Salin's Coiled Turtle alchemy ship left the coast for a thousand miles before heading north. As expected, it didn't encounter any trouble. Felix and Lani spent most of their time chatting with Salin. Salin deeply felt that he was still too inexperienced.
At first, he thought that Ainphent was already very thoughtful. Compared to his parents, Ainphent was really very simple.
In the blink of an eye, it was December, and Salin's Coiled Turtle alchemy ship returned to the northern waters. When it bypassed Lianyun City, the alchemy ship submerged for a thousand miles without alarming the warships of Lianyun City.
Salin had benefited a lot from talking to the Felix couple, so he didn't mind wasting a day or two underwater.
On the ship, Salin was very relaxed. He felt that his magic string had grown, but there was still no qualitative change. There was still a long way to go before he could advance to Magic Shooter. Even so, his current magic string was more than twice that of a Mage of the same level.
On this day, the Coiled Turtle alchemy ship stopped and approached the shore. They arrived at the natural harbor seven hundred miles south of Metatlin City. Back then, Salin knew that there were mines here that could produce magic crystals, but he didn't come here because he lacked manpower. He only let the dragon skeleton warship patrol here from time to time.
This time, the natural port had already started construction.
It was seven hundred miles away from Metatlin City, and it would only freeze at the end of December. The dragon skeleton warship could go ashore, but other ships couldn't. The Coiled Turtle alchemy ship was discovered when it was about fifty miles away.
The dragon skeleton warship released two small boats outside the port and approached the Coiled Turtle alchemy ship. Seeing that it was this ship, the boats turned around and sailed back.
Salin frowned when he saw that the security was not tight. The winged skeleton said, "Master, there's already a way to identify warships. In Metatlin City, I imitated the Coiled Turtle alchemy ship and made a few small tugboats to transport goods. They all recognize them."
"Let's go ashore and take a look. Uncle Felix, come with us." Salin also knew that his time in Metatlin City was short. It was already good that the winged skeleton and the others could do what they did now. In the plan, Salin designed this place according to the military port. Whether they were familiar with the ship or not, they had to go through absolute inspection before they could enter.
Salin walked up to the deck and accompanied the Felix couple. Nania, on the other hand, did not come up. She had participated in the design of this port and was not interested in looking at it again.
The alchemy ship entered the port and saw that it was empty except for a few small boats. The defensive facilities on the shore were not bad. Salin's Elemental Eyes saw more than twenty magic stone cannons. Apart from the Magic Stone Cannons, there were also countless hidden rooms on the cliffs in the distance. Those were the positions for the alchemy crossbows.
The port facilities were crude, but on both sides, separated by more than twenty li, there were already two castles that faced the sea. These two tall castles were simply carved out of two stone mountains.
Salin did a rough calculation. Each of the two castles could accommodate ten thousand people. At the top of the castle was an unfinished Magic Tower. Under normal circumstances, castles of this size would have at least two thousand soldiers stationed there. However, these two castles were purely military structures that protected the harbor and relied on the city behind them. Therefore, the number of soldiers stationed there could be more than five thousand. The two castles would have ten thousand soldiers.
Craftsmen, mages, servants, and support soldiers filled in the remaining gaps.
"The City Lord is here! The City Lord is here! "The people who were still working on the dock started to clamor. It was the Winged Skeleton who flashed the flag on the ship.
"Sir, you're back so early!" When Salin's ship docked, Geyi brought people to welcome him.
"Hmm? Why are you here? "Salin saw Geyi here and felt a little strange.
"Sir Daniel said that this place is very important, but we won't encounter any enemies for the time being. He asked me to keep an eye on it," Geyi said excitedly. Daniel had also started to trust him. This meant that he was truly beginning to enter Salin's inner circle.
"How's the construction of the city?"
"Three, those three old fellows didn't come. We're using slaves, so it's a little slow. At least until next summer, this new city will be habitable. "Geyi was talking about the Three Kings. Salin was not here, Ainphent was not here, and those three fellows had no one to command them. They hid in Metatlin City to train. Without the help of the Three Kings, there was no way to create a large number of undead.
"How dare they slack off? Heh … "Salin thought to himself, after I advance into a Magic Shooter, I won't be afraid of these three fellows risking their lives to resist. For now, I'll bear with them.
Geyi brought Salin and the others to the west. After more than ten miles, they finally saw the newly built city. This city was quite convenient. A city wall was built outside a valley that was more than two miles wide. After the mountains on both sides were repaired, it was a fortress. However, this was a closed terrain. The army could only attack from the side facing the sea. There were mountains everywhere, and there was no other way to go.
If it wasn't for the fact that there were no roads here, Salin wouldn't have chosen to build Metatlin City seven hundred miles to the north. This place was a hundred times easier to defend than Metatlin City.
"Why isn't the dock built yet?" Salin's Elemental Eyes could clearly see the entire port and the empty space among the hundreds of houses. He didn't see even an underwater dock, only a roughly excavated deep water port for unknown purposes.
"Sir, the first thing to be built here is a dock. If we want to build a fleet, we don't have that many sailors," Geyi replied.
Salin knew very well that the final goal here was to build a dock and a factory to refine and synthesize magic crystals, not a place to import and export goods. However, the progress of this work was too slow. Didn't they buy a lot of slaves? Those captives from the East Sea should be used in large numbers, but everywhere here was cold and quiet. It didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.
"Sir, this place is indeed not in a hurry."
"How is it not in a hurry? Sigh …" Salin stomped his feet. He couldn't expand on land at the moment, so he could only build a city in this wilderness. However, if he could find a sea route to the countries of the East Sea, he would need a fleet immediately. There were many islands in the northern sea. If he occupied all of them, he would need at least a hundred ships to defend them.
These islands were also supply points on the sea route from the south to Metatlin City. In the past, without Metatlin City, these islands were not of much value. Now that their city was prosperous in trade, there would be a large number of merchant ships heading north every summer. How could Alchemy City not think about it?
If Alchemy City or Lianyun City occupied these islands, it would be equivalent to blocking the sea route. If they collected some taxes, then his business would be greatly affected.
The road to Metatlin City was too far, and it was two thousand miles to Phoenix. Only by sea could they quickly trade with the mainland of Qin Yin. If the sea route was controlled, then it would be difficult for Metatlin City to become a commercial center.
Lianyun City had once sent warships to harass Metatlin City, but they were defeated by the Dragon Skeleton Warship. The people of Lianyun City weren't satisfied. They only had one Dragon Skeleton Warship and two Seriger Island warships to protect Metatlin City. It would be very difficult for them to attack, let alone defend a hundred islands.
Daniel wasn't a great man after all. He didn't understand the importance of the sea, and actually used all his power to build Metatlin City, investing pitifully little in this new city. Fortunately, he had made a trip here, or else he wouldn't have known the situation here.
Salin wasn't in the mood to watch anymore. He said to Ge, "You should have a lot of free time here. I'll send more people over to build the city. Hurry up and practice your swordsmanship. If you don't become a Sword Saint, you'll never have a future. Don't you think about how old you are? "
Salin himself wasn't even twenty years old, so he sounded like an old man reprimanding Ge. Ge nodded and said, "Sir, I'm indeed not suitable for this job. It's just that you're not here, and Lord Daniel doesn't dare to assign this task to anyone else."
Ge was grateful. If he hadn't become a Sword Saint by the age of forty, he'd be a swordsman for the rest of his life. His talent wasn't outstanding, but Salin gave him a good teacher and was willing to work hard. That was why he had this opportunity.
"Alright, I'll send someone over in two or three days. You still have to return to Metatlin City. Hmm, the construction has just started here. Stop for now and give me the blueprint. I'll bring it back and redesign it. "Salin ordered. Feliot watched from the side, only laughing.
"Uncle Feliot, what are you laughing at?"
"Salin, you're too anxious. Also, if you want to achieve great things, you need to use more people. Don't always be suspicious. "
"You're right, Uncle." Salin thought, looks like I still have to find a count that Joey introduced to me. A count can definitely manage a city. Joey said that I can trust that count, then … then I'll use him.
After boarding the ship, Salin was listless. The Winged Skeleton's voice sounded in his mind, "Master, I can take my time with the warship. The bone warship needs to be controlled by the undead from time to time. Most of the structure is the same as a magic warship. The weapons can also be arranged to be magic stone cannons. I've reserved a battery. If I remove the part that needs to be controlled by the undead, I can quickly make a batch. "
"What about sailors?" Salin asked gloomily.
"Master, even if you have time, it'll be difficult to recruit suitable ones. Just train them yourself. Didn't we buy many slaves from the East Sea? Let me control them, and they'll definitely be obedient. "
This was the only way, Salin thought. Even if he hired sailors, he couldn't use them on the warship. Even Rex couldn't help with this. Kushui Commandery was inland and didn't even have a river, so there was no way to train sailors.
The Coiled Turtle alchemy ship took six hours to travel seven hundred miles. The coast here was frozen. The Coiled Turtle alchemy ship snuck under the sea. Salin saw an underwater fortress built under the crescent peninsula. A large number of undead swam underwater, monitoring the port from all four corners.
The Coiled Turtle alchemy ship passed by, and those undead followed. The Winged Skeleton cackled. "Master, I've guarded this port for you well, right?"
"These undead?"
"Master, they weren't summoned from the Plane of Dead Souls. I created them."
"You! You can create undead? "Salin asked in surprise. Level-Nine necromancers could create undead, but the Winged Skeleton was only level-seven. It was clearly beyond common sense.
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