In Changxing Harbor, the people on the wharf were the same as usual—three or five sailors returning from a long voyage gathered together to boast about what they had seen from the trip, the apprentices at the dock followed behind the master with large boxes, and the workers who loaded and unloaded the goods were all big shoulders and round waists, and they could talk and laugh freely carrying sacks larger than half their bodies.

The docks are lined with boats of all sizes, including exotic galleons, simple but practical flat-bottomed sand boats from the mainland, and small sampans tied to the corners of fishermen.

It was a clear day with few clouds, and the sea in the distance was unobstructed, until the place where the sea and the sky met—

Is it dazzling or, where the sea and the sky meet, there seems to be a big black guy.

As the shadow got closer and closer, the sharp-eyed man could already see the hideous clamming angles of his ship's bow and the layers of sails above him, which were as black as night.

"Oh no! it's a pirate!"

The people who first saw the black sails were still stunned and did not react, and the screams of panic had already spread throughout the docks. Is this the pirate ship of Fandong? Today is obviously a sunny day with few clouds and no fog.

Moreover, even on a foggy day, Changxing Port had never been attacked by pirates since he could remember. Changxing Port is just a small port dominated by trade, and the Xuanchen State across the sea to the north is deserted, and there has been no war between the states of the city and continent for many years, so the defense here is indeed weak-

But it's not something that a small pirate ship can easily subvert.

While the crowd was chaotic, the calm Coast Guard members stood in place like a mainstay, their brows furrowed, and their eyes fixed on the approaching black ship—

On the port side, there is no one.

On the starboard side, there was no one either.

The wide deck was empty, and there were no pirates to be seen.

Wow, there was a figure on the helm deck.

The team's gaze was on the stern of the boat, where there was a man at the helm, but it was too far away, and the figure was very blurry, but he could see that he was quite tall.

At this time, another figure came out of the cabin, and the silhouette should be a woman, and her legs seemed to be a little lame when she walked. The tall figure on the helm lifted the rudder and gestured at her.

The two were in a stalemate for a long time, no matter how the man compared, the woman stood still motionless. Finally, the woman hooks her hand at the man, and the two swap places, the woman takes the helm, and the man goes to the mast to fiddle with the rigging -

They were going to put away the sails and dock.

The team members suddenly realized. Oh, if these two are really pirates, then they are really polite. Most people panicked at the sight of the black sails and spiked horns, and only a few members of the Coast Guard were left on the long pier. They saw the movement of the ship and exchanged glances with each other.

The Coast Guard members wore chain mail with a dark blue shoulder, and wore straight-edged knives with pear wood handles around their waists, and the scabbards were decorated with silver in the shape of waves. So far, there have been no signs of attack on the black sailing ship that appears to be a pirate ship.

"Grab your bow and arrows and aim at your target. Liu Shoucheng, captain of the Changxinggang Coast Guard, raised his saber and commanded his subordinates.

More than a dozen team members, far or near, hurried to the outpost at the end of the pier, and one of them picked up a wooden bow that was leaning against the corner of the wall and was covered with ash, and picked up a quiver from the side and carried it on his back. The pirate ship was still some distance away, and the team members came out of the outpost, pressed their bows and arrows and scattered along the pier, and one person in ten steps guarded the coastline of Changxing Port.

The black ship had already entered the firing range, and the team members couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when they saw the giant bed crossbows lined up on the two sides. One of the team members subconsciously drew his bow, and the captain waved his hand at him, signaling him to put it down.

On the black ship, there was still only one man and one woman, the woman at the helm, the man with the sails, and no one behind the two rows of terrifying bed crossbows. The captain only asked the team members to keep aiming at the two with their bows, waiting for the other to make a move.

The black ship was about to come to shore, and the man on deck had put away several sets of sails and was heading for the winch at the stern, and the woman was holding the rudder with one hand a little boredly, and the waves near the sea were not big, and it made no difference whether the helm was in charge or not.

"Who's coming?"

Sensing that it was almost audible from the other side, the captain of the Coast Guard shouted at the two men on the boat.

"Come from the Taiwei Kingdom, the merchant who travels the ship!"

The woman at the helm put her hand to the side of her mouth and answered in a loud voice.

Behind her, the tall man leaned on the winch, pulled out the long knife stuck in it, and the whole person leaned back.

The anchor chain clattered and fell, and the winch spun fast.

......

After a short time, the crowd refilled the pier of Changxing Port, and the hideous and terrifying pirate main ship was parked on the farthest berth, attracting a large number of citizens to watch the excitement.

It seems to be a beast in prison, and for the first time it appears in front of people's eyes with a harmless appearance, of course, it is indispensable to observe. If this sea overlord who has destroyed many ships in the former Aral Sea, if it can have the will, it must feel extremely humiliated at this moment, like the captured warrior.

At the outpost at the other end of the wharf, Ge Lan and Qi Zhilai stood in front of the captain's case, half-truths and half-truths about what happened. The captain sometimes groaned, sometimes smacked his lips, sometimes nodded thoughtfully, and patiently listened to the two of them talk about what happened to the trip.

"Really, you went into the fog, went to the islands of Fandong, and robbed a pirate ship?"

On the bench next to him, a young team member finally couldn't help but stand up and look at the two with incredible eyes.

Ge Lan, who was standing outside, unconsciously raised his chin a little, and smiled proudly: "Otherwise, the big guy parked on the dock is still a pirate who kindly gave me it?"

"That's amazing...... the young team member sighed wistfully as he sat back on the bench.

For them, the fog of Fandong is not fog and the gate of hell, and the pirates of Fandong are not robbers and life-seekers. The unknown breeds fear, which is exacerbated by the sailors' habit of talking big. For those who have never left land in their lives, rumors are the truth about the fog.

If it is said that the crew and traders who can survive the attack can still meet so many groups every season, like the two in front of them who have seized the pirate ship, not to mention whether there has been Changxing Port since the establishment of the port, at least since Captain Liu took office, they have not seen it together.

I don't know if it's enough for the bard to sing, but if not, I'll make one of my own—and I'll do it when the present situation is over!" Glenn wrote down in her mind.

It was the reaction of the people of the port that made his vanity swell, and it was not a heroic deed after all, as long as it was recalled slightly...... Cai Zhao...... He must be saved.

“...... The boat will be parked at the dock for the time being, and we will send someone to cover it, but please dispose of it as soon as possible, whether it will drive away or sink into the sea, it will always be a disaster to stay here. Captain Liu pondered for a moment and said to the two of them quite understandingly.

"Thank you, Your Excellency. Qi Zhilai said. Ge Lan hurriedly followed.

"If you two are missing," said one of the mustachioed members of the bench, looking up as if he remembered something, "I know of a nearby dockyard where the master might be interested......

"That's a huge help. Ge Lan happily replied, grasping the team's hand.

......

“...... According to the calculation of fifty percent of the new wood, thirty taels of wood, five taels of iron sheets, two taels of canvas, and a bed crossbow I think is quite a novelty, one gives you twenty taels, a total of one hundred and ninety-seven taels, counting the other ones in the boat, add a whole two hundred taels, how about this number two?"

In a dock on the east bank of Changxing Harbor, workers wrapped in turbans come and go, not to mention 30 or 40 people; more than a dozen ships of various sizes and sizes of completion are placed in various places, some of which have already been launched, and the entire cavity shell has been closed, and the shipwrights have built masts and cabins on it; on the shore are some inverted keels, on which the workers carry side ribs one by one, which really look like the skeleton of a giant dragon.

Standing in front of Ge Lan and Qi Zhilai was a middle-aged man with a big belly, with the same ponytail as Ge Lan, but without those two handfuls of hair on his forehead - the hairstyle of the men in Shizhou was much more free than that of Taiwei or Xuan Chen, and thanks to this, all kinds of people with weird hair also emerged in endlessly.

Two hundred taels. Ge Lan stared at the two outstretched fingers of the dockyard owner, feeling unreal for a while, and the scene in his eyes was a little weak.

"A ship is a ship, wood is wood, and this well-built ship is sold as wood, and the shipyard of the boss's house is also doing business?"

On the side, Qi Zhilai sat on the wooden box, his injured leg stretched straight. It is worthy of being the apologetic left envoy of the state religion of Taiwei country, and it is also full of momentum to return its price.

The owner of the dock was embarrassed to make a fuss about the fat on his cheeks, and said: "The whole ship is worth the price of the whole ship, but the two pirate ships ...... I really can only sell it as wood......"

“...... If it is ordinary wood, it is damaged to such an extent that it is not even worth thirty taels, I tell you the truth, the boat is made of foggy jujube wood from Fandong, and it is usually the guests who bring materials to see it...... Thirty-two taels, I don't make two people's money, and if it is damaged like this, even if it is a foggy jujube wood, it is only worth this price. ”

In an instant, Qi Zhilai sensed something from these words, and asked with his eyebrows: "You mean that this wood is only produced in Fandong?"

The dockyard owner was stunned when he heard this, and then said "um".

"How can there be circulation here? You did say that there were guests who brought materials to ask you to build a ship, right? Qi Zhilai continued to ask.

"This ......," the dockyard master was asked, and was speechless for a while, "the matter of the guests ......"

"Well, as you just said, two hundred and two taels. ”

Qi Zhilai is no longer chasing deeply, she already knows what she wants to know.

Think about the pirate leader who can speak official language, and sure enough, the elder of Fandong is not a barbarian who is completely isolated from the world - where the sun can't shine, the people with hearts on both sides of the fog have long colluded together.

The dockyard master smiled and nodded his head twice, rubbing his hands, "Two hundred and two taels!" beckoned to the wife who was in charge of the accounts.

The sound echoed through the docks, as if it was for everyone to hear.

Qi Zhilai held the wooden box and wanted to stand up, but seeing this, Ge Lan hurriedly put her arm on her shoulder, and the other hand hesitated for a moment and hugged Qi Zhilai's waist.

Not......

Her voice made some inexplicable sounds, and her body stiffened, but she didn't resist.

Then with his remaining hand, Ge Lan counted the silver handed over by the dock master and put it into his arms.

"Be careful on the road!"

The dock master looked at the backs of the two of them, and said in a long voice.