The mooring place was really far away from the coast, and it was so vague that it was hard to see clearly. Polu stared so hard that his eyes hurt and he couldn't even see clearly.
"What's going on over there, can you see it?"
He turned his head in confusion, only to see Leonardo and Zhu Yiwei shaking their heads firmly: "I'm not an elf, why can't I see it from such a distance?"
"At this distance, it's probably useless to give you an eagle's eye."
"Okay, I'll think of a way later and become a physics eagle eye."
Polu's optical level is probably at the middle school physics level - these things are usually not accessible to professionals who are not professionals. This is why he has not lit up a large telescope, and when he is on land, he relies on his naked eyes and eagle eyes.
The technique is enough.
But it's different at sea. Without obstruction, you can see far away. No one's eyes are wide enough to see human-sized things at this distance.
"The distance to the coast is conservatively estimated to be 5 kilometers. Can the simplest one with a pull tube work? But what kind of structure is that thing made of? Speaking of which, the large-caliber cannon needs to be ranged. I was at the Water Forum.
I have seen the principle of the combined image type, but I have never seen the drawings. Ah, my head hurts so much."
"Look! What is that!"
Bolu raised his head and saw a black shadow on the sea slowly moving towards the mage ship ahead. It looked like a piece of moving land!
"What the hell is this? Why is it so flat? It's just a flat plate floating on the water? It can't be a raft, right? No, no, no, no matter how brave you are, you can't row such a raft over here."
Bolu forcibly shot himself to death for his random thoughts.
Hendrick stood on the top floor of the mage tower on the ship, watching the shadow approaching him. At one end was a delicate and light mobile mage tower, and at the other end was frozen ice covered with wood.
"Is this okay?"
Hendrick was severely shocked by this crude solution. He had previously proposed to put the meeting place on the sea, but he actually had the idea of embarrassing the giant. He did not expect that they would solve it in such a simple way.
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There are many wooden boxes placed on this large raft. A humanoid creature wearing a robe is sitting cross-legged on the wooden box. Next to him are a group of bare-chested, muscular men with tattoos on their skin. They lower their heads.
He raised his head and rowed the oar in his hand vigorously, gradually moving closer to the mage ship.
"Stop moving forward! Kerkalte, I see you, come here yourself!"
Kakarte, who was sitting on the platform, smacked his lips: "Tsk, these mages are still so cautious. Forget it, I'll go there myself, you guys wait."
After saying that, he took off from the box and flew towards the mage ship. Soon, Karkart and Hendrik met on the front deck of the mage ship.
"Hendrik, you came very quickly."
Kakarte waved his hand with a smile: "But why are you so cautious this time? We didn't treat you badly last time?"
"What do you think? Don't waste time. I brought the goods. Where's the copper?"
After a long night and many dreams, Hendrik decided to make a quick decision. Kerkart turned back and pointed at the wooden box on the platform: "Here, they are all on that raft. Where is the cargo?"
Hendrick pointed behind him: "We're all on the boat. It's up to me how we trade."
"You don't believe me so much?"
"Don't you know the reputation of the noble clan in this area?"
Kakarte didn't take it seriously either. He smiled like a simple and honest farmer, and it was impossible to tell that he was an extremely ferocious giant who endured attacks on the front lines in exchange for his life.
Hendrick stared into his eyes and murmured in his mind: "It would be great if you could maintain such sanity when you return to your giant state."
The truth is, once the giant form is released, they will immediately become cruel, impulsive and bloodthirsty.
Hendrick waved slightly, and a circular stone platform squeezed out the sea water, and was pulled up from the bottom of the sea with a low roar. There was a half-high stone wall in the center of the stone platform. He pointed at the stone wall and said:
"This stone wall is the dividing point of the platform. On this end, our goods are placed, and on the other end, your copper is placed. People on both sides are not allowed to cross the boundary."
After the two finalized the process, Hendrick once again informed Bolu of the complicated transaction process through the amplification array.
After listening, Polu thought for a while and said to Leonardo: "Captain, bring a few who can fight and ask the knights on the cargo ship to drop the floating dock. The waves are not big today, so load all the goods on the dock."
Get on the boat and drag it over with a boat. Get the machine guns on the boat ready and everyone stand on the boat."
"These things are quite heavy. If you rely on manpower to carry them, just throw the pontoon there and bring the copper back. Keep your strength and don't be taken advantage of because you are too tired."
At this point, he added: "Why don't you put anything on the first floating dock behind the boat, just wait for the copper to be moved, and leave the rest to them."
"If you are attacked, no matter whether you are towing cargo or copper, just leave the dock and come back directly. If that doesn't work, you can just jump to the mage ship. No need to fight, just a few iron boxes, our output for a few days is not worth it.
The most important thing is to come back safely."
Leonardo, who had already entered a battle-ready state, had his steely eyes soften a little. He nodded, picked up his avalanche shotgun from the corner, and started loading bullets into the magazine.
This newly manufactured giant shotgun is the latest result of Bolu's extreme water splashing idea. The caliber has been expanded to 35 mm. It is more like a shotgun than a shotgun.
The guiding idea is to fire enough projectiles with one shot to knock down all the enemies who rush into the narrow cabin or corridor. When firing, the recoil is surprisingly strong. Only the knights will not fly out after firing, and this gun feels like a big bang.
It's so exciting that I even want to dual-wield it.
Although sometimes he didn't know what the purpose of making it was, he still produced a small batch at Leonardo's strong request.
"Even if we don't need it on the ship, it will be very useful if one day we need to clean a small place like a house."
The place we are going to now is a narrow platform. If something happens, it is the best place for an avalanche to wash out the platform!
The weight of the avalanche shotgun is not a problem, but the size has expanded to the limit that does not hinder movement.
The heavy short-barreled bullet makes it impossible for this weapon to use the magazine normally - the existing spring has insufficient elasticity and cannot push the bullet upward.
The tubular magazine can only hold 5 rounds, so Leonardo's waist looks like a Rambo, with a large row of bullets inserted in his belt. At the same time, there are also two revolvers that were just checked, one
Take the impact hammer.
"Okay. I'll ask them to put the boat down."
"Don't hold on, run if you can!"
"knew!"
He left the bridge with a smile, boarded the small traffic boat that had just been put down, and drove towards the cargo ship.
After experiencing the horribly inefficient manpower loading and unloading in Northcap, Polu urgently installed a batch of simple cranes on the cargo ship, which greatly improved the loading and unloading efficiency.
After the floating dock is spliced, the crane lifts the goods tied to the pallet to the floating dock, and the knights just need to fix it a little.
It didn't feel like it lasted long before the traffic boat towed a string of floating docks and headed towards the mage ship.
Leonardo held the thick avalanche shotgun in his hand and patted it with satisfaction: "This is the weapon that real men should use. The previous one was too weak. It's fine for civilians, but not suitable for us."
Above his head came the heavy sound of pulling the gun bolt and installing the ammunition belt.
"I just want those guys to attack us now and let them experience the fun of twin-linked general-purpose machine guns. Everything in the navy is so exciting, I want to be a navy forever!"
Tezier's excited shouts came from the rotating turret.
Leonardo frowned and turned around: "Come down."
After coming back to his senses, Tezier found that he had said something wrong and climbed down obediently. Just as he was waiting for a scolding, he felt a black shadow flash in front of him, and Leonardo got into the machine gun turret!
He said condescendingly to Tezier: "I will control the machine gun later, and you go move the copper box."
"?"
Poor Tezier was stunned.
When they approached the circular platform, boxes containing copper bars were already stacked on the platform.
Looking at the long list of pallets on the floating dock, everyone was stunned: "This platform... doesn't seem to be enough space..."
The atmosphere seemed a little awkward for a while.
Leonardo shouted: "Master Hendrick, is the copper in the box correct?"
"No problem, I scanned it."
"Then there's no need to move it. This string of docks is all left to them. It's a gift."
Hendrick breathed a sigh of relief. At least he no longer had to awkwardly pull up a platform.
Leonardo let the boat drive forward for a while and came to the back of the raft. Under Kerkalte's cold eyes, he cut off the connection to the dock and left the dock containing the goods there.
He returned to the platform from the other end and began to carry the copper box.
"etc!"
Kakarte's voice rang: "I haven't inspected the goods yet! You guys, go check it out."
As soon as he finished speaking, several people jumped into the water and swam towards the pier.
His cold eyes scanned the traffic boat, and the strong pressure made Leonardo secretly raise the muzzle of his gun.
The air became scorched.
Leonardo could even see that the strong men sitting on the raft opposite had stretched their hands into the water, sweat dripping down their faces.
Someone has already grasped something, and Leonardo has also taken the trigger!
Just when everyone was about to be tempted to strike first, Hendrick waved his hand and separated the two sides with a wall-like shield!
"calm!"
Leonardo could hardly withstand the pressure brought by the giant. He felt that the cold eyes were stabbing him all over, and the knights were even more afraid to move.
"Who is this? Why do you think it's so dangerous to me? Oh no, if there's a fight, we won't have a chance to escape. What should we do? Should we hide on the mage's ship?"
Suddenly, a loud shout sounded, which sounded like the sound of nature to Leonardo's ears:
"Report to the owner, it has been inspected, the numbers are correct, and the quality is very good."
The cold eyes disappeared immediately, Leonardo took a breath and leaned against the cold turret.
“A great start.”
Kakarte applauded.
"For the sake of your gifts, let me tell you some news. That disobedient guy in the east is planning to rob you on your way back!"
"Where?"
This is Hendrik's question.
"Then I don't know. This transaction was very pleasant and I look forward to working together next time."
Karkart jumped back into his raft and began to inspect the armor and weapons that had just been transported.
"Let's ship it."
Hendrick signaled the knights to quickly load up and run away. There was no reason not to listen to this request.
Several people worked together, quickly moved away the copper crates, and sailed towards the fleet. This transaction was finally completed without any danger.
"It's a pity that we were not given a chance to open fire."
Tezier's face was pale, and he was stared at by Kerkart for a long time. He leaned against the box, and his clothes were covered with traces of cold sweat. After he relaxed after being nervous, his bragging habit broke out again. However, this time there was no one
Be in the mood to cooperate with him.
The copper bars and boats were hoisted onto the ship, and the fleet immediately embarked on the return journey without any desire to stop.
As soon as Leonardo stepped into the bridge, he cursed: "Damn, who is this boss? It's so scary!"
Leonardo was also led astray by Polu.
"Are you okay? I don't think there was a fight?"
"It is true that there was no fight, everyone is fine, and the copper was brought back. But in exchange for our gifts, we got a piece of news. Someone is planning to attack us on the way back! Specifically, it is the giant warlord in the east."
"Isn't that a giant too? Why would he tell us this news?"
Polu was a little confused.
"Who knows?"
Leonardo obviously took the news very seriously. He pressed the amplification button.
"From now on until we enter the port, everyone is on the gun emplacement! There may be an attack on the way back!"
"But we don't know how many there are, where they are, and when! Cheer up!"
Leonardo was obviously a little irritable.
"Tezir! You go up to the observation deck! Stonewall, you will live on the bridge next!"
"Don't be so nervous, right? With our firepower, no ship should be able to get close."
Poirot also tried to comfort Leonardo, who was irritated.
"Just in case! You don't know, if the big guy wants to kill us, we have no ability to resist!"
Soon, the fleet approached the dangerous waterway again. If there is any place suitable for launching an attack, it must be here!
However, Tezier, who was squatting on the observation deck, found nothing. The mage ship traveling at the front showed no sign of slowing down. At the same time, Hendrick sent another communication: "I have scanned it, and the island is facing the waterway.
There is nothing in this part. We will take the lead and you will follow."
"clear!"
After ending the communication, Bolu asked the two people who noticed the abnormality last time: "Do you feel like you are being spied on?"
"It doesn't seem to be happening this time."
"I do not have either."
"That's good, follow the mage ship through!"
The mage ship has crossed the center line of the waterway. Everything seems so normal. There are no attacks, no enemies, and even the waves appear to be quite gentle.
Polu breathed a sigh of relief and watched his fleet form a passing formation at a certain distance and sail towards the waterway.
"Crunch!"
"what sound?"
Bolu's pupils suddenly contracted!
Not far ahead, on the center line of the waterway, a broad ice wall suddenly rose from the ground!