Things about the female knight in black stockings

Ms. Dana also agreed with Valencia’s judgment:

"When I first came to Farland, I was really afraid that he would come with me."

"But he did not come, and it's not that he didn't want to come, but that he couldn't come."

Valencia's eyes lit up and she said confidently:

"This shows that his living conditions are not superior. At least he does not have a decent enough job and no one can guarantee him. He will not be able to pass the cross-border review between the two countries."

Just like Valencia had to apply for a visa to go abroad in her previous life, the movement of people between Fran and America also had to go through cross-border review.

There is not only exit review, but also entry review. You must pass both reviews before you can travel between the two countries.

The requirements for this kind of cross-border review are actually not very high and can be roughly divided into three items:

[-]. Cross-border people must have decent jobs... They say they are decent, but in fact the requirements are not very high. Even being a waiter in a custom shop is fine.This requirement is mainly to prevent those gangsters who like to make troubles who are unemployed and want to go abroad to embarrass themselves. Ordinary people with normal jobs can pass.

[-]. Those who cross the border must have a suitable reason... This is even simpler. Doing business, traveling, visiting relatives and friends is no problem.However, businessmen still need to produce some relevant documents and tax records to prove that they are not smuggling.

[-]. Cross-border travelers need to have no criminal record... This is also easy to understand. People with bad records will not be welcome wherever they go.

The legendary perverted murderer who committed serial crimes in America, although he was heinous, had never been caught by the Paladins or the Guards. It could be said that he had no bad record, which satisfied the third condition for cross-border applications.

The second condition for cross-border application is actually almost the same as nothing for individuals. As long as the first and third conditions are met, you can pass the cross-border purpose by filling in any travel information.

So what finally blocked the perverted murderer from coming to France was that he was not satisfied with the first request of the border crosser... He didn't have a job that could pass the review, and his source of income was even very unstable. , the economic conditions are not good.

A normal human being, even a perverted murderer, when faced with something he likes, will definitely collect it as much as possible if he can... Only when he can't collect it will he consider throwing it away after use.

In this world, there are actually many ways to preserve the legs of the victims wearing stockings for the perverted murderer to enjoy slowly, but he did not do this. Instead, after the legs of the corpses began to rot, he Abandoned.

From the letter written by the perverted murderer to Ms. Dana, it is not difficult to see that the perverted murderer likes those legs very much, just like the most fanatical collector facing the best art... Normally he would absolutely not be able to part with it. Those legs rotted and then discarded.

This shows that the perverted murderer's financial conditions are not good and he is not allowed to collect, so he can only continue to commit crimes to satisfy his perverted desires.

Another point is that in the letter written by the perverted murderer to Ms. Dana, many terms and descriptions used by professional female fashion designers... This shows that the perverted murderer is probably engaged in related work, or studying Pass relevant knowledge.

By stringing all these inferences and clues together, the scope of the identity of the perverted murderer was suddenly narrowed down a lot.

Jobs with low income and irregularity are most likely to be related to women's clothing, or it is easier to gain access to knowledge related to women's clothing.

"... Valencia, you are really amazing. No wonder you have already achieved achievements that many people cannot achieve in their lifetime at such a young age."

After listening to Valencia’s analysis, Ms. Dana became visibly excited and looked very much looking forward to it:

"Then with your analysis and reasoning, can you...?"

"Well, when I get to America, I will communicate this information with the Holy Knight in charge of this case in the Church of the Sun over there."

Valencia did not disappoint Ms. Dana and nodded seriously:

"Bastards like this must be found and killed as soon as possible! No more innocent girls can be allowed to become victims of his perverted desires!"

. . . . .

After unexpectedly learning about a perverted murderer in America from Ms. Dana, Valencia and Tia's remaining purchases went smoothly.

On the sixth day after the New Year, Princess Elsess's envoy officially set off from the port of the French capital and headed for America.

For such a large-scale mission, the mission team naturally has a large number of people, including thousands of French affairs officers of all sizes.

Most of the affairs officers are not the kind of administrative affairs officers who can only show off their words, but very professional business affairs officers.After the big shots discussed the rough cooperation plan, the further finalization and execution of the details were completed by these affairs officers.

Of course, in any bureaucracy, there will always be a small number of related households, and Fran is no exception... Among these thousands of affairs officers, there are also nearly a hundred related households mixed in. They are basically relatives and family members of the French nobles. I want to travel to America as a clerk.

In the eyes of many people, Tia is a similar existence this time, a young lady who goes to America to play with the envoys as an affairs officer.

Tia didn't care, and used her identity as the princess's military adviser to follow Elsess and fish for fish. She called Valencia as a matter of course, and also invited Yahiro and Lanzhi who were originally on the cargo ship of the Nola Chamber of Commerce. Together.

In this way, during this mission, the royal family entertainment area on the highest deck of the French Navy flagship was completely reduced to Elsess and Gina, Valencia and Tia, Yahiro and Lanzhi. A small paradise for famous and beautiful couples in the capital of France.

Chapter 22 Fleet

There are many warships in the French navy, but Valencia doesn't know that. She only knows that the flagship that Elses took on this mission is a sea fortress-class super-large warship, which is the same size as her previous aircraft carrier. A similar battleship with a displacement of over 10 tons.

Serravina.

However, the Seravina does not have the concept of displacement, and even most warships and cargo ships powered by magic do not have the concept of displacement.

Because when these ships are built, materials with better magic conductivity will be selected, and at the same time, an earth spell that can greatly reduce the impact of gravity is solidified on the materials.

Even though the ships built in this way look similar to those large ships with a displacement of more than 10 tons in Valencia's previous life, the actual weight is often only a few dozen tons.

It is a last resort for humans to increase the cost of shipbuilding in this way... In fact, from a physical point of view, this kind of design with a large hull but a light hull is not good. It will make the ship like a balloon floating on the water and be more easily blown over by wind and waves. turn.

For this reason, humans have to add more costs to create magic barriers that can withstand wind and waves.

But there is nothing that can be done, because there are too many dangers in the deep sea. Even fully armed warships are often sunk by monster attacks, let alone merchant ships carrying cargo.

In order to ensure safe navigation, merchant ships from France and America will choose to sail 300 to 500 meters close to the coast when traveling between them.

Being closer to shore gives crews more options in the event of danger.Moreover, most of the offshore water is not very deep and cannot support the activities of huge ocean monsters.

However, places where the water is too shallow cannot allow large ships of [-] tons to pass. Therefore, humans will try to reduce the weight of the hull as much as possible when building ships, making the ship's draft as shallow as possible to facilitate navigation in relatively safe shallow sea areas. .

This time, the more than 20 French warships that went to America with the Serravina all used this technology.Each one looks like a [-]-ton warship, but the actual weight may not be as much as an overloaded large truck.

Valencia is quite interested in these warships. It has been almost 20 years since she was reincarnated into this world, and she has never seen a naval battle in this world with her own eyes.

Of course, these warships will not be equipped with naval guns and missile launchers. Instead, they will be equipped with large and small magic towers and a large heavy crossbow that can rotate like a tank turret.

Those magic towers are naturally the guarantee of the warship's combat effectiveness. They are evenly distributed in every corner of the deck of each warship to ensure that enemies found in any direction can be attacked immediately.

The smallest magic tower among them is only three to five meters high and can be controlled by a pearl-level magician. Most of them are good at firing low-level attack magic in succession, which is equivalent to the close-range defense cannon of a technologically advanced warship.

The largest magic tower is more than ten times taller. It often requires multiple lighthouse-level magicians or one radiant-level magician to control it, and its capabilities include both offense and defense.

It can activate extremely destructive legendary spells, generate a magic barrier to protect the entire ship, and can greatly increase the speed of the ship in a short period of time. It can even abandon the ship and take the navy with it when necessary. The officers and soldiers used teleportation to escape.

Generally speaking, the warships of the French Navy are mainly based on magical power... What the naval fleet of Valencia's previous life could do with science, the French Navy can do with magic.What science cannot do, there are many things that magic can do.

But just like Valencia, as a half-evil god, is born with little fear of magic, there are also many monsters in nature that are born with extremely high magic resistance.

Faced with such a high magic resistance, a high-level spell that can make villages and towns disappear with one shot may not be as effective as a boulder thrown by a trebuchet.

At this time, those large heavy crossbows like turrets can come in handy.

This kind of heavy crossbow can be said to be the pinnacle of mechanical creation of human civilization. Although it is large and heavy and can only be used on warships or fortresses, its power is also quite amazing. It can penetrate a city wall several meters thick with only physical damage. , stronger than the full blow of an ordinary lighthouse-level warrior.

This heavy crossbow is very useful when facing those monsters with high magic resistance.Even if a Brilliant-level monster faces the continuous fire of multiple heavy crossbows on a warship, most of the time it will retreat.

Of course, there are also super ocean monsters that can truly ignore the firepower of warships, but such monsters are generally huge and can only live in the deep sea.When sailing along the shallow sea along the coastline, there is no need to consider the threat of this monster.

And some dangers that may occur in shallow waters are not dangerous in front of the French naval fleet headed by the Serravina. This will be an extremely safe voyage.

Therefore, there were many merchants who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune by shipping. In the end, the number of merchant ships in the entire fleet even exceeded that of warships.

Valensa didn't know much about the ships of other chambers of commerce. She only knew that there were three cargo ships coming with the Nora Chamber of Commerce this time.Each ship is of the [-]-ton level, and except for dozens of crew members, all the places that can be loaded are filled with cargo.

The 30-ton cargo ship seems incomparable to the giant cargo ships in Valencia's previous life that could carry more than [-] tons of cargo, but that's not the case.

Because in this world of magical civilization, there is a civilian technology that can make most technologically civilized humans envious to tears.

Space storage technology.

The small boxes used to load cargo on these cargo ships each appear to be only about 1 cubic meter, but in fact they are all space storage props, and the actual capacity is much larger.

If all the cargo carried by all the merchant ships in this fleet were unloaded and piled together, it would probably be a pile the size of a city.

After transporting such a large batch of goods from France to America, sell them at dozens of times the price, then fill the cargo ship with America's specialties and return to France, and continue to sell them at dozens of times the price...

Valensa just roughly calculated the possible benefits of Yahiro's trip, and was shocked by the huge number until she felt dizzy.

That's a figure she won't be able to earn from now until she retires, even if she wins the Golden Iris Award every year.

It’s no wonder that Yahiro dared to use an extremely extravagant skill like the Million Gold Coin Fist. The wealth of this Nora Chamber of Commerce eldest lady was simply terrifying.

"You are going to make a fortune this time, Yahiro."

The more Valencia thought about it, the more jealous she became. She couldn't help but pick up the juice next to her and take a sip.

"Because this opportunity is rare."

Yahiro leaned lazily on the lounge chair:

"When there is no fleet escort, the risk of shipping is still very high... Many times, if half of the goods arrive at the destination, it is considered lucky. There are not a few businessmen who lost all their money due to the loss of all the goods... Just Even my chamber of commerce has encountered this kind of shipwreck many times.”

Chapter 23 Girls in Swimsuits on the Deck

Whether attacked by ocean monsters, fog monsters, or extreme weather, any ship that never returns to port due to these reasons is collectively called a shipwreck.

Dozens of merchant ships encounter shipwrecks in France every year. From time to time, residents of various port cities hear news that a certain chamber of commerce has sunk again.

Fortunately, there are magical props like teleportation scrolls. Most of the crew members in shipwrecks can teleport back to the city in time to save their lives. The only losses are the ship and cargo.

But even so, under normal conditions, nearly half of the shipwreck rates of chamber of commerce fleets when they go to sea are too much for many chambers of commerce.Even some large chambers of commerce that are only one level lower than the Nora Chamber of Commerce may go bankrupt due to continuous shipwrecks due to bad luck.

A good opportunity like this to be escorted by the envoy's fleet would only come about once every few decades in the entire history of France.

Even Yahiro, who had already regarded money purely as a number, couldn't help but feel a little excited and had some ideas after estimating the income he could get this time.

She turned around and looked at the four people playing cards on the other side:

"By the way, my dear Princess, can you make some suggestions to the royal family to set up more naval fleets to escort merchant ships? I think many chambers of commerce would be willing to pay an additional navigation security tax for this purpose."

"...You are not the first businessman to make such a request to the royal family, my friend."

Elsess was lying on Gina's cool and comfortable legs. It was her turn to play cards at this moment, but her luck in playing cards was obviously not very good.

So Her Royal Highness the Princess looked at the cards in her little girlfriend's hand from below, and in Gina's helpless and doting eyes, she took away some of the good cards and stuffed the bad cards in her hand into them. Then, in the eyes of Tia and Lanzhi with disgust, they played all the cards in their hands in one breath.

The cards played by the four of them are quite similar to the poker played by Valencia in her previous life. Although there are many differences in the details of the rules, the basic rule is that whoever finishes playing the cards first wins.

"Haha, this princess has won again. This princess is so awesome!"

Elsess didn't feel any shame at all in cheating. She first felt proud of her victory, then picked up the strawberry on hand and put two strawberries in her mouth. Then she sighed and answered Yahiro's question:

"But unfortunately, the royal family can't do it... Do you think we don't want to build a few more fleets to ensure ocean trade? But if we can't do it, we can't do it."

"Why can't it be done?"

Yahiro refused to give up, and stood up, stretched her beautiful figure in a string swimsuit in the sun, and pointed to several warships around the Seravina:

"Although I am just a businessman's daughter, I am more or less knowledgeable about technology... I can estimate the manufacturing cost and production speed of this kind of ordinary warship, and I can also estimate the reserves of various shipbuilding materials in our flange through the market. Estimate one or two.

If my estimate is correct, with our flange capabilities, launching more than a dozen warships a month is not a problem, right?But the number of warships in the entire French navy seems to be less than fifty. Isn't this a bit too few? "

"...Your estimate is quite accurate, but you forgot to calculate a very important factor, my friend."

Elsess picked up two more cherries, put one into her mouth, and fed one to Gina. After that, the two exchanged their cherries with their mouths to eat, and then put down Gina who had softened. , also stood up, stretched, and pointed at the surrounding warships.

To be precise, it points to the magic towers on the warship:

"Simply building warships is really not a problem with our flange capabilities. If we start working at full capacity, we can launch two hundred ships a year... The question is, how do our warships maintain their combat effectiveness? It's these magic towers on the warships! And who needs to control the magic tower? It's a magician! We don't have that many magicians deployed in the navy, and this is the most difficult part."

"Magicians... I remember that we have quite a few magicians in France, right?"

Yahiro frowned and thought again:

"Based on the market share of my chamber of commerce and the annual sales of magic materials, it is not difficult to roughly estimate the number of magicians in the entire flange... If my estimate is correct, the number of magicians deployed in the navy is only very small. Part of it, right? Where are the rest of the magicians?"

"This is..."

Elsess shrugged and looked at Tia again:

"Let's ask our future chief military advisor."

Tia was taking off her socks at this time, white stockings over her knees.

Although the current season is just after winter, it is already very hot in France, especially in the sunshine on the calm sea.

At this time, the six beautiful girls on the top deck of the Seravina were all wearing swimsuits with very little fabric.

It’s just that the four girls Elseth, Gina, Yahiro and Lanzhi all chose to go bare legs, while Valencia and Tia still wore black stockings and white stockings over the knee in their swimsuits.

But Tia’s XP for stockings is far less important than Valencia’s. Even though the white stockings she wore today were very thin, they were still a little too hot. In the end, she chose to take off the white stockings temporarily to make her already a little sweaty. Little feet blowing in the sea breeze.

When Elseth turned her gaze and topic over her, Tia was deliberately slowing down the action of taking off her silk stockings many times to attract Valencia's attention.

Being watched by everyone at this time, Tia only blushed slightly, and continued to take off her white stockings in slow motion, while explaining to Yahiro in a serious tone:

"As for the number of magicians in the entire Kingdom of France, the military has been registering and managing it. More than 65% of the magicians are serving in the army, about 20% are working as adventurers, and the remaining magicians are are distributed in all walks of life.

Among the magicians serving in the army, less than one-tenth are deployed in the navy, and almost all of the rest are on the northern defense line.