Dulu Island is a rather steep island, with towering peaks hundreds of meters high in the north and slightly inward depression in the south, forming an extremely wide natural harbor.

"What a big ......"

This was the first impression that flashed through Xia Nuo's mind after seeing Dulu Island, and the coastline that greeted him was hundreds of miles wide, and the area of several islands he had visited in the East China Sea before could not be compared at all, it was like a giant beast crawling on the surface of the sea.

"But ......"

Glancing at the natural harbor that seemed a little empty with only dozens of ships anchored in the distance, Xia Nuo scratched his head and said with some confusion, "How do you look like there aren't many ships docked in the harbor?" ”

As one of the seven starting islands of the Great Shipping Route, and with such a good safe haven, it stands to reason that there should be an endless stream of ships coming and going.

"It's weird, indeed."

Behind, Yarrita, who was looking at the port, also frowned, "No, when I came here last year, it was at least ten times more lively than this, and it's only been less than a year, why has it become so deserted?" ”

"When you get to the island, ask the locals about it."

Xia Nuo actually mentioned it casually, not paying too much attention to it, he turned his head to look at Al Rita, and said with a smile: "I heard that this Duru Island is a famous fish paradise on the Great Voyage, there are many big fish in the coastal waters, and most of the residents on the island are fishing masters, right?" ”

"Eh, does Lord Xano even know about this kind of thing?"

Yarrita was stunned for a moment, and said with some surprise, "Yes, after all, it is the westernmost route, not far from the windless belt, coupled with factors such as ocean current climate, the sea area next to Dulu Island is rich in trophication, there are too many fish, and there are many varieties, which also leads to the whole island slowly becoming fish-dependent, local residents not only fish, but also set up various processing factories on the island, and their income depends on selling these special fish products to the open sea." ”

Saying that, she pointed to her own fleet behind her, pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, we came to Dulu Island this time, firstly, to sell the goods we brought, and secondly, to buy some fish products and sell them at a higher price back to the East China Sea. ”

"Is that really the case......

Xia Nuo had only seen some brief introductions about this island from Zhep's logbook, and when he heard a more detailed explanation, his curiosity was immediately satisfied, "Fishing or something, it's really nostalgic......

At the beginning, he had no one to take care of him on Andrik Island, but he barely survived by fishing every day.

As soon as his thoughts came here, the years in Orange Town drifted through his mind one by one, and Xia Nuo suddenly missed his three little heels, the little chubby Dun Roy who knew how to eat and eat all day, the shy freckled boy Bill, and the precocious glasses Anderson of the town's uncle's house...... It's been more than three years in the blink of an eye, and they should have changed a lot, right?

I don't know how these little guys will react when they see their bounty list with a bounty of 89 million Bailey......

There was a burst of laughter in his heart, and when he was thinking like this, the fleet had unconsciously sailed into the port of Dulu Island, and Xia Nuo looked at the shore, but found that there seemed to be many people waiting for them on the dock.

"Those are the merchants of the island!"

Seeming to see Xano's doubts, Arlita explained with a smile, "Among them, the owner of a large processing factory has always had business contacts with our Drummond family, and this time we also notified them in advance with a phone bug, so that the merchants who plan to come over to trade are concentrated on the port side, so that we can trade!" ”

"That's right."

Xia Nuo bowed slightly, but these had little to do with him, so from the caravan anchoring in the port to the completion of the sailors' unloading, he didn't speak again, until he saw Wu Cun on the other side of the third ship, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly went over to ask him to release his boat, and then planned to say goodbye to these friends who had been with him all the way for half a month.

Although she was a little reluctant, Yarrita was not a woman of her mother-in-law, so she didn't open her mouth to persuade him to stay for a few more days or anything, she directly agreed, and then threw him a huge package with Xia Nuo's bewildered expression.

"Damn, it's so heavy!"

Xia Nuo was defenseless, almost dislocated his wrist, and then as soon as he opened the package, he was immediately blinded by the flowers and greenery inside, and the whole bag was actually full of money, he was not calm in an instant, and said with some pain: "Hey, hey, I said, it's so decent, why give me so much money?" ”

"What's the matter, you forgot?"

It was rare to see Xia Nuo's embarrassed appearance, Yarrita laughed so hard that she almost couldn't straighten her waist, "Haha, Lord Xia Nuo, you are a guard hired by our family, now that the mission is over, don't you even want the money for the payment?" ”

"That's only 200,000 Bailey, okay?!" Xia Nuo glanced at the package again, feeling that the whole person was not good, "How many Nima are there, at least one or two million Baileys, right?" ”

"Three million, to be exact."

Yarrita stretched out three fingers at him, and said with a smile: "Don't forget, the guards on the ship are all bidding according to their strength, you didn't reveal your identity before, so you only had that price, and now, it's not too much to give the pirate with the highest bounty in the East China Sea, right?" ”

“……”

Xia Nuo raised his eyes, and had to admit that what the other party said was very reasonable, although he was not short of money, but his worth was there, and it was indeed a bit hypocritical to shirk it...... So, in the contemptuous expression of Xiao Luo next to him, he carried the package into the storage room with a snort.

Then, with a blank face, he returned to the deck, and without looking, he kicked the stupid bird into the sea with a slanted stab.

"Oh, yes, and this." Jarrita saw all this, and almost couldn't hold back her laughter, she took a small wooden box from Eveel behind her, and then handed it to Xano, and said mysteriously: "This is what I just asked Eveel to ask for from the big merchant I cooperated with, and I am on the great voyage, how can I do it without this." ”

"Huh?"

As soon as he said this, Xia Nuo had some guesses in his heart, and when he opened the wooden box and saw the transparent glass beads lying inside, the guesses were confirmed, and he couldn't help but take out the glass ball, then put it in the palm of his hand, and looked at the metal pointer in the ball.

"Sure enough, it's a record pointer, I've been following the caravan before, and I almost forgot it......"

There is a magnetic chain between the islands of the great route, the so-called seven routes, in fact, are secretly seven magnetic chains, ordinary compasses do not come in handy here, and whether it is the climate, or the clouds and the direction of the wind, can no longer be used as the basis for judging the course, can only rely on, only the record pointer.

However, if you want the recording pointer to point in the direction, you also need to let it record the location of the current island, and the magnetic force of each island is different, and the recording pointer needs to be filled with magnetism for different times before pointing to the next island.

In other words, Xia Nuo does not have to wait specifically for him on this island at all, but can choose to sail anytime and anywhere. Obviously, for him at the moment, this record hand is much more precious than the five million Baileys.

"Thank you so much!"

After expressing his sincere gratitude, Xia Nuo put away the pointer, untied the cable, pulled up the sail, and smiled and waved at Arrita, who was getting farther and farther away, in the warm sea breeze: "So, goodbye!" ”