Chapter 499 500. Modified Magic Airship

In the merchant shipping conference hall, a group of seafarers brought up some fine silver trays with steam-stained fruits.

Several Imperial merchants sat together and discussed something in their ears, they spoke the imperial Chinese, and Roy didn't understand it at all.

The old dwarf craftsman sat across from Roy, and he dipped his stout fingers in the water stains in the teacup and drew a simple outline on the table.

With a few strokes, he drew the main keel of the ship, and then said to Roy:

"The core of a sea ship is the main component of the hull keel, the quality of the keel material determines the service life of the sea ship and the upper limit of wind and waves, generally speaking, the best choice of iron wood to build a three-masted sailing ship, of course, the current iron wood is relatively rare, so the price is high, we usually choose indigo wood instead."

"The main purpose of dismantling the existing three-masted sailing ship is to completely preserve the main keel and main mast, as for the other parts, it is not so important."

"What I want to say to you is that it is not easy to disassemble the main keel of a three-masted galleon, and it is almost impossible to completely disassemble the entire ship......"

Listening to the detailed explanation of the old dwarf craftsman, Roy understood the degree of difficulty in his mouth.

"How long will it take to dismantle the ship and reassemble it?" Roy hesitated for a moment, then asked the dwarven craftsman again.

The old dwarf craftsman looked at him firmly and said, "It will take about a year and a half, and there must be no shortage of materials halfway." ”

Roy frowned again, the war in the Bay of Sun Island could not have dragged on for that long.

At this time, the Imperial merchant sitting next to the old dwarf craftsman coughed and focused everyone's eyes on him.

"Ahem, I have a little idea, Boss Roy, I heard from you that you currently own the three-masted galleons, but these three-masted galleons are not on the plane you need, are they?"

"That's right." Roy nodded in acknowledgement.

The Imperial merchant asked tentatively again, "You want to disassemble the three-masted galleons because you want to transport them to that plane, right?" ”

"That's right."

Several Imperial merchants glanced at each other, and the Imperial merchant sitting in the middle said as tactfully as possible, "If that's all there is to it, why don't you consider transporting the three-masted galleon to that plane in its entirety?" ”

The Imperial Merchant paused and asked:

"Could it be a dimensional portal that can't carry the sheer volume of an entire three-masted galleon?"

Roy was stunned for a moment, he hadn't thought about transporting the entire three-masted galleon to the Partington plane.

Roy said uncertainly:

"There shouldn't be any problem with the upper limit of the portal, but I really can't imagine what kind of capacity can tow that big guy away, after all, it's a big guy more than seventy meters long and nearly seventeen or eighteen meters high, the buoyancy of the sea water can make it float smoothly in the sea, once we push it to the shore, I'm worried that it will break in two?"

The Imperial Merchant's eyes lit up, he looked at the old dwarf craftsman sitting opposite Roy, and said to Roy in a loud voice:

"Speaking of which, I think we still have some experience, and Mags, sitting in front of you, is the best engineer in the Dwarven Realm to carry out ship modifications."

"As long as you agree to install a few floats on the three-masted sailboat, we can help you transform the three-masted sailboat into a magic airship, you can simply buy these floats and pay us a little conversion fee, I want to say that its practical three-masted sailing ship is quite suitable for converting a magic airship."

"In this way, it is more feasible to control the magic airship through the portal."

"If you don't want to transform the three-masted sailboat into a magic airship, then it's very easy to do it, even if I lease these floating devices to you, when we transport the three-masted galleon to the designated place, you can dismantle the floating devices and leave, then you only need to pay us a rental fee and transportation fee!"

Roy didn't listen much to the Imperial merchants when they said they could transform a three-masted sailship into a magic airship......

In fact, he had already bought several floating devices more than two months ago, and these floating devices were currently in the second mine of the Pagasto Plateau on the Partington plane, and Roy had urged the old dwarves in the mines to start researching how to build a magic airship.

He hadn't imagined that the magic airship could be transformed into a three-masted galleon......

Now that these Imperial merchants have taken the initiative, they have given Roy some ideas, and as for paying a fee for the transformation of the magic airship, those are all trivial.

"I'd like to ask Mags to be the chief engineer of the Magic Airship, I can go to the plane portal for a field trip, whether the three-masted galleon can pass through the portal, I want to hear the opinions of professionals, and I need to see a plan for the transformation of the magic airship." Roy asked directly.

The Imperial Merchant decisively promised:

"That's totally fine!"

……

Roy knew that these Imperial merchants had brought Claire to the merchant ship in order to make a deal for magical herbs in private.

Since the cooperation with the other party will continue, it is necessary to talk about the business of magic herbs.

"So let's move on to the next topic, what kind of goods do you come to Castletown Port? What can I get here...... There are only primary magic herbs, primary magic potions, spinel, mythril ingots, and black iron ingots, plus some ordinary metal ingots, and other goods that I don't have here! ”

Roy said straight to the point.

The Imperial merchant looked at Roy's gaze, which became extraordinarily bright, and he leaned his upper body forward and said to Roy:

"We came to the Elven Continent this time, mainly to purchase magic herbs and magic potions, we want as much as you can take, we don't need too many Mithril ingots and black iron ingots, 100,000 yuan each is enough."

Roy was a little speechless, and if he put together all the Mithril ingots on the Pagisto Plateau, he might not be able to have 50,000 pieces.

The Imperial merchant Lion opened his mouth widely, and he wanted to purchase 100,000 Mithril ingots at once, which was really a big deal......

"Magical Herb ......"

Roy Claire and the two began a new round of discussions with these imperial merchants on the trade of magical herbs.

Now that the tone of cooperation has been set, the subsequent discussion is relatively smooth, and there is no one who makes things difficult for anyone.

The Imperial merchant finally said to Roy:

"We use magic crystals for each transaction, we provide magic devices on our side, and we are responsible for modifying the three-masted galleon, and the specific price will be written on the last page of the transformation plan, and you will provide us with primary magic herbs, potions, and magic metals, each of which will be traded according to the contract price, and everyone will take what they need."

"We are from Hines City, the headquarters of the comptoir is built in the Grimm Empire, and there are branches of the comptoir in Tanton City in the dwarven kingdom and Aden City in the Etian Alliance Kingdom, if you want to purchase any goods, you can entrust our comptoir to do it."

When the Imperial merchant spoke, he behaved sincerely.

Roy also felt that the magic herbs of the Elven Continent were destined to flow into the Grimm Empire.

In this regard, he did not have a certain sense of crisis in his heart like other elves, but felt that supporting the Grimm Empire to carry out the plane war could also prevent the plane war from spreading to the elven continent.

The affairs of Castletown City have always been handled by Claire.

Roy was in charge of preparing the next few batches of primary magical herbs on the Partington plane......

……

The next afternoon, Roy sailed to Partington Island with Miss Tiffany, Old Dwarf Mags, and Mrs. Winnie's big cat.

The old dwarf Mags was accompanied by a few younger dwarven apprentices, who liked to braid their beards, big feet, and bucket waists, and were fond of peeking at Miss Tiffany's in addition to drinking.

However, they are a bit introverted, and they are only willing to peek from a distance, and they have no courage to come over and talk to Miss Tiffany.

Miss Tiffany sat a little bored on the side of the boat, with her legs on the outside of the boat, one hand on the cable and the sea breeze, but she was sitting on the side of the boat and thinking about whether to jump directly into the sea, and it would be more comfortable to swim through the sea than to take a boat.

Two half-blood elf crew members approached and told Miss Tiffany that it would be very dangerous to sit on the side of the ship, and that a huge wave would hit her, and that Miss Tiffany would easily fall into the sea under the violent turbulence.

Judging from the current wind direction and wind speed, once the sea vessel rushes out and returns to its original position, it may be half an hour later.

For an elf who can swim, it can be dangerous to soak in the sea for so long.

The two half-blood elf seamen were alerting Miss Tiffany when a huge wave slammed the bow of the supply ship into the air, and as the wave split open the bow, the supply ship slammed downward.

The huge drop caused everyone on the ship to be turned upside down, and Miss Tiffany was thrown overboard, as the seafarers had said.

At this moment, Roy and the old dwarf Maggs are discussing the modification of the magic airship on the top of the ship, and this time the supply ship is equipped with two propulsion devices in addition to the sixteen floating devices, which are the main power plants on the magic airship before it ascends to the mercandiosphere.

In addition, the two propulsion units, which are mounted on the left and right sides of the stern of the hull, will also maintain the function of the magic airship in keeping the hull in line with the wind when traveling......

The wave caused the old dwarf Maggs to jump out of his chair, but the old dwarf quickly grabbed the railing beside him and instantly stabilized himself.

Roy was standing on the sidelines, but when the huge wave came, his body stumbled violently and he almost fell.

As soon as his eyes fell on the deck, he saw Miss Tiffany, who was sitting on the edge of the ship, being swept away, and the two half-blood elves tried to grab Miss Tiffany, but they were a little late and did not catch Miss Tiffany's arm.

An exclamation rang out.

The scream was made by a half-blood elf crew member who saw Miss Tiffany fall into the sea and quickly threw herself on the side of the ship, trying to throw a rope into the sea......

Miss Tiffany's voice flew out of the corner of the ship's line of sight below, and she rode a magic handlebar under her, speeding side by side with the supply ship on the stormy sea.

With her long green algae-colored hair blown straight by the wind, and a sly smile in her eyes, Miss Tiffany's face was radiant at this moment......

……

The supply ship arrived on Partington Island as scheduled, and several medium-sized ships of the Silver Pegasus Regiment were moored in the small harbor on the island.

A group of half-blood elven laborers are carrying a shipment of supplies onto the ship, and the supply ship is safely moored on the docks.

Roy's eleven three-masted galleons were moored in a sheltered harbor next to the docks, and the ships were not fully docked.

Roy called in two Exoces and drove them to the mooring of the three-masted galleon.

Not far away, you can also see half-blood elves running out to swim, which is one of the few entertainment attractions on Partington Island.

Soon the old dwarf Maggs saw eleven slightly old three-masted galleons, and when he saw the shape of the hulls of these three-masted schooners, the structure of the whole ship and the design of the cabins, and saw the representative bow of the ship, the old dwarf Mags did not climb into the boat, but said to Roy:

"These three-masted galleons were originally designed by our dwarves, and the owners who customized these three-masted schooners must also be dwarves, and many of the designs on board are designed for the height and size of the dwarves!"

"That's right, I captured these ships from a group of gray dwarf bandits." Roy said calmly.

"Then you can't be wrong, we dwarves won't venture to the west coast of the Endless Sea!" Old dwarf Maggs laughed.

The sails of the eleven seagoing ships were fully rolled up and trapped on the bottom crossbar of the mast.

Roy was the first to climb the ship up the soft ladder, followed by the old dwarf Mags, and behind him were several dwarven apprentices.

Miss Tiffany did not follow, but ran to the beach of the reef not far away.

The old dwarf casually inspected these three-masted sailboats, mainly to check the damage to the main keel and main mast, and to see the strength of the keel support frame.

When he stepped down from the three-masted galleon, the old dwarf Maggs gave Roy an affirmative answer:

"If these three-masted galleons want to be converted into magic airships, there should be no problem."

……

Roy took the old dwarf Mags and went to see the one-way magic portal located in the square in the center of the town.

Although it is only a one-way magic portal, this magic portal is enough in size for a three-masted galleon to pass through normally......

Old Dwarf Maggs tells Roy that the portal is fine.

Roy left the old dwarf Maggs and his four apprentices on the three-masted galleon, and the hull modification project began immediately.

In order to install the float on the three-masted sailing ship, sixteen reinforcing brackets were added on both sides of the ship's side, which were used to hold the float in place.

Roy asked the squadron leader of the Half-Blood Elven Guard who guarded the three-masted galleon to take care of the coordination, and if he lacked any materials, he could go to Padstow City to find Lambo to solve it......

Roy, on the other hand, took Miss Tiffany and arrived at the city of Paddestow through a magical portal.

(End of chapter)