Chapter 80: A Ship Without Sails
There was one thing Jiang Feng thought wrongly.
When the wooden ship with the broken mast slowly went out to sea with the long whistle of the whistle, and saw this scene that subverted common sense, no one was ashamed of his ignorance to the point of shame. People widened their eyes in disbelief and rubbed their eyes repeatedly with their hands in an attempt to polish their eyeballs, while others reached out and grabbed their arms in an attempt to prove that they were not in a dream......
And in the end, the focus of all eyes converges on one person.
For the wizard who performed such a miracle, the sight of the colonists standing in the harbor onlookers was invariably filled with deep awe.
"I must be drunk......"
"You're not drunk, look! That's the wizard's sorcery! ”
"You can let a sailboat with a broken mast go to sea, this, I'm afraid this is already more than three stars of witchcraft, right?!"
"A wizard who has defeated Lord Solol......"
For phenomena that cannot be explained by common sense, these aborigines, like most of the natives of lower civilizations, rightly attribute them to the fruits of witchcraft. Because of the abundance of stardust, there is indeed a profession on this planet that delves into the occult realm of wizards, which suppresses the development of physical thought.
After all, the germ of science is born from curiosity about unknown phenomena, and if all unknown phenomena are attributed to mysteries beyond the control of ordinary people, there will naturally be no soil for the growth and development of basic science.
Standing on deck, Captain Kerut's hand holding the steering wheel remained motionless, just staring blankly at the departing harbor, until another long whistle woke him from his astonishment. Captain Calff, who was standing on the dock, his captain's hat fell to the ground, but he stared at the sea in a daze, forgetting to reach out and pick it up.
Du Wei was the first to come back to his senses, and his gaze at the steamer was full of fire, as if he saw a mountain of silver coins.
Among all the people standing here, I'm afraid only Xiaobai and Yiran are the most calm. The former has no special concept of the most basic sailing ship, while the latter is a time-traveler from the electric age and even the early atomic age, so he does not show a surprised expression on such a thing as a steam engine.
Standing on the dock of Port Sevit, Jiang Feng shook his head with a smile.
"That's amazing! Why can you go to sea without sails? ”
Emily, cloaked, stared at the sailboat that was moving away from the harbor with wide, glittering eyes. Next to him, Yi Ran snorted expressionlessly, holding the back of his head with his arms, and his eyes wandered around boredly.
Jiang Feng didn't answer her question, but asked rhetorically.
"Then why can a ship with sails go to sea?"
"Do you need to ask?" Emily replied as a matter of course, "Because the wind blows it behind and puffs up the sails, the ship will naturally float out." ”
"That's right, because the wind is pushing it behind," Jiang Feng nodded, "In the final analysis, it's because the wind gives the boat a force in the forward direction." But you have to know that it's not just the wind that can exert force on the boat, it's something else. ”
With a frown, Emily lowered her little head and fell into thought.
Glancing at Emily next to her, Ira yawned and said.
"Are you giving a physics lesson to the half-elves?"
"Really? So what am I talking about? Jiang Feng said with a smile.
"Cut—" Ira dragged her voice out, "you obviously didn't tell her anything." ”
"Compared to me telling her the answer directly, there are some things that can be thought about by herself," Jiang Feng smiled and said softly in a gentle tone after looking at Emily who was deep in thought with her mouth pursed, "The joy of life lies in the exploration of the unknown, and it just so happens that she has a long time to ponder these interesting things." ”
Ira pursed her lips nonchalantly.
Coming from the industrial age, she can't understand what Jiang Feng said about fun.
People living in the wilderness spend their lives in poverty just to earn more money and make life a little better for themselves and their families, at least not to endure hunger and cold in the cold winds of winter nights.
Efficiency is everything.
As for the fun......
That's extravagant and boring stuff.
Squinting his eyes and feeling the sea breeze blowing slowly, Jiang Feng looked at the steamship that slowly left the port with the sound of a whining whistle. The power sensor installed on the blade feeds back the operation of the steam engine to the brain chip in real time.
"The average speed is 8-12 knots, and the fastest speed is 15 knots...... It should already be the limit. ”
After all, it is an ordinary wooden hull, and when it is a brig, the average speed is about 6 knots, and the maximum speed of a full sail is 10 knots. If the speed exceeds 15 knots, it will cause a lot of load on the hull, and may even cause serious consequences such as hull damage and keel fracturing. If you want to increase the speed, in addition to replacing the power source, you also have to reinforce the hull as a whole.
If it's so troublesome, it's better to build a new one.
The emerald green cloak shook slightly, and a slender figure walked behind Jiang Feng.
"The problem of the ship has been solved, when are you going to leave."
There has been no movement for two weeks, and Leia, who is on a mission, is inevitably a little anxious, and has been following Jiang Feng to urge these days. Now that the ship was finally able to go to sea, he stepped forward again.
"Don't worry, wait until I get a few more guns to mount on it, and it will be ready in two days at most." Looking at Leia, who was anxious, Jiang Feng smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "I promise you that I will be able to go to sea smoothly at the end of this month." ”
Taking a deep breath, Leia glanced at Jiang Feng deeply.
"I hope you keep your promises."
"Of course, I've always been a man of words...... By the way, I've always been curious, how to solve the crisis of chaos with that long sword alone? Looking at the steamship returning to the harbor after going around the sea, as well as the cheering sailors on the deck and in the harbor, Jiang Feng asked Leia beside him in a casual tone.
That silver long sword Jiang Feng had studied, and the mysterious power that was lodged on it was similar in strength to the "Blood Temple", a level of curse that was comparable to five-star witchcraft, but in terms of the amount of energy, it was only at the level of three-star witchcraft.
Looking at this weapon from the perspective of mortals, this weapon, known as the "Sword of Gondar", is indeed worthy of the name of an artifact, but it is too exaggerated to solve the chaos that has swept the world with just one artifact.
"The key is not in the weapon, but in the person who uses it." Leia glanced at Jiang Feng, "The Sword of Gondar, given by the Elven Emissary, will awaken the heroic bloodline that resides in Seres Gondal, so that he can step into the Holy Rank and awaken into the legendary Bloodline Knight." ”
"That bloodline knight is strong?" Jiang Feng asked with interest.
"Of course," Leia raised her chin slightly, "All the powerhouses who have stepped into the Holy Rank with mortal bodies, what we call transcendent sainthood, have already gone beyond the realm of ordinary people. You've probably met Delia's swordsmanship teacher, right? ”
Jiang Feng nodded: "I've heard of it." ”
"At the level of that sword master, ten more are not the opponents of the Sword Saint, and the Holy Rank is probably such a thing. If a master-level swordsman is equivalent to a one-star wizard, then the holy rank is at least the level of a three-star wizard. Leia said succinctly.
No matter how skilled a swordsman is, if he rushes into a phalanx of hundreds of people, he will be chopped into pulp by random knives. But if it is an extraordinary sword saint, he can set off a bloody storm with the iron sword in his hand in the hundred-person phalanx.
"There are differences in the power of the bloodline knights. If it is the heroic bloodline of Gundar, the strength of Ceres Gondar after awakening will not be inferior to the five-star wizard born in the academy in the righth. ”