lizard lord

Chapter 236
For Julia's invitation, Tang Zhao seems to have no need to refuse. After all, he has his own interests in Yintao City and the Duva River. Every warship will have armaments. These are business opportunities. Exploring the sea It is beneficial and harmless to Tang Zhao.

After agreeing, he should naturally go back to prepare the fleet. He actually didn't trust Julia's fleet and suspected that they were unreliable, so he planned to go to sea on his own boat.

According to the ideas of the dwarves, it should be done in one step, building a "magnificent" giant warship, using the best materials and the most expensive decorations without hesitation, to demonstrate strength and status.

Karak Solma has a certain advantage in this regard—high-quality oak over a hundred years old can be found everywhere, there are some shipbuilders with design capabilities, and skilled carpenters are even easier to find. Even though the navy is an extremely expensive arm, They don't need to spend too much money, and they can use local materials. The problem now is that there is no such environment.

Leaving aside the fact that shipbuilding is labor-intensive, just like making a bow, it takes years and months to become a good product. Karak Solmar is too far away from the ocean. It must be somewhat ridiculous to build a large dock in the depths of the mainland, and you can’t get out by river.As for the cities along the coast of Oran, they don’t have such a large dock for them to build ships. The Elven Kingdom further south has them, but things will become more troublesome. There is no need to go around so much for a ship, and it will be flashy if it is too big. By the way, this is not a guard of honor, not just the pursuit of beauty.

So Tang Zhao simply transferred two warships and one cargo ship from the Hermes Chamber of Commerce. This is the entire composition of his fleet.

This is not an expedition to a foreign country, but just to explore the road and draw a sea chart. Columbus only used three ships to sail to the Americas.

The Hermes Chamber of Commerce now has a certain scale and can handle many procurement and preparation matters. Andrea has full authority to handle the procurement of fleet supplies, so Tang Zhao doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

He has no bad habit of micro-manipulating everything, and his subordinates will not do it themselves if they can achieve results.

Since he didn't know how long it would take him to go out this time, Tang Zhao arranged the tasks for the next period of time. In addition to the normal development plan, there were more detailed defense preparation plans.

I won’t go into details about conventional weapons and equipment production upgrades, they are mainly aimed at air enemies, which is the main shortcoming of Karak Solma.

I bought more than 300 horse vultures from Oran. It is barely enough to deal with a few enemies, but it is far from a country that is really good at fighting in the air. In particular, it is said that there is a black dragon lurking in the Kubango swamp in the north. An adult dragon is no longer an existence that ordinary vultures can threaten.In fact, except for Tang Zhao himself who might be able to touch the sub-adult dragon, the rest of the people have nothing to do with this powerful and ancient creature, are they not strong enough?
In this regard, Tang Zhao did not force it.Only let them build equipment to deal with ordinary flying units, and give up treatment for those powerful creatures, as long as they can deal with enemies within the limit.

There is also an underground part of the city. The dwarves and kobolds have also built quite complicated fortifications there. When necessary, they can also be transferred to the intricate underground. As far as the current conditions are concerned, it has been done as best as possible. .

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More than ten days later, Julia finally finished the preparations for the fleet. A dozen warships and eight cargo ships formed a not too weak exploration fleet and set off in Yintao City.

Tang Zhao, the military commander on the human side, didn't know him. He only knew that his name was John. He looked like a serious and rigid soldier. The dwarves had a few conversations with him and thought that his professional quality was not bad, but just like them, they didn't know much about him. the sea.

In fact, there are not many European sailing ships in the era of geographical discovery that Tang Zhao remembered in the fleet, because Oran's center of gravity is on the land, and they have enough land to house the population. At worst, they will open up land north to west, so for Ocean exploration is very limited, and most of the fleet are galleys, which are suitable for sailing in calm inland seas, and it is best not to go too far from the coastline. This kind of ship is not particularly strong against strong winds and waves, and it is too extravagant to use magic protection all the time.

It is true that the Vikings could paddle across the Atlantic Ocean in small warships, and the Polynesians could swim in the Pacific Ocean in canoes, but they are all sea peoples, and their sailing skills are quite good. If you want to find some skilled sailors who have gone to sea in Oran, they are very popular. It's hard work, Julia often complained to him in private, it's better not to demand them by the standards of the sea nation.

Psychologically, he was more or less nervous, but in the end Tang Zhao followed the unreliable fleet to the north and began surveying and mapping the map.

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Sailors are basically not ordinary people, they have more or less strength, strength and endurance are stronger than ordinary people, so paddling is naturally more efficient, so the speed of the fleet is much faster than Tang Zhao imagined.

However, after advancing for a certain distance and reaching a sea area that is lacking in understanding, the speed of advancement is much slower, because a lot of drawing is required. In fact, Julia thought very thoughtfully, and invited many experienced navigators and surveyors from the elves. But this kind of thing can't be rushed, and Tang Zhao didn't urge it. Watching the map gradually fill up is a very fulfilling thing.

On the other hand, because the number of wandering sahuagin is gradually increasing, it is difficult to completely isolate the perception of these creatures lurking under the water, and there is no other way but to face the enemy head-on. .I haven't encountered a large number of enemies yet, but I will encounter them sooner or later.

Julia said secretly, "The captain is very interesting", and Tang Zhao knew the reason as soon as he met the other party - Tang Zhao met this person a long time ago, when he was still in Cangguan Forest.

Olivia had organized a group of young masters to enter the Cangguan Forest. Among them was a person named Tina, who was said to be the child of a wealthy businessman in the city. In fact, it was just as Tang Zhao expected, and her identity was not simple.

The chamber of commerce she mastered was the Selev chamber of commerce, which had been stated by Julia later that it was related to a certain dragon, and the relationship was extremely close.

Although he didn't say it clearly, Tang Zhao can probably be sure that the real body of Tina, the captain assigned by Julia, is actually a giant dragon, or at least a very powerful sub-dragon creature.

After thinking about it for a while, Tang Zhao did not choose to contact the other party. His overall attitude towards the Dragon Clan has always been to keep a respectful distance, no matter what type it is.

But if Tang Zhao didn't look for her, it doesn't mean that the other party won't take the initiative to come over and temporarily station on the island to replenish the water source. Tina took this opportunity to step on the water and walk in the air, taking several steps lightly and gracefully, and directly came to the place where Tang Zhao was. on the cargo ship.

(End of this chapter)