The long fairy road is wonderful

Chapter 1276 Lighthouse Castle

The name Lighthouse Fort sounds like a castle. This statement cannot be completely miscalculated, but it is not a castle in the conventional sense, because it is not built on a strategic location on land, but on a sea trade route. of.

Because the land of Lemuria is too fragmented, not only the size of the islands is different, but also the distance between them is not accurate. Sometimes you will sail for more than half a year without encountering any land that can be docked.

Limited by the conditions, as long as the people here travel, they are ocean voyages, and the risks of ocean voyages are not only invisible storms and diseases and even lost, but also the part that can be accurately calculated.

Such as supplies.

Without food and fresh water, a ship cannot be driven. The supplies needed for a sea ship that often floats on the sea for several months are not a small number. Only really large ships are capable of sailing for a long time.

Even so, it needs to be filled with supplies to ensure that the long-term voyage will not go wrong, but the problem is that the cabin is full of food and fresh water, so why is this merchant ship going to the ocean, just to travel?
So the locals began to think of ways to solve the supply problem, and set up supply points on islands or small islands, so that sea ships could sail farther, and at the same time they did not need to carry a lot of food and fresh water. more products.

Miranda's originally planned route included the stop of Fort Lighthouse. Regardless of whether he was allied with Valeria or not, similar places must be visited after all.

Lin Tianci also began to have some expectations for the Lighthouse Castle, mainly because the food on the boat was too fucked up. Thanks to the monk Bigu, he didn't have to eat. He was really hungry, so Lin Tianci went down secretly to catch some fish and brought some crabs and so on. Use the fire spirit spell to make do with roasting.

This anticipation is another three days of anticipation.

Because there were more than 20 ships led by Valeria joining, the expressions of the sailors were much better. After all, if the pirates killed the carbine before with only three ships, it would be better to just jump into the sea and feed the sharks. save trouble.

But with a sense of security, the speed of the ship mainly depends on whether the thief will save face, so it took three days to see a black spot appearing on the other side of the sea level.

As the distance got closer, the black dot gradually turned into a huge building complex floating on the water, or a fortress floating on the sea.

In essence, this building complex that looks as big as a small town is actually a boat. Their main bodies are basically floating on the water, but they are fixed together with things like islands and reefs, so that these 'boats' cannot will drift farther.

The lighthouse castle is called this name because it has a masonry lighthouse that is extremely rare among sea supply points.

Because it floats on the sea, if you build a very heavy and large lighthouse, it will definitely sink, and the lighthouse of Lighthouse Castle is more than 50 meters. Although the height of the lighthouse itself cannot be regarded as unprecedented, it is indeed an achievement built on the sea. It was a miracle.

The lighthouses in this era are definitely not driven by electricity, and the local magic technology has not been developed or luxurious enough to use magic to drive the lighthouse, so the lighthouse burns thick smoke during the day and an open flame at night, which leads to the fact that it can be used far away. I saw a black-gray column of smoke poked in the field of vision.

The sea supply points similar to the Lighthouse Fort are independent from other countries, and they are self-contained and relatively independent.

But also because of this, the ship that came here to supply...

Anyway, don't ask about history.

Because it was close to the lighthouse, Miranda ordered the sailors to lower the flags hanging on the mast. This was an unwritten rule at sea supply points.

In the final analysis, the supply point is for business, and all comers are welcome.

Whether you are a merchant ship engaged in serious business or a pirate who does business without capital, once you enter the range of Lighthouse Fort, you must abide by the rules here.

In fact, the rules are also very simple, nothing more than giving money well and not causing trouble.

Let’s not talk about whether there will be troubles when pirates and merchants resupply together, and the harmony between countries is not so harmonious. There will always be hatred and even hostility. In order to avoid troubles in the lighthouse, all ships entering here will lower their flags , meaning ported in as 'no identity'.

However, Valeria did not lower the flag, and they simply stopped the ship after approaching the lighthouse, waiting for Miranda's three ships to be replenished.

One reason is that Valeria's fleet does not need supplies for the time being, and the other reason is that the relationship between Yarside, where they belong, and Lighthouse Fort is not good.

I heard that it was because the Republic of Alcide made a lot of money from the Lighthouse Castle when they were doing business, which caused them a lot of pain. Since then, the Lighthouse Castle has not welcomed the ships of Alcide.

It's not necessary anyway, and it's not too far from the port of Yarside. If it's not for chasing pirates, it's obviously safer to go to Yarside for supplies than to come to this kind of place.

The three ships left Valeria's fleet behind, and as soon as they entered the territorial waters near Lighthouse Fort, a small sailboat came over to inquire about the situation and arrange where to enter the port.

Since the Lighthouse Fort is directly built on the sea, its four sides are all docks that can be docked, and the management is well organized.

With the help of the guide, the fleet anchored at the pier dedicated to supplying fresh water. Since Miranda was in this kind of "no matter" area, Miranda also wore a thick robe to hide her eyes, which made her feel too hot.

When the ship docks, you can immediately see the notice board placed near the pier.

The prices of food and fresh water are all posted on it. They come from different suppliers, so the price and quality are of course also different. Moreover, Lighthouse Castle pays attention to the fact that the goods are sold at the same price, and there is no after-sales service, so when buying things, you still have to pay attention to them. It takes a lot of attention.

Miranda was quite familiar with this. She stopped at the notice board, ignored a large group of businessmen who came to sell, and led the sailors to find a business near the pier to place an order.

Of course, Lin Tianci was also among the entourage. On the face of it, he was equivalent to a bodyguard hired by Miranda, so he definitely couldn't just throw his employer aside.

However, the main purpose of his disembarkation was to see if there was any delicious tooth-taping festival, but looking around the place where he disembarked, it would be nonsense for little brother Lin to have a seafood feast.

The pier where they dock is mainly responsible for supplementing food and drinking water for ocean voyages, and this kind of thing, no matter what variety, is mainly to resist hunger and store. Taste...

——It’s fine if you can’t eat people to death.

It's no wonder that such a ghost place has delicious food.

If you really want to find something delicious, you can only go to the other side of the Fort Lighthouse. These sea supply stations generally also have the function of a wholesale market. Some goods shipped from afar will be traded here, and there may be some cooks over there. restaurants are open.

However, Miranda didn't seem to have the intention of going there, and quickly finalized the price and paid for it, and then asked the sailors to carry the goods on board, intending to leave after loading.

After all, they were still chasing pirates, and a place like Lighthouse Fort was not a place to stay for a long time.

So Lin Tianci is also embarrassed to say that you are still too full of morals when I go to eat some delicious food. If it were his master Ling Yunzi, I am afraid that he would already be eating by now.

Although there are people from all walks of life at sea supply stations like Lighthouse Fort, it has to be said that the efficiency of their work is quite high.

Soon, trolleys rushed to the pier with the goods, and handed them over to the sailors on board to stuff them into the cabin.

In order to avoid shoddy or short-sighted, Miranda monitored the whole process to see if there was any problem, which also forced Lin Tianci to follow the sea breeze.

Feeling miserable.

Ever since he entered the Gate of Three Realms to wander around in other planes, Lin Tianci has never been in such a miserable state. He can't even eat a decent meal. Even if he goes to an outland like the Verdant Field, sweet and delicious fruits can still satisfy his hunger. In a plane with more scarce resources, at least the food is still eaten by people, not like sailors who eat maggot-filled biscuits.

Anyway, Lin Tianci made up his mind that he would never come to this cheating place again after the fragments were recovered.

While he was secretly feeling sad, a sneaky figure approached Miranda who was taking stock of supplies.

Of course, the latter also saw him. After all, there was nothing outside the cargo boxes coming out of the pier. Besides, the girl's vigilance was not enough to make her not respond to anyone approaching her.

The man bypassed the cargo being loaded, leaned close to Miranda and rubbed his greasy fingers:
"Excuse me, is this Your Highness Miranda?"

As I said before, Miranda deliberately put on a large robe in order to hide her eyes and ears. Except for showing her face when shopping, Miranda was shrouded in shadow the whole time.This can be recognized by people, obviously they specially sent eyeliners to watch at the port.

Even if someone saw through it, Miranda still didn't have any special reaction, and admitted calmly and generously:
"I'm."

The man carefully took out a beige envelope from his arms, with a red wax seal on the seal.

Miranda glanced at the imprint, and chose to reach out to take the envelope.

That person should be a messenger. When Miranda took the envelope, he didn't say anything more. He looked around and quickly got into the scattered buildings on the other side of the pier like a thief.

Miranda looked at the man until he had completely disappeared before reaching out to open the envelope.

Inside the envelope was only a piece of A4-sized folded letter paper, with a lot of words densely written on it.

Although Lin Tianci didn't know the common language, judging from Miranda's expression, most of the letters were polite nonsense.

It wasn't until Miranda watched it halfway through that something serious seemed to happen, which also made Miranda frown slightly.

After she finished reading the last line, the entire envelope and the letter paper ignited a light yellow flame from below, swallowing the letter completely in one breath, and as Miranda let go, the original envelope and letter paper were left with a layer of ashes fell into the sea.

This is a magical letter, and spontaneous combustion is a security measure. When someone reads the letter, it will be automatically destroyed to prevent some handles from falling into the hands of outsiders.

To use this kind of magic letter to deliver news, it should not be a mere politeness.

Just thinking of this, Miranda turned around and looked at Lin Tianci:
"Mr. Lin, follow me. The others continue to load, and we will set off as soon as we come back."

Lin Tianci took two quick steps to keep up with Miranda, and asked softly:
"what's the situation?"

"Mr. Victor from Lighthouse Fort wants to see me, and he also said that he has something to do with the Shadow Heart Pirates."

This is indeed business.

(End of this chapter)