"Woo......"

The four sailors puffed out their cheeks and blew the huge horn with great force. Although the sound of the horn is not as deep as that of a horn made of long horns, it is still very solemn.

"Please invite the port owner to preside over the launching ceremony of the new ship! Three sacrifices! Incense! Worship the god of the sea! The mocker, who was temporarily the master of ceremonies, shouted loudly.

I led Wang Shou, Liu Han, the Water Demon, the Iron Head and other high-ranking officials of the Stygian Harbor to step forward steadily, raise their hands and face the Stygian Sea, and solemnly bowed three times.

The launching ceremony was held in the only shipyard in Hades Harbor, and it was about to be launched by a large warship that had just been built. Originally, I have always believed in any ceremonies and other activities, but Wang Shou, the deputy head of Hong Kong, insisted that it must be done, and I had to follow him.

In fact, this so-called launching ceremony is not complicated, that is, a table is set up in front of the bow of the new ship, a slaughtered pig, cow and sheep are placed, incense is burned, and sacrifices are recited. However, I was too lazy to recite that long paragraph of the condescending prose, so I handed over the sacrificial speech written by the bookworm ghost to Wang Shou, and read it as much as he loved.

In addition to Wang Shou, others such as sarcastic ghosts, water demons, big eyes and others are also chattering in their mouths. The words used in each are elegant or vulgar, but the content is nothing more than praying for the blessing of the god of the sea, for the safety of the new ship, and for the sailors on board to be free from disasters and so on......

After this whole set of regulations, the new ship is finally about to start launching!

The new ship was launched backwards. At the beginning of the keel, the stern of the ship is facing the sea, and after the construction is completed, the slipway is laid from the shipbuilding platform and extends to the water below. At my command, the boatmen removed the tripstones, untied the cables, and let the new ship slide backwards and into the water.

"Wow!"

The huge stern of the new ship slid into the water and stirred up huge waves, and a behemoth could float on the open sea with its own buoyancy, set sail with the wind, cleave the waves, and indulge in galloping!

I've named this brand new ship: the Dreadnought.

The brave are fearless, and the benevolent are invincible. The Intrepid was the first planned naval flagship of the Stygian Harbor and had twice the displacement of the Victory; Above the waterline, it is covered with iron armor, and there are no mast sails, only paddle drive; The ship's sides are equipped with twelve giant bed crossbows, and the bottom of the ship is still built according to Wang Shou's original ghost ship model, equipped with underwater goggles and speargun launchers.

Once completed, the Intrepid replaced the Victory as the new flagship and a true warship. And in the future, I plan to build a ship of the same size, maybe even bigger than the Dreadnought, to be named: the Invincible!

I started to let Wang Shou personally supervise the construction of the Intrepid half a year ago, and the project cost a full 50,000 Yin Yuan, which is also due to the fact that most of the materials for shipbuilding are taken from the nearby Ghost Eater Forest, so it is so cheap. Of course, limited by the low terrain of the underworld and the depth of the water level of the Stygian Sea, the Intrepid naturally could not be compared with the giant ships sailing on the sea of the Yang Realm, but compared to other warships in the Netherworld, it was already a giant-level existence.

But the sheer size of the volume also inevitably brings with it many limitations. Due to its deep draft, the Intrepid could only navigate the Stygian Sea, not the river. In other words, the Intrepid is a warship that is stationed in the outer waters of the harbor all year round and is specially used for escort defense.

This is also a major step I have taken to prepare for an attack from the underworld. With the Dreadnought, if the underworld wants to attack the harbor from the sea, it must first taste the power of this giant warship!

While I am happy, the worries in my heart still cannot be swept away. It has been more than half a year since Wang Song left the Underworld and returned to the underworld, and there has been no news that the underworld is going to send troops to attack the underworld.

This made me and Liu Han feel very confused: it stands to reason that a person with such a good face as King Yama would be willing to let me go like this?

In any case, it is naturally a good thing that the Yin army of the underworld does not come to attack the Underworld. I still suppressed this negative news, and continued to manage the affairs of the harbor as usual, and at the same time did not dare to slack off, and secretly continued to step up preparations for war.

As a result, the trouble you got into will come after all!

The day after the launching of the Intrepid, the long-awaited bad news reached my ears in another unexpected way.

The director of the shipping department and the commander of the Stygian Harbor Navy Army, Sandao, ran back from the Giant Waterfall City with the Victory. Before the ship docked, I got the report as soon as I could: the bow of the Victory had been crashed!

I was shocked when I heard this, and I hurriedly sent someone to pass the three knives to explain the situation. But in his anxiety, he then hurried to the dock, and he was sure to see with his own eyes.

When we arrived at the dock, the Victory had just docked. Sure enough, the bow of the ship was almost completely destroyed, and there was a large crack in the deck. I also checked the goods on the ship, and it was indeed the same batch of local specialties when they left the port, which were not shipped smoothly, but were pulled back as they were, and did not exchange for the infrastructure materials we urgently needed as originally planned.

"What the hell is going on?" Seeing that one of the primary "heroes" who helped my career take off was destroyed like this, I couldn't help but be angry and asked the captain three times.

Sandao's face was serious, and in the face of my reproach, he still saluted me with his fists in accordance with the rules of the army before explaining: "Report to the port owner, the Victory was suddenly attacked when it was docked in Giant Waterfall City, and had to hit the water gate with the bow of the ship to escape the siege!" ”

"Attacked in Giant Falls?" I was even more shocked when I heard this.

It is forgivable to say that the Victory was injured only when it was surrounded and attacked by pirate ships in the underground river. But he has already entered the Giant Waterfall City, why is he still attacked? Could it be that the port of Mighty Waterfall City has been overrun by the forces of water thieves?

No way! With the scale and strength of Giant Waterfall City, even if the Yin army comes to attack, it is not so easy to conquer, let alone any water thieves!

Could it be the Ghost Army? The ghost army has been active again to bring this? If even the Great Waterfall City can't withstand their attack, then wouldn't the Harbor be dangerous!

! Before the Yin army came, a ghost army came first, and let people live?

In the blink of an eye, several plausible or unreliable speculations had flashed through my mind. But it turns out that these speculations are not true, and the real reason is completely unexpected!

"On the eighth day of the first month of March, I commanded the Victory to arrive at the Giant Waterfall City smoothly. After handing over the wayfinding at the gates, the Victory sailed into the city, and the gates were closed as usual. Sandao was quite determined, and then slowly told me the details of the situation at that time. The gate of Waterfall City is a water gate, which is pulled by a winch, and it is very heavy, which I know very well.

"When the Victory entered the port, the helmsman slowly approached the dock under the guidance of the guide on the dock, but at this time, I noticed a very unusual phenomenon: several teams of guards from the Giant Waterfall City appeared on the periphery of the port area, and they seemed to be gathering on the dock! Moreover, several warships parked in the military harbor also began to anchor, as if they were in a hurry to set sail for the expedition! ”

"I was very confused, so I took a closer look at the situation on the dock. As a result, I noticed that in addition to the guides, the groups of movers who were usually waiting on the dock to grab business and compete to get on the ship to unload the goods were also gone. The whole pier looks empty! ”

"It's really abnormal...... "I often run to the Giant Waterfall City, and every time the ship docks at the port, there must be a few groups of movers rushing over to grab the work to earn some transportation fees. I usually take turns taking care of their business and try to maintain a good relationship.

Sandao continued: "So, I kept an eye on it, and told my men to stop the port at once, and turn the bow of the Victory in the direction of the city gate. Sure enough, the guards on the docks thought that the Victory had discovered their intentions and was about to escape, so they began to shoot arrows at the Victory, and several warships in the distance also approached in the direction of the Victory! ”

"It's actually the army of Mighty Waterfall City that wants to attack us!" Hearing this, my brow furrowed more and more, and I immediately realized that this was extraordinary. In contrast, the Victory crashing the bow of the ship was a trivial matter.

"I'll make a quick decision and let the sailors paddle out of the city at full speed!" Sandao's tone became more and more urgent, "At this time, the defenders of Giant Waterfall City have not had time to completely close the water gate, and in the panic, a door on the right is still stuck. I just let it go and ordered the helmsman to hit the right side of the water gate! ”

Fortunately, the bow of the Victory was hard enough to knock open half of the water gate in a daze, and then accelerated to escape from the Great Waterfall City. After that, although several warships in Mighty Waterfall City kept chasing after us with all their might, the Victory still relied on its good handling performance and fast speed to throw off the pursuers in the river and sail directly back to the harbor. ”

"Do you know why Mighty Falls is attacking the Victory?" I asked three knives.

Sandao shook his head and replied, "I don't know!" ”

"That's weird!"

After listening to the narrative of the three swords, the question in my heart did not decrease but increased: what is it for, the Giant Waterfall City actually wants to be unfavorable to the Victory?

Since the establishment of the Stygian Harbor, there has only been a commercial relationship with the Mighty Waterfall City, and there have been no grievances and disputes between the two Yin Cities. Moreover, Waterfall City is also the largest export destination of the Stygian Harbor, with 40% of local goods sold to Waterfall. Many of the commodities that are in short supply in the Harbor are also purchased from Waterfall City, such as grain, cloth, and various ores, including most of the ordnance materials I use to equip the army.

"Could it be that it has something to do with the underworld?" Another thought popped into my head.

Although the Giant Waterfall City is far away from the underworld and its strength is strong enough, it still has not escaped the control of the underworld, and it is still subordinate to the underworld on the surface. It is indeed not ruled out that the troops attacking the Victory are actually the Yin army sent by the underworld!