Chapter IV. Boat Shadow
As if in the wind blowing in the sky, there was a faint fishy smell mixed with a moist breath, Chopin rode his war horse at the front of the queue, next to the two scholars who looked around carefully and nodded thoughtfully, and behind them, there were hundreds of royal guards cavalry riding majestic war horses, looking around with expressionless cold eyes, carefully guarded. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Although the city of Paris appeared here a few days ago, because Chopin had little experience in governance, in order to protect the civilians from being threatened, he did not order the exploration of all the areas, but the French people were in their bones the pursuit of exploration, and according to some of the knowledge they learned, it was easy to explore the general range that they should explore.
The area they are in is an island, which has been affirmed by two scholars and Chopin, and although they go out to explore, it is more to divide their current sphere of influence, and the development of a city must definitely be supported by various basic resources, you must know that in the current city of Paris, there is no shortage of peasants, workers, merchants, and the like.
They had only left the city of Paris, and it was basically a plain overgrown with small trees and shrubs and weeds, but at the end of the plain was a forest of tall and farsighted trees, and there was a not-so-tall branch extending out, also lush and overgrown with trees.
"Your Majesty, the height of the main vein is about 500 meters according to visual inspection, and the branch vein is about 200 meters."
Gently putting his hand on the pergola, the scholar named Rodri made a silent calculation in his mind, and then turned his head to look at the surrounding trees, shrubs, and hills not far away, and then according to his height as a reference, he said to Levi with certainty: "If we can go to the highest peak, we can definitely see the whole island clearly." ā
The scholar next to him, Paulino, nodded approvingly, gently pulled the reins of his horse, watched the undulating fluctuations of the mountains, and said in a relatively gentle place with a horsewhip in his right hand: "However, this place has not been fully developed, and if it passes through the primeval forest, it will be very difficult for our current troops." ā
The spears in the hands of the spearmen,That's more than three meters long.,If you go to drill the primeval forest, you're really going to laugh to death.,There's no game that can switch the secondary weapon short sword on their waist.,Let the main weapon spear disappear.,And the town militia only has a musket in their hands.,Not even a secondary weapon short sword.,Not to mention that you can't march quickly when you enter the forest.,Even if it's your own safety, it's very difficult to do.ć
After all, this is not the rules and settings of the game, although the town militia uses flintlock pistols, but the shooting speed is not much faster than the arquebus, once you encounter the enemy who survives the shooting, if there is no pikeman as protection, then the consequences are quite serious.
"It's the same if you go to the beach, if you can, the marine resources are more suitable for us now."
Chopin narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the towering mountains stretch away, and nodded for a while, but he still touched his chin with some regret, turned his head and said to Paulino and Rodri: "But I think that when we return to the city of Paris, when we are preparing for reclamation, we need to send an exploration team to explore the entire area." ā
Now more than 5,000 people in the city of Paris are consuming the food they had saved before, and if they do not find new food quickly, they will probably fall into a food shortage in two months, but the ocean, which is rich in fish resources, can ensure that the disaster of this food shortage will be delayed.
"Of course, that's exactly what I want to suggest to you, Your Majesty."
Paulino also nodded, but he still estimated it in his heart, and took the initiative to turn over and jump off the warhorse, observing the surrounding soil and trees, before pointing to the south and saying: "If there is no accident, we should be able to see a sea as long as we go that way..." This island of ours is drifting. ā
Chopin and Rodri also frowned slightly, neither he in the real world nor the scholar Rodri born in the game world understood the rules of this real sense, built on some mysterious system, or the rules they learned.
After all, in real life, holographic projection is still in the scope of backward research, and human beings have just understood that they have not yet fully mastered this technology, and this kind of holographic projection derived from direct changes in the void is just an obsidian platform, which simply makes them feel a kind of ideological subversion.
"It doesn't matter, with God's blessing, the flag of France will still fly high."
Smiling slightly, Chopin calmed down, even such a bizarre thing happened through the crossing, what else is there to be surprised about, besides, after reading so many novels in his previous life, he would not be unable to accept this setting. With a wave of his hand in front of him, Chopin shouted at the group of soldiers behind him: "Brave warriors, in full formation, march south!" ā
The whole force sprang into action at once, but this time it was Levi and his royal guards in front, and the spearmen guarding the town militia with flintlock pistols behind, and they were not going in many woods, but more bushes, and as they moved forward, a certain feeling of wetness gradually became stronger, and even a feeling of majestic waves in a certain emptiness echoed in their ears.
"Oh God, it's really the sea!"
The royal cavalry in charge of exploring the road in front rode up a small hill, the war horse easily tossed its hooves in the bushes, the cavalry tightened the reins of the horse to the side, so that the whole war horse turned in place a few times, and then excitedly waved to Chopin, who was dozens of meters behind, and shouted: "Your Majesty, there is a huge ocean ahead!" ā
"Sure enough!" Hearing the shout of the cavalryman, the two scholars next to Chopin immediately nodded, but there was nothing of joy, but they frowned tightly and looked at each other, because if this guess is really correct, then it symbolizes that the so-called island is drifting, which is also true!
"It's really the ocean, and it looks so good."
They immediately rushed over, Chopin also skillfully maneuvering his horse, and stopped at the top of the hill, with Rodri and Paulino beside him, and the royal guards scattered at once, carefully guarding the spearmen and town militia around the hill.
The undulating tides fluttering on the seashore, splashing the water, the blue sky and blue sea in Chopin's eyes, even if they stand on the hills, they seem to be able to feel the vastness from the sea, this is a kind of momentum, but the French love and fascination of the momentum.
"That's right, it's the ocean!"
Scholar Rodri was stunned for a while before recovering, looking at the ocean in front of him and couldn't help but let out an exclamation, turned his head to look at the Paulino Bachelor beside him, swallowed and spit, and pointed to the ocean in front of him and smiled at the corner of his mouth: "No matter what, we have an abundant source of food!" ā
The sea definitely has a unique feeling for the French, although they crisscross the entire European continent, but England across the sea has always been the ambition of the French, especially the Hundred Years War has long made the two peoples a mortal enemy, but even the powerful French army can not break through the strait full of seawater.
"Wait, what's that?!"
The sharp-eyed Paulino was slightly stunned, squinting at a few black dots on the sea level in the distance, and as the black dots became larger and larger, the familiarity of the French people with ships made him instantly turn his head to Chopin next to him and said, "Your Majesty, there is a ship approaching!" ā
"That's right, it's a ship!" The captain of the royal guards cavalry behind him immediately stepped forward, he stared at his eyes tightly, watching the black spot at the sea level in the extreme distance getting bigger and bigger, and couldn't help but stretch out his right hand and grasp the hilt of the knight's sword at his waist, and said to Chopin with certainty: "Your Majesty, if you are not mistaken, at least four ships!" ā
"Well, I look like a ship."
Looking at those few black dots, Chopin couldn't help but nod on his horse, slightly bent down and took out a cylindrical thing from the bag tied to the saddle, gently pulled it open and instantly formed a telescope, put it in front of his eyes and looked at the sea level, four black sailboats suddenly appeared in his eyes: "They don't seem to be very friendly with each other, is it piracy?" ā
As a king, Chopin still has his own telescope, but the scholars and soldiers behind him do not have this tool, in addition to the artillery team and generals in the game, to be honest, there are not many telescopes, after all, telescopes are a luxury for France in the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Chopin observed more and more carefully as the four ships appeared completely on the surface of the sea, but he found that the ship in front was obviously fleeing, and the three ships in the rear were closely following, and there were many guys in rudimentary sailor suits and long swords and scimitars in their hands, shouting and waving their hands at the fleeing ship.
"It seems that there really are pirates robbing them."
The captain of the Royal Guards cavalry next to him took the telescope handed over by Chopin, just picked it up and looked at the four ships, immediately put them down and returned them, nodded very respectfully in the back, and said to Chopin: "Your Majesty, is that ship coming for us, are we temporarily hiding or guarding here?" ā
After all, it was piracy, and if the escaped ship came to their island, I am afraid that there would be no number of people on the other three pirate ships! And if the pirates really found out that the island was inhabited, and more pirates came, it would not be a good thing for Chopin and the French Empire, which was still in a weak period.
"Retreat into the woods and wait for orders."
Chopin raised his telescope again, the cylindrical mirror body made of pure gold, inlaid with circles of diamonds, his eyes looked through the crystal-ground lenses, looking at the black skull flags raised on the three pirate ships, his face was also extremely solemn, he waved his hand behind him and said, "Let's go." ā