Chapter 100 Northern Frozen Port

Just after the New Year, the severe winter still shrouds the entire Sainz continent.

The Maro Empire is located in the northern part of the mainland, so it is naturally colder than the countries in the southern part of the mainland every winter.

And the small city of Stratholme, which is located in the northernmost part of the Maro Empire, is not only colder than other places on the mainland, it is almost completely two worlds.

The cold wind blowing from the endless sea in the north can only be regarded as a breeze when it enters the mainland. When the south wind blows, people can feel a little bit of chill. On the face, it was like a sharp knife blowing on the face, causing people's face to sting.

"Silk--"

A gust of cold wind hit their faces, causing Hogan and Dicardo to gasp involuntarily. They couldn't help wrapping the leather jacket around their bodies tighter again, shrinking their necks. , even the pair of eyes that were only exposed outside involuntarily narrowed, leaving only a gap to look towards the north.

"Hey, Dicardo, you said that in such a cold day, even if we meet up with the people from the transport fleet, how can we transport the goods back?" Hogan's voice through the mask was extremely dull, and he stepped forward. Dicardo felt something strange in his ears.

But of course, this is not what Dicardo is concerned about at this time. He glanced at the sea surface where there was no trace at all in the distance, smiled wryly and shook his head.

"I can only take one step at a time. Who told those guys from the transport fleet not to come as planned, and it was more than two months later than the scheduled time. If they had arrived more than two months ago, the weather It's not so cold, it's much easier to handle."

Hogan was silent for a moment. He sighed and said, "It can't be their fault. After all, it is from a place as far away as Standing. It has completely circled the entire continent. The distance is so long. The situation at sea is so complicated, and there is a sudden encounter in the middle. The situation is inevitable. To be honest, if they can arrive safely, it is already very powerful."

"Well... that's correct."

Dicardo responded, and looked again at the Stratholme harbor that appeared in the distance.

This port was originally the largest seaport in the north of the Maro Empire. After signing an agreement with the Maro Empire last year, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce invested three million gold coins for renovation and expansion, and built it into a new type of seaport that can accommodate large ships.

The fleet led by Neval sent by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce last year to explore the northern seas. It is this harbor as the destination.

Originally, according to the plan, the first fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's transport fleet led by Neval should have arrived around October last year.

At that time, it was only early winter in the Maro Empire, and the weather was fairly normal.

However, the First Fleet was delayed at sea for more than two months, and even completely lost contact at one point, which made the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce almost think that something happened to them and they were all buried in the endless sea.

Fortunately, the two magic airships that Xu Yi sent to them for the sake of safety played a big role at this time. In the middle of last month, that is, about half a month after the fleet lost contact, a magic airship flew to Suo Marquis Sgaide's territory brought a message from the fleet.

After receiving the message. Hogan, who is the director of the office of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Maro Empire, and Dicardo, the deputy director of the office and the main liaison officer, immediately organized manpower and convoys. Came to Stratholme.

After they arrived here, they waited for more than half a month, and kept in close contact with the fleet through the magic airship every day. Finally, they got confirmation three days ago that the fleet would arrive safely in Stratholme today.

So today, although the wind was cold and the temperature outside was almost freezing to death, the two left their warm beds early in the morning and came to the port of Stratholme.

After observing Stratholme Harbor for a while, Dicardo let out a light breath.

"Fortunately, I was worried that as the weather got colder and colder, the harbor would be completely frozen and there would be no way to dock. Now it seems that no matter how cold the weather is, if you want to completely freeze the endless sea impossible things."

Hogan laughed when he heard the words: "We were completely frightened by the rumors of these guys in the Marlow Empire. They said that as long as winter enters, the endless sea will freeze completely, and there is no way to go to sea. I thought at the time that What they said was that the entire surface of the sea is covered with ice, but looking at it now, there is ice, but it’s nothing like this.”

"It can't be said that they are completely wrong. After all, the fishermen here are just some small wooden boats. They might fall apart after being loaded with these floating ice blocks in the sea." Dicardo laughed. "When they see our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's steel sea ship with their own eyes, they will know that such a small amount of ice is not a problem at all."

Hogan shrugged: "No way, they don't know much. When the fleet arrives, these guys will be surprised when they see all kinds of magical machines produced by our chamber of commerce brought by the fleet."

Dicardo and Hogan looked at each other and laughed.

Before the two came to the Maro Empire, they felt fear and a deep sense of inferiority towards this huge empire, but when they actually came to the Maro Empire and stayed here for half a year, they found that the Maro Empire In addition to the large area, other places are much worse than the Kingdom of Lampari and the Principality of Standing.

Most of the people the two of them came into contact with were the nobles and big businessmen of the Maro Empire. These people were undoubtedly the top group of people in the Maro Empire, and their lives were indeed extremely luxurious.

However, in the eyes of Dicardo and Hogan, although the lives of these people are luxurious enough, they are so backward in every aspect that they feel very inconvenient living here.

After the two of them stayed here for half a year, not only did the awe of this huge empire completely disappear in their hearts, but they even developed a sense of inexplicable superiority.

The Marquis of Southgate and the noble merchants around him still made them feel superior, not to mention the noble merchants in the small town of Stratholme.

During their half month in Stratholme, all the nobles and merchants they came into contact with left a very strong impression on them—unsophisticated country bumpkins.

Of course, the living conditions of these guys are even worse than many farmers in the Kingdom of Lampari and the Principality of Standing in the eyes of the two.

At least the farmers of the Kingdom of Lampari and the Principality of Standing will not seem to be happy after eating meat...

The two waited patiently for another twenty minutes, when a familiar roar suddenly sounded in the distant sky.

The two looked up together, and saw a group of black shadows flying in the northwest sky, approaching quickly, turning into a magic airship, and then slowly landing on the flat ground on the port of Stratholme.

"By the way, Hogan, you said that the wind is so strong now, how can this magical airship fly so smoothly in the sky? Don't you think it's strange?" Dicardo asked suddenly.

Hogan was about to raise his feet and walk over. When he heard this question, he was taken aback for a moment, tilted his head and thought for a while, then shook his head: "I'm not from the Magic Research Institute and R&D Center. You ask me how I know."

"That's right." Dicardo shrugged. "Go and ask Captain Yin En later."

The two walked towards the magic airship quickly, and at this time the hatch of the magic airship had also been opened. Captain Ian of the magic airship mentioned by Dicardo just jumped down from the top, and came to the two of them in a few steps. Loudly said: "Director Hogan, the fleet will be able to withstand this within an hour at most, please make all preparations immediately!"

Hogan nodded: "Okay."

After all, there is no nonsense, and I turned around to arrange the manpower I had prepared earlier, and began to make some final preparations for the arrival of the fleet.

In fact, they have already properly arranged these preparations in the past half a month, and what needs to be done now is just to confirm again.

Dicardo, who stayed behind, communicated with Captain Ian on some specific situations.

The content of their conversation mainly focused on whether the fleet had any special needs—such as supplies, corrections, etc., and then they had to reconfirm the arrangements after the fleet arrived.

For example, according to the plan, after the fleet arrives, the cargo will be unloaded at the port of Stratholme first, and now Stratholme and surrounding cities will conduct the first sale, and then decide how much to bring into the hinterland of the Marot Empire according to the situation.

This sea route was successfully explored for nearly four months. Although there will be exchanges with the coastal countries along the way, the main task is to connect the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce with the Maro Kingdom, and finally with the Principality of Standing The land commercial roads leading directly to the Maro Empire are connected together to form a complete business circle.

After the two chatted for a while, Dicardo suddenly thought of the question he had inadvertently thought of just now, and raised it to Captain Ian.

"Maintain a stable flight at high altitude?" Captain Yin En laughed, waved his hands and said, "Director Dicardo, don't you think that the group of magicians in the Magic Research Institute would not have thought of these problems?"

"No, no, of course I think they will get it, but I can't figure it out. The wind is so strong, why can the magic airship fly so smoothly?"

"Well... actually there is an aerodynamic balance device on the magic airship - don't ask me what this thing is, because I don't know. I only know that as long as there is a strong wind in the sky, it can Turn on this aerodynamic balance device, and then it will be able to offset a large part of the impact of the strong wind, keeping the magic airship stable at high altitude."

"So magical?" Dicardo blinked, thought for a while, and guessed: "The magic airship relies on wind magic to fly in the air, so this aerodynamic balance device must also be a kind of wind magic, right? "

Captain Ian rolled his eyes: "Don't ask me, I just know how to use it, not the principle."

Dicardo thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out the reason, so he could only sigh helplessly: "Well, even the people in the chamber of commerce can't fully understand the things produced by our chamber of commerce. I see, Those guys outside the Chamber of Commerce want to imitate it at will, it is simply a dream!" (To be continued...)