Heaven's Formula

After the two changed their clothes in the dark, Fann lit the oil lamp and leaned out of the range covered by the roots. After confirming that there were no enemy ships in his field of vision, he raised the hood on the oil lamp.

Through the operation of closing and closing, the orange light flickered.

After a while, the second and third Green Shuttle dived into the bottom of the tree boat one after another.

The later ones were obviously larger and carried more people. When the three green shuttles were all fixed on the root veins, Zhuo Fulan quietly counted them.

A total of eight people came.

She gradually believed what these people said—even though she didn't know how the eight people would rescue the people on the Silver Star Tree Boat, they obviously didn't drift here by accident.If it wasn't for this purpose, why would they need to take such a huge risk?

It's just that there is really a tree boat named Noah in this world that dares to compete with the empire?

"Is there another one?" Haim showed a surprised look, "I remember there should be four green shuttles before departure, right?"

"No. [-] was originally in front of us." Someone replied in a low voice, "But when they approached this sea area, they happened to be spotted by a two-masted clipper, so they had to choose to divert the enemy away. I hope they can escape."

Everyone was silent for a while.

At best, the green shuttle can be called small and hidden, which does not mean that others will turn a blind eye to it.Even if everyone put on blue-green coats, they could still be easily spotted by the watchmen on the mast within a certain distance.At that time, the sun had not completely set, and the speed of the brig was so fast, it was undoubtedly extremely difficult to escape the pursuit.

It's just that everyone didn't say the worst.

"Okay. We all know the risks of this trip, which is why the priest chose us." Fan En encouraged everyone, "No matter what, we have achieved the first goal - to find the fugitive tree boat, and put Send these two boys to the tree boat."

"Who are those two people?"

"A refugee who happens to be hiding here."

"Are you sure? Just in case, should we use a rope..." His voice was lowered.

"We're here to rescue them, not imprison them!" Fann interrupted, "I'll keep an eye on them, isn't that all right?"

"But……"

"Sister... I'm really hungry, do I have to endure it?"

Zhuoka's weak voice calmed down the discussion instantly.

"Everyone go get busy with business, leave it to me here."

Fann took out a pack of shredded squid from the bag and handed it to Zhuo Fulan, and said in the softest tone, "Do you want to try this?"

……

Probably because of being strongly frightened, he fled all the way here. His body was already exhausted. After filling his stomach, Zhuoka leaned into his sister's arms and fell asleep, while Zhuo Fulan put all the food left by his younger brother into his mouth. .

She could smell the familiar smell of squid, but it was the first time she tasted this kind of food when she tasted it. Every shredded meat was soft, fluffy and elastic, which was completely different from ordinary dried seafood. superior.The taste of salt is also very sufficient, fully bringing out its fresh fragrance, and even a hint of sweetness can be tasted after swallowing it.

And the dried fish in my memory is always fishy and bitter. Except when there is a shortage of food, almost no one likes to eat this kind of thing.

After eating, Zhuo Fulan still licked the paper bag and her fingers.

"It tastes good, right?" Fann smiled. "This is a product of Jinxia City. I always buy some when I go to the market area. God knows how those people make pickled products so flexible. "

"Jin...Xiacheng?" She asked in a daze.

"Well, a human city on the mainland is also the docking point of Noah's tree boat. They are willing to deal with the islanders, and they are far easier to talk to than the imperial people. When you go back this time, I think you can see it too."

What does this mean... have the escaped tree boats found a new place to live?

Just when Zhuo Fulan was shocked by the new news, there was a new voice from the end near the pier.

"Master Priest, can you hear me? The fugitive tree boat does exist, and we have found its location. Repeat, we have found the location of the new tree boat!"

It was obviously very quiet here, but the other party repeated it several times.

The question is... how could the priest appear in such a place?

Zhuo Fulan was very puzzled, and there was no high priest on the silver star tree boat.

"Do you want to adjust the antenna position?"

"Wait a little longer, it's easy to be noticed by people if it's too long. Let me try a few more times... My lord priest, can you hear me?"

"Master Priest? There is a voice! Yes, I am Haim Sharman, and we are on the escape tree boat."

"The enemy's ships are currently only seeing three. Maybe they have implemented the order to turn off the lights. I will check again after tomorrow dawn."

"Yes...it's going well so far, but the No. [-] boat didn't come together."

"I see, I will pass on your words to everyone."

Zhuo Fulan opened her mouth wide in surprise, and she vaguely realized that these people were talking to their rear—and this kind of communication was different from letters, and they could get feedback almost immediately!

"No, not three boats." She suddenly mustered up her courage and said.

Probably because the voice was too low, only Fann raised his head, "What did you say?"

"There are more than three enemy ships." Zhuo Fulan clenched her fists and raised her voice a little, "Those three big ships are all warships of the Empire, but apart from them, there are many others that did not fly flags, or It’s a pirate ship with a black flag! The number is at least twenty!”

Chapter 357 The Enemy's Strategy

Jinxia City, Fengyang Villa.

After receiving Xia Fan's notification, Ning Wanjun's army had set off to return, while the princess herself took the Olina express line and returned to the villa that day.

Therefore, not long after receiving the information from the front line, a strategic meeting was held in the reception hall. In addition to the military representatives, the participants also included representatives from the elf side, the chief officer of the affairs bureau, and Mo Yun, the head of the mechanism bureau.

Xia Fan took the lead in announcing the details of the intruder.

Judging from the scale, this is a pursuit fleet. The flag flying by the flagship is the Crown Lion Flag, which should belong to the Kingdom of Nattatin. Its current location is about 240 miles away from the east coast.Thanks to the one-week tour of the Ministry of Records of the Gyeonggi Privy Council, the Bureau is no longer blind to overseas affairs. According to the patterns of flags and aristocratic badges, those overseas visitors can be recognized at all times.

The kingdom is located on a continent called Siristi, which is quite close to the Holy Wing Islands and Rangis Oceania, and it can be regarded as a member of the West Pole countries.Due to geographical factors, the relationship between these countries is quite complicated, and the Privy Council did not record too much, only saying that Nattatin is the most powerful one in the West Pole.

The core of the pursuit fleet is three sailing battleships, each of which is no smaller than Dongsheng Kingdom's Victory.In addition, the fleet also carries a large number of pirate ships, most of which are single-deck or double-deck gunboats, which are more mobile.Although it is not a main fleet, its scale is far larger than that of Dongsheng's invading enemies.

"How about... let's withdraw, how about just pretending we didn't see this?" Hong Siqi asked cautiously.This was the first time for him to attend a meeting presided over by a princess, and he was uneasy but at the same time a little elated—this proved that he had finally joined Jinxia's highest circle of power.

As soon as these words came out, there was a moment of silence in the lobby.

Pang Ting wanted to say something, but seeing the high priest's calm expression, he finally closed his mouth.

In fact, not everyone agreed with Xia Fan's decision from the very beginning. Letting the Yao live in Jinxia was reasonable, but it would be too much to provoke the enemies on the other side of the sea for the sake of the Yao's appearance.It's just that Princess Guangping has always supported Xia Fan, so it's inconvenient to say it out, but now the number of enemy ships is really quite a lot, which also makes the voice of opponents much louder.

Ning Wanjun swept across the crowd with a little displeasure.

She doesn't care about helping the elves or not, but the decision to help has been approved by herself, which is equivalent to setting the basic policy of action. How can there be any reason to turn back?If it didn't happen in the first place, it's fine, but if the things she set up go against her will, what face does she have as a commander in chief?How to maintain the asylum relationship between Jinxia City and Shuzhou?

She didn't want to blame Hong Siqi for saying such things.

This person was originally an official from the imperial court, and he still retained the customs of a bureaucrat. To put it mildly, he was to be wise and protect his life, but to put it poorly, he would be ungrateful for profit.

But in the synagogue there are still many people she brought out.

How can she help her achieve her goal in the future if she considers the way out whenever she encounters difficulties?After all, what she has to do is full of risks and difficulties.

"Ahem..." Feeling the lord's cold eyes, Staff Officer He hurriedly broke the silence and said, "Retreat is the last option, and it's not yet that time. I would like to ask Mr. Xia, whether you have already dealt with the twenty way of a ship."

Xia Fan felt that everyone's eyes were on him.

So is Senia.

"First of all, we have to make sure that we don't have the ability to go out to sea to pursue." Xia Fan returned a comforting look, and said methodically, "The speed of the tree boat is far less than that of the sailing warship. Even if we can win, it will become a battle of defeat. .As long as the enemy can choose to actively flee, the battle is meaningless."

"So we must fight a battle of annihilation." He raised his voice, "Every battle should have its own expectations and goals. If the goals are not achieved, victory is no different from failure!"

"And if you want to wipe out your opponents, you can't launch them on the open sea. I hope you can make strategic considerations based on this requirement."

Having said that, he looked at Hong Siqi, "Of course I can understand Mr. Hong's worries. Lureing Jinxia City to fight in the sea will expose Jinxia City to the opponent's eyes. At the same time, the mountain is blocked by heavy snow in winter, and it is impossible for other cities in Qiguo to support it." We. But the benefits of this matter are worth Jinxia's doing - I think Master Mo should have a deep understanding of this."

Xia Fan doesn't mind if someone questions his decision-making. The essence of politics is a balance of mutual compromise. It is normal for others to have different opinions.

Mo Yun cleared his throat, "I'm not good at discussing government affairs, so let's just say the conclusion." She took out a booklet, "It's been a little over three months since the establishment of the New Machinery Engineering Bureau, and the factory building has been built to The sixth one recruits more than 700 people. This number is almost half of that of the Mechanical Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, and if the Weapons Bureau and other departments are included, the gap is even greater."

"However, with a relatively small number of people and a small scale, the amount of iron consumed in December was four times higher than that of the Machine Building Bureau, and the output totaled more than [-] items. Among them, [-] were daily ironware, [-] were air rifles, and [-] were machine beasts. [-] spare parts, and about [-] other prototypes. There are as many as five projects being promoted at the same time, and in the past, one project a year was common in the Machine Building Bureau."

She closed the booklet, "This high efficiency is not brought about by other things, it is related to the use of the astronomical instrument and the production line. Driving these things requires a large number of Qi sensers, and the elves have contributed a lot to this, so I agree with Master Xia's decision, helping them is defending Jinxia. I'm done."

After listening to a bunch of numbers, everyone's expressions were a little dull for a moment, obviously their train of thought hadn't fully caught up.

Xia Fan couldn't help raising the corner of his mouth, this... probably is Mo Yun's style.

"What do these numbers... mean?" Ning Wanjun winked at Xia Fan, "Of course I know, but you can make everyone understand more deeply."

He smiled and nodded, "To put it simply, Jinxia City's ability to produce armaments and daily consumables is comparable to that of the entire Ministry of Industry. However, the Ministry of Industry uses the power of Qiguo to supply all the state cities. And Jinxia’s new machine building bureau is only in charge of one city.”

A city is equivalent to a country.

This concept intuitively made the participants feel a little tremor.

Everyone knows that Jinxia's development is changing with each passing day, but they didn't expect it to reach this point unconsciously.

This is the meaning of the spirit senser, Xia Fan thought, the elves' natural spells are closely related to the tree spirits, which makes it impossible for them to carry out research on magic weapons.But after learning the relevant theoretical knowledge, their magical power can also drive the magic weapon. It can be said that it is the cooperation between the two parties that has created this win-win situation.

He knocked on the table to refocus everyone's attention, "It will be of great benefit to both parties if we can save the elves on the escaped treeboat. Risks do exist, but what you can get after a successful rescue is far from More than the risk on the surface can be compared-do you have any doubts about this?"

Everyone shut their mouths, and there was no more discussion in the auditorium.

"Very well, let's formulate a plan according to the offshore annihilation battle." The princess concluded.

……

Chapter 358 Determined to become——

"My lord, my lord Chi—"

Chi seemed to vaguely hear someone calling her.

This is probably the grand scene of sacrifice described in the book.

The dragon pierced through the air, as if stepping on floating clouds, and below was a sea of ​​people, everyone raised their arms high and cheered the name of the dragon.

"Master Chi——Master Chi———"

Even though she had only imagined such a scene in her dreams,... it doesn't hurt to dream for a while.

Chi couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Master Chi, are you awake?"

A sudden knock on the door caused Chi Meng to open his eyes.

The dream suddenly disappeared.

She wiped the drool from her mouth and sat up.The light outside the window is already pale, obviously this point has obviously exceeded the normal waking time.

It's strange... I'm obviously not so lazy at ordinary times.

Could it be that after walking for five years, he can finally rest temporarily?

She recognized that the person knocking on the door was Kong Xuanzi, "Of course I'm awake, but I didn't go out. What's the matter?"

"That's right, Mr. Xia is waiting for you in the hall. He said he wants to talk to you about something very important."

Xia Fan?

important thing?

It turned out that the dream just now was an omen—he finally realized the importance of dragons!

The drowsiness completely faded away, and Chi picked up the bronze mirror on the table, "Let him wait for a while, I'll be over right away. Wait--you should be careful with your words when you tell him, don't seem like Penglai is in a hurry, understand? "

"Uh...I see."

She looked at herself in the glasses, her smooth hair was puffed up, no different from a honeycomb.This is also a problem with the dragon's natural spells. Once you dream of something happy, you will unconsciously leak the air, which will greatly increase the humidity in the room, and the hair is often the hardest hit area for absorbing water.

But it's hard to beat Chi.

As soon as she thought about it, a cloud of mist immediately enveloped her head.After the dry hair ends are wet with water, they fall back down again, forming a waterfall-like hair curtain, and it also has a shiny luster.After drying the mirror, my image has returned to its former majestic appearance.

Miss Long nodded in satisfaction, put on her purple padded robe, and walked towards the hall.

……

After the two met and saluted each other, Chi Duan sat on the high chair, making his eyes level with each other, "I don't know why you came to see me early in the morning, what's the matter?"

early in the morning?It's almost ten o'clock, Xia Fan thought.But she used me, which means she still takes this matter very seriously.

He squinted at the horns on the top of the opponent's head. The texture seemed to be covered with soft cartilage. He didn't know what it would be like to hold it in his hand. "Miss Chi, do you mind flying with people?"

"Like a big lizard? Of course not!" Chi's reaction was completely different from Olina's. She frowned and said with disgust, "I'm a dragon, how could I allow other people to sit on my back? Not to mention I fly The speed of the lizard is much faster than that of a four-legged lizard, I don't know how to fly like her!"

"That's it..." Xia Fan couldn't help but feel a little headache, he didn't expect to suffer setbacks at the first step of the plan.

"However, if it's important to you—I'm mainly referring to Jinxia City—it's not impossible to adopt a compromise method." Seeing his tangled look, Chi couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart.