"What?" Before First Officer Green's words fell, Levi's eyes were a little more incredulous. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info are only basic expenses, and they can only last for a month, even if his financial management ability is not good, he can't believe it. But Levi still understood First Officer Green's loyalty to him, and subconsciously touched his pocket, or shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I think you must be joking with me?" ”

However, First Officer Green's words obviously shattered Levi's illusions, and the small notebook in his hand quickly flipped through a few pages, and the handwriting on it was still quite clear, as if it had just been written. In fact, this is indeed what First Officer Green wrote after careful consideration when Li Weiwei sent Baron Charles back: "Now our number has increased to 97, and the bread, salted meat, water, and fresh fruit consumed per person per day are certainly not calculated by Captain Levi. ”

"Especially after the attack of the water thieves, the price of bread and salted meat has risen by 30%, and the fruit in Samar City has more than tripled, so there are still a large number of ocean-going merchants rushing to buy it."

First Officer Green's face was solemn, looking at Levi's somewhat helpless appearance, he also nodded and continued to flip through a few pages of small notebooks, while still reporting quickly in his mouth: "Thanks to the fresh herring from the Silver Coast yesterday morning, our savings have now reached 300 large silver coins. After a pause, First Officer Green's words still appeared, but they hit Levi's heart like a sledgehammer: "Therefore, according to the law of prices and rises, even if we eat the cheapest black bread and salted meat a few years ago every day, and reduce the amount and frequency of fruits, we can only last for a month." ”

Nodding slowly, Levi turned his head to look at the ruins of the dock area and the warehouse area, and the dark appearance was probably about to start the reconstruction work. But his eyes swept over the city wall in the distance in the direction of the mouth of the Naktuf River, the main force of the city defense team was strictly arranging the defense line, and it seemed that the small figures on the city wall also knew that this time the soldiers of the city defense team had been heavily assembled. But in other words, the city of Grey Mist and the city of Samar have lost control of the Ketuv River in a short period of time.

If the Marsh Baron and the Kertuf River Thieves are not completely wiped out, then this important river connecting Samar and Grey Mist will be a companion for the enemy every day. And Gray Mist City, which does not produce crops itself, will also have a slow increase in the price of basic edible grains and the like. And as long as the Ketuv River connecting Samar City has not been opened by the army of Grey Mist City at a certain stage, then the price of Grey Mist City will be higher and higher, like a powder keg counting down.

"It's a troublesome thing to do."

In the end, Levi had no choice but to compromise, although the bread and bacon were cheap, but the sailors who could not stand him were all young and strong young men, and ninety-seven men were estimated to be able to make two barrels of bread and bacon in a day. And this is not taking into account fruits, after all, it is a life in the ocean, and this world also has sepsis, if you don't want to roll miserably on the ship, then it is quite necessary to eat some fruits rich in vitamin C every day.

Fortunately, Grey Mist is close to the Ketufu River, and the fresh water resources are still abundant, and if the sailors were popular, there are only one or two springs on some of the hub islands of ocean trade, and it costs a lot of money to replenish fresh water every time. But Levi still looked at his first mate Green, and at the same time sighed helplessly at Captain Hall who came over: "Then gentlemen, what should we do next?" ”

"According to the original plan, we should go to Sama City along the Ketuv River today to buy supplies and come back and sell them."

As a leader, Levi's advantage is that when he encounters a problem that he doesn't understand, then let someone who understands solve it. And the calm and prudent First Officer Green is such an excellent candidate. And First Officer Green is no different from his experience in solving most of the trivial things of life for Levi in the past two years, frowning slightly, turning a few pages of his notebook, his eyes swept over Captain Hall, who was listening quietly, and nodded: "Of course, now that the Ketuff River is unnavigable, then we may be able to continue to the Silver Coast." ”

"Silver Coast?"

However, Levi was slightly stunned, and looked at First Officer Green with some puzzlement. Although Levi's personality is also relatively calm, compared to the middle-aged man of First Officer Green, the experience and keen intuition brought by age are still a little worse. But Levi pondered for a moment, and then asked First Officer Green, "Shall we go back and continue to catch those fresh herrings?" But this thing is almost dispensable for the current Grey Mist City market. ”

After all, Grey Mist City has just undergone an accident, and as the main consumer group, it is precisely those ordinary residents who are panicked. Although the fat herring of the Silver Coast was also loved by the aristocracy, the real value and delicious sea fish were more sought after by the nobles than herring. Therefore, if you just go to the Silver Coast to buy herring, then you can't sell it at a good price after you come back, and it is estimated that you will not even be able to meet the basic expenses at that time, and it will definitely be a loss-making business.

"Certainly not the herrings, we might be able to target the ocean-going merchants."

First Officer Green shook his head slightly, and at the same time gave Levi a look, pointed to the merchants who were still grieving at the ruins of the warehouse not far away, and said with certainty: "All the goods they bought or brought were plundered by the water thieves, or they were burned clean by the fire, and they were almost bankrupt." After a pause, First Officer Green did not have the slightest expression of shame on his face, but naturally continued to Levi: "And the Silver Coast's cheap silver-plated items may be their only choice. ”

"Those silver-plated fakes?"

Levi's mind instantly remembered the silver-plated cutlery they had seized earlier, which seemed worthless to them, after all, among the hills of the Silver Coast, the high-purity silver mines were known in the surrounding seas. But he immediately understood, looked up at First Officer Green slightly, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "You mean to say that these silver-plated guys are not worth much to us, but they are still valuable in the eyes of these ocean-going merchants?" ”

"That's right, although not as profitable as sterling silver products, silver-plated things are also a small fortune in their eyes." First Officer Green also nodded in agreement with Levi's statement. He turned his head to look at Captain Hall behind him, and the heavy Garret warship, which was nearly twice as long as the Devo merchant ships, and was also a model of cargo ships in ancient times. A smile also appeared on Green's face, and he said, "Yesterday I happened to find a merchant who could buy silver-plated products, and it is a pity that almost all of the pure silver products he spent a large amount of money on were robbed by the group of Ketuf River pirates. ”

"Oh, that's a shame."

Captain Hall next to him also widened his eyes slightly, but the smile on his face didn't mean much regret. Although he was new to this world and was not familiar with everything in this world, his experience in trading in Spain and the Mediterranean gave him an understanding of this popular way of trading. He also smiled, looked up at the sun that was already hanging high in the sky, and asked Levi and First Officer Green, "Then when are we leaving?" ”

"Now." Before his words fell, Levi's voice had already sounded. He looked at the sailors around him who were still preparing, and immediately reached out to grab the side of the Devoe merchant ship, simply turned over and kicked it up, standing at the bow of the ship and beckoning the surrounding sailors, and at the same time said to the first mate Green and Captain Hall below: "Now let's sail!" Looking at the sailors around him who were busy with his orders, he also had a little more smile on his face, and shouted loudly: "Let's go!" ”

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