As soon as the king finished speaking, there was a knock at the door.

Marika immediately slipped to the door and listened, saying, "There are a few people outside. ”

Wang: "Open the door, we didn't plan to keep it a secret. If there really is a second ship, it will have to rely on the power of the Council to complete the spaceship. ”

Marika nodded and pulled the door open.

Outside was the president of the council and a group of attachés.

Wang: "Your Excellency, President, has come by chance. ”

The chairman grinned, "Actually, we've been contacting the former master shipbuilder to find out the whereabouts of the second ship, and we suspect that the second ship is in his workshop. But he kept talking to us about his whimsical airship design. ”

"He wants you to sponsor him?" Flint asked.

"Yes." The president nodded, "But that plan has always been considered fanciful, but...... Our maid reported that the solution was actually feasible. ”

Wang: "Yes. In fact, in many planes, 'aircraft' have been widely used, and airships only take on some special tasks, such as serving as an advertising platform in the air or something.

"In some dimensions, airships were also used as a symbol of romance, and became the toy of nobles and big businessmen."

The president frowned: "Romantic? ”

"Yes, romantic." The king spread his hands, "But I don't know what's romantic about it." In some planes, big robots are also considered romantic, and I don't quite understand them. ”

The president was also puzzled, and he confirmed, "Romantic...... Is it? ”

"That's right. You don't understand it either, do you? ”

President: "Indeed. Let's go back to the shipbuilding expert. ”

"John Smith." The king said the name.

"Oh yes, Mr. Smith's business. Now that you're sure he's on the right track, we're ready to help him continue with the development. But ......"

Wang: "But he's going to hand over the second ship to you." ”

"Yes. As an equal body to the Explorers' Council, it stands to reason that we should have a flagship of our class, even if Mr. Smith's proposal becomes mainstream in the future, and we should have a flagship before then. What do you say? ”

"I'm okay with that. In fact, I was about to set out to meet Mr. Smith, who had sent me a letter through Miss Marika. If you're interested, we've got you covered. ”

The president smiled: "That's good." Let's go! ”

Wang: "If I'm not mistaken, would you like us to ride in a carriage with the coat of arms of the Council?" ”

President: "You guessed it. But if we get the second ship, you don't have to bother with the ideas of the Explorers' Guild, don't you? You won't have anything to lose by riding in our carriage. ”

Wang thought for a moment: "You are right, but allow me to refuse. I refused not because I was afraid of the Explorers' Guild, but because I hated being used as a tool for political struggle by others. ”

He raised his voice: "I'm the captain of the Salvation Squad!" Flint, tell the elders who I am! ”

Flint: "Huh? Why do you want me to say that? Do I look a lot like your entourage? ”

When the dwarves protested, Marika spoke: "Your Excellency, you are in front of the end of the Emperor of Kosania, the guest of honor of the new Duke of Langdon, and the guardian of Monrovia......"

Marika spoke very smoothly until she reached the end, "The One Who is praised."

Wang: "Do you hear me, you actually plan to use me like this as a tool?" ”

President: "I don't mean that at all, but we want to take your light." If you agree to ride in the carriage with our coat of arms, the status of the entire Council will be greatly enhanced, which is a great honor! ”

The king blinked, and he couldn't find a flaw in the president's words for a while.

Xiaobai: "This person has the ability to computer black and white, and he is terrifying." ”

Flint: "It's the same thing, but the meaning is completely different from another interpretation. So Captain, are we going to let him take this light? ”

President: "I'm not a compliment, I think from the bottom of my heart that I'm touching your light, and I don't mean to use you as a tool in the slightest." ”

Wang: "I refuse. Don't get me into your political struggle, if you don't come, we'll find a way to build the second ship ourselves, and then you won't even be able to mix the flagship. ”

Elizabeth smiled: "Although our captain does not have the sensitivity to political struggle, he has already sensed it, and now that his position has changed, it is you who have asked us, Lord General." ”

Marika also echoed her Royal Highness the princess and said, "By the way, the captain is very stubborn in this situation. ”

Flint: "yes, even a stubborn dwarf like me would think he's a little too stubborn. ”

The chairman touched his beard: "Okay, as long as the second ship can be transferred to us as a flagship afterwards, we are willing to provide all the materials needed for maintenance."

"By the way, we could have bargained with you with the supply of materials, and the craftsman couldn't solve the material problem himself."

Marika immediately said, "Yes, you're looking at the big picture. ”

Elizabeth; "What a well-informed adult."

The president smiled slightly: "But it should be okay for me to take the carriage with the guild coat of arms, right?" ”

King: "Why do you want to be obsessed with this? Isn't it the same to be seen getting out of my carriage? ”

In fact, the effect is different, and it is a question of who calls the shots.

However, no one at the scene could tell whether Wang was knowingly asking and pretending to be stupid, or if he really didn't realize it.

The president sighed, "I never knew that the captain of the Salvation Team was such a skillful person. ”

On the contrary, the king was stunned: "Huh? Am I very skilled? Just now that's called having wrists? ”

Marika: "You misunderstood, our captain is ...... He was born like this. ”

The president looked at Wang again: "I didn't believe that there were innate political animals before, but now I do. Then without further ado, let's go. ”

**

Flask Street was even more dilapidated than the king had imagined.

Elizabeth: "It looks like a garbage heap here. ”

The Elder, who sat across from King and Elizabeth, replied, "No, it's a garbage heap." But it's also home to some of the craziest artisans in the Thorn Islands. ”

As soon as he got out of the window, there was an explosion, and then the gnome with the flaming tail flew into the sky.

President: "Look. In this way, it is impossible for this street to flourish at all after two explosions in three days. However, there has always been a legend that the craftsman who lived here built a huge shipyard underground, and experimenting with the mechanical bird was just a disguise for him. ”

Wang: "And the shipyard happens to be the legendary No. 2 ship?" But in this case, how can the second ship take off? ”

The president shrugged: "I don't know, maybe the shipyard below is connected to a tunnel that can be passed by airships?" ”

Flint immediately laughed: "You can get through the tunnel of the airship, how wide and high it is!" It's so imaginative. It is better to believe that the ceiling of this underground workshop can be moved in both directions, and the entire flask street will be divided in half. ”

At this time, the barbarian, who was sitting in the driver's seat in front, knocked on the lathe: "We have arrived!" Thirteen Flask Street. ”

(End of chapter)