The warship dropped its anchor. The pirates on the pirate ship were so tired that they were about to vomit blood. They had been on the road for half a month. Although the wind had been blowing from the north, sailboats were not magic-powered ships. The sailors were exhausted many times more physically. Over a hundred pirates had almost died of exhaustion in the past half a month, but none of them dared to object.
Salin's three warships were not just for show. They had no chance to escape even if they wanted to.
Looking at the land from afar, the coast was filled with tall mountains. Rex brought the Magicians onto the warship from the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship. She came to Salin's side and shook her head at the situation on the coast. The mountains here were continuous. There was probably no suitable place to build a port within a hundred miles.
Building this city required a land route to Phoenix and a water route to Lianyun City. There were many mountains in the north of Phoenix. Even with the help of a large number of Magicians, it would take a lot of time to open a road in the mountains. Three years might not be enough.
Rex took out her magic map, opened it, and kept looking up until she found the north of Phoenix. She enlarged the map and searched along the coast. Finally, she found a few areas marked as suitable for building a deep-water port.
The place closest to Phoenix was obviously not suitable. It was isolated from the rest of the world. There were tall mountains on three sides, and the sea on one side. About four hundred miles to the north, there was a place that was a fault zone formed by the mountains. Here, they only needed to open up a few mountains to connect this small area with the plains behind.
There were not many obstacles between the plains and Phoenix. Less than eight hundred miles to the west, they could enter Phoenix from the south. The total distance was more than two thousand miles. There were mountains in the way of a straight line. This was already the shortest route.
"Two thousand miles. Even with the best carriage, it will take five days to travel eight hours a day." Salin looked at the map and realized that this place was too far from Phoenix.
"It's not bad. We can build a city on the plains. This port by the sea can't be used as a commercial city. About seven hundred miles to the south, we can build a second port. After all, it's not a trading city. We can use it to dock warships. "
"We won't cause any trouble if we start a wasteland here, right?" Salin asked.
"No, the empire's territory stops at the border of Phoenix. Any noble could expand the empire's territory, but no one wanted this place because it was not suitable for farmers to farm. Furthermore, there was almost half a year of winter here, and the port would be frozen as well, making it impossible to develop the sea trade with Scotia. If we calculate it, the income from reclaiming the wastelands here isn't even enough to pay the imperial family. "
"Then aren't you going to lose money?" When Salin heard this, he realized that the nobles who obtained land outside the Empire had to hand over a certain amount of property to the royal family. No wonder no one wanted such a large piece of land.
"I am the royal family. This place can be used as a piece of land for the Bitter Water Prefecture Country to develop. There is no need to pay anything to Saint Rock City. As long as I can feed the farmers on this land. "
Salin was relieved after hearing that. So Rex's country had such benefits.
After discussing with Salin, Rex flew into the air and compared the coordinates seen on the magic compass with her magic map. They finally confirmed their current location.
The place she and Salin had chosen was more than two hundred miles to the north. Salin was no longer in a hurry. He ordered the three warships to rest and set sail the next day.
When the pirates heard that they could rest for a night, they all collapsed on their beds and didn't even have the energy to clean the ships.
Salin wasn't tired at all. He summoned all the mages on the three ships and told them about his and Rex's plan. The mages had no objections. Jason had already ordered them to listen to Salin's arrangements unless they were asked to die.
After a night of rest, the fleet sailed for four hours the next day and arrived at the place Rex had chosen.
It was still the coastal landscape of the northern Myers Continent. There were mountains and a peninsula poking out of the sea. What made Salin happy was that the mountains here were all made of a type of pure white stone. He did not know what it was. They looked similar to muscovite, but they were extremely hard.
Such a landscape was a hundred times harder to develop, but once it was built into a port, it would be the strongest. Salin thought of Pompey's white city walls. Some walls seemed to be made of this kind of stone.
There was also a peninsula in the shape of a half-moon, and to the north of the peninsula was a naturally formed deep-water port. About two miles to the north of the peninsula were bare white stone mountains. The magic cannons were dug out to protect the port. And the peninsula itself could be directly chiseled into a platform to design the twelve magic stone pillars.
There was a second place behind the white stone mountains to the north where a port could be built. With such a terrain, it wouldn't be a problem to build a large city here.
There was a withered forest on the land, and the mountains here were covered in snow for half a year. Fetching water wasn't a problem either.
"Salin, this place isn't bad, but I have to go." Rex looked at the crescent-shaped peninsula and was filled with emotion. If this place hadn't been frozen for nearly half a year, it would have been reclaimed by humans long ago. The azure sea, the white stone mountains, the peninsula, and the dense forest. The style was rough and had a unique charm.
"You're leaving?"
"The materials your teacher gave me aren't enough to build a city. I still need to return to Qin Yin to buy them. Didn't you say you wanted to migrate the Caucasians? I'll take Sicar to Jialoulan to see the local situation. This will take at least half a year. In half a year, you and your people won't be able to do much. Clear the land according to the map and wait for my return. "
"How many people are you bringing?"
"I'll take a ship. Sicar can follow me, and you can leave most of the Magicians. I'll go ashore at Lianyun City and rush back to Gushui Prefecture as soon as possible. When I reach Lianyun City, let them drive the warship back. I'll come back from Phoenix and find a place to build the road. "
"Be careful." Salin was a bit reluctant. After spending so much time with Rex, he'd already forgotten Rex's identity. He didn't even see her as a great Magician two levels higher than him.
Rex didn't know what to say. Salin was her only friend. Among the people closest to her, Fayern had passed away. Her teacher couldn't be with her all the time, and her father was also dead. Suddenly separating from Salin, who she'd been with for a few years, made Rex's heart ache.
She secretly warned herself, It's only half a year. For a Magician, it's just a blink of an eye. The feeling she had now was definitely a psychological hint given by Jason, which made her feel reluctant to part with him. Rex, you have more important things to do …
The more Rex thought about it, the sadder he felt. As a member of the royal family, she'd lost far more than she'd gained. For example, if she was just an ordinary Mage, why would she want to build a city and build a full-coverage Interplanar Teleportation Circle? She just needed to stay with Salin in the demiplane.
Pushing these thoughts out of her mind, Rex forced a smile and said to Salin, "I'm not going ashore to watch anymore. I'll leave now. Do you want to say goodbye to Sicar?"
"Of course!" Salin forgot about the pain of parting at the mention of Sicar. He started to worry. If Sicar didn't follow him, would she be tricked outside? Other than things related to battles, her mind was focused on the people in the village. Sicar didn't care about anything else.
Most Caucasians were like this. Otherwise, with their strong battle instincts, how could they gradually decline?
Thinking of this, Salin didn't greet Sicar. Instead, he went to find Daniel. This Necromancer was much more well-behaved now. Seeing the prosperity of Salin's sect, Daniel didn't want to offend the dozens of Magic Shooters on Seriger Island. He only hoped that he could surpass Salin in rank as soon as possible so that Salin would fulfill the contract and give him freedom.
"Daniel, I want Poison of the Undead. Give me as much as you have." Salin didn't beat around the bush. Daniel took out a small bottle, his heart aching. The Poison of the Undead was not extracted. Instead, it was secreted by summoned Necromancers every day. It was extremely precious. To others, it was just a strong poison, but Necromancers could use it for cultivation.
But Salin and Rex had provided him with so many magic cores. He couldn't even refuse Salin.
Salin took the Poison of the Undead directly to Sicar's room. He pushed the door open and saw Sicar reading a book. Salin was a little surprised. Although Sicar could read, Salin had never seen her read before.
"Salin, what's up?" Sicar put down the book when she saw Salin enter. She didn't carry a weapon now, so she finally looked like a lady. Her long black hair fell over her shoulders, and she wore a close-fitting soft armor with a snow-white fur coat.
Salin told Sicar that Rex was going to leave and bring her back to the village. Sicar cheered instantly. She jumped over the table, picked Salin up, and spun him around a few times. Luckily, Salin could already fly and was used to this kind of strenuous exercise. Otherwise, he would have vomited.
"Sicar, put me down," Salin yelled. Sicar's arms were even stronger than magical beasts.
"I can finally go back to the village," Sicar said happily to Salin. "I always wanted to go back, but I was afraid I would get lost."
Salin saw that Sicar didn't look reluctant at all. He felt a little strange. He thought that Sicar wouldn't want to go back. But this was good. Salin thought as he gave the Poison of the Undead that he had extorted from Daniel to Sicar.
"This is Poison of the Undead …" Salin took off his gloves halfway and gave them to Sicar. "Remember to wear these gloves when you use Poison of the Undead. You can rub the Poison of the Undead on your boomerang. As long as it bleeds, even high-level magical beasts will be poisoned to death. But it won't work as fast as my poison. Be careful when you use it. Don't get poisoned yourself. "
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