Chapter 36 The Appearance of the Battleship Bi Ling

"3!, it's 3!" Jin Coin shouted first.

"That's the dragon statue!" I nodded to confirm.

"Yes! The giant dragon statue is not bad either!" Ying also nodded.

Ziyue is the happiest because she has been one of the loyal fans of the dragon statue from the beginning. "Look! God is still helping me! Did I just say use a dragon statue? We are going to fight the Japanese, so hanging a Chinese dragon on the bow can set off the fierce battle between us descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties and little Japan!"

In order to decide which ship's head image to use, we specially made this tetrahedron out of clay (not a cube, a tetrahedron has only four sides. Don't ask me at the end what if it is six) and then engraved numbers on them as colors. 'Subject to use, as long as which side is facing down, use the corresponding bow image. The result of my roll was 3. According to the agreement, it should be the dragon statue!

"Then let's put on a giant dragon statue!" I went directly to the Taoist Association (a little awkward, but if a mage has an association, they can't help but prepare one for the Taoist priests) to negotiate the price. The old Taoist priest who was in charge of selling the giant dragon statue was very happy. Hearing that we were going to fight against foreign enemies, the old guy actually gave us a 20% discount! The 500,000 dragon statue was finally completed with 400,000 crystal coins. The remaining 100,000 is just enough to go to the market to buy supplies and fresh water.

It's too late today, everyone has made an appointment to meet up the next morning. Tomorrow happens to be Saturday, and this is the day when Little Japan's activities are most rampant. We will use them as the first course when we get into the water tomorrow!

After a night's rest offline, we came up early the next morning. When I entered, everyone else was actually there. It seemed that their boat was about to be launched. Everyone was very excited!

The first thing we did was to go to the Sailors Association to accept the sailors. We were really shocked when we arrived at the Sailors Association. 8,000 NPC sailors standing in the small square in front of them is extremely spectacular! King Chuang happened to come to pick up the sailors lost yesterday. Seeing the spectacular scene on our side, he ran over quickly.

"Oh my god! Ziri, what are you doing? There are almost 8,000 people here, right?"

"Exactly 8,000! They are all my sailors! I didn't expect 8,000 people to be so spectacular!" I was shocked when I saw so many people below.

"Is your ship too big? 8,000 people can arm a fleet! My Haiwei only has a total of more than 1,300 sailors!"

"What can I do? I can't leave the cabin empty and just the few of us sail out to sea!"

"I won't talk to you anymore, we still have a lot of things to do!" We said goodbye to King Chuang and rushed directly to the siege equipment shop with 8,000 sailors. The 600 fortress cannons are still here!

Everyone summoned their magic pets to help transport it, and the NPC sailors also carried it with a cannon. Although there are only 600 cannons and we have 8,000 sailors, the fortress cannons are so big that only 2 sailors can barely move one cannon. The strongest transport team is actually my luck and Ziyue's sky fire.

Fortunately, each of the four paws grabbed one door, then held another door in its mouth, and carried away five doors at a time. Ziyue's Sky Fire is similar, but her two Titans are more powerful. Those two guys can pick up eight cannons and run to the beach at once.

We started going online at 8 o'clock in the morning and were busy until almost 11 o'clock. We barely managed to transport all the cannons to the dock. The old man was also strange. He actually blocked us out and refused to let us in to see what the ship was like. Only NPC sailors were allowed to enter. Dockyard! We had no choice but to leave 7,000 sailors and let Ying and the others command here to help the people in the dock load the cannons onto the ship. Rose and I took the 1,000 sailors and went straight to the market. We spent 100,000 crystal coins to buy the entire market. The food was then transported back to the dock by 1,000 sailors. After that, we spent the last 5,000 crystal coins to buy 10,000 barrels of fresh water. Looking at the wooden barrels piled up like a hill, we didn’t know what to do!

Leaving Rose to watch the buckets and direct the sailors to transport them back and forth, I ran back to the port to see if our battleship was completed. Before they even arrived at the port, they saw Feng Yin Piaomiao and Hong Yue standing on the pier surrounded by a large group of people. Only then did they remember that Feng Yin Piaomiao seemed to have said that their guild also had its own ship launched today.

"Piao Miao!" I walked over and called Feng Yin Piaomiao. "Where's your ship?"

"It should be coming out soon!" Feng Yin Piaomiao looked at the huge, fully enclosed dock at the end of the pier. "This old man is really weird. No one was allowed to see the ship while it was being built. He kicked us out and even sealed the roof!"

"Isn't that better!"

"What?"

"I can give you a surprise!"

"It's a pity that I can't wait!" Feng Yin Piaomiao sighed.

I looked at him. "What's the meaning?"

"The fleet of the Goddess Alliance was ambushed by the Japanese this morning! My fleet has already gone to rescue, and I am waiting for this ship to help!"

"Was ambushed?" I didn't expect such a thing to happen! "How is the situation now?"

"have no idea!"

"Huh?" I looked at him and didn't know what he meant.

He looked at me too. "It's not that I won't tell you, I really don't know! The private chat system has a limited range at sea, and the maximum distance cannot exceed 8 kilometers! It can be said that I have no contact with my fleet at all now!"

"Then how did you know that the Goddess Alliance's fleet was ambushed?"

"There is this thing!" Feng Yinpiaomiao took out a cute white homing pigeon. "This is a carrier pigeon used for navigation. You can use it to communicate within 500 kilometers, but this thing has a time delay. The carrier pigeon I sent last time has not returned yet!"

Just as he was talking, a white homing pigeon flapped its wings and landed in the sky. Feng Yin Piaomiao stretched out a hand, and the homing pigeon immediately landed on his hand. I watched him remove a bamboo bucket from the carrier pigeon and take out a piece of paper.

"How's the situation?" Hongyue, who was squatting aside, ran over immediately when she saw the carrier pigeon coming back. It seems that she was really anxious today, and she didn't even have the interest to cause trouble for me!

"Seventeen warships from the Goddess Alliance's fleet were ambushed. 13 have sunk and 4 have been seriously injured! The 21 warships from the Hot Blood Alliance's rescue fleet are fighting in a melee with the enemy!"

After Hongyue heard this, she took a few steps back and finally fell into the sea. Several girls nearby quickly went down to fish her out and comfort her.

I looked at Feng Yin Piaomiao and whispered, "Does she care about that fleet?"

"That's her lifeblood!"

"Huh?" I didn't understand what he meant.

Feng Yin Piaomiao looked at my dazed look and explained: "Hongyue has an agreement with our father. She has to rely on her own ability to organize a fleet to Japan to occupy a coastal city for at least one day before the national war!"

"What is the promise to break the contract?"

"If it succeeds, Hongyue can take over 50% of the shares in the family business and decide her own future. If she fails, she will marry the future heir of another company according to her father's wishes, and will only get the family's money but nothing." To any company equity! Isn’t this a very cliche plot?”

"A bit! But this is common sense. For hundreds of years, this plot has never stopped!"

"It sounds like you also come from a wealthy family?"

I admire Feng Yin Piaomiao more and more now. He always seems to be able to judge a lot of things from just a few clues! "A boat is coming out! I don't know if it's yours or mine!" I almost changed the subject.

"It must be mine!" "How can you be so sure? I decided it first! According to the first-come-first-served basis, mine should come out first!"

"Your people are still moving things over there!" He pointed to the sailors coming in and out of the dock. "How could your ship leave the sailors behind if it left port?"

Sure enough, a very beautiful warship appeared in front of us, with tall masts, graceful curves, and a shining golden bow. It was really a work of art! I suddenly noticed that the bow statue looked familiar. It was the virgin statue we eliminated! It fits Feng Yin Piaomiao’s style and image project very well!

The warship, which was about 100 meters long, slowly leaned on the pier in front of us. As soon as the rope ladder was lowered, Hongyue rushed up angrily. Feng Yinpiaomiao said goodbye to me: "Sorry, we have to leave, Hongyue." Yue may not be able to wait any longer! I’ll have to wait until next time to see your battleship!”

I grabbed him and said, "Tell me the location of the battle, and I will help you as soon as my ship comes out!"

After thinking for two seconds, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to me. I took it and saw that it was a simple chart. "Give you the second mate on the ship, he'll know how to get there!"

"Okay! I'll do it as soon as possible!"

Watching Feng Yin's misty battleship quickly leave the port and disappear into the distance, I suddenly felt inexplicably moved. Hong Yue may be a very annoying woman, but in some aspects I have to admit that she is a good person! At least she is strong, and she is even better than a woman who only seeks protection from men!

"I'm so exhausted!" Rose appeared behind me, and in front of her there was a large wooden bucket tipped over. It looked like the kind of bucket we bought to hold fresh water. Judging from the sweaty look on Rose's head, you can tell that she rolled the bucket all the way! "I'm exhausted, and you're here enjoying the sea view alone?" Rose complained.

"Why did you come here? What should I do over there?"

"Bingbing is here! Everyone has passed, so I'm back!"

"Why did you do it yourself? Can't you just let the sailors do it?"

"Don't I want to hurry up!"

"Come and let me help you!" Rose and I pushed the barrel in front of us to the outside of the dock and waited for the NPC inside to come out and transport the barrel in. When I arrived at the door of the dock, I happened to see the old man there, so I stopped him. "Is our ship ready?"

"It's finished, but you have too many cannons. They are being loaded onto the ship!"

"Then hurry up! By the way, I saw someone using homing pigeons. Do you know where I can buy them?"

"A carrier pigeon? I have that thing right here, do you want it?" The old man actually said that he had a carrier pigeon, which was convenient for me because I didn't have to look for it everywhere!

"Yes! Of course!" I agreed quickly. "How much does one cost?"

"No matter how small or right these things are, they are a pair at a time. Moreover, there are different grades of carrier pigeons with different prices. But because you allow me to create such a masterpiece that makes me so satisfied, I will give it to you. The best pair. Just wait!" As he spoke, the old man got into the dock. After a while, he ran out again, holding a cage in his hand, and there were two snow-white homing pigeons in it. The old man ran up to me and flashed the carrier pigeon. "This is my best homing pigeon. The maximum communication distance is 600 kilometers. Even the maximum distance is only 3 hours for a round trip. How about it? It's pretty good!"

In fact, I still think it's slow, but I can't refute the old man's face and quickly take over. "Not bad! Thank you!"

"Wow! Such cute pigeons!" Bingbing ran back at some point and saw two snow-white pigeons in my hand and ran over.

"Why are you back too?" When I looked up, I found a mountain of goods piled next to me. Ying and the others were already wiping their sweat and panting. "You guys have finished moving so quickly?"

"I'm exhausted!" Ziyue lay on a big wooden barrel regardless of her appearance. "You are the only one who is lazy and makes us exhausted! My hands are numb when moving things!"

"That's right! You, the captain, are really lazy, leaving us fools to work hard and come to play with pigeons!" Gold Coin also complained.

"I'm not lazy, this is a homing pigeon. I just found out that the maritime private messaging system has a distance limit, so I bought this thing!"

"Okay, okay, stop making trouble and move things in quickly!" Eagle helped me out of trouble and directed a large group of NPCs to start transporting things to the dock.

I took the opportunity to ask the old man about the use of carrier pigeons. It turned out that this thing is very simple. There is a bamboo bucket tied to the feet of each homing pigeon, and the paper in the bamboo bucket will automatically refresh. When you want to send a message, you just need to take out your finger and write on it with your finger. However, a piece of paper can record up to a thousand words, which means that only a thousand words can be sent at a time. After writing, put your finger in the bamboo bucket and hang it back on the pigeon's feet, then say the name of the person you want to receive the letter to the pigeon, and then let the pigeon fly. After receiving the message, the other party can write a reply on the back of the paper, and then the carrier pigeon will fly back by itself. It's really convenient.

After I learned it, I wrote a paragraph to Feng Yin Piaomiao. "My ship is almost ready. How is your battle going? I will arrive as soon as possible! Purple Sun is up."

After releasing the carrier pigeon, I started to help direct the NPCs to transport goods. Although we bought a lot of things, unlike cannons, these things are easier to transport. Basically, two sailors can transport a barrel.

When Zhengyun was getting excited, the old man ran over. "Hey, where's your ship's bow?"

"The ship's bow statue? It's here with me!" I asked Xiaofeng to put down the ship's bow statue. The old man immediately called eight sailors to take the ship's bow statue away, but the old man still looked at me.

"what are you doing?"

"Where are the other two?"

"What two more?"

"I asked you where the ship's emblem is?"

"What ship's emblem?"

"do not you know?"

"Should I know?"

The old man looked at me as if he really didn't know and explained it to me. "The bow is like the soul of a ship, but a ship should generally have two symmetrical ship emblems mounted in conspicuous positions on the side of the ship. They can also bring a certain amount of strength to the ship, but they are not as effective as the bow. That’s it! You didn’t buy it, did you?”

"I don't even know how to buy it? Tell me where it is sold, and I'll see if I can still buy it!"

"Forget it!" The old man interrupted me, shaking his head. "I still have two months of god badges, give them to you! It's really troublesome!"

Watching the old man run away, I took a deep breath. I should have asked Feng Yin Piaomiao for more funds, otherwise it wouldn't be enough if I spent more money!

It took until after one o'clock in the afternoon to load all the goods on the ship. At about twelve o'clock at noon, Chuang Wang's ship also sailed out. I heard that this time it seemed that some bullshit joint fleet from Japan had arrived. It took two days. More than a hundred warships, including warships from areas near China, passed by. King Chuang and the others received an urgent request for help from a friendly guild, so they rushed out to put out the fire!

The entire port didn't stop at noon. Countless warships left the port in batches. Even some small fishing boats ran away. I really don't know what they were doing! You wouldn’t want to fight a little Japanese with a harpoon, would you? I doubt if those small sampans could withstand a shelling!

Finally, at 1:20 p.m., the dock door opened. Almost everyone who was still on the dock stopped and stared blankly at the giant beast in front of them as it slowly sailed out of the dock. When I first saw Chuang Wang's 78-meter-long Haiwei, I just thought she was very big. When I saw Feng Yin Piaomiao's 130-meter-long battleship in the morning, I had a spectacular feeling. But now, looking at that iceberg-like huge ship When the battleship slowly approached the dock, we felt a shock!

The feeling of breathless oppression gave us an indescribable shock. huge! She is so huge! Although I don’t know the specific number, I can still intuitively appreciate her hugeness based on my feelings!

The five-clawed golden dragon standing on the bow of the ship with its majestic aura and its fangs and claws spread out makes this giant beast even more astonishing and intimidating! The shining color of the outer deck decorated with magic silver makes people feel that she is so majestic and majestic!

I was so surprised that I didn’t even notice the old man walking up behind me with a smile on his face. "This is your Bi Ling. The total length is 378.34 meters, the width is 59.79 meters, the draft is 13.65 meters, the ship's side is 9 meters out of the water, the bottom diameter of the main mast is 2.1 meters, and the height is 61.9 meters. The bottom diameter of the auxiliary mast is 1.6 meters, and the height is 57.39 meters. . A total of 750 guns and 600 artillery pieces on the left and right. How about it? Is it impressive enough?" The old man was talking to himself, but I didn't hear anything because my head was still stuck there and I didn't wake up. !

"Hello? Are you listening to me?" The old man finally realized that I was still in a trance.

I quickly came to my senses. "Yes! Yes!" I said while wiping my saliva.

The old man didn't mind, and just pulled me to look at the side of the ship. I saw there were raised fonts engraved on it. The biggest ones are: "Battleship Biling!" A row of small words below: "Produced by Hongliu City Shipyard!" Haha, it seems that this is the so-called advertisement! Although the characters are much smaller than the name of the ship, on this huge battleship, the relatively small characters are nearly one meter high! It’s hard not to pay attention to such big words!

The old man seemed very satisfied with his arrangement and kept nodding at those few words. After a minute, he suddenly remembered something. He pulled me and pointed to the crescent-shaped badge on the side of the bridge tower-like thing in the middle of the ship. Not sold, I got you a deal today! That thing is a magical badge that can create heavy fog, especially at night, it can comprehensively improve all attributes of the entire battleship."

"Okay! Thank you!" I quickly flattered him, which made the old man giggle all the time. I took the time to wake Ziyue up. "Don't be dazed, take Tianhuo to the woods outside the city to transport the magic crystal cannon! My demon knights have been guarding there for a day and a night! Do you still remember where we buried it? Be careful when digging. , don’t get damaged!”

"Got it!" Ziyue's answer came from the air, and she rushed out as soon as she heard what I said.

I've been waiting for almost twenty minutes. Ziyue didn't come back, but my carrier pigeon came back first. When I opened it, it was Feng Yin Piaomiao's reply! "The battle situation is tense, help quickly!"

It seems that the fighting over there must be very fierce. Feng Yin Piaomiao is so busy that he can't even write a few more words! After collecting the letter, I could only continue to wait anxiously for Ziyue to come back. I used this time to check various parts of the ship to familiarize myself with the environment. The old man followed me and helped me explain things I didn't understand at any time.

When I walked to the badge on the deck, I suddenly noticed something strange.