A loud bang suddenly appeared, startling a large flock of seagulls.

On the shore, high columns of water suddenly rose on the calm sea, white splashes splashed out in all directions, and a faint rainbow briefly appeared in the air under the sunlight.

On the stone wall of the coast, there are several figures with a huge difference in height.

The taller man was Link, the leader of the Flamingo Mercenary Regiment Ark, and the shorter one was three, all of them Job, the leader was Aberdeen, who was the director of the fairway development project, and the two people standing next to him were his deputies.

This is the east coast of the Field Wilderness, this place is called Tiger Roaring Cliff, it is a high stone wall, but there is a 300-meter-wide notch in the stone wall, the water in the notch is very deep, reaching an average of 30 meters, and the slope of the cliff behind the notch is also very gentle, from here you can easily get to the shore.

If there are no reefs in the sea, then this is a very good deep-water port.

Link needs a lot of materials to build a territory, and the most efficient and economical way to transport materials is by sea, so after Link understands the basic situation of the territory, the first thing Link does is to let the Job engineer team open up a sea lane.

Looking at the splashes on the sea, Link asked Aberdeen, "How long will it take for a truly usable shipping lane to be opened?" ”

Because this matter was handled by the Flamingo Mercenary Group before, and Link was only in contact by letter, Link didn't know in detail, but now that he is here in person, of course, he has to ask the experts, so that he can know in his heart.

Aberdeen knew that the young man in front of him was his big benefactor, and he was also a master of magic, so he couldn't be fooled, so when he heard this, he immediately raised his spirit and said: "Master, we have sent divers to survey before, and there are a large number of reefs from here to 50 nautical miles, but there are not many that really need to be cleared, only 1,000 meters on the edge of the Tiger Roaring Cliff." The estimated time to clear this area is two months, and there is still one month left. ”

A month, not bad.

He continued: "What about the area 1,000 meters away, does it need to mark a safe shipping lane?" ”

Aberdeen patiently explained: "Master, there is no need, every sea ship is now drawn with basic water magic runes, and experienced captains can judge the depth of the water ahead from the changes in the light of the runes, as long as the reef is not too dense, they can safely avoid it." ”

Link suddenly knew that he was thinking too much, this was the real world, people would always find the most economical and reliable way to solve the problem, and he was a maritime foreigner who asked for specific details, which would lead to jokes.

"So what is the budget for opening up sea lanes and building ports?" Link asked again that was something he needed to master.

"4827 gold coins, master, this is the exact cost, we Jobians are very fair, never cheat friends." Aberdeen patted his chest proudly and gave a fairly precise number.

Link has his own ideas: "I also hope that this harbor will leave enough room for expansion, and if it develops in the future, it can be expanded smoothly." ”

As soon as he said this, Aberdeen was immediately embarrassed: "Master, if this is the case, these stone walls under our feet must be bulldozed, and the amount of work will be more than doubled."

"My budget is capped at 10,000 gold coins." Link held up a finger.

Aberdeen's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Then there is no problem." ”

He turned around and began to discuss with the two deputies beside him, the two deputies took out a drawing, and after the three of them compared for a while, the short Job man looked up and said to Link: "My lord, if you do this, the construction period will be increased by half a month." ”

Of course, there was no problem, and Link nodded in agreement.

After that, the group walked a little further along the rock wall of the Tiger's Roaring Cliff, and then Link said goodbye to the busy Jobians and rode with Ark to the camp inland.

On the way, Ark stopped talking.

Link saw it, thought about it, understood his thoughts, and said with a smile: "What, are you worried that there won't be enough gold coins?" ”

This is exactly what Ark wanted to say, he turned his head to look at the port under construction behind him, and said, "My lord, counting this harbor, you have already invested nearly 30,000 gold coins in the territory, and this is just the beginning." ”

They had just cleared the bandits in the wilderness and built a small camp, and then the 30,000 gold coins evaporated, and the speed of spending money could no longer be described as flowing water, it was simply a flood.

Where has Ark ever seen such a method of spending money, not only is he panicked, Lucy, Gridan and others are panicked, and even the magician Carrido has no bottom in his heart, Link can make money by enchanting magic, but the speed of spending money is even more unique,

They were afraid that Link would run out of money and get into trouble.

Link smiled: "This is a necessary investment, save it now, and it will cost more money later." ”

When Ark heard this, the thick lips on his loyal face moved again, and he looked like he didn't dare to say what he wanted to say, not that he wasn't straightforward, but that what he wanted to say was difficult to say.

Link was so sensitive, seeing him like this, he laughed and scolded: "I haven't seen you for a few months, how did you become like this, is it constipation?" ”

Ark smiled bitterly, knowing Link's character, he simply let go, and his face showed worry: "My lord, this field wilderness is really rare and barren, there is not even a piece of land to grow crops, there are stones everywhere, and it can't be cleaned up." Except for some weeds, not even a tree can be seen, there are not many rivers, hurricanes often pass through, and there is nowhere to hide, can such a place prosper? ”

Originally, they came here with confidence, ready to work hard for themselves and for Link, but they didn't understand the situation, and after spending the past few months in this wilderness, the passion in the hearts of the three of them was smoothed out by this barren and desolate place.

Food, clothing, and timber for building houses had to be brought in from other places, and the place was simply poor.

Link listened, but laughed, not worried at all.

Although the natural environment of the Field Wilderness is a little worse, it is not like this, so it is strange that such a large piece of land can be in his hands.

Besides, this wilderness is not useless, not to mention the anti-magic clay, its geographical location is also very good, along the coast in the east, all the way out of 1000 nautical miles, is the high elves' Dawn Island, to the south is the southern countries, to the north is the capital of the Norton Kingdom, the conditions are really very good.

The natural environment is poor, so let's renovate.

In this magical world, this is not impossible, as long as you are willing to invest money, you can overcome it. And the last thing Link lacks now is money, he has 120,000 gold coins in his pocket, some of which he earned himself, and nearly 80,000 is a reward given to him by the Academy of Magic, in order to support him to build a territory.

"Don't worry, Ark, in ten years' time, the Field Wilderness will definitely become Field City."

At this time, the shadow of the camp had already appeared in front of him, and Link whipped his horse whip and ran forward at a faster speed. Ark's worry was still unabated, he felt that he had no hope at all, and sighed, he gently pinched the horse's belly and followed Link.

The camp ahead is called Scorched Earth Ridge, and it was built temporarily, but it cost Link 6,000 gold coins.

The camp was built on a high ground surrounded by a high wall of boulders, with two gates, one leading to the sea and the other to the north-west of the Gwent Forest.

A stone wall encloses a circle of land over 300 meters in diameter, a sturdy watchtower has been built at the top to monitor the surrounding area of the camp, and below the heights is a large wooden hut inhabited by members of the mercenary group and recruited workers.

Once in the camp, Link turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to the warriors on one side, and walked towards a large wooden building on the side.

This wooden building is the administrative building of the camp, with two floors, covering an area of more than 200 square meters, at this time people are in and out, very busy, after Link walked over, a young man full of books immediately greeted him, this is Link's clerk, named Joshua, recruited from the town of River Valley, a very capable young man.

He held a piece of paper in his hand, and his voice reported to Link quickly and clearly: "Master, the reply from the East Valley School of Magic has arrived, and it is a handwritten letter from Dean Anthony. ”

"Repeat it to me." Link Road.

"Yes." Joshua nodded and continued: "The letter said that your idea is not realistic, it is impossible to use a magic tower to change the climatic conditions of the Field Wilderness, he said that in order to achieve this goal, you must build at least 5 large magic towers to form a tower array, and 5 magic masters are stationed in it at all times to achieve it, and this is not realistic, Donggu Academy can build a large magic tower for you at a 50% discount, but it can't help you achieve your desired goal." ”

It's really unrealistic, don't even think about a large magic tower without 100,000 gold coins, five is 500,000, and five magic masters will be stationed at all times, this plan is simply crazy.

Link listened all the way, and when he walked to the study that belonged to him in the room, he had already understood what the other party said, he sat down in a chair, frowned, and said, "Hmm~ This is really not good news." ”

If you want to build the Field Wilderness, the port is the first key, and climate change is the other key, both of which are indispensable.

Otherwise, with the ghost weather of more than 4 super-large hurricanes and more than 10 small hurricanes in the field wilderness a year, this place can only prosper.

The magic tower is also what Link urgently needs, although he has graduated from the East Valley Academy now, but magic has no limit, if he wants to continue on the road of magic, he must have a magic tower of his own, ordinary ones are not enough, it is best to be the same scale as the East Valley College Hub Magic Tower.

Donggu Academy couldn't help him anymore in this matter, and Link frowned, thinking hard about a solution.

At this time, the young clerk took out another letter, this one with a magic mark on it, indicating that it was a secret letter, the clerk did not open it, he handed the letter to Link: "Master, this is the letter that has just arrived. ”

Link took the letter and looked at it, and saw that the envelope was covered with a shimmering magic mark, and the outer shell of the envelope was made of very tough bearskin paper, and the back of the letter was also painted with a self-destruct rune, which would self-destruct if the letter was violently opened.

But how do you open this letter correctly? There are no instructions.

Link glanced up and down at the envelope, estimated the meaning of each rune, and after half a minute, he understood that this was a Malf-style rune lock, which was very exquisite, but as long as he knew the rules, he could crack it in minutes.

If it was Link before, it was really possible to be stumped, but Link, who had read all the magic notes of the upper mages of the East Valley Academy, had an unimaginable depth in magic, and this rune lock was a piece of cake for him.

After figuring out for five or six minutes, Link lightly clicked the runes on the letter paper with his fingers in a certain instant, each point entered a different amount of magic energy, and after clicking 13 magic energy, as soon as the envelope lit up, the magic mark disappeared, and then the envelope opened automatically.

Before pulling out the letter, Link couldn't help but think to himself, 'Who's playing dumb riddles with me?' It's kind of funny. ’。 (To be continued.) )