Chapter 79: Sailing and Planning
Storm Harbor, an ocean ferry port.
This is the southernmost point of the Empire, and cargo ships sail out of here every day, bringing the rich minerals of Farn, as well as the richer furs, precious woods, exotic flowers and plants, etc., to the Empire and other countries.
Money can really do whatever they want, so countless people go to the twilight forest to adventure regardless of life and death, and bring back many unheard of rare treasures...... Some stayed there forever.
At this time, on a steel ferry docked on the shore, a guest was boarding. There are two categories that are clearly divided according to the ranks.
One group was a richly dressed male and female aristocratic merchants, and the other was a laborer or ordinary merchant dressed in coarse linen clothes.
"Speaking of which, Charles, this is my first time on a ship, and I didn't expect to be able to make such a huge ship out of steel!" Erin looked at the giant ship in front of her with bright eyes, and suddenly had an illusion of being outdated.
"Well, I've been on it a few times before, and this kind of ship has only been mass-built in recent years." Charles laughed.
The large-scale use of machines marked the beginning of the first industrial revolution, with steam trains, steamships, and large steel mills springing up like mushrooms after a rain, changing the whole world at an unprecedented rate.
It's a pity that Farn County is too remote, and all kinds of novelties will take a long time to pass on, and it is far from the technology of places such as the imperial capital, not to mention the Moriente they are going to.
The giant ship they are now on is built by the Moriente shipyard, a 10,000-ton Jumbo-class ship that only comes and goes once a month.
By comparison, the largest freighter the Harrison Empire could build.
"A decaying and closed empire is destined to be bombarded by strong ships and cannons in a previous life...... It's a pity that this is the totemic world! A sigh appeared in Charles's heart.
In the previous life, the flower planter had gone through a long period of backwardness and beating, but it was completely different in this world. As long as you have a top-level Cataclysmic Divine Beast, no matter how many strong ships and cannons you have, they will be blasted into slag!
In the future picture in my memory, there is an island-like sea beast that can easily set off monstrous waves tens of meters high, not to mention such a huge ship, even an invincible armada can be destroyed alone!
There's no way, it's so unreasonable, unless it develops to a super interstellar civilization such as a star destroyer cannon, then no matter how much technology develops, it can't be more than a totem.
"Sir, this is the room you have booked, if you need anything, you can pull this rope, and someone will come when the time comes. Have a great trip and start your six-day journey at sea. The waitress, dressed in a black suit similar to his previous life, led them to a house and politely retired.
The voyage was a total of 10,000 miles, but fortunately the passenger ship was very fast, and if it had been replaced by the previous sailboat, it would not have been able to reach the place for a month.
"It's amazing, even the room is so big." Erin looked around in amazement.
"After all, it is a luxurious cabin for nobles and big businessmen...... Let's clean up and go to dinner at the party. Charles casually placed his things in the living room.
The three of them, together with their pets, spent a total of 200 gold coins, which is equivalent to 100,000 soft sister coins in their previous life, and temporarily owned this limited set of guest rooms, which is comparable to the size of an ordinary two-bedroom and one living room in their previous life.
In contrast, the average traveler lives in a small, enclosed lower-class cabin, with dozens of people crammed into such a large room.
On this voyage, Charles only brought Fireflies, Moonchild, and Stinger Swarm, and all those behemoths were left in Shining Gold Town, and they couldn't take them with them - this is the biggest limitation of Half Totem.
After a brief rest, Leslie was half-lying on the bed reading a book, and Charles and Erin walked out of the room.
The sea is endless, the waves are calm, and the people on the shore look very small.
Woooooo
The whistle sounded, and the huge ship slowly started, gradually sailing away from the harbor and heading out for the boundless ocean.
This world is composed of two continents, east and west, and the Atlanta Federation is located in the horn spit out on the west side of the East Road, less than a hundred miles away from the nearest place in the west continent, enjoying the best location in the center of the world, so it has the most prosperous and busiest ports in the world.
The sea breeze was blowing, and Charles leaned on the railing and looked out over the endless sea, with seabirds flying up and down above.
In the distance, big fish jumped out of the water from time to time, and in the distance, there were cargo ships driving on the blue sea with black smoke.
The heart that was originally a little anxious gradually let go under this vastness, and all kinds of things in the past and present lives came to my heart, and my eyes became more and more transparent:
In my previous life, I had been ordinary all my life, and in this life, I want to live a more wonderful life......
"Wow, Charles, look at that big fish!"
At this time, Erin couldn't help but shout again, and tugged at his sleeve as she shouted, and Charles looked over.
A few hundred meters away, there was a behemoth of about ten meters swimming. It looks a lot like a normal shark, but the back is bright blue, as if covered with a layer of sapphire. The abdomen is silvery-white, and it glows when it leaps out of the water.
If you look closely, you can see that there is a yellow star pattern on the top of its head, which is extremely beautiful and beautiful.
Charles's face suddenly changed, and his name came to mind.
The Iron Shark, evolved from the common Iron Tooth Shark, has sharp teeth in its mouth that can bite through steel, and is a well-deserved top hunter of the sea.
In one of the scenes, it was a group of iron-eating sharks that acted like wolves and destroyed a 10,000-ton ship.
"At that time, it seems that after Stormstorm Harbor was besieged by barbarians, someone commanded dozens of Iron Devouring Sharks to block the ocean, so that the entire Stormstorm Harbor was completely destroyed!"
The scene conjured up in Charles' mind, one ship after another trying to escape, but hundreds of sea monsters quietly appeared, sinking them one by one, and slaughtering humans at will.
Blood stained the entire seashore, and tens of thousands of people died in the mouths of sea creatures, which can be called an extremely bloody feast.
"Think about it, in the southeast of Stormhaven, there seems to be a top-level pirate group, whose leader is a third-level life spirit master, who has cultivated more than a dozen life spirit masters, with nearly ten iron devouring sharks, and a giant whale with an ultimate body."
"After the war began, the entire pirate group invested in the True God Cult, and the leader was even given a treasure second only to the Colorful Pine Ball, and at once he had nearly thirty Iron Devouring Sharks, and in the end, he almost possessed the Cataclysmic Divine Beast, calling himself the Pirate King!"
After going through his memories, Charles realized that when he returned, he had to deal with this serious problem first, otherwise he would seriously threaten his many arrangements in the future!
The barbarian invasion took place more than two months later, and the breach of Stormhaven was three months away, leaving him with less and less time......
"Hello, you're Charles." A young girl suddenly walked over, looked at him with a smile and said, "You can call me Lyle, it's nice to meet you." ”