Section 47: Going to the South Seas (1)
The population of Weiyuan Walled City under the rule of Duke Wakiri has exceeded 30,000 from a 'rural' aristocratic territory that relies on fishery resources in the aristocratic territory of the people of Southern Guangdong, and its economic and military strength has jumped from an insignificant edge to an eye-catching first-class force in less than half a year.
Located in the newly developed port area, it has been initially put into use, with a 5,000-ton berth and supporting steam cranes, which greatly improves the low loading and unloading efficiency of the earth.
It is no exaggeration to say that it was from the Middle Ages that the threshold of the Industrial Revolution was touched at once.
Heavy and tonnage-intensive building materials were unloaded from the Shirakawa Maru, while a large number of high-value materials were reloaded for certain mid- and high-level equipment consumables that were only produced in Yamato and Shenshu (south).
In the newly opened tavern, adventurers talk and laugh about how much they will be able to make this voyage and how much additional subsidies they will get from it, and in this small port area, in addition to the earthland people who have worked as hard as workers to carry and build, there is also an army of adventurers who have been stationed to take over the defense of the area adjacent to the walled city and assemble for sailing.
The influx of a large number of people has led to the explosive growth of the service industry in Weiyuan Walled City, and in addition to the large number of personnel from the 'Southwest Pacific Trading Company', there are also a number of adventurers who are self-employed in the restaurant industry and have come to take a share of this huge consumer market.
The barter transportation of the Shirakawa Maru between Yamato and Shenshu (southern) was already a great benefit for the founding of the Southwest Pacific Trading Company.
And that's just the case of carrying building materials and carrying a small amount of equipment materials.
The representatives of the various guilds, forces, and groups who were still very bad at the beginning now sat down and talked together, and they all became amiable, completely missing the previous atmosphere of cynicism when they met.
The makeshift barracks were bustling with activity.
After all, adventurers (players) are unfettered by nature, and at present (a month) they can be orderly and obedient to orders, which is quite remarkable, and they can't be too forced to be forbidden like real soldiers.
Yuba Akiwa and Isaac formed the first group of the main members of their respective guilds.
The defeat of the elite brigade ten times its own in the Garan Courtyard, the 1,000-man team of the undead (sixty-four necromantic master-specific summoners) in Aruba, and the 'hundred-man team' of the Black Sword Knights, who had always pursued the policy of a few elites, also impressed the raiders who came like a tide in the melee of Swan Castle not long ago, and calmly fought their way out of the battlefield.
In addition to this, there is the newly assembled second group.
According to the number of shares occupied, the corresponding requirements of the adventurer's combat power are provided, among which the HHH Regiment, the Liangfen Regiment, the '100-man team' of Shuiyang Zhuluo, and the reinforced brigade (48-person establishment) provided by the fourteen guilds, forces, and groups are composed of a huge military force, perhaps the various brigades of this 'thousand people' are still very rusty and very stiff in cooperation.
But this combined corps, including non-combatants, numbered about 1,300 men.
The most important thing is that this Combined Army is not the product of a temporary convocation, it is a standing army for fighting, nominally a pillar of force to safeguard the interests of the 'Southwest Pacific Trading Company' and monopolize the hegemony of regional trade, and is one of the important armed forces under the company's organization.
The Joint Command Center was packed.
The members of the liaison team under their command were busy coordinating and liaison at this time, and the huge scale of the 1,000-person person who carefully integrated it for the first time was really beyond the upper limit of the command ability.
The 5,000-ton Shirakawa Maru had no cargo to fill the ship's load limit, except for heavy and space-consuming building materials or ore, and now adventurers with a sub-occupation of production were busy building temporary cabins for personnel in the empty cargo hold with timber.
Everyone was looking forward to the journey of conquest.
I was very dissatisfied with the order of Akiwa Yuba to order to load 'unnecessary' supplies slowly, and this kind of excitement before sailing was very familiar to the core members of the Garan Garden, such as the fairy gendarme, Frost Moon, the tall fox fairy, the luminous wind song, and the legendary girl A, and it was precisely because of the experience and experience of the long voyage that they better understood the value and importance of these 'unnecessary' materials.
The combined forces armored cruiser and the transport ship Shirakawa Maru sounded their air whistles and sailed south out of the wide sea.
At first, the leaders of other guilds, groups, and forces were still very puzzled by this.
Why deliberately waste an extra three to five days to urgently produce and replenish a large number of poker, mahjong, chess, shogi, cards, board games...... And so on a series of indoor entertainment items, there is this time is not as good as sailing a little earlier towards the destination?
After the freshness of the first two days of the team's longing for the sea faded, the 'landlubbers' realized how precious and important these supplies they had previously thought were unnecessary.
It is located in a monotonous world where only the sea and the sky can be seen, and the space that can be moved is limited to a room, a narrow deck, and a temporarily renovated dining hall (which is considered the largest space).
The journey at sea is long, and it is impossible for Akiwa Rika to run the ship at full speed for a long time with the boiler horsepower like playing a computer game, so that the ship's mechanical parts will wear out much faster, and at the same time, it will also lead to frequent breakdowns and even accidents that will leave serious sequelae.
On the way, except for the first stop to Stony Creek to transport and unload some supplies, the next voyage of about 2,600 kilometers to Batavia was completely floating on the sea.
And being in this environment for a long time (about five days) is almost like being in prison.
This is where the importance of these recreational materials is highlighted.
When the adventurers of the Combined Legion praised Akiwa Yuba for his 'foresight'.
The girl with amazing momentum "and!! Lizhi is a shot and a breath through a cup of mouth, mixed with one color, one red treasure card, two miles of treasure brand, one !! After reciting a series of long frightening spells, Aizak's face immediately turned pale, and at this time, Autumn Garden Yuba also "let me calculate...", and counted the total number of cards just now.
"Don't forget it, it's the cumulative service, Izak-kun, unfortunately you were shot away~"
Shangjia's Wenwen said with a smile, and the girl who heard the words immediately said, "Okay!" He shouted with joy, and then recorded the rare flying game results on the points book. Excluding the personnel on duty, the adventurers on the combined forces armored cruiser and the Shirakawa Maru were mostly entertained in groups.
During the voyage, you will occasionally encounter some monsters in the sea, but it is really not enough to see in front of the full ship of adventurers.
There was a loose atmosphere among the ranks.
This continues until the destination sea is reached.
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Postscript: I can't think of a good development, so I just follow the fate~