Frozen Sword groaned for a moment. Asked! "Sylvia. You said before that they were confused. What kind of powerful method is it? ”

Sylvia smiled, "Your Excellency. If we only talk about the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the Rigner pirates, who are also human beings like us, are not much stronger, and the reason why they are invincible at sea is that they are invincible. The main reason is that their ships are quite sophisticated, the Riegna pirates are quite skilled in shipbuilding, it is said that they have a large shipyard on the Rigner Islands, and the ships used by the pirates are produced from there, if you talk about shipbuilding technology alone, they are one of the world's well-deserved ones! ”

"In fact, in a battle at sea, the two sides are nothing more than using bows and arrows and crossbows to shoot each other, and then engage in hand-to-hand combat after the broadside, and those with flying troops will also have some advantages in the battle, and the ships of the Rigner pirates are specially designed to be not only strong. The speed is also much faster than that of ordinary sea ships, and the number of giant crossbows is several times higher, which gives them a considerable advantage, and more importantly, in each Rigner pirate fleet, depending on the size, there are a number of magicians stationed on the Rigner Islands, at sea. Magicians are quite terrifying existences, because the sea is not as good as the land, and if the ship is sunk, it means death, even if the flying unit has no ship on the sea, it is a dead end! And the magic of magicians, especially fire magicians, can cause heavy casualties on a ship with just one area of effect. If it is a magician above the master level, it can even sink a ship with a single blow, these resident magicians. It is the greatest reliance of Rigner on the sea, and the pirates do not dare to disobey the Rigner Islands because of these magicians and the main fleet, and the legend says that in Rigner's main fleet, there are even grandmaster-level magicians in charge, and they are also equipped with magic cannons, but whether it is true or not, there is no way to know! ”

After Chen Jian listened. I couldn't help but fall into contemplation. There are no hot weapons such as cannons in this world, and magic has become the most powerful long-range attack, and it is not surprising that magic can prevail in naval battles, but it is beyond Jian Chen's expectation that the Rigner pirates can have so many magicians.

But thinking about the fact that the other party is known as the Endless Sea Empire after all, the population will not be small, and it is a human-dominated population structure, and it is reasonable for many magicians to appear, and Chen Jian is also relieved

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But in this way, the strength of the Rigner pirates is quite surprising, the pirate fleet is as many as a cow hair on the sea, and it is a big deal to be able to have magicians stationed in so many fleets.

It is not easy for ordinary caravans to invite magicians to accompany the ship for protection, no matter which country on the continent. The treatment of magicians is quite good. Even if you are down, you can just mix it up and eat, no matter how bad it is, you can mix with the bandit group like Philip and them, no matter what, it is much better than venturing on the sea, you know, the risk of sea navigation is not just pirates, and if you are unlucky enough to encounter a big storm, you may die without a place to bury.

Of course, if you are willing to spend money, you can still invite a magician, but businessmen are profit-seeking, and they always have to calculate the cost, if the cost is too high, the money they make is not as much as they imagined, and they are unwilling, not to mention, they have to take such a big risk, therefore. There are also only a few large fleets with deep pockets. If you make more one-time profits, you are willing to do this.

However, although it is risky for people to die for money and birds to die for food, the profits of cross-sea trade are considerable. There are always people who are not afraid of death who will venture to sea, after all, if it goes well, you can make a fortune on a trip, and it is precisely because of this situation. That's why the pirates are always in the way and come home with a full load.

And the country on land. They have always paid little attention to the sea, and the pirates have poor combat effectiveness on land, because they do not regard the Rigner pirates as a threat, as long as they do not hit their homes, they are too lazy to pay attention to them, and the navy is naturally not valued because of this, and the combat effectiveness is not strong. Some countries with a little more extreme do not even have a navy, and their coastal defense is quite lax.

Thinking that the life of the Rigner pirates was so good, Chen Jian couldn't help but be very angry.

At this time, Christine interjected: "I heard that the Rigner pirates actually have their own caravans, selling the stolen goods to various continents for sale, and I don't know if it's real or fake!" ”

Sylvia shrugged her shoulders and smiled, "It's not clear, but it's true that some merchants specialize in doing business with pirates, and the things they buy from pirates are very cheap!" Your pirate group must have done business with such merchants before, right? Maybe it's hard to say who these merchants secretly controlled or manipulated by the Rigner pirates, who knows? ”

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Jian Chen touched his nose and thought for a long time. Finally, he asked the two of them, "Is there anyone in the Hammondale Alliance who knows how to build a sea ship?" ”

Christine was stunned and responded, "Does the president want to build a navy to keep the enemy at sea?" This is a good way to avoid unnecessary damage caused by the enemy directly attacking the island! Sylvia and I also have experience in naval battles! If you want to build a ship, Sylvia will. She's an ancestral craft! In the past, many of her subordinates were also experienced, and there was no shortage of labor, but where are we going to get wood for shipbuilding?

Sylvia also nodded: "Yes, the wood used for shipbuilding is very particular, and of course the huge sea ship is even more particular, and there is no wood that can be used as a keel for the ship, and there are many other materials, and there is no here!" Even if we wanted to, we couldn't build it! The most we have in our hands is to build some small boats for fighting! ”

"What materials do you need, you can help me make a list! No, it's not just the materials, it's what you need to form a decent maritime force, it's better to make a book of calculations! "Although there are no conditions, Chen Jian does not intend to give up just then." I'll go back and see if I can get my hands on those materials! ”

Chen Jian thought very clearly, just trapped in the Evermont Islands, at most self-sufficient, but if he wanted to develop by leaps and bounds, it was impossible.

To develop, you can't be self-absorbed here. Rather, we are to seek a greater world.

There are now many great powers on the continent of Erathia, and before there is enough strength, it is only self-inflicted to seek development on the continent of Erathia. The ocean, on the other hand, is much wider than the continent of Erathia.

Listening to Sylvia's meaning, the Rigner pirates only have the advantage of fighting at sea, if they go up to land, they may not be able to be stronger, if the other party really just relies on ships and magicians to run rampant on the sea, it is not impossible for Chen Jianjue's dragon king divine power to fight against them.

Moreover, Chen Jian, who came from the earth, found that the way of naval warfare in this world was really a little backward. There is no comparison with the modern naval warfare on the earth, if you build a navy and have the divine power of the dragon king to help, although you dare not say that you will eliminate the Rigner pirates and become the overlord of the sea, but occupy a place on the sea, people dare not face it, and take a piece of the pie while protecting themselves, it should be possible

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Therefore, Chen Jian made up his mind to try to build his own navy.

Meantime. The actions of the Rigner pirates also provided Chen Jian with a new way of thinking.

From the words of Sylvia and Cresindin. Chen Jian judged that it should be true that the Rigner pirates secretly controlled the trade of certain caravans between various continents, no matter what, no matter how large the population of the Rigner Islands was. No matter how strong the digestion ability is, there are always those messy materials that they can't use, and these things must have a place to go, and besides, there are some materials. It can't be grabbed, it can only be obtained through trade.

So it makes perfect sense to have a caravan to help the Rigner Islands deal with these things. It is even possible that these caravans were formed by the robbers themselves. And there's more than one.

Since the Rigner pirates can do this, and Jian Chen thinks that he can do the same, many materials are scarce in the Evermont Islands now, if a caravan can be organized to trade between countries based on the underground of Bairders, maybe such a problem can be solved, and then the materials obtained will be stored in Bairders, and then sent to the Evermont Islands through the magic portal, and then left.

In this case, even if you want to get all kinds of materials for making sea ships, you have a way.

However, in this way, it is very important to establish a permanent underground stronghold in Bailders, which is not only secretive, but also easy to defend and difficult to attack, and requires a long-term garrison, and it is necessary to be close to the huge iron mine to facilitate the mining of mineral deposits.

After Christine and Sylvia left, Jian Chen first ordered to strengthen the defense against possible attacks from the sea, and then immediately contacted Morriel, who was in Baildes. Let her follow this requirement to find a suitable location.

Originally, he had planned to use Moriel's underground fortress, but now it seems that the location of the underground fortress may not be suitable.

Morriel had already led the Alliance army through the beneath of Baildus, and the magic sigil that Tren had made before was located in the Stone Castle Zone, after Morriel teleported with the people. It will take some time to reach her secret fortress. Familiar with the terrain, she soon found the entrance to an underground tunnel. Then the action began cautiously.

Morriel was a little surprised by Chen Xian's strange request, and the ready-made fortress was not needed. It was really a lot of trouble to find another place to rebuild, but she also understood that Jian Chen must have his intentions in doing this.

Jian Chen also seemed to know that Moryl would have questions, and he also wanted to hear her opinion, so he took the trouble to write his plan into a few large pieces of paper and sent it to Moryl.

So that night, after Morriel stopped marching and camped to rest, the two began to discuss like this, and they all stayed up all night.

The next morning, after roughly straightening out his thoughts, Chen Jian was about to go to catch up on his sleep and then gather everyone to discuss the matter, but the soldier came to report that Esreina had woken up.

At the moment, Jian Chen didn't care whether he was tired or not, and hurriedly ran to find Esrena. He's going to figure it out. How did Esreina meet the Rigner pirates, when, where, and what happened? (To be continued)