Chapter 41: Elaborate Layout
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At this time, no one could give up, Bai Qi patted Roundup on the shoulder and promised: "Roundup, if this operation is successful, I will accept you as a student, and I will definitely train you to be a Chosen Warrior!" ”
For the indigenous warriors, becoming a God-chosen warrior has become a deep-rooted desire in the bone marrow, just as the Europeans in the Middle Ages aspired to become aristocrats, and the ancient Chinese scholars aspired to become officials, Nonda was of course no exception, after listening to Bai Qi's promise, his eyes burst out with a terrifying brilliance, and his expression instantly became firm.
Bai Qi's promise attracted Roundup more than just becoming a Chosen Warrior.
The people of Nonda, who had seen Bai Qi's combat skills that had gone beyond the scope of technology, had already developed an extremely ardent admiration for him, and being able to learn his combat skills had an incomparably strong allure for these young people.
After appeasing Roundup, Bai Qi and Homi, disguised as Barrian, left Will's lair and arrived on the docks.
The exclusive dock of the Blood Wolf fleet, that is, the pier where Bai Qi and the others berthed their merchant ships yesterday, at this time there were three extremely huge cargo ships, and the thirty-five-meter-long hull had almost reached the limit of shipbuilding technology in this era. Although they were only ten meters longer than Bai Qi's cargo ship, their wide hull allowed them to carry twice as much cargo as Bai Qi's cargo ship.
This blood wolf's exclusive dock extends into the lake for more than 100 meters, with two cargo ships moored on the east side and one on the west side, leaving a long empty berth that is obviously reserved for the warships that will receive it tomorrow.
Bai Qi walked around the dock quietly, and secretly measured it with his footsteps.
After two large cargo ships were moored on the east side of the Blood Wolf Wharf, there was still a vacant space of more than twenty meters, barely able to squeeze down a medium-sized cargo ship.
After knowing it. Bai Qi returned to the back of the dock and walked towards the Bloodwolf, the flagship of the Bloodwolf fleet, with Ballian's disguised Homi.
Bai Qi urged the power of qi and blood. Let yourself release the strong qi and blood fluctuations that ordinary people can also feel, and follow Huo Mi to board the Blood Wolf.
The sailor guarding the Blood Wolf felt the strong qi and blood fluctuations on Bai Qi's body. Look at him with awe, let alone stop him from getting on the boat, not even anyone who dares to come forward and talk.
Bai Qi stepped onto the ship, ignoring the cowering sailors, and walked around to look at the cargo ship, which was considered a giant ship in this era.
Soon, a burly, dark-skinned sailor with three pairs of insignia came out of the aft compartment. He first glanced at Huo Mi behind Bai Qi with some confusion. Only then did he walk up to Bai Qi and salute respectfully: "Your Excellency Honorable Captain, I am the third mate of this ship, I don't know what I can do for you?" ”
Huo Mi stepped forward, pointed at Bai Qi and said, "This Lord Lucas is a powerful Chosen Warrior newly recruited by Captain Will, and he has brought a new merchant ship, hoping to borrow a berth at your Blood Wolf Docks. ”
The lone wolf-like Captain Will has never had his own dock, and has always borrowed it to park on someone else's dock, and even sometimes drives away his owner when the berth is tight. The finch occupies the dove's nest.
Captain Will is well-known in Blackwater City, and is one of the few great samurai in Blackwater City, except for the five major water pirates. No one dared to provoke.
The third mate said with some embarrassment: "With the friendship between our blood wolf and Captain Will, we shouldn't have rejected you, but you know that tomorrow the warship we ordered at the Blackwater Shipyard will be launched, and this berth is reserved for new warships, so you see ......"
Homi said with some surprise: "Oh, so fast? That ......" At this point, he glanced back at Bai Qi.
Bai Qi frowned and looked at the dock, pointing to the east side of the dock, the remaining section of about twenty meters behind the two large merchant ships. "Forget it, squeeze there. It should be barely possible to stop. ”
Bai Qi's good words made the third mate breathe a sigh of relief, Captain Will was domineering. Even the blood wolf was a little afraid, not to mention their little minions, he hurriedly agreed, "Okay, okay, I'll let those two ships move to make room for you." ”
Seeing that he agreed so simply, Bai Qi knew that he had made the right bet, and he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Rumors of Captain Will's murder had been circulating in Blackwater for a long time, but most people, like Homi, scoffed at the rumors.
No one believed that an ordinary Chosen Warrior with two Ordinary Priests would be able to kill a Great Samurai and two of the Chosen Warrior's men.
This rumor is a joke in the eyes of most people, and the only thing that raises limited suspicion is that the rumor came from the powerful city-state of Leoni, and it was heard that Captain Will's warship had actually appeared on Leony's docks.
Bai Qi is the one who is gambling on the blood wolf, and he doesn't believe this rumor at all, and he bets that Captain Will is still there.
Bai Qi turned around and walked off the cargo ship, and Huo Mi stayed behind to continue negotiations with the third mate and arrange to stop the ship.
Watching Bai Qi walk away, the third mate whispered to Huo Mi: "I heard that Captain Will was ...... by several Leoni City"
Huo Mi glanced at him three times with idiotic eyes and said, "Do you believe such a ridiculous rumor?" ”
The third mate shrugged his shoulders and said, "I can't believe it, but we have come across quite a few merchant ships that have been to Leoni, and some of them have even seen Captain Will's warship docked on Leoni's docks. ”
Homi shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm afraid that the pirate warships are all similar in the eyes of outsiders, besides, I also heard that this group of people who claim to have killed our leader have bribed Leoni officials on a large scale, do you think what such people say is credible?" ”
The third mate nodded and said, "That's right, by the way, when will Captain Will come back?" I've heard that the Blood Wolf Boss wants to hire Lord Ahan and Lord Horin. ”
Homi said: "Soon, Lord Lucas has brought news, in a few days, Captain Will will be fully loaded." ”
In order to allow Barrian, whose EQ is much lower than normal, to play the eight-sided character of Huo Mi, Bai Qi also spent a lot of effort to scrutinize all the questions he might encounter, and how to answer them, so that he could keep them in mind.
Fortunately, Barrian, who has a super high IQ and a talent for precision, has a super ability to learn and imitate. Soon, these questions and the method of answering, tone, and expression will be vividly learned.
Under the command of the third officer, the two cargo ships on the east side of the wharf squeezed backwards, freeing up another five or six meters of space in the front of the wharf.
The third mate was cooperating with Huo Mi to vacate the dock at the same time. Of course, they didn't forget to report this to the Blood Wolf.
The Blood Wolf was satisfied with the third mate's handling and agreed to Captain Will's request to stop the ship. He also instructed Gunder, who was disguised as Ram, to wait for Will's ship to come to shore and bring a batch of food and ale.
More than two hours later, a medium-sized cargo ship broke through the thick night and slowly sailed towards the Blood Wolf Wharf under Bai Qi's greeting.
Under the guidance of the third mate of the blood wolf, the experienced Bode commanded the sailors and slowly stopped the cargo ship next to the blood wolf.
Bai Qi explained to Shen Bode and told them all to stay on the ship. Wait for your own orders.
At eight o'clock the next morning, in order to welcome the newly launched warship, the three leaders of the blood wolf got up early in the morning, and under the attentive service of Ram, they had a delicious breakfast.
After breakfast, Leo seemed a little puzzled by the fact that Ram, who had been a scoundrel and lazy before, suddenly became so attentive, and called him over, ready to ask him if he had anything to ask of him.
Ram was Leo's right-hand man and his disciple before he was injured. If it weren't for that serious injury, Ram might even have advanced to the Chosen Warrior, and it was this blow that made Ram become the decadent he is now.
And Ram's injury. Precisely to cover Leo.
Therefore, Leo has a deep sense of guilt for Ram, so he will eat and drink to raise this scoundrel who makes the other water thieves under him look down on him.
Leo called Gunder to the table and gently invited him to sit down, and the frightened Gunde's heart was pounding, and he didn't know what to do for a while, just at this time, two uninvited guests suddenly walked into the Blood Wolf Tavern.
These two people are none other than Barian and Bai Qi disguised as Homi.
Barian walked briskly to the large table in the center of the tavern, bowed to the Blood Wolf Leo, and said, "Honorable Captain Blood Wolf. Allow me to introduce you to a new captain of the Butcher Pirates, Lord Lucas. ”
Bai Qi stepped forward. He also bowed to the blood wolf and said, "I have heard of your reputation thousands of miles away. Allow me to salute you, honorable Captain Bloodwolf. ”
Feeling the strong qi and blood fluctuations on Bai Qi's body that had almost reached the limit of the Chosen Warrior, the Blood Wolf did not dare to slack off, put down his knife and fork, stood up, and returned the salute to Bai Qi very strictly, and said: "The powerful Lord Will has recruited another powerful Chosen Warrior, welcome to Blackwater City, come, come, please take a seat, poor Ram, go and let the cook test some more grilled fish and bread, and take out my treasured Sumeian wine, I want to invite Captain Lucas for a drink." ”
When Gunder heard the amnesty, he hurried back to the kitchen.
Captain Blood Wolf is worthy of being the most business-savvy captain in Pirates, and it is not too much to say that he is good at dancing with long sleeves, and after the two sides sit down, they will talk and laugh like old friends for many years.
After a few glasses of delicious wine, Captain Blood Wolf asked, "Captain Lucas, this is not a time for us water thieves to be entertained, and I think you must have brought good news to me, didn't you?" ”
Bai Qi smiled, "Yes, a good deal must be good news for Blackwater City's greatest merchant, Captain Blood Wolf, isn't it?" ”
Captain Blood Wolf asked with interest on his face, "Oh? What is a good deal? ”
Bai Qi said: "Of course, it may not be a big deal for you, you know, our leader has no interest in developing the fleet, he thinks that it is enough for us to have that warship, but the problem is that I got a cargo ship before I met the leader, although I would like to keep my ship, but the leader's orders...... You know, you can't disobey it, so I can only sell my cargo ship. The boss told me that in Blackwater City, only you can eat such a large amount of goods, so I came to you as soon as I came back. ”
Captain Blood Wolf had a look of surprise on his face and said with a smile: "Oh, thank God, you appeared in front of me just as I was about to expand the fleet, what a big ship?" ”
Bai Qi said: "Of course, it can't be compared with your large cargo ship, it's just a medium-sized merchant ship, about twenty-six meters long. ”
The blood wolf nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's already a big ship, how is the condition of the ship?" ”
Bai Qi said: "Why don't you come with me to have a look?" I think you'll be satisfied. ”
The blood wolf frowned and said, "But I'm going to the shipyard to receive a new warship soon, so it's better to ......"
Bai Qi immediately said: "Of course you have to go to receive the new warship yourself, but ......" He pointed to Dunkel and Manka and said: "Captain Dunkel and Captain Manka are also experts in handling ships. You can come with me to check the goods first, can't you? ”
Although Bai Qi mentioned the names of Dunkel and Manka, in fact, Manka couldn't even write his own name. It's just a pure thug, and he doesn't have the ability to take charge on his own.
The blood wolf glanced at Dunkel. Moaned.
In the Blood Wolf Water Pirates, Dunkel does not have financial power, if he just looks at the ship, with Dunkel's ability, it is not a problem at all.
Although it had already been decided that the blood wolf would agree to his suggestion, Bai Qi was still a little nervous when he saw him groaning.
Fortunately, the blood wolf only hesitated for a moment. Then he nodded happily and said, "You're right." ”
He turned to Dunkel and said, "In that case, you and Captain Lucas should go and see their cargo ship, and if the ship is suitable, we will negotiate the price." ”
Dunkel seemed to be displeased that the Blood Wolf had excluded himself from such an important matter as picking up a new ship, and his face suddenly became a little ugly, but he did not contradict the Blood Wolf Captain.
After deciding the matter, the two sides exchanged a few more pleasantries, and the captain of the blood wolf took the brute card and surrounded him by his men. Leaving the tavern.
Bai Qi deliberately slowly stimulated the qi and blood in his body, and from the outsider's point of view, he was a strong man who was not weaker than the blood wolf. In addition to the fact that Captain Will behind him is notorious, although Dunkel is displeased, he does not dare to snub him, and Bai Qi has ulterior motives and deliberately curries favor, and the two sides quickly became acquainted.
Bai Qi didn't mention going to see the cargo ship immediately, and Dunkel was not in the mood, and the two of them talked about their plundering careers one by one.
Under Bai Qi's deliberate praise, Dunkel talked about sexuality more and more.
We chatted for a while. Bai Qi said suddenly, two months ago. He plundered a merchant ship from the city-state of Aston in the upper reaches of the Sara River, and intercepted a crate of fine wine from the Elven Kingdom.
Dunkelton expressed disbelief.
Legendary. The Elven Kingdom is located deep in the emerald forests of the vast desert of the West, thousands of miles from human territory, and Dunkel has never heard of the city-state capable of establishing trade with the proud elves.
Bai Qi seemed a little annoyed by Dunkel's suspicions, and took out a small blue and white porcelain vase from his arms.
This small porcelain vase is actually when Bai Qi bought the "Hui Yuan Dan" in the Lanshan Martial Arts Museum, it was accompanied by a vessel containing the elixir, which was very exquisitely fired, the bottle wall was extremely thin, faintly transparent, and the painting on the bottle body was also profound, very rich in artistic conception.
Not to mention that in this city-state period, even if it is placed in reality, it is a high-quality porcelain.
This small porcelain vase alone made Dunkel's eyes light up.
Bai Qi asked Ram for a clean oak cup, uncorked the porcelain bottle, poured out a small sip of blood-red wine, handed it to Dunkel, and invited him to taste it.
According to Ram's confession, this Dunkel was born into an aristocratic family in a city-state, and although he degenerated into a water thief, he was still proud of his origins and had many aristocratic habits, such as the fact that he loved to collect red wine that was popular among the aristocracy.
The last time in the training space, after Bai Qi asked the instructors to drink, the instructors unanimously commented that the Fila that had been stored for 20 years tasted the best, so he prepared a few more bottles to store in the storage space.
After carefully considering the information provided by Ram, Bai Qi came up with this way to lure him to Captain Will's lair with top-quality red wine.
Watching Dunkel take the oak glass, pour the wine into his mouth, close his eyes and savor it, Bai Qi's heart couldn't help but rise.
Although he was very confident in what was sold in the barracks space, it was difficult to say what he tasted.
Just as Westerners think that Chinese liquor is simply alcohol, Chinese think that Japanese sake is unpleasant to death.
Dunkel closed his eyes and tasted it for a while, before swallowing the wine, opening his eyes, and letting out a long sigh, "Now I believe that this is a fine wine from the elven kingdom, and I have a collection of fine wines produced by the twenty-two city-states of the human race, but compared to this fine wine, it is simply ......"
Bai Qi sighed in his heart, but with a slight smug smile on his face, he divided the wine in the small porcelain bottle between Dunkel and his own wine glass.
The small porcelain bottle could only hold one or two wines, divided into two glasses, one person only had one small sip, and the two of them drank it quickly.
Bai Qi took the opportunity to ask Dunkel to go to the dock to see the boat.
Unsatisfied, Dunkel followed Bai Qi out of the Blood Wolf Tavern.
After Bai Qi and Dunkel left, Gund, who was disguised as Ram, followed suit, and he went into the slums, quickly washed off his face with the makeup remover that Barian had given him, changed his clothes, and hurried to the docks.
Walking on the road, Dunkel couldn't get enough of talking about the wine just now, Bai Qi pretended to be proud, and said: "After Boss Will got the box of wine, he rewarded me, Ahan, and Huo Lin with a bottle, and I bought the other two bottles from the two old men of Ahan and Huo Lin with ten gold coins. ”
Dunkel asked, "Only three bottles?" ”
Bai Qi took out a small porcelain bottle and said: "It's not this kind of small bottle, this small bottle is one of the goods that was robbed, but it is not a bottle for wine, I am afraid that I can't help but drink it all at once, so I divided the wine into this small bottle, in fact, the original bottle containing wine is more than ten times larger than this small porcelain bottle." ”
Dunkel's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately pestered Bai Qi to taste the wine again.
Bai Qi didn't agree at first, and it wasn't until Dunkel promised to help increase the price of the cargo ship by half that he reluctantly agreed to him.
The two turned and walked towards Captain Will's lair in the civilian area. (To be continued).