"What?! That… that… ship over there is yours?!" Anne's jaw nearly fell to the ground. "Don't tell me that you've really found Kidd's treasure? But that can't be right. Even if you had money, you still wouldn't be able to afford an entire frigate, right?"
"That's a long story. I'll explain to you some other time. Right now, tell me, how did the cannoneer recruitment go?"
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Although the Jackdaw was a rather spacious vessel, Zhang Heng did not plan to recruit too many crew for their first voyage. Including Anne, he now had a core team of eighteen members. He planned to recruit another fifteen at the beach, including skilled seafarers such as cooks and carpenters. Then he would have Anne recommend seven to eight more people, mainly gunners, so the organizational structure would be relatively stable.
