Start with Island Lord

North of Paddlefish Island.

There is a concave deep-water bay called 'Fishman Bay'.

The name has not changed now, but the fishmen have been driven away and the bay has been changed into a secret port.

‘Wow~~Wow~~~’

A dry dock was filled with seawater. As the seawater rose, a 38-meter-long and 15-meter-wide square-bottomed flat-bottomed boat parked in the dock slowly floated.

This ship is naturally made of tempered black clay, and is almost the maximum size that the tempered black clay material can withstand.

Next to the dock, the person in charge of supervising the construction of new ships is an intermediate mage named Bellettel. He is 28 years old and one of the eight Kaa mages left behind in the past.

This mage has no great interest in making weapons, but he has a fanatical hobby in building ships.

However, he also made it clear that although he likes shipbuilding and has been studying hard recently, he currently does not have strong shipbuilding abilities.

In order not to delay the lord's important events, he had already written to Master Lucavado who had returned to Kaa, asking for help in finding a group of shipbuilding mages.

The master has also replied, saying that he is looking for talents everywhere.

Regarding this matter, Rosen naturally did not let the master suffer, and directly sent an operation fund of 1,000 Oggs.

He also stated that every time he found one, he would give the master a generous reward.

As for the Beleteer mage, if nothing serious goes wrong, Rosen plans to keep him as the director of the shipbuilding department.

After all, love is the greatest driving force for progress.

Back to topic.

Master Bellette stood beside Rosen and introduced the new ship in detail.

"Lord, the ship's empty displacement is about 300 tons, its fully loaded displacement is 1,000 tons, its maximum speed is 13 knots, and its ability to withstand wind and waves is average, so it is only suitable for offshore navigation."

"How's the range?"

"It depends on how much clean black stone is installed. If you install more, run farther. It should be able to run up to 5,000 kilometers. Of course, there will be no goods left to install."

Rosen looked at the largest possible cargo hold and the smallest possible power components on the hull, and knew that it had almost reached its limit.

This boat has basically no technical content at all, its power is very poor, its appearance is not beautiful at all, and it can't withstand any wind and waves, but it can still be installed.

In terms of absolute speed, it is no worse than a sail cargo ship. The most important thing is that the speed of this cargo ship is very stable, regardless of the wind direction.

It's enough for the time being.

When the 'ugly' large square ship slowly sailed out of the dock, Rosen nodded slightly: "Then let's build a few ships like this and use them to carry large cargo. Then we can improve it little by little according to the actual usage. "

As for small goods, you can just use existing speedboats by modifying them.

"Yes, Lord."

After chatting for a while with Master Bellette about the design ideas of the ship's hull structure, Rosen returned to the nearby dock management department.

There are two parts here.

Part of it belongs to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and the general manager is temporarily held by Rosen. There are some secretaries and officials who are good at maritime trade.

The other part belonged to the Admiralty.

If you want to do smuggling smoothly, you can't do it without the protection of the navy.

There is a command room in the Admiralty. In the middle of the room is a chart of the North Willan Sea and its coastline.

The so-called North Weilan Sea is the northern sea area of ​​Weilan Island, bounded by Fengxi Strait.

There are many underwater reefs in this sea area, and there are no economically developed coastal cities on the coastline.

Carrying out cross-sea trade in this sea area involves huge risks and little profit, so it has become a barren land for maritime trade.

But because of this, it will not receive the attention of powerful external forces, and there are no strong internal competitors. It is an excellent sea area for smuggling.

The command room was Rosen's destination.

In the command room, some officers from the Navy were sitting or standing. When they saw Rosen approaching, they all stood up straight and saluted, saying "Lord".

Rosen pressed his hand down and motioned for everyone to continue working.

He took off another cold leather glove, took a cup of hot tea from Aria in a round-eared crystal cup, took a sip, and asked:

"How is the precise nautical chart of the Northern Weilan Sea drawn?"

The so-called precision chart is the most advanced concept of charting at present, which requires the highest possible precision and marking of all elements in a sea area that may affect navigation safety.

Obviously, this is a must-have treasure for sailing.

This kind of treasure has been quite perfect in the current busy trade sea area, but the North Weilan Sea is still blank.

Following Rosen's questioning, the officer responsible for drawing stood up straight and reported.

"Lord, it is only a quarter of the way done, but based on the current progress, it will be fully painted in about four months."

Rosen nodded: "Four months is still too late. I will continue to allocate funds and people, increase support for the Chart Bureau, and strive to complete it within two months."

Currently, the smuggling trade with Northern County is the top priority of Paddlefish Island.

Not only is it the only stable source of supplies for the island, it is also part of the strategy to tie the interests of Northern County.

Only when both parties have huge common interests can they advance together and retreat together when doing big things in the future.

After a pause, Rosen handed the teacup back to Aaliya, and then looked at the highest-ranking officer present: "Major Alex, there is something else you should pay special attention to."

Alex was originally the deputy captain of the shield guards of the Flame Chapter. Now he no longer carries a shield, and he doesn't even use a sword anymore. He uses a lightning crossbow instead.

He is now the supreme commander of the North Sea Fleet.

When the lord called his name, he immediately stood up straight and listened to the instructions.

"I heard that there are many pirates in the North Sea. When you encounter pirates, don't rush to kill them, try to recruit them. We are in great need of skilled sailors now."

The predecessors of the North Sea pirates were actually fishermen.

Why become pirates?

Because the northern counties are poor, many lords have no bottom line, and they start to do nothing and greatly increase the exploitation of civilians, causing many civilians in the northern counties to have a hard time and have to become bandits.

Because there is no trade in the North Sea, there are no merchant ships to rob. Therefore, these pirates are only pirates in the official mouth, and they are essentially a group of fierce fishermen who do not obey the management of the lords.

Alex nodded immediately: "Understood, Lord."

Rosen continued: "My request is very simple, that is, to develop the estuaries of all rivers in the north of Weilan into our trade routes. And on the surface of the North Weilan Sea, the only one who has the final say is our navy."

Alex was shocked: "Lord, what if the lord of the Northern County disagrees?"

"Just relying on their broken ships? If they don't agree, fight until they agree."

In the popular waters, there are navies of big countries cruising, and of course he can't touch them with his current speedboat, but in this trade desert, he is currently the strongest maritime force.

As for the subsequent impact, wait until he wins.

"Yes, Lord!"

Alex responded loudly.

He is a pure soldier, but no matter what political influence, if the lord says to fight, he will fight!

Seeing him like this, Rosen was a little worried that he would fight too much, and hurriedly reminded: "Warn first, and then fight if the warning is invalid. Don't sink the opponent's ship as soon as you go up."

Thinking about it, I feel uneasy.

After all, these soldiers are thinking about military merit, and when the ship is at sea, no one is watching, who knows what will happen?

He thought to himself: 'I have to get a military police to set rules for these unrestrained soldiers. '

Not only do we need military police now, but we will need them even more in the future.

It can prevent the soldiers from getting carried away and doing stupid things that affect the overall strategy.

After staying at the harbor command for a while, Rosen set off to return to Crescent Castle.

This time, the transportation he used was not a carriage, nor the latest coal-fired electric car, because the mountain road had not been repaired yet.

But this situation will not last long.

Because there was a narrow mountain road as the foundation before, with the assistance of Bell's disintegration spell and Rosen's strong support, the road construction progress was very fast.

According to the current progress, it is estimated that in about two months, the mountain road from Fishman Bay to Crescent River Valley will be built, and the first batch of electric trucks will be used.

In the future, when the road network in the mountains is improved, it will become a transportation blood vessel, transporting the smuggled resources of the Northern County to every corner of the White Sturgeon Island.

At present, Rosen is riding a specially built mountain steel puppet, which is an upgraded version of the combat puppet built by Mbahat.

The main changes are the appearance and control system. The internal structure is basically unchanged, the power source is also unchanged, and the mana used is mana.

Mana is precious energy. It cannot be converted by ordinary means. It is very expensive to use. It takes a lot of mages to help charge it once.

Sitting on the bumpy steel puppet, Rosen thought secretly.

"For this kind of complex mountain terrain, the most suitable fast transportation tool is still a helicopter."

"It's a pity that the power source is not very powerful at present, and there are no special aircraft design talents."

"Aircraft are still needed. When the funds are sufficient, I will go back to set up a project, make a start, provide an idea, and then gather a group of talents to build a laboratory deep in the mountains and work on it secretly."

Of course, such a powerful weapon as an aircraft cannot be leaked easily. It must be made secretly and then used when it is really needed.

In addition to aircraft, Rosen has all kinds of ideas from the earth in his mind.

Aircraft, rockets, satellites, computers, and so on.

But these ideas have one thing in common, that is, they are all very complex system engineering products, which are the products of the earth's technology tree.

And Rosen only knows the most superficial basic principles.

The basic principles are obviously far from enough.

Everyone knows that fission nuclear bombs are based on chain reactions, but who can make nuclear bombs with this knowledge?

Since it is a technology tree, it is naturally impossible to grow a crown without roots.

It is necessary to invest a huge amount of resources, introduce a large number of talents, explore little by little in practice, from nothing to something, from simple to complex, and light up key technologies one by one, before it can grow.

Rosen's knowledge of the earth can only play a guiding role, and try to avoid detours as much as possible.

Even if you give instructions, you have to be very cautious, because the situation in the alien world is different from that on Earth, and it is easy to be unaccustomed to the local climate.

So Rosen encountered a problem.

'At present, the problem of material shortage has gradually eased, and some low-level talents have accumulated, but there are still too few high-level talents, and even strategic talents who can resist the beam. '

While thinking, the steel puppet has carried him and a group of guards through about 40 kilometers of mountains and entered the Crescent River Valley.

Rosen did not return to the Crescent Castle immediately, but turned around and went to the newly built magic center.

As the source of the new productivity of the island, the magic center is firstly heavily guarded and has a very tight protection network to ensure that the highest magic secrets of the island are not leaked.

The second is big.

There are a total of 10,000 acres of land, with 20 magic laboratories built in it, but only 6 of them are actually put into use.

The reason is that there are no talents who can take the lead.

In addition to the magic laboratory, the center also has various supporting buildings for these scientific research mages.

Including residential buildings, restaurants, taverns, walking parks, and even a brothel hidden in the dark.

Anyway, as long as the mages enter the magic center, they can enjoy the highest quality of life on the island, even better than the lord Rosen in some aspects.

After entering the magic center, Rosen asked his mages to drive the steel puppet to charge, and he went straight to the recruitment building.

Seeing what talents are recruited every day and what new magic ideas are obtained has almost become Rosen's daily life habit.

As a lord, he went directly from the back door of the recruitment building and prepared to check the recruitment list directly.

While walking in the corridor on the second floor, he suddenly heard a noise coming from the front yard of the building. Curious, he went to the window to check the situation.

The front yard has always been very lively, because many mages are summoned every day.

Most of them are young civilian mages, most of whom are informal, and occasionally a few formal mages can be seen.

But they are basically from the northern counties, and it is rare in the south.

But today it seems to be particularly noisy.

After observing for a while, Rosen found the source of the noise and was slightly surprised.

Because the one who came to find a job was actually a fourth-ring magic master, and judging from the faint fluctuations of magic power, he was still a fourth-ring peak master.

Looking at his clothes, dark green vertical striped robe, pointed wide-brimmed hat, seven-point wide-leg pants and tight cotton socks, a very typical Kao magician clothing style.

This magic master is probably just over fifty years old, with gray hair, tall stature, very capable face, and a pair of leopard eyes that are majestic without anger.

He doesn't look like a magic master, but a charging general.

He didn't come alone, and there were two young men behind him.

One is younger, about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, and is a senior magician. The other is older, twenty-five or twenty-six years old, and is also a magic master.

Judging from the face, these two young men should be the sons of the old magician.

In other words, a family of three came, and two of them were masters of magic.

Rosen was slightly surprised: ‘Is my reputation enough to attract the magic master Cao? ’

I suspect that Luwakado helped recruit them, but the other party did not write to inform him.

Moreover, this kind of magic family with a heritage is very stable. It seems that Luwakado cannot recruit them with his mediocre magic achievements and reputation.