Chapter 267. Morton in the South Trumming Sea

Of course, the North Trummaging Sea is the place where new shipping routes are discovered, because the passage connecting the elven sea is located to the east of this sea area, and it is even discovered by the merchant ships of the famous Senge Chamber of Commerce in this sea area. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Of course, Levi didn't know the specific reason for the discovery, but he looked at Cage's puzzled appearance, and he smiled slightly, and replied: "Of course I know that this is a new route, but what makes me curious, that is, how can you all know about this place in the South Roaring Sea?" ”

"Indeed, if I remember correctly, the nobles of the North Trumming Sea should have blocked this news, because even some of us in the North Trumming Sea have not been able to get the accuracy of this news."

The captain on the side has also seen a lot of winds and waves, although he has not really been to Gray Mist City, nor has he studied the so-called news of the new route, but according to Levi's statement, he said very cooperatively: "If you can know the news from such a distance in the South Roaring Sea, then we really don't believe it." ”

"No, no, no, this news has really spread all over the South Roaring Sea!"

Cage also frowned a little puzzled, and subconsciously said: "No, it is said that there is a rich merchant named Moulton who opened a silver mine in the North Howling Sea and then made a lot of money, and spread it when he returned to his hometown because of old age. After a pause, Cage also shook his head and said, "But I don't know the specifics." ”

Squinting his eyes slightly, Levi's eyes stared at this Cage's eyes, but his body, which was still squatting next to him, suddenly tensed, even if his hands subconsciously clenched his clothes.

His breathing was a little short, and Levi's undulating chest even had a little roughness, because when he heard that name, he couldn't help but grit his teeth tightly, squinted his eyes at Cage, and slowly asked, "If I heard it right, you said that the rich businessman is called, Moulton?" ”

Yes, Levi couldn't have misheard the word, the unique name, because in the two years or so he had been in this world, it had haunted his entire life.

This made his heart no longer calm, and he subconsciously reached out and put it on his chest, the gorse necklace made of silver seemed to prove everything that had happened before, but Levi raised his head and looked at this somewhat cloudy Cage, and still asked, "Are you sure?" ”

"It's... Yes... He is indeed called... Moulton. ”

Cage's throat twitched slightly, and a large amount of fine cold sweat appeared on his forehead, as if the fear he had had from hiding in the mezzanine cupboard before, about to face a deadly enemy.

"It's true."

But Levi's figure retreated, and the body that was originally squatting next to Cage also squatted directly on the ground, looking up at the sky with a flat face, the blue appearance was as clear as sea water, which also made him gradually calm down with his hands on his body, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "But I'm really confused, what's going on?" ”

This really made him incomprehensible, obviously the old Morton was fatally attacked that day, and he forcibly came to his ship, and died after just a few words.

Even Levi asked the old butler to act as a priest, cleaned up his body and prayed, and finally after defeating the main force of the Grey Mist City, he and the priest Zachari arranged for him to be buried at the foot of a small hill on the bank of the Yuqiao River.

"Your Excellency."

The captain of the dhow also came over, and although he could not attend the funeral at the time, according to the orders of the Admiral Hall, the dhow with the richest results in the naval battle, also fired a cannon.

This is a kind of etiquette from modern Europe, the eighteen guns of this dhow fire one after another, without loading shells, in the sound of thunder, the respect for a deceased, and this is also the most solemn and solemn etiquette they can make.

"Well, I know, I'm normal."

Levi nodded, stood up sharply with his body propped up, and watched Cage next to him also get up and cower, as if he was a little scared, but showed a smile.

Stretched out his hand and patted the young man's shoulder, but his eyes swept to the steel crossbow placed on the deck not far away, as well as the all-iron crossbow arrow in the quiver next to him, and said with a smile: "Why, why did the young man who even the elves dare to attack, suddenly become so timid at this time?" ”

"No... It's not the same..."

Cage also raised his head, looking at Levi, who seemed to have regained his previous calm and confident appearance, he also swallowed and foamed, glanced at the sailors around him who were still in his post, and slowly put down the throbbing in his heart, and exhaled a long breath and said: "But it's really lucky to survive..."

He didn't finish his words, because he also thought of the crew members who were captured and tied up by the elves on the ship, and none of the more than sixty people were captured, and now he didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

Cage clenched his fists, Cage remembered his first uncle, who had always been good to him, and turned his head to look at Levi with some hesitation, but still forcibly gritted his teeth and said: "Honorable lord, this sea area is really too dangerous, if you want to continue to move forward, you will definitely encounter the warships of the elf clan!" ”

"Of course, that's what we came with in mind."

The captain smiled, but he didn't care about the depiction of this little guy, after all, the warship of the feudal era, no matter how strong it was, how strong it could be, because this is the essential difference in the times!

"But...", Levi's brow furrowed slightly, he sensed the sadness between Cage's brows, and the deepest fear in his eyes, and at the same time, he thought of the appearance of the merchant ship about to sink, and the breach in the bottom of the ship, and couldn't help asking: "Cage, what type of attack has your merchant ship been subjected to?" ”

Cage's face was also slightly stunned, as a trainee sailor, to be honest, he was not qualified to directly participate in the battle, but a look of fear immediately appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but swallow and spit slightly.

In his mind, a picture has also emerged, many strong and burly sailors, even the murderous pirates can fight hard, they were so frightened that they chose to surrender, and they didn't even have the idea of shooting with crossbows, just after those elven sailors jumped on the boat, they all raised their hands and became captives of the elves.

Although they were hiding in the cupboard on the mezzanine, they could still see through the cracks and know that those sailors had chosen to give up, which was simply the most humiliating surrender, without any resistance.

Even the first uncle, whom he respected the most, was able to directly penetrate the enemy's head with the steel crossbow in his hand from a distance of more than three hundred meters, and he also chose to surrender in front of the group of elves, throwing down the steel crossbow, which seemed to have some hope, and also placed the quiver next to the crossbow.

"No... I don't know..."

Cage also bowed his head slightly, and when there was an exchange of fire with the elven warship, he was still wiping the floor in the cabin, even if there was a battle, he was relieved to hide under the ground and wait for orders.

However, as all the personnel chose to surrender, he also escaped by hiding in the cupboard on the mezzanine, although many sailors knew that he was hiding inside, but in the face of the capture and binding of those elves, he did not say anything about his hiding, just bowed his head gloomily, waiting for the disposal of the group of elves.

He moved his lips with some hesitation, but Cage seemed to have something in his mind, and he couldn't help but raise his head and say to Levi: "But my lord, before we were attacked, it seems that we were attacked by trebuchets!" ”

"Trebuchet?"

Levi's brows furrowed, on medieval warships, the installation of ballistas and trebuchets, the most effective weapons in the era of cold weapons, was of course quite common, but he didn't understand why this little Cage was so solemn.

"No, it shouldn't be a trebuchet attack, how to say it, it's a giant trebuchet!"

Cage's description was obviously not so accurate, and his face was a little anxious, but he suddenly thought of the words he wanted to say, and couldn't help but say hurriedly: "Yes, yes, it's a giant trebuchet, the kind used to siege cities, I once saw the nobles of the South Roaring Sea use this kind of trebuchet to break through the towns occupied by the rebels!" ”

"So you're saying that there are such giant trebuchets on the elven warships?"

The captain also spoke slowly, but he wrinkled slightly every day, because he understood that the effect of installing a heavy trebuchet on this ocean-going warship could not even catch up with the installation of two ballistas.

After all, it is a choppy sea, and the shaking hull and the deviation when firing will also make the stone projectiles thrown by the trebuchet eventually produce a huge drop, and the most serious one can even reach a gap of twenty or thirty meters, because even a direct shot of artillery cannot avoid the obstacles caused by the waves.

"I didn't see it, but the merchant ship shook badly when it was hit, and I heard from the sailors who wanted to fix the hole that the stone that hit us was the size of two heads!"

Cage also took a deep breath, looked at Levi and the captain, gritted his teeth and suggested, "We'd better get out of here quickly, if we are caught, I'm afraid it's really all over." ”

After a slight pause, Cage also clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said: "When I return to the South Roaring Sea, I must tell our Chamber of Commerce to send more merchant ships here, after all, we have paid so much for the Chamber of Commerce, and there are still many people who have been captured, and the Chamber of Commerce will not die without help!" ”

"I hope it's all safe."

Levi's brows furrowed, and he also had a sudden feeling in his heart about this young man's statement, especially about the giant trebuchet mentioned in the words.

Glancing at the captain, he found that his eyes were also full of doubts and puzzles, because they both understood that it might be possible to install trebuchets on merchant ships, but it was impossible to install heavy and large trebuchets, because even the people of this world could know that the best way to use this kind of thing was to siege cities by land.

Gritting his teeth, Levi did not order to continue to explore towards the east, but turned his head to the captain and ordered: "Go back the way you came, I think our exploration work this time has basically been successfully completed." ”

"Understood."

The captain nodded, and quickly gave orders to the sailors on the deck, and with the wide sails changing direction, the whole ship was also controlled by the helmsman, drawing a graceful arc on the sea.

The whole dhow had also turned around and began to return along the road from which it came, and the experienced sailors would keep track of their own routes, so that they could sail west and roughly determine the location of Cape Town, after all, it had only been a little more than a day away, and the direction would not be too bad.

Levi was holding the Cage book in his hand, the black cover was plain, but when Levi opened the page number inside, the things recorded on it also made him squint.

This is a logbook that contains the specific route from the South Trumming Sea to the North Trummar Sea, and even rumors of new routes, as well as speculations about new routes and estimates of new islands, as if someone had been there once, brought back information, and then carefully studied the conclusions.

"Captain's logbook?"

Cage looked at the black book with some surprise, this thing is like a medal for the captain, it records not only the route, but even the handling matters in each environment, as well as the cargo situation of each port, as well as the distance to the port and the time consumed, there are detailed records.

In the hands of those who know how to do it, this is undoubtedly an artifact, but Cage can only shrug his shoulders and bow his head in despair, even the captain has been captured, and now even if this book is held by Levi, he has no choice.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to transcribe a copy."

Looking at Cage's gloomy appearance, the corners of Levi's mouth turned into a smile, although he was asking, but the meaning of his words had already given this matter.

After all, it is a nautical chart, the captain's most critical logbook, and even with Levi's flipping, he also saw the specific route of the South Tsunah Sea, as well as the two node islands encountered on the way, and even the crash bay on the edge of the North Tsunami Sea, as well as the division of various forces in these two sea areas.

Maybe Levi can't understand this thing, but for the Admiral Hall, it is a very important thing, because this logbook brings the current Cape Town Navy a vision.

ps: I went out today.,The company has been too busy recently.,Things before the New Year.,This month needs to be done all.,It's helpless.,I hope you understand.,But I'll still take the time to code words.,But today I'm very sorry... (To be continued.) )