Unknown Knight

After repeated consideration, it was decided that crossing the Death Desert by land was a very risky option. After going through so many ups and downs and carrying the expectations of so many people, Aix would definitely not choose this risky route unless it was absolutely necessary. On the other hand, taking the water route from the bay of the isthmus was a very low-risk route.

First of all, although there are dangers of strong winds and waves at sea, they are taking the route along the coastline and have not entered the deep blue sea much. If there are really strong winds and waves during the voyage, they can go ashore to take shelter at any time.

Secondly, he currently has eleven cogs and more than thirty sampans. The fleet composed of these ships has initially acquired the ability to sail long distances on the ocean. Based on the data measured by Nana, Aix and James designed a triangular sail. A small mast was added to the bow and stern of each cog, with a set of triangular sails placed on it. A set of triangular sails was also added to the sampan. This design not only speeds up the sailing speed of the sailboat, but also increases the maneuverability of the ship, greatly reducing the risk of sea navigation.

Moreover, using ships on the water can transport more supplies, unlike land routes where the transportation capacity is limited and more supplies are consumed along the way. Using ships on the water has the advantages of large transportation volume and low cost. According to Aix's rough calculation, with the help of this fleet, it can transport about 3,500 troops at a time, and provide these troops with three months of food and fodder.

The situation in Berbera City has basically stabilized now. Apart from the local defensive forces, he can mobilize an army of up to 5,000 people from Fort Standstill and here. These troops are enough to attack cities and destroy countries in the fragmented continent of Calradia.

Yes, as his strength grew and his control improved, X's ambitions also began to expand. He wanted to unify the entire continent of Calradia.

In fact, Aix is ​​not the kind of hero who has the world in his mind and sweeps across the world. The reason why he wants to unify the divided continent of Calradia is more because of his psychology as a modern person in the original world.

Chaos and separatism bring too much separation and pain, even misery and death. The whole society is in chaos and conflict, presenting a kind of disorderly morbidity. As a modern civilized person, Aix is ​​unwilling to live in such a social environment from the bottom of his heart. He wants to end it all as soon as possible, especially now that he has the ability to do so.

As a civilized person from modern times, after Aix came here, he struggled to survive at the bottom of society in the beginning. Only in recent times has he been able to control his own destiny. During this period, he has experienced many hardships, and it is no exaggeration to say that he has escaped death nine times.

After experiencing these hardships, he developed a habit of thinking. He always felt that he could not travel through time in vain and that he needed to do something for this world. He also vaguely felt that his travel through time was accompanied by a mission and that he had a responsibility to this world.

In addition, his sudden rise has destroyed the fragile balance of the five countries. He has been caught in the vortex without knowing it. Now he can't stay out of it just because he wants to. As the saying goes: the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. His rise was not only bumpy, but also produced many enemies, Eden, Airen, Dilinard, Haglunds, Yarogerk, Harlaus, Moros, etc. These people are not only powerful but also ambitious. They are like a group of wild beasts, circling around Aix. If Aix does nothing, sooner or later they will find a chance to launch a fatal attack on him.

Moreover, he currently holds several huge advantages. If he does not transform these advantages into greater strength and territory now, once these advantages spread, they will become a sword that will cut him down.

So after learning about the water route back to Calradia via the Isthmus, he became excited. He had been feeling regretful recently that he had achieved great success in Fort Standstill and Berbera, and had gained control of the considerable strength in these territories, but he was unable to use this strength in Calradia. Now that he had this water route, he could easily project his strength from these places to Calradia.

To this end, he immediately began to make preparations. On the one hand, he actively raised supplies and military food and made weapons and equipment; on the other hand, he carefully studied the confiscated books and documents, and collected various intelligence information about this water route.

Soon, Aixen discovered a lot of useful information from the seized books and documents, including natural harbors along the route that could be stopped at, water sources for villages that could be replenished, and the approximate hydrological conditions along the way.

With this useful information, Aix made a simple waterway map and marked the information he obtained on the map one by one, and then discussed and studied it with Mathilde and other naval leaders.

After some calculations, they found that the feasibility of taking the water route was very high. Not only was the safety factor much higher than the land route, but after calculation, the total number of people transported by the fleet could be increased to more than 4,000. If they stopped at the port one or two times along the way and took three or four days to make some repairs, the chances of arriving successfully would be greater.

Moreover, their ships were loaded with enough food and water. Even if they encountered any accidents along the way and could not continue sailing, as long as the ship was fine, they could return by the same route. This was something that could not be compared with land routes, and it was this point that made the leaders participating in the discussion dispel their final concerns and finalize the plan to take this water route back to the continent of Calradia.

At the same time, there were many additional gains when sorting out this batch of books and documents. After all, they were the accumulation of many generations of priests, and the contents were all-encompassing and varied. The most important one was that through sorting, Aix asked James to draw the most detailed map of the area around Berbera.

This map is not only more detailed, but also marks the information of various nearby resources compiled from this batch of books and documents. There are a total of seven oases with relatively large water sources in the desert, two coal mines, three open-pit oil fields, one iron mine, two gold mines, one copper mine, and three silver mines. Aix could not have imagined that this is a rich place with abundant mineral resources.

In addition, the materials also have detailed records of the methods of taming and raising falcons that Aix had been thinking about. It also records several Bedouin tribes living in the desert nearby who are good at raising falcons. Aix immediately dispatched a cavalry with generous gifts to these Bedouin tribes according to the records to recruit Bedouins who can tame falcons.

During the sorting process, a lot of useful information was also discovered, such as stimulants made from natural herbs, the efficacy of many herbs, some very useful prescriptions, detailed drawings of some siege equipment, and other useful information.

James was very interested in these materials, so Axe gave them to him and asked him to organize them, classify them and compile them into a book.