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10. Dockyard anecdote (1)


Senior Dylan's magic caravan pulls into the dock on the shore of Weiyang Lake.Nearly a kilometer long dock dock is moored side by side with ten five-masted galleons, each five-masted galleon is surrounded by dense wooden frames, standing on these wooden frames are covered with temporary wooden planks, layer by layer the entire five-masted galleons are surrounded by layers, and the exterior of each five-masted galleon is wrapped in this layer of Adamantite runes, making these five-masted galleons look like golden sea ships, and those Adamantite runes are painted with this intricate magic pattern array.Some of the crew members are standing on the deck of the ship dozens of meters high, some are leaning against the side of the ship and looking down, some are climbing on the mast to sort out the heavy canvas, some are scrubbing the floor of the ship, and many people seem to be watching the excitement on the ship.The shipwrights in the dockyard gathered on the dock, and they surrounded a few managers, looking more like they were protesting something.There were some Adamantite Magic Talisman plates piled up on the docks, but no one was working.There were also several Masters on the docks, dressed in ornate magical robes, standing in the crowd of managers, surrounded by the boatmen.Senior Dylan saw the mess on the dock from the magic caravan, and hurriedly urged the magic caravan to drive over, and before the magic caravan stopped in front of the crowd at the dock, Senior Dylan couldn't wait to jump off the magic caravan.The group of boatmen on the docks saw Senior Dylan appear, and everyone gathered around the magic caravan."

Bradford, why are you all standing here?"

Senior Dylan scolded a middle-aged man who looked like a manager: "When is it, why don't you start work yet?"

”The middle-aged manager, dressed in a yellowed white shirt and brown sheepskin waistcoat, a large checkered skirt of tweed fabric, long leather shoes on his feet, a beard, and eyes with big brass bells, chased after the boatmen, holding a horsewhip in his hand, and pointed at them with a somewhat trembling finger and shouted insults: "What do you lowly civilians want to do?

Don't go back to work on the ship, do you want to disobey orders?

”The shipwrights simply ignored the manager known as Bradford, and directly surrounded Senior Dylan, I was worried that Senior Dylan would suffer in front of these strong boatmen, so I quickly jumped out of the magic caravan and stood next to Senior Dylan.The coachman of the magic caravan also held a whip, jumped out of the seat of the magic caravan driver, and stood in front of Senior Dylan tremblingly, already a little nervous and speechless.However, the boatmen were very restrained, the crowd surged slightly, and an old boatman who seemed to be quite calm walked up to Senior Dylan, saluted Senior Dylan, and asked, "Lord Dylan, we heard that all the magic runes on these five-masted sailboats will be removed and reinstalled, right?"

”Senior Dylan looked at the eager boatmen in front of him and asked in a deep voice, "Oh, are you all gathered here today for this?"

”The old shipwright was wearing a linen jacket and trousers, and his open placket revealed dark brown skin, which was obviously the color of the skin that could only be found in the scorching sun all year round, and he was not from the imperial capital, where only people dared to go shirtless in summer.Although the skin on the old boatman's body has been a little loose, but the skeleton is unusually tall, he is as much as possible in front of Senior Dylan, even then he still looks tall, he asked Senior Dylan: "We want to know, everyone worked hard day and night for nearly three months to install these Adamantite rune plates on ten five-masted sailing ships, and then it took more than two months to debug various things, and the Master Ming questioned which piece of Adamantite magic rune plate was installed.

We have to take the trouble to correct it, and correct it again and again until they are satisfied, and then we can't do it?

”The old boatman's face looked a little bitter.Senior Dylan stared at the old boatman and shook his head, but the old boatman still couldn't give up convincing Senior Dylan, he asked Senior Dylan: "This is the result of our hard work that took nearly half a year, why do we say that we have to dismantle it all?"

”Without waiting for Senior Dylan to answer, he continued: "If it's just that the Adamantite Runes can't produce magic resonance between them, and the associated magic lines of the entire Magic Pattern Circle can't be perfectly connected, we can continue to debug it!"

If this piece doesn't work, demolish this piece, and if that piece doesn't work, tear down that piece, is it necessary to completely dismantle it?

”At this time, the middle-aged manager who was called Bradford by Dylan's senior had already squeezed in from the crowd and shouted at the old boatman, "Hanklem, what are you doing here?

Are you questioning the decision of the Dylan Scholars?

Or did our shipyard give you a penny less?

Let you dismantle these pure gold rune plates, you will dismantle them directly, what is the use of you gathering here, delaying the shipbuilding construction period, I will look at everyone on the field, who can afford this responsibility. ”The old shipwright Hanklem also looked to be in a hurry, he tilted his head and retorted to Bradford, who was wearing a checkered fabric: "But Lord Bradford, there is not much time left for us, there are less than two months left before the construction period stipulated by His Majesty Charles, so the Adamantite Rune Plate is dismantled in such an unclear manner, even if it is reinstalled non-stop, it will take at least three months to replace all the Adamantite Magic Rune Plates on the entire five-masted sailing ship, who will bear this responsibility for the missed construction period?"

”Clearly, as a manager, Bradford no longer had any prestige among the shipwrights.A boatman on the side followed Hanklem and chimed in: "Yes, at least I want to give you an explanation, if there is a very big error in the position of the Adamantite Rune plate installed by us boatmen, then let's reinstall it again, we have nothing to say, but if we can't find any problems in the installation position, then even if we reinstall it, it will not help at all!"

”The old shipwright Hanklem Zhou Qi frowned, his old face was like a blooming chrysanthemum, and he said very reluctantly: "Now the installation level of the Adamantite magic rune plates on these ships is already the best standard we can do, and we can't do more delicate work." ”He paused, swallowed a mouthful of spit and moistened his somewhat hoarse throat, and continued: "So the magic pattern circle on the five-masted sailing ship can't start normally, I don't think it's due to the problem of our shipwright's installation, and I hope that before you dismantle these Adamantite Magic Talismans, you'd better give a clear reason for this matter, at least let all parties confirm where the problem is with these Talismans, so as not to delay the construction period in the end, and when the responsibility is held accountable, it will be pushed to our dock, and the dock will be pushed to us boatmen!"

”The manager, Bradford, pointed his finger at the old shipwright's forehead and scolded him loudly: "Hankram, you are delaying the progress of the project now, hurry up and return to the ship for Lao Tzu, if you continue to gather people to make trouble, then I have to ask the knights of the Imperial Capital Guard Battalion to reason with you and tell you how to be a civilian." ”Bradford stared at Hanklem with a fierce look, but he didn't make any next move, which made me think that he and the old shipwright Hanklum were acting.Senior Dylan expressed great dissatisfaction with Bradford, the manager of the dockyard, and he scolded, "Bradford, shut up!

”The manager immediately stopped talking and looked at Senior Dylan with a look of horror."

Ladies and gentlemen, do you have anything to say?"

Then Senior Dylan set his eyes on a group of magicians wearing magic robes outside of these boatmen, narrowed his eyes slightly and said to them, "Are you also not convinced?

”Seeing that Senior Dylan led the war to their heads, one of the Ming Masters stood up unceremoniously and said to Senior Dylan: "If you are not convinced, then there is really nothing." ”He glanced slightly at his companions with his eyes, and received the encouragement from the eyes of the other nine masters, and then said, "We still have great admiration for Dylan Scholar's discussion on mobile magic teleportation arrays. ”After saying this, the master was very good at saying this, and his voice changed: "In the past few months, we have been drawing the Pure Gold Rune Board all day, and if we can see some results during this time, then it can also give us a little confidence in the future of the Weiyang Lake Dockyard." ”He pointed to the Adamantite rune plates piled up on the dock, and said with a look of pity: "But the Adamantite rune plates made in the past few months can be piled up into a small mountain, and the success of this mobile magic teleportation array is still far away."

Even if you are a stable person, your patience has been drained!

”The Master took a step forward and winked at his companion.The Mingshi on the side immediately understood, and took a step forward with him, and the two of them stood in front of these Mingshi.Then the Mingshi said: "If one or two of us have some fatal mistakes that cause the entire mobile teleportation magic pattern circle to fail to function normally, then we think this is very normal, such a large and huge combined mobile teleportation array, each piece of pure gold rune plate needs to be carefully crafted, and it is not difficult to understand that there are some minor problems once in a while. ”The two Mingshi standing in front shrugged their shoulders wittily, and then two more Mingshi stood up from behind.The master continued, "If three or four of our ten masters have fatal mistakes in the magic pattern circles they make, then it means that there may be some small flaws in the design drawings, but they are not too big, and it is inevitable that some of us will not be able to control them." ”Hearing him say this, the other masters all nodded in agreement.Then two more masters stepped forward.At this time, the Mingshi's tone was a little harsh, and his voice became a little louder, and he said: "But if there are five or six Mingshi who draw the magic pattern circle are wrong, in fact, it is necessary for us to check whether the design drawings of the magic pattern circle have this defect in some places, some young designers often lack the ability to self-examine, and are often blinded by subjective consciousnessBut this kind of thing is not absolute. ”Senior Dylan kept looking at this Ming Master with a gloomy face.The Mingshi did not stop there, but continued to signal for the two Mingshi to stand up from behind.Then he said, "If seven or eight of the ten Mingshi draw magic pattern circles are installed on the ship, and the magic circle still does not work properly, then I think this matter is enough to explain the problem, Dylan!"

Let's see if it is necessary to continue to change these Adamantite Magic Talismans, or if your astrologer union will re-examine the drawings of this set of movable teleportation magic arrays, and it is still necessary to comprehensively and thoroughly improve the final magic drawings and theoretical arguments. ”His tone was like a lesson to the juniors, making Senior Dylan's breathing become heavier.But he still didn't mean to stop, and finally the two Mingshi also stood up, he continued: "Now, the biggest problem is that all the ten combined magic pattern arrays made by ten Mingshi at the same time cannot operate normally, it can be said that you have a big problem with this set of magic pattern arrays about magic teleportation arrays!"

”The group of boatmen on the dock also felt that it was very reasonable when they heard the explanation of the Ming Master, and they all nodded in agreement, and at the same time, everyone looked at the Ming Master.The master looked a little proud, and he walked towards Senior Dylan, and everywhere he passed, the boatmen all avoided it.He finally said: "Even if it is on the orders of His Majesty Charles, we Mingshi are here to cooperate with you unconditionally, but there are always such big fatal mistakes and we can never find an effective solution, we have been accompanying you astrologers here for almost six months, and we can't always go on like this endlessly, now that the war situation in the plane is so tense, we also have our own things to do, we don't care what these five-masted galleons are going to be refitted into, But can you give us the masters an accurate deadline?

After all, our time is precious. ”Senior Dylan stared at the master, nodded, and after steading his breathing, he said, "Your Excellency Master Eustace, you want an exact construction period, do you?"

”Master Eustace stood proudly opposite Senior Dylan and said, "That's right, young Dylan Scholar. ”Senior Dylan said in a calm tone: "Then this matter is very easy to do, I can reply to you now, the cooperation between our astrologer union and your masters can be temporarily over, and then I will personally go to explain this matter to His Majesty Charles with the president of our astrologer guild." ”"I'm sorry for delaying your valuable time for nearly half a year."

Senior Dylan apologized to Master Eustace.Eustace and the other masters looked at each other, their faces grim.Senior Dylan turned to the old shipwright Hancum and asked, "Hancum, do you think that it took so many of you three months to complete the laying and assembling of the adamantite runes of these ten five-masted galleons?"

And you don't think you should ruin the fruits of your labor so hastily, do you?

”"Yes, Lord Dylan the Magician!"

Hankram, the old shipwright, said: "Actually, you need to add some people to come, although we have a lot of personnel, but scattered to ten ships, in fact, there are only a few dozen boatmen on no ship, such a big boat, once it is scattered, it can't even make a wave, you can also see how difficult it is for us shipwrights to assemble these pure gold runes." ”