Chapter 68: The Days of Drifting

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The rise of human dynastic lineages was only four or five thousand years ago, and compared to those ancient civilizations that even the ruins of buildings were abandoned in the wilderness, and the wind and rain were left to the wind and rain for tens of thousands of years, the time for the rise of mankind as an intelligent race was too short.

The human dynasties before the Bright Dynasty generally pursued a sub-feudal system, whether it was a human nobleman or an alien tribe subject to the rule of the human dynasty, all of them were issued by the imperial government, and even if the two sides established a stable hierarchical relationship, the feudal lords and vassals each bore limited obligations and rights. As long as the nobles who were inevitably shorter than half a year when they met the emperor returned to their own fiefdoms, they would still be out-and-out emperors of the soil, and the administrative, judicial, military, and financial powers of life and death would be grasped at once, and this situation of being called the king behind closed doors continued until the predecessor of the traverser founded the Empire of Light.

Born in the Chinese cultural circle, which was deeply influenced by the idea of great unification, the Guangming Emperor was very unaccustomed to the feudal system of the imperial power, after all, this thing had been marginalized in China after the Qin and Han dynasties, and he immediately began to implement a centralized system after his accession to the throne to weaken the power of the local aristocracy.

This remarkably over-energized time-traveler has spent his life trying to achieve a new way of ruling under imperial power in every town. There is no doubt that any groundbreaking innovation will inevitably meet with fierce opposition from vested interests, especially such a radical move to completely overthrow the ruling structure of a country, which is opposed not only by former enemies, but also by voices with different views among one's own people. After countless brutal battles with open guns and hidden arrows, and a game of interests mixed with bloody wind and rain, the Emperor of the Traverser, who had made himself into trouble, finally suppressed the backlash of all forces, and moved all the human aristocratic fiefdoms to the outer edge of the main 6, especially on remote islands like Qiongzhou.

Those alien tribes that were originally entrenched in the 6 regions of the main 6 did not listen to the announcement, and the territory they occupied was mostly poor mountains and bad waters, and sending a large army to crusade against them was destined to be a loss-making transaction.

It was not easy to settle the human aristocracy, and the Bright Emperor, who felt that he was getting older, did not have the extra energy to engage in this kind of big action to change the world, so he had to acquiesce in the continued existence of goblins and other races, and he never expected that his weak compromise would lay the foundation for the fall of the Bright Dynasty, which may be the best footnote for a wise man to make a mistake!

Colourful shattered glass portholes illuminate the cabin with a bright glow, and the air is filled with a peculiar smell of herbs, which is still a little strange despite being diluted with incense.

"Vina, how are your injuries? Are you feeling better today? ”

Pulling open the white silk curtains for ventilation, Luo Zhengdao, who was smiling brightly, inserted a bouquet of flowers into the glass vase at the head of the half-elf beauty's bed, and at the same time greeted Vina Dubov who was half-lying on the bed. If it weren't for the half-elf's half-elf half-blood physique being slightly better than that of pure-blooded humans, Luo Zhengdao estimated that he would have to lay flowers at Vina Dubov's grave instead of bringing flowers to comfort his injuries.

"Thank you, it feels better, thank you Lord Earl for your concern, oh, and the flowers you brought."

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at a bouquet of violets in a wall-mounted vase, and Vina Dubov, who was half-lying on the hospital bed, winked mischievously at Luo Zhengdao, her pretty face looking haggard at the moment.

Seeing this, Luo Zhengdao, who was still in a depressed mood, nodded, pulled over the chair and sat on it, and said:

"Recuperate in peace! I'll settle this account with Najaf's bastard, and if you need anything, just ask. Oh, in order to take care of your life, I have hired two maids to come aboard the ship in the harbor ahead, and they are both at your disposal. ”

After that, Luo Zhengdao snapped his fingers, greeted and said:

"Come in!"

Two sturdy middle-aged servant women walked into the room one after the other, and Luo Zhengdao pointed to Vina Dubov who was lying in bed and said:

"From now on, the only responsibility of the two of you is to take care of Ms. Dubov and come to me at any time if you have any problems. If someone says something or does something, you should notify me immediately if you think it's inappropriate, understand? ”

"Yes, Lord Count."

According to the unwritten rules generally observed by pirate gangs, children and women are not allowed on board when they go out to sea, and if the existing person violates the rules, if they are embarrassed, they will be thrown off the ship along with the violator.

The existence of the magical power of the new world greatly weakens the negative impact of gender differences on individual combat power, but the space inside the battleship is cramped, and there is actually no essential difference between the old and new worlds. To put it simply, the living conditions of the sail warship are quite bad, especially the ventilation conditions of the lower cabins are extremely poor, which makes the air there unbearably hot and humid, and the sailors operating on the lower deck will inevitably sweat profusely all year round wearing only a pair of underwear, and it is indeed easy to misfire if a group of men and women live together.

Imagine that you have worked hard on the deck for a long time, and only lay down in a hammock at night, and in the dark corner of the cabin next to you, a pair of unscrupulous dog men and women began to piston movement, and the salty smell of the seafood market was diffused in the poorly circulated air.

Everything does not suffer from widowhood and unevenness, why do you have to sing every night, Lao Tzu has to rely on Miss Lei for his life? Jealousy, gossip, picking quarrels and provoking troubles, for example, are indispensable for all kinds of disputes derived from the relationship between men and women. Of course, it is inevitable that there will be troubles, and one of the common punishments for this kind of strict behavior that violates pirate ethics is to use the nine-tailed cat dipped in salt water to deeply touch the soul.

Previously, the half-elf beauty had always stayed on the battleship as a professional, but now she was shot and wounded and needed to stay in bed for a long time to recuperate, and it was almost impossible to take care of her daily life on her own, and she needed someone to take care of her life, whether she was sitting or sleeping.

The facts are obvious, it is very problematic to find those five big and three rough sailors to take charge of this matter, so Luo Zhengdao made an exception and recruited two maids on board to take care of Vina Dubov full-time. This is also due to the increasing share of capital he has invested in the privateer fleet, and the mysterious power of the magic card has also made the pirates fearful, and he has a decisive position of authority in the entire gang. Even Zola Hegel's prickly head that is not pleasing to anyone's eyes is not willing to anger Luo Zhengdao, let alone the attitude of others, so Luo Zhengdao's unruly behavior will be regarded as unseen by everyone.

After visiting Vina as usual, Luo Zhengdao walked on the deck of the battleship again, and when he saw him, he glanced at the boatswain who was patrolling, and the two came to a secluded corner at the stern of the ship together, and Luo Zhengdao said:

"Zola, have you been informed?"

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, no one dares to talk nonsense."

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao shook his head slightly and said:

"It's better to be cautious, I don't want to personally order the execution of any fool who can't control the lower half of his body."

At this moment, a sailor on the side shouted:

"Hey, there's drift in the sea ahead."

It is not uncommon to encounter drifting objects in the coastal waters, and it is difficult to see anything floating on the ether particles in the Aetheric Sea, unless it is broken sea driftwood, Luo Zhengdao did not care about this, waved his hand and said:

"Zola, you go deal with it!"

The boatswain, with a grim face, came to the side of the ship, and beckoned to his men:

"You guys put down the dinghy and double-check the situation."

"Yes!"

The pirates lowered their lifeboats and moved in the direction of the mass of drift, and after a while they shouted to the boat:

"Boatswain, there's a woman here!"

In the depths of every voyager's soul, there is a deep sense of awe for the unpredictable sea, and a sense of fatalistic fear that he may capsize and fall overboard, no matter how powerful the ship itself is, even those huge warships that are as large as mountains are unfortunately shipwrecked by natural disasters, it is impossible to say that they will kneel on the spot. For example, when encountering survivors at sea and not saving them, even pirates who are accustomed to killing people and stealing goods feel that it is too much, don't look at the fact that they can still giggle and laugh when they force the victims of robbery to walk the springboard, and they really encounter a person who has fallen into the water and do not rescue them, which is the top taboo in living at sea.

If you want to ask the truth, it's simple and simple, if you don't fish someone else today, don't expect someone to catch you when you fall into the sea tomorrow. Not to mention, this kind of fatalistic inexplicable fear is not exempt by good or bad character, and those guys who do all kinds of evil and all kinds of poisons also have a heart of awe of fate!

Luo Zhengdao, who was watching the excitement on the deck, was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Zora a with a little helplessness, and then he leaned half of his body out of the side of the ship and shouted:

"Okay, get her up, don't waste time."

The appearance of this woman rescued by the pirates from the water is mediocre, according to Luo Zhengdao's initial impression, in the old world, she looks like this and throws it directly on the street, and it will only take five seconds at most to disappear, and you can't recognize her standing in front of you anymore, and her featureless public face is really the best candidate to become the king of agents.

For some reason, Luo Zhengdao looked at this woman's face, and vaguely felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he asked cautiously:

"Where are you from? What is your name? ”

Hearing the questioning, the woman trembled and said:

"My name is ...... Yasha, yes...... Flee out. ”

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao subconsciously paused, turned his head to look at the empty sea, the feeling of uneasiness grew, he was silent for a while, and continued:

"And what happened to your ship?"

“…… I didn't know either, I heard a mess outside, and then the boat capsized, and I didn't know anything. ”

This is really a question and three questions! A trace of doubt in Luo Zhengdao's heart swelled rapidly, this woman seemed to have prepared an answer in advance, no matter what you asked, she could answer it fluently, and the kind of stammering that seemed to be trembling also gave people a feeling of being too deliberate.