On the Seven Towers

One day later, in the morning, the Houyi arrived off the coast of Port Crowell. Xiao Chen stood on the bow of the ship, overlooking the surrounding ships. Those boats came from the southern city-states, the Elf Kingdom and the Sea Tribe. With awe, they stayed away from the behemoth at his feet and sailed toward the port together while keeping their distance.

"Why are the ships here so small?" The largest ship Xiao Chen saw was only half the size of the Hou Yi under his feet. Although the Hou Yi was a big ship, there were still many similar ones in the ports of the southern city-state. of ships. But here, it feels like a giant has walked into Lilliput.

Farrell said: "This is a rule that the Dwarf Kingdom has always had. Ships entering the Dwarf Kingdom will be limited in size. Ships that exceed the size will not be able to obtain a port entry permit."

Luo Ling asked strangely: "Why is this?"

"Although dwarves are good at forging, they are really not good at building ships. Because of their size, it is inconvenient to control large ships. Therefore, the ships of the Dwarf Kingdom have always been relatively small. In this way, if a maritime conflict does occur, the ships of the Dwarf Kingdom will In order to avoid this situation, the dwarves restricted the size of ships entering their territory.

Although we have a marine license in hand, our boat exceeds the limit too much, and Crowell's maritime patrol team may not be willing to let us pass. "

Xiao Chen smiled and said, "Whether we are allowed to pass or not is up to you."

"What a strange idea." Luo Ling leaned on the railing and looked at the land and port in the distance. "The dwarves in this country really have many strange ideas."

"You will know later that the dwarf kingdom has a lot of bad rules." Farrell said with disdain.

This time, Farrell expected it. Two or three nautical miles away from the port, there was a fleet of small boats approaching diagonally like the Houyi.

The sailboats of the dwarves are relatively rough, but not as rough as the ships of the sea tribe and the orcs. They are just flatter and wider, very much in the style of the dwarves themselves.

These ships are not as fast as human and elven ships, but they seem to be much stronger than them.

Xiao Chen ordered: "Let Ma Anmin be prepared and slow down. When the three ships come, I guess there is a possibility of conflict."

A quarter of an hour later, the Hou Yi met the three ships. The first ship of the dwarves played a universal semaphore, asking Xiao Chen's ship to stop.

Ma Anmin asked: "Chairman Xiao, do you really want to stop? In fact, I am confident that I will get rid of them and rush into the port."

Xiao Chen said: "Have you seen so many elves, sea tribes, and human ships around? With so many eyes, I think it is better for us to be polite first and then fight."

"Okay then. Anyway, I'm sure I can sink these three small sampans in minutes." Ma Anmin gave the order, and the gunners on the ship and the new marines composed of dwarves were ready.

Ma Anmin turned the ship sideways and pointed the side of the ship in the direction they were coming from. The dwarves didn't know it yet, but more than a dozen pneumatic cannons on the Houyi's two gun decks were ready to fire.

The flagship of the dwarf fleet stopped about a hundred meters away from the Hou No. 1. The other party used a loudspeaker to shout: "Where did you come from?"

Xiao Chen casually drew a loudspeaker array and replied: "Our ship comes from the Pearl Islands, and we have a port entry permit belonging to the Pearl Islands."

The man on the flagship of the dwarf patrol fleet shouted: "Impossible, that permit is definitely not yours. We have never allowed such a large ship to enter Crowell! Get away from here quickly!"

"Listen. We have something very important to visit your port governor Ansaldo. This matter is of great importance and cannot be decided by you patrol fleet people." Xiao Chen said, "There is another person on my ship. Your Governor’s old friend from many years ago. Your Governor must really want to see him.”

The voice on the other side stopped for a while, as if they were discussing something. After about two or three minutes, the voice started again.

"If you really have something important and want to see the governor, you can come to our ship. The ship must leave, otherwise we will launch an attack!"

"What if we refuse?" Xiao Chen asked.

The three ships of the dwarves stopped saying anything and began to move closer to the Hou Yi. The dwarves on the board also started running, gathering around the weapons and equipment, as if preparing for battle.

Xiao Chen looked at the opponent's ship with the eyes of the mage. The dwarves seemed to have three types of weapons. One is a large crossbow that is also found on the ships of many other races. But the dwarf's crossbows look more sophisticated. There are five layers of bow arms up and down, which can shoot five arrows at the same time.

The other is a long tubular object, but judging from its curved shape, it is definitely not a cannon, but some kind of fire-throwing device.

The third weapon is a large trebuchet, but the ones placed next to the trebuchet are not stones, but wooden barrels. Xiao Chen suspected that the barrel contained some kind of explosive.

The weapons moved under the control of the dwarves, aiming at the Houyi one by one.

"These dwarves are really decisive in their actions. They are ready to attack without saying a few words." Luo Ling said.

"Judging from their existing methods, air guns and pneumatic cannons are indeed not technologies mastered by the Dwarf Kingdom." Xiao Chen said.

Sinclair said, "Yes, my father said that this technology was developed by the Black Dragon Empire, but it ended up in the hands of us dwarf slaves. Those guys in the Dwarf Kingdom don't have this kind of thing."

Ma Anmin sneered, "Facing such an enemy, I really feel like I'm bullying a child."

"Sometimes children still need to be spanked to be obedient. Prepare two rounds of artillery fire. Don't sink them, but give them some color." Xiao Chen waved to Ma Anmin, who immediately understood and began to prepare shields while giving the order to fire.

Xiao Chen said to the loudspeaker array, "Your plan is completely unacceptable to us, and you are actually preparing to launch an attack on us, which will be regarded as a provocation to us."

As Xiao Chen finished speaking, the gun windows on the two gun decks below Houyi were all opened, and the muzzles of the pneumatic guns stretched out of the windows.

"The following is our warning."

Muffled sounds came from below Houyi, and more than ten pneumatic guns fired at the same time, with an astonishing momentum. The dozen or so shells flew through the air and then fell into the sea near the dwarf warship. The explosion of the shells created waves that were taller than the mast of the dwarf warship.