Master of Thermodynamics

Chapter 111 Tide Islands

In the rudimentary government affairs office, when he heard Angela mention the food issue for the third time, the dominant Renault sighed helplessly.

It has been 7 days since I arrived in Haichao Islands. In these 7 days, Renault sighed far more times than he sighed during the Great Escape.

Only now has Renault deeply realized that being a lord is really difficult, especially when you don’t have a “system” to rely on.

Although most of the trivial matters are taken care of by Angela, the girl is also powerless to deal with some difficult problems. At this time, Renault is needed.

After solving the Black Orc battleship, the White-tailed Sparrow sailed for nearly half a month, encountered large and small sea monsters along the way, passed through the sinister misty area, and finally successfully arrived at Ghost Cry Island.

The Guikudao Island is part of the Haichao Islands.

Elon was right. The thing that left Renault’s heart lingering during the journey was the terrible turbulence, especially the turbulence in the foggy area.

Turbulence can be seen almost everywhere in the entire storm sea area. According to Elon, once the storm season officially enters, turbulence will appear in all sea areas, even sea areas close to the mainland, but the frequency and flow rate are not as good as the deep sea.

This kind of weird phenomenon is impossible on Earth at all, but it is a phenomenon “since history” in another world, and it has occurred every year since it was recorded in history.

Renault is sure that this phenomenon is inseparable from the violent demon!

The speed of these turbulences is fast or slow. Most turbulences have speeds of more than 30 meters per second, and the fastest turbulence is even as high as 100 meters per second. Once the ship is caught in it, it will completely lose control.

Sometimes the sea looks calm and the waves are calm, but in fact there is a quiet turbulence underwater, and the speed is amazingly fast.

The most dangerous situation occurred in the foggy area.

The White-tailed Sparrow unintentionally drove into a high-speed turbulence, and as a result, it was wrapped in a rapid crash into a dense group of reefs. Renault tried hard to use [Nian Power] to try to push the White-tailed Sparrow away from the turbulence.

As a result, a small reef was still rubbed on the bottom of the ship, which was severely damaged, and the sea water rushed into it frantically. Within a few minutes, the bow of the White-tailed Sparrow tilted more than 10 degrees and might capsize at any time.

Fortunately, Renault immediately dived into the water and used [Reverse Heat Conduction] to seal the bottom of the ship with ice to block the damaged area in time to avoid further water entry.

It took all the crew on the ship a full half a day to drain all the water, and then Elon commanded the crew to use spare wooden boards to repair the breach.

Finally, to be on the safe side, Renault melted a large number of weapons, made a few large metal plates, and applied a few strengthening patches to the bottom of the ship, which saved the White-tailed Sparrow.

However, after this disaster, everyone’s luck improved greatly. In the subsequent journey, everything went very smoothly. Even the action of “receiving” Ghost Cry Island was extremely smooth, and the resistance encountered was extremely slight.

When the White-tailed Sparrow arrived on the Guikuo Island, the pirates on the island happened to have an infighting. Due to the uneven distribution of the spoils, the two leaders led their respective troops and began to fight. The last two were killed and injured, and each other’s confidants were also seriously injured.

When Renault flew over the island with extraordinary power, the pirates almost descended on the wind. After Moose led a team to clear the core of the pirates, the entire archipelago completely fell into Renault’s hands.

The Hai Tide Islands include one large and one small two livable islands, as well as nearly a hundred islands and reefs of various sizes.

Dadao, the original Ghost Cry Island, is now renamed Odin Island by Renault, which is his own surname.

Renault thought the name was too ugly, and the first thing he did after going to the island, he changed the name.

The total area of ​​Odin Island is as high as 150 square kilometers. Most of the island is covered with forests and a freshwater river with abundant flow. It is also the most livable island in the archipelago.

The name of the island, Theron Island, comes from Angela’s surname.

The area of ​​Theron Island is only more than 60 square kilometers, less than half of Odin Island. The island also has freshwater rivers and the terrain is flatter.

But in the storm sea, the flat terrain is not a good thing. Once the storm season enters, this means that no corners of the island are covered, and violent storms can easily sweep the entire island.

Except for these two islands, the other islands and reefs are not large in size, either there is no fresh water at all, or there are only seasonal rivers, which are not suitable for living at all.

However, although the territory is not small, it can be regarded as poor and white, because this gang of pirates has no idea of ​​managing territory, and almost everything is lacking on the island.

The most difficult problem facing Renault is the food problem.

There are currently more than 2,200 residents on the island, of which more than 400 are passengers of the White-tailed Sparrow, and the rest are the original residents of Guikui Island.

The island was already short of food. Since the infighting began, in order to expand their power, the two chieftains desperately plundered the population when they went out for captivity, and the food problem became more serious.

At this time, it coincided with successive years of war and chaos in the Huiguang Continent. Many people traveled to the south by sea, making it easier to plunder the population. So in just one year, the total population on the island doubled.

However, the grain has hardly increased. The current grain storage can only last for 3 months. In other words, by the middle of the first snow month, the island will be completely out of grain.

To solve this problem, the best way is to go fishing, and only the vast ocean can provide enough food.

But the ubiquitous turbulence is a big problem. There are many reefs around the tide islands. Once ordinary fishing boats encounter turbulence, the possibility of boat destruction is extremely high.

Therefore, to go to sea, the power of the fishing boat must be strong enough to get rid of it in time after encountering turbulence.

Of course, Renault can also force the residents of the island to go fishing like his predecessor.

In the past years, the two dudes would occasionally try to solve the food problem when they were in a better mood. At this time, they would drive some unlucky ones and drive the old boat to fish.

If the fishermen can catch the fish, that’s good, if they die on the bottom of the sea, they can also save a lot of food.

Most of the time, the two chiefs ignored this at all.

Not enough food? Isn’t that enough to starve a group of people to death?

However, Renault’s conscience still exists at this time. He still can’t do this kind of thing. He doesn’t plan to let anyone go to sea until the power problem is solved.

Under Renault’s gaze, Angela, who presided over the meeting, knocked on the table in front of him and asked with a serious face: “Everyone, the Heat Demon Engine project is not progressing smoothly. I am afraid that in the next period of time, we Will not get a new ship power system.”

“So it is unlikely to go fishing at sea. We need to find another way. Is there any good way for you to get food?”

After a pause, she emphasized: “We only have two and a half months!”

The “two and a half months” mentioned by the girl is the most loose calculation.

Because after entering the harvest month, small storms will appear in the storm sea area, and medium-sized storms will also appear in the wind-tracing moon.

During this period of time, storms do not appear frequently, and larger waves will be blocked by the rocks near the islands. As long as they are not too far away from the islands, the danger is actually not great.

Once in the first snowy month, large storms will frequently appear in the stormy sea area. At the same time, due to the cold currents in the polar regions, snowstorms also occur from time to time. Even going out will be quite dangerous at that time, let alone fishing at sea.

After hearing the girl’s question, everyone looked at each other without knowing how to answer, and the hall fell silent for a while.

The girl glanced around the crowd, staring sharply at a dark and thin middle-aged man, and asked: “Ronald, you are most familiar with the Tide Islands. Do you have any comments?”

In order to better manage this territory, Renault established an administrative office with several departments under its jurisdiction, with Angela serving as the top consul, and at the same time selected a group of administrative officials and civil servants from the territory.

The meeting that Renault is attending now is the first meeting of directors of the Executive Office. Ronald, who was named by the girl, is one of the officials she personally selected and recommended to Renault. He is also the only awakened among the aborigines. one.

Ronald stood up a little flustered, first bowed slightly to the girl, and after a moment of contemplation, he began to answer the question: “Your Excellency, maybe we can go to Baibei Beach and dig white sand razor clams.”

The consul lady asked: “We still need at least 4 months of food to last until the end of the storm season. Are there so many white sand clams on the Baibei beach?”

Ronald nodded: “I can be sure that there is definitely enough white sand razor clams there.”

“It’s just that the white sand clams often hide under the sand 3-4 meters deep. They are very good at sand drilling. They are not slow in the underground movement. It is not easy to find them. We may need a lot of manpower…”

At this moment, Renault, who was sitting at the top, suddenly showed an expression of interest: “Can you tell me more about the razor clam?”

Ronald immediately bent over and bowed deeply, and said respectfully: “Respect your will, Lord Lord!”

“Baisha razor is a shellfish unique to the tide islands. They are generally more than 1 meter in length, and the longest can grow to 2 meters, and the meat is plump…”

“When encountering danger, the white sand razor will shoot water arrows to attack the enemy, but the power is not great. As long as you wear leather armor, you can block the water arrows. There will be no too much danger when digging…”

“However, if you accidentally hit a vital part, you may still be injured…”