In a moment, Chateau came out of the military camp, followed by a group of well-equipped soldiers, led by Captain Gibb, whom he had worked with before.
Shado was in a good mood. The soldiers Lord Savile provided him were of good quality. They were all veterans who had experienced the orc wave, rather than new recruits added later.
Coupled with the presence of an acquaintance like Gibb, Xia Duo can ensure considerable control over this group of soldiers from the beginning. Although he can still control it without Gibb, it is not as convenient as having Gibb after all.
After arranging these ten people to the port warehouse and placing them with the recruited citizens, they comforted and encouraged them, and then Xia Duo returned to the mage.
Now everything is ready, all that is left is the arrival of the ship purchased by the Lyadon Chamber of Commerce from the northern Shiboden Territory!
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Returning to the Mage Tower, Sha Duo immediately went to see Tutor Niya. Next, he was going to explore new territory. His weekly teaching would definitely be affected, and he needed to readjust it.
Generally speaking, apprentices are not qualified to bargain with their mentors, but Xia Duo's situation is a bit special. Niya readily agreed, and also gave Xia Duo a communication weapon, which was enough for Xia Duo to contact him 20 miles away.
to her.
Although this kind of contact can only transmit a short message and cannot be used for teaching, it can be used to agree on the next teaching time.
At the same time, although Niya did not mention another function of this communication weapon, Sha Duo could guess it. It was probably to allow him to ask for help at a critical moment!
After returning to his residence and sorting out the necessary belongings for this trip, Sha Duo began to make magic scrolls. It was not that convenient to make them again after leaving the mage tower.
You need to reserve magic to deal with any situation that may arise, so you can probably only make one or two before going to bed.
In addition to matters related to territory development, Xia Duo also has arrangements for himself. Although he cannot completely concentrate on theoretical research outside, he can also improve his practical experience in the process of constantly using spells.
And from practice, we can confirm the theory and develop the theory.
Xia Duo planned to treat this development as a rare spell-casting practice, returning to the Tower of Time every ten days and a half or so to recharge and solve the problems accumulated during this period.
This cycle continues.
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Three days later, Savile Town Port.
Sha Duo stood on the shore and stared at the wooden boat docked beside the simple trestle.
In the eyes of Xia Duo, who has seen many cargo ships, warships and even aircraft carriers on Earth, this ship with a length of no more than 20 meters and a width of no more than 5 or 6 meters is just a small boat.
Such a small boat actually cost several thousand gold coins to buy. Xia Duo even thought that just cutting down a few tall trees in the Green Pearl Forest and making a raft would be enough.
On the simple trestle, two teams of soldiers carrying equipment were boarding the ship in an orderly manner.
One team was composed of soldiers supported by Lord Saville, led by Gibb; the other team was composed of ten people selected from the recruited citizens, all of whom had experience as adventurers.
During the first expansion, Xia Duo did not plan to make any big moves. His main task was to establish a temporary stronghold and take root first.
Seeing that the last soldier had boarded the ship, Xia Duo was about to leave. He agreed to the members of the organization and the cooperative chamber of commerce who came to see him off:
"Dean, Edrich, I hope you will have become real mages next time you come back! Mrs. Patty, Armen, thank you for everything you have done for me. Hans, Fleck, President Slavin, Daxia
The development of the territory has begun. Next time I come back, I need to see the personnel and materials you promised."
After saying that, Xia Duo waved his hand, walked to the trestle, jumped onto the flat-bottomed cargo ship, and shouted into the cabin:
"Captain Owen, let's go!"
"Yes, Lord!" Owen's loud voice came from inside, followed by another roar, "Little bastards, move! Hey, hey, hey!"
Listening to Owen's strong and powerful voice, Xia Duo showed a satisfied smile. After seeing Owen with his own eyes, he realized that Owen did not look like a man who was almost 60 years old at all.
I was really lucky to be able to hire Owen. Originally, Owen had already retired, but after all he couldn't let go of life on the ship, so he was picked up by Arman.
If it were later, other chambers of commerce might be the first to do so.
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This section of the river at Savile Town Port has been expanded several times and is several times wider than other sections of the Wolfsburg River, which is enough for ships larger than Chateau's to turn around at will.
It was just when the cargo ship left the port that Xia Duo realized that the Wolfburg River was only a dozen or twenty meters wide. It would be funny if he couldn't turn around after exiting.
We might have to drive to the Basin Lake downstream first, and then turn around before returning to Savile Town. But in this way, I don’t know how much time would be wasted.
The straight-line distance from Saville Territory to Daxia Territory is about 20 miles. It will be more by water, but it only takes half a day to go down the river.
When returning, the warm spring and summer current blows from the south. Although it is a countercurrent, it is also a favorable wind. If you include night sailing, you can return within a day.
But the premise of all this is that we can turn around near Daxia Territory. If we want to go to Basin Lake first, it may take nearly a week longer.
And if you include the time when you can't sail at night, it may be even longer.
Thinking of this, Xia Duo felt that it was necessary to ask the "old driver" Captain Owen. When they met with him before, Xia Duo had already given him the map of Daxia Territory.
After arriving at the ship, Owen was steering the helm. His movements were subtle. It didn't seem like he was controlling the rudder, but it seemed like the rudder was actively cooperating with him. Even a layman like Chateau could see that this was extraordinary.
Xia Duo thought to himself that it seemed that he had really found a treasure this time, and he felt a little more confident that Owen could solve the problem of the boat turning around in the river.
"Captain Owen, are you still getting used to the new ship?"
"Lord." Owen bowed first, then patted the rudder and praised, "This ship is really good. It should have been built by Shiboden. I drove a ship like this when I was young. It's really good!"
"I don't know much about ships, but this ship was indeed purchased from Sheboden. Captain Owen, I have something to ask you."
"Lord, what's the matter?"
"After this ship reaches its destination, can it find a suitable location to turn around?" Sha Duo hopes to hear good news from Owen.
And Owen is worthy of being a "veteran driver". Hearing Xia Duo's question, he immediately gave an affirmative answer without any hesitation:
"Lord, the landing location you chose is really a coincidence. There is a river section less than half a mile downstream where you can turn around. If you miss this point, you can only turn around and return via Basin Lake."
Xia Duo secretly thought it was a dangerous situation, and at the same time, he felt much more relaxed as he had been carrying it since he set off.
The current situation is that it only takes a day or two to go from the development point to the port in Savile Town. In addition to facilitating the mobilization of personnel and materials, it is also much more convenient for Shado to return to the Tower of Time to recharge.
Feeling happy, he immediately announced: "From now on, this ship will be called the 'Lucky Owen'!"
When Owen heard this, his hands trembled a little. He had been sailing all his life, but he could not get a ship to call his name. Although he knew that it was the young mage lord in front of him who was trying to win people's hearts, he couldn't help but feel excited.
At this moment, his whole body was full of strength, and he felt that he could do it for another ten years!
"Lord, Old Owen sells his life to you!"
For no other reason than that the "Lucky Owen" could continue to run in the water, Old Owen had even begun to imagine the scene of sailing this ship out to sea.