Chapter 87
My Empire Chapter 87
2020-11-03
Chapter 87 87 Trade Road"Sir, you said that our trip is so hard, is it really worth it?" On the tattered deck, a sailor squinted against the scorching sun, stood beside a shirtless man, and complained feebly.
"It's not worth it, this is our mission, so we have to complete this mission." The shirtless man grinned, revealing a mouth of white teeth.
The ship under their feet was originally a battleship made by the Arrant Empire, equipped with two large ballistas, and the speed was quite good. After completion, it served in the Offshore Force of the Arrant Imperial Navy, responsible for patrolling and vigilance.
Later, due to disrepair, the two ballistas above were damaged, and the ship lost its ability to fight. In addition, due to the aging of the hull, the speed of the ship was also reduced a lot, so it was lost. It was given to the ferry city to the north and became the "battleship" of the ferry city navy.
Later, because the navy in Ferry City didn't have any decent combat missions, and the speed of this ship was okay, so it was often sent out as a fishing boat to catch some sea objects - it became a ferry port The flagship of the navy also became an armed fishing vessel.
What's even more sentimental is that Alanhill took the ferry and developed it into a large port. Now more advanced fishing boats can be produced here, and there are trade products such as sea salt, so the few broken ships of the navy have become idle.
Because there is no need to prepare for any naval battle in a short period of time, and there are 20 artillery pieces that are backward but still powerful on the fort outside the port as cover, so the naval battleship demand becomes very low and very low, so A reality set in front of the Marines that didn't know whether to cry or laugh: they became the most useless people.
In the Ferry City of Alanhill now, the new fishing boats are faster than the tattered battleships of the Navy. In the most painful days, the navies docked in the port watched a dozen new-style fishing boats leave the port every day when they went out for exercise. The taste was really sour and refreshing.
Finally, in line with the crazy idea of waste utilization, Navy Commander Laurence personally led three old naval battleships to sea and went south to find the resource rubber that Alanhill was in short supply.
They have been walking for two months, and even lost a battleship halfway, and finally found rubber on the island to the south - the Dothan Empire defenders on the island saw the Laurens belt. After the gold coin and the flag hanging, he was very generous and sold three whole boats of rubber to Laurens.
Although one ship sank on the way, they still brought back two full ships of natural rubber. Even in terms of the gold coins lost and spent, the natural rubber that went south at this time is definitely the sky-high price, but Laurens still thinks they have accomplished an amazing feat.
After all, you'll have to avoid the navy of the Arrant Empire along the way, and overcome bad weather and unfavorable sea conditions. It was a very great thing for them to be able to return to the ferry alive.
"Look! Starboard! Alanhill's King's Flag!" A sailor, lying on the broken railing on the side of the ship, shouted loudly, pointing to the sea in the distance. His words aroused the idea of many sailors, everyone was lying on the side of the wear, looking towards the direction of his fingers.
There, on a huge sailboat pulling a fishing net, the black golden eagle king flag is fluttering along the sea breeze. It was probably a new boat with a completely new design, as it was significantly larger than the older generation of fishing boats.
"Raise the pennant and greet your compatriots!" Laurence held the steering wheel with one hand, with a smile of unpacking on his face. This journey has been difficult and dangerous, and today they finally saw their compatriots.
A red flag was hoisted along with the blue flag, both triangular flags were a bit dirty and worn out from being at sea for too long. However, they were still raised to the top of the flagpole and fluttered in the wind.
Soon, two flags were raised on the opposite ship. The blue flag was on the top and the yellow flag was on the bottom. Like the red and blue semaphore representing friendly, the blue yellow semaphore represents the meaning of welcome.
The officers and soldiers of the Navy let out a selfless cheer, and there were faint cheers from another old battleship behind them. Five hours later, the two old battleships of Alanhill finally saw the forts of Ferry City, and saw the forts covered by canvas.
"Finally, go home!" Turning the steering wheel to adjust his course, Laurens put out a long breath, and happily hummed a battle song at sea:
"This good sailboat made of wood,
light as a seagull chopping the waves.
Lift the sail! My sailboat!
This boat makes What a sailor!
Fight the wind and the waves.
Lift your sails, wooden boats.
If you keep going without stopping,
Then we will keep driving,
until the end of the sea."
His singing drifted on the sea, and the sailors around him hummed along with them, they missed it so much My hometown, I miss this ferry city that I haven't seen for more than two months.
All the sailors sang a familiar melody to the tune, and in the familiar melody they came to the new straight pier in the harbour:
"I want to leave a lover behind. Margot has gone on a voyage for months.
Lift, my sailboat
I really miss home! I'm so nervous!
The farther away the bright light is The light on the lighthouse.
Fight the wind, fight the bad waves
Sail up, you wrecked log ship.
On the stormy sea,
Go all the way to the end of the sea.
Some people say there is treasure there.
Lift! My sailboat!
seabed Gold is everywhere."
"General Laurens! Welcome back! Is the journey going well?" He jumped off the board, stepped forward and asked in a salute.
"We lost dozens of sailors and soldiers, and a ship sank. Apart from this, it went well." Laurence returned a military salute and said, "We have found a route, and Got a lot of rubber."
"Rubber? This is the raw material everyone is waiting for." Hearing the word "rubber", the officer could no longer care about those comrades who died on the way. , he immediately said: "You should come and see this, it was built before you left, but it was not so huge at the time."
On the other side of the pier, it turned out to be a huge The freight train station, where there is also a train maintenance workshop, and extended rails for the wrong train. At the station of the train, there are even two cranes that can lift heavy goods, which is simply a miniaturized container freight station.
"The sea fish caught by fishing boats and the goods from the future sea transportation trade must pass here and be sent to the inland. Chris Your Majesty said that the era of the sea has come, and the navy It is no longer optional." The officer pointed to the cargo terminal and said to Laurens.
"Yeah, it belongs to our navy. Just those two broken ships? Hehe." Lawns laughed at himself, feeling that all the changes in front of him seemed to make his only two broken ships. , looks even more shabby.
In fact, it's really too shabby. Their navy can only rely on side-to-side battles and hand-to-hand combat with their opponents, and they don't even have a modern cannon - although the coastal defense forces are also assigned to Laurence's navy Commander, but he still cares more about those two poignant shipwrecks.
"Sir, it's no longer the two broken ships!" The officer pointed to the dedicated pier at the other end of the distance, and said to Laurens: "After you left, the navy launched three brand new ships. The new battleship has also trained a group of sailors."
"New battleship?" Hearing this, Lawns' eyes lit up, he pushed aside the port officer in front of him, and walked quickly towards After reaching that section of the pier, he gradually turned his sight away from a giant cargo ship, and saw three new ships with beautiful streamlines that were blocked by the cargo ship.
These three new ships are much larger than the old naval battleship ships, and even more exciting is that each of these ships has huge sails and numerous masts , you can see that the speed is very fast.
"The super fast speed of 30 kilometers per hour can be run under the downwind condition." The officers behind Laurens introduced these new battleships with a strong pride on their faces Feeling: "The new hull design, 2 front and 2 rear, 8 on each side of the ship, a total of 20 75mm long barrel breech guns, sufficient ammunition - these three ships can sink a fleet!"
"It's so beautiful! I really want to drive these battleships out right away! This time I won't take a long way, I won't avoid those naval battleships of Arrant, just kill them all the way!" Lounes said loudly loudly: "It will definitely be a lot faster than before."
"And you will also transport more than before." The port officer pointed to the huge cargo ship that blocked their view just now and said: "In wait for two days, two more cargo ships like this have been launched. The order of His Majesty is, all of them are used to transport rubber!"
"And go south with gold?" I can't wait. Laurens looked back, looked towards the port officer and asked: "I think we can go this time, we can just grab it."
"No, this time we only bring some gold, and the rest In the cabin, we will bring china, silk, soap and various products, in short, whatever sells well, we will go to Dothan with a full load of whatever." The officer replied with a smile: "Then, we only take rubber and bring it back."
"If they dare to sit on the ground again and raise the price." Looking at the opened gun windows on the new battleship and the dark gun muzzles sticking out of the gun windows, Laurens showed a look of anticipation expression.
"Then we'll save money, don't we?" Hearing Laurens say this, the port officer also smiled.
(end of this chapter)