Daily Life: Busy Kaku Wants to Learn a New Skill / Chapter 293: Daily Life: Off Course

"We'll talk about the exact price after I've inspected them." With that, Kaku leaped onto one of the ships under the astonished gaze of the shipyard owner and began his inspection.

The shipyard owner rubbed his eyes and turned to Lin Mo and Enel in disbelief. "That ship's more than ten meters away. Did that kid just jump there in one step?"

"Is that strange?" Enel said with contempt. "You really haven't seen much."

The shipyard owner gave an awkward laugh.

A few minutes later, Kaku had inspected both ships.

Back on shore, Kaku said, "They are new ships, but the timber you used was old stock gathering dust in your warehouse, wasn't it? The quality isn't good. In Water 7, even an ordinary ship would be built with above-average timber. Materials and labor included, this one's worth eight million at most. Don't try to raise the price. I know as much about ships as you do."

The shipyard owner's face turned green. "Eight million? Who haggles like that? Kid, how old are you to be comparing experience with me? You weren't even born when I started learning shipbuilding!"

Kaku refused to back down. "Age doesn't mean anything. I learned shipwright skills in less than a week that take other people more than six months to master. Don't argue with me. I can tell at a glance whether a ship's any good. Eight million, and not a Beli more, or we don't buy."

Before the shipyard owner could reply, Lin Mo casually asked, "How much of that was labor?"

"Two million," Kaku answered.

"Oh. Cut that in half, then." Lin Mo took seven million Beli out of System Space and forced it into the shipyard owner's hands.

"Huh?" The shipyard owner looked horrified. "I'd take a huge loss at seven