Chapter 103: Assassination (2nd Update)
"Where's the cargo from the East?"
Sauron turned and asked the people around him, and immediately someone led him towards the back.
Soon a bunch of carefully placed goods came out of the front, and you don't need to look at it to know that it is filled with porcelain, which is a very expensive cargo. On the mainland, fine porcelain was sometimes more popular with the aristocracy than silverware, and because porcelain was easily broken and prone to accidents during transportation, the price of finely crafted porcelain was always high. Although there are some ceramic crafts on the mainland, only porcelain from the East is the best, and only authentic Oriental porcelain can be sold at a very high price!
It's the same as wine drinkers who like to go after the wine of origin.
"Why are you broken so much?!"
Sauron couldn't help frowning after a slight glance, and said in a deep voice, "Almost all of the boxes here are broken. ”
Hearing Sauron's words, the pirate leader behind him immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and said stiffly: "The idiot below was careless, and he fell when he was transported over, and the person has been hung up by me and beaten with twenty lashes. If you are not satisfied, I will punish them later. ”
"Forget it." Sauron waved his hand when he heard this, and said slowly: "Since you have already been punished, forget it." ”
He looked at the porcelain in front of him, then turned to the chest next to him containing spices, tea, and silk. The goods brought from the East were quite valuable, and he came here not only to get rid of them, but also to bring a little gift to Golia. She had helped Sauron and Vivien a lot in the past, and she had not been able to thank her for expressing her heart before, but Sauron was now one of the pirate kings of the South Coast, so how could she go there empty-handed this time to invite her overseas.
Pay somebody back in the same coin!
Essentially, Sauron still has a lot of past traditions, and other gifts like Golia's lack of use, but spices, tea, and silk from the East are definitely useful. Because wizards are very fond of spices and tea, many things that have a calming effect have an auxiliary effect on wizards learning to understand spells. As for silk, that's not to mention. In this era when the overall level of civilization was close to the Middle Ages, silk was something that the vast majority of women could not refuse.
"Take all of this with you and ship it all out."
Sauron glanced at it, picked out the best of them, and then asked his men to move out.
The shipment was quite high-end, and after Sauron opened two boxes and looked through them, he found a mark that resembled a mermaid in the corner of the box. Of course, this is not a mermaid, in fact, it looks more like a mermaid in the East, this thing is called a 'mermaid' in the East, which is completely different from the 'Fish Man' in the West. This mark represents a fairly powerful power in the Eastern world. It controlled nearly sixty percent of the trade in the Eastern world, and most of the goods that were transported by land through the desert or by sea had to be purchased from the cities they controlled.
This organization is quite weird!
Sauron had come into contact with them back then, and there were many masters in them.
In addition, these Oriental races are not afraid of hating the Drow Elves, and they are also one of the few humans who will trade directly with the Drow Underground, even if this trade is relatively stealthy and infrequent.
Sauron quickly picked out the gifts.
He didn't stay on Viper Island for long, after preparing a gift for Golia. Sauron led the people towards the port of Taylor. Now that she has returned, she still has to go and see the Naga priest, otherwise she will be dissatisfied in her heart. That's how this relationship is, if you don't come to meet her. It's also possible that she thinks Sauron has no one in her sights. After all, she is the presiding priest of the South Coast region, and the influence of the Naga priest is still very strong in Port Taylor and the cities close to the land.
Sauron still needs the power of the Church of the Sea!
It didn't take much time to get to Port Taylor. In the afternoon, Sauron arrived at the port of Taylor with his men.
The approach of the battleship did not alarm too many people, but there were still some heads of the Chamber of Commerce who had learned of Sauron's return, and some of them were already preparing to come and pay a visit. The purpose was the same as Sauron's going to meet the Naga priests. As soon as Sauron arrived at the harbor of Tyro, he ordered the others to send a gift of his own to the Ocean Temple, and then prepared to stay there for the night before setting off for the Shipwreck Bay.
It's still time to give a gift.
Even if Sauron initially forced the Naga priest to give in and bow his head with the threat of a great victory, now that the matter has passed, it is still necessary to woo and pull together a little if he can have a chance to ease the relationship. If Sauron wants to gain a foothold on the south coast, the golden thigh of the goddess of the sea must be hugged, as long as he hugs the golden thigh of the goddess of the sea, even if it is a big thing, the church of the sea will share some of the pressure on him. Sorenken serves the goddess of the sea, doesn't he want to cool off under the big tree?
Of course.
It's not enough to just think about hugging the thighs of the big tree, and the foundation of the iron has to be hard, and Sauron's ultimate goal is to make himself a big tree in the sky.
As soon as the pirate minions who had sent the gifts over had left, the head of the Taylor Port Chamber of Commerce came to pull in the relationship, and they all brought gifts one by one. These guys have a lot of eyes and ears, and pirates have always had a mouth like to leak air, so it wasn't surprising that they knew Sauron was back. Sauron's mind was clear about the arrival of these guys, because all they wanted was the black market smuggling trade and a new route to the overseas islands.
These things are impossible to give to them!
Sauron doesn't attack merchant ships much now, and he is able to feed so many of his men because he has caught the smuggling trade. The profits in this are quite staggering, and Sauron now has more than 2,000 pirate minions and sailors under his command, and these people eat, drink, and Lazar are all gold and silver fished out of it, and it is not enough to feed these people and horses just by collecting some sea protection money. As for the other overseas voyage, it is impossible for Sauron to share it with them, and in the future this will be a road to wealth and silver.
A meaningless courtesy.
Sauron smiled at all the people, but accepted all the gifts that were sent, but he did not reply to any of them when he wanted to explore overseas trade routes, or to try the smuggling trade, etc. This attitude makes many people helpless, and many people can only leave the gift disappointed.
A quarter of an hour passed like this.
Just as Sauron was dealing with the stewards sent by these chambers of commerce, a strange figure suddenly appeared behind him, followed by a cold light, and a xenomorph short knife pierced through the back of his heart, directly hitting Sauron's heart!
A stream of blood splattered out.
Sauron's figure stiffened for a moment, then a look of pain appeared on his face.
The short knife stabbed him in the heart!!
……………… (To be continued......)