Chapter 012. Sudden bad luck

"That's normal, isn't it? The Ketuf River from Samar City to Grey Mist City has always been controlled by the bandits and river patrols. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeใ€‚ infoโ€

Gently reaching out and picking up the golden stick, old Morton played with it dexterously between his fingers, and as an elder who was older, he also understood that Levi's contemplation was due to other things. However, he still didn't go too deep, and followed Levi's words and continued, nodding and saying, "The group of water thieves in the Ketufu River have all fled to the swamp, and it is not strange to say that a few people occasionally join the Rotten Algae Gang in Gray Mist City. โ€

"But won't the river patrol team come to capture these water thieves who appeared in Grey Mist City?"

Levi frowned a little strangely, the Ketufu River connecting Samar City and Grey Mist City is an important path for the crops produced in the inland plains of Dayinpan Island to connect with the large maritime trade city of Grey Mist City. The bandits of the Ketuf River are also entrenched in this crooked river, as well as in the surrounding forests, hills, and marshes, and the specially established river patrol team in Samar City is specially set up to deal with these robbers who make the Ketuf River uncomfortable.

After all, Samar City and Grey Mist City are the two cores of the Great Silver Plate Island, and the Ketufu River is the artery of these two cores, in order to protect their own interests, the nobles are extremely strict, and in fact, the result of finding the Ketufu River water thieves on the Great Silver Pan Island is much more cruel than the discovery of robbers in the open sea. The pirates had to cut off their heads with a single sword, and the group of thieves in the Ketuf River had to suffer a lot of torture before they were pulled to the guillotine, and finally they could not even bury their corpses, and were thrown directly into the Ketuf River to feed the fish miserably.

But Li Weigang wanted to continue to say something, but after his mouth opened and closed, he couldn't help but pause slightly, and his words were completely blocked in his mouth. He frowned tightly, reached out and took a big sip of the ale on the table, and whispered to old Morton in disbelief: "That one-eyed dog Harold of the Rotten Algae Gang, don't you dare to advocate the absorption of these water thieves from the Ketuf River, it shouldn't be the captain of the city defense team, Clive, who ordered it?" โ€

"Actually, the river patrol team is almost history, my sweet little Levi."

A slight smile of disdain tugged at the corners of his mouth, and old Morton curled the corners of his mouth, but showed a mocking expression to the fellow of the river patrol team. His eyes swept over the drunks who were still drinking ale on the wine table not far away, the mockery on the corner of his mouth became more and more high, and the golden stick on his fingertips quickly swept a few wonderful streamers, and he looked at Levi and spread his hands gently: "A group of fat dogs who are struggling to catch mice, in the eyes of those nobles who are short of funds to build warships, there is not much need to survive." โ€

"The River Patrol is about to be disbanded?" Levi's face couldn't help but show a little consternation, and the first impression in his mind turned out to be that old Morton had drunk too much and was joking. As the most important armed force in the Ketuf River, the river patrol team is not only patrolling the Ketuf River, but also around the river connecting the two cities, but there are also many villages, and the security of these villages also depends on the river patrol team to deal with, without the protection of this full-time soldier of only 1,000 people, the villages around the Ketuf River, as well as the farms around Samar City, are unprotected and naked exposed to the hands of those water thieves.

"The thieves of the Ketuv River need to be cleaned up thoroughly, because the income from some gray areas cannot keep up with the huge wealth that the nobles are about to face."

Gently suppressed his laughter, old Moulton's body was also a little stiff on the table, he seemed to be an old man amused by young people, but he looked at Levi's eyes, but he didn't know when there was some kind of definite look, proving the wisdom brought by his age and experience. Old Morton slowly stretched out a finger, pointed to the top and said softly: "The grain of Samar City needs to be concentrated in Grey Mist City through the Ketuf River in a few years, and this grain will also be the necessary foundation for that group of nobles to reclaim the desert island. โ€

"The rumors of the discovery of a new island turned out to be true?"

The saliva secreted by the excitement was slowly swallowed by Levi, and his mind instantly remembered the rumors of the discovery of the new island that had been widely spread before, and even now, and his heart couldn't help but beat a few times. If this rumor is true, then the thieves of the Ketuf River who hinder the reclamation and supply of water really need to be exterminated, because according to the records recorded in the books so far, any newly discovered island, as long as it can be inhabited, the huge profits recovered are probably not swallowed by the entire noble circle of Grey Mist City, and for many people, it is a precious and important opportunity with great rewards.

The development of the new island is like a blank sheet of paper, although most of them have been painted by the nobles with their own names, but in the corners, once there is an opportunity to find opportunities, the same new island has developed its own career, I am afraid that in a few decades it will be a new type of aristocratic family. And look at the nobles at the top of Grey Mist City, there are many of them whose ancestors are in the South Roaring Sea, and they are just ordinary people who are similar to Levi.

Li Wei, who has experience in his previous life, has experienced the era of the information explosion, and whether it is military or economic, he is already familiar with it. Although he is still immature because of his age and experience, he is far beyond the knowledge level that most people in this world are subject to, and he is born with a good background. Especially with the golden finger of the traverser, to a certain extent, it is quite easy for him to face those opportunities that are difficult for ordinary people to seize.

"Bang dang."

A dull crash sounded at the door of the tavern in an instant, and the originally thick oak door slammed against the pillar next to it, and four or five burly men had already walked in one by one, all wearing the usual linen short-sleeved shirts, and a short knife with a palm-wide slap pinned to their waists, and glanced at the inside of the tavern with a hideous face, pushing away the bar waiters who wanted to ask, and ignoring the few tavern thugs who were faintly leaning around, they strode forward to a table and sat down, With a gloomy face, he swept the group of drunken drinkers around him who were still looking at this side, looking quite unscrupulous.

When the tavern thugs around saw them sitting quietly, they all slowed down their pace slightly, and instead turned their heads to look at a thin guy not far away. And in the dark corner of the tavern, the thin fellow squinted slightly at the four or five people in front of him who were turning their heads to look inside the tavern, as if looking for someone, but took a few steps back, and quietly disappeared in the gloom, but when he reappeared, he had already come to old Morton's side.

"The people of the Rotten Algae Gang are the newly recruited Kertuf River thieves recruited by the One-Eyed Dog."

The thin guy bowed slightly, stood behind old Morton and said a few words softly, but he didn't shy away from Levi, who was sitting next to him, and nodded and smiled lightly, expressing his kindness in fact. He was Gerald, the manager of the Sea Lance Tavern, who was responsible for the security inside the tavern, and something like this was almost like smashing a signboard at the door, and it was almost humiliating for him.

A dozen burly thugs inside the tavern were also in place, standing in the shadows at the edge of the tavern, each carrying a short knife or a long dagger in their hands, and there was no fear of the four or five rotten algae gangs or the Ketuf River thieves. This kind of person is not very common in their eyes, and similar people have been thrown into the drainage canal of the sea even in this outer harbor, and washed into the sea along with the sewage and dirt, and there is no trace of this world again.

"Give each of them a glass of ale, and tell them this is old Moulton's greeting to the Marsh Baron."

Squinting slightly, Old Morton's face was also a little gloomy, and in the past four years, few things that have not long eyes dared to continue to come to the Sea Spear Tavern so unscrupulously. But the experience and stability brought by age also made his mind a little more rational, and he tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and said softly to Gerald who was waiting quietly next to him: "In fact, the Marsh Baron has been expelled from the Ketuf River, and now he can only shrink in the swamp to barely protect himself. โ€

"Understood." Gerald nodded slightly, as old Moulton's subordinate, of course he understood what the boss meant. Slowly taking a few steps back, he disappeared into the darkness again, even Levi could only see a faint thin shadow moving quickly in the darkness, and quietly appeared at the table of the four or five Rotten Algae Gang, and at some point there was an extra tray in his hand, on which were placed five glasses of the best ale in the tavern.

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