0183 No money!
The biggest problem with the Storm Shark is not only the huge consumption, but also the biggest problem is that due to the use of a lot of arcane knowledge on the Storm Shark, ordinary people cannot control this floating platform at all.
In addition to Jialan herself, the designer, even the magicians of this era can't drive it at all without Jialan's teaching, which is equivalent to saying that Jialan has invested millions of research and construction funds in Quintalan this time, but only made a fun big toy for herself!
The property under Jialan's name, although he has earned a lot of Jintaran for him during this period of time, but he can't stand his wanton squandering, so Jialan has to sigh again, all the experimental projects, whether it is the Arcane Test, the Magic Test or the Exotic Test, none of them are money-saving...... Of course, there is no one who is not profitable!
Although the Storm Shark is currently just a big toy that burns money, anyone who is not blind can see its value.
The liftoff demonstration didn't take too long, and the recent expenses were a bit big, although most of the materials were taken from Corran City, but the thought of having to put in the Storm Shark like a bottomless pit didn't know how much to put into the tunnel, Jialan, who had a headache, was very stingy and returned to the shipyard located in the mountains behind Fort Doom after flying a short circle of the Storm Shark.
Originally, the plan to build a flying machine to transport materials by himself was impossible to achieve in a short period of time, so he could only continue to fight the idea to the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, otherwise Jialan would not be able to be idle and entertain these gnomes, who could be considered competitors, to visit his secret workshop.
Wait until the massive hull of the Stormstorm Shark. After lightly landing on the stand, Jialan took a group of old gnomes in a trance to get off the boat along the gangway, and peeked at these floating boat manufacturing experts who had spent their lives on the floatboat. The reluctant application, Jialan smiled slightly, but she didn't know.
The old dwarf Ding Bao Belen looked embarrassed, and it was obvious that he wanted to send off the guests, but he was reluctant to leave this huge workshop.
Although they couldn't understand the skills on this giant ship at all, this visit did not prevent them from getting from the Storm Shark. I got a lot of pioneering inspiration, and after I went back, I was able to apply it to the float boat with a little research.
However, questioning the ability of the dwarfs to steal the dwarf's float boat skills first, they were allowed to visit the so-called "magic linkage floating platform" construction workshop without any qualms. They also demonstrated the flight status of the Storm Shark in person, which made them embarrassed not to ask about their own plagiarism and technical skills?
"Your Excellency Jialan, please forgive us for our ignorance and rudeness, you are the real expert in the airboat. To express our apologies. In the future, all the transportation tasks of Coran City will be handed over to our Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce. But allow me to take the liberty of inviting you to our Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce's Floatship Workshop......"
After being embarrassed for a while, Ding Bao Belen seemed to have made a decision, as a 312-year-old old dwarf, he looked respectful, and said respectfully to Jialan, a very young magician, with a respectful expression: "I hope you can use your excellent float boat manufacturing skills." Give a pointer to our dwarf technicians. ”
"Of course, this is not an exchange of interests. It's not a threat, it's just a simple invitation, on the premise that you are willing, and if you are willing, on behalf of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, I sincerely hire you to become the chief technician of our Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce float boat manufacturing workshop!"
He carefully observed Jialan's expression, and when he saw Jialan's froze, he hurriedly added: "Please don't get me wrong, we don't intend to seek your floating boat skills, we just want to get some technical guidance within the scope of your permission!"
Jialan thought about it for a while, then nodded and agreed, not just to repay the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce for providing a fleet of floating boats, but he himself also wanted to go and see the dwarf clan's floating boat manufacturing workshop.
Although he relied on the knowledge of foreign memories and the knowledge of the arcane laws he mastered, he had come up with a seemingly powerful and advanced float ship, but after all, he had never been exposed to this kind of equipment manufacturing before, so at the beginning, it was simply a clueless scrappy, in the words of an exotic proverb, this is called "behind closed doors, out of place".
As a result, a lot of material was wasted during the construction of the Storm Shark, and a lot of time was wasted by constant engineering rework.
And these gnomes who invented the float boat, as they themselves say, are unique experts in the field of artificial aircraft in this era, maybe to refer to their process of making float boats, it may be of great help to Jialan to complete this Storm Shark that combines exotic knowledge and arcane skills.
If it is feasible, Jialan even plans to cooperate with the gnomes, after all, although the dwarves near the ground under his command are good, but after all, they are blacksmiths rather than shipbuilders, and the dwarves with a rough style are inevitably not as fine as the dwarves in some details.
Judging from the dwarfs' eagerness to get the floating boat skills mastered by Jialan, the other party seems to be more eager to reach a cooperation, but it is not the time to put this matter in the first place for the time being.
The war goblin legion, which had been cut off from the back road, was obviously impatient, and although it was dragged to the central part of Gilago County by the city-state alliance army on the front line, it still dispatched a war goblin legion to turn back and attack Coran State, intending to open up the back road.
The information from various sources shows that the war of aggression launched by the "Southern Continent Inhuman Alliance" has entered a blazing state in the southern shore of the Star Continent, and it is not only Gilargo County that has suffered.
South Brulan County, on the east coast of the Dagger Strait, and Velena County, a peninsula sandwiched between Squid Bay and Yadel Bay, were particularly badly affected!
Although South Brulan County has the natural danger of "Dagger Strait", which separates the "Southwest Continent", the breeding place of the demon race, the endless demon races still cross the Dagger Strait from the Zhuom Wasteland in the Southwest Continent, and launch a desperate attack on New Sarn, the capital of South Brulan County, the "City of a Thousand Towers" located in the "Right Sword Bay"!
The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce, and it is said that the natural harbor "Right Sword Bay" in front of New Sarn was almost filled with the corpses of the demons, and the entire Dagger Strait was flowing with sea water stained red with blood from both sides!
As a peninsula area, the "Velena County" is even more serious, isolating the Yadel Bay of Kwabara County, which is isolated from the invasion of amphibious scaly races, the venomous snake people, the black scale lizard people, and the Koutao fish people in the sea, like pervasive poisonous insects, along the long coastline of Vilenna County, invading the territory of the elves.
In comparison, Gilago County, which is isolated by the Sea Wall Mountain Range to the east and blocked by South Brookland County to the west, is the area on the southern coastline of the Star Continent that is less affected.
However, this also means that the city-states of Gilago County will not be able to find nearby reinforcements, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect the forces of other continents on the northern shore of the Star Continent to cross the "Star Sea" to rescue.
This kind of offensive that blossomed from all sides may be the strategic plan of the "South Continent Inhuman Alliance", although it is difficult, but it makes the counties and provinces along the South Continent unable to take care of themselves and cannot unite to resist the invasion of the Yugoslav Federation.
After the stabilization of Corran City, President Clark immediately rushed to the aid of the Sea Wall Pass on the eastern border of Gilago County, and with the help of the fierce offensive of the True Knowledge Dragoons, he broke the lizard tribe that bypassed the sea and besieged the Sea Wall Pass in one fell swoop.
But this does not relieve the pressure of the allied forces of the Sea Wall, the goblin clan of Dagon County has always been known for its huge population, especially the "low goblin" Gardar Emirate that occupies the entire Dagon County Plain, and the population accounts for about 80% of the three major Dagon goblin emirates.
The main members of this goblin invasion against Gilargo County are none other than the "Razor Crown War Goblin Legion", the most powerful Lukatash clan in the Gardar Emirate.
Even though millions of goblin armies have been sent to Gilargo County, Dagon County is still able to gather a large number of legions to launch a fierce attack on the Sea Wall Pass.
It can be said that if it weren't for the timely rescue of the mercenaries of Koran City, the sea wall pass that was hit by the enemy on their backs probably would have collapsed due to the severance of contact with the county.
As the only city in Gilago County that can still support the Sea Wall Pass, the pressure on Kelan City is not small, which is also the reason why several core leaders of the "Corland City Self-Rescue Defense Group" are eager to find a channel for replenishment of supplies.
They were fortunate and unfortunate compared to the other affected areas, fortunately the disaster was not so serious, unfortunately they were surrounded by enemies on all sides, and they could not break through the blockade of the war goblins in a short period of time, and when they united with other city-states, they could only seek help from outside the war zone.
With the complete cut off of land transportation and the long distance of sea transportation, the only hope is to cross the war zone by air and seek material support from "North Bruland County" on the other side of the "Wailing Strait".
The dwarf tribe, who originally planned to stay out of the matter, joined in with Jialan's layout and efforts, with the full support of the floating boat fleet of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, more than 1,500 kilometers away, across the sea from Gilago County, the "North Brulan County", a large floating boat can go back and forth in about three to four days, which greatly relieves the pressure of the lack of materials in Colan City.
However, a large amount of material procurement has led to a sharp reduction in the funds in the hands of the "Kelan City Self-help Defense Regiment", and soon there is a phenomenon of making ends meet.
To put it simply, they have no money! (To be continued......