What opened the stubborn door to the Duchy of Holy Dragon?

Gao Wen is indeed very curious about this.

The Duchy of Holy Dragon is located in the far north of the mainland. Half of the country's areas are frozen mountains and steep mountains, without much fertile land, and the living environment is extremely harsh for ordinary humans. However, such a country that always claims to be a "principality" and has a harsh living environment that can make Ansu, who was at its peak at that time, was particularly afraid of it. Even half of the establishment of the northern mountain corps was to be wary of the principality in the frozen mountains. This is naturally a reason.

The people of the Holy Dragon Principality call themselves dragon descendants, and the higher the nobles, the more they claim to have pure dragon blood. Outsiders do not fully believe this statement, because the Holy Dragon Principality almost does not deal with other countries, and no one has ever seen the "dragon descendants" showing the power of a giant dragon. But at least one thing is certain, that is, the people of the Holy Dragon Principality are definitely not ordinary humans. Although they look similar to humans on the outside, their children can chase monsters and run around the mountains with their shirtlessness in the mountains of the extreme north dozens of degrees below zero. This does not look like the average physical fitness of humans...

Now Gao Wen has obtained evidence from Maggie: the so-called "dragon descendant" identity of the Holy Dragon Principality is true. At least their upper class citizens are indeed dragon clans, but they are giant dragons with genetic defects and are weaker than ordinary dragon clans.

The country established by dragon descendants is particularly capable of fighting even if it is small.

In addition to its strong combat power, the mountains of the Holy Dragon Principality also contain the best magic metal veins in the northern part of the continent. A small number of metal ingots flowing from the Holy Dragon Principality to the outside world are all popular among the northern countries.

Such a country that can fight itself, has valuable strategic resources, and is currently in a neutral state, will naturally attract the attention of neighboring countries. As early as the Ansu era, the northern aristocratic forces in the kingdom represented by Victoria Wilder have been trying to establish clear and stable connections with the Holy Dragon Principality, but they have never had any effect.

The dragon descendants seemed to be very uninterested in the "outside world". In addition to maintaining the most basic material circulation with the outside world, they did not establish diplomatic relations with any country, and there was no precedent for sending envoys.

"Maybe our magical creatures aroused their interest, or maybe the change in the empire situation reached the ears of the dragon blood male." Facing Gao Wen's words, Victoria could only say his own speculation, "It is even possible that the Cecil merchants who have been frequently active in the north for more than half a year have changed the view of those 'dragon descendants' about us..."

"How do you say this?"

"Those 'Dragons' have always respected warriors who can challenge the mountains and not fear the cold winter. As long as they meet this standard, even ordinary human vendors will be treated well with them. In the past, there were very few such 'warriors'. Since the wholesale price of frost resistance potions was reduced to one and a half ton, all Cecil merchants operating in the northern region were 'warriors'..."

Gao Wen laughed silently: "Is this counting?"

Victoria said calmly: "The people of the Duchy of Holy Dragon do not care whether the outsiders challenged the cold winter and the mountains by relying on equipment and potions - in their opinion, foreign objects are also part of their strength. As long as they walk into the mountains in the cold wind, they are all their friends."

"...It seems that I have time to ask Maggie to learn more about the Holy Dragon Principality." Gao Wen said with a smile.

Of course, he did not believe that relying on a large group of merchants pouring potions and singing songs, the carts on the ice field knocked on the gate of the Duchy of Holy Dragon. When Victoria talked about this, she also regarded it as a joke, but no matter what, the closed and closely related country opened its doors to Cecil, which itself deserves celebration.

Even if the exiled "dragon descendants" surpass humans in all aspects, they should not live a hard life in the snowy mountains. The various creations of the magic industry can undoubtedly improve their quality of life. I believe that the Dragon Blood Lord will not refuse magic nets and machinery - it would be easier if he didn't refuse.

The Cecilians are going to help AIA build railways again...

While feeling happy and relaxed, Gao Wen's thoughts moved north and remembered what he was planning recently.

"In previous correspondence, I talked to you about plans to build the northern coast, set up ports, and explore the ocean," he looked at Victoria, "What do you think about this."

Victoria's light-colored eyes were as quiet as ice and snow. She said while thinking: "Some northern nobles were somewhat worried about this, mainly because they were worried about huge investment, slim returns, and dangerous oceans, but they no longer had real power, so there was no need to pay too much attention to this.

"I understand your idea of ​​setting up a port. From the perspective of building a "Cecil settlement area", the current land transportation is very limited. The territory within the Aogule tribe state is complex, the road construction period is long, and the western and southern regions of the mainland are blocked by mountains and forests, and there are not many continuous rivers. Relying solely on the trade portal bordering the moss forest and the western border, the scale of trade can be accommodated is very limited. If a port can be established on the north coast and the northern continental route can be restarted, it will undoubtedly greatly solve this problem.

"One investment will be huge, but the subsequent benefits are also unimaginable.

"During the Ansu period, the nobles from all over the country were divided into feudal areas, and the lords near the northern ridge line could not complete such a project, but now the empire has the ability to concentrate the power of the whole country, and to build the northern coast, set up ports, or even restart the northern continental route."

Victoria Wilder, who had always been not very talkative, was not stingy when talking about these things. Listening to the duchess's clear-cut narration, Gao Wen gradually showed a satisfied look.

As he had previously judged, Victoria had vision.

She could easily see what the difference between the feudal kingdom and the centralized empire and the significance of opening a port.

But her limitations are also obvious: she only noticed the economic benefits of restarting the northern continental route, but she did not expect that Gao Wen's vision of "exploring the ocean" was actually broader.

But it’s not her fault. This is caused by the limitations of the times and the overall social environment. After mankind has been away from the ocean for seven hundred years, how many people can realize how narrow this seemingly vast continent is?

"In addition to the northern continental route, what I really care about...the whole ocean," Gowan said slowly, "Victoria, I mean the far sea."

Sure enough, after hearing this sentence, Victoria, who had never had any expression, also frowned slightly.

"The distant sea...there are storms and magical turbulences. Your Majesty, the Storm Church is no longer there," she couldn't help but say, "Exploring the distant sea and restarting the near-sea route is completely different."

"I know, but we can't hide in this narrow continent forever," said Gao Wen. "There is a wider world deep in the ocean - the Siren, the Dragon Clan, and these powerful races, you know that they come from across the ocean. They can come and go freely between their country and this continent, but we humans cannot step out. This situation is not very reassuring."

Is this continent... very narrow?

Victoria was a little confused for a moment, but she still agreed with Gao Wen's second half of the sentence.

Those ancient and powerful races can come and go freely in the human world, but humans cannot take a step in front of the ocean. They know that there may be a wider world opposite the sea, but they can only hide on land to guess what is there. This situation... is indeed a bit frustrating.

Of course, an empire, especially an empire that still needs to develop, cannot start a cost-effective ocean-going operation just to "not be frustrated". Without sufficient interests, even if the emperor and the Supreme Government Affairs Office have a high prestige, forcing a career that cannot be seen in the future will shake the foundation of the empire. But if it is only for a certain degree of exploration and a certain degree of technical accumulation... that is fine.

She knew that Gao Wen should mean the same.

On this basis, she carefully considered how to explore the distant seas with the current national strength of the Cecil Empire.

While thinking, she slowly said: "Your Majesty, if you want to explore the distant sea, the northern coastline may not be a good 'starting point'..."

Gao Wen frowned: "Why do you say that?"

"According to many records, after starting from the northern coastline and crossing the sea route formed by the Violet Kingdom and the Duchy of Holy Dragon, there is an extremely large permanent storm circle on the sea surface. This storm circle does not seem to weaken or deviate all year round, and there is no safe route inside it. Man-made ships should not be able to break through its blockade..."

Gao Wen opened his eyes wide in surprise: "Is there such a storm circle?"

Crossing the far north of the continent, crossing the "Peninsula to the Sea" of the Violet Kingdom and the Duchy of Holy Dragon, where is the blind spot for his satellite lens surveillance!

"Yes," Victoria nodded, "In fact, not only ancient books record, when the weather is clear and the magical environment on the sea is relatively stable, looking at the high places of the northern mountains towards the ocean, sometimes you can see the hazy 'cloud wall' surging on the sea, which is an indirect proof of the existence of the storm circle."

"The cloud wall can be seen directly in the northern border with the naked eye?" Gao Wen was really shocked this time, "How big is that thing?"

"If ancient books are recorded correctly, if the Wilder family has observed and calculated over hundreds of years, its effective range is larger than the entire northern border, and even larger than the entire Violet Kingdom, enough to cover one-half of the Cecil Empire!"

Gao Wen: "…"

After a moment of shock, he couldn't help but mutter to himself: "How did this thing come about..."

"No one knows that the existing magic theory and meteorological theory cannot be explained. However, there are many legends about eternal storms on the ocean among the people in the North. However, they are either contradictory absurdities or randomly attributed to the power of gods and have no reference value."

"Is this storm circle permanent?" Gao Wen couldn't help but confirm again.

"Yes, the Wilder family has not observed it to fade in the slightest for at least seven hundred years."

"Can you get around?"

"It cannot get around from the north - it completely blocks the northern route. If the Northern Continental Route is successfully opened, it is possible to depart from the west of the Strait, bypass the western offshore of the Violet Kingdom and officially enter the ocean - but it is very difficult."

"Yes, it's not a little difficult," Gao Wen couldn't help but sigh, "not to mention that the long voyage has been added out of thin air, whether the Violet Kingdom is willing to let our exploration ships circle their near sea for a long time is an unknown number..."

While talking, another question came to his mind:

North of the mainland... There is a huge storm structure in the north of the mainland, so what else is there in that direction?

The dragon is suspected to be from that direction...

Will that huge storm be related to the dragon? Or... was that storm created by the dragon to protect their portal?

If this is the case, then exploring the ocean from the north is really a choice.

At this moment, Victoria suddenly spoke again: "Your Majesty, if the northern route is not available, we actually have another choice..."

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "There is another choice?"

Victoria nodded slightly: "We don't have only one estuary on the North Coast. It is located in the northeast corner of the eastern border, near the border with the Duchy of Holy Dragon, at the end of the cliffs and highlands, and there is also a very small estuary on the sea..."

"Duke of Ice and Snow" said slowly, and the satellite map in Gao Wen's mind was also slowly adjusting.

He saw the sea estuary, the sea estuary he subconsciously ignored because it was near the border of the Holy Dragon Principality and the lack of clear landmarks around it.

Suddenly, he felt the scene in his mind tremble.

Some scattered fragments of memory emerged deep in his mind!
Chapter completed!