Release that Witch - Chapter 400

[Chapter 393]

The temporary shipyard by the Chishui River was full of people.

Everyone knows that a strange kind of ship is being built in this wooden shed. Its shell is like a huge bathtub, made of gray cement-and once that kind of thing solidifies, it is no different from a stone. Except for a splash in the water, not even a shadow can be seen.

The craftsmen who came to work here gave it an appropriate name: bathtub boat.

Today is the day the first two prototypes are launched.

The onlookers were roughly divided into two categories. One was the residents who had just joined Border Town. They were quite curious about the news, or they couldn’t believe it. fishermen and sailors.

The other category is the local residents. They have long been accustomed to the miracles created by His Highness, and they have heard about the previous “Small Town”. They gathered here despite the light snow, just to meet the prince they admire. Your Highness.

Kakusim is the former.

When His Highness posted this news and the new recruitment order on the bulletin board in the square, he said that he would come here to have a look no matter what.

Vader had no choice but to ask for a leave of absence from Lord Carter to accompany him – he was not familiar with the place here, and with the heavy snow, he was really worried that the other party would go to the place where the crowds gathered alone. If Shen was pushed and fell, it would be an irreparable injury to the old man.

“You underestimate me, kid.” The old man waved his hand, signaling that he doesn’t have to follow him. “I have also experienced strong winds and waves. Although I am old, my body is not much worse than yours.”

“Yes,” Wei Wei said .

De disapproved and said, “Anyway, I’ve already asked for leave. It’s too late for you to say anything. I just don’t quite understand why you have to watch this thing go into the water? Isn’t it just a boat?”

“But you said it was made of gray Made of stones.” Kakusim shook his head, “A stone as big as a bathtub can float on water these days?”

I blame myself for talking too much, Vader thought to himself, and when we were chatting with him, I somehow ended up talking about the announcement in the square, “Maybe His Highness is just exaggerating, a wooden boat is probably made of some kind of cement, right? ”

That’s even more impossible,” the old man insisted. “Just think about it, when was this wooden shed built?”

“It seems… more than a month ago.

” It was earlier because of the police, when we moved into the inner city of the town, there was still an open space!” His beard trembled, “It took a month to build the shed, so doesn’t that mean that His Highness only took half a month to finish it?” Made the first ship?”

“Uh, what’s wrong?” Vader wondered.

“Of course not!” Kakusim yelled, “In the name of the god of the sea! I have never seen a ship that can be built in only half a month, and it has nothing to do with size—as long as it is a sailing ship, just processing The ribs will take more than a month, and they need to be steamed after the wood is completely air-dried, this process is extremely troublesome, and it is impossible to complete it in a short period of time.”

Vader asked in surprise, “Why are you… so familiar with shipbuilding? ”

I used to be a captain, my son,” the old man exhaled, “When I was young, I used to carry a large amount of cargo through Seawind County and Port of Clear Water, and also visited the Kingdom of Dawn and the Fjord Islands. Then it came to this point because of some things.”

“You’ve never told me this before.” His eyes widened.

“You never asked, kid.” Kakusim shrugged.

“Okay,” Vader shifted his gaze to the shipyard, “so what you are really curious about is the technology that His Royal Highness can build a sailboat in half a month.”

“No captain would not be curious,” he said, stroking his beard.” If His Highness is not lying, do you know what it means? In just one or two years, he can make all the rivers in Graycastle run into his fleet.”

Vader’s heart moved, “Are you planning to… ”

The old man smiled, “I can’t keep eating your porridge for free.”

“Of course your highness won’t lie,” someone beside him said suddenly, “and that’s not a sailboat.”

Vader turned his head, and the speaker was a The young man sounded like a local resident of the western region, “Isn’t it a sailboat?”

“That’s right, it can sail without sails, and it’s faster than any sailboat.” Is there a white mist steam engine? The one that can easily drag a basket of ore out of the mine, these cement boats are powered by it, according to His Highness, they are all steam boats!

” Can it sail?” Kakusim questioned, “Boy, what are you talking about, if a ship has no sails, it can only be rowed by paddlers, and this speed cannot be compared to other sailing ships. Besides , They haven’t been in the water yet, you haven’t even seen them, how do you know they can move?”

“Of course I have seen them,” the young man grinned, “You are new foreigners, it’s normal if you don’t know. They are still there In the summer, I once rebuilt a steamship for the caravan across the strait. But that ship is still made of wood, not as durable as these stone ships.”

Vader wanted to say something, but the other party’s eyes suddenly lit up , pointing in the direction of the shipyard, “Look there, His Royal Highness has come out!”

There was a burst of cheers from the crowd, and everyone raised their hands to salute their lord.

Prince Roland boarded the temporary wooden platform next to the shipyard, said a few words of congratulations, and then announced the launch of the new ship.

Amid the melodious slogans, the workers dismantled the side of the wooden shed facing the Chishui River, and a 40-meter-long gray boat slid down the embankment along the snow and plunged into the icy water.

Vader raised his heart, UU reading www.

sonicmtl.com He almost thought that this thing would sink directly to the bottom of the water, but he didn’t expect that after the rest of the boat entered the water, the bow of the boat would tilt up again, and a large bunch of water splashes would also be set off.

The crowd burst into enthusiastic applause again.

“Oh my god, it really floated,” Kakusim was stunned for a moment, “But, is it really made of stone?”

Vader also had the same question—the surface of the tub boat looks too smooth , like a finely polished granite slab, but there is no trace of patchwork all over it, and the entire hull is one piece.

The undecked cabin was too shallow for sleeping, and the bottom was too flat to hold a mast, and it was, as they say, a bathtub.

But no matter what, His Highness did build the boat in half a month.

He looked at Kakusim, and found that the other party’s eyes were shining with enthusiasm.

“I want to apply for the position of captain,” said the old man.

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[End of this Chapter]