The blue sky is as quiet as autumn water. Under the white clouds, there is a world of light sails and light smoke.

The vast Xijiang River is turbid and green, rolling up the horn-like bō waves, gently lapping against the dock on the shore.

A wide-nosed bulk carrier sailed out of the canal at the mouth of the Xijiang River, adjusted its direction slightly, and slowly descended the river. In front of it are two small boats piloting, and the boatmen on them are constantly measuring hydrographic data such as depth, current, velocity, etc.

Behind the bulk ship was another half-smaller cargo ship, with a group of men in overalls and three or five knights sitting on the bow deck.

Most of the men in overalls were smoking and gossiping, and from time to time the knights, only the man in the lead, stood alone in the bow of the boat fishing, showing a strange harmony.

"Boss, the boat is moving so fast, can you catch a fish?" A man who is almost 40 years old sits on the deck, with a cheerful tone, and throws the melon seed shell into the river while eating melon seeds.

"I'm a unique technique, you see."

"Lou has been watching it for a long time, and there is no movement at all."

The people next to him laughed, and someone laughed: "I heard that there is a 50-pound carp king in the Western Continent, and my heart is like something, and my wife doesn't care about it." As a result, he went to sea as soon as he came, and he was addicted. ”

The man who ate melon seeds smiled and said, "If you want me to say, Lou is really a waste of you, and you finally came here and brought a fishing rod, if you sell it to those dealers who "run the luggage on your behalf, you will earn eight thousand yuan." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, if you dare to sell, I'll deal with you first." The man who always raised his head and viciously showed out a mouth full of white teeth and did not smoke, this is the most worthy of showing off.

A crowd booed. They are all shipwrights of Jiangnan Shipyard, good luck did not lay off, and then ushered in the prosperity of the shipyard, and now they have come to the West Continent with them to see such a vast shipping market. The mood is broadened, and there is a sense of happiness that returns to the pre-reform period.

At that time, they were state-owned enterprise workers with money and status.

A slightly younger brawler slowly approached a group of boatmen, half-propped up on the side of the boat, scrutinizing the rod and line.

The transparent nylon rope is not naturally obtained, and the tight and consistent performance is something that has never been seen by the people of the Western Continent. The fighting skill knight was even more skeptical about its carrying capacity, and said: "Can such a rope pull a 50-pound fish?" ”

The old man likes to talk about fishing with people the most, and immediately abandoned the worker, turned around and said with a smile: "What is the fish in Tianjin, even if it encounters 100 catties, it can hold it." ”

He patted the dumpling wheel fixed to the boat and said, "As long as you hook it, unless it can tow the boat away, you will only have to go ashore." ”

"Can I take a look?" This fighting knight is too curious, otherwise he would never communicate with civilians like this.

I put the heroism of the worker, stuck the fishing line, and got out of the way.

The thick rod of carbon, the tight fishing line, the fish float of the color sè and the hard metal hook, the knight studied it from head to tail, and studied it for a while, but pulled the rod out of the card slot, and threw the rod down the river violently, and the action was indescribably beautiful.

The hook falls into the water, and the line straightens violently.

The knight shook his hand and smiled in surprise: "Can you pull a 150-pound fish?" ”

"Yes. If you put it loosely, it's easy to say that a few hundred catties are good. As he spoke, his eyes widened, and he asked, "Caught?" ”

The knight said loosely.

"Not even the bait..."

"I hooked him." The knight spoke, his right arm bursting with fighting spirit. Lift it hard.

A stupid fish with a fat head and big ears jumped into the air.

"Red sweet fish, it's good to eat when it's grilled." At the bow of the ship, Ginmori saw it again, and easily turned on the magic "Divine Power Shape, and the moment the fish fell, a table protruded on the deck." It's flat just enough to put the fish.

Also a foodie is the Silver Mori Divine Knight, I saw him pull out a knife and remove the scales of the red sweet fish in the air, so that several workers and big brothers want to see the big fish and can't get it.

"That's amazing!" The old man gave a thumbs up and said, "Just this craft, you can be famous for getting sashimi or something in a big city." ”

"Fish belly." The guy who swallowed melon seeds took the opportunity to lù a hand.

The captain also came out of the wheelhouse, looked at the excitement with a smile, and said, "It's not easy to have such a big fish in your hands." ”

"The Xijiang River is full of big fish, and this is small." Coming out with the captain was the little priest of Mara City, whose chubby belly was very convincing.

"Really?"

"Don't you see all the food factories in the city making canned fish? How many tens of thousands of copies a week? ”

The people in the cab all walked out.

Encouraged by this, the knight of the fighting skill brushed the rod to fish, and after a while, he got three of them, piled them on the side of the boat, cut and burned, and made it into a luncheon.

The steamer went down the river and soon reached the mouth of the sea.

The captain returned to the wheelhouse with a smile on his lips, and began to adjust the course in front of him in the face of the data sent by the ship in front. He is regarded as a resource left by the former Po family. Po Tan automatically went to the isolated island to "put on a show", and his resources naturally had to be redistributed.

Chen Yi was not interested in the naval system, and only paid attention to the logistics part, so that he got a relatively complete force, and there were almost three systems and more than a dozen senior officials posted up, and there were naturally many small roots like captains under each tree. Whether they are in their original position, Yang or the Western Continent, they can play a big role.

In this environment where there are no satellites and geographic data, military crews can play a greater role. Merchant ships will not be able to conduct official sea trials until they have completed their mission.

Chen Yi hopes for 100,000-ton cargo ship transportation, which requires the water depth to be maintained at more than 20 meters to be safe. Even if a large river like the Xijiang River is only available in the center, and in some bends, further dredging may be needed.

This information must be recorded by several ships, and finally a complete plan can be implemented after it is obtained.

However, the requirements for 10,000-ton freighters are much lower, and they are the main ships that are transported to Xijiang, and many of them have not even unloaded materials, and are directly loaded and transported to other places, which is fast and convenient, and reduces a lot of trouble.

"The ship in front changes course."

"Sail northeast." The captain crossed lines on the rudimentary map and gave orders.

The first mate repeated and began to report specific parameters.

Captain. "We can still drive about 120 kilometers forward, pay attention to the distance," Ding said. ”

After looking at my watch, I went out to taste the food again.

The 120-kilometer limit comes from a light curtain with a radius of 400 kilometers, otherwise the Xijiang River would have come out of a large ocean-going vessel, not such a nondescript small fleet.

The barbecue ended in the evening, and the two large and two small boats slowly approached a simple local pier and re-landed in the dim light.

"Is it going well?" A young man in a striped shirt came up to the captain in front of the many martial arts members.

"Chen, Mr. Chen, the road went smoothly, it was originally scheduled to arrive in 14 hours, but it actually took 12 hours to get zero cents." The captain was sweating on his hands, turned his back and wiped a handful on the kùzi before shaking hands with Chen Yi.

"How does it feel to have the sea of the Western Continent?" Asked a professional question, the captain gradually calmed down and recalled: "The wind and waves are not big, but the swell is strong, and there are two people on our ship who are seasick, and there are also a few cargo ships in front. ”

"What if you go to the open sea?" Chen Yi said as he walked.

The captain hurriedly followed and said, "We are as far as 50 nautical miles offshore today, and we have not encountered any danger. However, without further marine information, the risk of encounters with typhoons and reefs remains significant. ”

Chen Yi greeted the other crew members again, and Li Changning stretched out his hand to signal that the unloading was completed.

Looking at the humble dock without even a crane, there were only three magic knights and seven or eight fighting knights drinking Coke and Red Bull in rough clothes.

Thousands of tons of supplies are only eight hundred containers, and the knights lift two at a time, throw them into the air, and the knights below them throw them one after another. Even if the two containers are placed, they can't even use 20 seconds during the period, which is faster than any crane.

It's just that no one can afford such a knight except Chen Yi, and he is not hired with money, but more with his future.

This is also the biggest difference between the Western Continent and the earth, and it is difficult to sell everything in the undeveloped commodity market.

Chen Yi exchanged faith for the allegiance and hard work of the knights, which was more like bartering.

"Captain, I'm sorry, Lou is going to dismantle the ship." Li Changning walked over.

"It's okay, I know." The captain glanced nostalgically at the port ship he brought, 3000

With a displacement of many tons, that is, a larger fishing boat, the old white paint makes it look dilapidated, but in any case, it is a ship under his own command.

The previous giggling boatmen climbed into the ship, ready to remove the parts that were still valuable.

The western continent is still in a state of overload, that is, more goods are transported in, and fewer goods are shipped out.

Many boats do not row... Even if it is shipped back, it is better to disassemble it on the spot and then sell the scrap steel of good quality.

A cargo ship with a displacement of 3,000 tons can dismantle about 1,000 tons of scrap steel, and any magic knight can be sent to the battlefield to be used as weapons, and the disassembled intact parts can continue to be used as reserves, which is more economical.

Chen Yi didn't even need to peddle it, there were already temples afraid that quartermasters were guarding the simple bungalows at the simple docks, waiting to buy the metal that had been demolished.

Compared with many of the scrap ship plates sold by Xijiang, the performance of the scrap ship board is better.

For gentlemen on the battlefield, no amount of metal is enough. The Temple Wars have always been a way to depopulate people, divert internal tensions, and destroy the economies of many countries at the same time.

"The second batch of 1,000 tons of steel will be given to the Fire Dragon Temple, thank you for your efforts in the construction of the wharf." Chen Yi was referring to the simple dock at his feet.

The envoy of the Fire Dragon Temple was flattered, and hurriedly said "politely" and respectfully took out the whole box of gold, and said with a smile: "According to what we said before, it's all here." ”

Chen Yi nodded, and had his own subordinates to count.

The envoy rushed ahead of the others again and said, "Your Excellency the Divine Knight, our side is currently under the main attack of the enemy, and the supplies are always scarce, I wonder if we can increase the amount of metal and food provided every month?" ”

"How much?"

"Double."

"You have too much, how many legions are you fighting? Who did not take on the task of the main battle? There was no need for Chen Yi to speak, and the envoys from the Water Dragon Temple and the Wooden Dragon Temple next to him all roared.

The Xijiang city-state provided one or two thousand tons of supplies to the Fire Dragon Temple every month, and the share of food was about 30,000 people, which did not account for a decisive proportion, but it was also an indispensable quantity.

And if it were doubled, it would be almost 20% of the total amount of supplies they needed, which would really exceed the supply of some large parishes.

If the canal is completed, Chen Yi will not be able to do it even if he wants to.

As for now, he has tonnage supply.

Not to mention 2,000 tons of materials, it is 20,000 tons, 200,000 tons, which is just the amount of transportation carried by the magic knight for half a day's work.

Aside from the hassle of shipping, the principal of these things is not worth mentioning at all.

Chen Yi took a full posture, and after the other representatives expressed their opinions, Fang said: "It's not impossible, but I have the document here, you have to ask the temple priest to sign the bank." ”

Li Changning cleverly put down a thick contract.

This is an exclusive contract, stipulating that Chen Yi has the final decision and priority of each temple city-state and the earthlings, and if the provisions are carefully selected, it means that the transactions between the city-states and the earthlings will all be carried out through Chen Yi.

If there was no threat of temple war, there would have been no high priest willing to sign.

Several messengers, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end they all buried their heads in the contract.

In the Western Continent, contracts cannot be violated at will, not only because of the moral risks, but also because of the substantial damages.

Therefore, compared with the Chinese who have never believed in the contract society, the natives of the Western Continent understand the power of chain contracts better.

After a long time, the envoy of the Fire Dragon Temple spoke: "I am the main priest of the war of the temple, how about I sign the contract?" ”

Chen Yi was not as unkind as he expected, and said with a smile: "If you are willing to sign, I can increase the supply of materials by 30%." ”

The messenger looked at this fellow, who was younger than his own son, and suddenly realized that this contract would not be the only contract he had signed, or that His Excellency the High Priest would sign.

"Is it okay to increase the supply of supplies by 30% from next month?" The emissary was not qualified to decide whether the high priest signed or not, but as a quartermaster, he was obliged to secure more supplies.

300 tons of metal per month, whether it is a standard weapon or a knight's weapon, can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the army.

He didn't bother to pay attention to the details of the document, but only thought of it as a business contract, and wrote his name and fingerprints.

"We demand the same treatment." The other messengers were also anxious. The natives of the Western Continent are actually very similar to the old landlords in European and American countries, the more high-status and wealthy the guys, the less easily they will sign their names. Chen Yi could afford to wait for the correspondence to be contacted, but the envoys were worried that they would not be able to bring back the materials and were dealt with by military law.

During the Temple Wars, killing a few nobles, or an entire regiment of priests, was nothing new.

"Remember to show your high priest the papers." Chen Yi was satisfied to see them sign their names.

The envoys at least represent the official attitude, just this level of relationship, it will take a year or two for the earthlings who have just come to the Western Continent to break through.

It only required at least one Fighting Knight among them.

Otherwise, there is simply no opportunity for equal communication.

"By the way, do you need mounts?" Before parting, Chen Yi suddenly said.

The messengers stopped in unison and asked, "What kind of mount?" ”

"Earth dragons, all juvenile, undomesticated earth dragons." He's talking about exactly the cloning program...

The latest breakthrough, although in the end there is only a successful case of "Earth Dragon", but it is enough.

Just look at the shining eyes of the messengers...