Chapter 052: Captain Gomes
Seeing that the entire front end of this huge 200-meter-long spaceship was directly cut by a sharp blade, and a piece of about 30 meters in length disappeared out of thin air. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Su Mu then met the captain of this merchant spaceship, Gomez, who was qualified to lead a full crew of 2,000 people, which showed that he had the rich experience and excellent ability of a veteran pioneer, so that Su Mu was not slacking off because he was just a captain.
"Sue, you must already know the secret message that Sir Blanco sent you, right? We will issue a commission in the name of the royal family, and we hope that you will accept this commission to send personnel and supplies to the middle of the Eastern Route for support. ā
Su Mu nodded: "I already understand what Sir Blanco asked, but since the following entry involves the eastern route, I expect Captain Gomes to guide me to ensure that I can reach my destination safely." ā
Gomez nodded: "There is no need to worry about this, the Eastern Route is a secret, it doesn't matter if it is revealed to you, I will send you a special guide to tell you the specific route, as well as help solve the communication problem with the colony." ā
"Besides, I wonder what Sir Blanco intends to use as a reward for his commission? Although it was a commission issued in the name of the royal family, it must have been the exploration fleet that actually paid the payment, and I personally admired the knight and was willing to contribute to the pioneering cause of Faron, and I am afraid that the commission at a complete loss would make it difficult for me to explain to the crew. ā
"This..."Gomes patted his chest and said: "Sue, this point has been discussed with the Sir before, and the spoils captured by the colonies will be used to pay for it, you just need to bring the loot back to Faron, considering that the loot already has the characteristics of the goods of the Eastern Route, and the resale is enough to earn dozens of times the profit." ā
Sure enough, it was almost the same as he guessed, but Su Mu was not dizzy to be deceived, how could the goods of those small countries compare to the huge profits of the goods of the Ryuku Kingdom, and it was not so easy to get himself hooked.
Su Mu continued to ask: "If it's a trophy, I think it's no problem, it's just that the Sam Country, which has opened up the land to the final target of the commission, looks like it will still encounter a lot of subspace storms during the period, and may suffer some losses, I hope that the reward figure given by the Jazz in the end will not disappoint." ā
"I understand, please rest assured!" In the face of the indiscriminate bombardment of Su Mu, Gomes can be regarded as seeing the power of this pioneer, but fortunately, when the time comes, he will not deal with it himself, but the person in charge of the colony, which will give him a headache.
"......" Su Mu wanted to say something, but seeing that Gomez was a little impatient, he hurriedly stretched out his hand, "In this case, I will immediately start organizing the fleet, and plan the route, prepare supplies, recruit manpower, and inform you of the progress at any time." ā
"Very good, then." Gomez clenched Su Mu's hand and breathed a sigh of relief, and then he didn't ask any more questions as if he had finished explaining, or that he was just a messenger in the first place, and he had his own things to do.
"I wonder how long Captain Gomes will be here? With such damage to the spaceship, I'm afraid it will have to go to a planet with a developed shipbuilding industry to undergo at least half a year of overhaul before it can re-enter the starry sky, right? ā
"You don't have to worry, the reason why the spacecraft didn't go for immediate maintenance is because of a special reason, and it is related to the secret of exploring the eastern route!" Gomes said something meaningful, so that Su Mu didn't understand what he was referring to.
"Besides," Gomes said, "Sir Blanco admires you when he hears that you have succeeded in annihilating the enemy fleet that has come from afar to invade the frontier, and he would love to let you take command of one of the ships if he has the chance." ā
"It is a great honour to be favoured by Sir Blanco!" Su Mu replied respectfully, although in terms of aristocratic rank, they were both knights, but in terms of strength, Blanco, who led a fleet of 12,000 crew members, completely crushed himself.
"It's a pity that I still have to run a company and a pioneer in the future, so I'm afraid I don't have time to get involved." Su Mu said modestly.
"Haha, but, since you are named after Ryugu, I believe you still have thoughts about the Ryugu Kingdom at the end of the Eastern Route, right?" Gomes said, "I believe that once the exploration fleet officially finds the Ryuku Kingdom and starts trading, it will definitely form a larger trade fleet and raise capital, and you can participate in it." ā
After the two finished talking, Su Mu thought about the meaning of Gomez's words, why did it seem that there were still some things that he hadn't mastered, what did he want to do when he stayed in the pioneer place? Do you have an idea for a pioneering place?
Su Mu believed that Blanco's fleet did not need to do that, just in case, he still let Long, the future mayor of the current pioneering land, send someone to investigate and monitor, and on the other hand, he and Nana prepared a new round of sailing, this time to cross the distant star gate, to the middle of the eastern route, and they are still using the wanderer type, although the addition of various weapons, so that the ability to resist subspace storms is greatly enhanced, such a long journey is still not a small risk, must be prepared just in case.
Half a month later, Su Mu listened to Long's report.
"You say there's less than 500 crew members left on the ship at the moment?"
"Yes, it is said that when we fought the enemy fleet in the subspace storm, more than 1,000 crew members disappeared in the subspace storm, so there is so much left." When the dragon said this, he guessed what the boss was going to do, could it be that he wanted to snatch such a spaceship of nearly 100 billion yuan? Otherwise, what would you do by investigating this information?
"Another week ago, Captain Gomez and a crew of about 100 people temporarily left on a ship returning to Beacon Star from the Pioneer Field."
"In this way, it seems that in the absence of a leader, 500 crew members seem to be a lot, but it is impossible to subvert the San Calan Frontier, and it will definitely be dragged into a stalemate."
"I'm personally curious about what Captain Gomez is going to do when he hurriedly returns to Lighthouse, is there any change in the kingdom?" Su Mu thought about it, seemed to have grasped some ideas, couldn't help but put his mind at ease, and praised: "Dragon, you have done a good job, next, I will lead the fleet to leave the pioneer site and go to the rear of the star gate, it is estimated that it will be away for half a year, you have to make sure that there are no problems in the development site." ā
After Su Mu finished instructing, he returned to Nana's side, during this time, the two ships of their Dongliugu Company had already been prepared, carrying 100 experienced pioneers recruited by the local government who were very interested in roaming the colonies in the middle of the Eastern Route, and 3,000 tons of all kinds of useful goods, especially weapons, and filled the spacecraft with the intention of leaving.
Nana stood in front of the holographic map, beside her were several guides who gave her a brief explanation of the starry sky behind the distant star gate, and each point they explained would immediately highlight on the map, and the final connection was together.
Starting from the Pioneer of St. Calan, it took three days to reach the Far Star Gate, then after a 15-day voyage to the Star of St. Li, and after 30 days to reach the Sam Country, the whole journey was completed.
Coupled with the three-week voyage from the Lighthouse Star to the Pioneer of St. Calan, the 10-day voyage from Sam Kingdom to the Henggu Stargate, and the fact that it still takes about 15 days to reach the prosperous planet Calicut of the Rygu Kingdom, the time for a one-way trip is more than 4 months at the earliest.
Su Mu stepped forward: "How is it, my captain, do you know how the route is going to go?" ā
Nana nodded: "Yes, Su Mu, I know, I didn't expect the Eastern Route to be such a peculiar route, if there is no help from the two star gates, it is estimated that it will take three or four years to go through the Barubas Kingdom." ā
Su Mu agreed: "The universe is so big, in the dark ages, how could we think of a way to bypass the powerful Barubas Kingdom and go to the Ryuku Kingdom to do business in this way?" He thought in his heart, since the guide simply explained how to go down the route for Nana, he didn't have to act as an old man, at most, he would guide him when he encountered a problem, and no one would doubt it.
"Let's use this voyage as a rehearsal in case we have to venture out on the Eastern Route!" Nana excitedly announced, "We're ready to go." ā