I have a shelter

The castle of Palos was built on a high cliff by the river, and the city wall embraced the entire town. Under the high cliff was a huge dock. You could enter the town by making a detour from the town.

As everyone walked towards the town, they could see the scene on the dock from a distance.

As a relatively important supply point in the waterway of the River of Stars, there were many ships coming and going here. The ships docked near the dock were connected to each other, and there was a lot of traffic between the port and the town, and people were sweating profusely there.

On the high cliff near the dock, George also saw several transport platforms - the path leading to the high cliff where the town was located was not suitable for vehicles.

Many goods and vehicles transported from the dock went straight up the cliff through the transport platform. Only the main structure of that thing used some iron sheets, and the rest were made of wood. Several transport platforms together could transport hundreds of tons of goods up and down at a time.

And George actually saw that in several docks near the transport platform, tall chimneys were erected, and white smoke was billowing from the chimneys - it seemed to be a steam engine!

Obviously, these transport platforms were not powered by humans. The dock also used steam power.

"Although this mechanical technology has not developed much because magic power is extremely popular in the Moon Country. The size has not been reduced." Palos said: "However, although many ships do not have these things, many workshops use them instead of furnaces."

At the end of the transformation, this guy looked like an old wizard with long beard and white hair - if this Moon Country was the ancient Celestial Empire, then in the eyes of the emperor, this old immortal must be a fairy.

But in George's eyes, he looked like Gandalf

George nodded. He had heard Palos say that in order to load more cargo, many ships did not have power centers. Instead, they used "magic sails". The magic array on the magic sails used "batteries" - magic gems.

This technology is lower than the "wind wings" on the wind shuttle, but because they are not used for flying. And the wind on the sea is not small, so they only collect wind elements to assist in sailing. So the consumption is very low. Three magic gems are often enough for a magic sail to travel hundreds of miles on the sea.

Because the Moon Kingdom has many magic hubs, the cost of magic gems is almost zero for official caravans! For ordinary nobles, it is just a "charging" fee - less than one-tenth of the tax for a trip.

George couldn't help but look at the ships on the dock below. This time, because the distance was not very far, he could see their appearance clearly.

He found that many ships had crashed into the metal armor, and there were also forty or fifty cannons on those armed merchant ships. I am afraid that in another hundred years, steel ships will appear in this world.

"My lord, there should be ships we hired there." Palos reminded.

George nodded. When Duke Nanofali joined the team, some black dragons went out to arrange matters. So George knew that among the large ships docked near the dock, there were ships they hired.

Because there were too many ships on the dock below, they didn't know which ones were hired. So they didn't go around to see those ships, but went directly to the town.

After seeing Palos, the private soldiers of Palos hurriedly called the garrison chief and led the team to the castle.

Palos rarely communicated with the soldiers, but these soldiers were extremely afraid of this great wizard. During the days of playing in the crater, George saw this guy use the "high-level malicious transformation" to turn a group of velociraptors into a group of toads. I guess there are many horror legends about this wizard in this town.

The castle is on the edge of the river in the town, a few kilometers away from the city wall, but the magnificent castle can be seen from a distance.

It is actually not too big, and it cannot be compared with the castles in the Sky Eagle and Basin, but it can be regarded as a big castle.

And it is quite unique. It seems that there are no pirates around here who dare to attack the territory of this great wizard. Or in other words, the largest black sail pirates around here are Palos's people.

As for the South Wilderness pirates in the distance, they dare not enter the territory of the Moon Kingdom. The Moon Kingdom, like Landry, is the overlord of the sea. Their river patrols pinched the pirates of the Southern Wasteland like pinching chicks. Even those armed merchant ships, many of which used three-masted sailing ships as flagships. And many pirates in the Southern Wasteland also pay attention to boarding battles. Obviously, the level of armament of the Moon Country merchant fleet is not something that the ships of the Southern Wasteland can withstand.

That is, the Sun Fleet inherited by the Sun King from the King of Iberia can slightly confront the Moon Country fleet head-on. But if they really fight, they will only be beaten to a pulp.

The streets in the town are very wide, and there are many busy people around. George noticed that the stores here are mainly hotels and taverns. The people in the town also seem to come from all corners of the world.

Those with delicate skin, tall and thin, and handsome appearance are mostly people from the Moon Country. They don't grow beards, and most of them wear silk, but the style is a bit old, and many people's clothes have been washed white - a bit poor and particular.

Those with bronze skin, wearing gauze or linen clothes and beards are mostly Saudi people. They dress very low-key - Salman also wears linen clothes all day long. But their status can be identified from their beards. - Those with short and beautiful beards are nobles. Because the workers don't have time to take care of them every day.

On the road, George also saw many people from the Southern Wilderness. Wherever these bullies go, people will avoid them. But after seeing the flag on the Dawn Caravan, they will stop and bow to greet them.

The caravan of the Dawn Caravan is somewhat conspicuous in this town, but except for the people of the Southern Wilderness, no one pays much attention to this caravan. Because George found that there are actually some large cars like the Wind Shuttle in this town, and they are all weird. But one thing is the same - they all have some runes on them.

"My lord, those are actually 'land ships'." Palos said, "Many large ships cannot dock at all ports, so they are used for supplies and delivery. There are many wizards in the Moon Country who know how to make these things. At first, this thing was used for warships. But now it has been commercialized - for merchants, time is not only money, but also life."

There are many pirates on the River of Stars, especially those free ports. These land ships allow caravans to complete supply and loading in the port without staying for long. The time saved in a year can make one more trip! Once some caravans encounter pirates (usually official pirates of the City of the Sun), if they don't win, the land ships can often escape with people and goods.

George suddenly realized why Anthony attached so much importance to the magic hub - all these technologies are based on the magic hub. With it and without it, the fuel cost is very different.

He also understood why Avali said that the Moon Kingdom was as powerful as the Holy Empire and could face the demons head-on - the Holy Empire used Yize from the Heavenly Kingdom, and the Southern Wasteland used the gray fog that protected the Rangers. The Moon Kingdom used real technology and productivity.

It can be said that if there was no Holy Empire in this world, and there was no belief that constrained people's thoughts, making people all over the world extremely repulsive to the belief in the Moon God. Then the Moon Kingdom would have unified the world long before the gray fog came!

This time, he must tie the Moon Kingdom to the ship completely!