In the evening, the boatman unloaded the ship's goods, put them on the dock, and went to the small shed built by the ship to bring a bowl of food.

The waves still reverberated around the harbor, and the opposite mountain wall sandwiched a large enough place on the shore.

Ships enter from one side and exit from the other.

While dredging order, it also added a lot to the defense of the harbor.

There is no need to send too many guards, only two arrow towers need to be built on both sides of the stone bridge that crosses the 'sea valley', and the pirates will have nothing to hide.

Although there are garrisons on both sides, the opposite wall is like a stone brick standing in the sea, because it is extremely difficult to climb, so it is only a barrier in the birch harbor.

It just so happens to be such a barrier that keeps the birch port within a safe range.

There are a lot of pirates around here, but at least in Birch Harbor, don't worry too much.

Due to the special topography of Birch Harbor, ships often have to wait on the side of the mountain wall on the opposite bank, and only after they have been inspected and paid taxes can they unload their cargo on this side.

Small wooden boats and rafts that act as dredging on the water move between large boats, and occasionally trade small items and food.

The boatman chewed two mouthfuls of food, wiped his nose with his hand, and heard movement in his ears.

A ship approached from a distance and stopped next to the boatman.

"Hey, take a hand." The man on the boat lowered the oars, and the boatman put the bowl and spoon aside, hid the thing with the lid next to it, and ran over in two steps.

Pull the boat down. "How?"

"Somebody fell into the water, No."

The boatman looked into the boat, where a young man with black hair, dressed in some old-fashioned elegant clothes, was unconscious in the boat.

"Oh my God, is he dead?"

"No, he's still alive, and I don't know what he's been through to drift here."

"Where did you find him?" The boatman tied the rope twice and carried the young man out of the boat.

"On the other side, I've gone a little bit to the port side, you know, I can't sell things where there are the most ships if I want to do it alone."

"Come on."

"What, you don't believe it?" The boatman gave the man a blank look, then sighed.

"Alas~ Piracy seems to have become more frequent recently."

"Yes, there are people floating from the sea at two ends in three days." The boatman placed the young man on the ground. "So, you pointy-nosed guy is like making a windfall? Isn't it? ”

"Hey, hey." The man who held the boat shook his head with a smile. "I didn't, but this was the first one to float from the sea alive."

The boatman pressed the young man's chest with both hands and pressed it twice hard, "It's okay if you don't choke on the water...... It should just be unconscious. ”

"What kind of place do you think he looks like?"

There are many ships that come to Birch Harbor and come from different places. Only after staying at the port for a long time can you clearly distinguish which ships, which symbols, and what they represent.

"Hey, alas~, I just found out when you said that." The boatman rubbed his fingers over the young man's clothes. "The workmanship of this dress looks strange, but it is very good. ......" shook his head, "I haven't seen it." ”

"Huh? Haven't even seen you? "The man looked surprised." That's a real surprise...... So you say, is it possible that he is? Well? ”

The boatman frowned, and looked the unconscious young man over and over again, looking at the neckline, arms, and eyes, "It doesn't look like it, and besides, with this dress alone...... I think he must have been robbed of the cargo by pirates. Should be a businessman. ”

"Well, it looks like that. Tut-tut...... the man smacked his lips and couldn't help but sigh, "He looks very young, he must be a clothing merchant who wants to make a fortune here...... It's a pity, I'm still too young, I didn't inquire before I came here......"

"Shhhh......h

A group of soldiers patrolling the harbor approached, and the leader came to the shipwright.

"Get out of the way...... You, what's going on? ”

"Ah...... It's the captain. The boatman respectfully saluted the two soldiers in light armor who had arrived.

"We salvaged a man in the water...... Looking at the way he looks, he's been drifting for days......"

The soldier didn't listen to the boatman, but heard a man salvaged from the water, and the leader of them took two steps forward and pushed away the people gathered around the young man, "Are you dead?" ”

"No, no." The boatmen avoided the side for fear of disturbing the soldiers.

The leader of the squad of soldiers looked at the unconscious young man on the ground.

Although unconscious, his clothes are still very neat.

"Where did you get him from?" The captain took out a charcoal pen and took out a small notebook from his waist. "Who are you two?"

"I'm Harry, the boatman here." The boatman said.

"I'm a small businessman, Bode." The man who fished the young man up.

The captain looked at the notebook, flipped through two pages, and then looked at them again. Harry...... Win...... Well. Glancing up at Bode, the boat behind him was creaking, he lifted his chin, "Look at your boat, Mr. Bode." ”

Bo turned around and found that his boat was swaying towards the middle of the water, and the rope tied to the side had fallen off.

"Yikes!" Bode let out an exclamation, jumped into the water, and swam to his boat.

"You." Reaching out to Harry, "Carry him on his back and follow me." ”

……

Next to one of the rooms, the guardhouse.

"Piracy has been getting rampant lately, and the mayors should immediately send troops to encircle them!" The soldier who followed behind the captain said.

"It's easy to say." The captain removed his armor and placed it on a clothes rack. "Those guys come and go, they never fight us head-on, and their bases are scattered across the islands to the south...... There was simply no way for the town to sustain such a large operation. ”

The captain sat down at the table and wrote down something on a piece of paper.

"And it's not unaware of things in the north, and recently there are devil believers in action, and they lurk in the crowd, making people panic. Mayor Mare has been working this lately, he's already busy, what energy do you have to care about pirates? ”

"As long as the pirates don't come in, Mayor Mare won't really bother with these things. And those pirates also know how to measure, and Birch Harbor is a place where they can't get in, and that's enough. Even pirates can't really cut off their own financial routes, and those who do this kind of robbery are all small pirates......"

After speaking, he also looked at the young man who was placed on the outer bed, and had changed into simple and dry clothes.

"The people who were plundered were all such small merchants. There will be little change to the taxes on Birch Harbor. So......" the captain looked at the soldier, "so we just have to do what we have to do, and we don't have to worry about it, that's not something we have to worry about." ”

"Where's the clothes he changed?"

"Here, Captain." The soldier served a stack of wet clothes on a plate.

"Send it to the censor to get it identified."

"Good! I'll go ......," the soldier walked to the door, "but...... Captain ......"

"It's nothing, you go. If he is not a believer in the devil, he should come back and tell me quickly, and when he wakes up, I can ask him where he came from, or send him to trial. The captain knocked on the table and said impatiently, "Really, everyone has to record, what are the devil's followers doing in Birch Harbor?" ”

"Oh...... I'll go. The soldier hurried away, went out of the room, closed the door, and dragged his plate to the winding road.

The captain sat inside, tapping charcoal on a piece of paper in front of him, knocking out a lot of black dots on one edge.

The list is densely packed with names, families, caravans, and statistics of where they come from.

These are the names of the bodies that have recently been recovered at sea by various small ships, merchant ships that have arrived here, or rescue ships of the convoys.

Yes, corpses.

Although the captain said that to the soldiers, he also had a faint uneasiness in his psyche, because many of these names included the names of many people from large families.

For example, the most famous jeweler in the Northland, there were more than a dozen corpses salvaged together at that time.

There are also many large families in the center, which can be found on the collar of their corpses, or on the flags of wooden boxes that float along with them.

The pirates are very slippery, and the number of Birch Harbor Guards is limited.

Often, by the time they found the bodies, many of them were already swollen and could not even be distinguished.

The captain rubbed his head, this time someone would escape from the pirates' hands alive.

Looking at the young man's appearance, he probably jumped off a moment before he was robbed, and then after Yu was exhausted, he was fished up.

But who is this young man?

There was nothing on his clothes or body that could identify him. There are some lines on the clothes, but they don't match the lines on these records in front of you, maybe those lines are just decorative patterns.

Identification unknown.

There is no way to confirm the identity of this young man.

At this time, it will be handed over to the judge, and only believers in the devil will have no proof of identity.

"Devil believers?" The captain shook his head. "Alas~" For such a long time, it is not unheard of such a thing, some people's family crest is a metal utensil, put in a pocket, maybe it will be lost.

Of course, those people were also sent to the examiner for examination, and there was no problem.

But what if you think about it, just touch a stone that looks like a branch? Just by that can you judge the devil believers?

The captain didn't believe it, because he had never seen it change.

It's the same this time, nothing will change, when he wakes up, asks for his name, makes a record, and then goes to the Chamber of Commerce to receive some payment, drink a drink, and rest again.

Well, that's good. The captain threw the charcoal on the table, leaned back in his chair, and snooze with his eyes closed.

The other pair of eyes were opened.