On the rough sea, the wind finally stopped.

The climate in the south is much warmer, and after approaching Bishui Bay, the sailors on board have a little more vitality.

But this glimmer of vitality obviously did not inspire the vigor of the sailors, and everyone was lifeless, looking at the seagulls or the water in the distance.

In the cabin, Ai Yiman sat by the window, silently touching her short knife while drinking, and the sea breeze blowing in from the window made her hair flutter.

She untied her braids, and her resolute face was a little more delicate.

Deputy Captain Mead hurriedly came in, gritted his teeth and said, "Aiyiman, our loss is too great, the goods of 50,000 gold coins are not even enough for 1,000 gold coins now." ”

"Hmm."

Aiman nodded and took a sip of wheat wine.

Seeing her like this, Mead was distressed and angry: "What should I do? We can't live anymore, so you're ...... You go with Blake, and let everyone go to the island with you to beg for a living, or they will all starve to death......"

Mead began to cry as he spoke, and the strong sailor felt so uncomfortable.

Ai Yiman didn't speak for a long time, then looked down at his legs, "Why don't you give Yadri, just one leg." ”

"You're crazy!"

Mead rebuked that he had grown up watching Iman, and although Meade was sometimes selfish, he would never agree to sacrifice a leg for Iman.

"Ai Yiman, follow Blake, I know you have a high vision, but Blake is not bad, he is the king of pirates in the Central Sea, and he has the strength to fight against Adri, let's not do maritime trade with him."

Mead proposed again, bitterly. Ai Yiman sighed deeply: "Mead, you don't understand at all, where I can't bear my love, I don't have that kind of mess." Blake just took over an island and did some pirate for a living......"

Ai Yiman paused and said, "The Northern Empire is constantly at war, and there is no time to clean up Blake. But Blake has always hindered maritime trade and is a thorn in the heart of the Northern Empire. So once the war in the North stops, Blake will definitely die, he provokes the fleet supported by the Northern Empire, do you think he is very beautiful? He was timid as a mouse, equipped with dozens of large ships on the coast ready to flee for his life at any time. ”

There was a hint of sympathy in Ai Yiman's words: "It's just a poor man, I can wake up in my dreams, how can you make me follow him willingly?" ”

Mead opened his mouth, he understood it at a glance, and it was really like that when he was told by Ai Iman.

No pirate can stand up to the Empire.

"What then? If you still insist on going to Phuket, why don't we go back to the north and make another plan." ”

Mead sighed, and Ai Yiman grabbed the short knife and gestured to his leg: "To do business, you have to be trustworthy, and Phuket still has to go." Without delay, I just went, and then I went to see Yadri. ”

"Aiyiman ......"

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The north wind is getting tighter.

The West Coast Special Industrial Zone, which is in full swing, is also getting cold. But the workers didn't feel cold, they could always bake the fire, the coal fire, the heat was full.

Coupled with the sound of the explosion of the mine, the workers couldn't get cold, and their whole bodies were warm and full of strength.

Luo Lan squatted at the door of the wooden house on the coast and ate grilled fish.

Before his eyes was a jubilant scene.

Today the road to the west coast is finally completed, and with the terrifying energy of coal and the support of five thousand workers, a burnt earth road stretching from the Rick Special Industrial Zone to the coast has been paved.

The roasted clay is so hard that it is difficult for horses to leave footprints on it.

Yellow mud is also poured into the burnt earth, which seeps into the resin of a tree, which is quite sticky, although it is far less than cement, but it can also be used.

It's not that Luo Lan is proud, he personally feels that this road is more advanced than the road of any country.

The port on the west coast was barely completed, with more than a dozen docking points built in the 100-meter-long port, and wooden bridges built on the flat ground blown up by explosive bombs.

Dozens of fishing boats cruise inshore to bring caught fish ashore for processing and then selling them to SAR merchants.

These fishermen did not occupy the port, they had to go to sea in the lower section, and the upper section was reserved for merchant ships, so as to solve the problem of the chaotic mixing of ships in the port of Bishui.

"Your Highness, is the fleet coming?"

While Luo Lan looked at the port with satisfaction, Barrett rode over.

He went to the Daisy Industrial Zone and was back in half an hour, compared to at least two hours before.

"Wait, you can have something to eat, everyone is celebrating when the road is completed today."

"Howler!"

Barrett jumped off his horse and joined the celebratory crowd, drinking and eating meat, so happy.

There was a sense of joy all over the coast, and the girls from the city had recently come to the west coast to do some ingenious work, such as killing fish.

With women, men are more motivated, and this winter is like summer.

Luo Lan patted her buttocks, got up and walked to the wooden bridge.

Once again, he looked out over the northern seas.

The wind blew, and the sky was full of fallen leaves, and the fallen leaves floated to the surface of the sea, spinning briskly.

This is the fifty-first time Luo Lan has looked at the ocean.

This time he didn't have much hope, because the sea voyage was extremely complicated, and Aiman said that he would return south in three months, but it was not exactly three months, maybe more than three months, or four months.

Luo Lan waited slowly.

This time, he waited.

Those were four black dots, appearing on the horizon and then staggering towards the west coast.

Luo Lan is overjoyed, it's finally here!

The workers on the coast also spotted the black spots and looked at them in amazement, because no big ship had ever been on the west coast.

Barrett shouted: "There really is a fleet coming, the prince is too godly!" ”

As soon as he roared, everyone was pleasantly surprised, it turned out to be the fleet brought by the prince.

"Hurry up, grill more fish, entertain guests!" The girls cried out, excited.

How long has it been since Phuket has hosted guests?

In the enthusiastic gaze of everyone, the four black dots slowly enlarged, gliding through the pristine sea and gradually approaching the west coast.

The men on all four ships stood on deck looking out over the west coast, all with expressions of surprise on their faces.

Having experienced the humiliation of Will's fleet, these crews lost almost all their cargo and all their vitality.

But now they looked at the vibrant people on the shore and smelled the aroma of grilled fish in the air, and they were inexplicably infected.

Aiman and Mead stood together, and the two of them also looked stunned.

Meade, in particular, was confused.

"This ...... Is this Phuket? Ai Yiman, are we going in the wrong direction? Is this really Phuket? ”

In Mead's memory, Phuket was a rotten island, with even the ports on the east coast in shambles, while the rest of the island was largely uncivilized and primitive.

Especially on the west coast, which is so mountainous and forested that there is no arable land, there is no port at all.

Twenty years ago, the aristocratic mining movement was widely spread, after all, the momentum was huge, and many people on land heard about it, and Mead, who had been going to Bishui Bay for many years, naturally also heard about it.

He remembered that the nobles jumped to their feet and scolded their mothers: the West Coast is a place where the devil does not want to stay!

The picture in front of you is very different.

A well-groomed harbor, neatly parked fishing boats, well-planned wooden bridges, brand new shore houses, and a big road that leads to no one......

Of course, there are the people of Phuket who are different from the people of any other country.

They laughed, sang and danced, including guards, civilians, girls, and slaves with their faces inscribed.

"What's going on with these people? Was it a pariah sent by the Great Prince? Not at all. ”

Mead was dumbfounded, Ai Yiman next to her did not speak, her haggard gaze passed through the crowd, and saw the prince standing on the wooden bridge.

The prince waved at her, a warm smile on his face.