Chapter 22: Traveling to the Eastern Continent Faces Problems
"Boom-"
In the distance, the bell tower is making a deep sound, echoing in the sky.
One, two, three......
Lin Jue, who had just opened his eyes, was a little unsure whether he was awakened by a dream or by the majestic sound of the bell.
He wasn't even sure if the dream just now was real or if it was really just a dream.
If it's true, it's terrifying indeed. I was so terrified that I couldn't be sure whether I was awake now, or in a dream, or if this world that had just been accepted by my heart was illusory.
Thinking of the eccentric little phoenix, the simple and lovely Mo Kexin, the delicate and fearful Lin Yue, the unpredictable quasi-father-in-law Mo Zun, and Jiang Quan, who hugged each other and sighed loudly in the prison with him, and such a grandiose, colorful and magnificent, frightening but exciting world.
"Could it be that these are just Nan Ke's dreams?"
Lin Jue's eyes were round, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and it seemed that everything in front of him was beginning to become illusory. The white ceiling, the starry sky, the dim jungle, the sparkling lake, the witch with her back to the drawing board and her eerie smiling face, the moonlight, the canary telling the delicate face of freedom, the old man of the small noodle shop...... All these pictures, like a marquee, kept flickering in his eyes, chaotic.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Lin Yue, who had just come in with a washbasin, looked at Lin Jue who looked wrong, put down the washbasin in a panic, came to him, shook his body and shouted.
"Ahh......h
Lin Yue bit her lip tightly, stretched out her right hand, and stretched out her index finger and middle finger side by side, and said in her mouth: "Mantra Light Dispelled!"
I saw Lin Yue's fingertips, a dazzling white light lit up instantly, like a sun suddenly rising in the night, without warning, instantly illuminating the entire room.
Lin Jue was flickered by this dazzling light, his eyes narrowed unconsciously, and in his eyes, countless mixed pictures were piled up together, like paints of various colors, on the paint board, being stirred vigorously by wayward children, dirty, messy, and ugly.
Suddenly, this ugly picture was suddenly covered by a white light, like snow in spring, which instantly melted and dissipated.
"Lin Jue!"
"Who? who is calling me?" Lin Jue's eyes were still white.
"Brother!"
"Brother, are you okay? Don't scare Yue'er, wake up. ”
The white light in front of Lin Jue's eyes gradually dissipated, and a silver hair and a delicate face came into view.
"Ah, it's Yue'er!"
Lin Jue, who was a little stunned, looked at the delicate little face in front of him, and after a while, he suddenly stretched out his hands and held it.
"Ah, it's really Yue'er! Then I'm awake now!"
"Ahh......h
Lin Jue was frightened by this coquettish voice, and when he saw Lin Yue standing in place, pinching the corners of his clothes with his little head down, he instantly reacted to his inappropriate behavior just now, and said with a wry smile: "Yue'er, I ...... just now Not intentionally ......"
Lin Yue's face blushed, and after a while, he turned around and ran outside the house.
"Hey, I really didn't mean to. Forget it, it's all true, damn witch, one sentence almost scared me crazy!"
The Kingdom of Orlante, Oasis City.
The twenty transport ships led by Lin Jue have been here for half a month.
Although the National Higashioji Trading Company has been in operation for more than two months, the preparations for going to the Eastern Continent have not yet been completed. The main problem now is that the selection of the first batch of immigrants has not been completed.
"Because I promised my Majesty that within three years a strong naval fleet must be formed. This is what Lin Jue said to Jiang Quan.
Jiang Quan has a headache, shipbuilding is a systematic project, and it can be completed overnight. Lin Jue's promise to His Majesty the King has no scruples about the truth. Even if the ship can be built, someone will have to drive it? In three years, we will quickly establish a colony on the eastern continent, build a shipyard, prepare all kinds of materials, start building ships, and train a navy that can operate warships. The key is the selection of the first batch of immigrants, all of whom must select craftsmen of all disciplines in order to ensure the supply of materials for the future dockyard.
In order to get the promise that Lin Jue made quickly, Jiang Quan could be said to have put a lot of effort into it. After all, it was not easy to meet a sympathetic traverser, and if he got away with it, he would be done with it.
Under Jiang Quan's complaint, Lin Jue was silent.
However, after the silence, Lin Jue was ready to rely on his ingenuity to draw up a plan suitable for the current form.
"It's hard!"
Lin Jue, who had been in the office for a day and two nights, had a headache.
The plan was drawn up, but it was not so easy to implement it. The most critical problem now is that there are not enough immigrants.
The Orlantes are a people who have lived in the desert for a long time, and although the conditions are harsh, they are still on the fence about going to a new continent that they have never heard of before. Even if the royal family tried their best to promote Lin Jue, it had little effect. In a folk saying, it is: "Let me spend money on investment, it's okay." What? No, no, no, you can't die. ”
"In the final analysis, it's still a problem with these two places!" Lin Jue pointed to the two points on the map, the sea in the east, and shook his head helplessly.
These two points lie between the central continent and the eastern continent, one in the northernmost part and the other in the southernmost part. At that point in the north, on the map, there is a huge squid. To the south, a huge whale is drawn.
"Kraken, Leviathan, the two great sea monsters, I thought they were just mythical monsters of our world, but I didn't expect there to be here, and they were all marked on the map. Alas, feudal superstition kills people!"
Fenix sat on the desk, revealing two smooth calves swaying up and down, holding a green apple in her hand, gnawing on it, shaking her head, and said: "No, no, no, it's not feudal superstition, you have to believe that there are these two creatures in this world, and I can testify to this." ”
Lin Jue was puzzled: "Have you seen it?"
Phinex nodded and said, "Yes, you have to believe that there are not only big octopuses more than a hundred meters long in this world, but also big whales hundreds of meters long, and there are also giant dragons...... Well, that's what you call a big lizard. ”
Lin Jue stared at the map with a sad face, and said helplessly: "In other words, in their opinion, going to the Eastern Continent is really sending them to death?"
Phinex shook her head and said, "No, no, no, the reason why the Yan Empire was able to discover the Eastern Continent is because their geographical location is really good, and on the other hand, they don't believe that there are two kinds of monsters. If you take a detour, you can get through, the key is how to convince these people that there is no danger on this road. ”
After a moment of silence, Lin Jue nodded thoughtfully and said, "I understand." ”
Fenix looked at Lin Jue's thoughtful expression and said with a dry smile: "Why do I think, you seem to be thinking of some strange idea?"