Chapter 30 Express and Cannon
Soon, a strange legend spread in almost all the ports of the Landing Thunder Province and the Antarctic Province. About a ghost ship named Black Pearl.
"Dard? The ship has no mast at all. It burns the soul. I heard the howling of the ghosts on the ship with my own ears." A sailor said solemnly.
Before he finished speaking, another voice sounded: "Forget it, you are simply bragging. The Egos, where I am, is the fastest ship nearby. That day, we drove at full speed and drove 18 knots, but the ghost ship caught up with us from not far away. There was black smoke on the ship, like a witch. It's the same, but they have at least 25 sections, I'm sure.
"That day, we saw a ship without sails on the sea of the Antarctic province and sank to the bottom of the sea. We were about to rescue it when it floated up by itself." A beard is getting more and more mysterious.
"You're all wrong. It's a devil's messenger ship. They are responsible for transporting the letters of the dead. I saw their captain the other day. He was a one-legged zombie."
"Hey, Captain Zombie, do you know that you are now responsible for delivering letters from the underworld?" In the corner, a young man asked the strong old man around him.
"Hahaha." The man like an iron tower beside him smiled suppressedly, took a sip of wine, and almost choked.
"Acardo, McVlon, just make me happy. Although I'm the captain, the black pearl is yours, yours!" Old Tom said angrily.
"Today, our goods are almost full. It's time to go." Arcado stood up and the three walked out of the pub.
"Mr. Maggie, why are there so many goods this time?" Acado signed and asked casually.
"Mr. Arcado." Maggie's name has been respectfully added to Acado: "I heard that there is a way to deliver goods to any port in the Antarctic Province in one day. Those merchants are going crazy with joy. Even if your ship really burns your soul, they will sell you slaves." Maggie joked, "If your boat is sold, at least 50 fleets will contact you."
Looking at the small crane on the shore and the huge crane on his ship loading wood on the Black Pearl dozens of times faster than before, Arcado felt that he was moving towards the goal. He could launch a new ship within half a year, and a year later, there would be a fleet of four iron ships. The armored fleet will dominate the sea, less than two In the year, his fleet could be invincible on the southern sea.
Acudo thought about his invincible fleet here, while Maggie continued to nag beside him.
"This time, the goods are urgently needed timber in Antarctic Province, which is twice as expensive as soon as you arrive. Not to mention that your freight is not too expensive, just add 10 gold coins, which is worth it according to your delivery speed." Maggie is a little envious of Arcado's speed of wealth, and she can earn 30 gold coins at a time.
This also excludes the cost of the crew. If the treatment on the Black Pearl is exposed, all sailors will be envied to death. They can eat hot meals, fish and beef every day, and regular ale is provided in the lounge. If the voyage is shorter, they can even go back to Mahu Port for dinner in the evening.
"Departing, advancing at a uniform speed, heading 12 to the east, guys, our destination this time is Dowa Port, Antarctic Province." Old Tom saw Arcado jump on the deck, and the sailor had put away the springboard, so he ordered.
Acardo has its own rest cabin. Although the narrow cabin is much more decent than the sailors' hammocks, it is still only 4 square meters. Only three people on board have separate rooms, one Meadow, one captain's room, and one Arcado. To be precise, it is one and a half room, and four rooms are together. Originally, it was The deck is divided into two layers by steel plates. Each room is only half a person high and needs to climb in. In it, you can't straighten up. There is a hammock and a table fixed on the ground. The other room is the finance room. The door is locked with two locks, and the keys are in the hands of Meadow and Arcado respectively.
Returning to his cabin, Arcado opened a blank piece of paper and continued to study the improvement of the magic array. At the same time, he was still imagining a weapon that was convenient to make in his previous life. He needed a weapon, a cross-generational weapon, to arm his invincible fleet.
It was too hot in the cabin. Although there were ventilation pipes, there was no window, which still looked depressing and sultry, so Arcado took off his coat.
The artillery is undoubtedly the most satisfactory weapon of war in the world. Since the day of its birth, this weapon has harvested the lives of countless soldiers.
In this world, it is undoubtedly a little unrealistic to make gunpowder, and the original gunpowder combustion is very unreliable, so although China invented gunpowder, it has not developed practical artillery.
Hot weapons are undoubtedly the best way to eliminate cold weapons. Since gunpowder is not practical, it has to be replaced by magic arrays.
Acardo's design principle is: rely on the magic array to generate power, use one magic crystal to launch another magic crystal, and after hitting the target at a very fast speed, the violent collision will make the magic crystal extremely unstable.
Vigorous collisions will make the magic crystal extremely unstable, which is Akado's hypothesis. If the hypothesis holds, then the magic crystal is not only an excellent power, but also the most deadly weapon, but none of this has been confirmed, because Akado does not have a magic array to accelerate the crystal to the required high speed.
After several repeated attempts, Arcado put the magic array drawings on the table into a ball, threw them into the corner, and sat in the corner in a daze.
"Dong Dong." There was a knock on the door, and then Meadow's voice was heard: "Acado, can I come in?"
"Please come in." Arcado climbed to the door, opened the door, and said to Meadow standing outside, "Be careful to climb up and don't touch your head." Because of the hurry, he may not regard Meadow as an outsider, and Arcado did not wear a coat.
Meduo drilled in, then put it on the hatch and asked, "Are you thinking about something?" Then I saw Arcado** on his upper body, and his face immediately turned red.
"Oh, I'm thinking about how to improve the magic array, and now I don't want to." Leaning against the wall, Arcado said softly.
"Where did the scar on your body come from?" Mei Duo felt that her heartbeat was a little fast and faintly distressed.
"These? Some were left when they were traveling in the south, and some were beaten when they were young. Arcado thought of Lampe Archimede, John, the grandson of Archbishop Sloc, Lin Ria, the morning when he was beaten by the marquis's bodyguard, and Anne's purple princess dress.
"You must have suffered a lot before you met us." Mei Duo's eyes are full of pity.
"You should be more pitiful of a person surnamed Lan Peiqi, who has suffered a lot." Arcado smiled.
"Who is Lan Peiqi?" Meadow asked strangely.
"An old friend of mine has me today with him." Arcado looked at his left palm and said.