Chapter 120: Black Rice Harbor
The Spread Wings was only on the island of Carrasga for one night.
Early the next morning, when the ship had carried a large amount of daily necessities with a total value of more than 30,000 gold coins and various military magic machinery, the Spreading Wings set sail again, sailing about eighty kilometers north of the island of Carrasga, rounding an island that was larger than the island of Carrasga, and then turning east.
It was already more than 200 kilometers away from the coastline, and at the speed of the wings, it was still driving from early morning to afternoon before I could see a black line representing the coastline in the distance.
Neval put down the binoculars in his hand and smiled at Xu Yi beside him: "Lord, it seems that we should have arrived at our destination very smoothly, and this long-distance cruise test near the sea has been considered a success for more than half of it." ”
Xu Yi smiled and nodded, but couldn't help but look up at the sky that was starting to become a little dim because it was approaching dusk.
The purpose of this long-distance offshore cruise, in addition to testing the long-distance cruising ability of the Spreading Wings, is also to improve the experience of ocean cruising with the captain of the Spreading Wings, Neval and the crew.
In this extremely underdeveloped continent of Sainz, most of the time when sailing on the vast sea, you can only rely on experience to judge the direction of bearing, and cannot accurately navigate with the high-tech satellite positioning system as on the earth.
The reason why Neval seemed so happy when he saw the coastline was because even he, a captain who was extremely familiar with the sea, was not completely sure that he would be able to lead the Wings to its intended destination accurately.
The technology in this world is still very far from launching satellites for precise positioning, and Xu can't find fault with Neval's work.
Despite the frustration of this situation, he still had to sincerely praise Neval's ability to work.
To know. Even a captain like Neval. It took Xu Yi a lot of time to find it.
You want to have a large number of crew members who are capable of carrying out ocean voyages. It also needs to be slowly cultivated by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce itself.
"How has the attrition been so far?" Xu Yi thought for a moment and asked Neval.
"Not bad. Neval replied with a relaxed expression. "It's about the same as the loss in our previous voyage tests, and the total consumption is about seventy-three tons of standard magic crystals, which is about one hundred and fifty kilograms of standard magic crystals per kilometer in terms of mileage. ”
"Is it about one hundred and fifty kilograms?" Xu Yi thought for a moment and nodded: "Well, it's not bad." The loss of this process is completely acceptable. ”
According to the new standard of magic crystals proposed by the Magic Research Institute of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. One kilogram of the standard magic crystal refined by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce contains one worm.
The magic power of one Ai is enough for the latest Xinfei brand magic fan to run continuously for three whole days.
And the power required for this spreading wings is naturally countless times that of a magic fan, so for every kilometer sailed on the sea, it will consume a full 150 angestals of magic power.
Based on the current cost of refining standard magic crystals per ton of Xinfei merchants is twenty gold coins, the loss of one kilometer is one hundred and fifty kilograms, in fact, it only costs three gold coins.
In Xu Yi's opinion, the power loss of such a large cargo magic steamer only costs three gold coins per kilometer, which is simply the same as what was given for nothing.
If you look at it on Earth, it's a fantasy.
Of course, this is also because the magic crystals are everywhere on the continent of Sainz. Therefore, it seems to be extremely worthless, and ordinary quality magic crystals are not even valued by people like ordinary stones.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has so far purchased a full seventeen magic crystal mines from various places. For this, it only paid the price of less than a million gold coins.
The cost of extracting standard magic crystals from them is mainly focused on mining magic crystal mines, and there is almost no investment in other aspects, which is why the cost is so low.
In this respect, the cost of transporting cargo is simply frighteningly low using a large magic steamer with a capacity of more than 3,000 tons.
However, in the past two years, with the large-scale popularization of various magic machinery produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and other chambers of commerce, people have gradually paid attention to the loss of magic crystals.
The price of ordinary magic crystals circulating in the market has not changed much, but the price of medium and high quality, especially high-quality magic crystals, has increased significantly.
Judging from this sign, the people on the continent of Sainz have gradually begun to realize the importance of the resource of magic crystals.
Xu Yi naturally sensed this sign, so in the past two years, he frantically purchased magic crystal mines from all over the world, and encouraged Evita to continue to study magic crystal refining technology, just to prepare for the energy competition that will occur in the near future.
Returning to this winged ship, in addition to the loss of power, such a large ship, of course, there are other losses.
As for the wear and tear in other aspects, in addition to the wear and tear of the crew's daily needs, it is mainly concentrated in the wear and tear of various details of the cabin.
For example, the door of a warehouse suddenly failed to open last night because a screw was loose. ”
Hearing this report, Xu Yi's face immediately sank: "Who is responsible for the installation of screws in this warehouse?" Write down your name, and when you go back, give him a second-level warning and deduct this month's bonus." In addition, the squad leader who is responsible for the overall warehouse assembly is also jointly and severally liable, and the bonus of this month will also be deducted, and he will be given a third-level warning. ”
Neval stuck out his tongue secretly, thinking to himself that the Elder was really strict.
It's just that a screw is loose, and it is necessary to give such a severe punishment, even the responsible squad leader must be punished.
But on second thought, although the Spreading Wings was large enough to have room for these mistakes, it was too dangerous to sail at sea, so it had to be extremely demanding.
By doing so, the Elder wants to establish this idea.
As someone who will live on the Wings for most of the future, Neval is very supportive of Xu Yi's approach.
Neval reported several other minor problems with the Wings, and Xu was equally unceremonious in giving a corresponding punishment.
With Xu Yi's usual style of doing things, when the Wings Spread returns to the harbor of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the results of these punishments will definitely be released.
Although strict, Neval was sure that those who were punished would not complain.
Xu Yi also has absolute prestige in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, because he has always been extremely fair, and he will be punished if he makes mistakes, and he is not stingy when he has merit.
When all the employees of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce discussed in private, they all agreed that as long as they are willing to work hard in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, then they will definitely get rich rewards.
While Neval was reporting to Xu Yi, the Spreading Wings was still moving smoothly towards the horizon at high speed.
Xu Yi listened to Neval's return while looking at the coastline that was getting closer and closer in the distance, and suddenly found a puff of black smoke rising high in the distance.
Xu Yi was shocked, snatched the telescope that Neval was holding, and looked at the coastline.
Through the lenses, I could see countless figures on the coastline from a distance, but because of the distance, I couldn't see what was going on.
Neval also noticed the movement on the coastline, and was about to ask Xu Yi when suddenly a violent explosion came from the coastline.
At such a distance, the sound of this explosion is still extremely loud, which shows how loud it is.
At this moment, not only Xu Yi and Neval noticed, but the other crew members who had spread their wings were also attracted to attention, and everyone looked at the shore together, their eyes uncertain.
Xu Yi put down the binoculars and said to Neval in a deep voice: "Pass the order, increase to the highest speed, and immediately rush to the port of Heimi!"
Neval hurriedly answered, took out a magic call box, and gave a loud order to the crew to speed up.
After a few moments, the hull of the Spreading Wings shook slightly, and then the huge hull began to accelerate gradually, gradually increasing from the previous uniform speed of thirty kilometers per hour to more than forty kilometers per hour.
This speed is the current limit speed of the Wings, which would not normally be used, as it would greatly increase the power consumption, and may even increase it to twice the normal power consumption.
Moreover, the oppressive force on the whole ship in this state is several times higher, and it is easy to have uncontrollable losses in a larger area.
But in this case, I can't care so much.
The coastline was rapidly approaching, and Xu Yitong's telescope gradually saw what was happening on the coastline clearly, and his face became more and more heavy.
The purpose of this port was to allow the goods produced by the factories in the Black Rice Wasteland to be loaded onto ships and then shipped to other parts of the continent by sea.
This port is regarded as the window to the endless sea of the Black Rice Wasteland, and it is extremely important to be associated with the factories under the name of many chambers of commerce, including the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Black Rice Wasteland.
Since it was built last year, the port is only half built, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has invested more than three million gold coins in it.
And in order to make good use of this port, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also cooperated with the Amrli Chamber of Commerce to build a road of more than 500 kilometers through the entire Black Rice Wasteland on the Black Rice Wasteland.
For this road alone, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has invested close to one million gold coins.
This shows how much Xu also attaches great importance to this port.
Now, however, countless people have rushed into the port, wielding weapons in their hands, rushing back and forth in the port.
From time to time, huge fireballs flew in from the outside and smashed into the port, plunging the entire port into a sea of fire. (To be continued......)