"This is the new ship?"

On the newly built dockyard on the west coast, Caesar landed with a red flame and looked down at the sea with a frown, where a strangely shaped ship was moving.

The strange shape of this ship is due to the fact that it is equipped with exposed, wheel-like paddles on both sides, some of which are submerged in the sea, and the other part is exposed to the sea.

It wasn't Caesar's creation, it wasn't the invention of the newly formed shipping department, it was a ship that already existed in Eladia.

Paddle steamers.

In charge of the shipping department was a wild boar man and a human, and at this time, the human director was wiping a cold sweat, facing the black dragon lord who had suddenly landed and could not distinguish between joy and anger, bowing his head and trembling.

After waiting for a while, the head of the wild boar man stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this is a ship imported from the Central Triangle Bay and powered by a combination of primitive manpower and magical power. ”

After the boar man spoke, the human director felt a lot less stressed, and dared to follow his words: "...... After reverse development, we decided to use a single power source, dismantle the transmission system on the boat, connect the steam furnace power shaft directly to the paddle wheel, and change the air intake volume through several duplex intake pipes to control the power and speed of the ship. Just ......"

Caesar glanced at the man, "Just what?" ”

"It's just that this kind of structure makes the boat sluggish, and in the wind and waves, because the paddle blades are out of the water, the navigation is unstable."

The head of the human director lowered even deeper, he didn't dare to face the Black Dragon Emperor directly, but he didn't dare not clarify the problem, let alone fool the Evil Dragon Monarch with vague words, because he knew very well that no matter how he avoided it, the ship would eventually be put into the experiment, and if the hidden problem was discovered again at that time, he might not even be able to save his life.

The people of the Northland know very well that their evil dragon monarch is different from ordinary five-colored dragons, and the black dragon is completely different from those arrogant and arrogant five-colored dragons, and some problems cannot be hidden from Emperor Caesar.

Now that he had spoken, he decided to make the problem clear: "In addition, the blades of the paddle wheel are also easily damaged, and it is not convenient to dock at the dock dock, and it is easy to collide with the ships on both sides. ”

"And then there'......"

The human stole a look at the boar man next to him, and said, "If it is attacked, or if it is caught in the blades or shafts of the paddle wheel by a tangled object such as aquatic plants, there is a possibility that the paddle wheel will lose power." ”

"What about the propeller boat I told you?" Caesar frowned.

If the Mana Core is replaced simply with a steam furnace without improvement, the paddle steamer will not only not get better, but will become more unbearable because of the loss of the magic advantage.

The director of the wild boar man on the side stepped forward and said: "It is still being studied, the various technologies powered by the steam furnace are not yet mature, and there are still many problems to be solved. Your Majesty, we still need time. ”

The Boar Man is not very good at talking, but Caesar is not resentful of this like other dragons, on the contrary, he values the clan, and the Boar Man's down-to-earth and sincere nature is a trait that many monsters lack.

Caesar twisted his neck and looked at the steamship at sea, as the boar man and the human head said, the ship was not stable at the moment, and as they spoke, the ship slowly stopped, and the paddle wheels on both sides were no longer moving, as if there was something wrong with the power.

"The shipping department has just been established, and this is just the beginning, and your progress is not slow."

Caesar glanced at the supervisor, who was embarrassed by the ship's stoppage, "But I want you to speed up a bit, that's the most important thing." ”

"You want money, people, and convenience, and the royal court will support you, and the Red Lotus Goblin Weapon Research Institute and the Mcorpion Lion's Material Laboratory are not as resourceful as you."

The black dragon does not speak in an attitude and tone like a dragon, but like a true monarch: "You don't need to think about the power source, the caster team is further optimizing the steam furnace, and the finished product will replace the existing steam furnace, what you need to do is to optimize the adaptation system and ships." ”

After saying that, Caesar turned his head slightly and stared at the ship at sea with vertical eyes, and in just a moment, the ship seemed to have been hit by a heavy hammer, and the hull of the ship collapsed in many places, and it was crooked and swaying, and it was about to sink.

"Is this a boat for fishermen?"

Caesar paused his psionic energy: "It's too fragile to carry my soldiers." ”

"Since your ability is not enough, let's brainstorm again, and later the royal court will release news to the outside world, solicit talents and ideas at home and abroad, and provide a bounty, and the shipbuilders who can build better ships will be rewarded with a minimum of 10,000 gold."

Except for the wild boar people, the eyes of the humans present were red when they heard this, 10,000 gold is nothing to the empire, but it is very exaggerated to individuals, without squandering it wantonly, this money will ensure that they have no problem with food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

The Blackwing Empire's strict laws and repressive controls provided a considerable degree of security, and people could enjoy the life brought by money without being cautious and worried about danger all day long, which also indirectly increased the temptation of this bounty.

The reason why Caesar started to make gunpowder, steam furnaces, and shipbuilding was not for fun, although he had not seen the most cutting-edge magic products of the current era, such as the Hanging Fortress and the War Golem, but it was expected that it was not something that ordinary armies could deal with, even if the Blackwing Clan had completed the radiation transformation, I am afraid that they would be helpless in the face of such a magic army.

Caesar remembered that when the southern kingdoms of the deep sea tried to land in Eladia a few years ago, the sea tribes were no weaker than the monsters on land, or even stronger, but they were beaten into stinky fish and shrimp by the sun, and fled back to the sea in ashes before they survived for a week.

Caesar didn't take the initiative to provoke the behemoth in the south, but if he needed to face the empire of the sun never setting one day in the future, he didn't want to end up in the same situation, and he still had to have the necessary strength, otherwise he would only become a persimmon with no right to speak and be kneaded by others.

Now these can only be regarded as embryonic starts, mechanical puppet goblins, orc armored tanks, gray mandar bazookas, self-detonating dire wolves, strong breeders, thruster dragons...... These are the things that Caesar really wants, and it is also the path that a hybrid empire should take, and it is impossible to play with the talent of these monsters in the Black Dragon Clan with the power of magic alone.