Codex Pirates

Chapter 242 Silent

The first disciple of the shipbuilder Murloc Tom, Espagu not only has outstanding shipbuilding talent, but also an outstanding manager. He successfully established a shipbuilding company named "Carrera" shortly after he received William's funds. , and bought the shipyard on the verge of bankruptcy at a low price, and hired a large number of skilled workers.

With William's help, Espagu took a solid step towards his goal, and he reciprocated. He immediately began to experiment with building ships based on William's design.

The students that William provided for Espagu to help him learn were all young people with ideals, passion, and talent. I found the familiarity of building sea trains with teacher Tom back then, but Espagu became a teacher at this time, and these young people from the East China Sea are like him and Fram back then.

In fact, the two key technologies of new ships, steam engine and sound wave technology, are both existing technologies. The East China Sea paddle steamer brought by Edmond and others already has a steam engine on board, and the sea train that Esbagu participated in the construction also has. It is powered by a steam engine. As for the sonic technology that Neptunes hate and avoid, it can also be easily transferred to the ship.

What is really difficult to talk about is actually the propeller structure, and the sound waves originally emitted by the collision between the train and the rails are changed to emit from the bottom of the ship in the form of a transmitter, and considering that the sea kings in the windless zone are generally larger The power should also be increased appropriately.

However, for a talented shipbuilder like Esbagu who has personally participated in the construction of sea trains, everything is a matter of course. There are no real difficulties, and all that is needed is time. In one year, Espagu finally fulfilled William's request, and built four steam-powered ships that were stable enough, and sound wave transmitters were installed on the bottom of the ships, which could send waves to the surroundings 24 hours a day. It emits annoying sound waves to drive away all kinds of dangerous creatures in the depths of the sea.

Edmund once asked William how they would return to the East China Sea after going to the Great Route. This is actually the way William chose for them to return.

Use the new type of ship that has been launched to conduct a sailing experiment, sailing from the capital of seven waters on the great route back to the Kingdom of Navia in the East China Sea.

According to William's entrustment, Edmond left a small number of foreign students to continue to study shipbuilding technology with Espagu in the capital of seven waters, and returned to the voyage with the remaining foreign students who understood all the construction links of new ships. Espagu agreed that Espagu would not disclose the key technology of the new ship to anyone without William's consent.

In this way, Edmund and his group set out on the return journey with four new-style steamships with strange shapes, no sails on the entire deck, and only a large funnel in the middle of the ships, but their progress was not smooth. When we were about to reach the windless zone, there was a big storm. There was a small problem with the engine of a ship. Although it did not affect the navigation, it just slowed down. It is suggested that most of the people should be concentrated on several other intact ships, leaving only Harden, Crowe, Creek and a small number of crew members on the problematic ships.

Unexpectedly, on the second night, the slightly backward steamboat suddenly disappeared, and the other three steamships didn't even know where it disappeared, because they didn't notice the disappearance of the boat until daytime.

"Where are you now?"

In the captain's room, William asked in a deep voice after listening to Edmund's report with the phone bug.

"The Quiet Belt, we are looking for traces in the range where Harden and Crowe disappeared." From the sound, Edmond seemed to be in a low mood. Many years ago, when William and others were still selling bootleg alcohol, he When leading the team, Wallon died. Now, after many years, he led the team to the great route again, and several companions disappeared inexplicably. Edmund blamed himself.

In this mission, Edmund has actually been very stable. For a year, all team members were safe and sound, and there were no major twists and turns. Who knew that such a thing would happen during the return flight.

After hearing Edmund's words, William frowned slightly, and ordered: "You all return to the East China Sea immediately."

"But, William..." Edmund was still about to say something,

"This is an order!" William said in a deep voice, and then his tone became softer, "Don't worry, I won't ignore my people, no matter what, I won't let them disappear like this , but you do not help the matter, go back to the East China Sea first, and then we will discuss it in the long run."

Edmund was silent for a moment before responding: "I see."

After hanging up the phone, William pressed his temple involuntarily.

William didn't let Edmund continue his search because he knew the strength of Harden, Crowe, and Crick. Among them, Crick was the most outstanding talent introduced by William's army reform in the past two years. Brain and strength, both are very clever, and soon showed their prominence in the militia.

And Harden and Crowe are also cadres who have followed William for a long time. From the very beginning when he got the Six Forms, William studied and studied with them. Both of them have mastered some of the skills in the Six Forms. Block and Shave, while Crowe has mastered a total of three moves: Finger Gun, Moon Step, and Shave.

Moon steps are a kind of moving skill in the air, changing the trajectory of the figure by kicking downwards. In other words, even if the ship suddenly sinks in a calm zone, Crowe has the ability to get out of the ship and call for help. It is said that many people on board have phone bugs.

But now the entire crew including Crowe has lost track of them without any news. No matter what the reason for this consequence is, Edmond and his group cannot handle it.

Moreover, they didn't know where Harden and the others disappeared. Searching with three ships was like finding a needle in a haystack. There was still a windless belt and there were many crises. In order to prevent accidents, William decided to recall them first and went to Kalmar City. , Face to face to understand the situation in detail, and then make plans.

"Let's set sail too," William said to the staff officers and attendants standing quietly beside him after thinking for a moment, "Go back to Kalmar City immediately."

"Over there in the palace..." an attendant said in deliberation.

William narrowed his eyes slightly, and then sighed: "Let Norton I continue to sit on the throne first, maybe I will go to the Great Route in a short time, setting off as a king, the noise is too great."