Chapter 120 Black Rice Port

The Spread Wings only stayed in Karaska Island for one night.

Early the next morning, after a large amount of daily necessities with a total value of more than 30,000 gold coins and various military magic machines were transported down, the Spreading Wings set sail again and sailed about 80 kilometers north of Karaska Island. , after bypassing an island that is bigger than Karaska Island, turn eastward.

This place is already more than 200 kilometers away from the coastline. At Zhanchi's speed, it was still driving from early morning to afternoon before seeing a black line representing the coastline in the sky.

Neval put down the binoculars in his hand, and smiled at Xu Yi who was beside him: "Master President, it seems that we should have arrived at the destination very smoothly. This long-distance cruise test in the coastal waters is already more than half successful."

Xu Yi nodded with a smile, but couldn't help but look up at the sky that was starting to get a little dark because it was approaching dusk.

The purpose of this offshore long-distance cruise is not only to test the long-distance cruising capability of the Zhanyi, but also to let the captain Neval and the crew on the Zhanchi improve their experience of ocean cruising.

&nb&万&书&吧& {3.}.{nsb}.{m}sp;? On this extremely underdeveloped Sainz continent, sailing on the vast sea, most of the time can only rely on experience Judging the azimuth and direction, instead of accurately navigating with the high-tech satellite positioning system like on the earth. The reason why Neval looked so happy when he saw the coastline was that even he, the captain who was very familiar with this sea area, was not fully sure that he could lead the Zhanchi to its intended destination smoothly and accurately.

The technology in this world is still very far away from launching satellites for precise positioning, and Xu Yi can't be picky about Neval's work.

Although I feel very helpless about this situation in my heart, I still want to sincerely praise Neval's work ability.

To know. Even a captain like Neval. It took Xu Yi a lot of time to find it.

Want to have a large enough crew for oceangoing voyages. It still needs to be cultivated slowly by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

"So far, how is the loss?" Xu Yi thought for a while and asked Neval.

"Not bad." Neval replied with a relaxed face. "It's roughly the same as the loss in our previous voyage tests. At present, the total consumption is about 73 tons of standard magic crystals. Calculated according to the mileage, the average consumption per kilometer is about 150 kilograms of standard magic crystals."

"About 150 kilograms?" Xu Yi thought for a moment, then nodded, "Well, it's not bad. This level of loss is completely acceptable." According to the new standard for magic crystals proposed by the Magic Research Institute of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The magic power contained in one kilogram of standard magic power crystal extracted by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is one moi.

One Ai's magic power is enough for a latest Xinfei brand magic fan to run continuously for three days.

And the power required by this Zhanchi is naturally countless times that of the magic fan, so every kilometer sailing on the sea will consume a full 150 Ai of magic power.

Based on the current cost of refining standard magic crystals by Xinfei merchants at 20 gold coins per ton, the loss of 150 kilograms per kilometer actually only costs three gold coins.

In Xu Yi's view, the power loss per kilometer of such a large cargo magic ship actually only costs three gold coins, which is almost the same as giving it for nothing.

If you look at it from the earth, it is simply a fantasy.

Of course, this is also because magic crystals are everywhere on Sainz continent. Therefore, it appears to be extremely worthless, and magic crystals of ordinary quality are not valued even like ordinary stones.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has already bought seventeen magic crystal mines from various places. For this, he only paid a price of less than one million gold coins.

The cost of extracting standard magic crystals from them is mainly concentrated on mining magic crystal mines, and there is almost no investment in other aspects, which makes the cost so low.

From this point of view, using Zhanchi, a large magical ship with a load of more than 3,000 tons, for freight transportation, the transportation cost is simply horribly low.

However, in the past two years, with the popularization of various magic machines produced by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and other chambers of commerce, people have gradually paid more attention to the loss of magic crystals.

The price of ordinary magic crystals circulating in the market has not changed much, but the price of medium and high-quality magic crystals, especially high-quality magic crystals, has seen a significant increase.

Judging from this sign, people on the continent of Sainz have gradually begun to realize the importance of resources such as magic crystals.

Xu Yi is naturally aware of this sign, so in the past two years, he has frantically purchased magic crystal mines from various places, and encouraged Evita to continue researching magic crystal refining technology, which is to prepare for the energy competition that will occur in the near future.

Back to the Zhanchi, besides the loss of power, of course there are other losses for such a large ship.

As for the loss in other aspects, apart from the loss required by the crew's daily life, it mainly focuses on the wear and tear of various details of the cabin.

For example, the door of a warehouse suddenly failed to open last night because a screw was loose. "

Hearing this report, Xu Yi's face darkened immediately: "Who is responsible for installing the screws in this warehouse? Write down the name, and give him a second-level warning when you go back, and deduct this month's bonus. In addition, you are responsible for the overall warehouse The assembly squad leader is also jointly and severally liable, and this month's bonus will also be deducted, and a three-level warning will be given."

Neval stuck out his tongue secretly, thinking that the chairman is really strict.

It was just a loose screw, yet such a severe punishment was to be given, even the squad leader in charge.

But after thinking about it, although the Zhanchi is large enough to allow for these mistakes, it is too dangerous when sailing at sea, so it must be extremely strict.

The chairman did this to establish this concept.

As the person who will live on the Zhanchi for most of the time in the future, Neval very much supports Xu Yi's approach.

Neval also reported several other minor problems on the Zhanchi, and Xu Yi also unceremoniously gave corresponding disciplinary advice.

With Xu Yi's usual style of doing things, when Zhanchi returns to the port of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the results of these punishments will definitely be announced.

Although it was strict, Neval was sure that those who were punished would never complain.

Xu Yi has absolute prestige in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, because he has always been extremely fair in dealing with things, he must be punished for mistakes, and he is not stingy with rewards when he has meritorious service.

When discussing in private, all the employees of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce agreed that as long as they work hard in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they will definitely get rich returns.

While Neval was reporting to Xu Yi, Zhanchi was still driving steadily towards the sea level at high speed.

While listening to Neval's report, Xu Yi looked at the coastline that was getting closer and closer in the distance, and suddenly found a puff of black smoke rising high from afar.

Startled, Xu Yi snatched the binoculars from Neval's hand and looked towards the coastline.

Through the lens, I can see countless people moving on the coastline from a distance, but because the distance is too far, I can't see clearly what happened.

Neval also noticed the movement on the coastline, and when he was about to ask Xu Yi, a violent explosion sounded from the coastline.

At such a distance, the sound of the explosion is still extremely loud, which shows how loud the sound is.

At this moment, not only Xu Yi and Neval noticed, but also the other crew members who were ready to fly were also attracted. Everyone looked at the coast together, their eyes were full of surprise.

Xu Yi put down the binoculars, and said to Neval in a deep voice: "Send the order, increase the speed to the highest speed, and rush to Heimi port immediately!"

Neval responded quickly, took out the magic communication box, and loudly gave the crew an order to speed up.

After a while, the hull of Zhanchi shook slightly, and then the huge hull began to accelerate gradually, gradually increasing from the previous uniform speed of 30 kilometers per hour to over 40 kilometers per hour.

This speed is the current limit speed of Zhanchi, and it would not be adopted under normal circumstances, because it would greatly increase the power consumption, and it might even double the power consumption under normal conditions.

Moreover, in this state, the pressure on the entire ship is several times higher, and it is easy to cause a larger area of ​​uncontrollable loss.

But in this case, it doesn't matter that much.

The coastline was approaching rapidly, and Xu Yi gradually saw clearly what was happening on the coastline through the binoculars, his face became more and more gloomy.

This black rice port is built on the coast of the black rice wasteland near the endless sea. The purpose is to allow the goods produced by the various factories on the black rice wasteland to be loaded on sea ships through this port, and then transported to the mainland more conveniently by sea. other places.

This port can be regarded as the window from the Black Rice Wasteland to the endless sea. It is extremely important to connect the factories under the name of many chambers of commerce including the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on the Black Rice Wasteland.

Since its establishment last year, the port has only been half completed so far, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has already invested more than three million gold coins in it.

And in order to make good use of this port, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Amley Chamber of Commerce have built a road on the Black Rice Wasteland that runs through the entire Black Rice Wasteland and is more than 500 kilometers long.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce invested close to one million gold coins in this road alone.

This shows how much Xu Yi attaches great importance to this port.

But now, there are countless people rushing into this port, waving weapons in their hands, rushing back and forth in the port.

From time to time, huge fireballs flew in from outside and smashed into the port, engulfing the entire port in a sea of ​​flames.