Unlike the suburbs of Port Sète, which are all factories and handicraft workshops, the suburbs of Simps are wastelands. This is not only due to the fact that there are no trains passing through here, and it is impossible to borrow railways to transport large amounts of materials, which is a transportation disadvantage, there are more reasons.
This is because this wasteland is made of soft marshland, unlike the port where the foundation is made of hard rock. Once large buildings are built here, they will gradually sink over time.
However, this does not mean that this land has no economic value. I don’t know when in the past, someone brought a kind of reed seed from the Mozang continent and sprinkled it on this land. This kind of reed seed is very suitable for planting.
It grows in salt-alkali swamps, and the growth cycle is very short. It can fully mature in a week.
Some paper craftsmen discovered that the paper made from this kind of reed was soft and white, which was very suitable for use in certain special situations, so dozens of such handmade paper workshops were built in the slums of Simps because of its softness and whiteness.
The source of raw materials is very simple, almost no money is spent, and it only requires a little manual labor, so over time it has become an important economic pillar for the poor in the city.
On the road where the steam trailer passes, you can see many lower-class citizens from the slums harvesting reeds in the dense reed bushes. However, this can only be seen in the suburbs. The outer suburbs that are too far away are the habitats of swamp beasts and poisonous insects.
, unless they form a team that can take care of each other, it is impossible for ordinary citizens to go to such dangerous places to harvest reeds.
For people who are familiar with the surrounding environment of Simps, the dangers in the outer suburbs are also well known. Although the passengers in the car are very new to the hotel, they still instinctively react defensively.
For example, the voices in the car were much quieter, and everyone put their hands in their clothes or purses. It seemed that they were all prepared to deal with possible attacks.
However, the attack that everyone was worried about did not appear. The steam trailer finally stopped on a small hillock in the reed field in the outskirts. He then indicated that everyone could wait in the vehicle or get off the vehicle.
Everyone present did not understand what the other person was waiting for. Some of the impatient people directly asked the driver who brought them here about the situation, but the driver just responded and told them to wait.
Everyone had no choice but to wait in the car. After about ten minutes, there was suddenly a burst of noisy mechanical sounds in the empty reed field outside.
Everyone in the car heard the sound and looked out through the car windows. What was surprising was that although the sound was very loud and seemed to be nearby, no one saw anything unusual in the reed field.
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Among the passengers in the car, only Leo looked up, as if his sight passed through the ceiling above his head and saw the sky.
Leo's behavior was too outstanding, and someone soon noticed it, and this person seemed to have thought of something, looked at the ground, and shouted in surprise: "Airship, it's an airship."
Following this person's reminder, everyone realized where the noisy mechanical sound was coming from. It was just because of the restriction of the roof that they could not see the sky outside, so they got out of the car one by one.
They raised their heads and looked up, and then everyone exclaimed.
It's just that the emotions mixed with their exclamations changed quickly, and it only took a short time to go from initial surprise to shock.
At this time, Leo also stepped out of the carriage like other passengers, and raised his head to look at the sky. But when he raised his head too much, a very large shadow covered the passengers and the carriage below.
I saw a huge airship floating in the cloudless sky at this moment. According to a rough estimate, this airship is about one hundred meters long and ten meters wide. Looking from the ground, it looks like looking at a huge monster.
It makes people feel an inexplicable shock.
In the world of Velen, airships have appeared a long time ago, even before steam engines. Its appearance originated from a laboratory accident, in which the master craftsman of the Royal Students of the French Empire discovered a very light
gas, and used this gas as power to create the first manned balloon.
At that time, this invention attracted the attention of the emperor, because if this kind of balloon was proven to be able to transport people, then the Black Forest would no longer be an obstacle to the French Empire, and they could completely cross the Black Forest from the sky
, to rule the western region of the French Empire more effectively.
As for the people in the western provinces of the French Empire, they were also keenly aware that the invention of this balloon might change the relatively free and relaxed political environment of the people in the west at that time.
Because of this, the first public test of a manned balloon attracted the attention of the entire French Empire, and other countries also focused their attention here for various reasons.
The first balloon test was very successful. The balloon successfully lifted off carrying the expected maximum weight of cargo and people, and reached the expected height.
Because of this success, governments of various countries began to order their domestic academies to start researching similar balloon devices, and the French Empire increased its investment in the practicality of balloons. The master craftsmen of the Royal Academy lived up to expectations, and soon in
Within a month, an aerial guide device for balloons and a human-powered spiral air propulsion device were invented.
Under this circumstance, the second balloon test began soon. This time it was no longer carrying cargo, but all people. There were five people in total, one of whom was responsible for controlling the guidance device, and four people were responsible for controlling the human propellers.
, creating artificial airflow to push the balloon to move in a predetermined direction.
This test is a practical test, which is more eye-catching than the first test. Countries no longer just send observers to see the situation, but the ambassadors of each country to France personally lead the team to participate.
However, this test was both successful and failed. After taking off, the test balloon began to move in the air as envisioned. It can be said to be a complete success, but then an accident occurred. After the balloon moved into an airspace, a large number of
Birds flew out of the woods on the ground like crazy, as if they were stimulated, and attacked the balloons in the sky crazily. The people inside the balloons were also targeted.
The crazy birds didn't disperse until the balloon was destroyed and crashed, and the people inside the balloon died not from the crash, but from the attacks of those birds.
Although this test ended in failure, it did not dampen the confidence of the French Empire and the Velen countries in the manned balloon. They believed that the balloon was attacked by birds only because it inadvertently broke into the bird's airspace, and in France
Some people within the empire also believe that this is the power of the Black Forest controlling the birds, and do not want the balloon test to succeed, because the test site is right on the edge of the Black Forest, and in the test plan, the balloon will also be allowed to fly in.
A while over the Black Forest.
Therefore, after the failure of this test, the French Empire's support for this test did not weaken, and the same was true for various countries, and based on the data and plans of this test, they conducted their own country's balloon flight tests.
But they soon discovered that things were not as smooth as they thought. In all balloon flight tests, except for a few failures due to lax test equipment, all other failed tests were without exception caused by birds.
Such attacks resulted in the crash of test equipment and casualties of test personnel.
At this time, biological researchers from the medical school came forward to explain the situation. It turns out that all birds in the world of Velen have a strong desire for air supremacy. They will divide the airspace according to some undiscovered rules. Once other birds intrude,
Entering their airspace, the birds that share that airspace will attack the intruder in unison until the intruder dies. The flying balloon is an intruder in the eyes of these birds.
After that, in the past few years, various countries have been looking for various methods to solve the problem of bird attacks. Some of them are effective. For example, every time it flies, ask the priest of the Lord of the Sky to bless the balloon, such as letting the balloon walk before the bird attacks.
Desiring the edge of the weak airspace, etc., but these methods ultimately proved to be unable to solve the problem.
For example, letting the balloon walk on the edge of the bird's airspace seems feasible, but the prerequisite is that there must be a detailed bird airspace control map. After research, it has been found that the division of the airspace by birds will follow this.
It changes with different groups, that is, the airspace is not fixed.
As for seeking blessings from the Lord of the Sky's priests, that's fine. No bird will do any aggressive behavior with the Lord of the Sky's blessing. However, the Lord of the Sky's blessings are usually given to believers at major celebrations.
Each priest can initiate a limited number of blessings in a year. If they can't take care of careful believers, how can they bless some balloons used as transportation vehicles?
Because of these birds, the idea of ​​transporting balloons failed. In addition, the invention of steam engines and steam trains allowed other countries to see another convenient and powerful means of transportation. Balloons became an unattainable fantasy in the eyes of everyone, and people also
gave up exploring the sky.
However, this situation changed somewhat after the French Empire manufactured practical airships.
As the originator of transport balloons, the French Empire never gave up on research on transport balloons, and eventually allowed them to create a flying tool like an airship, which played an extraordinary role in some subsequent wars.
, the most famous airship among them is naturally the one owned by the current Emperor of France.
It has always been a mystery why airships can avoid being attacked by birds.
Some people say that the French Empire developed a sound device that can interfere with birds and make them reluctant to approach airships. Many people agree with this statement, because every time an airship appears, it is accompanied by a huge sound.
Even humans can't stand the noise, let alone birds that are more fragile than humans.
But more people think that the French Empire should have received some support from the Black Forest, so that it could avoid bird attacks, because people who have been on airships have seen it, and there are some decorative statues and statues on the airship.
The statues of church gods announced by the Orthodox Church are all different.
In any case, everyone agrees that the French Empire has mastered a mature technology that can evade birds in the sky. However, due to the manufacturing cost and technical requirements of airships, it is unable to build an airship army on a large scale, but it is undeniable that
The Faran Empire was the first mortal nation to conquer the sky.
Now that everyone saw an airship falling from the sky, they were naturally shocked and surprised. They were also more curious about how the airship avoided the attacks of birds.
However, when they saw the appearance of this airship clearly, all their emotions such as shock, surprise, curiosity, etc., turned into strong doubts, because the appearance of this extraordinary airship was really terrible.
I saw that the airship airbag of this spaceship felt like it was made of pieces of rags and scraps of skin. Some patches of skin could be seen everywhere. As for the cabin hanging under the airship, it was even more outrageous. It was directly made of
A small boat was renovated, and even the barnacles clinging to the bottom of the boat were not removed.
"Are you crazy? You actually want us to achieve such a thing and pass through the blockade area." After coming back to their senses, some bad-tempered passengers immediately shouted at the driver in charge of seeing people off at the hotel, putting their hands on
The weapon on his waist looked like he would kill you if you didn't give him a satisfactory answer.
"If I were you, I wouldn't do that!" The coachman was not afraid of the threats from the irritable passengers, and said coldly: "You should follow the rules of the hotel. If you dare to break the rules, you can even escape to the Moissanite continent.
, the hotel also has a way to find you."
After hearing the words of the coachman, the people who were agitated just now quickly calmed down. They seemed to know the strength of the hotel. They could only endure the anger in their hearts, removed their hands from their weapons, and glared at the coachman fiercely, waiting.
The other party explains.
The coachman looked at everyone, and said to them with a smile in a relaxed tone: "I know you will question the airship's transportation capabilities after seeing this airship, but our hotel can guarantee that this airship is extremely safe and effective.
, because you are no longer the first group of people to be transported by the airship, and the others have reached their destinations smoothly, so you don’t have to worry at all."
The coachman's words did not reassure everyone. Many people were already preparing to give up their deposits and return to the hotel to find other ways to get through the blockade.
But when the airship landed, the cabin door was opened, and pale-faced Dyliads walked out of the cabin one by one. Many of them sat on the ground with weak hands and feet when they came out, and a few even ignored them.
He was vomiting endlessly and looked a little bad.
"Well, this is not used to traveling in the air for a long time. It is just a normal reaction. Please rest assured that it will not cause any substantial harm to your body." Seeing this situation, the coachman looked a little ugly and immediately turned to him.
Everyone explained it.
However, for everyone present, they did not care about the condition of these people. They were more concerned about whether these people really came from Daliat through the blockade area.
Chapter completed!