Path of light

Chapter 499 500. Modified magic airship

In the merchant ship conference hall, a group of sailors brought some exquisite silver trays with fruits stained with water vapor.

Several imperial businessmen were sitting together, whispering and discussing something. They were speaking in imperial language, and Roy couldn't understand them at all.

The old dwarf craftsman sat opposite Roy. He dipped his thick fingers into the water stains in the tea cup and drew a simple outline on the table.

With just a few strokes, he drew the main keel of the ship, and then said to Roy:

"The core and main component of a seagoing ship is the hull keel. The quality of the keel material determines the service life of the seagoing ship and the upper limit of its resistance to wind and waves. Generally speaking, it is best to use ironwood to build a three-masted sailboat. Of course, ironwood is currently used It’s relatively rare, so the price is high, so we usually choose indigo wood instead.”

"The main purpose of dismantling the existing three-masted sailboat is to completely preserve the main keel and main mast. As for other parts, it is not that important."

"What I want to tell you is that it is not easy to dismantle the main keel of a three-masted sailboat. The entire ship is almost completely disassembled..."

After hearing the old dwarf craftsman's detailed explanation, Roy finally understood the extent of the difficulties he mentioned.

"If the ship is dismantled and reassembled, how long will it take?" Roy hesitated and asked the dwarf craftsman again.

The old dwarf craftsman said firmly: "It will take about a year and a half, and there will be no shortage of materials in the middle."

Roy frowned again. The war in Sun Island Bay could not last that long.

At this time, the imperial businessman sitting next to the old dwarf craftsman coughed and focused everyone's attention on him.

"Ahem, I have an idea. Boss Roy, I heard from you that you currently own three-masted sailing ships, but these three-masted sailing ships are not on the plane you need, right?"

"That's right." Roy nodded and admitted.

The imperial businessman tried again and asked: "You want to dismantle the three-masted sailing ship just because you want to transport these three-masted sailing ship to that plane, right?"

"That's right."

Several imperial businessmen looked at each other, and the imperial businessman sitting in the middle said as tactfully as possible: "If that's all, why don't you consider transporting the three-masted sailboat to that plane as a whole?"

The imperial merchant paused and asked again:

"Is it a plane portal that cannot carry the huge volume of an entire three-masted sailing ship?"

Roy was stunned for a moment. He had never considered transporting the entire three-masted sailboat to the Partington plane.

Roy said uncertainly:

"There should be no problem with the upper limit of the portal's carrying capacity, but I really can't imagine what kind of transport capacity can drag that big ship away. After all, it is a big ship more than seventy meters long and nearly seventeen or eighty meters high. The sea water The buoyancy allows it to float smoothly in the sea. Once we push it to the shore, will I worry that it will break in two? "

The imperial businessman's eyes lit up. He looked at the old dwarf craftsman sitting opposite Roy and said loudly to Roy:

"When it comes to this, I think we still have some experience. Mags sitting in front of you is the best engineer in the dwarf kingdom at ship modification."

"As long as you agree to install a few flotation devices on the three-masted sailing ship, we can help you transform the three-masted sailing ship into a magic airship. You can simply buy these flotation devices and pay us a small modification fee. "What I want to say is that it is actually quite suitable to use a three-masted sailboat to modify a magic airship."

"In this way, it is more feasible to control the magic airship through the portal."

"If you don't want to transform the three-masted sailing ship into a magic airship, it's very easy to do. These floating devices are rented to you by me. When we transport the three-masted sailing ship to the designated location, we can put the floating devices into After dismantling it and leaving, you only need to pay us a rental fee and transportation fee! ”

Roy heard the imperial merchants say that they could transform the three-masted sailing ship into a magic airship, but he didn't really listen to the rest of the words...

In fact, he had bought several floating devices more than two months ago. These floating devices are currently in the second mine on the Pagisto Plateau in the Partington plane. Roy has urged the old people in the mine to The dwarves began to study how to build a magical airship.

He had never thought that the magic airship could be transformed into a three-masted sailboat...

Now that these imperial businessmen have taken the initiative, they have given Roy some ideas. As for paying a modification fee for the magic airship, those are just trivial matters.

"I would like to ask Mags, as the chief engineer to transform the magic airship, to go to the plane portal for on-site inspection. I would like to hear the opinions of professionals on whether the three-masted ship can pass through the portal. In addition, I need to see a copy of the The transformation plan for the magic airship," Roy asked directly.

The imperial businessman decisively promised:

"These are totally fine!"

…

Roy knew that these imperial merchants invited Claire to the merchant ship just to reach a private deal on magic herbs.

Since the cooperation with the other party continues, it is necessary to discuss the magic herbal business.

"Then let's move on to the next topic. What kind of goods do you mainly purchase when you come to Castletown Port? What I can get here...are only primary magic herbs, primary magic potions, spinels, mithril ingots and black Iron ingots, and some ordinary metal ingots, I don’t have any other products here!”

Roy said straight to the point.

The imperial merchant looked at Roy with a particularly bright look. He leaned forward and said to Roy:

"We came to the Elven Continent this time mainly to purchase magic herbs and magic potions. We will take as much as you can. We don't need too many mithril ingots and black iron ingots. One hundred thousand each will be enough."

Roy was a little speechless. At present, even if all the mithril ingots on the Pagisto Plateau were put together, there might not be 50,000.

This imperial merchant opened his mouth and wanted to purchase 100,000 mithril ingots at once. It was really a big deal...

"Magic herbs..."

Roy and Claire started a new round of discussions on the magic herb trade with these imperial merchants.

Since the tone of cooperation has been set, the subsequent discussions are also relatively smooth, and there is no one making things difficult for anyone.

The Empire Merchant finally said to Roy:

"We use magic crystals to price each transaction. We provide magic devices and are responsible for modifying the three-masted sailing ship. The specific price will be written on the last page of the modification plan, and you provide us with primary magic herbs, potions, and magic metals. Each transaction will be conducted at the contract price, and everyone will get what they need."

"We are from Hines City. The headquarters of the company is built in the Green Empire. We also have branches in Tanton City in the Dwarf Kingdom and Aden City in the Etia Alliance Kingdom. If you want to purchase any goods, you can entrust our company to do it."

The Empire Merchant was very sincere when he spoke.

Roy also felt that the magic herbs in the Elf Continent were destined to flow into the Green Empire.

In this regard, he did not have a sense of crisis in his heart like other elves. Instead, he felt that supporting the Green Empire in the plane war could prevent the plane war from spreading to the Elf Continent.

The things in Castletown City have always been handled by Claire.

Roy was responsible for preparing the next few batches of primary magic herbs in the Partington plane...

The next afternoon, Roy took Miss Tiffany, the old dwarf Mags, and the big cat from Mrs. Winnie's house on a supply ship to Partington Island.

The old dwarf Mags was accompanied by several younger dwarf apprentices. These young dwarves who liked to braid their beards, had big feet, barrel waists, and strong bodies liked to peek at Miss Tiffany in addition to drinking.

However, they were a bit introverted and only willing to peek from a distance. They didn't have the courage to come over and talk to Miss Tiffany.

Miss Tiffany sat on the side of the ship a little bored, with her legs hanging outside the side of the ship, one hand on the cable blowing the sea breeze. In fact, she was sitting on the side of the ship thinking about whether to jump directly into the sea. Swimming across the sea is more comfortable than taking a sea ship.

Two half-elf crew members came over and told Miss Tiffany in a tactful way that it would be very dangerous to sit on the side of the ship. If a huge wave hits, Miss Tiffany will easily fall into the sea under the violent turbulence.

Judging from the current wind direction and wind speed, once the ship rushes out, it may take half an hour to return to its original position.

For an elf who can swim, it is also dangerous to soak in the sea water for such a long time.

The two half-elf sailors were reminding Miss Tiffany. At this time, a huge wave pushed the bow of the supply ship into the sky. As the huge wave was split by the bow, the supply ship suddenly smashed down.

The huge sense of drop made everyone on the ship shaken up, and Miss Tiffany was thrown out of the ship as the sailors said.

At this moment, Roy and the old dwarf Mags were discussing the modification of the magic airship on the top of the ship. In addition to the sixteen floating devices brought on the supply ship, there were also two propulsion devices, which were the main power devices on the magic airship before it rose into the wind flow layer.

In addition, the two propulsion devices installed on the left and right sides of the stern of the hull will also keep the hull of the magic airship in line with the wind when it is moving...

This huge wave made the old dwarf Mags jump up from his chair, but the old dwarf quickly grabbed the railing beside him and stabilized his body in an instant.

Roy was originally standing aside. After the huge wave came, his body staggered suddenly and almost fell down.

His eyes just fell on the deck, and he saw Miss Tiffany, who was sitting on the edge of the ship, being thrown out. The two half-blood elves wanted to grab Miss Tiffany, but they were a little late and did not grab Miss Tiffany's arm.

A scream sounded.

The person who screamed was a half-elf crew member. He watched Miss Tiffany fall into the sea and rushed to the side of the ship, trying to throw a rope into the sea...

But he saw Miss Tiffany's voice suddenly flew out from the blind spot under the side of the ship. She was riding a magic broom and flying side by side with the supply ship on the surging sea.

Her long green algae-colored hair was blown straight by the wind. There was a sly smile in her eyes. At this moment, Miss Tiffany was in high spirits...

The supply ship arrived at Partington Island as scheduled. Several medium-sized ships of the Silver Pegasus Legion were moored in the small port on the island.

A group of half-elf laborers were carrying a batch of supplies to the ship, and the supply ship was also safely moored at the dock.

Roy's eleven three-masted sailing ships were moored in a sheltered harbor next to the dock. These ships were not completely docked.

Roy called two flying fish boats and took them to the mooring position of the three-masted sailing ships.

On the beach not far away, you can also see some mixed-race elves running out to swim. This is one of the few entertainment projects on Partington Island.

Soon the old dwarf Mags saw eleven slightly older three-masted sailing ships. He saw the hull shape of these three-masted sailing ships, the structure of the entire ship and the design of the cabin, and the representative bow collision. Corner, the old dwarf Mags said to Roy without even climbing onto the boat:

"These three-masted sailing ships were originally designed by us dwarves, and the owners who originally customized these three-masted sailing ships must also be dwarves. Many designs on the ship are designed based on the height and shape of the dwarves!"

"Yes, I captured these ships from a group of gray dwarf bandits." Roy said calmly.

"That's right, we dwarves will not venture to the west coast of the Endless Sea!" the old dwarf Mags laughed.

The sails of the eleven ships were fully furled and trapped on the bottom rail of the mast.

Roy took the lead in climbing up the ladder to the sea ship, followed by the old dwarf Mags, and behind him were several dwarf apprentices.

Miss Tiffany did not follow, but ran to the reef beach not far away to bask in the sun.

The old dwarf casually inspected these three-masted sailboats, mainly to check the damage to the main keel and main mast, and also to check the strength of the keel support frame.

When he got off the three-masted sailboat, the old dwarf Mags gave Roy an affirmative answer:

"If you want to convert these three-masted sailing ships into magic airships, there should be no problem."

…

Roy took the old dwarf Mags to see the one-way magic portal located in the central square of the town.

Although it is only a one-way magic portal, the size of this magic portal can allow a three-masted sailboat to pass through normally...

The old dwarf Mags told Roy that there was no problem with this portal.

Roy asked the old dwarf Mags and his four apprentices to stay on the three-masted sailboat, and the hull modification project began immediately.

If you want to install a flotation device on a three-masted sailboat, sixteen reinforced brackets need to be installed on both sides of the ship's side, which are used to fix the flotation device.

Roy asked the captain of the mixed-blood elf guard group guarding the three-masted sailing ship to be responsible for coordination. If you lack any materials, you can go to Padstow City to find Rambo to solve it...

Roy took Miss Tiffany to Padstow City through the magic portal.