At the dawn of dawn, the sound of the trumpet played the overture of the voyage, and the city gradually moved away at the stern. The world in front of us is getting wider and wider: the endless sea, the sparkling sea, the seagulls circling and flying on the mast, the bow breaking through the blue sea, and the snow-white waves bringing the salty and wet sea breeze, blowing the heart of every voyager.

It is a pity that the above beautiful scenery will always only exist in the imagination of literary and artistic youth, and the real voyage is far less romantic than imagined. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The sea is not always gentle, even if you sail along the coastline, the monstrous waves will crash against the ship from time to time, knocking it back and forth, and then the waves will leave satisfied; The sea is not always white, and in fact, wherever the fleets of the voyage pass, the filth of the stinking man drifts everywhere - that is the normal excretion of the human body - and in any case, you don't want to see the sea of ships turning into a collection of feces and urine, do you?

If the sea really has its own consciousness, or if the sea god Poseidon really exists, it would be strange to see such a group of guys who and urinate on their bodies and shout destruction, and there will be no more major floods, and it will be strange to destroy mankind.

"Now, I kind of understand the feelings of the Roman tyrant, Caligula the 'mad'. Conquer the sea, the emperor who has everything, and the only desire left is probably only this. ”

Caligula, whose full name was Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, was the third emperor of the Roman Empire and an emperor in Rome's heyday, who was brutal, arrogant, greedy, lustful, and neurotic. It can be said that he probably accounts for more than half of the madness in the world.

One of the most famous things this emperor did was to 'conquer the sea', he sent soldiers to the seashore to force Poseidon to come out and fight, and it is natural that there is no god in this world, and there will be no Poseidon. After waiting for a long time, the emperor ordered his soldiers to throw twigs into the sea to represent that he had conquered the sea.

And now, the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang can more or less understand the mood of this mad emperor.

Because the sea is so mysterious and vast, a large fleet of people, nay, a ship, a whole fleet full of 3,000 elite soldiers, which can make people tremble wherever they are, is no different from a plank in the eyes of the sea.

In fact, when the storm that changed the day before yesterday and dyed the sky black and ink, the Duke of Xiao Tang really thought that he was going to die in the belly of the fish, and from then on he could only play hegemony with the shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

Fortunately, the quality of the boat on the side of the Duke of Xiao Tang is excellent, and the Duke of Xiao Tang regards the ship as a treasure, and someone will take care of it all the time, so he survived the storm without danger. Only one cargo ship laden with supplies was lost, and two small manned ships that were somewhat dilapidated were lost, and about eighty warriors were swallowed by the sea.

This is not a joy at all, for these warriors, who should have died heroically on the battlefield, or in a glorious triumph, are now in the company of the waves that beat eternally.

But the veterans and the Vikings who believed in the heresy of Northern Europe were all happy, and some even came up to the little Tang Duke and said:

"Don't worry, Lord Duke, the sea god Agor has already received the sacrifice, and our next journey will be smooth sailing."

Plain sailing...... Your brother-in-law!

The little Duke Tang opened his mouth, but in the end he reluctantly closed again, ignoring the captain who came up to offer his courtesy, and said weakly to the Wade knight and the Lefebvre knight beside him:

"Let's go back to our room."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The Grand Duke of Little Tang has an order, how can his subordinates disobey, Knight Wade and Knight Lefebvre glanced at each other, did not salute at all, and then planned to send the Grand Duke of Little Tang back to the room.

Well, there is also a room of its own on the ship, which is also a kind of privilege of the Grand Duke. Not to mention that you can also waste fresh water to rinse every day, which is simply a poor luxury and a treatment that makes people blush to the extreme.

However, the fact that the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang can have this condition is also related to the ship he is on.

The Kirk sailing ship, the most developed ship in the Nordic system, has a maximum load capacity of 200 tons, a length of more than 20 meters, a width of six to eight meters, a draft of three meters, and the entire hull is made of oak, which is one of the most suitable ships for long-distance voyages.

In fact, in addition to the great merits of their dragon ships, the Kirk ships were also an important reason for the Vikings to be so famous - once the Vikings gathered together, there was no doubt that they were the precursors of a large-scale Viking invasion, and they should be defended immediately, even if they were of little use.

"How's it going, did King William reply from there?"

Discussing affairs on a sea ship is naturally not comfortable in a castle, next to a warm fireplace, but the conditions are limited, and it can only be done at that. At the same time, because he was worried that the partition wall had ears, and the sound insulation of this ship was not as good as that of the castle, the little Tang Grand Duke had to lower his voice, which really made him very unhappy.

"Not yet."

Knight Wade said with a few words. The little Tang Grand Duke immediately gave him a blank look - this is also one of the reasons why he is in a bad mood, Wade Knight is loyal, but he will only lead troops to fight, neither know how to be flexible, nor figure out what he wants, what do you say, he will answer, and talking to him is simply exhausting. If Klein is here, and the Grand Duke of Little Tang only asks such a sentence, Klein will be able to explain the cause and effect clearly, and by the way, he can also analyze what King William means.

"But the Grand Duke still needs someone to take charge of the big picture, Klein...... I can't do without it! ”

The little Tang Grand Duke thought so in his heart, the autumn harvest had just passed, and the merchants from all over the country who came to purchase grain were about to break through the threshold, and the treaty that had just been signed with the three earls also needed someone to preside over the work. In fact, not only Klein, but also the Count of Alcoba did not leave this time, firstly, because the Count was really a little old and could not withstand the turmoil at sea; The second is just in case, in case of a sudden change in the Grand Duke, the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang still relies on the strength and prestige of the earl to help him stabilize the situation.

"Shall we stop here and wait for King William's reply, then Lord Duke?"

This time it was the Lefebvre knight who spoke, and the Wade knight snorted coldly when he heard it, for this guy who snatched one of his hundred-man cavalry team as soon as they met, Wade Knight really didn't give him a good look.

For the grievances between his subordinates, the Duke of Xiao Tang knows well, but ...... There's nothing bad about it. There is pressure to be motivated, and both of them are loyal to him, at most they are secretly competing, and they can't fight.

"No, let's go straight, anyway, I've already fought with him, and whether to accept it or not is his own problem."

After pondering for a while, the little Tang Grand Duke replied. There are two routes from Ireland to Scandinavia, one along the coastline via England, Florida, the HRE and Denmark, and the other directly into the open sea, passing through Scotland and the Orkney Islands, crossing the North Sea and going straight to Norway.

Obviously, the first way is safer, the second way is faster, and Xiao Tang Dagong, he did not hesitate to choose the fast one.

And now the little Archduke Tang has already set foot on the Orkney Islands, even if he enters the edge of the North Sea, and stops in such a place to wait for a reply from King William...... I might as well go the first way, maybe even faster!

Ps: Aegir, the god of the sea in Norse mythology.