509 Bar
After some exchanges, Charlie learned a lot of news from Eric.
Moyaki Port is the largest external window of Lancang State, it is located in the southeast corner of Lancang State, north of the Polar Ocean, south of the Principality of Lyman and Phoenix Principality, not far from the main battlefield of Lancang and the two principalities, not a very safe place.
Despite its proximity to the frontier battlefields, it has never been exposed to war, the most dangerous of which occurred three years ago, when the commander of the Duchy of Lyman was killed, and the angry Lyman army surrounded the port of Moyaki in an attempt to destroy it, which even caused trouble in the imperial court of the thousand-year-old empire, and it was only through the mediation of the empire that the port of Moyaki was spared.
Since that time, there have been some rumors in the port of Moyakee, and it is rumored that the port's business has the background of a thousand-year-old empire, and the ingredients are more complicated. So, against the backdrop of the chaotic battlefield around it, the port of Moyaki stood on the edge of the storm, unmoved.
The Duchy of Lyman and the Duchy of Phoenix were unable to send troops to intervene, but they also relied on their influence to restrict the circulation of daily necessities in the market of Moyaki Port, which was equivalent to cutting off the grain route of the Lancang Kingdom, which is said to have had a good effect.
In recent months, the border fighting has intensified, and the Lancang State has been even more unusual, after repulsing the Principality's army, it has constantly tried to push outward, attacking the Principality's cities, plundering daily necessities, and the two sides are fighting each other.
This is presumably the background and reality of the port of Moyaky.
"According to astrologers, this year is not going to be a good year. Eric sighed and said, "If the Lancang country is short of food, according to this situation, I am afraid that the war will further intensify! More people will die!"
Astrology is a metaphysics, although the theory is mysterious, divorced from reality, and the conclusion cannot be proven, it does not affect its accuracy to a certain extent.
From a higher point of view, the luck of a plane is often related to its situation, and it is strange that the Devil Lord uses the means of reaching heaven to break the crystal wall of the plane and send countless batches of hell monsters, and the luck of the Vagram Continent is good, that is a strange thing!
Charlie couldn't help but probe tentatively: "Mr. Eric, if I want to go into the Lancang Kingdom to have a look, do you have any way?"
Looking at Eric's surprised expression, Charlie added: "Business, education, or even being caught as a spy, any way. ”
"What a strange way the master travels!" said Eric, looking at Charlie strangely, as if trying to get some answer from his expression.
Charlie didn't explain.
Eric shook his head helplessly and said, "A few years ago, Mr. Merck, the owner of the auction house, still had a way to go to the bounty town behind the port of Moyaki to purchase, but now he can't. ”
"Is it because the enmity between Lancang and several principalities has deepened?"
Lancang is a closed country, and it is becoming more and more closed, it is like a rigid and stubborn old man, who would rather starve to death than open the country to the outside world. As he spoke, Eric lowered his voice and said, "I suspect that this country is doing something very evil, and only an extremely evil organization can resolutely take it."
Block it out yourself. ”
Charlie pouted and said, "Maybe!"
Eric said: "If the master is interested, you can find a way to contact Mr. Merck, who is higher than me and knows more than me. ”
Charlie roughly understood what he meant, nodded and said, "I see, if I have an idea, I will go to the auction house to find you." ”
"Okay, feel free to ask the master. ”
A week has passed, Charlie found several merchants on the ship who are close to Eric's identity, belonging to different industries, and verifying the Moyaki Port in Eric's mouth, this group of merchants has learned similar news, which probably represents the basic understanding of the entire merchant group of Lancang Kingdom, if you want to find deeper news, I am afraid you have to find a higher level person.
When the shadow of the coastline appeared in the field of vision, the ocean liner began to boil, the joy spread, and for many of them, home.
Stepping on the dock of the port, a sense of exoticism came to the face, Charlie was born in the harbor city, and he had seen many different styles of ports, such as the port of Moyaki for the first time.
The pier is neither stone nor wooden, but is made of a material that has never been seen before, soft and tough to the touch, which wraps around heavy stone slabs suspended on the water, the weight of which ensures the stability of the pontoon, and these materials give the slate a flexible plasticity, which gives the dock a certain degree of flexibility in the port of Moyaki.
Following the flow of people, walking out of the pier, you can see a straight street leading to the end of the sight.
As dusk approaches, the magic lamps on both sides of the street are lit up, reflecting a variety of goods, and the streets are bustling with pedestrians and people, with a rare market atmosphere in the port of Hennes.
Charlie had never seen two shops with very different target customers, fish products and magic jewelry, being sold on the same street, let alone opening next to each other, which seemed so common in Moyaky Harbor that it didn't feel so unusual.
Eric got off the ship early, and before leaving, he sent Charlie a hand-drawn map of Moyaki Port, especially indicating the location of the port auction, so Charlie was not in a hurry to meet Mr. Merck for a while, he wanted to see the real Moyaki Port through his own eyes, and experience the unique culture here that is very different from the mainland.
Soon, Charlie found a bar.
The dimly lit bar, the old tables and chairs, the walls are covered with heavy weapons with rust and even one or two graffiti-covered paintings.
Looking at the regulars in the dress bar, most of the customers in the bar are mercenaries, there are strong men with heavy battle axes, there are mysterious people shrouded in cloaks, and there are also hot women who dress up to highlight their sexy figures, in contrast, Charlie has become a maverick in the bar with the most serious outfit, wearing an ordinary mage robe with an angular young face, which provokes other guests frequently
Side-eyed.
Charlie, who didn't want to be the focus of the guests' eyes, had come to hear the news, and it was his wish to be inconspicuous in the crowd, so Charlie ordered a glass of wine and sat quietly in the corner, waiting for everyone's attention to be taken away from him.
"I heard that Grand Duke Lyman just suffered a big defeat! Lost more than 320 Purple Luanhua Knights!"
"Wow! What a tragedy! More than 300 Purple Flower Knights! Isn't Grand Duke Lyman mad?!"
"Hmm...... I don't know, but it really hurts! Everyone knows that the Purple Luan Flower Knight is an elite regiment built by Grand Duke Lyman with the standard of the main force of the Millennium Empire, and a Purple Luan Flower Knight is worth at least 300,000 gold coins!"
"It's not the price now! The Millennial Empire and the Holy Peak Divine Stick have fought each other, both sides have suffered heavy losses, and the value of the elite knights has skyrocketed! The treatment of the Earth Knights recruited by the Empire has increased by three to five times!"
"So, with the loss of hundreds of millions of gold coins, can Grand Duke Lyman swallow this breath?"
"It's hard to say, listen to the boss of Moyaki Port, our port is in danger!"
"Why?"
"The thousand-year-old empire has suffered heavy losses one after another, and its influence has decreased, I'm afraid I don't have the energy to pay attention to the matter in this corner of Gada!"
Sure enough, the news of the bar was well-informed, and after a while, I heard about the surrounding war, but no one could guarantee the source of these gossip messages, nor could they determine their accuracy.
At this time, a woman walked in outside the door, she was wearing a rough-cut leather jacket on the upper body, which could wrap a pair of full breasts, and a pair of leather pants common to adventurers on the lower body, which was a hand-modified style, tightly wrapped around the round buttocks, and a hot outfit exposed the slender and powerful lower abdomen, and you could see the mermaid line with clear water chestnuts and a shallow scar on the lower abdomen.
As soon as the woman stepped into the bar, she immediately became the focus of all the men, and the atmosphere in the bar became lively.
"Chick!how much is a night?" a bald man licked his dry lips and made a prodigal sound.
Something is going to happen!
When people heard this, they immediately screamed and heckled, and the smell of hormones wafted in the air.
The woman didn't think it was wrong, her wild gaze swept over the bald man, and said, "It depends on my mood, you!10,000 Lymangin a night!"
This price is not cheap, more than ninety percent of the mercenaries in Moyaki Port can't earn 10,000 gold coins a year, let alone get 10,000 gold for a night.
Of course, the bald man didn't take it seriously, he got up from the bar chair and said with a smile: "Why is it so expensive to open for me?
"Because you're ugly!" said the woman, whose slender fingers suddenly pointed to the corner of the bar, "If you want to replace him, a copper plate is enough!"
In an instant, the air suddenly froze, and everyone's eyes fell on Charlie.