The dock in front of you is small and cluttered.

There was a lot of noise and a strong smell of fish, which made Windsor frown. If it weren't for the fact that there were fish in the meal from time to time, Windsol would hardly know that there was a fisherman's pier in Stormwind.

The wooden pier, which was not wide, stretched from the sand on the shore to less than forty paces from the water's edge. As far as the eye can see, they are all small fishing boats. On the dock, a lot of wooden planks are rotten and there are many hollows, and stepping on them will not only make a dangerous "squeak" sound, but also twist your foot if you are not careful.

Only in the distance is a slightly larger stone pier, which is the few special military ports for the royal navy of Stormwind City. And the scale of the royal navy is a little better than that of the Great Mongolian Navy, anyway, it is the kind of object that will definitely be ridiculed if you dare to shout "My journey is the sea of stars".

Three medium-sized armed sailing class 'warships', that's all there is to the Storm Kingdom Navy now. Despite the good maintenance, Duke could even see that the ship's paint was freshly scavenged, and Navy recruits were now brushing the splints under the supervision of officers.

But the impression on Duke is still weak!

In Duke's mind, such a scene could not help but appear.

Endless orcs, like a huge green wave, whistling through every long street of Stormwind. Although the stormmill guards in the middle of the road bravely met it, it was a pity that in front of the orc infantry with absolute strength, every line of defense was almost like paper paste, and they could not retreat slightly, and were immediately swept up in the orc frenzy and crushed into ashes.

Tall and immensely strong orcs, artificially creating one terrible earthquake after another. Trade Zone, Mage Zone, Storm Fortress...... All the buildings were easily destroyed and collapsed like dominoes. All the humans either became captives of the orcs or fell victim to the burial of Stormwind.

All land routes have been blocked by the orc army, and the only lifeline for the entire Stormwind Kingdom to escape is the ocean.

The sea kingdom of Kul Tiras, one of the seven kingdoms of mankind, sent a large fleet to assist the Stormwind Kingdom in evacuating citizens and troops, but the speed of retreat has not been able to increase due to the small docks.

This is the first catastrophe in the history of humanity in the world of Azeroth in millennia - simply because of a bad dock.

So after the second rebuilding of Stormwind, Stormwind has a huge dual-use port - Stormwind Harbor!

At the moment, however, it's just a fisherman's pier that won't even be marked on the city's map.

Duke was disappointed.

Not to mention that he couldn't get a boat for a while, and even if he did, he wouldn't need it, because the dock was too small. And it's a problem for him to get too many ships.

What do you want to do with a fleet that is more exaggerated than the royal fleet, a little mage?

There has to be a good reason!

In his mind, Duke quickly adjusted his plan.

"Let's go! Let's go to the shipyard first. ”

With a puzzled Windsor on his face, Duke arrives at the small shipyard next to the docks of Stormwind.

The shipyard is not big,

A hunchbacked old man, who was shirtless, showing no aging muscles, was stunned for several seconds before he reacted and bowed when he saw Duke coming.

After all, a young mage in a mage robe, a young mage with an official mage insignia, and a young knight in a military uniform, such a combination is absolutely rare in this place.

"Good morning, Your Excellency the Venerable Mage. May I ask what Jackson can do for you?"

"How big a ship can you build here, I mean the biggest. Duke pointed straight at the royal fleet parked in the military harbor: "Can you build that big?"

Old Jackson paused for a moment, and immediately smiled bitterly: "How is this possible, even the warships of the Stormwind Kingdom are ordered from Kurtiras." We can only build a few tens of tons of offshore fishing vessels or cargo ships here. ”

"Okay! I want ten!" Duke said on the spot.

As soon as these words came out, the audience was dumbfounded, not only old Jackson, but even Wendsol, who followed.

"Wait!" Wendthor dragged Dukla out of the shipyard and into a deserted area, almost with a drag.

"Your Excellency Marcus, the money is yours, and I have no intention of asking you how you use it. But if you are going to build a ship and make an investment, even if I am just a knight candidate who is dedicated to practicing martial arts, I will warn you that you will lose it!"

"Oh?!" Duke had an intriguing look on his face, "Why do you say that?"

"For the sake of your wise Majesty, dispel this terrible thought. I know that your mage training requires a lot of money, and I know that most of the existing money-making industries in Stormwind have been taken over by nobles, but you can't waste your money on ships. Windsor waved his arms exaggeratedly, using his maximum body language to convey the gravity of the matter.

"Go on. ”

"Only the poor would want to eat fishy and smelly fish, and the nobles did not eat this at all. In the same way, there is no point in building a small cargo ship of tens of tons, and there is not even a decent town in the offshore sea where such a small boat can go. You've pulled the goods, who are you going to sell them to? As soon as you get out of this offshore area, you're full of damn Naga and fish-people. ”

Duke still laughed and didn't say anything.

Wendsol became more and more anxious: "It's not that no merchant ships will come. In fact, only once a year, the Kurtilas merchant fleet would come once, and it would still call at the military port. They came to dump the goods of Lordaeron, which could not be sold locally, to the nobles of Stormwind. ”

When Duke heard this, he suddenly realized something.

At this moment, the Storm Kingdom is still a poor country in the eyes of the nobles of the major human kingdoms on the continent. In fact, if it weren't for the various invasions of the later generations, as well as the all-undead Scourge Legion that wiped out almost all the human kingdoms north of Stormwind City, who would have predicted that the Stormwind Kingdom would become the most powerful and safest place for humanity?

"Duke, listen to me, unless you can earn the money of those nobles, you won't be able to do anything to meet the money you need to practice magic. That's why so many mages become the exclusive mages of the court or nobles......"

Duke suddenly smiled, and he smiled brightly: "Wendsol, why don't we make a bet?"

"You're going to die. ”

"Indeed, whether it is my personal cultivation or pioneering needs, I need a large amount of money. Then bet on whether I can earn 500 gold coins in three months. If I can't earn it, then that's all there is to it, and I'll let you go back to Lothar as your knight candidate. ”

Windsor suddenly had a little foreboding: "What if you win?"

"First of all, I'll call you Reggie in the future, your name is too long and troublesome. ”

“......”

"Then, you'll mess with me from now on. I'll tell you who is the hope and future of the Stormwind Kingdom. ”