Chapter 1053: Narrow sea terrain, shipping decline

[网] Arcane Lord Xia Duo and Niya followed Evans to the port trestle, standing on the side of the "Far Far", watching this big ship that was a little longer than the "Lucky Owen", Xia How secretly nodded.
This ship is not an ocean-going vessel, and its hull size and carrying capacity are not as good as those of a real ocean-going vessel, but there is no problem at all when sailing offshore.
Although Hubble Port is far from Sevinton, it still belongs to the range of offshore navigation. This starts with a special geographical environment in the narrow sea.
The overall shape of the Narrow Sea is like a stomach. The narrowest part in the northwest is the esophagus connecting the stomach. The trading city of Asker, where the Dwarf Kingdom Danzo is on the ground, is at the end of the esophagus.
In the east, a strait mountain range extending from a large glacier in the north divides the main body of the narrow sea into the east and the west.
Genesis is located on the south bank of the West Sakai Sea, while Seventon is on the south bank of the East Sakai Sea.
As for Hubble Harbor, it is actually the cut-off point of the Strait Mountains in the narrow sea. Of course, this is only viewed from the sea surface. On the sea floor, the Straits Mountains are still a whole.
The Watch Island is the closest island outside of the harbor. Of course, it can also be understood as a peak above the sea in the Channel Mountains.
The fastest way of sailing from Seventon to Hubble is, of course, to go as straight as possible, taking into account the wind direction and undercurrents.
But doing so will inevitably go deep into the ocean, and the risk factor is high.
It is not safe to choose this method to sail with a ship that is not suitable for ocean going and the newly recruited crew of the "Yuanfang".
The really safe way is to drive west along the coastline, and after reaching the Channel Mountains, continue north along the Channel Mountains until you reach Harbor Port.
In this way, it is basically in the offshore range.
Xia Duo and Niya also discussed the route issue last night. Although the two of them are not worried about the risks at sea, the ship and other crew members on the ship need to worry.
Therefore, even Niya, who is looking forward to a sea adventure, also agrees with a more secure offshore route.
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After boarding the ship, Evans introduced Captain Bill to the Chateau and his wife, an experienced veteran navigator who was said to have led the crew to defeat a sea monster at sea.
"My lord, Evans is too exaggerated. I only survived the attack of the sea monster that time. There is no victory at all." Bill said very humbly.
However, Xia Duo heard a lot of pride from his humble words, which is indeed worthy of pride. After all, there is no good way to encounter a sea monster at sea, even if it is a spellcaster.
Running is almost the only option, and it is almost impossible for the average spellcaster to succeed in running in the vast ocean.
While Evans continued to introduce the past of the ship, Chardonnay noticed that Bill, the old captain, showed a lonely look.
After listening to Evans's narration, he probably understood the origin of Bill's loneliness.
Mainly speaking, in fact, last year, the kingdoms of Netheril and Danzo cleaned up and rectified the underground passage connecting Genis and Asker, and eliminated most of the underground creatures that threatened the caravan.
At the same time, tolls have been drastically reduced, which makes ocean shipping a bit tasteless.
Apart from the short time, there is no other more obvious advantage.
The trade between Netheril and the Danzo Kingdom was mostly concentrated in raw ore, metals, weapons, food, wine, etc. Among them, Netheril mainly exported raw ore, food, wine, imported metals and weapons.
The metal is mainly Mithril.
There is no shelf life for ore, metals, etc., but even for food and wine, the shelf life is sufficient to cover the entire land transportation time.
If there are any high-speed vehicles in the future, shipping will be completely lost.
This "Yuanfang" was abandoned by the original owner for this reason, and Captain Bill recently lost his job for this reason.
It is also difficult for Xia Duo to comment on such a result. Although air transportation exists on the earth, sea transportation is still prosperous. The reason is nothing more than large transportation volume, cheap freight, and safety.
And in this magical world, before the sea monsters can be effectively dealt with, shipping is a bit of luck. Of course, the land route may not be safe, and there will be a large number of wild monsters attacking the caravan.
But relatively speaking, land is safer.
Even if the environment and technology similar to those on the earth appear in the future, shipping may not be able to rise again. You must know that there is magic in this world.
Of course, it is impossible to teleport in space on Earth, but here, Xia Duo just used the teleportation circle to come from the south!
Once the transportation cost is greatly reduced, no matter whether it is sea or land transportation, it will be necessary to stop food.
As a senior arcanist, Xia Duo knew exactly where the difficulties were. Basically, there was only one difficulty, and that was cheap resources.
Mithril, gold, colorless gems, and Arcane crystals, as long as they are cheaper, the teleportation circle is likely to be commercialized.
And this is very easy to achieve in the foreseeable future!
For a while, Xia Duo didn't know how to describe this developed and backward society, but this made him more and more determined to develop a magical civilization.
Only magic is the primary productive force; only civilization can maximize this power.
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Earlier, Evans disembarked and disembarked with the version of the Tower of Time communication tool that Chateau gave him.
On the deck, Chateau waved his hand to Evans, and took Niya to the bow of the ship. As the sea in front of him continued to separate under his feet, the "Distant" also gradually left the port of Sevinton.
"Chateau, look! Is that a dolphin?"
Following the direction of Niya's fingers, Xia Duo turned his head and looked, and she saw five or six dolphins jumping from the surface of the sea. UU reading www.uukanshu.com slid through a curve and then smashed into the water, splashing. Water splash.
After that, he jumped up again, and after several consecutive times, he disappeared.
In Netheril, there is also a saying that you will be lucky if you meet a dolphin when you go out to sea, but this is the first time Niya has seen a dolphin. After checking with Xia Duo many times, Niya also became extremely excited.
"Look, they are here again!"
Xia Duo looked back and saw that not only did it come again, but also followed the "Yuanfang" for a long time. At the nearest time, the five or six dolphins were only more than ten meters away from the "Yuanfang".
After the dolphins gave up following the boat, Niya still used spells to search for their figures, but unfortunately, the general detection spells might not work well in the waters or in the mud.
Looking at the place where the dolphins disappeared in the distant sea, Niya suddenly said: "I have decided, I want to create a detection spell that can detect underwater information!"
"Well, great idea!"
Xia Duo encouraged.
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