Chapter 62: Gezhi (2)

The tower was gone, and after running to the stern of the boat and looking through the telescope, the captain did not see the two men who had arrived near the tower. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info he used expressionless calm, with the cross on his chest, to cover his proud heart. It's good that it's gone, and Ecovacs wants to bring back those gold coins from Europa, this time with an unexpected owner. It turns out that God has never forgotten those who desire to get rich, but the people here are impatient. After the captain gave the second mate the binoculars, he told him and the first mate to be on duty, and returned to the bilge, where he had not yet looked at his gold coins. Mathieu, I can finally give you a stable life. The captain's legs not only danced the steps he had with Mathieu. The light in the cabin was bad, which drew curses from the captain. However, the captain quickly became embarrassed, after all, it belonged to half of his ship, and when he was in such a good mood, he shouldn't just curse and curse. He patiently lit the oil lamp, and stroked a silver-inlaid chest reinforced with Karma bars, not knowing which to open first. Yes, he should have seen how many boxes there were. The captain counted them carefully, and until the end of the day, he could not believe that there were as many as four hundred chests, which were enough gold coins to buy a land the size of a medium-sized country in Lower Europa. What the hell is this Ecovacs, he is so excited that he starts counting it a second time, and people always behave strangely when they are extremely excited. The captain didn't blame himself at all, and a voice behind him reminded him, wasn't it four hundred boxes?

The captain casually agreed, saying yes, so you should tighten your damn foul mouth from inferior rum. The captain suddenly realized that this was not the voice of the second mate! And the first mate was still on duty at the helm, who followed him to the bilge? The captain jerked back, and there were two shadows in the corner of the black hole. The first to come out was the skinny Warman, the little monkey on his shoulder still there, the chain in his hand. So who's the other one? Warman walked out and bowed behind him, then went out. The voice in the darkness moved slowly, the captain didn't know who it was, in fact he hadn't seen anyone like it. The head is almost triangular, the skin is pimpled, and it is not clear what color it is under the dim oil lamp. However, the captain could see that the other party was unfriendly. The other party raised his hand, gently picked the lock on the box with his fingers, and asked the captain, didn't you say that if we can't come back before sunset, you can leave? Could it be that you have forgotten our agreement, and if I do not return, dear captain, with whom will you ask for the reward for this voyage? You must have treacherously tried to swallow my gold. The captain watched as the monster turned back into Ecovacs, and felt something blocking him, so he grabbed his neck and stepped backwards. Ecovacs pressed forward until their faces were about to come together. The liquid from the corners of Ecovacs' mouth was slimy and dripping onto the captain's face. The captain's chest rose and fell as he slumped limply on the damp floor of the bilge. Ecovacs straightened out his wet gown and strode out of the bilge.

The first mate heard the shouts behind him and looked back to see the strange man they had abandoned. As soon as he sent it in his hand, the rudder clattered and turned many degrees in the direction he wanted, and the bow of the ship changed direction under the impact of the sea. The people who were still working on the deck reacted and retreated. The second mate quietly touched the thin sword he was carrying at his waist, and he gave the first mate a look. Ecovacs was already standing at the door of his room, and suggested that everyone should go down to the cabin to see how their dear captain was doing. The first mate went with the people, and Ecovacs beckoned the second mate and the first mate to his room later. The second mate couldn't explain it, and he obeyed Ecovacs's orders, and when the group had carried the paralyzed captain out of the bilge, he took the first mate to the Ecovacs room. At this time, he even wondered that the kinship with the captain and the number of years of cooperative working friendship did not play a role. I didn't even glance at the captain who was placed on the deck and went to Ecovacs. While crying out to the sky, he knocked on the door of Ecovacs.

Ecovacs was holding a cup, the liquid in it was viscous and showy, no need to ask, it was the high-end wine that the captain had previously offered to this God of Wealth. Ecovacs didn't look back, saying only that the first mate would be the new captain when the ship arrived in Europa. And the second officer, will also get a captain's position. Thinking they had misheard, they hesitated, so they did not speak. With his other hand, Ecovacs pulled a gold coin from the pocket of his dress and asked them if they knew how much it was worth, and the two shook their heads. Ecovacs told them. He has 400 boxes of gold coins, and the total number reaches tens of thousands, which is his confidence. The second mate reacted, and he saluted Ecovacs respectfully and asked what to do with the current captain. Ecovacs asked the two of them in a low voice, you should know what to do. After the second mate and the first mate reacted, they agreed to go out of Ecovacs. Ecovacs licked the liquid from the rim of the cup with his lips, sweet and bitter, he liked the taste.

The captain was found guilty the next day in his room, with a small piece of sausage on a fork stuck in his chest. I know that the captain is paralyzed, how can I eat by myself. The chef flatly denied that he had brought food to the captain, and everyone seemed to understand what was going on, but it didn't matter. If there is a law, it is the will of the captain, and now this will comes from the first mate or the second mate. After the first mate had dressed the captain, he counted his belongings. Someone who knew Wenmo wrote a nondescript eulogy to the captain, and he placed him on a shelf set up on the deck. On ships that sail long distances, this is tradition, even the captain is no exception. Once someone dies, for whatever reason, the crew cannot continue sailing with the body. For those who deal with the sea, the best destination is the sea. The captain's body fell into the sea, and the splash was not large, and the ship set sail and continued towards Europa.

Ecovacs didn't know how he got back to the ship, but he certainly didn't come back in a dinghy. In fact, he hadn't seen any dinghy near the ship since he got back to the ship. He asks Warman to keep it a secret, and Warman earnestly agrees. He planned to return to Europa and first buy all the shares in the ship and incorporate it into his vast acquisition fleet. The size of the business fleet can surpass that of many established shipping giants from the beginning, and this is only the first step. When Ecovacs left the port of Mans, he asked the elders of the family to tell him that the timing was important. The elder told him that the members of the family in the Congress of Bethle would work hard to bring about a decisive naval battle with the kingdom of Klan, culminating in a brilliant but seemingly normal victory. After the Victory, Bules will replace Crane as the new maritime empire, but this is not the result that the Ko family wants. The elder of the Ko family didn't say what the family wanted, let alone where the high gold coin came from. Ecovacs' mission is to build a powerful merchant fleet in Europa on behalf of the family with great financial strength, and the family's mission has always been simple and straightforward, and no one knows what role he will play in the overall family affairs.

Warman kept his and Ecovacs' secrets, and was rewarded for becoming an assistant to Ecovacs, and his life was secured. Upon returning to Europa, along with the life of Corvos, it was luxurious, and Warman even met the leader of parliament and the prime minister of the empire. Only the night back to the lodging was unbearable, and the sight in the darkness was no different from the darkness brought about by the sinking of the tower that day. The years of wandering brought him a lot of indifference to life, but when it came time to lose his life, he was still terrified. Shortly after the darkness brought by the sea suffocated before him, he lost consciousness, as did Ecovacs. When the moment of breathing in the darkness came again, he stood on a solid plane. Is this the bottom of the sea? How does man reach the bottom of the sea and still have consciousness and soul standing? There was a glimmer of light in the darkness, and someone was approaching, and it was actually the captain. Then the faint light in the captain's hand, he could see clearly that he was actually back on the ship, but he didn't know which part of the ship it was, and it didn't look familiar at all. Of course, there was also Mr. Ecovacs, who was swallowed by the sea. Ecovacs appeared and whispered to him not to talk about the amazing experience of the day, and then told him to leave. I don't know what Mr. Ecovacs said to the captain, but Warman knew that the seemingly invincible captain was a waste. Warman actually noticed that Mr. Corvus was actually a monster in the dark, similar to what he had told Warman.

Ecovacs began to believe the wishes, or prophecies, that the elders of the family had given him. Ecovacs hesitated, and at this time, crossing the Atlantic, especially passing through the Baimu Sea, was a complete adventure. The elder took his hand and said that these were all in the plans of the elders of the family, and his voyage was the content of the plan every day, and there would be no danger. When Ecovacs fell into the water that day, he deeply suspected that the elders, like any old man, were deceiving him. But is it inconceivable to return to the ship listed by coincidence? In any case, it could not be a coincidence, and Ecovacs was adamant. According to the instructions of the family, in the process of operating the market merger and acquisition, he met the brother of the same clan as mentioned by the elders. But I don't know why, the brother's surname is different from his, but fortunately, the other party admits that he is a member of the Ke family. The elder brother really contributed to the great war between the two countries, and won as the elders said. The British government, which has the advantage of the sea, has begun to change the way the Klan country used the sea in the past, and has a broader vision, and the economists and scientists who have made impassioned speeches in the Diet have all pointed their goals in one direction, using the ocean as a channel to connect the world's continents, with Britle as the core. In this way, the owners of the mighty convoys became the first objects of the imperial government's unity. With the Prime Minister acting as his brother in the government, Ecovacs's fleet became an ally of the Imperial Navy. There were even merchant ships that were suitable for the right conditions to be converted into armed escort warships, with a considerable number of Imperial Navy soldiers stationed on them.

Ecovacs never imagined that he could achieve such a young achievement, but the prime minister's brother always told him that this was the business of the family, not the achievement of any one family member. With the improvement of navigation conditions, circumnavigation was realized, which provided a basic experience for the expansion of Breez. In fact, the power of the Empire has reached several continents, including Philek and Esnia. With the exception of the frozen southern continents, where there is no need to conquer for the time being, all the landmasses in the world are within the Empire's plans. Ecovacs asked his brother if he was not afraid of interference from other empires, and the brother laughed and asked who had the strength to interfere? Several of the Empire's major ports had fleets sailing almost every day, and with them, almost all of them were Ecovacs fleets. Ecovacs learned from his brother why the king of the empire and a large part of the councillors would support such a decision. What the elder brother gave was a secret, the royal family's support was due to a contract many years ago, a contract with the Ke family, and another reason was that there was a lot of wealth that could be squandered by those princes and princesses. Brother is full of pride and said that the royal family is actually a big fish caught by our Ke family with power and wealth as bait. As for the councillors, some of them are members of our family, and the other part is also our big fish. Therefore, most of the core members of the power of this empire are divided into two parts, some are big fish, and the other are the fishermen of the Ke family. However, the prime minister's brother did not introduce more family members to him, and the brother did not think it was necessary or even undesirable. For everyone, the task of the family is not none, but it is completed separately, and the less they know each other, the safer the completion of the task will be.

Ecovacs heeded his brother's advice and focused more on further expanding the company's business. The strength of the empire allowed him to travel to the northeastern corner of the continent of Ephyrek on the largest ship in all of Europa to see what was going on there. The elders of the family asked the company to start more business through the instructions given by the elder brother. The word "resource" that the brother wrote on the napkin with a quill pen made Ecovacs think for a long time, and Ecovacs put a lot of goods under the scope of resources, but the brother shook his head and said that it was not enough, and suggested that he go to Ephyrek, preferably deep into the hinterland. Ecovacs carefully planned his trip, and he was ready to start in the northeastern corner of the continent of Philek, after all, it was a place where the power of the empire could take care of it. He needed a team to follow him. The escort sent by the Imperial Government was of considerable rank, and for the Government it was not only because he was a good friend of the Prime Minister, but more importantly, because he was a great collaborator in the cause of the Empire.

After a long sea voyage and almost the arrival of the four seasons, we arrived at our destination. There were some differences from what he had imagined, mainly the dry climate. Fortunately, the officials sent by the empire to the local area were carefully prepared, Ecovacs was able to adapt a little, and Warman was okay. Today, Warman has changed his past emaciated appearance and has become a dignified young man, and Ecovacs simply calls him Warman. Section. It was already night when he arrived there, and Corvus was taken directly to the official's residence by horse-drawn carriage, and he had no interest in raising a glass to any of the officials, except that the singing and dancing at the dinner party made him feel a little interesting. When he returned to his residence, he plunged into bed and slept until he opened his eyes. As soon as he opened his eyes, Ecovacs's sleepiness was driven away by the scene flashing through the cracks in the curtains.