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"Hey! Who are you?! What are you doing!" John Walkman shouted, pointing a flintlock forward with a flintlock rifle.

Lu Yuan and several "uppers" stood behind him.

As soon as they entered the artillery deck, they saw Zad Capa's body being thrown aside, and the clothes on the body were rummaged in scattered. Then a thin man with gray hair was squatting at the door of the treasure house, holding a crowbar hard... Obviously he didn't find the key, so he simply wanted to pry it open directly. He was so focused that even if John Workman pointed a gun at him, he continued to work without any sense.

"I guess Zad Capa must have buried gunpowder underneath..." Lu Yuan muttered to himself. Before he finished speaking, the shriveled old man was so scared that he threw down his crowbar and jumped aside quickly. "Ha, I thought you couldn't hear it!" Lu Yuan said mockingly. He knew who this guy was, and he even knew this guy's little abacus.

But now, he still likes to look at these people's next attitude, which will determine his integration method - whether these people are willing or not, Lu Yuan will have to come up with a qualified team before going to sea.

"Wait...you are... Henrik Van Dyke?! That shipbuilder!" Father Padley Angel shouted in surprise, "You are still alive?"

"Yes, I'm alive, I'm still alive... Damn Padley, I remember you... help me open the door! Let me see my money!" He muttered nervously, but he didn't dare to approach the gate of the treasure house at all. The old qualifiers present knew Zad Kapa very well. What he couldn't get would definitely be ruined. If he didn't set up a powder barrel underneath, that would be a strange thing.

"You are Henrik Van Dyke? The one who helped Tissey Dan leave the Shipwreck Island?!" The usury businessman Pedro Hottadu also awakened the memory, because Tissey Dan was his predecessor, and so far, the only one who left the Shipwreck Island.

"God, what day is today? There is nothing better than this! You can build a ship for us!" He turned to Lu Yuan and said, "Although you mentioned Zad Kapa and East India Company ships, and one of his submersible ships, if we build a new ship ourselves, we don't have to fight or go underwater, isn't this an idea better? Anyway, there is never a shortage of shipbuilding materials on this island..."

"There is no submersible boat..." The old shipbuilder Henrik Van Dijk interjected. He calmed down now, looked at the people in front of him, squinted his eyes... I don't know what kind of idea he was making. "The ship that Zad Kappa asked for has never existed on paper. There are too many problems that need to be solved. I have never built it..."

"I found the key." John Walkman in the distance shouted, and he held the silver key that was flipped out of Zad Cappa's hand and successfully opened the door to the treasure house.

For a moment, gold and silver light filled the entire artillery deck, and everyone looked at the wealth filled with half of the cabin with breath. Such a magnificent scene was rare in life! Only Henrik Van Dyke muttered. "It's less than I expected..." Then he stood at the cabin door, and his thin figure blocked everyone's view of the wealth. "Stop looking, these are my rewards. In return, I will build a big ship that is enough to resist the wind and waves and take you out of here!"

"Mr. Lu... look..." Bar owner Hill Brenner asked a little embarrassedly. After all, Lu Yuan accounted for the largest share of it, and the person who promised to share the money just now was Lu Yuan... the store manager and the priest, the two leading figures, turned around and pretended not to hear it.

"Impossible!" Lu Yuan did not say anything, but Pedro Huotadu stood up and refused. Although the money belonged to Lu Yuan in name, the reality is that he had signed an investment agreement with Lu Yuan, and the money would be the principal for his usury business in the Caribbean! "How much did Tissel Dan give you? One million pesos? Two million pesos? No matter how much he gave, we will hire you 15%! But you want it? That's impossible!"

"I agree! Lu has no obligation to pay for all of us." John Workman also stood up. He fought side by side with Lu Yuan, and he could not stand these people breaking bridges across the river. The reason why they did this is first because Lu Yuan looks "kind" and has not done any threatening actions so far; secondly, Lu Yuan also asks them, after all, a person cannot drive a boat, and he needs an adjutant and a crew member.

If they knew Lu Yuan’s past behavior, they wouldn’t dare to give them some courage!

"Padley, you didn't tell them, right?" Shipbuilder Henrik Van Dijk asked the priest. Seeing the priest lowered his head in shame, he laughed mockingly for a few times, and then told the reason without caring. "You later people don't know how critical the situation is now! Do you know why the City of Shipwreck only occupies a small part of Shipwreck Island? Let me tell you that twenty years ago, Shipwreck Island was much larger than it is now!

I built a ship for Tissel Dan and asked him to leave the Shipwreck Island, which obviously angered Coreybuso. At that time, the weather suddenly cleared up like the previous few days... The whole Shipwreck Island began to revel in the carnival... But a few days after that, the weather became a little bit gloomy, first with heavy rain, then with strong wind and thunder, and finally an unprecedented tsunami! I still remember the huge waves that were dozens of meters high and like mountains! The Shipwreck Island fell apart in the huge waves and sank to the bottom of the sea! The shipwreck City you see now is only such a small piece - that's because twenty years ago, after that big storm, there was only such a small piece left in the Shipwreck Island!

The current shipwreck island has been regenerated in the past twenty years... Now, Colibuso is angry again... Do you still think you have a choice?"

He grabbed his white hair proudly, turned around and jumped down the mountain of coins in the bottom warehouse, preparing to have a good time on it.

Unfortunately, one hand grabbed the back of his neck and let him hang it in mid-air.

"Don't worry, I have another question..." He could only turn his head and glar at Lu Yuan who was carrying him. Lu Yuan was unaware of anything, and asked himself, "How much did you collect Tisai Dan?"

"All! Hehe~" He showed his brown teeth and smiled proudly. "As a British shipbuilder, my offer has always been like this... If I want me to build a ship for you, I must hand over all your property!"

"I understand..." Lu Yuan nodded and turned around. He looked at the expressions of the people calmly. Father Padley Angel, tavern owner Hill Brenner and store manager Eric Yost, obviously experienced the tsunami, and they deliberately concealed this. Ullit businessman Pedro Hottadu and the white-headed man John Walkman were shocked by the news of the disaster. Thinking of the two hundred residents standing outside, he didn't know what to do for a moment.

But obviously, these five people were silent.

Lu Yuan carried the shipbuilder and walked to these people. He raised his hand and gestured around Henrik Van Dyke's shriveled neck, "I can kill all my hopes with just a twist." Looking at those terrified faces, Lu Yuan shook his head, "A simple test allowed me to see through your hypocrisy. So gentlemen, the days of freedom are over, and the next era of power is the era of power!"

"You can't..." Father Padley Angel stood up first. But then Lu Yuan twisted his next words and blocked him back.

"John..."

"Yes, Mr. Lu."

"Call me captain."

"...Yes, Captain." This time John Workman saluted the army very formally, and then stood straight in front of Lu Yuan.

"I appoint you as the first mate. Select the people who were once sailors and sailors from the residents, organize them, bring them here, and pack the money into boxes."

"As for orders, Captain!" He saluted, glanced at the people, and turned around and left. As the only force that could be used to fight against Lu Yuan, the remaining people immediately fell into an awkward silence.

"Padley Angel." He called the full name of the priest.

"No! I will never serve a tyrant! Zad Kapa cannot, too!" The priest said excitedly immediately.

"I heard that you understand medical skills, I appointed you as a doctor and a priest..."

"I refuse!"

"Shut up and listen!" Lu Yuan walked up to him and stared in his eyes with oppression. "If you accept this position, I will allow everyone who boards the ship to retain their own private property, no matter how much. If someone offends me, I will hand him over to you for disposal. But if you don't accept this position, I will directly execute those people! You should understand that out of these two hundred people, I only need eighty people to drive the ship... I would rather install more wealth in the City of Shipwreck."

Padley Angel shivered and held the Bible, praying constantly, "I have never seen it before... I have never seen it before..."

"I just pretend you agreed."

"Wait!" He bit his lips several times before he plucked up the courage and said, "What do you think of... Protestantism?!"

"Whatever you believe."

"What?! What do you mean?!" Padley Angel widened his eyes, unable to believe what he heard.

Lu Yuan stood in front of him, helped him hold the Bible that almost fell, and said in a clear tone: "I just need you to work hard and not care about your souls! You believe in whatever you like, and you are completely free... On my boat, no one is allowed to make trouble with religious reasons! Otherwise, I will let him taste the taste of a whip."

"Okay, I hope you can do it." Padley Angel bowed and left, and when he went out, he bumped hard.

"You two", Lu Yuan ordered to the owner of the shop and tavern in anger, "I will appoint one of you as a logistics officer. The choice criteria are to see who does it well. I need you to start collecting the following materials immediately, the best 32-pound cannons, 60 candles, 400 gold dans of canvas, 1,300 gold dans of ship boards, and 120 gold dans of raw glue..." He casually said a long list of supplies, and the two bosses had to hurry up and remember them.

Only the seemingly fearless shipbuilder Henrik Van Dijk, who was still holding his arms in Lu Yuan's hand, looked like he was waiting to see you joke! But after Lu Yuan clearly reported the string of supplies, his mouth widened and his expression was like seeing a ghost. When Lu Yuan finished speaking, he suddenly screamed, "How do you know? How did you know! Have you seen my drawings?"

"Go! If you need money, find Pedro and Jottadu." Seeing Lu Yuan suppressing the priest and John one after another, the two could only bow and leave, and did not dare to delay collecting supplies. Each of these people could mobilize some manpower, but there was no shortage of manpower.

Lu Yuan finally turned to usury businessman Pedro Huotadu, "You persisted but didn't stick to the end, which made me doubt your character. If you increase the interest rate by 2%, I will consider signing a new contract with you."

Pedro Huotadu was like he had suffered a bitter gallbladder, and his facial features were twisted together. But he still didn't dare to argue. He just bowed and hurriedly prepared a new contract. 2%, which would be another million pesos per year, enough for him to hurt.

"As for you?!" Lu Yuan finally took Henrik Van Dyke to himself and took out a silver coin. "This is all my property now, I'll buy your boat!" He didn't wait for Henrik Van Dyke to yell, and then stuffed the silver coin into his mouth and blocked his words.

Lu Yuan leaned into his ear and said softly: "You agree or disagree, it doesn't matter... Anyway, what I want is the already built three-star ship on the top of the mountain, the 'San Gabriel'!"

Henrik Van Dyke's eyes suddenly popped out! He didn't understand how Lu Yuan knew! Since Teess Dan left, Zad Capa imprisoned him on the island. As a result, he spent 20 years, using various materials removed from the isolated island to finally repair the cruiser! This is his biggest secret, he has never told anyone, but now it has been revealed by Lu Yuan!

Of course he didn't know that Lu Yuan discovered him on the first day he went to the island. The drawings and the intact "San Gabriel" were even drunk together under the influence of spells. However, in order to mislead Corey Buso and gain enough time for reinforcement, he had not made any statement.

"Two million pesos!" Henrik Van Dijk no longer cared about his reserve. He hurriedly took out the silver coin from his mouth and shouted hurriedly. "That ship is still a semi-finished product. You have been collecting reinforced materials just now, right?! Those are all designed by me, only I can do the best! Give me two million pesos, and I will give you the best cruiser in the world!"

(One-star battleship: battleship, heavy Galen sailing ship...; two-star battleship: frigate, war Galen...; three-star battleship: cruiser, Galen sailing ship...)

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PS: Today's two chapters have more dialogues in order to advance the plot, because they do not intend to delay more time on the shipwreck island, but the plot must be sorted out.
Chapter completed!