Volume 5 Chapter 6 - Heading out to sea (1/2)

It was a sunny day today.

The sea breeze was warm in the beginning of summer. Coming from the sea, there was a moist atmosphere by the sea, which made people want to lie down and sleep.

Xu Yi shook his head and threw away the sleepiness.

Today was the first day the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s fleet was heading out to sea. It was a very important departure ceremony, he couldn’t miss it.

“Sir chairman, are you alright?” Narvil on the side saw Xu Yi’s actions and asked this in a worried voice.

“I’m fine.” Xu Yi took a deep breath, taking in the air that had the scent of the sea.

Although he did feel a bit disgusted, his mind felt a bit more clear.

Turning over to look at Narvil who was completely tanned, Xu Yi couldn’t help smiling.

Narvil who had been named the commander of the first open sea exploration fleet was very excited. He had been spending every day on the Unfolding Wings, as well as the “Morning Sun” and “Goddess of Victory Iris” which had just been built this year, so he was already burnt black.

“Is everything prepared?” Xu Yi asked with a smile.

“Un, everything is prepared!” Narvil gave a strong nod, “We can head out at any time!”

“Good, the ceremony can officially start then.”

Xu Yi nodded, walking to the stage that was prepared on the beach.

Because of this ceremony, there were many people already gathered on the beach. Most of them were Frestech Chamber of Commerce staff and the rest were people who had come to see what the noise was about, as well as people who had received the news and had come from other countries.

As for on the stage, there was the envoy that the Rudson Kingdom had sent, which was Newman.

Because the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s first open sea voyage’s destination was the Rudson Kingdom’s biggest southern port city, Nissi City.

On these three large Magic Boats were a large batch of magic machines that were being transported to the Rudson Kingdom.

Although according to the navigational estimates, this journey would take half a month, which would be much slower than taking the Stru Road which would only take two days, the three large Magic Boats had a shocking load of over fifteen thousand tons!

Right now, the maximum load of the large transport Magic Cars was only twenty tons. For a single trip for these three Magic Boats, it would be equal to seven hundred and fifty trips for the large transport Magic Cars, which was much more efficient.

Moreover, because the Magic Boats were travelling by sea, it had a great advantage compared to the large transport Magic Cars that travelled by road when it came to energy consumption.

For this roundway trip, according to the calculations of the magic research facility, they would only need to use a hundred tons of refined high concentration Magic Crystal, which cost no more than twenty thousand gold coins.

For the large transport Magic Cars, even taking the most convenient Stru Road, it would cost fifty gold coins of refined high concentration Magic Crystal for a round trip.

With seven hundred and fifty trips, this would cost thirty seven thousand and five hundred gold coins, which was almost two times that of the sea transport.

The most important thing was that to transport fifteen thousand tons of goods would take many trips, which would create more traffic for the Stru Road.

Of course, land travel was much shorter and wasn’t limited by ports, so it wasn’t completely dominated by sea transport.

Xu Yi came onto the stage and exchanged a smile with Newman before announcing the beginning of the ceremony.

This fleet launching ceremony followed the normal flow, with Xu Yi introducing the fleet and its uses, telling people what powerful significance this fleet had. Then he had Newman express how the Rudson Kingdom also placed significance on this journey on behalf of the Rudson Kingdom.

After that, Narvil came up to give a speech representing the fleet. He told everyone his excitement, while excitedly telling everyone that he would do his best to lead this fleet, working hard to create this sea path for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

After the thunderous applause, Xu Yi came up to the stage again and announced the fleet would set off.

Everyone turned to the Frestech Harbour by the sea.

The Unfolding Wings, the Morning Sun, and the Goddess of Victory Iris were already waiting at the dock and everything had been prepared.