CH.17 Entering the Port
The Greenland Empire is the smallest of the five empires, and because it is an island country, the country has been battling the rough sea. The aborigines of the island attached great importance to the shipbuilding industry, and attracted a large number of dwarven craftsmen, and now the shipbuilding industry in the Greenland Empire is very developed.
The port of Carlin is a crescent-shaped bay with many ships coming in and out every day, and the dockyard is always busy, starting from the first rays of light in the east and continuing until the moonlight clears.
The cliff of the harbor is engraved with a statue of a great navigator - the Prince of Navigation, Hearn, who was the pioneer of the Age of Discovery, who led the fleet to explore the uncharted seas and open up new routes, so that later people could reach the ancient continent from the Wyvern Continent.
The rise of a new civilization brought the almanac once again to the Almanac, an era known as the Golden Calendar, which began in 1400, when Hearn set sail.
Three hundred years later, the people of the Wyvern Continent still have respect for this navigator, whether it be a merchant, a pirate, or a navy.
Hearn is a symbol, a symbol of the beginning of the Age of Discovery!
No matter how dangerous the sea is, it can't stop people from wanting to conquer it!
One day in the harvest month of 1745 in the Golden Sea calendar, the Black Pearl and the Mandela slid into the arms of Port Carlin with their waves. The two ships docked side by side, in a long row of moored ships, not very conspicuous.
"Ding! You arrive at Port Carlin and get the basics of the port. ”
As soon as Donk landed, he got such a message, and he opened it.
Port: Carlin.
Country: Greenland Empire.
Description: Port Carlin is a historic port that has grown considerably due to the Greenlandic Empire's ambition to conquer the sea. Strategically located opposite the Dragon's Tooth Country, the port was the first port accessible to trading ships arriving in Greenland. Pearls are abundant locally and are a luxury item with great business opportunities.
Armament: 4566 (This value affects the port's military capabilities)
Commerce: 5213 (This value affects the trade level of this port)
Science level: 3996 (This value affects the shipbuilding and military factory capabilities of this port)
Opinion: ☆ (Requires investment to increase favorability, which can lead to better commercial benefits)
Buildings: Governor's Palace, Exchange, Shipyard, Dock, Tavern, Naval Base, Marine Academy, Maritime Museum, Execution Table, Prison, Shop, Commercial Union, Bank.
Special Location: Fortune Telling House.
Coordinates: W235N102 (this is the system coordinates, not the latitude and longitude)
He glanced around, clicked a few times on various buildings, and got some introductions, such as clicking on the exchange, he could know what goods were inside, and he could know the price of these goods. This information is of great benefit to the businessman, who does not have to worry about being deceived when he knows the actual price of the goods, and can also save time in investigation. If you have access to trade information from multiple ports, you will be able to grasp the best business opportunities and make huge profits by reselling goods.
However, Donk has little interest in business.
The two boats were on the portion, and people from both sides stood on the side of the ship and looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a little strange.
"This is the dividends I promised to your crew, as well as the burial expenses of those who died." Donk kicked the box next to him and said to the female captain in front of him.
"Thank you." Elizabeth said.
"There's no need to say thank you, I wouldn't have been able to grab the Black Pearl without your people." Donk shrugged.
"Goodbye then, Pirate Captain." She smiled as brightly as the sunlight reflected on the surface of the sea, and waved her slender and graceful hand.
"Maybe we'll meet at sea."
"I hope you won't kidnap me again next time." Because of the arrival at the shore, her mood also soared, and she blinked and joked.
"I'll try to control myself." Donk said seriously.
Elizabeth smiled even sweeter, her eyes narrowed into crescents, and her whole person was even more beautiful and moving. The sailors were fascinated by the sight, some of them with lustful eyes that fell on their breasts and legs, and some of them with intoxicated eyes that fell on their faces and blonde hair.
Tang Ke also likes this handsome but feminine woman, but he is a relatively broad person, and he likes all women with a posture and a surname.
The Mandela men breathed a sigh of relief when they arrived at the shore, and when they saw the female captain and the gold coin, they all smiled happily, and they didn't know which one they were closer to.
Elizabeth put away the gold coin boxes, and the two ships were about to remove the portholes, and she was just about to leave, but after thinking about it, she turned back again.
"Donk, how long have you been a pirate? I haven't heard of any pirate captain named Donk before, and you're still an Oriental. She asked.
"Why did you remember to ask this?" Donk teased nonsensically, "What? Want me to take you into the industry? ”
She didn't answer the question, but still asked Donk about his pirate history, and Donk replied, "It's just a pirate captain for more than a month." ”
"Don't tell me you wanted to be a pirate captain on a temporary spur at sea." She said dumbly.
Tang Ke thought for a moment and said, "It's not so much a temporary idea, but a forced helplessness." ”
He had crossed over, and he was adrift at sea at the time, so there was no choice. Although he could now choose to be an ordinary person on land and give up the convenience of the pirate system, he gave up this cowardly idea after taking a look at the half-tired slender men in the port.
Elizabeth stared at Donk for a long time and did not speak. made Donk misunderstand that she had taken a fancy to herself, and she was very proud in her heart, and she looked back at the past with a pair of affectionate eyes.
"I can see that you are not a hopelessly bad person," she said sincerely, "so why don't you give up this dangerous and evil business before your head is rewarded?" In fact, it is not bad to be an armed businessman, as long as you run it properly, you only need to crawl and roll at sea for a few years, and you can become a rich man on the rich side. ”
Several imperial navies are fighting pirates from hostile nations, and there is a group of people at sea who are called bounty hunters, who are also hunting those high bounty holders. It can be said that piracy is a group of high-risk criminal professions, and the sea is their paradise and graveyard.
Donk smiled, it turned out that she wanted to make herself good. He still knew how to do it, and he appreciated it, but he shook his head and said, "Thank you for the advice, but I don't have that plan yet, and I think it's a little cooler to be a pirate than a merchant." ”
"Whatever you want, I don't expect to persuade you in a few words." She didn't show any disappointment, turned and walked away, and returned to her boat in a few steps.
"Hey, why don't you have a parting kiss or something?" Donk shouted.
The hostility that the Mandela crew had just defused was blazing again, glaring at the bastard who hooked up with their female captain.
Elizabeth did not turn back, ignored the words, and commanded the crew to stand side by side, and distribute the consolation money, and some of it she had to send to the families of the victims, which was her duty as a merchant captain.
Mr. Donk was busy, disembarking and dealing with the port authority officials at the port, paying the berthing fee and filling out a slip with his information. Since he had no legal nationality, he had to go to the Governor's Mansion to apply for a temporary residence permit, which was very formal, and gave Donk a new understanding of the integrity of the political system of the other world.
But it's right to think about it, even muskets have been invented here, how can the system be backward.
The process of applying for his documents was very depressed, but fortunately, the officials here had a tepid attitude and did things quite quickly, otherwise, he really didn't have the patience to apply for a temporary residence permit, and he was more free and easy to be a black household.
He's the kind of person who hates rules, and believes that the meaning of rules is to be broken.
The costumes of the officials here are quite interesting, they all have wigs with many curls on their heads, the wigs are white or off-white, very thick, and the weather is hot and inevitably panicked, so they have to spray perfume to cover up the smell of sweat.
Tang Ke saw that those wigs were sweating profusely one by one, and then he felt that this fee was not in vain.
Pirates are a group of people who seek freedom, but they also have to have a force behind them. Most pirates will choose to have good relations with a country so that they can get a supply port and no one will go around making enemies.
If you really want to be a pirate who raids indiscriminately, you can only find some special ports to replenish, such as some ports that provide resources for pirates, and those ports make pirate money. In addition, there is a force called Pirate City on this sea, which will open the door to welcome all pirates and provide protection to pirates, similar to a kind of reading power regime on the sea.
After the formalities were completed, he began to wander around, and from time to time he could see some dwarves on the road, who were quite rough, and walked in the street as if no one was around, and some of them carried beer glasses, and their beards were stained with beer foam.
In addition to the more human races and dwarves, you can occasionally see some beautiful elves.
Donk didn't like the little white faces of the elves, but the female elves were very attractive to him, and he was particularly concerned about their long pointed ears, which he guessed must be very sensitive, so he especially wanted to touch them twice.
He has always been bold, and in broad daylight, he stopped the two female elves and started talking. This can see his rogue wisdom, if you stop the female elf who is alone, people must be afraid when they see him, if there is a man's female elf around him, then you can fight without saying a word, so the best choice is to stop the female elf in pairs, so as not to be abrupt and beautiful.
He tried to pretend to be a good man, but his hooligan temperament betrayed him, and the two elves were still very vigilant, and looked like they were about to shout indecent at any moment.
"Actually, I just want to tell the two of you something, I'm willing to give 5 gold coins, just to let me touch the ear of one of the two of you, of course, you two are willing to fly double."
The term Double Fly was coined by Donk in the lingua franca of the Bright Alliance, but it will take time to popularize it.
"Hooligans!" One of the female elves shouted with all her might, blushing in anger and slapping Donk.
Tang Ke saw that the little hand was very tender, so he didn't hide, and a red handprint was printed on his face. He didn't stalk and let the two elves go. He was a guy who played life, smiled and shook his head, and didn't care.
Unexpectedly, the two female elves came back and stopped Tang Ke.
"Isn't it? Still want to fight? "Donk didn't follow this time, that slap was not light.
Among them, the fair-skinned female elf twisted a few times, restrained her arrogance, and whispered: "I think about it carefully, 5 gold coins is a lot, you can touch it, but you have to pay first." ”
Tang Ke rolled his eyes, then why did you hit me just now?
These 5 gold coins with him are really not a small amount, they are exchanged for silver coins and a pocket, and they can be stacked into a mountain when exchanged for copper coins. He spent the money and touched the elf's ear as he wished, satisfying his curiosity, and the feeling was nothing special, just the ear, but he also touched the female elf with red faces, and kept urging Tang Ke to hurry up with the sound of mosquito bites.
It seems that the two female elves are serious girls, and then they ran away, for fear that Tang Ke would talk about something too demanding.
Tang Kechong used the investigation technique on the two girls, but did not get any more information other than their names and ethnicities. He secretly decided that he must upgrade his investigation technique in the future, which would be much more practical if he could even investigate his home address.
Thinking like this, he habitually called up the pirate system, and was dumbfounded, the interface turned gray, and there was an extra prompt on it.