While Suhlen was busy opening up a new waterway, the development of Northern Citadel did not stop. Several towns and cities were built along the route from Northern Citadel to Deepwater Port.
These towns and cities were small in size and only had a population of about a thousand people. All of them were located along the Red Sand River. These towns and cities were originally built as supply stations for ships that came and went. The Council Hall saw that these settlements were developing well, so they directly assigned the immigrants who came in the past few months to these settlements along the river.
Since the construction of Deepwater City, the supply of goods to Northern Citadel had not been interrupted. It could be said that the waterway of the Red Sand River had become unusually prosperous. There were more than a dozen ships coming in and out every day. These towns and cities along the way were developing very quickly.
Deepwater City also sent out a fleet to sail to the Southern Sea. This time, their destination was the Southern Sea. The Southern Sea was famous among the surrounding countries for its wealth. Every year, caravans and fleets from all over the world would trade here. The nobles of these countries could be said to have made a lot of money.
The nobles of these countries lived more extravagantly than the nobles of Florence. Things like sugar, honey, high-end wine, perfume, and paper were in short supply here. All kinds of luxury goods produced in Northern Citadel could be sold at a high price here.
From the very beginning of the sea trade, the goods traded were luxury goods. The risk of sea trade was much higher than that of caravans on the road. There was an endless stream of pirates, powerful sea monsters, and terrifying storms. As long as you encountered them, you would suffer heavy losses. If the value of the goods transported was low, you wouldn't even be able to pay the sailors' wages.
The Southern Sea was also the most prosperous area for slave trade. Unlike the Northern Continent, the Southern Sea was very thoroughly developed. The land there was also developed. The large wastelands between the cities in the Northern Continent were rarely seen in the Southern Sea.
The mild climate, abundant rainy season, and fertile land made the Southern Sea much more productive than the Northern Sea. There was enough food to feed a large number of people. Although the nobles here were greedier than the nobles in the Northern Sea, the population of the Southern Sea was still far greater than that of the Northern Sea.
For example, the largest port in the Tudor Kingdom, the Spice Port, had a permanent population of more than 400,000. The capital of the Tudor Kingdom had a population of an astonishing 500,000. Including the floating population, the population had reached 800,000.
Suhlen planned to directly migrate from here. He would transport a large amount of goods from Northern Town City to the Southern Sea to sell, then buy slaves from here and send them to Deepwater City. This was much faster than migrating from the Kingdom of Florence.
One ship could easily transport a few hundred immigrants, and one trip could transport at least three thousand immigrants. Compared to the immigration of the Kingdom of Florence, it took much less money and time.
The number of merchant ships in Deepwater City was still expanding. As the fleet grew bigger and bigger, so did the number of immigrants. North Town City was rapidly developing again.
Right now, the first problem that restricted the rapid development of Beifeng Principality was its low population. The entire Beifeng Principality had a population of no more than three hundred thousand, which was even less than the population of a city. The population in the north of the Kingdom of Florence was originally insufficient, and the cost of immigration from the south was too high. Now, using a fleet for immigration would undoubtedly greatly reduce the cost, and there would be more people.
The development of the waterway in Deepwater City was very smooth. All kinds of goods from Northern Town City were also very popular here. The immigration work in Northern Town City was also very smooth. The arrival of a large number of people also made Deepwater Port more prosperous.
With a flash of light in the laboratory, Hathaway's eyes flashed with joy. She then excitedly picked up the freshly made starry sky magic robe on the alchemy table. This was a robe that she had specially made for herself. The main material was the skin of a white dragon, and it was also a legendary robe. After Suhlen got his hands on a divine weapon, Hathaway couldn't help but take out the dragon skin to make a legendary robe.
As a legendary wizard, Hathaway's equipment could be said to be very simple. Due to the lack of materials, she had always been using a grade 4 legendary robe and magic staff. Last time, Suhlen brought back a large amount of legendary dragon skin, so she finally had enough materials.
Hathaway directly put on the robe. The starry sky magic robe looked very beautiful. The robe was blue and white, and there were silver-white patterns on it. The patterns were shining like stars, and it was very beautiful. Because it was made of dragon skin, the robe itself had very high defense. It could be said that with this robe, Hathaway's strength had increased by at least three times.
With a flash of light, Alex's figure appeared on the astrology table. As soon as he appeared, he saw Hathaway and was attracted by the robe on her.
"Sister Hathaway, you're done?" Seeing the robe on Hathaway, Alex was also surprised.
"Yes, I'm done. I just tested it, and it's already exceeded our expectations." Hathaway said excitedly.
"Really? Then I'll make my robe according to this template!" Alex decided right away.
"There are diagrams in the library. You can change the spells on them. Suhlen brought back a lot of materials, so you can make a few more of them." Hathaway waved her hand and said.
"Then I won't hold back!" Alex said excitedly.
"Right, how's your research going?" Hathaway suddenly thought of something and asked.
"It's a lot worse. Suhlen brought back a lot of information last time. I've already tested it. There's no problem at all." Alex said.
"Look!"
Alex gently waved his hand, and a silver metal ring appeared in his hand. The metal ring was very small, only the size of a palm. It was engraved with countless arcane runes. The material of the metal ring was silver-white, and there was a strong force flowing on it.
"It looks good!" Hathaway nodded and said.
"This floating ring has only gone through a simple test. Further tests will require a lot of data to analyze."
Alex didn't make this floating ring for the Wizard Tower, but for the floating city. Of course, this floating ring was only a model.
The floating city's floating ring needed more power, and it also needed to be distributed to various parts of the floating city. This way, the floating city wouldn't break due to its own gravity.
"Let's test it first!"
Alex nodded, and then Hathaway and Alex surrendered their gazes to the steel golems standing next to them. Hathaway gently waved her arm, and the heavy bodies of the steel golems flew up. The floating ring covered a very large area, ten times larger than the previous one. The golems in this area all floated at the same height.
This Levitation Ring had been modified to distribute the buoyancy evenly to the surroundings. It was specially made for the Floating City. In the future, the Floating City would definitely have more than one set of Levitation Rings installed. In order to prevent one set of Levitation Rings from malfunctioning, a Floating City would have at least three to four sets of Levitation Rings installed. Once a Levitation Ring in operation had a problem and stopped working, a spare Levitation Ring would immediately restart. This was to prevent the floating city from falling from a high altitude.
The two legendary wizards worked together and began to test the floating ring. As mana was continuously injected, the floating ring flickered with a faint spiritual light. A few steel golems moved around under the control of the two wizards. They moved up and down, left and right.
The two of them quickly became familiar with the controls of the Floating Rings, recording their movements as they operated them.
"Experiment successful!"
"Organize and archive the information about the floating ring."
With the end of the test, Hathaway's hand flashed, and the floating ring slowly closed. The steel golems also slowly descended from the air.
"According to this ratio, a floating city weighing tens of thousands of tons or even hundreds of thousands of tons needs a floating ring a hundred times larger," Alex said slowly.
"According to this ratio, we don't need enough materials now!"
The manufacturing process of the floating ring was very difficult, and the materials needed were also very precious. After all, it had to lift a city weighing hundreds of thousands of tons into the sky. There could not be any mistakes.
Part of the metal used in the floating ring was mithril. In addition, it also needed a lot of alloys. This alloy was a special metal researched during the Arcane Empire, and its main purpose was to build a floating city.
The two major cores of the floating city, the energy system and the floating ring system, were very important. Only sufficient energy could maintain the floating ring's operation. After solving the problem of the floating ring, the next thing was the elemental fusion furnace.
The theory of the elemental fusion furnace had been perfected long ago, and even the elemental fission furnace had been officially used. However, it was not a simple matter to actually build an elemental fusion furnace.
In fact, during the Arcane Empire, the elemental fusion furnace had been widely used. Compared to the intense radiation and pollution of the elemental fission furnace, the elemental fusion furnace had almost no radiation, and the energy output was hundreds or even thousands of times higher.
The elemental fission furnace could also be used as the energy core of the floating city, but it required the elemental fission furnaces to form an energy matrix and rely on several elemental fission furnaces to provide sufficient energy. However, this method consumed several times more elemental fuel, and the endurance would be greatly reduced.
"Sister Hathaway, how's the research on the elemental fusion furnace?" Alex asked as he put away the floating ring.
Hathaway shook her head. "There are still some problems. The elemental fusion furnace produces too much energy, and ordinary materials can't support it, but I already have some ideas."
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