Release that Witch Chapter 283: hot air balloon delivery

On the third day after the fall, Margery Commerce arrived at Border Town dock as scheduled.

This time, the caravan returned to its previous size. A row of ten sailing ships lined up and docked steadily by the bridge.

"We have met again for His Highness the Prince of Esteemed," Crescent Moon Bay businessman Gamore bowed, "Listen to Ms. Margery, the first steam ship has been transformed?"

"It's true," Roland laughed. "But in order to ensure the quality of the product, it needs to be tested for three or four days in order to verify the reliability of the power system."

"It's really exciting," Marlan clapped his hands. "It takes almost so many days for the fleet to unload, and we can wait here. May I ask my Highness, can I board a steamship to visit during the trial?"

"Of course, it is a brand new ship after all. It is completely different from the previous sailing boats. I have to tell you how to operate it. But as planned, these are tomorrow's content." Roland did and told me The gesture of coming, "Now the most important is to relax your tired body, haven't you eat lunch yet? I have prepared a rich feast in the castle club living room."

"Every time I come to you, I will have a good meal," Margery covered his mouth and laughed. "I am indeed so hungry now that the wheat cakes and dried meat are just as hard as the stones, it is hard to swallow. . "

In this era, there is no reliable fresh-keeping technology, so most of the dry food is really dry and hard, which makes Roland can't help but think of canned food. After the development of the light industry, making all kinds of delicious and convenient food cans is definitely the best choice for long-distance travel and sailing merchants.

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When the banquet was over, Hogg patted his belly contentedly. "This bowl of mushroom soup almost swallowed my tongue. I felt like the taste of Haizhen, stewed chicken and pork bones at the same time. You This court chef is really highly skilled.

"I prefer the dessert after dinner. It's called ice cream ... right?" Margery said, "I guess it should be made of milk and honey, and then frozen into ice crystals with saltpeter. . "

"Add some butter and egg whites, otherwise you can't make it so soft and soft," Roland added, "I don't know how the saltpeter volume this time?"

"There is still only one ship," the business woman shook her head. "alchemist Association is still buying saltpeter, Imperial Prime Minister even sent patrols to help them search for the nitrate field. A group of guys with the name of the sage strongly bought It ’s no different from a robber, this ship saltpeter is still shipped from Scarlet Water City. "

"Then most of the goods shipped this month are washing stones?"

"Yes," Hogg drank the white wine in the glass and filled himself, "Although the quantity may be a little bit, but you said it last time, try to get as much as possible, but I keep it in my heart In addition to washing stones, there are good iron ingots and lead ingots. Recently, few cities and towns need these things except you, "he sighed," the mine business is getting worse and worse. "

This is the impact of the civil war. Roland secretly thought that the purchasing power of various places is gradually decreasing. If it continues for another two or three years, it is basically the rhythm of rising food prices and starving everywhere.

"By the way, what happened to Western Region recently?" Margery suddenly asked.

"What's wrong?"

"On the way to small town, the fleet encountered a lot of ... Yeah," she paused for a moment, seeming to be thinking about the wording, "a lot of floating bodies. They were dressed in tatters, and just floated on the river. On both sides. In addition to the corpse, there are some damaged wooden boards and ropes on the water surface, as if a ship has sunk on the reef. But there are no reefs in the river, so I think ... "

"Hmm, that's Timothy's invasion of Western Region's's fleet," Roland pretended to be a bit rough, and told the battle a week ago, "They've got their due punishment."

In order to avoid clogging the channel and epidemic infection, after cleaning the battlefield, he transferred Anna and Lily from small town, one responsible for burning the damaged ships, and one responsible for purifying the river water. The corpse seen by Margery should be the war dead who had drifted along the river before the end of the battle.

"So that's it," the business woman smiled. "It seems that Timothy is going to bump on both sides."

"Both sides?"

"The latest news I got from Garcia of Port of Clear Water is that the unknown raiders who attacked the eastern region city are under the control of Garcia. After the Blacksail fleet ransacked Sea Wind Region and Golden Harvest City, it did not return to the seaport, but along the coast All the way north, no one knows where she ended up going. "

"Going north ..." Roland wondered, "She left Greycastle?"

"It looks like this at the moment, Timothy's men and women have swept away in Port of Clear Water, where it is now an empty city." Margery stated, "Because there are a lot of Mouse in the people he brought, so this matter Black Street is not a secret. In any case, only one of you is left in his eyes, and he will probably become more and more frequent in the future against Western Region's. "

"If you also want to leave Greycastle's, Crescent Moon Bay welcomes you at any time," Marlan said.

"Yes," Gamore patted his chest. "The island there is enough to hold ten Border Town, and we are willing to provide it to you and your people for free."

But you have to hand over the technologies of steam engine and Stream Ship, right? Roland rolled his eyes in his heart, even if Greycastle can't stay, the first choice should be Tilly Wimbledon. But on the surface he just smiled, "Well, if there is one day, I will consider it."

"By the way," he then looked at Margery, "I have successfully made two of the last investigation balloons you ordered."

"So fast?" The latter was surprised, "Can you show me?"

"Of course, come with me." Roland stood up and said.

...

In the expanded backyard of the castle, a fully inflated hot air balloon is placed.

It's air bag is water droplet-shaped, with a wide top and a narrow bottom, with a diameter of five meters at the top. It is made entirely according to the size of the test product, and can carry a adulthood man into the air. air bag and rope are coated with sky camouflage, and match with the camouflage clothing of the observer, which can minimize the recognition.

"It doesn't seem like the balloon we last took?" Margery looked at the new product carefully.

"Because it can be used without witch," Roland cleared its throat and began to introduce how to use the detection balloon. "air bag has a movable valve at the end, which can be filled and discharged because of this alchemy gas. Fill it up to make it fly. The method of inflation is very simple, just connect the matching hose to the gas storage tank, and then unscrew the valves at both ends. "After finishing the demonstration, he demonstrated the operation of deflation and inflation in public. Process.

"How many cylinders do I need to fill a reconnaissance balloon?" Margery quickly seized the point.

The problem of "five or six bottles ..." made Roland a little awkward. "No more than seven bottles." The main reason is that the concentration of dilute sulfuric acid used to generate hydrogen in the bottle is difficult to control, and the sulfuric acid is purified by distillation. At 98%, diluting with water again would be a waste of labor in the laboratory, so I had to leave.

"This alchemy gas is very expensive?"

"It is true. It is difficult to save and full of danger ... I mean, under inadvertent operation," Roland coughed twice, "so the gas tank can only be stored for one year, and it must not be knocked, disassembled or Burning, otherwise serious unexpected consequences may occur. "He paused," Although the price is a bit expensive, rest assured that the first batch of gas storage tanks were provided by Border Town for the first time when the balloon was detected for the first time, and an extra 1 Piece of sky camouflage investigation suit. ".

(To be continued.)