In the Age of Discovery, which was an era of ocean-going trade and navigation, without the help of technological instruments such as GPS navigation, there may not be a need for a brand-new merchant ship, but a captain with rich experience is needed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because the captain is everything, there is nothing wrong with that.

Anything can happen on the vast sea, if it is a new captain with little sailing experience, not only will he lose the ship, but also the innocent crew will lose their dependence for survival!

Therefore, before each captain goes to sea, he will use a thick, well-made notebook to record as a logbook, which is something that each of them must have, and even a gift from the senior captain to the new captain when he retires.

This logbook is a log book that the captain deduces from the crew's observations, and is like a diary that briefly records what happens every day.

It also includes the ship's travel route, weather conditions, and whether there are islands that can be docked, simple information such as island production, abundance, scarcity, imports, etc., as well as whether there are armed forces, whether there is xenophobic hostility, whether there is collusion with nearby pirates, etc., are the main information recorded.

This is equivalent to a detailed plot guide, and even if a fledgling new captain takes his ship along the route in this logbook, it will not encounter much change.

And this is also a good way to quickly train juniors, so mastering this logbook is equivalent to mastering the ship's navigation conditions in recent years.

In this world, this is more of an intangible wealth, something that any captain dreams of!

Just as Levi now has mastered this logbook, he can even pass through the route recorded on it, from the North Tsunsea to the South Trumming Sea unimpeded, if he wants, after a simple trim, he can already pass this record and enter the route to the South Tsunami.

Perhaps this is also a path for Levi's development, if the ocean trade is really launched, then the route recorded in this logbook will be the most critical factor.

Therefore, this thing was directly confiscated into Levi's pocket, although it was the stuff of little Cage, but now it has changed hands.

Levi wasn't such an unkind guy either, and this logbook was also exchanged for twenty large silver coins and a promise, after all, for little Cage, an ordinary boy from the South Roaring Sea, being able to go home was what he longed for, not something outside his body that was currently useless.

In the face of life, even a logbook is a cheap thing, and Cage Jr. is just a trainee sailor, not even a formal sailor, and he basically can't understand this logbook.

At the very least, when Levi promised that after returning to the Great Silver Plate Island in the North Trumming Sea, he would immediately contact the port of Grey Mist City and ask if there was a merchant fleet heading to the South Trumchi Sea.

As long as there is a regular merchant fleet, Levi will properly arrange for this little guy to enjoy all the way back to the South Trumming Sea, instead of continuing to stay in the strange place of the North Trumming Sea and continue to be afraid.

As for the crew members he used to have, the first mate and captain who treated him well, Levi could only shrug his shoulders and apologize, although he saved the life of this little guy, but it was more of a coincidence, if he was allowed to go to war with the elven fleet with the fleet now, it would be quite unwise.

Even if the logbook is very important to Levi, the value of this book is far from enough for Levi to directly break the kettle and gather all the warships to start attacking the new route.

After all, the current Levi, twenty dhows, the greatest use is to completely occupy the east coast of the Great Silver Pan Island, and at the same time deter the waters around Gray Mist City, so that any enemy who has a move and wants to test Cape Town will feel a kind of pressing pressure.

By the time Grey Mist had assembled a real navy capable of reaching the pinnacle of the feudal era, Levi's fleet might have already captured the outer harbor of Grey Mist and annihilated this backward navy in the harbor.

If it weren't for the fear of the mysterious magicians, the powerful vindictive knights of the aristocratic class, Levi would have completely flipped the table, so that these guys couldn't even keep their underwear, completely lost their former authority in this sea, and were chosen to submit under the invincible power from the modern Spanish Empire.

And this may also be a compromise, waiting for the next outbreak in the accumulation of strength.

Levi, who has a game system, doesn't care about the so-called accumulated power, because the system represents another world, which is a kind of crushing in quantity and quality, just with Gray Mist City, it is just a stepping stone.

Even if it was the fleet of the elves, in Levi's opinion, it was a stone in the way, no matter how advanced and beautiful the warships of the elves were, he did not believe that the backward technology of the feudal era could cause much of a threat to his modern navy full of naval guns.

Moreover, the most important point is that Levi will not underestimate the enemy, even if he despises the enemy strategically, but tactically, he must also pay attention to the enemy.

Spain's little partner, the armed merchant ships of the Kingdom of Portugal once encountered the encirclement and suppression of the fleet in the feudal era in an ancient country on the earth, and were defeated by a simple and effective fire attack.

Even the most advanced gunboats were overshadowed by the flames, and the seemingly primitive and rudimentary methods of attack were extremely effective, and perhaps the super-large first-class battleships deployed off the coast of Europe could ignore this kind of fire attack with a large number of ignitions, but small armed merchant ships and warships obviously had to be more cautious.

According to Levi's understanding, the current Gray Mist City Navy has not yet used a fishing boat full of gunpowder to hit an enemy ship and then detonate it, but there has never been a stubborn and rigid theory in the history of warfare.

As long as someone thinks of this idea, it is estimated that with the strength of Gray Mist City, they can also think of this, and even these nobles of Gray Mist City have seen the power of artillery, and they really start to purchase dwarf guns for research, and even put them on battleships to imitate deck guns, which is not impossible.

Therefore, Levi needs to ensure that there are enough troops to keep his troops in an advanced crushing state, even if there is a similar broadside naval gun developed by the dwarven artillery in Gray Mist City, he is not afraid.

Modern battleships are not just battleships that can be called battleships by installing guns on the side side, even if they are not high-tech and low-tech, they are not something that can be imitated by this group of backward technologies in the feudal era, and even if they are imitated, whether they can enter actual combat is another matter.

This involves the construction of ships, reasonable planning, and the construction level of almost harsh sail warships, even those land power countries on the earth that are slightly weaker cannot fully equip battleships, and can only choose to arm merchant ships.

And in this world, even the construction method of armed merchant ships, as well as the specific gun emplacement planning, are in an unfamiliar state, even if the dwarven cannon is forcibly installed, the strong recoil generated when firing can even make the ship disintegrate on its own, which involves many reasons.

So this is also one of the reasons why Levi despises this world, if he wants to reach the level of the warships and soldiers that Levi is currently recruiting, it is estimated that it will take hundreds of years to develop!

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The sailing dhow had already entered the way home, and the sails raised high had absorbed enough wind power, and they were quickly shuttling in the eastern waters of the North Trumming Sea against the backdrop of the waves.

It was another day and a night of sailing, and Levi and the others had already entered the familiar sea area, at least they could see the occasional seabirds flying in the sky, which were birds flying out of the big silver pan island and fishing and foraging in the distant seas, which also meant that they were about to dock.

The speed of the voyage was still high, and the agility and speed of the dhow were fully explained, and at least ten minutes earlier, Levi had been able to see through his telescope the undulations of the distant horizon.

It was the mountain range on the Great Silver Plate Island, the taller central mountain range, and they were in the right direction, and according to Levi's own estimates, there was still about an hour to enter the east coast where Cape Town is located, and that was the time to really get home, and really relax!

The four-day ocean voyage is coming to an end, and this is the first time that Levi has entered the deep sea and ocean area in the real sense, and he can't help but feel a little embarrassed when he returns to Cape Town at this time.

The real ocean voyage is not this distance, and the four-day voyage is just a small episode in the voyage that is really calculated by months, but after seeing the wider ocean, it also gave birth to the pride in Levi's heart to conquer this seemingly endless sea.

The once vast North Trumming Sea has become small, and the Great Silver Plate Island, which once relied on for survival, has become like a drop in the sea, and as for Gray Mist City, Cape Town and other places, it is even smaller and pitiful.

This is the improvement of his vision, at least for Li Weikai, he also has a bigger goal.

That is the new route, the new island, and the sea area of the elven race, which are all one of the goals he wants to further conquer, but when Levi looks at the Cape Mountain that has appeared in front of him, the continuous beach, and the east coast that belongs to him, he also smiles, this is all man-made.

If Levi wanted to be a small businessman, a busy and poor little captain, then nothing would happen, and perhaps he would live with nothing.

But since Levi has chosen this path and become the lord of Cape Town, the king of the Spanish Empire, then he will continue this path, overturn the tables of anyone who stands in his way, and swear with real strength that he is coming!

The captain of the dhow also stood half a step behind Levi, squinting slightly at the Cape Mountain in front of him, and the wooden lighthouse that had been built on the top had also faintly outlined, as if to signal the merchant ships passing around him, where there was a port that could be anchored.

Cape Town has rearrived, and the two dhows seem to have received a report from the lighthouse on the top of the hill and have been dispatched to meet them, which also shows that in the four days since Levi's departure, the east coast has also formed its own order, which has symbolized that Levi is completely in his hands.

On the two dhow ships, the sailors with small flags in their hands were waving their flags quickly at a distance of dozens of meters, and through the captain's translation, this also meant to express welcome and joy.

"Flag signal, this is really nostalgic."

The captain smiled slightly, looked at Li Wei and was also a little embarrassed, and said softly: "Your Majesty, this voyage seems to be over, I hope my ship has not disappointed you." ”

"Very good." Levi smiled at the corner of his mouth, and he nodded and praised the captain: "Your level is not just a captain, especially in the course of daily conversations, I found that you also have a lot of unique insights into life and the city, which is really good." ”

"Small details in daily life, pay more attention to draw conclusions."

The captain also smiled, and they would have talked about it often during these four days, if they had nothing to do, and considering the amount of knowledge of his own majesty, his majesty, he could not help but praise: "A king as knowledgeable as you is, even in the history of Spain itself, is very rare." ”

Levi shrugged and smiled, he knew a lot of things in the era of information explosion, but there were also many bits and pieces, but through the conversation of this captain, they were all supplemented.

Especially for the governance of towns, opening up towns in the future, allowing the natives of this world to enter Cape Town for trade, and even how to deal with various matters when these natives are included in the territory that rules the native world, including the important maintenance of law and order, this captain's conversation is very insightful.

In this regard, Li Wei couldn't help but ask: "This captain, although we had a good chat, I don't know what your name is?" ”

"Your Majesty the King, Attentive Gaskel salutes you!"

This sentence is not an ordinary question, the captain almost instantly felt the change from the system, and a lot of familiar and inexplicable knowledge seemed to appear in his mind, and at the same time subconsciously replied: "Under the admonition of the voice of heaven, I am willing to spend the rest of my life serving you." ”

"Very well, Gaskel, my cabinet is missing a Minister of Justice, and it seems to me that you may be able to find your purpose in life through this position."

Levi also replied formulaically, but he also touched the tip of his nose with some embarrassment, reached out and patted his own Gaskel, who had changed a lot, and said with a smile: "You can do it." ”

ps: Recently, the weather has been hot and cold, my mother's body is already weak, and she is tired of watching the child, so she suddenly had a heart attack at night, called 120 and called an ambulance, and went to the hospital for an examination and then had a false alarm, fortunately, it was okay, alas, I can't slack off, the pressure of life is really great. (To be continued.) )