Chapter 622 621. Lord Serac’s resignation·Our journey is to the stars and the sea!

Although Archduke Blooddread, an old pirate, has made up his mind to become the Riddler, his assistance is indeed real.

Halfling Captain Paula made the decision at midnight that day that she would take advantage of this rare opportunity for wealth.

So at midnight, Captain Paula and several confidant crew members went to see the Scarlet Archon, so Miriam had to get out of bed, change her clothes, and hold a reception ceremony in the administrative compound.

This is indeed a big deal.

If Paula can bring more airships to Transia and transform them into war weapons, it means that in addition to solo pilots like vampires, Murphy will have a truly usable air force.

Although some ideal manufacturers among the small players have begun to secretly prepare to make wooden airplanes in series, Murphy obviously does not have that much time to wait for them to embark on the aerospace road again.

According to the deductions of some mysterious "big guys" on the forum, even with the technical support from the real world, with the skills and resources that players now have, it is difficult to recreate a World War I-level aircraft in Transia.

It's not that easy.

Especially when Wu Nijiang had a complete set of blueprints, but it took him two months to figure out even an internal combustion engine.

Wu Nijiang looks unreliable, but he is a professional engineer, a certified one! Even professionals like him can't handle it. It's obviously unrealistic to expect players to brainstorm and build an airplane.

Transia's industrial foundation is too weak. The smooth operation of the arsenal depends on the various industrial instruments that Governor Murphy "robbed" everywhere. It is a real fantasy to expect such a small number of machines to complete industrialization.

In this case, it would be great to be able to rely on external connections to recruit a fleet of airships.

Even if the airship cannot be armed and modified using the connection of Chardeau Port, as long as it drives back, even if it uses the stupidest pre-World War I air combat method of "extending your hand outside the cockpit to throw a grenade", it will still be important to achieve the goal of strike.

upgrade.

But both Murphy and Miriam know that this kind of thing cannot be rushed.

Captain Paula also has to build relationships bit by bit and carefully cover up her secret dealings with the Transians, otherwise she will be punished by the Steam Lords Council. She, a small airship owner, really can't handle this kind of thing.

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But Murphy now has preliminary connections.

Therefore, while Paula's crew had a full meal at the official reception restaurant run by the chef Xiao Wan in the Scarlet Keep, and then took a few carriages to Booty Bay to enjoy the wonderful life, they

, Murphy also returned to the ruins at the bottom of the Blood Vulture Corridor.

He found the old flywheel and said directly:

"Can your old dear who runs the halfling black market get an airship? Can you modify the calculation orb for the airship?"

"ah?"

This question confused the old flywheel who was staying up all night thinking about complex engineering problems, but the gloomy guy's mind was spinning very quickly, and he reacted immediately and said:

"So, you plan to use the computational orb I cracked to replace the instrument core on the airship, thereby bypassing the supervision of the Steam Lords' idiots and turning the halfling airship into a war weapon for you? No way, Murphy!

It’s not that it can’t be done technically, technical problems can be easily solved.

I admit that your method is indeed good, but don't forget that the best intelligence agency on the continent is in the hands of the Steam Lords. You only need to use your airship weapon once to get the Lords Council to issue a ban.

Halflings have been able to spend thousands of years in this chaotic continent peacefully not just because we are lucky. Although the Steam Lords appear on the continent as harmless humans and animals, they are not really stupid.

Controlling the Thieves Guild's huge intelligence network allows them to obtain all kinds of information immediately and make judgments.

This is a link you can't get around.

Therefore, my advice to you is to stay put for now. If this strategy can only be used once, make sure you have enough airship formations under your command. My old baby can help you collect those second-hand airships for resale, so that your

Partners bring them under their wing in the name of acquisition.

But the number cannot be too large. Based on my understanding of those idiots, at most ten small old airships are enough to attract their attention."

"good idea!"

Murphy nodded, but then he asked with doubtful eyes:

"You seem to have a strong opinion against the Steam Lords. Why are you always so enthusiastic about things that would break their rules?"

"Because they are a bunch of idiots!"

The old flywheel cursed in an irritable tone:

"My mentor had already advised them before he died. Just like they did, protect Port Shardau from the real world so that the halflings would never be aware of the chaos and dangers on the mainland and something would happen one day.

Halflings cannot isolate themselves from the continent!

We are also part of this world and we must participate in it instead of pretending like the ostrich that nothing is happening!

The Steam Lords think they are protecting their people, but they are not!

Okay, okay, I don't have any special feelings for those idiots who live in Port Chardeau and think the world is peaceful.

I just don't deserve it for my mentor!

My mentor was one of the founders of steam engineering. He dedicated his life to engineering and the Port of Chardeau, but those idiots ignored his warnings and continued to implement their idiotic isolationism.

Little Bach also thought this was not possible, so she went to the Ring Tower.

Minx also knew that this would not work, so he strongly urged the recruitment of more foreign students in the engineering school.

You see, my junior brothers and sisters and I all have conflicts, but we also have something in common, which makes us diehards in the eyes of the Steam Lords, who regard us as a source of instability.

That's a bunch of idiots!

They will have to pay the price for their stubbornness one day. Finding trouble for them is my favorite thing to do, and this is why my old baby and I got together.

Oh, I suddenly had a genius idea!"

Old Flywheel let out a sinister and shrill laugh. He coughed twice and said to Murphy:

"My old baby can help your collaborators acquire old airships in the name of company expansion. She is very well-connected in this area, and you can also form a new company through your people in Port Chardeau and go to the airship factory.

Place an order here.

Our halfling airship craft has been developed for hundreds of years and has become a process-based production.

It takes at most two or three months from the time an order is placed for a new airship to the completion of production. I received news a month ago that one or two airship factories have reached the edge of bankruptcy due to poor management, and they are now eager for orders to revive them.

This desire can be exploited to conceal important information.

Well, halfling business competition has always been cruel.

As long as you are fast enough and the card points are accurate enough, you can have five to ten new airships before the steam lords issue a ban.

My advice to you is to build something big!

The bigger the better!

My flywheel consortium can even advance part of the funds, but the largest airship among them belongs to me! I must have an airborne laboratory that is mobile and not so easy to track.

I can ask Dina to return to Port Chardeau to help you do this."

"It's really a blessing to have a talent like you in a halfling city."

Murphy looked at the old flywheel who became very excited because he could cause trouble for the steam lords. He couldn't help but admire:

"You are really a rebellious guy. Then, after the airship is brought over, the installation and debugging of the computing orb will be left to you?"

"no problem."

Old Flywheel waved his hands and said:

"Thirty thousand gold coins for debugging a ship, fixed price! If you want me to give you the modification drawings of the armed airship, then add ten thousand more.

I advise you to raise money quickly.

Whether you are buying an old airship or building a new one, you need a lot of money. Based on my observations over the past few days, I can tell you that your finances in Transia are very, very unhealthy, and you have reached the edge of bankruptcy.

You really failed as a lord."

Murphy didn't care about Fei Luan's complaints. He knew better than anyone how bad Transia's economic situation was, but wasn't there nothing that could be done?

No one sitting on the volcano of Transia can reverse this terrible situation.

Murphy can only take one step at a time.

"Tomorrow afternoon in my office, we will discuss the upgrade of the program for calculating the orb. This is something you promised me, don't be late."

Murphy took out his pocket watch and checked the time, then left.

When he came to the administrative compound in the night, he happened to see Miriam and Captain Paula drinking and discussing the future cooperation vision there.

Murphy originally planned to discuss with Miriam whether he could squeeze out some money from the precarious finances to purchase a new airship, but before he could enter the hall, he saw first mate Claire who was accompanying him swaying.

Zi walked out of the room.

"Pablo asked me to tell you, Handsome Murphy."

The sultry pirate first mate put her hand on Murphy's shoulder frivolously, and she whispered:

"The Blood Terror Fleet can provide a fund for your cause."

"You can read minds, right?"

Murphy sighed and said:

"Or is it that my handsome appearance can no longer conceal my poor and poor aura? Why does everyone know that I am short of money?"

"No, that's not the case."
To be continued...