Chapter 283 (1/2)
Chapter 283 Hydrogen Balloon delivery
On the third day after the start of fall, the fleet froaret's Chamber of Commerce docked at Border Town's pier
This time, the size of the fleet had already returned to the scale of the past, ten sailboats laid in a row, firmly docked at the side of the pier
“Most Honorable Prince, we ain,” Gammon the reeting, ”According to Miss Margaret, the transformation of the first steam powered shi+p has been completed”
”That's true,” Roland acknowledged laughingly, “However, in order to ensure the quality of the goods, it is still required to go through a three to four days sea trial So that we can test its reliability and power of the system”
“I aaret said while happily clapping her hands “That's about the time ill have to wait for the fleet to unload anyway, so ill stay here and wait for it May I ask if it is possible to go about and look around during the sea trial?”
“Of course It is, after all, an entire new kind of shi+p its handling is completely different from any sailboat in the past, so I will have to show you how to operate it anyway However, according to the schedule, this will only happen tonal to follow and said, “For now the most important matter is for you to relax your tired body, have you had any lunch yet? I have a sumptuous banquet prepared in the castle hall”
“Every ti aret covered her sry, andout loud - those wheat cakes and pieces of dried meat are as hard as stones, and also very difficult to s”
During this era, there was still not any reliable food preserving technology, therefore, if it was called ‘dry food’ it would be very dry and hard Which inevitably had ht industry was fully developed,all kinds of delicious and convenient canned food which was suitable for long-distance traveling and sailing merchants would absolutely be the best choice
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When the feast ca patted his belly with a satisfied smile on his face and said, “This bowl ofI also seemed to have tasted so bones, the skills of your court chef is truly quite excellent”
“I much prefer the dessert that was served after the dinner, which is called ice crea that yousaltpeter into its current state of crystalline ice”
“You also have to add soet the soft and waxy texture,” Roland added, “How much saltpeter is there this time?”
“Still only one vessel,” the business woman shook her head ”The Alche saltpeter; the Imperial Prime Minister even sent out the patrol to help plunder the saltpeter fields Even though that group is carrying the e; there is still no difference between the of robbers, this one shi+p of saltpeter also came from Redwater City”
“So, thisstones?”
“That's right,” Hogg drained the cup of white spirit in one gulp and then poured hih the amount raved within et asstones, there are also the best iron ingots and lead ingots Recently, apart from you here, there are very few cities and tohich need this stuff,” he sighed, ”Theworse and worse”
This is the effect brought on by the civil war, Roland thought to hi in all parts of the country In case that this continues for the next two to three years, the food price will go up tre people everywhere
“Oh, that's right, what kind of problearet suddenly asked
“What happened?”
“When the fleet was on its way to Border Toethe words she should use, “a lot of 'floating corpses' They were dressed in rags and wereFurther that they covered the whole river channel from one side to the other Apart from the corpse, there were also so on the water surface It looked as if a shi+p had hit a reef, sunk, and thus ceased to exist However, there is no reef in the river, so I thought…”
“Well, those were the remains of Timothy's fleet which he used to try and invade the Western Territory with,” Roland put on a look of indignation, and told the story of the fight a week ago “They have gotten the punishment they deserved”