The capital of Seven Waters.

Esbagu and Akin welcomed the members of the expedition team of the Navia Kingdom on the dock. Although this was the first time both sides met, Edmund and several other cadres had already seen the photos of Esbagu, so they recognized him as soon as they met. Under Akin's guidance, both sides introduced each other and then walked to Tom's studio outside the city.

The young international students and other ordinary crew members were amazed at the strange architecture and geographical environment of the Seven Waters Capital. In front of the team, Edmund, Clow, Harden, Selkirk, Jesus and others gathered around Akin and Esbagu and talked.

There were some scars on Esbago's face. It was obviously not a work injury caused by a shipyard. It looked more like a fight. Edmund was straight and asked if he had any doubts. After all, the young man in front of him who looked slender and even looked a little thin was one of the inventors of William Nianz's sea train, an amazing shipbuilder.

At the moment when Tom, the fishman, and Carter Flam's life and death are unknown, Edmund is also worried about the accident that Esbago has, after all, the great route is not as peaceful.

After hearing Edmund's question, Esbagu was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and touched the scars on his face, revealing the whole story.

Esbagu did not have the experience of hosting a shipyard himself, and he wanted to understand the root cause of the city of Seven Waters Capital. Therefore, like William at the time, Esbagu also chose to go to his peers to study and conduct research and accumulate experience for his "entrepreneurship".

With his outstanding shipbuilding technology and strong personal charm, Esbagu still easily got a job in a shipyard even when the overall form of the shipbuilding industry is not good.

And soon, with his brain and craftsmanship, he grabbed a lot of orders for his shipyard in an environment with increasingly scarce customer base.

Unexpectedly, this led to Esbagu being targeted by people from other shipyards. In the economic downturn, every order is the key to supporting the family and maintaining survival for the shipyard staff in the Seven Water Capital. Over the years, due to this problem, many shipyards have fought many times, from bosses to workers.

Aesbagu really didn't understand the environment in the city, but he was blocked and beaten by workers from competing shipyards when he was not careful. Fortunately, he ran away in time and was not seriously injured.

From then on, Esbagu tried to be as careful as possible, but due to this experience, he also discovered a major problem in the city.

The decline of trade routes, reduced orders, rising resource prices, etc. caused by the era of the Great Pirates, are all external elements that lead to the city's dilapidation, while the internal elements are vicious competitions gradually begun by many shipyards on the island in order to grab the already small orders.

In order to grab orders and survive, various shipyards kept reducing prices, squeezed out the already small profits, and often fought, which led to a decline in urban security. The shipbuilding industry, which once brought prosperity to the city, is now in a prisoner's dilemma. If you continue, even if a sea train appears, you can only die together.

The expedition team led by Edmund and others brought valuable funds and manpower to Esbagu. Those international students are young people with experience working in shipyards, strong and full of energy. Although the shipbuilding technology in the East China Sea is not as good as the capital of the Seven Waters, Esbagu believes that with his own leadership, these people's skills will only get better and better.

"I am going to set up a shipyard. After the No. 4 shipyard went bankrupt, no one has taken over. We can use a small part of the funds to acquire it. Compared with other shipyards in the city, our biggest advantage is that we are currently rich in funds. Therefore, I am going to use low-price competition and other means to defeat other competitors in the city and find ways to acquire them." Esbagu seemed to explain to Edmund and others, and he said his own ideas little by little. After all, according to his idea, the early stage was equivalent to burning money to do a loss business, and the money was brought by Edmund and others. Of course, he had to convince the other party.

Moreover, the most important thing is that Esbago has seen the current competitive atmosphere among shipyards in the city and has fought hard, and he also needs the escort of Edmund and others to do so.

Edmund, Crow and others looked at each other, but did not answer immediately, but Ajin spoke expressionlessly: "Esbagu, I told you that we will not have too many requirements for how to use this money."

Clowe also quickly reacted, pushed his glasses and smiled: "Mr. Esbago, Lord William appreciates your talent. The advance funding is his personal investment in you. How you use it is your own problem. Don't worry about us opposing your reasonable proposal. Moreover, during our time on this island, we will try our best to cooperate with your work, but..."

Selkirk, who was on the side, interjected: "However, after having your own shipyard, we hope you can build a ship for us first."

Esbagu seemed a little confused: "Of course it's okay, but just by observing the ships you parked on the docks, although some of your shipyards in the East China Sea look a bit rough, you can also see that there are many excellent inspirations and ideas on it. There is really no need to go to the Seven Waters Capital to build a ship, not to mention that even if it is built, it will be difficult for ordinary ships to bring back to the East China Sea if there is no wind belt or red clay continent."

"No, the ship we want can only be built in the Seven Waters Capital, or rather, it can be built well with the assistance of the inventor of the sea train," Edmund looked at Esbago and said word by word, "and you don't have to worry about how the ship returns to the East China Sea, because what we want to build is a steamship that can pass through windless belts."

"It turns out that you are interested in the steam engine of the sea train," Esbagu smiled, but then advised, "I am frank, you may simply think about the windlessness. In addition to the lack of wind, there are also various huge sea kings everywhere. Even if the wind power is solved by relying on steam power, the existence of sea kings is still an unavoidable problem."

Harden let out a hoarse laugh, as if Esbago's words were so funny.

In Esbagu's puzzled gaze, Clow explained: "Although the problem of steam power is not yet mature, our shipyards in the East China Sea have already gained a glimpse. We really like it and want to further apply it to the things on the ship. It is the sound wave technology of sea train tracks."
Chapter completed!