The port of selut is the most important port in the northern part of the BAHAs empire.
Although it nominally has the "most important" position, the reason may be that the world''s navigation industry is extremely underdeveloped. In fact, there are only three ports in the Empire. Incidentally, the other two ports are basically fishing ports.
Before the demon war, the three ports were fishing ports in the land now belonging to the Empire. The sea is not so friendly to the world where human beings are inferior creatures. Even fishermen fishing at sea have to acquiesce in confessing (paying protection fees) to other races ruling a certain sea area.
Now, the dwarf nation has started trade with the Empire, but land transportation is difficult to smooth, and with the blessing of low sea transportation cost, selut port seems to have achieved the status of trade port and military port.
When praising the wealth brought to them by the sea and dwarves, the local people of sailut, who have become richer than in the past, have never considered a question - why can the dwarves build their own port near the habitat of frost dragons and frost giants?
In short, they never counted the Goblins who tamed the frost dragon and frost giant among their benefactors.
And even she didn''t realize that the goblin who made this place rich was leisurely commenting on the new ship docked at the dock with her classmates in the school of magic.
"Hehe, is it really OK to take Galen''s sailboat as a ''merchant ship''?"
"Hmm? It looks quite novel. What''s the problem?"
Looking at the biggest galleon docked on the dock, meliffith just felt very fresh. She didn''t know why Claus piss thought there was a problem.
Could it be that Claus piss could break the ship to pieces with just a finger?
No, no, no, human beings are inferior creatures. They can''t be so demanding. Claus piss won''t fail to understand this truth.
"Hey, hey, Klaus, what did you say?" among the busy crew and soldiers on the side of the ship, a short blond head stuck out, and then the whole person jumped onto the side of the ship and shouted at Klaus.
"Yayaka, it''s dangerous. Come down quickly!"
It seems that the crew and soldiers were frightened.
"What''s the matter? I won''t drown!" yayaka jumped directly from above in order to avoid those who tried to catch herself.
One foot fell on the water and clicked gently like a spring bed, then jumped ashore, hands akimbo and said, "what''s the matter with my latest warship?"
Yayaka is the daughter of the aristocrat who contracted the sea shipping industry and navy in the Empire. She is also a classmate of cronpis. The school age is two years younger than Meredith, so it now looks no bigger than Meredith, who has become a little younger.
She has a natural ability not to sink on the water. Although she doesn''t have to worry about drowning, it also brings some inconvenience to life - for example, she can''t enjoy the big bathtub or bathing place that many luxury nobles can soak in.
"Yayaka, but it was originally built in the name of a merchant ship. Although it was going to war, it was also a merchant ship in the name of this voyage? There are really important goods. This kind of ship may be good as a warship. Is it OK to transport large goods?" crownpis questioned.
"Hum, anyway, there are not many of us and our accompanying knights on the ship. They are not fully loaded. Just make room?"
In fact, although Galen sailboats are very famous as warships on earth, for example, in July 1588, Britain defeated its Spanish invincible fleet with Galen sailboats as the main force, which is far better in both quantity and tonnage, this is the limitation of the knowledge gained by Claus PIs. In fact, Galen sailboats can be used as merchant ships. In that era, the distinction between merchant ships and warships was not so strict. As long as the internal configuration of the ship was changed slightly, it could be used for other purposes.
"No... that..." klaun piss scratched her head. She knew some military secrets. She felt that the ship would smash a big hole in the cabin if it wanted to transport the heavy cargo serving the means of war.
"Oh, it seems that you know a lot of things. It''s very good to be a civilian in name and have the backing of strength rather than power. What do you know? Can you tell me? I don''t want anything wrong with my warship." yayaka touched her chin and put on a face of skin smile and flesh don''t smile to approach Claus piss.
Yayaka was originally a person who had been parasitized by the Rhine flower, but the relationship between this person and crownpis was not very close. When she exceeded level 15, the mental induction was completely ineffective, but it was not useless - yayaka could talk to crownpis without identity barrier. Even so, sometimes it can only upset you.
"Well, can your ship hold dozens of tons of large iron?"
"... no, I can beat an old ship of ten years ago for a warship like my family, but it''s impossible to install that thing." yayaka still knows her own ship.
If it''s iron ore or metal weapons with greater weight, it''s not impossible, but such a large iron block certainly can''t be done, because the door of the cabin can''t be transported in, and such a heavy thing on the deck will certainly affect the balance of the ship.
The war of the empire is about to start, and the army and materials have been transferred to the border, just like a sharp sword about to come out of its scabbard. The Navy also has to cooperate with the army to carry out some kind of war. It must not be possible to discount the balance of ships.
"Klaus, what are we going to transport? Are the most powerful weapons as powerful as our magic?" meliffith rubbed a fireball in her hand.
"Kuku, your excellency meliffith lives inland, but he doesn''t understand. In naval warfare, personal strength can''t control the war situation many times." this time it''s yayaka''s turn to show off.
There are countless small windows on the side of Galen''s sailboat, in which a large crossbow gun and a large fish gun are erected. The range is higher than magic, and the power is equivalent to the third-order magic.
In fact, in the past, some people have asked whether it is possible to use a metal barrel to insert stones or iron blocks, combustion bottles and other things as shells, and then use some kind of explosive to shoot in the metal barrel. Generally speaking, it is called "artillery", but there is no gunpowder in the world. If magic related alchemy is used, I''m afraid the cost of each artillery will have to be calculated in gold coins, That''s too expensive.
Instead, elastic leaf springs and springs have developed well, which is the development space of crossbow and fish gun.
(to be continued)