will be satisfied."
"Okay," Zhang Tuohai interrupted the slave trader's chatter.
"We have several estates that are often attacked by bandits. We are planning to buy a batch of slaves that can fight. I wonder if you have any of them."
Zhang Tuohai said.
