The escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and the two magic airships led by Xu Yi that left Yala Port did not return the same way, but headed south. ↖,
The frigate launched its top speed, and the magic airship followed at high altitude, maintaining a speed of forty kilometers per hour. It set off from Yala Port in the early morning and sailed non-stop until dusk, having entered the deep sea part of more than 400 kilometers of the Endless Sea. .
Xu Yi stuck his head out of the side of the ship and looked at the sea below. He found that the difference between the seaside here and the offshore part was not particularly obvious. He could still vaguely see traces of the seabed. When he raised his head, he could still see There are several extremely small pocket islands floating on the sea in the distance.
"Hey, Leslie, how did you find this place?" Xu Yi turned to Leslie beside him and asked.
"Most of it is unintentional, and a small part is intentional." Leslie pointed to the sea. "Weren't you just observing the sea surface? Apparently you found that there is not much difference between the sea surface here and the offshore part?"
"Yes. This phenomenon indicates that this place is still within the continental shelf, which means that there may still be a large area of land nearby."
"I don't know what the continental shelf is, but the sailors in the fleet know what this phenomenon probably means. At first, we just followed your instructions to explore the southern sea area. After discovering that this sea area was a bit weird, we explored all the way, and then There was an unexpected gain.”
"Really?" Xu Yi turned his head again and glanced ahead of the fleet, but he didn't see anything unusual outside the vast sea. "How far is it from here to that place?"
"There are still at least two hundred kilometers. In short, there is no hope of getting there today, unless you plan to let us continue sailing at night."
"You're not afraid of wandering, I'm still afraid." Xu Yi rolled his eyes at Leslie. Look left and right. Pointing to the two small pocket islands in the distance, he said: "If the inspection of that place is satisfactory, we must consider setting up strongholds along the way."
Leslie glanced at the two small islands and shook his head: "These two islands are too small to accommodate people, so they definitely won't work. And based on my experience, these two small islands are so small that they may not be able to live in them at any time." They may be directly submerged by the sea water, and no one can be left on top.”
"I didn't say to keep people on it, but I just planned to set up a magic signal tower on it." Xu Yidao. "To put it simply, wherever our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce develops, we should lay the magic signal tower there to ensure that the magic network can cover it."
Leslie frowned: "Is this necessary? We are actually quite familiar with this sea area. Even if we don't have this thing, it should be no problem."
"But you still don't dare to fly at night, do you?"
Xu Yi's question left Leslie speechless.
"The role of erecting magic signal towers and laying out magic networks can not only ensure the smoothness of night flights, but also allow this area to be truly under our control. Think about it, we can clearly grasp the goings-on here at any time , don’t you feel confident?”
"Of course it would be great to be able to do this. But is this possible?" Leslie looked suspicious. "Xu Yi, I never understand. Why are you so invested in setting up this magical network? Is this thing so powerful?"
Xu Yi pointed at Leslie's waist: "Don't say anything else, do you think it's strong for you to be able to talk to your Miss Whinton right here?"
Leslie's face, which had been darkened by the sea breeze for a long time, had a rare trace of redness. He coughed lightly and said awkwardly: "This idea of yours is simply unrealistic. Didn't you say that the magic signal tower is effective?" Is the range only five kilometers? But there is no other island within five kilometers. Even if you set up a magic signal tower here, the magic wave signal will still be interrupted."
"Who told you that you can't set up a magic signal tower without an island?" Xu Yi rolled his eyes at him, as if he didn't understand anything.
"Then tell me how to solve this problem?" Leslie asked.
"Well... there is no specific solution yet, but I already have countless ideas in my mind that can solve this problem, so this is not a problem." Xu Yi waved his hand and said confidently.
Leslie rolled his eyes: "To put it bluntly, there's nothing we can do about it. It's a shame that I'm wasting my time chatting with you here for a long time."
Xu Yi laughed, patted Leslie's shoulder hard and said, "Okay, since you think talking about this is a waste of time, let's change the topic and talk about it. When do you plan to marry Miss Whinton?"
Miss Whinton was a young girl who Leslie accidentally rescued from a merchant ship being attacked by pirates while cruising in the southern waters of the Candela Empire.
She was born into a small aristocratic family in a small town in the central province of the Candela Empire. She has a beautiful face and a gentle temperament. Although she is quite good, judging from her appearance alone, she cannot be considered to be outstanding among aristocratic ladies.
But for some reason, after Leslie got along with her for a while, this guy who had been dealing with various aristocratic ladies in the Lampali Kingdom for ten years without falling was really attracted to Miss Whinton.
This Miss Whinton was also attracted to Leslie, and the two of them could be considered to be in love with each other.
But the question about marrying Miss Whinton made Leslie frown.
Although he and Miss Whinton were in love, they faced various obstacles if they wanted to truly unite.
One of the biggest obstacles is his identity.
If it were Leslie a few years ago, then as the heir to the Stark family, the largest noble in the Lampali Kingdom, he would certainly be qualified to marry Miss Whinton, a girl from an ordinary minor noble in the Kandra Empire. , it can even be said that Miss Whinton has reached a high level.
But now that time has passed, the Stark family has become history in the Lampali Kingdom. Leslie is even nominally wanted by Lampali officials. He can't even go back to the Lampali Kingdom.
Seriously, Leslie doesn't even have an official identity at the moment.
The only thing that can be said about it is probably his current identity as the commander of the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
However, no matter how powerful the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort fleet is in real strength, so much so that even the Candela Empire Navy is extremely afraid of it, in name it is just a escort team of a Chamber of Commerce, and it is completely useless on the Sainz continent. identity of.
What's more, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is currently not considered a top-notch chamber of commerce in the mainland. He, the so-called commander of the escort fleet, can't be said to have any weight.
The Candela Empire was one of the two major empires on the mainland, and its nobles originally had a sense of superiority to the nobles of other countries, let alone a dilapidated noble like Leslie who came from a small country like the Lampali Kingdom.
So even though Miss Whinton was more attracted to Leslie because of her experience, her family was strongly opposed to it, so that it was actually difficult for the two to even meet each other now, and they could only rely on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to be there. Some private relations within the Candela Empire were communicated by letters.
In this case, Xu Yi came to ask Leslie when he would marry Miss Whinton. He was simply deliberately embarrassing Leslie.
So Leslie looked at Xu Yi inexplicably, a little confused.
He has known Xu Yi for such a long time, so of course he would not think that Xu Yi would deliberately embarrass him. Since he asked this question, he must have other considerations.
Xu Yi saw the look on Leslie's face and knew that he understood what he meant. He laughed, put his arm around Leslie's shoulders, and lowered his voice slightly: "Leslie, have you ever thought about reviving your family?" What about the Tucker family?”
Leslie frowned: "Of course I have thought about it. But Xu Yi, why shouldn't you ask this question?"
If the Stark family was destroyed, it was because they participated in the civil strife in the Lampali Kingdom and ultimately failed. Then the culprit of their failure was actually the New Flying Chamber of Commerce led by Xu Yi.
If the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had not strongly supported Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny at that time and provided her with a large number of military magic machines, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the military department under her name, then it is difficult to predict what the situation in the Lampali Kingdom would be like.
So if you really want to argue, Xu Yi can actually be regarded as the biggest enemy of the Stark family.
Of course, Leslie originally did not agree with the political opinions of the Stark family, so he had always been at odds with the family, so he never blamed Xu Yi for the family's demise.
But Xu Yi now asked him if he was willing to revive the Stark family, but it still made Leslie feel extremely weird.
"Don't worry about these details." Xu Yi waved his hand. "I just ask you, if you were given an opportunity to control a large area of land and develop your Stark family into a prosperous family, would you be interested? You know, only in this way can you obtain The approval of Miss Whinton’s family will make them truly accept you.”
Leslie looked at Xu Yi inexplicably for a while and shook his head: "Xu Yi, what's wrong with you today? If you have anything to say, just say it straight, why are you beating around the bush?"
"Ahem... Because this matter is really important and has a great impact on you, so I must find out your thoughts before asking you."
Leslie shook his hand angrily: "Stop talking nonsense and just say it."
"Okay." Xu Yi smiled, then with a solemn expression on his face, he pointed to the front of the sea where the fleet was sailing, and asked seriously: "Leslie, if I ask you to develop overseas colonies for our Chamber of Commerce, will you be willing?" Do you want to?" (To be continued...)