Chapter 10 1.10 Preparing to Go to Sea

The next morning, Sanji and his two sons returned with the anchor. Three hours later, in a hidden cave by the sea. He installed an iron anchor on one of the two three-masted ships.

At this moment, Loki felt a hint of tears. After crossing over, he finally got his own ship after 20 years of unremitting efforts. This made him feel more satisfied than paying off his mortgage in his previous life.

From this moment on, he could finally call himself a Viking pirate, not a farmer, hunter or lord's mercenary.

There were eleven hunters from Hanshui Village around him. These people were not the best hunters in the village, but they were the most loyal childhood playmates to Loki in the village. They grew up with Loki since childhood and formed a deep relationship in more than 20 years of growth.

Whether hunting giant bears and wolves in the woods, or crossing to the east to the territory of the Slavs, he could rest assured to leave his back to these reliable friends. That is why they were so surprised when they saw this huge ship that was several times larger than an ordinary longship.

"Boss, is this our own ship?"

"My God, are you really the reincarnation of a god? You can actually build such a ship"

The Vikings could not find any good words in their poor adjective library to describe the huge three-masted ship in front of them. Especially when they walked into the cabin, they found that the ship could accommodate fifty people on two floors, and their jaws dropped to the ground in surprise.

In the early 8th century AD, the Vikings' longships represented the most advanced ship design technology in the entire European continent. However, the longships were ultimately the same design as the canoes driven by the Indians. They had only seen giant ships that could be layered up and down like a pavilion from merchants from the Tang Dynasty in the East.

That was a cutting-edge technology that they dared not even imagine.

"That's basically the situation." Loki said straight to the point, "Today we are just having a brief meeting. Time is running out. I want to find a route to the western English Islands before the ocean freezes in winter."

"I've thought about loading all the hunters in the village and heading west with the whole family to gamble on the fate of the country, but to be honest, it's not realistic. There are too many accidents that can happen on the sea, and any mistake in the details is enough to ruin everyone."

"If that happens, there will only be lonely widows and children in the village. I can't even imagine how they will spend this winter."

Loki's words made his companions nod. At any time, a calm leader is more reliable than a hot-headed reckless man.

Loki is the kind of village chief who makes people feel at ease.

"So, this is my plan."

"To operate this ship, at least 10 people are needed to work in shifts day and night. This time I will only take 11 of you, and we will prepare 20 days of rations. We will only sail on the sea for ten days after we go out to sea. If we have not found land in the west after ten days, we will return to the village."

"Spend the winter, store food, and bring more food in the spring of next year to continue westward."

"In this way, even if Lord Bernard is eyeing us, we can say that we are just sailing on the sea and have not had time to report it, and we can also get away with it!"

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Loki has never had any intention of working for Lord Bernard for a long time. If he reports to the lord, let's not talk about whether he will directly confiscate the ship that Loki has worked so hard to build.

Even if he has a brain cramp and does not confiscate it, Loki will place a group of supervisors every time he goes out to sea. They only bring a mouth to eat and do nothing else. And after returning, the Duke will take 70% of his loot!

It was by this method that the five great dukes under the Viking king firmly ruled this land for hundreds of years. They plundered the private property of their vassals in a nearly plundering manner, so as to make them permanently impoverished.

The nobles simply could not raise an army that could resist them.

Even with ships, Loki was not naive enough to think that his current subordinates were strong enough to confront the lord.

Bernard had more than a thousand Viking shield axemen under his command. But there were nearly fifty "chosen ones" with strong combat power.

And Hanshui Village had 0.

Not only that, there were only a total of forty people in Hanshui Village who could pick up weapons to fight. The combat power ratio was 1:24, and going to war with the duke head-on was not even "hitting a rock with an egg". This was like trying to extinguish the sun with a bottle of mineral water, which was completely unrealistic.

If you want to go to sea, there will always be a time.

Duke Bernard would command his fleet to cross the Baltic Sea to the east almost every autumn, invade towns on the land of the Slavs, and plunder them wantonly. He could use this unattended stall to quietly set sail.

As long as he goes back and forth a few times, he will have money to develop an army.

After practicing martial arts last night, he lay in bed and thought for a long time. Throughout the history of the European continent, Western Europe has been a symbol of civilization since the ancient Greek period. The Anglo-Saxons at this time must be more civilized than the Vikings.

This time, the 11 people went out to sea to explore the way. If they were lucky enough to land on the English Islands in the west, there would be no need to think about robbing. It is a great achievement for these 11 people to stay on the shore and guard the ship.

According to the time deduction, the Red Kingdom should still be in the Tang Dynasty at this time. All the island countries near the Mediterranean rely on maritime trade to make their fortunes. If there are prosperous markets on the English Islands, there must be Tang people's shops in the market, which symbolize the peak of human civilization at this time.

The "Silk Road" trade belt between Asia and Europe has been opened since the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC), and it has a history of nearly a thousand years.

Although he is on the verge of being penniless, he still owns a copy of "The General Map of Geomanticism in the World". Although this well-made "Fantasy Novel Setting Collection" is incomprehensible, as a hand-painted reading material, it is extremely beautifully made. If he finds a wealthy Tang person, he should be able to sell it for a large sum of gold and silver.

He needs to sell this book to buy an item that is urgently needed at the moment: a compass.

At this time, only the Tang people in the world have mastered the technology of how to make a compass (the magnetic needle was invented during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, 713-741 AD). If he can get a compass combined with the world map in his mind.

He will become the Columbus of this era and will never get lost on the sea again!

In addition, the legend that the Tang people can fly with swords is everywhere in the Viking land. Although it is not known whether this is true or not, it is better to get a secret book like "Introduction to Immortal Cultivation" than to enter Valhalla and drink the poison that is unknown.

1. Sell the compass

2. See with your own eyes whether the Tang people in this world are as magical as the Vikings say.

The first time I went to sea, I had these two purposes.