my age of magic

Chapter 949 50. Great Migration at Sea

Jacques had shaved off the thick beard on his lips, and there was a layer of blue stubble on his chin. He was wearing a black sea animal skin overcoat and tight trousers. A binoculars was pinned to one side of the belt, and a captain's hat was on top of his head. Standing in the cab, he was humming an Ignace-style ditty, with a confident smile on his face.

He has fully adapted to the role of captain. On the wall behind him is a sea chart drawn by sea animal skins, on which is the route marked by Noah with a pencil. Noah has learned some sailing knowledge in the academy, and he is good at using it. The ruler calculates the distance on the chart, and he measures the wind speed and direction at the bow of the ship every morning and evening. I never thought that it took him only two weeks to transform from a boy to a man.

Joan would lie on the roof of the boat building and bask in the sun every day, and sometimes she would look at the Lant Knight on the "Shirley", but the heat in her eyes had gradually cooled down, although she always had a smile on her face, But she couldn't hide what was on her mind.

The sailors on the ship have already recognized Jacques as their captain. Some trifles happen on the ship every day. The sailors think that Jacques' handling is fairly fair. Some disputes that cannot be resolved are also willing to be judged by Jacques.

Captain Blondie originally piloted the Beran, and his job at sea was probably to find those slave catchers at sea, and then buy cheap Naga slaves from them, and then transport them to Galapagos City to sell to slave traders. Strictly speaking, Captain Brondy was only doing smuggling business in the Vashj plane with a fairly good seagoing ship and rich sailing experience.

Although the sailors were still relatively free on board, under the harsh exploitation of Captain Bronty, those days of life at sea were mostly painful experiences that they did not want to mention again.

The current situation on the Beran is much better than before. The life of the sailors has improved significantly. With sufficient fresh water, they can also eat wheat cakes and some fruits and vegetables on a regular basis. Vegetables are basically tomatoes, onions, carrots and Bell peppers and other crops that are easy to store and transport, I brought out from Xinliu Valley. The old orc man of Zewang led a group of orc girls to reclaim a wasteland in the village. He has the tree essence provided by the world tree and grows common crops. It has become extremely simple.

I brought a large amount of fresh sea fish caught on the boat back to Xinliu Valley, and then brought some vegetables grown by the orcs in Xinliu Valley to the boat. The food is rich and varied, making the sailors like life at sea even more.

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Our convoy carried seventeen hundred inhabitants of Connerson Island, crammed into four sea-going ships.

The Bellan was the smallest ship, only carrying three hundred residents of Connerson Island.In addition, the 'Shirley' and the 'Slave Trader' each carried [-] residents of Connerson Island, which already exceeded the upper limit of the number of people carried by the three ships.The Galen-class sailboat I was on carried even more people, with a total of nearly [-] residents of Connerson Island.

These islanders were housed in cabins below decks, which were like a chaotic and noisy vegetable market, with crying, laughing, singing, cursing, whispering, talking and children. Their playful sounds came out and intertwined together, filling the whole ship with a strong breath of life.

The living environment on Galen's ship is very simple. There are basically only two small beds in a cabin, but there are six people living in it, two people sleep on the bed, and four people sleep on the floor, but it is said that this is by no means a living environment. The worst one, the Bellan with the worst living environment, has no less than ten people crowded into one room.

On the deck of my sailboat, wherever there is a rope, there are all kinds of clothes hanging to dry.Even the corridors and aisles below the deck are full of thin ropes, and there are some things like sheets and underwear to dry. Only by passing through these layers of obstacles can they reach the living area below the deck.

Due to the limited deck area, the Connerson islanders on the ship cannot go to the deck at the same time to let the wind go, and everyone needs to take turns to get out from below the deck.

There are four floors of living quarters below the deck, and the islanders in each living quarter have one hour to relax in the morning and afternoon, and the rest of the time, these islanders basically stay in the cabin.I never thought that on a certain day, it would become a luxury for some people to even look at the blue sky above their heads and bask in the sun, and these people are not so-called slaves.

Yes, they were residents of Connerson Island, not slaves.

The young girls who live below the deck sometimes look up at the roof of the tall ship building at the stern of the sailing ship with a look of envy.

The nobles who are active on the top floor have more space for private activities. The nobles always have some privileges. The island residents who were withdrawn from Connerson Island also included some nobles. Arrange to live in the ship building above the stern deck of the sailboat.

The usual activity area of ​​these nobles is also in the ship building, and their living conditions are obviously slightly better.

Sometimes, according to the laws of the Green Empire, I have to treat nobles and commoners differently. If they treat them equally, it will be an insult to some nobles, and they will never Be grateful to me for treating the nobles as equals.

The four sea-going ships have become four huge living quarters. The toilets on board discharge domestic garbage and waste water into the sea every day, making a group of scavengers in the sea follow behind our sea-going ships all day and all night. The supplies these people consume every day are calculated in tons. The daily staple food is nothing more than some fresh fish from the sea, and some wheat cakes or other things.

Karancuo and I accidentally discovered that there is a large warehouse on the lower deck of the Galen-class sailboat, which is filled with wheat flour and grains. These warehouses are painted with thick waterproof materials and divided into many The room, the grain in it is packed in linen bags, neatly stacked in the warehouse, with a seal on it.

Maybe this ship was originally a grain carrier in the rebel fleet, and it happened to be snatched by us when it was anchored in the port.

At the beginning, when this ship rushed out of the pier and knocked head-on onto a five-masted sailboat, I wondered that the impact force of this ship seemed to be too strong. Now it seems that because the ship is full of grain , can sink a five-masted sailing ship, this reason is better understood.

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In order to ensure the nutritional balance of the diet on board, and not to suffer from diseases such as sepsis due to lack of nutrients, I brought some vegetables back from Xinliu Valley, but fresh vegetables appeared out of thin air on board. If there is no reasonable explanation for this incident, Not to mention the ordinary residents of Connerson Island on the ship, even the sailors on the ship began to have various ideas.

If I still want to keep the secret of Xinliu Valley, I must also give Noah and them a reasonable explanation.

"The sailors on the ship may be crazy. They think that magicians should be omnipotent. They can't conjure fresh water, but they can also conjure bread and tomatoes. They even think that we cast spells on those snappers. Swimmed obediently from the sea to our dining table." Noah was lying on the roof of the boat building basking in the sun, so many days of sea life had made his fair skin a healthy tan, and on the table next to his reclining chair There stood a glass of golden cider on ice.

There is a small swimming pool on the roof. Shirley and her personal maid are dressed in cool clothes, soaking in the swimming pool, and there is a plate of fruit beside the swimming pool.

Well, that doesn't seem to be a fruit, it's just a plate of bright red tomatoes.

I tried my best to move my eyes away from the graceful body of Shirley Newman's personal maid. I have to say that this maid has an enviable figure, and she seems to be very favored by Noah.

"Those sailors said that they had never seen so many schools of fish, as if all the schools of fish in the Vashj sea area were following behind our boat!" Noah continued.

Recently, there is a saying among many sailors that our fleet has always been favored by the goddess of luck, so there are so many schools of fish that come to our door.

"Ji Jia, how did you get those tomatoes and bell peppers?" Shirley Newman put her hands on the edge of the swimming pool, emerged from the water, with crystal drops on her face, and asked me curiously.

I smiled and said to Shirley: "Do you really want to know?"

"Of course, not only me, but the entire fleet would like to know where those vegetables come from. At least we can say to those gossiping sailors: magicians can't make bread and tomatoes!" Shirley Newman Said with a grin.

"Okay then, let me demonstrate it to you! Maybe... Maybe... This is a magic!"

As I said that, I took out a flowerpot from my magic pocket, and a young pea sprout grew in the flowerpot. I placed it next to the railing on the top of the boat, then took out a watering can, and began to water the pea sprout Water constantly.

Next, an incredible scene appeared.

Noah stood up from the chair, stared at the pea sprout with wide eyes, watching it grow rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it kept growing new branches, entangled on the railing on the top of the building, In a short while, the entire railing was covered by pea vines, and small white flowers bloomed quickly on the pea vines, and pea pods popped out against the petals.

"What kind of magic is this?" Noah leaned over and asked.

"It's not magic, it's just that the seeds are special!" I said to Noah, staring at the pea vine.

"Special pea seeds?" Noah seemed a little puzzled.

"Well, that's right. If you explain it in more detail, you can think that these seeds have been soaked in the 'Essence of Wood'. As long as they encounter a suitable growth environment, they will grow rapidly!" I raised my head and looked at him. glance.

I think such a small display of magic is enough to explain the provenance of those other vegetables.

Shirley Newman asked me: "Is it like the magic skill of a wood magician? Just throw a seed casually, and a huge vine will grow in front of you?"

Shirley's question reminded me of Morayal and her poisonous flower vines. I said, "The vines around the wood magicians are not good. Those vines belong to spiritual plant-type monsters. If you insist on belonging to some kind of For wood magic, it is like the seed of a weakened thorn vine."

I took out a thorn vine seed from my pocket and held it in my hand.

This kind of tree species that can grow huge thorn vines in an instant and quickly entangle the enemy, I have very few left. Now I use one less, and the last few thorn tree species have been treasured in my magic pocket.

Noah said: "Is it the wood magician's 'thorns technique'? It's really appropriate!"

Shirley said to Noah, "Let's have peas boiled in salt water for dinner."

Noah raised his eyebrows and said to Shirley, "Of course, it's best to have another plate of seafood risotto!"

The fleet sailed to the waters of Yabin Bay along the route drawn by Noah.

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We only stayed in Yabin Bay for two days, and we waited for Earl Evan and his fleet to return safely.

The sea surface was golden under the setting sun, and the fleet sailed towards us through the wind and waves. Cheers broke out on the sailboat, and everyone crowded on the deck, waiting for the safe return of Earl Evan and his warriors.

The people on board were a group of residents of Connerson Island, and they were also the families of the soldiers under Earl Evan's command. The people they were waiting for were in that fleet.

Noah and I have roughly understood the ins and outs of the incident.

The war on Vashj's plane has been going on for a long time, and it has been resisting the Legion of Faceless Men from the bottom of the sea. Recently, those Legion of Faceless Men seem to have disappeared without a trace, but they have reappeared Marquis Boris's declaration of independence, he announced that he would break away from the rule of the Mensa family and become the great lord of the Vashj plane.

Afterwards, the fleet under the command of Marquis Boris began to fight in the waters of Vashj. They forced the small lords on countless islands to swear allegiance to Marquis Boris.

Not long after, the fleet of Marquis Boris occupied Conson Island, and Earl Evan led his fleet was forced to leave Conson Island, and started a guerrilla naval battle with the rebel fleet of Marquis Boris in the waters near Conson Island.

Soon Earl Evan realized that in such an endless war of attrition, his fleet without any supplies might perish in this sea area, and might be reduced to a pirate group. The idea that the family members on Nathan Island were transferred out was to find a new island to recuperate, and then unite with other resistance forces on the sea, perhaps they could finally defeat Marquis Boris' rebels.

It wasn't until he met us that Earl Evan's long-planned 'Great Sea Migration' plan was implemented.

The most important part of it is that Noah and I, the three sea ships that were not in the sight of the rebels, sneaked into Connerson Island and rescued all the residents on the island who firmly supported Earl Evan.

Earl Evan did not expect that we would bring out so many residents of Connerson Island. These people accounted for almost one-fifth of the entire population of the island city.

And I never thought that we were so bold as to go to the pier to hijack a Galen-class sailing ship, and let us succeed.

Earl Avon's fleet accommodated the islanders on board our ship overnight.

Just before dawn, the integrated fleet lined up and sailed towards the sea area of ​​the great abyss.

(End of this chapter)