Heavenly Dao Formula Chapter 352: Unexpected crisis
Three miles east of the coastline, Noah's canoe.
Pang Ting. Yongge. Sharman is inspecting the territory.
When the high priest is away, he is the acting elder. He is mainly responsible for supervising the health of the tree ark and deploying various resources bred by the tree spirit.
After three months of docking and replenishment, the tree boat has returned to its former vitality. Without a lot of magic power to drive Noah, the orchard grew full and juicy fruits again, and the islanders also had spare time to plant some golden vines or cotton ball flowers to supplement the vacancy of the fabric warehouse.
Of course, the bulk of these things will be treated as commodities and traded to Jinxia City.
Especially the characteristic fruit "Bishui Mandarin" cultivated on the World Island, which is deeply loved by mainland businessmen. This thin-skinned fruit can squeeze out the flesh with a slight pinch. Its juice is blue-green, like a clear sea in the sun. But its taste is by no means the salty fishy of the sea, but sweet with a little sourness and a strong floral fragrance. Whether it is eaten alone or cooked to remove the fishy, it is the best choice.
Pang Ting also likes to eat this kind of fruit, but for Noah's future, he just cut the family's supply to 10% to ensure that more citrus can be used for trading. The fruit that used to be eaten every day on World Island is now good to eat once a week.
Through these transactions, Noah is continuously purchasing what it needs.
Such as salt, clothing, iron tools, armor, and air rifles.
The dried fish marinated with salt is far inferior to the seafood cooked in hot soup, but it is better than filling.
The same goes for linen clothes and leather clothes. They are not exquisite, but they can keep out the cold and are cheap enough.
Not to mention the others.
They are all things that Shuzhou cannot produce on its own.
Among them, Pang Ting most admired the air rifle. The killing distance of nearly three hundred steps can be fired continuously, which is much more powerful than bows and arrows and firearms. He also didn't expect that when the high priest offered to buy this weapon, the other party would agree. Let the elves participate in the manufacturing, and open to the Shuzhou to buy, this attitude is not insincere.
Since the elves don’t need silver taels, the bureau also thoughtfully created a "bartering goods" manual for them. They can either exchange goods for silver taels and then use the money to shop, or they can directly exchange them according to the manual, etc. Volume of goods.
But even so, Pang Ting still insists that the repurchased products should be aimed at "being able to sail independently."
If the tree boat is completely bound to the mainland, if the latter changes his mind someday, it will be too late to leave by then.
While inspecting the new batch of packaged goods, Pang Ting suddenly heard a commotion behind him.
"Don't run around, this is the warehouse!"
"Is the patriarch of the Sharman family here?"
"Do you have something important?"
"Yes, I came all the way from Changqiao Pier."
"Let him come over!" Pang Ting put down the golden vine in his hand and said loudly towards the door.
After seeing the visitor, he asked, "Are you from the Bolton family, what's the matter?"
"My lord, my name is Diller Bolton. I am responsible for the management of the thornweed at the Long Bridge Pier." The other party said, panting. "The fishing was going well today, but when the algae was harvested, I suddenly discovered that there was a big Things were entangled in the algae belt. Everyone thought it was a shark or something, but when they dragged it closer, they discovered that it was actually a green shuttle!"
"Green Shuttle?" Pang Ting frowned. "The patrol team did not report the disappearance. Is it because someone is stealing it? The driver? I should know all the islanders who can control the Green Shuttle."
"The driver... is dead." Diller shook his head, "and the robes he wears don't look like those on Noah."
"Not on Noah?" Pang Ting repeated, suddenly thinking of a possibility, his expression suddenly changed, "Take me to see!"
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At the edge of the tree boat, the tree spirit will grow long synapses, some of which can extend for many miles.
The combination and fixation of the tree boat and the tree boat relies on these synapses to embed each other, and the unused synapses can be used as docks or towed fishing grounds.
The Long Bridge Pier is one of them.
When we arrived at the dock, the roadside was already full of people.
"Let let, let let! The acting elder is here!"
Pang Ting squeezed into the crowd and quickly saw the green shuttle entangled by thorn algae. Through the skeleton, a pale islander lay motionless on the seat, blood oozing from his robe.
"Has anyone touched him?" Pang Ting asked loudly.
Everyone shook their heads together, "Go back, we are just dragging the green shuttle here."
"Very well, guards, block the scene!" Pang Ting immediately ordered to disperse the onlookers, then walked to the green shuttle, opened the wave breaker on it, and dragged the dead out of the cockpit.
The other party is indeed not from Noah's Shuzhou. He confirmed that he has never seen this character in his memory, which means that Green Shuttle comes from another Shuzhou.
And the injury of the deceased...Pang Ting tore the red-colored robe, and two black-red holes appeared in front of him. There is no doubt that this person had been shot by a musket during his lifetime.
Pang Ting felt his heart sink.
The answer to an enemy who can pose a threat to a tree boat on the sea and is equipped with this weapon is obviously self-evident.
He expected that the other party would enter the Western Sea sooner or later, but he didn't expect them to chase so urgently.
"Come here, go and inform Master Sania," the patriarch stood up, "The tree boat may have to set sail."
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Above the tree platform, the faint fireflies dragged the two figures long.
"What did you say?" Sainia's voice made the fire light tremble slightly, "Let Noah's tree boat temporarily leave Jinxia?"
"This is the safest way." Pang Ting said without retreating. "The fact that the green shuttle can float to this place means that other tree boats have also fled to the Western Sea, and they will not be too far away from the mainland. At the same time, they The imperial chasing soldiers followed, which are all extremely dangerous signals. We can first go south against the ocean current, find a way to bypass this continent, and then go to the Twilight Sea, which has never been explored on the map, to find a new foothold. "
"Do you know what this means? Not only do we have to turn a blind eye to another possible tree boat, we have to give up everything we got in Jinxia."
"It is not to give up, we can come back after avoiding the limelight."
"Why? We have an agreement with Her Royal Highness~IndoMTL.com~At this time, they should help us fight foreign enemies together." The high priest frowned.
"Jinxia City is indeed a good place. Noah's tree boat is here for a better day, everyone can see it." Pang Ting sighed, "Because of this, I don't want to bet on this possibility."
Seeing him like this, Sania also calmed down, "Are you worried that they abandon the covenant?"
"The covenant cannot allow them to do what they cannot achieve. You have also seen that Jinxia City has almost no warships, and it is unlikely to send out an attack on the Imperial Army. This means that the enemy will have the initiative, as long as the coastal shelling Not only will Noah not be able to survive, but the loss of Jinxia City will also be immeasurable. By then, we will not be able to provide the tree spirit seeds without the tree boat. Will Princess Qiguo and Executive Officer Xia Fan stick to their previous views?"
Pang Ting paused for a moment and then said, "A qualified person in power should put aside feelings and measure the relationship between the two sides only by profit. They are so, and so are we. Leaving here temporarily, the empire will not be eyeing In Jinxia City, our people who stay in the city can continue to live unaffected. Similarly, the two sides do not need to use this matter to test the covenant relationship, so as not to leave a bump in their hearts. I believe that in a few more years, this piece The kingdoms of the mainland may set foot in the sea. We only have to endure it until then."