The voyage was not long, but it was not short, and Anna remained in the cabin until noon, when the fleet reached its destination, which belonged to two countries, the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples.

But the border between the two countries here is completely different from what Nangong Yu imagined, not to mention the saber rattling, at least they should be on guard.

But the port in front of you is full of people and bustling, and it feels like a huge bazaar.

Just by looking at the eyes, it is impossible to tell where the boundary is, there are large squares, shops, all kinds of shouts and shouts one after another, the paths stepped out by people are winding and deep, and the noisy atmosphere can't help but make Nangong Yu wonder if he has come to the wrong place.

"Recruit sailors, two silver coins. ”

"Recruit helmsmen, three silver coins. ”

Similar shouts continued, and most of the shops were filled with things necessary for going to sea, as well as fresh water, medicines, or other weapons and equipment.

Although the beautiful time on the ship passed, Anna acted as if nothing had happened, she ordered her men to supply supplies, and gave a special explanation, the rest of the soldiers were on standby on the ship, and guarded the ship, and she pulled Nangong Yu into this not small bazaar.

Nangong Yu let Anna pull her, take a look here, look there, and the beautiful figure led the people around him to keep turning back.

Nangong Yu frowned and said to Anna, "Miss Anna, what are we going to do now?"

Anna smiled and said, "You are now my bodyguard, I want to walk around here, it will take a while for them to prepare things." "Anna's white shadow is like a fairy.

Nangong Yu was very helpless, he said: "Venice has all these things, why did you come here." ”

Anna pursed her lips and said, "I've been shopping there for a long time, it's rare to come here today, let's go eat something later, the seafood pizza here tastes very good." By the way, your name is Luca Rossi, and I'll call you Luca from now on. ”

Nangong Yu nodded, and he asked suspiciously: "Do you say that this is the border between the two countries? Why is it still so lively? It seems that this is still a bazaar." ”

Anna rightly said, "Because there is no war between these two countries, and there is a lot of trade." After speaking, he pointed to the sea not far away, and then said: "Also, from this port, it will not be long before you will reach the border of the Adriatic Sea, and then sail southeast to reach the Ionian Sea, where the usual merchant or transport fleets will stop for a while, and the foreign fleets will first arrive here for supplies and corrections, and finally sail to Venice." ”

Nangong Yu said: "Then what did you mean when you said on the dock just now that you were recruiting sailors and helmsmen? Don't you have to prepare before going to sea?"

"Sailing is not like being on land, where there are many people on a ship, especially when you are sailing," says Anna. Most of these people are formed on an ad hoc basis, or to fulfill guild commissions. Such a fleet will not sail too far, which is why it is necessary to recruit people on a temporary basis at the docks. ”

Nangong Yu heard a fresh word and said, "Guild commission? What does it mean?" ”

"In the countries around the Mediterranean, there is an organization that has three parts, collectively known as the Guild," Anna said. They are the Merchants' Guild, the Adventure Guild, and the Maritime Guild. To put it simply, many people can't or can't do things themselves, they will entrust guilds to complete on their behalf, and these guilds will gather all the commissions together and publish them. In this way, there will be people to accept the commission, and complete it, so as to get a certain commission, many people in order to live, will choose to go to the guild to find a suitable commission, and then gather a group of people, negotiate the price, and then set off. ”

After saying that, Anna looked at the people who were shouting with disdain, and said: "A really good team must be composed of at least several parts, the sailor is responsible for the operation of the ship, the navigator is responsible for confirming the direction and taking the helm, the doctor is responsible for maintaining health, and the warrior who can fight the pirates." With these parts, it can be considered a complete team. And the mutual cooperation between each other, this is not a day or two can be, just the subtle process, it may take a long time. More importantly, all the crew members of the same ship must trust each other, absolutely trust, otherwise, in times of danger, it is easy to rout in an instant. ”

Nangong Yu asked in surprise: "Why did it rout? Aren't they all on the same ship?"

Anna shook her head and said: "Because people will always be controlled by interests, such as sailing on the sea, when you have a large amount of gold coins or other valuable things on you, often someone will be driven by interests, and there is no way to escape at sea, once someone covets your belongings, they will even throw you directly into the sea and plunder your things, so, generally speaking, many voyagers will find someone they trust as a partner and go to sea together." ”

Pifu is innocent and guilty, Nangong Yu understands this truth very well, and can't help but nod. In his previous life, wasn't he chased and killed and forced to jump off the cliff because he got the yin and yang formula?

Nangong Yu said, "How do you know so much?"

Anna covered her mouth and smiled: "I often go to sea, naturally I know a lot, and in order to draw nautical charts, I have traveled almost all over the Adriatic Sea, and now in our Duke's Palace, most of the nautical chart routes are drawn by me." ”

Nangong Yu looked at the girl in front of him who was about the same height as himself in surprise, and then swept his gaze to her slightly immature and beautiful little face, and suddenly felt a little trance in his heart. The daughter of the Duke of Tang and Tang actually drew the chart route of this sea.

Anna seemed to be a little uncomfortable at Nangong Yu's gaze, and her shiny eyes like jewels also looked at Nangong Yu's dark eyes, and smiled softly.

It seemed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, Nangong Yu hurriedly looked for another topic, and he said with a dry smile: "Is it also to draw the chart route this time?"

Anna blinked her big sparkling eyes and said, "Of course, this time we are going to the confluence of the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea, and my father said that pirates are rampant there, and he suspects that there are pirates hiding nearby, so I came." ”

Nangong Yu nodded, pirates are rampant, so it means that there is still a certain danger, no wonder Anna wants to go to the barracks to select soldiers and sail together.

Pirates, like the bandits in their previous lives, have always gritted their teeth with hatred and were helpless. Nangong Yu heard in the village when he was a child that these pirates were extremely vicious, shuttling back and forth between various seas, specializing in plundering passing ships, and had always been hated by various countries.

In fact, the reason why piracy is rampant is ultimately the result of the continuous wars between countries for a long time. Many people lost their homes because of the war and took up this kind of livelihood in order to survive.

Anna continued: "Let's go, let's go eat seafood pizza, they should be almost ready, we have to rush to the target sea in the afternoon, or we will have to spend the night at sea." ”

After speaking, he beckoned to Nangong Yu and took the lead in running excitedly towards the bazaar.

Standing in place, Nangong Yu looked at the girl's back with a smile, smiled lightly, and followed her towards the market.