Chapter 117: The Great Voyage
"It's nothing, just come and see my dear little teacher!" Guo Xinyi said in a charming voice.
As if she didn't do the violent push of the door just now, she was like a weak lady, mature and exciting.
But the merchant who was the target of her trip did tremble all over her when she heard this, and then destroyed the food in front of her more quickly, and even some uncooked meat was stuffed into his mouth with him.
"I think you should learn to knock on the door first, Miss Guo." Meng Ying, who still didn't look at her, suddenly spoke at this time, and looked unceremoniously.
"I'll pay attention to ...... next time" squinted her eyes and stared at Meng Ying's back for a while, and then Guo Xinyi smiled even brighter.
"I hope you'll remember, Miss Guo." Meng Ying said lightly, "We only welcome ladies with culture and character here, next time if there is no urgency, please be sure to abide by the etiquette of a lady." ”
still had an indifferent tone, but the hidden meaning in the words made Guo Xinyi almost jump in anger, but then glanced at the merchant who was still eating, and then suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coquettishly: "Actually, it's not really that there is nothing to do......"
"Oh?" Hearing this, Meng Ying gently put down the teacup that had bottomed out, and responded indifferently.
Usually the woman in front of me who met the next day came without any reason, or those reasons were not valid with her.
This woman's excuse for coming here is to play with her 'younger brother'!
So she's still a little interested in the 'things' she says, but she's proud that she usually doesn't react much to people who don't approve of it.
"I met our first mate in the dining room just now, and according to him, we are now in the Golden Passage." Guo Xinyi said the purpose of coming this time.
The last noun mentioned by Guo Xinyi made everyone's eyes instantly focus on her.
Even if it had been expected that the ship's direction would definitely go there, the name alone was enough to make them vigilant and highly regarded.
The Golden Passage, as the name suggests, was an important or even the only route for Europa's navigators to cross the ocean to the East in search of a land full of gold.
After all the industrial revolutions, two world wars, the rise and fall of countless countries, and at least six centuries of historical precipitation, it is still one of the important channels connecting the Eastern and Western worlds.
Although gold is no longer shipped directly, the goods and supplies that pass through here every day are not worth much less than gold.
The value of the goods that pass through here every day is astronomical, and countless ships pass from here, driving a waterway that looks like gold.
That's what the Golden Passage meant in the first place!
But since this place represents infinite wealth, it is only natural that more people will be tempted by the wealth here.
And most of these people don't have the ability to benefit here through formal channels, so the only way left to benefit here is only one way.
Through abnormal channels, they can reap their wealth in this sea flowing with gold.
To put it in simple and understandable terms, since there is no way to obtain benefits through legal means, then you can only use illegal means.
And there are many illegal ways, and the most clever is also the most profitable and risk-free category, which is naturally used to transport some illegal things through various ways.
Ordnance, labor, the black technology mastered by the whisperers, illegal precious metals and ores, something more intoxicating than white powder.
But this method requires strict conditions, and without a strong background of strength, not enough wealth and shrewd minds, it will not be able to do it at all, and even if it can be done, it will soon be eliminated.
So what about those who have nothing, no background, no wealth, but who covet the rich rewards here?
The intelligent human quickly gave the answer, since I can't do it, let others do it for me!
To put it simply, one word, grab.
So the Golden Passage gave birth to a large number of such people, who had no background, no wealth, no superhuman brains, but had a fearsome courage.
Usually, people call them that, pirates.
On this route of wealth, every age is filled with groups of these people,
Pirate bands of all sizes are scattered in every corner of the waterway, watching the passing ships slack off for even a moment, and they will frantically swarm you like sharks that smell blood, tearing you to shreds and swallowing you to the bone.
This area is full of large and small pirate groups, and no one knows how many pirate groups there are......
Not even the feared intelligence agencies of various countries have a complete grasp of the situation here!
Because countless pirates die here every minute, and at the same time, countless new people join them, the destruction and birth of the pirate group is naturally also an unpredictable thing.
So there's another name here, the Pirate Grave.
The pirates who can survive here are all great sea warriors, and the pirates who can rule here are the well-deserved kings of pirates.
For six centuries, there has been only one pirate king who has been able to conquer the area, the legendary pirate king, Gordo Roger.
But that was two centuries ago, and even the bones and graves of the old pirates who lived through that era no longer exist.
"But so what?" The merchant asked suspiciously, entering this dangerous passage was something that had been known for a long time, and they were all mentally prepared, and in his opinion, it was not something to be fussed about.
Guo Xinyi patiently explained: "The problem is that the current Golden Passage has been divided by seven pirates almost all the territory. ”
"Some of them are the heirs of generations of pirate families, some are admirals of the former national navy, some are poor, some are born rich, but there is one thing they have in common, that is, they are strong!"
"In this sea, only the mighty pirate group will be able to survive until they become less powerful."
"Whether it's the Goldbeard with countless affiliated pirate groups, or the clown composed of a few elites, or the berserkers with high-tech R&D strength and strong individual strength, they all have powerful strength that can cause headaches for the government's regular army."
"Although there is no way to conquer the three poles of the world, it is still no problem to sweep around in some small countries. And the navies of those powerful countries with various tasks and tasks cannot be dispatched to destroy them, so such a strange balance has been formed. ”