The speed of the voyage was fast, after all, it was a deep sea area where there was no need to avoid the reef, and as the thick sails of the galleon sucked up enough wind, the entire huge hull of the ship cut through the sea and headed in the established direction in the distance. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The East China Sea direction of the North Trumming Sea is basically a sparsely populated area, not to mention ordinary merchant ships, even those pirates who are good at hiding themselves will not come here to plunder, except for the occasional foreign merchant ships who are not familiar with the terrain of the North Trumming Sea, and almost all year round do not see one or two ocean-going merchant ships appear here.

Because the merchant shipping routes in this sea area are generally concentrated in the south, and the ocean-going merchant ships that come to trade actually use the South Trumming Sea as a transit station, so that they can safely reach Dayinpan Island and trade with the bustling Gray Mist City.

If it weren't for the discovery of new islands and new shipping routes, even the Northern Tsunami Sea could only trade through the South Tsunami Sea, and it would not be possible to effectively connect to other seas, let alone directly carry out ocean trade with other seas.

In fact, even the new islands and new routes, as well as the news connecting the Elven Republic, are too far away for ordinary people, at least this route that has not yet been really put into use, and the first thing that appears is definitely war.

This point Levi knows very well that the Elven Republic is definitely not a friendly country, from the first encounter of the Elven reconnaissance ship, and the conspiracy to collude with the Ketufu River water thieves, you can know that the most fundamental doctrine of that group of elves is to destroy the human power in the North Trumming Sea, and spread the power of the Elven race directly, and it is even possible that even the South Truning Sea will invade.

After all, the South Trumming Sea and the North Trumming Sea are actually a contiguous sea at all, and it is only because of the long interval between the main inhabited islands that there were two wars of war decades ago, which led to the enmity between the two.

Even Levi had heard some secret news from the old sailors, and the biggest one was that the governor of the Northern Trumming Sea was actually a member of the royal family who had been canonized by the Southern Trumming Sea.

Otherwise, the title of the governor of the Northern Trumpet Sea is only an earl, and he does not even have the title of king.

And those old sailors often mentioned that there is still a real human kingdom on the other side of the real South Trumming Sea, and the supreme ruler is the king, and a series of nobles have been canonized to govern the country for him, including the North Trumming Sea.

Of course, Li Wei didn't know the authenticity of the words, but the rumors that had been circulating for so long had basically not been refuted by the North Whistling Sea, and even in the ocean-going caravans of some aristocratic forces, this statement was also very prosperous, and many people had secretly said that even the South Whistling Sea had relatives of these nobles, as if it was a family.

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Thinking about the rumors they had heard before, and chatting with Green about a match, the speed of Galen's galleons also decreased slightly, and as they came to the channel where ocean-going merchant ships often appeared, they could also see a few merchant ships full of goods from time to time.

The ocean-going merchant ships in this world are almost the same as in the previous life, except that because gunpowder weapons have not been developed, and there is no tactical modification such as shipborne artillery, they are almost similar to Galen sailing ships in comparison, and there is not much difference in terms of tonnage and number of sails, and they are all merchant ships that mainly use ocean-going sailing.

However, if you look closely, you can also see that the structure of these merchant ships is more similar to the predecessor of the Galen galleon, the Clarke-type sailing ship that was very popular in the medieval era, whether it is a large ocean-going merchant ship or a small ocean-going merchant ship.

Even the Grey Mist City navy, which was responsible for cruising the route, had a slightly petite hull that was actually in the style of a Clark sailboat, with more than a dozen oversized ballistae and huge bed crossbows in the bow and stern, and Green felt as if he had come to the Middle Ages, or encountered the navies of some backward countries.

After all, Levi's galleon has been uniformly equipped with artillery and has entered the ranks of modern warships, even if it is an armed merchant ship, but according to the characteristics of the Galen galleon itself, as well as the title of the originator of the battleship, it is enough to explain its applicability.

In fact, even at the end of the Age of Discovery, in the entire modern navy, the Galen galleon was loved by many large companies and countries with its excellent cargo capacity and self-defense capabilities, after all, this kind of large merchant ship has fallen behind in military use with the times, but its own merchant ship essence will not change.

What's more, the galleon, at the beginning of the study of the Spanish Empire, was a light warship capable of withstanding the rough waves of the Atlantic, capable of defeating predatory pirates, and a merchant ship that transported a large amount of gold obtained in North America, as well as various cash crops!

In other words, the motto of the galleon Galen can be called "being a battleship is only a part-time job, and carrying cargo on a merchant ship is the main job that I rely on to make a living!"

Of course, after experiencing the waves of the Atlantic, this kind of sailing ship deeply impressed the discerning navy of the Spanish Empire, easily defeated any pirate-operated light warship, and formed an invincible armada that made the entire coast of Europe and the seas leading to the New World America tremble!

It was also the glory of the Spanish Empire, the honor of the first empire on which the sun never set, the arrogant ambition that once carved up the world.

And now, Levi and the others looked at the sailing ships sailing by their side, and they all had a faint smile on their faces, a group of medieval-style merchant ships did not have any combat effectiveness at all, even if it was a dozen warships of the same size, as long as they were not caught in the gang and jumped into hand-to-hand combat, their guns hidden under the gun windows would blast the enemy ships within any range into slag.

At least now there is no enemy, and this terrifying firepower has not been truly seen by the people of this world, and the only people who have seen that terrifying side are those who have completely sunk into the mouth of the Yuqiao River and have been shattered into tattered pirate warships!

"My lord, the outer harbor of Grey Mist City is ahead."

Holding the telescope in his hand, Green's eyes also clearly saw ahead, which were two familiar watchtowers on the breakwater, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and turned his head to Levi, who was sitting on a chair next to him, and said, "We have arrived." ”

"I saw it, I used to feel like I was going home, but now I feel weird."

Levi also put down the apple he was chewing in his hand, squinted his eyes and looked at the two guard towers in the distance, the ant-like figure was also patrolling back and forth on the breakwater, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Now we belong to Cape Town, and we really don't have much emotion for this gray fog city that has gone through a lot of hardships." ”

"yes." Green nodded, he followed Levi step by step from Weimo, and finally obtained the territory of Cape Town, the taste of which is not known to outsiders, especially in the most difficult times, black bread and salted meat are constant, and being able to eat cheap fruits is like a festival.

But he looked at Levi next to him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, the Galen sailboat under his feet brought him great confidence, and the title in his mouth had already been explained in advance: "But Lord Lord, the current Gray Mist City Outer Harbor, with the Galen sailboat under our feet, we can easily block them." ”

"If they want to make a move against us, that's easy."

Levi also smiled, and the slight praise in Green's words also made him very useful, because it was the truth. Even if it is two sloops, equipped with more than two dozen 12-pounder guns, they can block the ocean trade route of Gray Mist City, even if the current navy of Gray Mist City is fully dispatched, the final result may be that the two sloops can be expelled after heavy losses.

What's more, Levi's current flagship, the galleon equipped with more than fifty heavy guns, could not have been more easily blocked by fire than the hundreds of meters of gap in the breakwater, and could even ignore the ballistas and trebuchets placed on the breakwater.

It's not that Levi looks down on these medieval cold weapons, even the stone projectiles of the ballista and the stones of the trebuchet can pose a certain threat to its enemies, but this kind of slow weapon really does not have much deterrence, because the stones they fire are as slow as turtles compared to the solid shells fired by artillery, and the power is still small.

"Go ahead and dock at the dock in the Outer Harbor area!"

Green's voice was already heard, and the shout of the order passed on, and as the sailors tugged hard at the cables, and finally lowered the sails, the whole galleon also relied on the current and inertia to sail towards the two watchtowers in front of them.

The small boats responsible for the navigation have also come back to the shore, and it seems that the prosperous outer port area has been restored, and the previous dock rules have also been restored, and the small boats will lead the huge ocean-going merchant ships to the edge of the specially opened dock, so that these merchant ships from the ocean-going sea can finally dock safely in the exclusive berthing space.

Standing on the inside of the ship, Levi looked at the outer harbor area that had been rebuilt after half a month, as well as the brand-new warehouses, and nodded slowly, and instructed Green behind him: "Let's go, go to Mortuna first." ”

"The situation in the outer harbor of Gray Mist City has not been right recently, and it is safe to bring more people."

Green nodded, but he also gestured behind him, and immediately twenty Spanish sailors in pale orange uniforms stepped forward, checked the bayonet dagger at their waists, and quickly followed with flintlock pistols in their hands.

Recently, he has often come to Gray Mist City to do trade, even if he goes to the shipyard in the inner harbor area, but he has already heard of all the chaos encountered in the process of being governed by the Rotten Algae Gang in the Outer Harbor District, and he can't help frowning: "The garbage of the Rotten Algae Gang is almost unscrupulous now, and it can be said that it is the source of chaos in the Outer Harbor District at present." ”

(To be continued.) )