After a moment, Xia Duo came out of the military camp, followed by a group of well-equipped soldiers, led by Captain Gibb, whom he had worked with before.
Shado was in a good mood. The soldiers Lord Savile provided him were of good quality. They were all veterans who had experienced the orc wave, rather than new recruits added later.
Coupled with the presence of an acquaintance like Gibb, Xia Duo can ensure considerable control over this group of soldiers from the beginning. Although he can still control without Gibb, it is not as convenient as having Gibb after all.
After arranging these ten people to the port warehouse and putting them together with the recruited citizens, after comforting and encouraging them, Xia Duo returned to the mage.
Now everything is ready, all that is left is the arrival of the ship purchased by the Lyadon Chamber of Commerce from the northern Shiboden Territory!
... Returning to the Mage Tower, Sha Duo immediately went to see Tutor Niya. Next, he was going to explore new territory. His weekly teaching would definitely be affected, and he needed to readjust it.
Generally speaking, apprentices are not qualified to bargain with their mentors, but Xia Duo's situation is a bit special. Niya readily agreed, and also gave Xia Duo a communication weapon, which was enough for Xia Duo to contact him 20 miles away. to her.
Although this kind of contact can only transmit a short message and cannot be used for teaching, it can be used to agree on the next teaching time.
At the same time, although Niya does not have another function of this communication weapon, Sha Duo can also guess a thing or two. It is probably to let him ask for help at a critical moment!
After returning to his residence and sorting out the necessary belongings for this trip, Sha Duo began to make magic scrolls. It was not that convenient to make them again after leaving the mage tower.
You need to reserve magic to deal with any situation that may arise, so you can probably only make one or two before going to bed.
In addition to matters related to territory development, Xia Duo also has arrangements for himself. Although he cannot completely concentrate on theoretical research outside, he can also improve his practical experience in the process of constantly using spells.
And from practice, it can confirm the theory and develop the theory. Xia Duo planned to treat this development as a rare spell-casting practice. He would return to the Tower of Time every twelve and a half months to recharge his batteries and solve the problems accumulated during this period.
And so on. ...Three days later, Savile Town Port. Sha Duo stood on the shore and stared at the wooden boat docked beside the simple trestle.
In the eyes of Xia Duo, who saw cargo ships, warships and even aircraft carriers on the Duolin sphere, this ship, which was no more than 20 meters long and no more than 5 or 6 meters wide, was a ship.
A boat like this cost several thousand gold coins to buy. Xia Duo even thought that just cutting down a few tall trees in the Green Pearl Forest and making a raft would be enough.
On the simple trestle, two teams of soldiers carrying equipment were boarding the ship in an orderly manner. One team was composed of soldiers supported by Lord Saville and led by Gibb; the other team was composed of ten people selected from the recruited citizens, all of whom had experience as adventurers.
During the first expansion, Xia Duo did not plan to make any big moves. His main task was to establish a temporary stronghold and take root first.
Seeing that the last soldier had boarded the ship, Sha Duo was also ready to leave. He unanimously agreed to the members of the organization and the cooperative chamber of commerce who came to see him off: "Dean, Edrich, I hope that next time you come back, you will have become a true Mage! Mrs. Patty, Arman, thank you for your support for me. Hans, Fleck, and President Slavin, the development of the Daxia Territory has begun. I need to see what you promised next time I come back. Personnel and supplies." After finishing, Xia Duo waved his hand, walked to the trestle, jumped onto the flat-bottomed cargo ship, and shouted into the cabin: "Captain Owen, let's go!"
"Yes, Lord!" Owen's loud voice came from inside, followed by another roar,
"You bastards, move! Hey, hey, hey!" Hearing Owen's powerful voice, Xia Duo showed a satisfied smile. After seeing Owen with his own eyes, he realized that Owen didn't look like a man who was almost 60 years old at all.
I was really lucky to be able to hire Owen. Originally, Owen had already retired, but after all he couldn't let go of life on the ship, so Arman picked him up.
If it were later, other chambers of commerce might be the first to do so. ... This section of the river in Savile Town Port has been expanded several times and is several times wider than other sections of Wolfsburg, which is enough for ships larger than Chateau's to turn around at will.
It was just when the cargo ship left the port that Xia Duo realized that the Wolfburg River was only ten or twenty meters wide. It would be ridiculous if he couldn't keep his head out.
We might have to drive to the Basin Lake downstream first, and then turn around before returning to Savile Town. But in this way, I don’t know how much time would be wasted.
The straight-line distance from Saville Territory to Daxia Territory is about 20 miles. It will be more by water, but it only takes half and half to go down the river.
When returning, the warm current in spring and summer blows from the south. Although it is against the current, it is also with the wind. If you include the night sailing, you can return within one time.
But the premise of all this is that we can turn around near Daxia Territory. If we want to go to Basin Lake first, it may take nearly a week longer.
And if you include the time when you can't sail at night, it may be even longer. Thinking of this, Xia Duo felt the need to ask
"Old driver" Captain Owen, when they met him before, Xia Duo had already handed him the map of Daxia Territory.
After arriving at the ship, Owen was steering the helm. His movements were subtle. It didn't seem like he was controlling the rudder, but rather like the rudder was actively cooperating with him. Even a layman like Xia Duo could see that this was extraordinary.
Xia Duo thought to himself that it seemed that he had really found a treasure this time, and he felt a little more confident that Owen could solve the problem of the boat turning around in the river.
"Captain Owen, are you still getting used to the new ship?"
"Lord." Owen bowed first, then patted the rudder and praised,
"This is a really nice boat. It should have been built by Hiboden. I drove a boat like this when I was young. It's really nice!"
"I don't know much about ships, but this ship was indeed purchased from Hibodenland. Captain Owen, I have something to ask you."
"Lord, what's the matter?"
"After this ship reaches its destination, can it find a suitable location to turn around?" Sha Duo hoped to hear good news from Owen.
And Owen is worthy of it.
"Old driver" heard Xia Duo's question without any hesitation and immediately gave an affirmative answer: "Lord, the landing location you chose is really a coincidence. There is a landing less than half a mile downstream of it. You can turn around at the river section, but if you miss this point, you can only turn around and return via Basin Lake." Xia Duo secretly thought it was dangerous, and at the same time, he felt much more relaxed as he had been carrying it since the beginning.
The current situation is that the journey from the development point to the port in Savile Town only takes a day or two. In addition to facilitating the mobilization of personnel and materials, it is also much more convenient for Shado to return to the Tower of Time to recharge.
He was so happy that he directly announced: "From now on, this ship will be the Lucky Owen!" When Owen heard this, his hands trembled a little. He had never been able to get a ship to call his name in his whole life of sailing. Although he knew that this was the young mage lord in front of him trying to win over people, he still couldn't help but feel excited.
At this moment, his whole body was full of strength, and he felt that he could do it for another ten years!
"Lord, Old Irving sells his life to you!" For no other reason than this
The "Lucky Owen" can continue to run in the water, and Old Owen has even begun to imagine the scene of driving this ship to sea.
