Since Chilaviv's inflammatory speech, the entire Free Paradise immediately fell into a kind of frenzy. A large number of supplies and mercenaries continued to go to the seaside city Seawind City, where they would transfer to sea ships and head to Sunrise City in the north. , and then pass through the Nantalun Prairie to reach the final destination, Thor Fortress,
Ryan and the others only set off on the ninth day. Because there were too many people who signed up, and the messenger from Thunder God Fortress came too suddenly. A large number of sea ships were on the route and did not dock at Seawind City, so the transportation was Sea ships are temporarily unable to meet the transportation needs of such a huge flow. After experiencing the chaotic situation in the first two days, the Free Paradise Merchant Alliance quickly came forward to make arrangements to divide the mercenaries and materials going to Thor Fortress into many batches. As long as Seawind City As soon as there is sufficient transport capacity, board the ship immediately.
Then a not very common phenomenon appeared. The front leg of the army supporting Thunder God Fortress had arrived at Seawind City, and the subsequent part still stayed in Free Paradise. Ryan and the others were arranged in the sixth batch. The reason why they were in this batch, As long as it's because of Lille and York,
The twenty magicians sent by Chilaviv were all high-level magicians. They were divided into three groups and went on the road respectively. Lille, York and six others were in the second group. When Lille and York learned that Ryan and the others were also When they were about to go, they tried their best to invite Ryan and the others to go with them, so Ryan and the others waited a few more days.
When they learned that Lille and York were also magicians sent by Chilaviv, Ryan and the others had a deeper understanding of the strength of the Dorok Business Alliance. When they were still in the imperial capital, Ryan heard Victor say that now There are less than 300 senior magicians registered in the Magic Guild, and Chilaviv suddenly sent out 20 people.
Flanner's previous conjecture was also confirmed. The "Magic Hand" is indeed an industry of the Dorok Business Alliance. At the same time, as long as an interested person pays a little attention to the organizations to which magicians and mercenaries belong, they can roughly estimate the various chambers of commerce in Free Paradise. Comparing their strengths, it turns out that many usually low-key chambers of commerce showed their secretly huge strength in this support.
On the way to Seawind City, Ryan and the others had always sat in a carriage. The extra-large carriage could accommodate eight people. Now it only accommodated five people plus Xiaobai lying in a corner. It was naturally very loose. , this is the privilege of magicians. Lille and York just mentioned it casually, and soon someone sent this extra-large carriage. The Dorok Business Alliance will try its best to meet the various requirements of these magicians. , This is also an important reason why Chilaviv can have so many magicians,
Along the way, Ryan, Lear and York kept discussing and studying the content related to the magic circle. Lear and York checked Lane's records in the Magic Guild and found that Lane only had the qualifications of a magic apprentice, but Lear and York York, the two masters with advanced magician qualifications, would not just ignore Ryan. On the contrary, they treated Ryan as the same as themselves.
A magician who can produce a third-level magic scroll must at least have the qualifications of an intermediate magician, not to mention that the scroll uses the "Magic Matrix Superposition" technology invented by Victor, the only great magician on the mainland. The power of third-level magic is already equivalent to that of fifth-level magic. Based on this alone, Lear and York know that Ryan's future development is limitless. How can they still treat him as an ordinary magic apprentice
As for Ryan's current embarrassing identity, Lille and York knew very well that it was all caused by the "Magician Testing Code". What was written two hundred years ago was actually used today without changing one word. How could that be possible? , Lille and York were also deeply affected.
This team did not go very fast, because the ship they were going to take was still on its way back, and it would take a few days to dock at Ma Tou, Seawind City, so they had enough time to join them. There are also four mercenary groups with a total of more than 100 mercenaries, and 500 carriages. The mercenaries are all on foot, and the carriages are also fully loaded. They can't go fast even if they want to.
It was a bumpy road, no matter how slow you walked, as long as you were heading in the right direction, you would always reach the end. After six days of trekking, Ryan and his party finally arrived at Seawind City.
Seawind City is located in the southeast of the mainland. It has the largest deep-water port on the entire continent. If the transportation between the north and the south of the empire is not carried by horse-drawn carriages, most of them will sail between Sunrise City in the north and Seawind City in the south. Bulk cargo transportation can only be carried out by sea from Seawind City.
The local population of Seawind City is not very large, only about 40,000 to 500,000. However, there are a large number of merchants coming and going here every year, and there are also countless mercenaries passing through here, and there are even tens of thousands of porters. , most of these porters come from other places. The income they earn from hard work here for a year is enough to support a family when they return to their hometown. In addition to these, the empire also has 100,000 troops stationed in Seawind City. This includes 50,000 elite troops, including 5,000 cavalry, 15,000 archers and 30,000 infantry.
If these populations are included in Seawind City, then the actual population of Seawind City is definitely more than one million. Seawind City is also one of the few cities actually controlled by the empire in the south. The Fernando royal family also has a temporary palace here. It is said that There is a magic teleportation array connected to the Northern Imperial Palace for emergency evacuation by the royal family. Of course, this is just a rumor, because there are at least 5,000 elite soldiers responsible for the security guard of the temporary palace, and it is impossible for outsiders to enter.
Since the ship still had one day to dock, Ryan and the others had time to wander around in Seawind City. However, the mercenaries had already dispersed in a crowd, and they probably wouldn't be able to find anyone until there was time to gather. It's their turn,
Ryan first followed Leer and York to the dock area to have a look. The scenery there was unique, especially the several towering steel supports on the dock, which was an eye-opener for Ryan and the others. Carriages loaded with goods drove into the dock. Once the goods are in the area, they will be unloaded immediately by the porters, and then loaded into a large wooden box in order. A large wooden box can just fill the goods on twenty carriages. Ryan watched with his own eyes the staff in the dock area and the people transporting the goods. After checking the contents of the big wooden box together, the merchants nailed the door of the big wooden box tightly with nails, and then at least fifty porters used rolling logs to push it forward.
When the big wooden box is pushed to the dock area close to the ship, it will be tied with thick hemp ropes. Those hemp ropes are at least as thick as an adult man's arm. Ryan did a rough count and found that at least one large wooden box was tied. There were hundreds of ropes, and those ropes were connected to the steel supports. Ryan was very puzzled by this move. He asked Flanner in a low voice, and the latter smiled mysteriously and motioned for him to continue reading.
When the ropes were tied, more than a hundred porters gathered. Each of them grabbed a rope in their hands, dragged it hard, and then slowly lifted the large wooden box through the towering steel supports. Each time they lifted a rope, Just a little bit of height, more than twenty porters immediately pushed the huge wooden boards with pulleys and placed them under the big wooden box. Soon, the height of the big wooden box exceeded the height of the sea ship.
"Look carefully at the terrain." Flanner reminded Ryan in a low voice. Ryan followed Flanner's instructions and found that the area where the cargo ship docked was rather strange. It was a recessed pier where the ship stopped. In the recessed area, on the shores on both sides of the ship, there is solid land, with two towering steel supports on each side. Previously, Ryan was only concerned about the height of the supports, but did not pay attention to their location.
With the efforts of hundreds of porters, the large wooden box began to slide slowly over the ship. Ryan then noticed that the heights of the brackets were different. He could just use the gap to slide the large wooden box from high to low. Of course, this also required A few hundred meters away, the porter tightly grasped the rope in his hand. If he slid too fast, the consequences would be serious.
The large wooden box slid slowly in the air, and the steel supports made a squeaking sound, obviously bearing a huge weight. The porters who had pulled the rope close to the shore were dragging them backward desperately, and their bodies were almost touching the ground. Finally, the big wooden box arrived over the sea-going ship. Under unified command, the porters slowly loosened the ropes in their hands and parked the heavy wooden box on the open-air deck of the sea-going ship. Porters dozens of meters away were waiting there. They still used wooden slides to slowly push the large wooden box into the cargo hold.
Ryan and Allen let out a long sigh. This was the first time for them to see such a spectacular scene. Flanner smiled and said: "How about it, it's spectacular." Ryan nodded and said: "Very good. Each person is not very powerful, but with such a series of methods and tools, he can actually move such a heavy wooden box."
Allendo asked: "Why do you have to put it into such a big wooden box? Isn't it easier to move it in pieces?"
Flanner obviously comes to Seawind City often and understands the reason. He explained: "If it is shipped in bulk, it is easy to cause problems. Let's not talk about how to ensure that the goods are not subcontracted along the way. Just the huge waves on the sea. Those goods shipped in bulk are inevitably damaged by bumps. Now there is a special wooden box, which is sealed after the goods are put in. There are also fire seals from both parties. As long as you check it when you arrive at the destination, you can know whether anyone has tampered with it. And do you think that scattered transportation saves time? In fact, using this kind of large wooden box for overall transportation, although it is a little troublesome, can at least save more than half of the time. Isn’t this a disguised way of shortening the transportation time? The last point , Such large wooden boxes are also easy to stack. Look, stacking them neatly in the cargo hold makes better use of the limited space on the ship."