Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Silver Coins I Missed Along the Way
The sailors and passengers did not see the execution of Chad, and when they climbed the stairs around the ice in the bilge, only Chad's body and the freshly frozen ice around him were left on deck. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lukka had already taken refuge in the captain's quarters. After using two mirrors in a row, plus four or five hailstorms and a mage's hand, he felt a little tired.
In the few hours he was catching up on sleep, there was chaos on the New Horizon.
"What about these pirates?" asked Leon as an older sailor walked up to Leon without a boatswain.
"Throw them into the sea, there's no need to sympathize with them, and you should be dead if you freeze like this. Leon gave the order.
After dealing with the frozen pirates, the Iron Eagle made Leon hesitate, and he went to the captain's room to find Luca.
"Is this ship still useful?" asked Luca, who was woken up, rubbing his eyes.
"Not joining your fleet?" Leon was a little strange, most pirates probably wouldn't let go of this kind of ready-made opportunity.
"No, I don't have that many people. Lukka wasn't very greedy about that, and of course, he couldn't afford another pirate ship, which, unlike the Silent Death, had to be hired to drive it.
"Then drag us to Longbow Island, which should be able to be sold. Leon nodded.
"It's okay, after selling, just divide the money as written in our contract. "Luca is most interested in silver coins right now.
"This one can sell for at least fifteen thousand. Leon's addition made Luca almost stumble.
The next few days were uneventful. Even the constantly noisy gossip team stopped talking nonsense, which made Lukka a little strange, and he went over to eavesdrop once to know that his identity had changed from a noble bastard to a "divine messenger", as for which god it was, those few people didn't argue clearly, anyway, it was the kind that would freeze people if they didn't agree with each other.
But it's okay, at least now they don't bother Luca anymore, and even if they meet in the corridor, they retreat respectfully without saying a word, for fear that they will offend the big man with one word. Not only a few of them, but almost all passengers reacted in this way.
"How the hell did this come about?" said Luca as he came to the captain's room, sitting down in his chair.
Leon rubbed his hands and whispered, "Actually, I passed it out." β
"Huh?" Lukka was stunned for a moment, and then it dawned on him, this idea was indeed good, most of the inhabitants of the Sunset Islands were still in awe of the gods, and this rumor successfully prevented the passengers from prying eyes on him, and also made people not think about pirates.
Three days later, shut up and bring back the news from the Silent Death, the two pirate ships had been able to do little to resist, but there was basically no cargo on board, just a bunch of supplies.
Luca was drowsy with his eyes closed, but suddenly seemed to remember something, grabbed and closed his mouth and said, "What about the two ships?"
"Ahem! let go!" shut up and struggled to squeeze his body out of his clutches, "Of course the ship is released! The mainmast has been blown off, what's the use?"
Leon next to him shook his head: "It's a pity, the price of a ship with a broken main mast will be greatly discounted, but if the keel is not damaged, it can still be sold for some money." β
"Keel, you mean the one with the bottom of the boat?" Shut up and jumped on the table and asked, "That thing was also knocked out of the water by Daniel!"
Leon sighed and didn't say anything more, but his regret was palpable.
"It suddenly felt like we had wasted a lot of silver...... Luca was grief-stricken.
"That's why you're so poor!" shut up without mercy.
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The new horizon arrived at Longbow Island two days later than previously planned. Sailing at sea will always encounter all kinds of situations, even if you encounter a storm, you can delay your trip for a few days, let alone encounter such a thing as pirates.
It would take a few days for Leon to go to the exchange to buy and sell goods, and the Iron Eagle could easily find a buyer. The Coast Guard of Longbow Island was trying to increase its military strength, but it was too expensive and too slow to build a new warship, and the captured pirate ship was affordable, and the formalities were quickly completed and handed over in a few days.
The day after settling into the guest rooms on the second floor of the tavern, Lukka was finally reunited with his crew.
"Oh, I knew the ship could sell for money. Ollie was unimpressed by Luca's question.
"Then why did you sink the ship?" Lukka lay on the table and didn't want to get up.
"You didn't ask. Besides, it's more enjoyable to fight like this!"
A few days later, LeΓ³n sent his first profit slightly offset some of Luca's grief.
In the end, the Iron Eagle was successfully sold for 16,000 silver coins, and the profit from the full ship of brown sugar plus passenger tickets was also more than 7,000, and the profit used for dividends was as high as 15,000 silver coins, excluding the amount of re-purchase and standing funds.
According to the previous agreement, Lukka could get four thousand five, and the other crew members also had more than a thousand each, and Ollie and Nora were already planning to go to the port business district for a new round of shopping.
But Lukka didn't ask for cash, and he had to wait all the morning in the tavern before Leon arrived and handed him two pockets, one large and one small.
"There are no jewelry stores here, and you can buy these two after looking around, why don't you take the cash first?" Leon said with some trepidation.
"No, it's too dangerous for me to go to a big town, so you might as well buy it for me. Lukka pushed back the large coin bag with the silver coins.
"Okay, I'll mail it to you as soon as I get it. Leon nodded and took the money bag, "I'll leave first if there's nothing to do, and the exchange will count the new goods." β
Lukka got up to see Leon off, and didn't follow to study the specifics of the deal. This merchant ship followed, and he came to a conclusion: he was not a business material. Although he thinks that the mathematics is not bad, but the price of every cent, staring at the grade of goods at a glance, these trivial facts are giving him a headache.
Fortunately, he has now found a way to make money without trading, as long as he ...... Don't blow up the black-sailed ship too hard in the future.
Sending Leon away, Lukka opened his small cloth pocket and poured the gem on the table.
Leon was born into a merchant family, and was more reliable than Crete in the purchase of gemstones. Crete could only tell the authenticity and grade of the gemstones, and his judgment of the price was completely inferior to him.
These two are aquamarines, don't be misled by the name, although with a blue word, they are really not sapphires, but emeralds are close relatives, and the price is much cheaper than sapphires. Of course, Lukka didn't know about these at first, and Leon had specially noted on the transaction slip that the two gems cost a total of nine hundred silver coins, the larger one was 17 carats, and the smaller one was 14 carats.
Now, it's finally time to start learning the next magic.