Arcane Universe

The island chain in the southern part of the isthmus of Medis is nominally the territory of the Kingdom of Medis. The island chain is close to the northern end of the isthmus. Because it is close to the land, the islands on the island chain are all It is a big island, and they are relatively close to each other, but they are indeed effectively ruled by the Kingdom of Medis.

This chain of islands extends southward for tens of thousands of kilometers, and the further south, the smaller and sparser the islands.

As the distance increases, the area of ​​the island decreases, and the rate of return to rule decreases. When the chain of islands extends southward for more than 3,000 kilometers, the deterrent power of the kingdom of Medis on the islands begins. Decrease rapidly.

When the island chain is more than 5,000 kilometers away from the mainland, and the area of ​​the island is reduced to about 1,000 square kilometers, it will be difficult for the lords of the kingdom to gain a foothold.

The southern island chain belongs to the islands formed by the extension of the continental shelf of the northern continent. The islands are mountainous. Except for a few islands, the plain area is relatively small.

For a mountainous island of 1,000 square kilometers, it is often difficult to develop a viscountry. Without a rich territory as support, it is difficult for the lord to maintain a strong military force. Without military force, he cannot resist. There are numerous pirates on this busy and prosperous waterway.

So, in the southern half of the southern island chain, it is basically only under the rule of the Kingdom of Medis in name. In fact, it is already a paradise for pirates.

But there are exceptions.

In the 3000-kilometer Sea Territory where the southern island chain and the southern equatorial current intersect, there are more than 30 large and small islands. The largest of these islands is more than 1,300 square kilometers, and the smallest is only a few Square kilometers.

The ocean-going merchant ship heading south will turn to the east after arriving here. Next, they will face a sea Territory of 15,000 kilometers. During this long voyage, They will not see an island, nor can they get any supplements.

So the southern island chain became their last supply station.

Medith Kingdom, the commercial Goddess Church, and a number of large ocean-going commercial organizations in the northern continent worked together to select good islands on the island chain within the ocean current and built two large supply ports .

One of the two ports is named Port Barquette, located in the north of the South Equatorial Current, and the other is named Bara Buck Port, located in the middle of the South Equatorial Current.

Barquette Island, where Port Barquette is located, is the largest island in the southern equatorial current region of the southern island chain. This narrow island has an area of ​​1,300 square kilometers. The central part is a mountain range that runs through the entire island. There are many plains along the coast on both sides of the mountain range.

With the strong support of the Medicis Kingdom and the commercial Goddess Church, the Barquette family opened up a viscountry on these two islands.

Port Barquette is located in a bay in the middle of Barquette Island. This medium-sized port with a population of more than 30,000 does not belong to the Barquette family. Its highest administrative body is the Port’s City Council. The Barquette City Council is under the control of several Great Influences such as the Kingdom of Medise, Goddess Church of Fortune, Alchemy Club of Tyronn City, Federation of Storms, Eastern Sea Coast City and Chamber of Commerce.

The family of the Viscount Barquette has little influence in the port city. The most important function of the Viscountry is to provide vegetables and a portion of grain to Port Barquette.

The rise of Baraque Buck Port, after Port Barquette, the reason why Barquette Buck Port will rise is mainly due to the insufficient throughput of Barquette Port.

The geographical conditions of Port Barquette are not very good. The bay where it is located is not big enough, the berths are limited, the port is located on a hillside, and the development space is limited.

When the Southern Continent route became hotter and hotter, Port Barquette was quickly overwhelmed. Many times, sailing ships had to enter Port Barquette for supplies, and even needed to line up for two or three days at sea. This is undoubtedly a huge waste for ocean-going ships.

In desperation, people had no choice but to choose another good port.

Barra Buck Island, where the Barra Buck Port is located, is only 800 square kilometers, and is the third largest port in the southern equatorial ocean current area where the southern island chain enters the South Equatorial Current.

However, unlike Barquette Island, Barra Buck Island is not an island, but a small archipelago composed of one large, seven small and eight islands.

Barra Buck Port is located in the strait sandwiched between Lord Barra Buck Island and the second largest island.

This strait is a very good natural harbor. The nearly 30-kilometer-long strait is not only a good haven, but it also provides a lot of berths.

The Bala Buck Islands add up to more than 1,200 square kilometers, but the natural conditions of this island are far inferior to that of Barquette Island. The area available for cultivating on the islands is very small. Great development value.

It took a lot of work for the Bara Buck Port Council to open up two Baron collars on the two largest islands, barely able to supply vegetables to Bara Buck Port.

After years of development, the scale of Buck Port in Barak has already surpassed Port Barquette, and it is now a port city with a population of more than 50,000.

The food in the Bara Buck Port is completely transported from the mainland, so the supply here is not cheap.

The high food prices in the Barra Buck port also affected the nearest Port Barquette. Under the stimulus of the high food prices, Viscount Barquette would start from the already food shortage Port Barquette. Transport large quantities of grain to Barra Buck.

When the Kayak Knight arrived in Port Barquette, the long-term tight berth still hung the yellow long flag indicating that the berth was full.

Fortunately, Feng Chou did not plan to park at Barquette.

Barra Buck Port is located about a thousand kilometers south of Port Barquette. It has to pass six uninhabited islands on the way, and the development of the Knight uses an arc-shaped route to avoid these on the way. The island, in the early morning of the 2nd day, took a half circle from the west of Barra Buck Island and entered Barra Buck Port from the southern entrance of the Port Channel.

On this ocean far away from the mainland, except for a few ports, overwhelming majority islands, especially islands with fresh water, are the source of danger.

Even pirates need a piece of land that can rest on land to recuperate and replenish supplies. They are impossible to drift on the sea forever.

So, on the ocean far away from the land, any freshwater island is a pirate nest or a potential pirate nest.

On this seaway away from land between the north and south continents, islands mean both hope and danger.

Under the shining of the morning sun, as soon as the Kaifeng Knight entered the entrance of the open bay, it was stopped by a tax inspection boat sent by the port.

The Kaikai Knight was anchored and stopped in accordance with the requirements of the tax inspection boat. After the inspection boat reached the gang, the Kaikai Knight lowered the rope ladder to the inspector from the high ship’s gunwale.

A tax officer wearing a black cocked hat with a red rim and a black flacque gown led a clerk, and a navigator boarded the pioneer Knight.

The tax officer made some surveys on the development of the Knight and said that according to the local tax law, any ship that enters the Barra Buck port must pay a tax of 1 krona ton of displacement. According to him According to estimates, the development of the Knight’s displacement is as high as 12,000 tons, and a tax of 12,000 kilograms must be paid.

If it is on the mainland route, if such a heavy tax is imposed on the merchant ship that enters the port instead of the transaction, it is no different from the robbery. It has long caused the collective boycott of the merchant ship, but in Bara Buck Hong Kong, this is a normal tax rate.

Chapman Steward and the tax officer had a wonderful debate on the tonnage of the ship, and finally persuaded the tax officer to levy the tax according to the displacement of 10,000 tons.

After paying the port tax of 10,000 kronor, the clerk issued a tax payment certificate for them, which was signed by the tax officer and the clerk and handed it to them.

After completing the tax collection, the tax officer and the clerk returned to the inspection boat along the rope ladder, and the navigator stayed. He will be responsible for leading the development of the Knight into the port.

Generally speaking, in order to avoid wind, ports will choose to build on some bays or coasts with more complicated terrain, which leads to complicated hydrological conditions of many ports. If there is no pilot who is familiar with port hydrology. , Foreign ships are easy to run aground or hit rocks.

For example, the hydrological situation of the strait where Bara Buck Port is located is quite complicated. The length of the strait is close to 30 kilometers, and the width of the strait varies from 10 kilometers to one kilometer. Both sides of the strait are the cornerstone coasts. It is very complicated, and the seabed has a lot of reefs. If there is no pilot, it is difficult for foreign ships to enter safely.

Barra Buck Port is not a port, but a collective name for more than 30 ports. These more than 30 terminals are distributed on both sides of the strait more than 10 kilometers long, forming more than 30 relatively independent ports. Pier town.

There are thousands of large and small berths in these more than 30 terminals, which completely solves the problem of insufficient berths in Port Barquette.

Feng Chou rejected the pier recommended by the navigator for him, and directly stated that they wanted to go to the Brown Pier.

Feng Chou directly threw a small bag of crowns to the navigator, making him want to say and so on. The navigator closed his mouth and obediently walked onto the bridge to lead.

Soon after, the Kaikai Knight entered a large-scale port. In this port, the most striking thing is undoubtedly the huge iron-hull ship almost exactly the same as the Kaikai Knight.

Seeing this ship, the navigator understood why the ship owner insisted on going to Brown Wharf.

Developing the Knight docked steadily, sent away the navigator, paid the three-day berth rental fee, Feng Chou took Natasha, Grace, Owen, Joel, and Chap Man Steward boarded the Warrior together.

Feng Chou introduced Captain Adoke, Old Captain Drake, their first mate, second mate, and captain to everyone.

Next, Feng Chou adjusted the position of his subordinates. He formally appointed the old Captain Drake to replace Natasha as the captain of the development of the Knight, Natasha as the first mate, and appointed the old captain, the original second mate. Lakeham continued to serve as the second mate, and the Norman Ivar still served as the captain of the sailor.

The so-called Captain on a warship is called Captain, which is to command the presence of hand-to-hand soldiers on the ship.

Feng Chou appointed Owen as the quartermaster who developed the Knight.

The son of Captain Adok was appointed, Herman as the captain of the ship.

The so-called captain is responsible for formulating the route and navigation plan of the ship, and is an important staff member of the captain.

Appoint a 1Level 1 mage (specialized in alchemy) recruited in Port Tyron, a part-time level 9 fighter, and a part-time Level 4 Rogue named Cecil as the gunner.

The so-called gunner is the chief who is responsible for maintaining the artillery and firearms on the ship. He is also in charge of the artillery fire, assisting the captain in directing the ship-borne artillery to fire a salvo in battle.

A Level 9 goblin engineer was appointed as the chief engineer of the development of the Knight, responsible for commanding and maintaining the steam turbine.

This goblin engineer named Razzle is still a Level 12 Rogue.

For the Warrior, the position of Captain Adok remains unchanged, the position of chief officer concurrently as chief engineer of Hobgoblin Nogforge remains unchanged, and the position of sailor captain of Balassa, the half-blood red dragon, remains unchanged. Feng Chou appointed Grace as the second mate of the Warrior, Joel as the third mate, and Chapman as the quartermaster.

He appointed a tenth-level alchemist named Jared recruited from Kavien as the gunner.

The appointment of an experienced veteran sailor Lyle as the captain.

This Lyle is a Level 13 fighter and part-time 7th-level mage. He once followed three different magical merchant ships to the Southern Continent, and they all returned successfully.

These sea elites were brainwashed by Feng Chou through Universe Pagoda.