Chapter 133: Reclamation (I)
Chapter 133: Reclamation (I)
The battleship dropped its anchor, and the pirates on the pirate ship were already so tired that they were vomiting blood. Half a month in a row. Although it is always a north wind, sailing ships are not as strong as magically powered ships, and sailors consume many times more physical strength. In the past half a month, more than a hundred pirates have been tossed to the point of almost exhaustion, but none of the pirates dare to have any opinions.
Saleen's three warships were not decorations, and they had no chance to escape even if they wanted to.
Looking far away over the land, the coast towering over the mountains, Rex took the mage from the underwater turtle alchemy ship onto the battleship, she came to Saleen's side, and shook her head at the sight of the shore. The mountains here are continuous, and there is probably no suitable place for opening a port in the nearby hundred miles.
To build the city, you need to connect Phoenix by land and Lianyun by water. The northern part of Phoenix is mountainous, and if you want to open a road in the mountains, even with the help of a large number of magicians, it will be extremely time-consuming, and it may not be possible to open this road in three years.
Rex took out her magic map, opened it, searched all the way up, found the northern part of Phoenix, zoomed in on the map, searched the coast, and finally found a few parts marked with a deep-water port.
The closest location to Phoenix is obviously not a good one, it's isolated. It is surrounded by tall mountains on three sides and the sea on the other. More than 400 miles to the north, there is a spot, which is a fault zone formed by the mountains. Here, only a few peaks are needed to connect this small area to the plains behind.
There are not many obstacles between the plain and Phoenix, and it is less than eight hundred miles to the west to enter Phoenix in the south. In total, the journey was more than 2,000 miles. There are mountains in the straight line, and this is already the closest way.
"Two thousand miles, even with the best carriage, eight hours a day, it will take five days to arrive. Saleen looked at the map and realized that it was too far from Phoenix.
"It's good, we can build a city on the plains, and this seaside port can't be used as a commercial city. More than 700 miles to the south, this place can build a second seaport, and it is not a trading city anyway, and it can be used to moor warships. ”
"We won't cause any trouble here, right?" asked Salin.
"No, the Empire will stop at the borders of Phoenix. Any nobleman could expand the empire outside the territory, and no one wanted it here, because it was not suitable for peasants, and there was a freezing period of nearly half a year, and the port would be frozen and it would be impossible to develop shipping to and from Scochenia. Counting the wasteland here, the income is not enough to hand over to the royal family. ”
"Then you don't want to lose money?" Salin heard that the nobles had to hand over a certain amount of property to the royal family when they obtained land outside the empire, so it was no wonder that no one wanted such a large piece of land.
"I'm royalty. This can be used as land developed by the Kushui Gun, and there is no need to pay anything to Holy Rock City. I can feed the farmers on this land. ”
When Salin heard this, he was relieved that Rex still had such benefits in founding the country.
After Rex and Saleen discussed, they flew up in mid-air, comparing the coordinates they saw from the magic compass, combined with her magic map, and finally determined where they were now.
From here, more than two hundred miles to the north, was the location she and Salin had chosen. Salin was not in a hurry at this time, and ordered the three battleships to rest and set sail again tomorrow.
When the pirates heard that they could rest for the night, they collapsed on their beds one by one, and even the ships were powerless to clean up.
Salin wasn't tired at all, he summoned all the mages on all three boats and told the mages about his and Rex's plans. The mages had no opinion, Jason had already given the order, unless they were allowed to die, the others were subject to Salin's arrangement.
After a night's rest, the next day, the fleet sailed for four hours and arrived at the place Rex had chosen.
It is still a coastal landscape in the northern part of the continent of Myers. There are mountains, and there are peninsulas jutting out of the sea. To Saleen's delight, the mountains here are all pure white stones, and I don't know what kind of stone they are. It looks similar to Muscovite, but is extremely hard.
Such a landscape is a hundred times more difficult to develop, but once the harbor is built, it is the most solid. Salin remembered the white walls of Pompeii, some of which seemed to be made of this stone.
And it extends out of a half-moon-shaped peninsula, and to the north of the peninsula is a naturally formed deep-water port. About two miles north of the peninsula is a bare white stone hill, and a magic fort has been carved out to protect the port. And the peninsula itself can directly chisel out the platform and design the twelve magic stone pillars.
There is a second place where you can build a port behind the white stone mountain to the north, and with such terrain that it is not a problem to build a large city here.
On the land is a withered yellow forest, and the peaks here are covered with snow for half the year, so getting water is not a problem.
"Salin, it's nice here, but I have to go. Rex looked at the crescent-shaped peninsula with emotion. If it hadn't been frozen for nearly half a year, it would have been reclaimed by humans a long time ago. The blue water, the white rocky mountains, the peninsula, the dense forest, the style is rugged, and there is a unique charm.
"You're leaving?"
"The materials your teacher gave me are not enough to build the city, and I still need to go back to Qin Yin to buy them. Didn't you say you were going to relocate the Caucasians? I happened to take Sika to Garolan to see what was going on. This is at least half a year, half a year, you people basically can't do anything, follow the drawings to clear the vacant land. Wait for me to come back. ”
"How many people are you going to bring?"
"I'll take a boat away, Xika will follow me, the magician will leave you with most of it, I'll go ashore in Lianyun City, and rush back to Kushui County as soon as possible." When we arrive in Lianyun City, the battleship will let them drive back, and I will come back from Phoenix, and by the way, I will find the location where the lane will be built in the future. ”
"You have to be careful. Salin was a little reluctant at this time, after spending a long time with Rex, he had forgotten the identity of the king of Rexshire, and he didn't even regard her as a great magician two levels higher than himself.
Rex didn't know what to say, Salin was her only friend, among the closest people, Feren died, the teacher couldn't follow him all the year round, his father also died, and suddenly had to separate from Salin, who had been with him for a few years, Rex felt a little sour in his heart.
She secretly warned herself: half a year is only a moment, and for a magician, this is just a fleeting moment. The way I feel now, it must be Jason who gave him a psychological hint that made him feel reluctant. Rex, you have more important things to do......
Rex thought about it. But I became more and more sad. As a royalty, she has more to lose than she has gained. For example, now, if she is just an ordinary magician, why should she still think about building a city, and she still has to think about building a dimensional teleportation array that can see everything. She just needs to stay in the half-plane with Saleen.
Pushing these thoughts out of his mind, Rex smiled reluctantly and said to Salin, "I won't go ashore either, let's go, do you want to say goodbye to Schika?"
"Of course!" said Sika, and Saleen suddenly forgot the sorrow of parting, and he became worried. Sika doesn't follow his words. Will she be deceived on the outside? In addition to the things related to the battle, her mind is most concerned about the people in the village. The rest, Sika doesn't care.
The Caucasians are mostly like this, otherwise with the strong fighting instincts of this nation, how could they gradually decline.
Thinking of this, Saleen didn't greet Shika, but went to Daniel first, this necromancer is much more honest now, seeing the grand occasion of Saleen's master, Daniel doesn't want to upset the dozens of magicians on Greg Island. He only hoped now that he could surpass Saleen in the rank as soon as possible, let him fulfill his contract, and give himself freedom.
"Daniel, I want necromancy toxin, give me as much as I want. Saleen didn't beat around the bush, and Daniel heartbroken as he took out a small vial. The undead toxin is not extracted, but the summoned undead creatures will secrete some of it every day, which is extremely precious. This thing is just a strong poison to others, but a necromancer can use it to practice.
But Sareen and Rex had provided him with so many cores that he couldn't refuse Sareen even if he wanted to.
Saleen came directly to Sika's room with the necromancy toxin, he pushed the door and entered, Sika was holding a book to read, and Salin was a little surprised. Although Shika was literate, Salyn had never seen her read.
"Salin, what's the matter?" Sika saw Salin come in and put down his book. She didn't have a weapon on her back now, and she finally had a bit of a ladylike taste. His long black hair was scattered over his shoulders, and his close-fitting soft armor was covered with a snow-white fur.
Saleen and Sika tell Rex that he is leaving and that he is going to take her back to the village, and Sika cheers. She jumped over the table, picked up Saleen, and spun around a few times. Thankfully, Saleen was able to fly and was used to such strenuous exercise, otherwise he would have vomited.
"Sika, put me down. Salin shouted. Schika's arms are greater than the strength of the Monster.
Sika happily said to Salin: "I can finally go back to the village, I always wanted to leave, but I was afraid of getting lost. ”
Seeing that Sika had no nostalgia, Salin felt a strange feeling in his heart. He thought Sika wouldn't want to go back. But that's fine. Salin thought. Give the necromancy toxin extorted from Daniel to Schika.
"This is the Necromantic Toxin,......" Salin said halfway through, then took off one of his gloves and stuffed them into Shika, saying, "When using Necromantic Toxin, remember to wear these gloves." The undead toxin can be smeared directly on your boomerang, and as long as you see blood, even high-level magical beasts will be poisoned. But this thing doesn't work as fast as my poison, so be careful when you use it, don't get poisoned yourself. ”
"I know, what about Rex?" said Sika's face with excitement.