"Hahaha, my lord, I wonder if you need a professional guide for Slatted Town?" A familiar loud voice came from behind him, and Ma Shen turned his head to look at it, and found that it was the bearded captain who had already checked the ship.

"Absolutely. Ma Shen's reserved forehead said.

"That would be great. The bearded captain bent down enthusiastically, and at the same time a loud quarrel suddenly came from not far away, "No way! I don't agree! It's useless to threaten me, you greedy bastards!"

Ma Shen turned his head to look when he heard the sound, and found that it was the merchant who had negotiated the price with the porter before, and he shouted emotionally, with an angry expression.

In the face of the merchant's curse, the three porters were not to be outdone, spat a few mouthfuls at the merchant's feet and trouser legs, and left without looking back.

"I'm afraid that poor fellow is coming to Slatty Town for the first time. Following Ma Shen's gaze, the bearded captain also noticed the merchant not far away, and grinned.

"Why do you say that?" asked Ma Shen curiously.

"Anyone who has been here knows that the porters at this pier are all run by a gang and all have a flat price. The captain pointed to the porters on the dock and said with some schadenfreude, "That guy is unlucky, there will definitely be no one to help him carry the goods in this way." ”

Following the bearded captain's fingers, Ma Shen also noticed that all the porters were looking at the merchant coldly, even if they saw the merchant waving to them, he didn't pay attention: "Don't the managers of Slatty Town care?"

"The mayor of this town is the Avati Knights, and this gang was formed by the Awati Knights, and no one is better than him. The bearded captain replied with a smile, "As Slats grew, more and more ships from the free city-states anchored in the ports of Slats, so Prince Dorne built a castle near the town, which was run by the Awati Knights. ”

Hearing the bearded captain's answer, Ma Shen nodded thoughtfully, forming a gang to unify price and order and maintain the stability of the dock.

After a while, following the shouts of the merchants, a nearby tax collector walked slowly over with a red book in his hand.

But as the bearded captain had said, when the merchant had spoken to the tax collector as if asking for help, he only saw the tax collector shaking his head indifferently.

What's worse is that the tax collector shook his head and said a few words to the merchant, making the merchant look at the goods piled up behind him without tears, and anxiously plead with the tax collector for something.

"The tax collector probably said that the goods he placed at the dock required a land occupation fee, and asked him to move the goods quickly. The bearded captain guessed in a low voice.

Looking at the appearance of the merchant, I am afraid that the price of the land occupation fee is expensive, Ma Shen turned his head and asked, "How to calculate the land occupation fee?"

"The land occupation fee is calculated according to the land area and the time of occupation, as long as the goods are cleaned up in 2 hours, there is no money, if the merchant's goods are stagnant here for two days, it is enough to make the merchant lose all his money, so you see, he can only spend several times the original price to call those porters back. “

"He doesn't have a lot of cargo, why don't he hire some crew to carry it?" Ma Shen glanced out of the dock, there were many ships docked there, and each ocean-going cargo ship needed at least a few dozen crew members to start, so correspondingly, there must be a lot of strong crew, and some poor crew members should not mind coming to work as porters.

"Moving goods can only be done by the porters dedicated to the dock, which is the unspoken rule here. The bearded captain glanced around, lowered his voice and said, "You have to follow the rules here, and if someone doesn't follow them, it's going to be a big problem." ”

"Actually, every place is the same, so every time we go to a strange place, we can not get into trouble without getting into trouble. ”

"Oh, I see. Ma Shen glanced at the merchant again, and then left the merchant alone, and walked towards the town with the guards, as the bearded captain said, there are unspoken rules everywhere.

The Avati Knight has formed a gang of dock porters, both for management and for money, as long as it's not too much.

Along the way, Ma Shen communicated with the bearded captain with a smile: "I see that we have some cargo on the ship, don't you need to unload it like them?"

"It's all a specialty of the Riverlands. The bearded captain scratched his head in embarrassment, "These are intended to be transported to the free trade capital across the Narrow Sea, just as their goods can be sold for a good price in the Seven Kingdoms, and these things can be sold there for a good price." ”

"Don't delay your trip. Ma Shen reminded.

"Of course. The bearded captain explained, "The boss has also instructed that it is mainly based on the adult's itinerary, and everything else is incidental." ”

"That's good. ”

At this time, the sky was dark, the bright moonlight was shining on the earth, and the days of Dorne were a little longer, but they could not resist the fall of night, which was the law of nature, and on the edge of a brightly lit town, the temporary guide, the bearded captain, was introducing the situation of Slatch Town to Ma Shen.

"This slatted town is a collection of the world's produce, such as Dorn's wine, lemons, olives, and pomegranates, cheese made by the Dothraki, wolf skins from the north, spices from Thros, sophisticated weapons from Valyria, and even the shadows from the east of Asha, you name it. The bearded captain's rough hands waved, "The only requirement is that you have plenty of gold dragon coins in your hands." ”

"And unlike other cities, it is built entirely on the water, and the streets of this town are planks, and the halls and houses and shops here are all sorts of merchant ships and yachts and boats, and then ... ”

"On the water?" Ma Shen sensitively heard this word, and quickly interrupted the bearded captain's words, stopped, and stepped on the stout stone slab under his feet, and the slate made a dull thudding sound, "This place doesn't look like it's built on water." ”

"Because it was originally an island, it was later converted into a dock, and there were often heavy goods on the docks, and the nobles also laid hard stone slabs on it. The bearded captain explained.

"That means we're going to sleep on the ship again at night. "Ma Shen's face is a little ugly, here for those who suffer from severe seasickness, the ship is a hell.

"It's okay, sir. "These ships are all connected, and even a storm can't blow the town of Slats, and it's like a hotel on land, and you don't know it's on board unless you feel it." ”

Ma Shen hesitated for a moment: "Just find the most stable boat." ”

"The most stable ship. The bearded captain smiled mysteriously, "I know of a place where the ship is guaranteed to be stable. ”