Chapter 558 Civil Direction

Amid the cheers and exclamations of tens of thousands of citizens on both sides of the strait, the cutting-edge magic warship made of steel sounded its whistle, slowly sailed across the river, and entered a state of full power sailing after crossing the north bank gate.

Reports from various controllers sounded in the bridge: "The base layer of the magic net is normal!" "The power ridge is working normally!" "The mechanical cabin is working normally!" "Stable attitude, power group - forward three!"

On both sides of the magic warship, wing-like devices composed of a large number of long and narrow metal plates and mechanical devices slowly unfolded, and the shining magic shield rose first, covering all possible weak points on the ship, and the three The dense runes and magic lines on the surface of the "Wings" complement the shimmering light of the shield. This wing-like structure is one of the most important structures on the magic warship - and on all kinds of super-large magic vehicles that may be in the future - it can provide an additional supply of magic energy for the power ridge, and can also use a large amount of waste energy. When it is released to the outside of the magic guide mechanism in time, only when these wings are opened, the magic guide battleship can run at full power.

In the roar of the three sets of magical energy engines, the speed of the battleship gradually accelerated and began to sail in the direction of Tanzang Town.

On the river bank, I don't know who was the first to shout, and gradually, the shouting became one:

"Safe journey!!" "Safe journey!!" "Long live Cecil!!"

Godwin Orlando stood on the high ground on the south bank and pressed the shooting button of the magic energy terminal with his own hands. Then he lowered his head and wrote down his feelings for a while in the shorthand:

"...The water fortress made of steel lifts the spirits of all people. People stand on the banks of the river regardless of their backgrounds, cheering excitedly, and blessing the voyage - the lord once said that to build the Cecil people's Pride, and now that pride has begun to build - powerful industrial creations, and industrial creations 'we' have created, enough to make every citizen proud..."

The still slightly chilly spring breeze was blowing from the river, and the old scholar from the capital couldn't help but tighten his clothes. Then he raised his head and looked at the misty north bank, his eyes seemed to cross the river, The plain, beyond the mountains of the southern border, has reached the northern part of the plain of the Holy Spirit, and arrived at his hometown in Saint-Sunil...

When will such a ship be able to navigate the vast waterways of the Plains of the Holy Spirit?

A student noticed the old scholar's trance and couldn't help asking, "Teacher? What's the matter with you?"

"It's nothing, people are getting older...it's easy to get distracted."

...

The Trailblazer will continue to sail,

Its engine packs and controls will be practically tested over the next few hours of the voyage, and it won't stop temporarily until it reaches Tanzania - which should actually be called Tanzania New Town.

At that time, the technicians will start to check the working condition of the engine and the status of the power ridge. Gawain and others will disembark at the port of Tanzania, and then return to Cecil City by magic vehicle. There will be alternate boardings, and after that, the Trailblazer will continue to set sail to complete its next nearly half-month cruise.

——At the speed of this ship, a tour will certainly not take that long, but in order to demonstrate the effect, the ship is definitely not moving at full speed, and it needs to stop many times in the middle for necessary mechanical inspection and adjustment.

Gawain left the platform at the front end of the bridge, and in the rest area at the rear of the bridge, he called Knight Byron.

"How do you feel about this ship?" he asked with a smile.

"Energetic, very energetic," Byron smiled brightly, "I have never been exposed to such a powerful thing in my life-the previous Aurora and Morningstar were far worse than it."

"Actually, I was worried at first. I was worried that you would not be happy for a knight who fought on land to become a naval commander." When talking to the other party, it is also quite direct, "I estimate that most traditional nobles will think that this is a kind of demotion and suppression - after all, no one has paid attention to the battle on the water."

Byron spread his hands: "These words made them talk to the six naval guns. I don't believe that anyone would see a water fortress with a length of more than 100 meters, a whole body of steel, six heavy guns, and two layers of shields. Being able to stiffen my neck and say that this thing doesn't work - if it does, I'd like to personally serve him wine and food, take a bath and change clothes, pay my respects sincerely, and then stuff it into a railgun and launch it."

Obviously, Byron, who was a mercenary, rarely thinks about the question of "is it honorable to sit on a boat to fight a war". What he values ​​is that the boat can fight, and it can fight very well-that's enough.

But then again, Byron could think so simply and directly, but Gawain couldn't just think about "the battleship can fight".

He raised his head and looked at several control platforms not far away, as well as the busy "mechanical sergeants" between the platforms, listening to the faint mechanical roar from the lower cabin, but what he was thinking It is how much derivative value this ship can bring.

The Trailblazer is just the beginning. It is a technological aggregate that has been piled up as much as possible after the fusion of Cecil's cutting-edge magic technology and Kraken technology. The value of this aggregate is not only to create a A powerful warship is more about every technological achievement gained in the process of building this warship.

For the current Principality of Cecil, the Pioneer can be said to be "parameter overflow".

As an inland warship, its various values ​​are far beyond the scope of inland warships, and beyond the current military needs of Cecil, from firepower to armor to power. It can be said that the Pioneer is in the On the basis of guaranteeing inland navigation, all the advanced technologies are piled together regardless of cost. If it is used as a finalized production warship, this kind of technology accumulation can be described as a waste.

But this is exactly the point of building an "experimental ship". The process of building the Trailblazer itself is equivalent to trying all the currently available technologies, and these technologies can be used after a certain downgrade or transformation. In other fields, especially the civil field.

According to the plan, after the ship is offline, the relevant technology accumulation will immediately enter the application and expansion stage.

First of all, mature power technology will be applied to Aurora and Morningstar - those two semi-finished magic warships will not be dismantled due to the offline of cutting-edge ships. Wen decided to complete their rebuilding, incorporating them into the Cecil fleet with engine packs and new outer armor.

Subsequently, all civilian ships under the current Cecil Shipyard and the ship management department will also enter the transformation stage. After the downgrade, it can be used to build large-capacity, high-speed civilian cargo ships, thereby greatly improving the material transportation capacity in the southern border and relieving the transportation pressure faced by all parts of the Principality during the construction period.

At the same time, the Trailblazer's highly integrated power ridges, magic wings, and shipboard shield technology can also be used in roadbed bunkers, large vehicles, engineering facilities, and other types of warships.

He called Hetty to talk about his plans, and after hearing that the transportation problem was expected to be alleviated, Hetty, who had been worrying about it for a long time, was relieved: "This will be great... The power technology on the Trailblazer is used on civilian ships, at least in areas covered by rivers, and transportation problems can be solved more than half."

But then she frowned: "But in this way, the new type of mechanical ships will soon monopolize the river, and those traditional ship owners should go bankrupt quickly... Most of them can't afford a magic boat. Guide the mechanical ship..."

Gawain looked at Heidi with a little surprise.

"What's wrong?" Heidi didn't know why, so she touched her face, "Is there something on my face?"

Butler Cecil was confused. She clearly remembered that she didn't wear smoky makeup today... Could it be that she forgot to remove the makeup she put on yesterday to cheat a half-day vacation?

Gao Wen didn't know what the eldest granddaughter was muttering in his heart. He just suddenly thought of the beginning, of Hetty's daze after hearing about the "labor reward" system and the concept of "personnel management".

At that time, Hetty didn't know the life of the common people at all. Although she had some honest and compassionate thoughts, she was still essentially a noble girl who never left the castle and manor, and only relied on fantasy to conceive the suffering of the common people. At that time She doesn't even know why commoners can only eat two meals a day, or why commoners pick up food scraps thrown out of the castle...

Today, she is able to think for the first time about what to do if the ship owners go bankrupt - although this is largely due to the nature of the work of the Council, but it is also enough to explain the change in her way of thinking.

"We will not sit back and watch a large number of ship owners go bankrupt. Since we want to promote the technology on warships to the civilian field, we must make it truly and thoroughly spread to the people, so that it can serve people instead of causing everyone to go bankrupt," Gao Wen laughed. Get up, "I have three preliminary plans..."

Having said this, he thought for a while, and then said one by one: "The first is to open the sales and lease channels of mechanical ships. When the time is right, he can even assist powerful private capital to establish a small shipyard, so that the magic mechanical ships can be sold as soon as possible. The cost is reduced to a level acceptable to the people, so that some big ship owners or wealthy businessmen have the ability to buy and lease ships, just like the commercial use of magic vehicles;

"Secondly, for some ship owners, the Government Office will subsidize them to renovate old-fashioned cargo ships, or let them buy new ships with old-fashioned cargo ships. If they are not financially strong enough, they can borrow money to buy new ships for them without interest. Don't worry about this part. Cost, as long as the new cargo ships run on the river, the economic benefits they can bring far exceed the subsidy.

"Finally, ship owners with smaller scale can jointly set up a transportation company, raise funds to buy ships, or transfer jobs and enter the terminal freight system, all with subsidies. Now that new cities are being built in various places, there will always be job gaps, as long as the resettlement is done well With work, there is always a way out.

"As for the control during the specific implementation of these plans... that's up to you."

Seeing Heidi taking notes seriously, Gawain let out a slight sigh in his heart.

The plan is very good, but there will definitely be many problems after it is implemented. Industrialization is a good thing, but the impact of the transformation from agriculture to industry is always unavoidable - just like the original alchemy potion that made a lot of alchemists go bankrupt, Last year's magic wagon also caused panic in the carriage shop, and the current mechanical ships... will definitely impact ship owners who rely on old-fashioned river cargo ships for a living.

Once more than 90% of the land in the southern border was controlled by other lords, alchemists and pharmacists went bankrupt in large numbers. They are all under the rule of the Cecil family, and everyone is a citizen of Cecil, so he has more issues to consider.

He can only rely on his own knowledge and experience to make these shocks as smooth as possible.

While Gawain and Hetty were thinking about the civilianization of the new technology, there was another person on the bridge who also fell into deep thinking.

Beside the main control seat, Rebecca was looking at the flashing runes and silver-white levers on the platforms, while Tyre beside her was carefully coiling herself on the ground, Miss Siren was on the side. Seriously stuffing the tip of his tail into the "snake ball", he couldn't help but look up at Rebecca: "Hey, what are you thinking?"

Rebecca woke up from her contemplation. She looked at Tyre who was playing with her tail, with a look of frustration on her face: "Your magic ship has been built, and my magic train still blows up twice a day... "

——Since using the Origin Lab, and no longer afraid of cost and hidden dangers, the number of experimental explosions of this girl has increased significantly.

Tyr tilted his head and said casually, "What's so frustrating for you - I have been working on this ship with hundreds of people since last year. Isn't it normal that the results are earlier than yours?"

"Although that's the truth..." Rebecca still looked very frustrated, "But if the train problem is not resolved, the mines on the White Sand Hills will not be shipped back..."

Tyre thought for a while, then retracted a little bit into the ball he wove with his tail: "Then I can't help you with this - we sirens are not good at building vehicles that can run on land, sorcerer There's no way you could use a warship's engine block scheme on your train."

Rebecca reluctantly glanced at Tyre, who had completely turned into a snake ball. The Marquis of the Cecil family was depressed like never before...