Serut Port is the most important port in the northern part of the Bajas Empire.
Although it has the "most important" position in name, the reason is probably that the navigation industry in this world is extremely underdeveloped. In fact, the empire only has three ports in total. By the way, the other two ports are basically fishing ports.
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Before the Demon God War, the three ports in the land that now belongs to the empire were all fishing ports. The sea was not so friendly to this world where humans are inferior creatures, and even fishermen who went out to sea wanted to rule a certain sea area.
Other races have to submit donations (pay protection fees) and have to acquiesce.
Now, the Dwarf Kingdom has started trade with the Empire, but land transportation is difficult to operate smoothly. Thanks to the low cost of sea transportation, Serut Port has already achieved the status of a trading port and a military port.
While the Serut locals, who have become richer than before, praised the ocean and the dwarves for bringing them wealth, they never considered one question - why the dwarf country was able to be established next to the habitats of frost dragons and frost giants.
What about their ports?
In short, they never counted the goblins who tamed the frost dragons and frost giants among their benefactors.
And this goblin who didn't even realize that she had made this place rich was sitting at the dock here, leisurely commenting on the new ship docked at the dock with her classmates at the magic academy.
"Hehehe, is it really okay to use the Galenic sailboat as a 'merchant ship'?"
"Hmm? It looks like a pretty novel shape. Is there any problem?"
Looking at the largest Galenic sailboat docked on the pier, Melphis just felt it was very strange, and had no idea why Crounpis felt there was a problem.
Could it be that Clawnpith could shatter the ship into pieces with just a few clicks of his fingers?
No, no, no, humans are inferior creatures and cannot force things like this. Clawnpisi will not fail to understand this.
"Hey, Klaus, what are you talking about?" Among the crew and soldiers who were busy on the side of the ship, a short blond head poked out, and then the whole person jumped on the side of the ship, pointing at Klauenpi
Silk shouted.
"Your Excellency Yayaka, this is very dangerous, come down quickly!"
It seemed that the crew and soldiers were frightened.
"What does it matter! I won't drown!" Yayaka jumped down from the top to avoid those who tried to catch her.
He landed on the water with one foot, clicked lightly like walking on a spring bed, and jumped onto the shore. He put his hands on his hips and said, "What happened to my latest battleship?"
Yayaka is the daughter of a nobleman who contracted the shipping industry and navy in the empire, and is also a classmate of Crownpis. She entered school two years younger than Melifiss, so she now looks slightly younger than Meiss.
Liffis isn't much older.
She has the natural ability to not sink on the water. Although she does not have to worry about drowning, it also brings some inconveniences to her life - for example, she cannot enjoy the large bathtub or bathing place that many luxurious nobles can enjoy casually.
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"Yayaka, it was originally built in the name of a merchant ship. Although it is going to fight this time, it is also nominally a merchant ship, right? It does have important cargo. This kind of ship may be good as a warship, and it can transport large cargo no problem.
"?" Kroenpis questioned.
"Huh, anyway, there aren't many of us and knights on the boat, so it's not fully loaded, so just make some room, right?"
In fact, although the Galenic sailing ship has a very famous history as a battleship on earth, for example - in July 1588, the British used the Galenic sailing ship as the main force to defeat the Spanish Armada, which was far superior to itself in terms of number and tonnage, but this was the Crow
The knowledge gained by Empis was limited. In fact, Galenic sailing ships could be used as merchant ships. In that era, the distinction between merchant ships and warships in ship design was not so strict. The ships could be used for other purposes by slightly changing the internal configuration.
"No... that..." Crowenpiss scratched her head. She knew some military secrets. She felt that if this ship was used to transport heavyweight cargo that served the purpose of war, it would be in the cabin.
A big hole was made.
"Oh, it seems that you know a lot of things. You are obviously a civilian in name, but it is very good to have the backing of strength rather than power. What do you know? Can you tell me? I don't want my warship to go out.
What's the problem?" Yayaka touched her chin and approached Crounpis with a smile on her face.
Yayaka was originally a person who was parasitized by Drain Flower, but her relationship with Crounpis was not very close. When she exceeded level 15, the mental induction completely failed, but it was not without effect -
- Yayaka can talk to Crounpis without any identity barriers. Although this sometimes only makes her feel upset.
"Let's put it this way, can your ship carry dozens of tons of large iron blocks?"
"...No, I can fight against a warship like mine that was built several decades ago, but it is impossible to install that thing." Yayaka is still aware of her own ship.
If it is heavier iron ore or metal weapons, it is not impossible, but an iron block of that size is definitely not possible, because the door of the cabin will definitely not be transported in, and placing such a heavy thing on the deck will definitely affect the balance of the ship.
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The war in the empire is about to start. Troops and supplies have been mobilized to the border, like a sword about to be unsheathed. The navy also has to cooperate with the army to carry out certain operations. It will definitely not work if the balance of the ship is compromised.
"Klaus, what on earth are we trying to transport? No matter how powerful the weapon is, can it be as powerful as our magic?" Melissa rubbed a fireball on her hand as if to show off her strength.
"Kukuku, you just don't understand that Melifiss lives inland. As for naval battles, individual strength often cannot influence the outcome of the battle." This time it was Yayaka's turn to show off.
There are countless small windows on the side of Galen's sailing ship, and large ballistae and large spear guns are set up inside. The range is higher than magic, and the power is equivalent to the third-level magic.
In fact, some people have proposed in the past whether a metal cylinder can be stuffed with stones or iron blocks, Molotov cocktails and the like as cannonballs, and then some kind of explosive can be used to project the metal cylinder. In layman's terms, it is called an "artillery".
, but there is no gunpowder in this world. If you use magic-related alchemy and other methods, then the cost of each shot will probably be calculated in gold coins, which is too expensive.
As an alternative, elastic leaf springs and springs are developing well. This is the development space for ballistae and spearguns.