"The city-state's largest naval base, the City of a Thousand Sails, is the port city known as Scarpa. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoLocated in a semi-enclosed body of water in the northern part of the New World, Scapa Bay is made up of the Orkney Islands, the Edward Islands, and a series of smaller islands. ”

"There is only one city in this area, Scarpa, not to mention that the area is very large and has a lot of resources, but the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are monsters and robbers everywhere, so it has not been developed much."

"Of course, good maritime conditions are very important for the city-state, and there are large forests not far from Scapa City, which also makes the shipbuilding industry develop rapidly, and finally after the council of the talkers invested slaves in the development of the port, it has finally become the so-called city of a thousand sails."

The boredom of the people in the carriage revolve around Bell to learn about the city he was about to reach, Scapa Bay, which was said to have a large number of merchants and warships.

But for Lorraine, the priority is not to listen to Bell's explanation, the speed of the convoy is gradually slowing down, even if there may be a lot of logistics transport carriages here, according to the coachman, this place is still close to Scapa City, Lorraine really does not understand why the speed of the carriage is so slow.

Lorraine directly shared a visual relationship with the little goblin, but it was useless, and the summons that were too short could not see anything even if they climbed on the roof of the car, so they had to ask the coachman.

Unfortunately, the coachmen obviously didn't know why the road was blocked, but the townspeople always had their own way, and they got a small bag of silver coins from Charlotte (Lorraine) and quickly learned about the situation from other caravans as well as the locals.

It turned out that the lords of Scapa were erecting barricades in front of them, requiring all passing vehicles to be inspected, on the grounds that there were rebels and pirates colluding to loot on the land and sea trade routes, which seriously affected the stability of the region.

This bullshit said that Lorraine said that a dime can be trusted, not to mention that this is the base of the naval fleet, how can there be pirates who will come here to rob, of course, there are indeed many merchant ships here, but there are also a lot of warships.

It's even more bloody by land, road development is not done well, the carriage has to crawl in the mud for two days at the ordinary speed, where will there be a caravan willing to come, wouldn't it be good to take the sea route directly?

However, the coachmen were still able to explain Lorraine's question, "Miss, we all know that the lord's statement is not credible, in fact, this is just a trick to make money." You may not know that there are thieves on land, but they are the legendary Lexington Shadow Thieves Guild, and they don't rob the poor, and the pirates are not very clear. ”

When Lorraine heard this, she felt that this was the way it should be, and that the city-state lords she had seen all the way from Lexington had done so, except that some people had come openly and others had done it more secretly.

Except for a limited alliance of a few big nobles who can reduce taxes, there are too many tax collection checkpoints in other places, and once you catch an unlucky person who has no money to pay taxes, the result is often to become a slave who is still bullied, and Lorraine has long been used to it.

It is precisely because of these actions that they have also provided room for Lorraine to install an intelligence network, and Ophela, who stayed in the south, has been very obedient to train the swallow battalion, and has continuously sent spies to infiltrate the north, at least in Lorraine's journey, there have been four such hidden piles, Scapa Bay should also have it, but I don't know which one will be encountered.

As time passed, Lorraine and their large carriages finally reached the checkpoint position, and there was a small team of musketeers and a hundred slave soldiers guarding here, and the middle-aged officer in the lead looked at Lorraine with a serious face, and waved his hand and said, "This young lady...... Welcome to Scapa Bay, where for a variety of reasons we need to inspect the carriage on the orders of your lordship. ”

Lorraine agrees with the officer's statement, but the middle-aged man looks serious, and his subordinates giggle and know that they might take the sheep by the way.

In order to avoid trouble, of course, money is needed to open the way, and along the way, the others see Lorraine fooling around, and only Vivien and Loria's team understand that the general has actually made a lot of money.

The troublesome coachman handed over a small bag of gold coins to the officer, and then took out some small goods and food of little value from the carriage, and took the initiative to give them to the searching soldiers, which not only reaped the gratitude of the other party but also successfully obtained the seal for customs clearance.

Perhaps the amount of gold coins was a bit too much, but the middle-aged officer hesitated a little before saying to the young lady in front of him: "You know that you are a nobleman at a glance...... There may be some minor troubles inside Scapa City during this time, so try not to go out at night if you can, and don't take a boat out to sea. ”

Lorraine was a little puzzled by his hint, but unfortunately the other party didn't give any explanation, if there was danger, he should say it clearly, what did he want to do with such an obscure statement?

The carriage slowly drove through the checkpoint, the wheels pressing over the somewhat muddy road into Scarpa, and when Lorraine turned back to look at the officer, he could only see the other man walking towards the next carriage with the same expression, of course, the latter was obviously much worse than himself.

"What a strange officer, why would you say those things to me?"

"Could it be that you're interested in Sister Charlotte?"

"How is that possible!"

"Actually, I think something must have happened in Scapa City, the lord has no way to solve the trouble but to lock everything down in this area, it seems to be quite researchable, can finally make my invention come in handy!?"

Bell's explanation Lorraine agreed, of course, only the first sentence, the later invention or something.

In just two days, everyone has understood that Bell is indeed a genius, with a very high IQ and rich experience, of course, when he shows a desire to invent and research, his emotional intelligence falls below the level of a primary school student.

Sometimes Lorraine gets information, and it takes a lot of time and experience to sift through the valuable content, and Bell has given him a lot of help in this regard, at least Lorraine doesn't have the ability to screen and select so quickly.

The carriage was finally approaching the city's trade district, where trade did not seem to be affected, and the officer's warning seemed a bit nonsense, but Lorraine did not intend to live here either.

The thriving business district did have a number of suitable inns to stay in, but Lorraine didn't want to be bothered by the unknown guys, and ended up choosing a place to stay close to the port, where many merchants and travelers could be found, and even the middle and junior officers of the fleet were willing to come here to spend. (To be continued.) )