Chapter 393 (1/2)
A crowd of people surrounded the temporary shi+pyard by the Redwater River
Everyone knew that in the wooden shed so a huge bathtub The boats were ray cement—a material which was no different from rock after it set If they were put into water, there would be no trace of it except a splash
The craftsave it a proper name: Bathtub shi+p
Today would be when the first two boats went into the water
The croas composed of two kinds of people One kind was civilians who had just joined Border Town and were curious about the event or felt it unconceivable, so they careat number of them were fishermen and sailors from the Eastern and Southern Territory The other kind was locals ere used to His Highness' various ”athered here in the drifting snow to see His Highness
Cacusi the first kind
When Cacusim first saw the notice about the test of new boats and the new recruiting order of His Highness, he said he would co water no matter what Vader had no choice but to ask His Excellency Carter for a leave and acco Cacusiround was covered with thick snow, Vader orried about his going to a crowded place all by himself If he fell down in a push-squeeze situation, it couldVader not to follow hi old, my physical condition isn't much worse than yours”
”Sure, sure,” Vader said carelessly ”I've already asked for leave, so any rejection is too late I just don't quite get it—why do you have to co enter water? It's only a boat”
”But you said it was ray stone” Cacusim shook his head ”Have we entered a time when even a bathtub-sized stone could float on water?”
”It's ht ”I shouldn't have hness was only bragging Probably it's a wooden boat with a few parts made out of that cement”
”That's even more unlikely” The old man insisted ”Think about it—as this wooden shed built?”
”About over a ht It's before when you were recruited as a policeman When we first moved to the Inner City here, this place was still empty!” His beard shook ”It took athe first boat only took half a month”
”Uh, isn't that normal?” Vader was bewildered
”Of course not!” Cacusim exclaimed, ”In the name of the Sea God! I've never seen a boat that could be built within half aboat, processing keels alone would take more than a month, because you must wait until the wood is totally dried to then curve it with steam This is a very complicated process that can't be completed in a short time”
Vader was very surprised ”Why are you so fa?”
”I was once a captain, child” The old oods through Seawindshi+re and the Port of Clearwater, and I reached as far as the Kingdo happened and now I'm here ”