Author: Arion's Dolphins

Chapter 236 Sailing

Tang Zhao seemed to have no need to refuse Julia's invitation. After all, he had his own interests in Yintao City and the Duwa River. Each warship would have armaments. These were all business opportunities and exploration of the sea.

It is beneficial and harmless to Tang Zhao.

After agreeing, he should naturally go back and prepare the fleet. In fact, he did not trust Julia's fleet and suspected that they were unreliable, so he planned to go to sea on his own ship.

According to the ideas of the dwarves, they should build a "majestic" giant warship in one step, using the best materials and the most expensive decorations without hesitation to show their strength and status.

Karak Solma has certain advantages in this regard - high-quality oak that is more than a hundred years old can be found everywhere, shipbuilders with design capabilities are more or less available, and skilled carpenters are easy to find. Even though the navy is an extremely expensive branch of arms,

They don't need to spend too much money and can use local materials. The problem now is that there is no such environment.

Not to mention that shipbuilding is a water-mill process, and like bow-making, it takes many years to mature. Karak Solma is too far from the ocean. It must be somewhat ridiculous to build a large shipyard deep in the continent, and you can't get out by river. As for Oran

The cities along the coast don't have such large shipyards for them to build ships. The Elf Kingdom further south does, but things will become more troublesome. There is no need to go around so much for a ship. If it is too big, it will be flashy.

It’s not an honor guard, it’s not just about looking good.

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

This was not an expedition to a foreign country, it was just exploration and charting. Columbus only used three ships to sail to the Americas. There was no need to be too complicated. With more people, the supply requirements would be higher and it would be troublesome to move.

The Hermes Chamber of Commerce has now reached a certain scale and can handle many procurement and preparation matters. Andrea has full authority to handle the procurement of fleet materials, so Tang Zhao no longer has to worry about it.

He doesn't have a bad habit of micro-managing everything. If his subordinates can achieve the result, he won't do it himself.

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

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

More than 300 horse vultures were purchased from Oran. It was barely enough to deal with a few enemies, but it was far behind against countries that were really good at fighting in the air. Especially in the Kubango Swamp in the north, it was said that there was a black dragon lurking.

, the adult dragon is not a threat that ordinary vultures can threaten. In fact, except for Tang Zhao himself, who may be able to touch the sub-adult dragon, the rest of the people have nothing to do against such a powerful and ancient creature.

Not strong enough?

In this regard, Tang Zhao did not force it. He only asked them to build equipment to deal with ordinary flying units, and gave up treatment of those powerful creatures, as long as they could deal with enemies within limits.

The fortress also has an underground part. The dwarves and kobolds have also built quite complex defenses there. They can also go underground when necessary. As far as the current conditions are concerned, this is the best possible way.

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More than ten days later, Julia finally made 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 his name was John. He looked like a serious and old-fashioned soldier. The dwarves had talked with him a few times and thought that his professional qualities were pretty good, but just like them, they didn't understand him that well.

sea.

In fact, there are not many European sailing ships in the fleet like those in the Age of Discovery in Tang Zhao's impression, because Oran's focus is on the land. They have enough land to settle the population. At worst, they will open up land to the north and west, so for

The exploration of the ocean is very limited. 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 in the ability to withstand strong winds and waves, and it is too extravagant to use magic to protect it.

It is true that the Vikings could use small warships to paddle across the Atlantic Ocean, and the Polynesians could use canoes to swim across the Pacific Ocean. However, they are all marine people and their sailing abilities are quite good. If you want to find some skilled sailors who have gone to sea in Oran, it is very difficult to find them.

It took a lot of effort, and Julia complained to him in private, but it was better not to hold them to the standards of the sea people.

Although he was more or less nervous, Tang Zhao finally followed this unreliable fleet to the sea and headed north to start surveying and mapping.

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Sailors are basically not ordinary people. They have more or less strength and have stronger strength and endurance than ordinary people. Naturally, they can paddle more efficiently, so the fleet can move much faster than Tang Zhao imagined.

However, after advancing for a certain distance and reaching the unknown sea area, the progress became much slower because a lot of mapping was required. In fact, Julia was very thoughtful and invited many experienced navigators and surveyors from the elves.

But this kind of thing cannot be rushed, and Tang Zhao did not rush it. Watching the map gradually fill up is a very satisfying thing.

On the other hand, because the number of wandering sahuagin is gradually increasing, it is difficult to completely isolate these creatures lurking under the water. There is no other way but to face the enemy head-on.

.We haven’t encountered a large number of enemies yet, but we will sooner or later.

Julia said covertly, "The captain is very interesting." Tang Zhao knew the reason as soon as he met him - Tang Zhao had met this man once a long time ago, in Cang Guan Forest.

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

The chamber of commerce she controls is the Serif Chamber of Commerce, and Julia has made it clear later that it has a connection with a certain dragon, and the relationship is extremely close.

Although it was not stated explicitly, Tang Zhao was probably certain that the true form of Tina, the captain assigned by Julia, was actually a giant dragon, or at least a very powerful sub-dragon creature.

After some thought, Tang Zhao did not choose to contact the other party. His overall attitude towards the dragon clan has always been to stay away from them, no matter what kind they were.

But just because Tang Zhao didn't go looking for her, it didn't mean that the other party wouldn't take the initiative to come over and briefly stationed on the island to replenish the water supply. Tina took this opportunity to walk on the water and walk in the air, taking several light and elegant steps, and directly came to where Tang Zhao was.

On a cargo ship.
Chapter completed!