As the investigation came to a standstill, the Seven Seas Travelers finally began construction after the Greystarling' lumberjacks brought in logs from their floating ships.

Princess Rupert also agreed to the Chamber of Commerce's permission, and after the transaction was completed, the first batch of magical oak planks was sent to the shipyard. The experienced shipwrights were also in place, and as for the three craftsmen in charge of the lead, Karatu found a master dwarven craftsman named Uno Tuban, who lived in seclusion.

The Penenope royal family sent a royal alchemist who was quite experienced in supervising ships of this rank. As for the third person, Fang Yu didn't expect it at first, it turned out to be the president of the Tansnir Artisan Association, Ms. Elna.

As a result, the shipyard, which was originally empty, soon became busy.

The keel was the first to stand up, then the bow-shaped ribs, which soon lay flat on the slipway like a huge skeleton, and unlike ordinary sailboats, the keel arched in the middle to form a platform, which was where the magic engine was placed.

In Aitalia, there are two main types of floating ships, and the difference between the two types of floating ships can be easily distinguished from the appearance.

The first type uses Guy gas as power, called 'boat floats' or 'airships', which are similar in principle to hot air balloons or airships on Earth, and their shape is typically a group or more sets of giant airbags suspended above a ship, usually twice the size of the hull.

In fact, the platform on Mr. Graystone's back uses the principle of a 'boat-type floating ship'. Gasify the Guy crystal with a Guy generator, fill the air bag with this gas, and rely on the huge lift generated by the air bag to support the entire platform – or hull – of the ship.

As for the second type, there are 'winged floating ships' or 'winged boats', which can be built into the hull due to the use of solid Guy generators as power, and look no different from ordinary sailboats - except for a set of winged sails on either side of the ship, and a multi-faceted finned sail on the bottom of the boat.

The Seven Seas Traveler under construction belongs to this category of floating ships.

In fact, only flying wing ships need this bulge, because the solid Guy generator will transmit the wind element to every position in the 'skeleton' through this keel arch segment to provide uniform lift to the ship. Therefore, only Magic Oak and Darkwood, which have an aetheric affinity, can take on this role.

However, these two types of logs are too expensive, and even the capital ships of various countries cannot be built entirely with magic oak and dark wood. Sturdy iron oak was often used to make the outer hulls, while the inner cabins were made of cheaper Kaurin-Ihurian mahogany or plain oak.

More extravagantly, Ameya's believers, or druids, were hired to solidify the hull. And those who don't have much money, such as Fang Yu and his party, are all arranged with Kaulin-Ishurian mahogany.

As for such a thing as poverty, there is really nothing to be done-

Wingboats are of course much more beautiful than airships, and after the airbag structure is abandoned, the agility and maneuverability have also been greatly improved. Of course, airships are cheaper, easier to maintain, and have more lift and larger cabins.

Therefore, airships are more of an ideal ship type for merchant ships, supply ships and mail ships operating on domestic routes, while winged airships are almost the first choice for warships and expedition ships, because the built-in lift compartment is also easier to protect and the safety is greatly improved.

Due to the principle of a winged ship, when it is attacked, only the damage to the hull and internal compartments will not affect the overall lift of the ship. Unless it is a lift compartment, the rib and keel of the ship that make up the lift structure are injured.

Needless to say, if the winged ship loses power in the air, the fate will be obvious.

The keel or rib injury, it should be discussed separately, the flying wing ship generally has more than one rib, the rib mainly provides the balance of lift on the left and right sides of the ship, when one side of the rib is damaged, the wind element can not be delivered, there will be an imbalance of left and right lift, and then there is a phenomenon of tilting to one side, which is called 'roll' in the navigation terminology of Aitalia.

Once the rollover occurs, if it is not repaired in time, it is a matter of minutes to capsize and sink.

With 'left-side' and 'right-side', there are naturally 'first sink' and 'tail sink', which refers to the situation that occurs when the keel is broken - in fact, since the wind element channel of most winged ships is transmitted to the whole ship through the keel, the keel is broken, similar to the human high paraplegia, which will make most of the ship lose lift.

The fracture of the keel in the first half will lead to 'first sinking', and the fracture of the keel in the second half will naturally be 'tail sinking'.

The keel plays such an important role that a ship naturally has the most careful protection of the keel, and generally speaking, the shield compartment is almost always located in the bottom bilge, which is precisely to focus on protecting the keel. Of course, there have been some strange designs in the history of Aitalia, such as the fusiform hull of the middle keel, or the hull structure of the 'tree-like structure' and the 'spider web structure'.

However, due to the characteristics of the wind element, and a series of problems such as the balance between the weight of the hull and the use of internal space, the traditional ship type that is still the most common today remains.

Fang Yu also does not intend to be unconventional, so the Seven Seas Traveler is still mainly based on traditional ship types.

As for the number of ribs – it is obvious that the more and denser the ribs, the less likely it is to 'roll' if they are damaged. Conversely, the denser the ribs, the greater the weight of the hull, and the ribs can only be made of magic oak and dark wood, which is more expensive.

In general, capital warships tend to use denser ribs, while expedition ships, corvettes, and hunters tend to focus on lightweight, maneuverability, and speed. However, considering the enemies that the 'Seven Seas Brigade' might face, he finally chose a type of ship that was very common among frigates, at the suggestion of the dwarven master craftsman.

'Cating type'.

This type of ship is not much different from ordinary ships of the sixth and seventh rank in appearance, but it mainly encrypts the density of the ribs in the central part, which can provide protection for the lift compartment located in this part on the one hand, and makes a more reasonable balance in terms of weight, maneuverability and speed on the other hand.

However, although the winged ship has all these troubles and trade-offs, it is still far better than the airship in terms of protection. Because there is no need to protect the huge 'airbag' of the target, coupled with its own mobility and flexibility, it can also be regarded as a type of protection attribute in itself.

It's like the dexterity class in the combat class.

……

Lady Erna was looking at the royal shipyard with her eyes shining.

She looked back a little in amazement and said, "Her Royal Highness actually allowed you to use her shipyard, which is a floating slipway, and I have only heard of it before?" God, the hundred-armed giant crane, look at the workmanship, there is the insignia of the 'Kingfisher Workshop' on it, it is still brand new, tsk, the royal family is really rich-"

"The Craftsmen's Guild crane is still from the time of the Lion War—the giant Amenon — it's older than me. I'm really worried that one day that old guy will fall apart, and the report asking for the next update will be typed up every quarter, and I haven't seen the money yet, and it's always too picky. ”

The president's wife seemed to have a different one at this moment, muttering to herself, while stroking the base of the crane with a gentle expression, her eyes seemed to be looking at her lover, but the symbol "" appeared in both eyes.

"And these pipes, do you see this mark," she said, pointing to a silver 'L' to the other plover, "this is the handiwork of the Ellingland family, although they are not a family of alchemists, but the magicians of this family are of the first rank of Kaurin-Ishurian, and the labor cost of inviting them to go out is not low at all." ”

"Less talking...... Tens of thousands of miles, right? ”

"By the way," the Djinn lady asked him back, "Do you know the Ellinglands?" Last time, I told you about the history of the Kingfisher Workshop and the origin of the Sirin-Sbika family, and I don't seem to have told you about the Wizard family in the kingdom. ”

Fang Yu couldn't help but glance at Karatu on the side, and Sylvid smiled on the side—it was the last time he went to help this lady study the fairy envoy, the other party had to pull him to tell him the history of the major alchemist families in the kingdom.

And in the name of knowledge exchange.

But Sylvede was also there, and the lady was so embarrassed that she wanted to leave when she heard that she was so embarrassed that she wanted to leave. Fortunately, the ship's attendant lady is very sophisticated, and she has not exposed the other party's 'nonsense' from beginning to end.

Then Ms. Erna redescribed the Kingfisher's Workshop in the exact same way, and added that it would be nice if I had so much money.

Although she actually said a lot of secrets about alchemists during her conversation, the style of this discussion was really unbelievable, and the other party was actually the president of the Craftsman Guild of a place.

At this moment, she began to boast about how rich the Ellingland family really was, and swore an oath: "Speaking of which, you may not know that the eighth generation of the Ellinglan family master almost bought the dwarven casting hall. ”

"But fortunately, His Majesty stopped him from this crazy idea."

The Paparals, who had been kicked out of the inn not long ago because they had recognized the decorative crocodiles as 'ghost creatures' in the inn, and now lived only in the shipyard, were now widening their eyes and asking incredulously, "Lady Roman, are they really so rich!?" ”

"It's natural," replied Lady Erna earnestly, "am I, as the president of the Tansnir Artisan Guild, still lie to you?" ”

Parker immediately rolled his dark eyes, as if he had some new idea.

Only Fang Yu sighed: "Ms. Elna, you were talking about the seventh generation of the family head last time. ”

The Djinn Lady was surprised, "yes, maybe I'm mistaken?" ”

"But last time it was the Silinspica family."

There was silence all around.

Erna looked embarrassedly left and right, and replied:

"Because, because the nobles seem to be interested in the Casting Hall...... Actually, I've heard that it's full of Mithril and Adamantite, and that there's a lot of jewels buried in the rocks, Eddard, you don't suspect me of opening my mouth, do you? ”

"Not really, Lady Elna," Fang Plover shook his head, "It's just that the seventh generation of the Syllinsbeeka family and the eighth generation of the Ellingland family have coincidentally renamed, and they are both called Earl Harry." ”

The atmosphere at the scene was very awkward for a while.

The master dwarven craftsman that Karatu found finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said in a rough voice: "Elna, you still haven't got rid of this problem of seeing money. ”

The dwarf blew his beard and glared at him and criticized, "Remember, you are a craftsman, and your first duty is to improve on the path of alchemy. If you are obsessed with making money all day long, you are wasting your talent on these useless things. ”

Ms. Elna blushed: "Teacher Uno, but most of the famous alchemists in history are rich and rival the country, but I yearn for it very much. ”

The dwarf was almost stunned: "You are the cause of the inversion!" ”

Fang Yu looked at the two of them with a little curiosity, only to realize that the passer-by 'NPC' that Karatu had found turned out to be Erna's teacher, which was really a coincidence.

Karatu listened quietly from the sidelines, and only then did he speak: "Actually, the Ellingland family is not as rich as you think, they are just not willing to be disturbed by others, and the magician is a very expensive job, and they have only been able to maintain their expenses for a century. ”

Erna stared at the archmage, her eyebrows raised.

Fang Yu immediately realized that something was wrong, and subconsciously wanted to stop it, but it was a little too late. The president's lady has asked very seriously and seriously:

"Who is Your Excellency, how do you know that the Ellingland family is not a rich country, if you don't understand, you don't have the right to speak, have you ever understood the Ellingran family? I've been studying their ways to make money for years, but how long have you been researching this? ”

Karatu looked at the woman in confusion, only to feel that the other party was inexplicable.

Sylvade finally burst out laughing, and turned back in embarrassment, her shoulders shaking.

Thankfully, our archmage wasn't so bored that he didn't drop a sentence: 'I'm Karatu Ellingland, who are you?' ’。 He only shook his head slightly, and walked away alone.

In fact, apart from the court alchemist sent by Her Royal Highness the Princess, this is the daily life in the shipyard - not to mention the friendship between Lady Erna and the master dwarven craftsman, but the two of them argue about how the 'Seven Seas Traveler' should be built, but they don't talk about it at all-

The two of them had a small quarrel for almost three days, and a big quarrel for five days, but they didn't stage a full-fledged martial arts in the shipyard, but there was a duel between combat craftsmen - by the way, to be able to teach a student like Erna, Uno-Tuban was naturally an outstanding combat craftsman.

Sometimes Karatu joins in, and although he is a magician, he is very knowledgeable and can occasionally give some very good advice.

However, Ms. Erna just didn't want to see this great magician, and often made the other party unable to get off the stage, fortunately, Karatu had a rare good temper of Fang Yuan, otherwise he really had to worry that under the anger of the other party, a twelve-ring spell would raze the shipyard of Her Royal Highness the princess.

Even if you sell him, you can't afford to pay for it.

However, whenever the three of them start arguing, and the Lich Donder joins them, the shipyard basically can't be treated anymore. The workers also left very consciously, and when the three of them finished arguing, they should have taken time out of their busy schedules to take a break.

Only the court alchemist sent by Her Royal Highness the princess could watch the three of them argue as if nothing happened, neither participating nor objecting. Sometimes Fang Yu is also amazed and admired for this person's self-cultivation.

And in the midst of such day-to-day disputes, many wonderful ideas were also realized on the Seven Seas Traveler - with Fang Yuan's participation, the Seven Seas Traveler gradually began to take shape.

……