Chapter 649: A Kind and Generous Miser
"What the hell can you play!?"
Don wanted to flip the table, without him, the effect of the hydrodynamic magic engine on the battleship was too good, it was too good!
At the beginning, he only took into account the lack of speed of the battleship, so he streamlined all kinds of additional equipment on the battleship as much as possible, and even planned to use magic shields to achieve it, which greatly reduced the weight of the battleship, but he didn't expect that the final result was that the speed was too fast!
And this is not the speed of the ship with no load, but the speed after it is filled with supplies and ammunition!
After the return voyage of the first voyage, those old navymen were frightened and confused, and after getting off the ship, they vomited a lot, even they couldn't stand that kind of high speed, let alone the new batch of rangers recruited by Donn. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The conditions at sea are different from those on land, the sea conditions are too complicated, turbulence, undercurrents, ocean currents, monsoons, submarine topography and so on will affect the ship, the speed of the ship soars to 180 kilometers per hour, this is not high performance, this is terrible!
Of course, it's good to sail so fast on a calm day, but if you drive so fast in a strong wind and waves, the ship will be destroyed and killed in minutes, and you will be a fart!
At that speed, if the ship wants to steer and the angle is a little larger, the people on the deck will be thrown out by inertia, and the people in the cabin will not be pleased, and the paste wall is still good, and if you are unlucky, you can directly gg if the head is thrown to the bulge.
Therefore, if the speed is to be reduced, it must be reduced, and the speed must be reduced to at least 120 kilometers per hour, which is about 66 knots to be barely a safe value!
Why don't you use kilometers instead of knots? The answer is - because it's a hassle! Anyway, this world does not have the old seafaring tradition on the earth, and the crew worships Anitalaire, the goddess of water, or Icardis, the god of wind, and there is no special tradition, just kilometers per hour.
Even at 120 kilometers per hour, this kind of sailing speed is very impressive, after all, there are too many emergencies at sea compared to land or in the air.
Descend, descend, descend!
Tang En immediately began to work on the speed reduction of the engine, but fortunately, this kind of work only needs to adjust the upper limit of the magic power output of the magic array, and there is no need to do any major work, so it will not delay too much time.
However, Donn did not completely limit the engine to death, he reformulated the speed range, 60 kilometers per hour below the low-speed safe cruise speed, 60-80 is the green standard cruise speed, 80-100 is the yellow high-speed cruise speed, 100-120 is the red emergency evasion speed, as for 120-160, it is limited by a separate small magic array, under normal circumstances, this speed cannot be activated, only the captain presses the button in the hidden place, will unlock this extreme speed that soars into the sky, as for the situation of use...... I'm afraid there is only a life-and-death situation to escape.
It took Donn an hour to readjust the engines of the sixteen warships, and then a second armed test was conducted, this time including the old navy and the newly recruited rangers needed to be on the battleship, and Danny and others, who had already operated those weapons himself, would teach these people by hand.
Although there is no need for ordinary crew members to operate weapons, if a dangerous situation occurs, such as when the rangers encounter an unexpected situation and no one else is available, they must also be brave and take the top, so the necessary operation knowledge still needs to be known.
There is still half a month to go, and in this half a month, these rangers, as well as the soldiers supported by Donn, must stay on the battleship for food and shelter to adapt to the next sea battle.
Watching the fleet sail out of the harbor with the warriors, Don turned back to deal with the rest of the Fila shipyard.
For example, wages or something.
Don promised that these people would double their bonuses for every day in advance, but unfortunately, no matter how cunning the employees were, they were not the boss, and they managed to barely complete the task in fourteen nights, and now a group of people sat there waiting for Don to settle the salary.
Even Bismarck Hood, the former head of the shipyard, waited with his eyes open, although he was not poor, he did not want to miss such a sum of money.
"Settled?"
"It's already settled."
Fiona looked up, said expressionlessly, and then repeated the confirmation: "Are you sure you want to do this?" You know, your words cost us twice as much as our wages. ”
Originally, according to the agreement with Don, these people did not complete the task in advance, and each of them was only paid a thousand gold coins, but Tang En felt that they worked very hard and deserved to be rewarded, so each of them added an additional 1,000 gold coins.
The 1,165 people in the shipyard, plus the 246 technicians who came to support Ellington, each had a bonus of 2,000 gold coins, which meant that this time Don would have to spend 2,820,000 gold coins.
"Money isn't the most important thing to us, is it?"
Don spread his hands and said very innocently: "What's more, it is because of their efforts that we can successfully complete the task, so don't let the supporters believe in our people chill dear Lady Fiona." ”
Donne's dear words immediately captured Fiona, who was in ruthless mode, her face flushed imperceptibly, and then muttered, "Forget it, it's good if you're happy." ”
Fiona followed Don outside with her notebook in her hand, her face once again reverting to her stereotypical and unforgiving look, a good disguise to make anyone who wanted to sympathize with her feel that she was invulnerable.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to inform you of one thing before you are paid."
Fiona's indifferent voice clearly reached everyone's ears: "Before the start of construction, Your Majesty and you reached an agreement that the bonus can be doubled for each day of completion in advance, and now it seems that even if you have recruited a lot of support, you have not completed this agreement, so according to the contract, everyone present can only receive a salary of one thousand gold coins." ”
The workers standing in the audience were very frustrated, but they were speechless, there was no way, it was indeed that they failed to fulfill the agreement, not that His Majesty was in debt.
But soon they were in good spirits again, and even if they couldn't double it, the salary of a thousand gold coins was quite a lot.
"But."
Fiona shifted her words and looked down at the people below: "Your Majesty the Merciful Donne. Sympathetic to the people, knowing your hard work, and knowing how much you have contributed to complete the task, he specially gave everyone an encouragement award, and each person's prize will be doubled, and you can get 2,000 gold coins! ”
Two thousand gold coins!
The audience was in an uproar, followed by a loud and enthusiastic cheer, and at this moment, Don had truly conquered them and gained their heartfelt support.
For the sake of gold coins, as long as you are willing to give gold coins, you are a good king.
"Cheers to His Majesty Donne!"
"Long live Your Majesty Donn!"
"His Majesty Don is invincible!"
All kinds of chaotic cheers came and went, and Tang En even heard the jaw-dropping blessing of "Your Majesty Tang En's Night Imperial Thousand Maidens are majestic".
His sister's, the night royal girl? Is that guy cursing himself for being a second shot!?
All in all, after the bonus is issued, it can be said that the guests and hosts are happy, everyone is smiling, and they plan to spend money at night, and reward themselves for their hard work day and night in the past half a month.
"Did you see that?"
Tang En nodded below: "If they get enough gold coins, they can make their lives comfortable, the first thing they think of is to spend them to improve their lives, these gold coins are just turned around in their hands, and after they reach the hands of various bosses, part of them will be turned into taxes and returned to the treasury, and the other part will flow to other places to stimulate the operation of society, which is the real effect of money." ”
Fiona was thoughtful, in fact, she could now vaguely understand Donn's unique view of the economy, but she had been taught how to make wealth since she was a child, and she had not thought about other truths at all, so she couldn't turn the corner for a while.
These temporary recruits pat their chests as they leave, promising that they will always be able to come back again if they need to – as long as the pay remains so good.
After watching the men leave, Don and Fiona returned to Ellington.
He doesn't have to worry about the affairs of the fleet for the time being, Nokia, Locke and the Navy veterans will train those new recruits into old fritters, and the new equipment and new ships will consume their energy for half a month.
After a week of trials and training, the fleet returns to the port to resupply, rests for two days, and then sets off for the heart of the Abyssal Sea, the untouched part of the sea, led by Naga's emissaries.
The Skybreaker on Kloto's side will also set off with the day the fleet sails, providing intelligence work such as escorting the fleet in the sky and observing sea conditions.
Now all Don can do is wait.
Of course, in addition to waiting, he can also be busy with other things.
For example, Oscar and Rivitz their orders.
After the processing of battleship parts was completed, there were enough manpower and resources to process the production line of the Harley-Davidson civilian model, which gave Donn the idea of expanding production capacity again.
However, there is still a shortage of manpower.
Donn suddenly thought of a solution: "Why don't you use my identity to announce a message about Ellington recruiting workers?" I think that will be very effective. ”
"Absolutely."
Fiona glared at Donne, "I thought you had already thought of this. ”
"And that's not all!"
Tang En's eyes suddenly lit up and said: "You can also take this opportunity to announce the labor law and necessary personal security policies." ”
"Yes, but how do you guarantee that the policy is enforced?"
Fiona's words made Don dumbfounded. (To be continued.) )