In the following week, Li De stayed at the Port of Hope for office. The reason why the port kept worrying him was because the battleship modification work of Dahai Ship was about to be completed.
When they returned from Kezan, the ship's transformation had already reached the final stage of assembling weapons. After a week of debugging, the ship finally became a third-level battleship!
This sailing battleship has a double deck and is equipped with a total of 70 artillery pieces! 60 of them are conventional light and heavy artillery pieces, used in combat at different distances. There are also 10 super powerful goblin artillery pieces on the upper deck, with a total displacement of
A staggering 2,000 tons!
According to Noggenfogg, the third-level battleship is already the main battleship at sea. The Hanhai Protectorate uses this third-level sailing battleship as its flagship, coupled with two sixth-level battleships, plus eight frigates, it is already at sea.
Have the basic ability to protect yourself.
Of course, such a fleet with a total tonnage of less than 10,000 tons is still very weak compared with other top fleets, such as King Hotsand, whose fleet has a total tonnage of more than 100,000 tons!
Li De has no intention of competing with those top fleets. As long as he has the ability to sail at sea and protect himself, he can meet his current needs.
Next, he just waited for the troll to be ready before embarking on his next trip to sea.
After the meeting that day, Li De promulgated a decree on faith:
First of all, everyone is not forced to believe in the light of civilization. On the contrary, belief in the light of civilization must undergo strict review, and must have excellent performance in the position and good moral character.
Of course, Li De did not block the faith of all trolls. He will help Zul'Farrak regain the Loa faith tradition of the trolls.
In the past week or so, a propaganda team composed of Sethus, Veresa and others have been preaching this matter to the trolls in various places in Zul'Farrak.
After learning the details of this decree, even the stubborn and traditional old troll praised Li De.
Li De was definitely not just talking. After laying the foundation of public opinion, he took Niebuhr, Sethus and a team of 200 people from the three tribes, mainly trolls, to board the sea ship to find the giant.
Traditional belief in demons.
The destination of their trip is, of course, the troll empire whose inheritance has never been interrupted from ancient times to the present - Zandalar!
In ancient times, Kalimdor, the Eastern Kingdom, Northrend in the north, Pandaria in the south, and a series of other islands were once a complete continent, known as the "Ancient Kalimdor Continent"
”, its name means “the place of everlasting starlight”.
On the ancient continent of Kalimdor, after the guardians disintegrated the dark empire of the Old Gods, and after a long period of peace, the first mortal race to rise was the trolls.
The trolls originated from the Zandalari Mountains in the center of the ancient continent. The trolls at that time had been fighting among themselves for a long time in order to compete for the dominance of Zandalari.
Only later, such internal fighting was stopped due to the resurgence of the remnants of the Dark Empire.
In order to resist the terrifying "Faceless Men", the minions of the Old Gods, and the Zerg they led, the trolls decided: other tribes would give up the dominance of Zandalari, leaving the Zandalari mountains to the most noble Zandalari.
Dara Troll.
The other three most powerful tribes: Amani, Gurubashi, and Drakkari own all the land except Zandalar and establish a powerful empire.
Among them, Drakkari pursued one of the Zerg tribes and came to the northern edge of the ancient continent, gradually cutting off contact with other tribes in the central part of the continent. The remaining two tribes established the powerful Amani Empire and Gurubashi respectively.
empire.
Among them, the main areas controlled by the Amani Empire were lush forests, and the Amani trolls evolved into forest trolls; the main areas controlled by the Gurubashi Empire were vast jungles, and the Gurubashi trolls became jungle trolls.
As for Zul'Farrak, it was originally subordinate to the Gurubashi Empire. But later, as the Troll Empire was replaced by the Night Elf Empire, coupled with climate change and the division of the continent.
The trolls of Zul'Farrak were sealed in the desert, and the trolls living there became sand trolls, and the name of their tribe became "" which contains thousands of years of suffering.
Sand Fury Tribe".
This ancient tribe, which had been closed for thousands of years, gradually declined because of its misguided belief in evil gods.
Now, Zul'Farrak has surrendered to Li De. As their leader, Li De decided to take Niebuhr to visit Zandalar for inspection.
If possible, he would bring back the orthodox Loa culture from Zandalari, and then combine it with the light of civilization to create a new culture.
It is not difficult to find Zandalari. When the ancient continent of Kalimdor was divided thousands of years ago, under the protection of the Loa, the Zandalari mountains did not suffer much damage, but became
An island hangs alone in the endless sea.
During these ten thousand years, Zandalari not only did not decline, but also developed advanced navigation technology. It was during this historical period that the Zandalari colonization of Kozan began, enslaving goblins to mine Kaya.
Ore, inadvertently contributed to the rise of goblins.
The goblins have been exposed to the Kaya ore for a long time and have acquired extremely high intelligence. They have developed advanced engineering technology in the underground mines and manufactured a large number of weapons. Finally, the goblins rushed out of the mines and overthrew the Zan with the advanced weapons in their hands.
The colonial rule of Dara.
During this period, the two sides experienced a short war, and in the end Zandalari could only hold its nose and recognize the independence of the colony.
Not to mention that after the independence of Kezan, the goblins had a period of civil strife, which laid the foundation for the plutocrats to take power. As a former colony of Zandalari, the goblins of Kezan certainly knew the location of Zandalari Island. Li
De and the others arrived at Kezan first on this trip. They only needed to spend a small amount of gold coins to get the navigation map to Zandalar.
"Teacher, do you think our trip will go smoothly?"
Standing on the deck of the "Dinghai", Niebuhr couldn't help but ask with some worry about gain and loss.
"Dinghai" was the name Li De gave to the modified sailing battleship. He also purchased two sixth-level battleships from the trade king Rongsha, and they were also named "Fenwei" and "Fenyuan" respectively.
Li De could understand Niebuhr's psychology. As the saying goes, people who are close to home are more timid. Although the long-term isolation has almost wiped out the culture of the sand trolls, the name "Zandalari" has still been retained. However, among the Sandfury tribe,
, it turned from a real existence into a mythical "promised land".
Now that he learned about the true existence of Zandalar, how could Niebuhr not be excited? But after learning that there was still a troll tribe living in Zandalar and that it was very powerful, an inferiority complex arose spontaneously.
Niebuhr recognized this hometown of all trolls thousands of years ago, but would the trolls of Zandalari recognize him, a poor relative who came out of the desert?
"Relax and be confident. You are my student, the chief of Zul'Farrak, and the general of the Vast Sea Protector. It is good to respect your distant Zandalari relatives, but there is really no need to feel inferior."
Li De patted Niebuhr's arm and comforted him. After listening to Li De's words, Nibuhr really relaxed a lot. Yes, he was visiting Zan on a battleship under the leadership of his teacher, representing a booming emerging civilization.
Dara, it's not like you took a small sampan to escape.
"Protector, according to the instructions on the chart, we should reach Zandalar in three days."
At this time, as the commander of the voyage, Anderson walked to the deck to report to Li De, who looked very puzzled.
"Why does it take three more days? Haven't we already been sailing for nearly two weeks? I remember that when we crossed the Endless Sea, from the Eastern Kingdom to Kalimdor, it only took a week."
Hearing Li De ask such a layman's question, Anderson couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"About this matter, I also consulted the goblin navigator in Kezan. We were really lucky to enter a magical sea area called the 'Titan Passage'.
It is a relatively safe and fast route. Once you enter that sea area, you can reach another continent in a week by riding on the fast currents.
It is said that there are three or four similar shipping routes between the two continents. The ocean currents move in opposite directions. Most of the goblin ships rely on them to travel between the two continents.
But when we go to Zandalar this time, we won’t have the help of the ‘Titan Route’, and the normal voyage will take half a month at the fastest.”
Only then did Li De suddenly realize, and at the same time he also had a deeper understanding of the Endless Sea. The ocean created by the explosion of the Well of Eternity was indeed beyond the reach of common sense.
To make a long story short, three days passed quickly. The "Dinghai Ship" finally arrived in the waters near Zandalar. As long as it passed through the thick fog in front of you, you could see the true appearance of Zandalar Island!
But what everyone didn't expect was that they had just passed through the sea fog. What greeted them was a huge crossbow arrow burning with flames!