Chapter 1: Ella's Sword Technique One Hundred Styles (2)
Gotland, the capital of Sweden, is a large island. From Zeland, there are two roads to get there. One is to go directly by sea and cross several straits during this period. This is the road that Ella and Alfred took when they attacked Ragna; the other is to go north by land and transfer boats near Sewid to travel east. This is the road that Hestein took when he faced Ragna's army and could pass through most of Swedish territory.
Although it takes a long time, many caravans still choose to go the latter way because they can purchase some inland goods at low prices, such as fur and copper mines. Balar and Ural also chose this one for seasickness reasons.
Since Ella defeated Duke Otto and signed an agreement with several commercial cities in the northern part of the Almani Federation, caravans traveling to and from Sweden have increased. After Ella built roads, caravans often visited the mainland of Sweden, which was not on the coast. As the must-pass place for caravans, Zeland, Seweid, and Gotland have developed vigorously. In order to facilitate the caravan operations, ferry industries have emerged in these three places. The long ships of the pirates are not suitable for carrying caravans and cargo, so Ella rented a batch of built large ships from Alfred. The pirates' own large ships are also being manufactured, and they will be launched in a year or two.
"Let's see if we can get a caravan in a while," said Ural. "Many caravans coming and going here have a special flag from Sweden. Not only are they under the protection of the Swedish king, but they also have discounts on boat ferries in Sweden. Mixed in the caravan and cross the sea together, they can save some shipping costs."
Ranbalar suddenly stopped the carriage, pointed to the beach in the distance and said, "Look, brother, there is an empty boat there."
Ural stuck out the car window and saw that as Baral said, under a large rock in a corner of the beach, there was a small boat that could carry four or five people hidden. He was overjoyed and said, "Look, Baral, after washing his hands, luck came. You really want to come whatever you want. Let's push the boat down the sea and cross the river directly!"
"Okay!" Baral turned over and walked out of the carriage, and suddenly noticed the whip in his hand, "What should I do with this carriage and the sheep in the carriage?"
"Let the sheep be moved into the boat, and the carriage be tied directly to the rock. We have washed our hands with golden basin, so we can't take other people's boats for nothing, right?"
So Ural and Baral worked together to push the boat into the water, load the sheep onto the boat, raise the sails that they don't know what they are painting, and row the slurry toward the east. Although a boat is more valuable than a carriage, the two brothers who are used to thieves were at ease. In fact, even the carriage that stayed beside the rock was stolen by them on the road.
"Brother, look, there is still a shield on this ship!"
"oh?"
Ural took the shield from Balar. It was an exquisite small steel shield with patterns similar to flame-shaped patterns on the shield. It was obvious that it was used by a nobleman or a noble's personal guard.
Ural whistled again: "It's really hard to stop the luck when it comes. I've made another fortune."
But Balar was a little timid: "Brother, the ship under us is not a nobleman, right? We took someone's boat and that person couldn't go back, so we wouldn't cause trouble for us, right?"
"What are we afraid of? We also exchanged for carriages. The ferry industry in the Pirate Kingdom is so developed. Isn't it enough to just take a carriage to Seweide on a boat? He has never seen our faces before. Even if we see them, we are already offshore. Can he still fly from the sky to catch us?"
Balar nodded, then subconsciously forgot to look at the sky. It would be fine if he didn't look at it. When he saw it, he immediately screamed in shock: "Brother... heaven! There is really something flying in the sky!"
"You drank from me? What the hell is this??"
Ural looked up at the sky and almost fell down his chin: a mushroom-shaped thing was floating on the blue sky, and a man's head was poked out from the mushroom, staring at the sails on their boat.
"Discover the King of Sweden!" the man shouted into the mushroom, "Prepare the ocean fire! You need a new type, strong!"
Another person's voice came from the mushroom: "The new shape will explode. Is she okay with the Swedish king?"
"What are you afraid of with such a small bottle of ocean fire? If you want to hurt the King of Sweden, I think you must at least catch a dragon and breathe! Listen to me, throw it away!"
Balar and Ural panicked and quickly shouted to the top that you had recognized the wrong person. At that time, a bottle fell from the mushroom and fell into the sea beside them. Balar poked his head curiously, and before he could take a closer look, the bottle suddenly exploded. The aftermath of the explosion instantly overturned the boat and poured them into the sea.
When they woke up again, they were already lying on an outrageous deck. Several huge trenchers stood on the deck, which made them think they had floated to the ground. A woman was scolding the pirates who had lifted their ship on the deck: "Do you know how much it costs to build a new bottle of Ocean Fire? This thing is for you to deal with the King of Sweden? Ah?? Thank you for your mistake this time. Next time, I will throw you down as Ocean Fire! Why are you still standing here stupidly? Why don't you take advantage of the wind now, and then go and find the King of Sweden carefully! Send all the hot air balloons."
Balar and Ural saw that a wide platform was cleared from the deck of the ship, and there were more than a dozen things they had never seen before. Judging from the patterns, it was the "big mushrooms" that had just attacked them. Under the girl's order, the pirates lit fires under the mushrooms. So the mushrooms swelled bigger and bigger. When they reached a certain level, they pulled the pirates to float up. Driven by the wind, these more than ten mushroom-shaped aircraft were like a group of bees, floating towards the depths of the sea.
Balar and Ural were stunned. They had never seen any warship loaded with such weapons.
The girl sent away the dozen aircraft and turned around and saw that Balar and Ural had woken up. She smiled apologetically. But before she could speak, someone on the deck shouted again: "Smoke! There is smoke over there!"
The girl quickly turned to the place where the sound was heard. When she saw the wisp of black smoke in the distance, she said happily: "The guards I arranged have finally sent a message! Hurry up, drive the ship there! Bring back the Swedish king who was practicing!"
Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered Balar and Ural again, turned around and owed to them with apologies.
"Sorry, I will pay double your boat. Where are you going? I'll arrange for the boat to send you over."
Balar and Ural were about to complain a few times, but when they heard the word "double", they were suddenly happy again. In the past half a day, their property had increased from one carriage to two ships. Who else in this world can have such good luck?
Chapter completed!