"You're the captain? What's your name? ”

On the deck of the three-masted square sail wide-body ship, Wang Xiao squatted and picked up the chin of a middle-aged blond man with the machete in his hand, "England? The Netherlands? ”

"Hahn. Brighton, from England. The middle-aged man's voice trembled uncontrollably, "I am willing to pay for my life, please forgive me." ”

Haan Brighton was previously a farmer in Sheffield. Hoping to make a fortune in this age of discovery, he sold his possessions and bought a ship, loaded it with goods, and went to the Far East in search of wealth.

After a few years, he is already a small net worth. I also have a good understanding of the rules at sea.

Today, when I was transporting goods to Haojing, I encountered a lonely cargo ship, and rushed over to ransack it according to the rules of the sea.

At first, it went well, but no one expected that a monster suddenly appeared on that ship.

One person, with a knife, cut down the whole ship, not to mention, crossed the gangplank all the way to this side.

Dozens and hundreds of brave sailors fell under his sword, and the deck was covered with blood and corpses. Brighton was already frightened.

Wang Xiao got up and looked at the sailors on the hard sailing boat behind him, "What do you say?" ”

"Be careful!"

The sailors shouted.

Wang Xiao didn't look back, and avoided the position with a side slide. The roaring sound of gunfire rang in my ears.

Brighton took advantage of Wang Xiao's turn to pull out a short hammer, wanting to give Wang Xiao a head to bloom.

Turning to look at Brighton, Wang Xiao smiled, "I'm sorry, I was careless." It was my fault to relax when facing pirates. ”

slapped it over, directly spun the volley of Captain Brighton's fan seven hundred and twenty degrees in the air and then fell heavily to the ground.

"According to the rules of the sea, tie a stone to Captain Brighton and send him to the sea."

Captain Brighton disappeared into the sea, leaving only a string of bubbles.

Pushing the gangplank, the hard sailboat over there slowly sank into the sea, and it was already hopeless.

Turning to look at the dozen sailors who had escaped death, Wang Xiao leaned on the side of the ship and asked them, "Now I announce that I will become the captain of this ship, who is against it?" ”

No one objected, and the sailors expressed their heartfelt support for Captain Wang Xiao.

Clear the deck, count the cargo.

Wang Xiao found two clever sailors and asked them what year it was and what place it was.

The sailors did not know the year of the Common Era, only that it was the eleventh year of Wanli when they went to sea. From here, it's about three or four days away from Ho Kyo.

Wang Xiao nodded: "Do you know Li Huamei?" ”

"Scarlet Tiger, Admiral Li." The sailor's face showed awe, "The hero of the fight against the Japanese invaders, she has always been active in the area of Hangzhou Bay. ”

The ship was not small, but a dozen experienced sailors could barely get it afloat.

The important thing is that the navigator, who knew how to measure his bearing, survived and avoided the fate of losing his way at sea.

As for the previous captain and cargo owner, they have all sunk to the bottom of the sea with that hard sailing ship.

Wang Xiao in the captain's room took a quill pen to write and draw, arranging his next actions.

"I'm here to find the evidence of the Seven Seas Overlord, and I need a map to find this thing. Map of East Asia: one in Hangzhou and one in Colf. Grass, so far. ”

"The Hangzhou trade union is easy to say, but if you want to go to Colf, it seems that you have to resupply in Fuso. Then you have to kill the Wakolai Island. You have to have a fleet. ”

"To solve the trouble here and then go to other seas, you still have to have enough strength. At the end of the day, it's money. ”

Throwing down the quill, Wang Xiao leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes, "In the final analysis, you have to get money first in any world." ”

A few days later, the three-masted broad-sailed ship sailed into the harbor.

The Ho Mirror is actually very small, and the area of the city is not large except for the surrounding forts.

Wang Xiao stood at the bow of the boat and saw that the mirror was a land island in the sea. The island is connected to the mainland by a narrow land strip, and the topography resembles a lotus flower.

There is a gate where it connects to the land, and that is Xiangshan County.

In fact, the jurisdiction is still in Xiangshan County, and the Portuguese have only obtained permission to reside here.

It was the heart of the Portuguese in East Asia, and they fought back the Dutch, English and Spanish several times to protect it.

The presence of several large ships in the harbor is a testament to the determination of the Portuguese.

The Portuguese were wary of fleets that wanted to capture Ho Kyo, but they were very tolerant of ships that came to trade.

It doesn't matter where you're from, you can park here just by paying your taxes.

When you enter the port, there are a lot of ships of all kinds.

After docking, the first thing Wang Xiao did was to go to the Chamber of Commerce to sell the goods on the ship.

Captain Brighton's personal fortune was many, with two chests of Ducats alone in more than two thousand.

He brought a lot of spices and dyes from Batavia this time, and they are also more popular here. In the end, Wang Xiao brought 4,500 Ducat's income.

In the game, you can sell whatever you buy, but in reality this is not possible in the real world.

Undesirable goods are either smashed in their hands and cannot be sold, or they are sold at a discount.

For example, Indian cloth cannot be sold when it is shipped here, because there is a lot of native cloth in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no market at all.

As for buying things, it is naturally impossible to buy whatever you want.

Here in Daming, nominally it is still in the forbidden sea. Silk, porcelain, tea, etc., are not sold to foreigners at all. That is, the Portuguese of Haojing have the opportunity to go to Guangzhou every year to purchase. That's why they have to stick to the mirror.

Walking on the street, Wang Xiao looked at the surrounding environment with interest. ::

Although the area is small, the street layout is very uniform.

The core area is a cross-shaped avenue surrounded by Iberian buildings. Of course, there are more Chinese-style buildings.

The streets are filled with a variety of pedestrians.

There are people from all over Asia, Africa and Latin America who speak all languages.

The natives of Southeast Asia who are thieves and rats, the Dongying people who comb their heads in the moon generation, Ah San who is busy carrying, the Chinese people who sit in a sedan chair, the Portuguese who ride a carriage and so on.

When you come to Ho Kagyo, the famous cathedral is always a must-see.

However, when he walked over, Wang Xiao realized that the cathedral had not actually started construction.

Helpless, Wang Xiao had no choice but to give up the tour plan and go to find the tavern with the legendary beautiful bar girl.

There are many pubs near the pier, and when you push the door in, you will be greeted by the pungent smell of alcohol and tobacco.

And, of course, there is the smell that is inevitable when a large number of people gather.

Tobacco is a favorite treat for seafarers.

You can't light a fire when you're on a boat, so you have to put it in your mouth and chew it. But it doesn't matter if you get off the boat, just smoke it.

There are a lot of people in the tavern. Mercenaries who don't want to die for money, small merchants who go around doing business, sailors recruited by others, homeless people with only the last copper plates left in their shriveled pockets, and pirates who change their names and surnames to find fat sheep, etc.

This is a place used to exchange information and hire people in the Age of Discovery.

The tavern was full of people and the smell of smoke was strong. The people inside glanced at Wang Xiao, and they didn't pay attention anymore.

When I came to the bar, I didn't see a beautiful bar girl. There was only a lifeless old white man wiping a wine glass.

"Three bottles of rum."

Wang Xiao found a place to sit down and beckoned the boss to serve wine.

Rum in rough clay bottles was placed on the table, and the old man said in broken Chinese, "Three silver pesos." ”

Because in this kind of place, there are often fights and incidents, and there are cases of evasion. So it's always been a cash transaction.

Throwing out three silver coins, Wang Xiao took two of his subordinates to look around and find a table to sit down.

There was a lot of noise all around, and all kinds of accented languages were mixed together, so that they couldn't understand anything.

Wang Xiao opened the lid of the rum, "I have to arrange time to learn a few more foreign languages." ”

The rum has a peculiar aroma and is spicy in the mouth. It is a favorite of seafarers.

Wang Xiao has no pursuit of wine, and the most expensive red wine is similar to a drink in his mouth.

As he sipped rum, his eyes wandered through the cramped, dimly lit tavern, looking for a suitable target.

In the Age of Discovery, if you want to make money, you naturally have to run the ship. And to get the ship moving, you have to have enough sailors.

He had only a dozen sailors on board, and there was a huge shortage.

Recruiting sailors is not blind, it has to be carefully selected.

'Whoa~'

The sound of the wine bottle shattering sounded, and Wang Xiao followed the sound to look over, it was obvious that a common tavern brawl was about to be staged.

Looking at it, Wang Xiao's gaze became strange.

The guy who was being beaten up in beautiful clothes, with flowing blond hair, fair skin and a delicate face, how could he look so familiar?

When the man was punched in the face, Wang Xiao could finally confirm it. Isn't this the plot character Playboy Julian?

"That's not right." Wang Xiao was puzzled: "Isn't Julian supposed to stay in Hangzhou Port?" ”

"Aren't you crazy, boy?" A bald man grabbed Julian's hair and smashed him in the face with a fist: "Maduro, Madame, you dare to provoke." ”

The strong man felt that someone was patting on the shoulder, and turned his head in confusion, and saw a bottle of rum rapidly growing in his eyes.

'Smack! ’

The strong man with a flowery face covered his face and fell down directly. His companions were stunned, and then roared and rushed towards the nosy Wang Xiao.

Fists, knees, feet, elbows.

After a series of crackling blows, several of the guys who had been beating Julian fell to the ground.

"Hey!" The bar owner yelled, "Don't mess with me, get out!" ”

Wang Xiao looked at him sideways and kicked on the heavy wooden table.

The table tumbled and smashed behind the boss, directly smashing dozens of bottles of wine to pieces.

The people around were silent, and they all saw that Wang Xiao was not easy to mess with. Fastest update mobile terminal:

Squatting down and looking at Julian, who was close to disfigurement, Wang Xiao's smile was very kind.

"Lad, are you interested in getting on my ship?"

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