Chapter 114: What kind of ship do you want?
Uncle Goodman was not bragging about his carpentry skills. For an excellent boatman like him, renovating a room is indeed a piece of cake.
He, along with Shark Chili and Zhang Da to help, finished the job in less than two hours. He made the excess wood into a bed and carefully carved patterns on the headboard.
During this time, Altria and Rui Mengmeng watched for a while and felt that they could not help much, so they ran off to exercise, leaving Tom and little Bayer to watch and learn.
Uncle Goodman also took this opportunity to teach his son, explaining as he went along.
Tom felt halfway through listening that he seemed to know all these things, so he stood up confidently and wanted to show off his skills. As a result... he accidentally stepped on a nail, screamed and rolled down the stairs, and never came back up.
"Tom!" Little Baier screamed and ran downstairs after Tom.
"Is Tom okay?" Shark Chili asked worriedly.
"It's okay, just a nail." Zhang Da also calmly continued to hand over a piece of wood.
"But from the sound, he rolled all the way down the stairs . Will he really not get hurt?" Shark Chili had never seen Tom in pieces, so she was a little worried.
"Then I'll go take a look." Zhang Da also thought about it. Tom must be fine, but the floor might be in trouble, such as a cat-shaped hole made by him?
When Zhang Da came downstairs, Tom was indeed fine, and the floor was fortunately alive as well.
At this time, Tom was sitting on the ground, covering his eyes and raising his legs, letting Bayer help him pull out the nails.
"Ahhhh~" Tom screamed as Bayer stretched out his hand.
The problem is that Zhang Da can see clearly that Bayer's hand hasn't touched the nail yet...
When Bayer pulled out the nail, Tom was still screaming with great emotion.
"Tom, the nail is down." Bayer pulled his hand away. "Look."
Tom looked at the nail, then looked at the soles of his feet doubtfully, then jumped up and tried to take a few steps without any injury.
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After the room was renovated, Goodman and Shark Chili also came downstairs to rest.
"Brother, you have only been in charge of this pub for two months, right? This small pub is becoming more and more lively." Goodman said with some emotion.
Zhang Da also calculated that it was early May when he first traveled here, and early June when he bought the tavern. Now it is the end of July. Unknowingly, he has lived in this world for almost three months.
"Yes, I also want to thank the uncle for taking care of me and Tom in the beginning, otherwise I don't know what would happen to me now."
"Haha, why are you talking about this suddenly?" Goodman smiled embarrassedly, not feeling that he had done anything great.
"Actually, I plan to go out to sea for a while." Zhang Da also felt that he should at least tell them in advance if he was going out to sea.
Little Baier jumped up and said, "Brother Tatsuya is going to sea? Is he going to be the Pirate King?"
"Why haven't you forgotten about One Piece yet!" Goodman slapped Bayer on the head.
"My mother said that getting hit on the head will make you stupid!" Bayer said aggrievedly.
"Being a fool is better than being a pirate king!" Goodman ignored him and turned to look at Zhang Tatsuya. He thought that brother Tatsuya would not be so pessimistic.
Zhang Da also smiled and said, "It's just a trip. I don't have any good feelings towards pirates."
Goodman suddenly thought of many reasons, such as wanting to find his hometown, or seeking revenge on the pirates who caused him to be stranded at sea.
After all, when I asked Zhang Daye about his hometown before, he only said it was a big and good place, but he never mentioned where it was. When I asked him about the reason why he drifted at sea and his family, he only said that he had bad luck.
Goodman thought that maybe Zhang Da had encountered some cruel accident and drifted to the sea. He himself didn't know where his hometown was. Or maybe the whole family went out for a trip and encountered pirates and got separated?
"Are you going out to sea by yourself or are you taking these companions with you?"
"Together, of course."
"Yeah, now that I have such a powerful partner, it would be nice to go out to sea and have a look." Goodman thought that with a swordsman who could fight with the Seven Warlords of the Sea and such a cool robot, it would be no problem for him to go wherever he wanted.
Zhang Da also felt that he might have misunderstood something, but he nodded and said, "Let me ask you about boats today. How much does it cost to buy a better boat?"
Goodman was surprised and asked, "Buy a boat? Isn't it a cruise ship or something?"
Zhang Da also said: "That's too inconvenient. It's better to have my own boat, which gives me more freedom. I can go wherever I want. I'm even thinking about setting up a tavern on the sea. When I dock, I can do some business to earn some tolls."
"That depends on how big a boat you want. Also, better materials are expensive." Goodman was worried that he had no idea about this, so he reminded him, "With your current number of people, a small sailboat under 20 meters in length will be enough."
Zhang Da also calculated that there were only four people and one cat, and a boat that was too big would not be able to take care of them. But a boat under 20 meters was probably only as big as the Merry, and if more people came in the future, it would be crowded, so it would be better to just do it like the Sunny:
"I want one that's about 40 meters long. As for the materials... do you have the treasure tree Adam?"
Goodman: “…”
What is this kid thinking about? The precious Adam tree. I have been a boatman for decades and have never seen an Adam tree. There are only a few of the precious Adam trees in the world. They are very rare, okay?
Moreover, because the wood is so good, it is also difficult to use, and ordinary boatmen may not have the ability to do it, so the cost of building the ship will rise sharply.
"Don't even think about Adam Wood. It's hard to get it normally, and once it appears, it can be sold at a sky-high price. If we really want to use it to build a ship, our entire shipyard will have to treat it as a treasure. If we sell it for 10 billion or 800 million, we all have to like the buyer."
"Uh..." Zhang Da was speechless, not knowing where Franky bought the wood on the black market. "Okay, then how about we calculate it based on the best materials in your shipyard?"
Goodman calculated: "Then it will probably cost 300 to 400 million Baileys, depending on the detailed design of the interior. This is not a small amount. Why not consider a second-hand ship?"
"Let's try to make money during this period of time, and we also need to find a reliable navigator." Zhang Da already has nearly 100 million berries in his hands, and he doesn't think that the goal of 400 million is that far away. The worst that can happen is that he can go to more illegal areas and catch more pirates.
Goodman also thought of this possibility and nodded, "Okay, you can come to me anytime when you have saved enough money, and I will personally help you design it."
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Goodman and Bayer were invited to have lunch at noon. Uncle Goodman refused to take any wages and only took the part that needed to be paid to the shipyard, including the cost of materials.
When the food was served, Goodman said that it didn't need to be so sumptuous, but by the time the meal was over, his worldview was almost shattered.
For example, two skinny girls can actually eat so much, and the robot actually eats instead of charging...
Shark Chili's appetite seemed to be about the same as that of an average adult, which made Zhang Da very happy. It was rare to have someone who was not a foodie. But was this amount of food really enough to keep him going?
"I have a device in my body that can convert food into energy. The amount of food I eat changes according to the energy consumption in my body. I may eat more after a battle." This is how Shark Chili explained.
"That's right, you don't need to rely on the nutrients in food to strengthen your body..." Zhang Da suddenly thought, how does the shark giant replenish its energy?
