Chapter 54: You come and go
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In front of the public, Luo Zhengdao was praised by Captain One-Eyed Dragon, not only the other people present listened to it very sensitively, but secretly grinned, Luo Zhengdao himself was also full of discomfort. At this moment, he was really a little crying and laughing, and he couldn't blame Fauer Chopin because of this, so he had to smile helplessly.
In all fairness, in addition to competing with the goblins, Luo Zhengdao was willing to take the risk to stay on the edge of the main 6, the main motive was that he would not be able to deal with the follow-up encirclement and suppression of the goblins without expanding his armaments, even if it was not as powerful as other forces of the goblins, such as the mysterious warlock Najaf with an extremely complex identity background. If you rush out to pull the lever without a reliable team in these years, you are destined to add to your own blockage, and sooner or later this tuition fee will have to be paid. Grandpa Mao said it well, power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and since Luo Zhengdao has pinned his life on this private army, he has no choice but to take a risk.
After some twists and turns, the matter of Qiongzhou was finally settled, and Luo Zhengdao's eyes turned to the front again, which was his destination Xiangjiang.
From the perspective of physical geography, Xiangjiang Port is located on the edge of the main large 6, one of the few islands, although the natural harbor conditions are not bad, but there are not a few islands with similar hydrological conditions near the main large 6, compared to those islands, this famous commercial port seems to be difficult to find a difference. If there is really nothing special about this Xiangjiang Island, it will not be marked on the nautical chart by the pirates, compared to Qiongzhou Island, which is in a state of waiting to be opened in the inner 6 rainforest area, the small Xiangjiang Island is the central commercial port with many trade routes, and it can even be said to be the main trade transit station on the outer edge of the main large 6.
It is no exaggeration to describe the port of Xiangjiang as the city that never sleeps.
Since the Second Goblin Empire destroyed the Bright Dynasty of mankind, the great merchants of Xiangjiang have ushered in their own golden age, and instead of feeling terrified by the threat of foreign force, they have unleashed their professional expertise as merchants.
After a magical and complicated business operation and bribery, the Xiangjiang merchant group, which had completed a magnificent turnaround, was directly linked to some of the bigwigs of the Goblin Senate, thus obtaining the concession of the goblin army not to enter Xiangjiang. To this day, this magical commercial metropolis still maintains its special status of semi-independence when the humans of the Lord 6 are reduced to slavery. Not only did it not decline due to the collapse of the Guangming Dynasty, but instead absorbed a large number of human refugees from the main 6 and the large amount of wealth they carried, making the market of Xiangjiang show a state of abnormal prosperity, and people have to be convinced that money has infinite magic power enough to turn decay into magic.
Everything has an inherent rationality, and it is very beneficial for the goblins to keep the free port of Xiangjiang, otherwise, how could they acquiesce to the port being out of their jurisdiction?
In the New World, the strategic resources to maintain the normal operation of a naval fleet naturally need to push the magic pattern cloth, sea driftwood, and stone pine spore powder, these three indispensable magic weapons.
Because of the silkworms of the New World, this eight-legged beetle with similar looks like a spider and their favorite food mulberry tree is particularly sensitive to mana particles, almost saying that it dies when it sees the wind, therefore, to raise silkworms in areas other than the main large 6, it is necessary to build an impermeable artificial silkworm room to ensure the success of raising this insect, and at the same time to cultivate a large area of mulberry trees that silkworms love to eat, This plant also does not like the environment with a high concentration of mana particles, and it is not easy to serve any of them. Satisfying both of these conditions is tantamount to a dreamer for most offshore farmers.
To put it bluntly, the magic cloth that is trying to be produced outside the main big 6 is in an upside-down state in terms of cost and selling price, and the finished product is not competitive in the market at all, which is nothing more than a loss to make money.
The buoyancy that provides buoyancy to ships so that they do not sink into the depths of the Aetheric Sea comes from the sea driftwood, a tropical tree that resembles palm and coconut in appearance, has a slow growth length, and the wood texture is relatively tough, although it is not as hard and tough as good wood such as oak, teak, and mahogany.
Sea driftwood rarely blooms and bears fruit, and generally reproduces by the spores of the natural tillers at the top of the tree, and as the saples that grow into small saplings break away from the mother tree and spread out towards the boundless Seven Seas under the impetus of the currents of the Aetheric Sea. It can be said that on almost all the enclave islands, some wild driftwood can be found to a greater or lesser extent, and the vitality of this tree is too tenacious. Despite this, the main production areas of sea driftwood are concentrated in the sea of stars, the enclave islands dotted around. Only the stable monsoon climate and precipitation conditions in this sea area are most in line with the growth law of sea driftwood, and the sea driftwood of the same age is superior to other places in terms of quality and DBH produced in the sea of stars.
In the New World, the substance that replaced the gunpowder effects of the Old World was undoubtedly the spore powder of the Lycopodium, a large fern on the islands of the Sea of Storms, and although there was nothing unusual about them from the outside, this plant was indeed very intriguing and wonderful.
Lycopodium is highly fertile, and it is difficult to guess why it can only grow and breed in the Sea of Storms, and once transplanted elsewhere, it can survive but cannot produce spores normally.
It is a well-known fact that none of the New World powers were able to control the circulation and trade of the three strategic resources mentioned above, so they had to maintain a relatively stable and reliable trading mechanism in order to ensure the normal operation of their naval fleets. Perhaps it was precisely because of the fact that it was not profitable for them to cut off such trade that the Goblin Senate chose to go with the flow and keep a window for foreign trade in Xiangjiang, so that all kinds of legal and illegal underground transactions could continue as usual, so that everyone would not get stuck with each other and make the situation out of control.
This time, the entire Qiongzhou Island was turned upside down, the felons sentenced to death were robbed, and the social order that had finally been stabilized was also gradually collapsed because Luo Zhengdao met with the resistance organization, and their morale was boosted and they began to continue to attack and disturb the action.
At the same time, almost all the bad luck is on the goblins, will they be so willing to admit defeat? The word failure never seems to appear in the goblin dictionary, and their slogan is "This is the test of the road to success, and we will surely move towards new successes and greater victories under the test of difficulties". Whether or not this argument, which at first glance sounds extremely middle-sounding, stands up to scrutiny, the stubbornness of the goblins can be seen. In a certain way, only paranoia can succeed, and this may be a universal truth that is not very popular.
The two commanders, Modo Heishui and Zheti Baishan, who had to return to their home port to rest and recuperate, received the report of the riots in Qiongzhou almost at the same time.
The science and technology of the new world are not up to the mark, and the technological level of many industries, including metallurgy, can barely be compared with the old world before the industrial revolution, and it is still very inferior in many aspects, which may be the inevitable result of the deformed exhibition.
Magic and alchemy can provide efficient remote communication services, the main disadvantage is that the economic cost ratio that needs to be invested in the early stage is too high, and the corresponding popularity is too low, this high-end technology is destined to have little to do with the lives of ordinary people, only national-level users and ** master-level technical nerds can afford to play. Although magic communication is better than satellite communication and fiber optic cables, in terms of the speed and secrecy of transmitting information, it is even better, but without the backing of state-level financial resources, the ruined degree of magic communication can wipe out an average of one wealthy businessman per day.
Nevertheless, once the state decided to mobilize all its forces and smash it at the cost of blood, the state enemies of the new world were in a much more dangerous situation than the old world.
"We can't miss this time!"
The big goblin commander stood neatly in the chart room, facing his subordinates, Modo Blackwater banged on the table in pain, his eyes were full of resentment and unwillingness, if it hadn't been for the bad luck of the previous times, it would have carried Will Needham's head to receive the reward, why not watch him show off his might?
At this time, the goblin adjutant who stopped on the side said:
"Your Excellency, Commander, we have completed our positioning, this is the chart prophesied by His Excellency the Great Shaman."
Hearing this, Modo Heishui gritted his teeth, and immediately regained his former firm and calm general bearing, and it nodded and said:
"Get out at once, we're going to present Will Needham's head to His Majesty."
Of course, Zheti Baishan also received this valuable information, especially when he heard that his old enemy Modo Blackwater had received the help of the shaman first, and immediately announced his departure in a hurry, and the goblin soldiers could hear the roar of the bear goblin commander from a distance near the port, saying:
"You can't let that bastard take the lead anymore, you leave all the unrepaired ships behind, and the rest of the ships will set sail immediately."
There was no need to speculate on the causes and perpetrators of the riots, but Modo Heishui was convinced from the beginning that the widespread Qiongzhou riots were inseparable from Luo Zhengdao. Those who know the inside story know that the hereditary fiefdoms of the Count Fulu family are mainly concentrated on Qiongzhou Island, and Luo Zhengdao's cheap father organized the last regular army of the Guangming Dynasty in Qiongzhou to resist stubbornly. This weak human army counterattacked like a mantis arm, and was finally crushed by the combined efforts of a group of goblin generals such as Modo Blackwater, and it was declared a nail in the coffin of the dead Bright Dynasty. Therefore, when Modo Heishui heard the familiar name of Qiongzhou again, he instinctively thought of Will Needham, who had escaped without a trace.
Some time ago, Zheti Hakusan failed in his pursuit of Luo Zhengdao, and this result will not surprise the big goblin commander. Luo Zhengdao has the ability to escape many times under its Modo Black Sailor, it can be said that it is an expert in escape, it's not that it looks down on the stupid big black guy of Zheti Baishan, its brain case obviously has more muscles than brains, how can it be possible to capture this cunning human?