After buying the goods, Phyllis and her party left the alchemy workshop, and the alchemy items they bought were sent to the docks and 'handed over' to Hook to be loaded on the ship.

Phyllis and the others discussed the legendary One Piece as they walked towards the busiest neighborhood in town, where many large chambers of commerce were gathered. They had to buy enough food and fresh water for the seven ships, as their goal was the Dead Relics, and in order to avoid risks and save time, they had to minimize the variables that might arise along the way. So the fewer islands the better, and Phyllis had already asked Captain Hook about the situation, and the food and fresh water were arranged exactly as if the seven ships were fully loaded. It took them to go to five chambers of commerce in a row before they bought all the items they needed, and for the first time, Dakko realized that 'spending' money was so physically demanding.

Their next destination was the Sailors' Guild, which was actually a very loose organization, it had no presence in other planes, and only the maritime plane like Venus was powerful. Every year, a large number of ships are built to go to various islands for exploration, tourism, resource development, etc., and each ship needs many sailors to sail long distances. The marine culture of the Venus plane is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many people will have a sailor's dream in their hearts, so the sailors' guild as an intermediary has grown in this way.

However, unlike what you might think, the Sailor's Guild does not have a tall building and ornate 'door' like other guilds, it is just a small two-story building with a huge rusty iron anchor hanging from it. Walking into the small building, there is no decoration inside, only ordinary wooden walls and floors. Behind the only table sat an old sailor with a wrinkled face, 'smoking' a low-quality cigarette.

Phyllis complained first, "Hey, your environment here is a little too bad, isn't it? It's also the number one guild in the Venus plane!"

In terms of numbers, the largest guild in the Venus plane is the Sailor Guild, and even the Magic Guild and the Alchemy Guild can't compare, let alone the Vitamin Guild with less than a thousand people.

"The purpose of the Sailor's Guild is to provide services to all people, so that every young man with a dream of sailing has the opportunity to go out and see the world, at best it is only an intermediary, and the intermediary fee charged is only enough to maintain the daily expenses of the guild station, which is not comparable to the big guilds with deep pockets. The old sailor glanced at Phyllis and the others, and then took a deep puff on his cigarette, "As for this station, it is only for the convenience of employers to find a place, after all, we can't always let people go to taverns and casinos to find us to do sailors' 'trade'. ”

Phyllis was also a little incredulous when she heard this, and continued to ask in disbelief, "Is that really the case?

Kevin nodded secretly when he heard Phyllis ask like this, and took advantage of the words to trap the old sailor, and immediately asked for the price, preventing the other party from sitting on the ground and raising the price later. But he immediately realized that Phyllis had no intention of saving money at all, and that the reason why he asked this was completely unintentional.

The old sailor didn't mind, and quoted directly, "Sailors have different price positions according to their experience and age of the sea, and the price of hiring an ordinary sailor for a year is 6 to 8 silver coins. Some experienced first mates, helmsmen and navigators are a bit more expensive, ranging from 2 to 5 gold. If you hire with us, we charge an intermediary fee of 5%, and if you renew the contract in the middle of the contract, it will be calculated at 3%. ”

"Isn't a sailor also an auxiliary class, why is it so unimportant?" asked Darko in surprise. Not only him, but Kevin and Phyllis were also surprised to hear the price. In their opinion, sailor is actually a profession, although it is not as good as the auxiliary professions of alchemy, such as enchanters and 'apothecaries', but it also requires skills to be competent. When they learned that the price was so cheap, they were amazed. According to the fifty-year term of a life slave, the price of an ordinary sailor is even cheaper than that of most slaves.

Asiba roared excitedly, he had followed Darko's team for so long and had a general understanding of the monetary system of Terran society. It clearly remembered that it had sold a full 6,000 gold coins at the beginning, and the average sailor hired only 6 to 8 silver coins a year, which was naturally far inferior to its own. For the first time, Assiba felt that he was 'quite worthy', and if he hired a shipwload of sailors, he would have a large group of people of lower status than himself.

Otto saw the doubts of Phyllis and others, so he explained, "Although sailors are also auxiliary professions, they do not have any 'threshold' in terms of talent, and any ordinary person can be qualified for this profession after a period of proficiency, and the people of the Venus plane have heard and seen this aspect, and three or five out of ten people have developed this professional skill." ”

Kevin groaned, "In this respect, the Sailor's Guild is more similar to the Mercenary Guild, both of which use lower intermediary fees to maintain the interests of both supply and demand. It's just that the Mercenary Guild is hired for a short time by issuing tasks, while the sailors of the Sailors' Guild have a longer-term employment relationship with their employers. ”

"It doesn't seem like all guilds are as 'bastard' as the Magic Guild and the Alchemy Guild. Phyllis was overjoyed when she heard this, and slapped the table directly and said, "I want the most experienced sailors, according to the proportion required on the ship, let's come first 1,200 and sign a contract for one year." ”

Darko asked in a low voice, "Isn't 1,200 a lot?" Although we have six large seafaring ships and the super-large seafaring ship of the Dragon Whale, we don't seem to need so many sailors. ”

Fili waved her hand nonchalantly, "More is better than not enough, or you'll have to run again." ”

"There are a lot of sailors on Qom Island, but if you want to be experienced, then you can only find more than half a year old, otherwise there will not be enough 1,200 people. ”

Signing 1,200 sailors for 'sex' at a time is already a very big business, but the old sailor also looks indifferent, and as he speaks, he counted out 1,200 contracts from the 'drawer' and pushed them in front of Phyllis.

This contract is a way for the employer and each sailor to sign a contract through the sailors' guild, and the 5% brokerage fee charged by the guild is also specified in the contract. Phyllis paid and signed a contract, and the sailors were to be in place at the docks in two weeks' time, when their oversized ships were built.

After the contract was signed, the old sailor pointed to the southwest and said, "There is the station of the Stuart family in the nearby town of Gili, and the hiring of archers can be brokered by our guild, even if the intermediary fee is included, it is cheaper than hiring it yourself." ”

There is a station of the Stuart family on Qom Island, which Phyllis of course knows, and there is still a token in her space ring, but she doesn't want to use it, but asks the old sailor, "Besides the Stuart family, there are no archers?"

The old sailor just glanced at Phyllis, didn't ask much, and responded lightly, "Yes, of course, there is, but the combat effectiveness of ordinary archers of the same level is much worse than that of the Stuart family." The number is not much, and the number of ordinary archers on the entire Qom Island is estimated to be less than 20 combined, you have 7 large ships, and you need at least 150 or more archers, and you definitely can't hire the Stuart family. ”

"How could such an important profession be monopolized by their family?" Darko was very strange, this specific profession played a great role in naval warfare, and it was a very important combat power on a ship, so it should not be monopolized by one family.

"The Stuart family is in the archer profession what the Nikerui 'Mon' family is in the necromancer profession. Seven or eight of the ten archers were members of the Steat family, and thanks to the lineage, the family members were better at professional skills, so employers naturally preferred to hire the archers of the Steat family. As a result, this further limited the development of the archers of the Festyat family, making fewer and fewer people choose this profession, and gradually the Stuart family became bigger. It was almost impossible to hire archers to avoid the Stuart family. The old sailor obviously saw Phyllis's identity, after all, it was normal for these big families to have a little holiday with each other, so he didn't ask much.

Phyllis thought about it and said, "Forget it, we don't use archers!"

Otto frowned, and was about to say something, but was stopped by Darko's eyes. For Darko, Adam is an enemy to be taken seriously, and he naturally doesn't want Phyllis to owe Adam a favor, and the fewer 'intersections' with the Stuart family, the better.

Kevin didn't pay much attention to the sailors' trade, and he had been paying attention to a list on the wall since he entered the sailors' guild. Then he pointed to the list and asked, "What does this speed ranking mean? Do you have any special requirements for ships if you want to be on this list?"

Hearing Kevin's question, Daktro and the others noticed the list on the wall and shifted their eyes to it. I saw that this list was written "Speed Ranking", and the names and speeds of 50 ships were neatly listed on it, but the speed on it was measured in days. For example, in the first place, the name of the seafaring ship: Sailfish, the name of the captain: Helmut Gafreshak, the average speed: 1295 km/day, the voyage: Quidive-Marselius, and the record date: July 30, 5010.

"Helmut...... I don't think I've heard this name anywhere. Darko carefully recalled the few members of the Gafreshak family he had come into contact with at the Alchemy Grand Prix, but he still didn't have the right number, so he had to give up.

"The voyage time requirement is more than ten days, and there is no fixed requirement for the voyage, as long as the date is recorded separately in the sailors' guilds of the two islands, the average speed can be calculated. However, the sailing ships that have made the record have chosen the route from Quidivei to Marseis, because this route follows the current most of the year and takes about 10 days, so there is no need to carry too much food to increase the load. The old sailor looked at the list, took a deep puff of his cigarette, and his eyes showed a look of nostalgia.

"This kind of record list will be specially 'doored' for someone to brush it?" Phyllis 'revealed' an incredulous expression.

"As long as it's a ranking thing, people's natural 'nature' always wants to compete for the first place. Kevin seemed to have a deep understanding of this, "What's more, in an ocean plane like Venus, the speed of the voyage is the most important indicator to judge the quality of a sailing ship, presumably the sailing ships on this list are all built by famous shipwrights." ”

"Yes, it is. The old sailor snuffed out the cigarette with his fingers, "Not only the shipwright of the seafaring ship, but also the inscriptionist who copied and drove the magic array was a figure who had been famous for a long time. They built a ship to set a new speed record, and they didn't prove their intentions. ”

"Are you going to sea? Will you take me with you? I'll do anything, and I don't need money, just give me three meals a day." A little boy with clear eyebrows suddenly ran out of the room inside, and said eagerly in front of Phyllis.

Phyllis thought it was funny, so she asked amusefully, "You said you could do everything, so what do you do?"

When the little boy saw Phyllis asking, he thought he was willing to take him, his eyes lit up, and he replied quickly, "I will do whatever needs to be done on the ship, don't look at me small, but I have a lot of strength, and I can firmly hold on to the rudder when the storm comes." I've seen sails, paddles, and some guns, and I'm sure I'm a good swimmer, and I'm a fast swimmer, able to dive in the sea for more than a minute. ”

The little boy wanted to continue, but saw the old sailor come over, grabbed his ear, and carried him out of the 'door', "You little rabbit cub, you think about being a pirate all day long, and you don't know how you will die when the time comes, I told you, you can only go to sea with you at the age of 16, what are you going to sea now?

The little boy whimpered and struggled, but the old sailor, with great arm strength, carried the little boy directly into the street outside the room. Then he turned around and said apologetically to Phyllis and the others, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, this is my grandson, who thinks about going to sea in a boat like a sailor all day long, and always tries to 'mix' on the boat when he sees someone going to sea." ”

Darko remembered that he saw some children on the road, and he often played nautical role-playing games, and it seemed that nautical culture was very deeply rooted in the Venus plane. Moreover, the number of various types of sailors waiting to be hired by the Sailors' Guild is also very complete, even if they want to hire as many as 1,200 people at a time, there is no need to wait for a long time, obviously the number of sailors is enough.

Darko asked, puzzled, "Why do so many people always want to be sailors, and even from such a young age, have they been yearning for sailing adventures, and sailing by boat is so fun for them?"

The old sailor smiled bitterly and said, "The situation in the Venus plane is different from other planes, an island is only so big, even a large island like Qom Island, there are only a dozen towns, and it will take a little time to get all over it. At their age, it's a time to yearn for more space, and they can only see more things when they go to sea, so they especially want to find a boat that they are willing to take with them. ”

Darko didn't understand this idea, only Otto nodded in agreement, seeing the doubts of his companions, he explained, "You grew up in the Amisia plane, and the land area is so vast that you can't travel for a hundred years, and you don't set up a moat like the sea as a bottleneck in terms of going out to explore, so your yearning for this is not strong. ”

Phyllis pursed her lips and said, "That's not because the magical civilization of the Venus plane is not developed, if a teleportation array is established between various islands, and you can teleport directly wherever you want, then there will be no such thing as sailing." ”

Kevin thought for a moment and said, "It's unlikely, the cost of building a teleportation array is too high, and even with the financial resources of the major churches and guilds, the total number of towns with teleportation arrays in the Amecian plane is not more than fifty. But the number of islands in the Venus plane is as high as tens of thousands, which is not an order of magnitude at all. ”

"No matter how many islands there are, as long as you continue to explore them one by one, one day you will be able to explore them all, only because of the limitation of lifespan. Otto first agreed with Phyllis's point of view, and then asked rhetorically, "But have you ever thought that when the level rises and the lifespan gradually increases, sooner or later you will travel through the entire plane, and then you will want to explore the other planes." The Void is the wider ocean, and the Plane is a large island. There is never a shortage of unknowns, which is why we want to explore it, and those strong people who explore the alien plane are actually no different from the little child just now. ”

Dacko secretly feared that different environments create different people, and people born by the sea will yearn for adventure and freedom more than ordinary people, so this desire for adventure will be stronger. He always thought that he was rich in mentality and experience among professionals at the same level, but he didn't expect that he had missed a lot on this road. As Otto said, they grew up in the Amisian plane, and they did not set up a moat such as the sea for themselves to explore the outside world, and they would not take every opportunity to understand the plane, and the 'spirit' of exploration and struggle was already weaker than these people in the Venus plane. This kind of 'spirit' may not have any advantages now, but often in some adversities, whether to give up or persist is just such a thin line.

With different feelings, Phyllis and her group left the Sailor's Guild, and they all looked down and thought about the special culture brought about by the marine environment of the Venus plane. Only Asiba was 'fiddling' his fingers, smirking, serious, and dancing, wondering what to do with his 1,200 little brothers.