Chapter 406: The Rise of the Golden Route (1)
On the turquoise sea, two medium-sized armed merchant ships escorted three large merchant ships to form a small fleet, and the bulging sails of the ships were driven by the early summer trade winds to lead the fleet towards the destination. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The waterline was kept very low by the heavily loaded merchant ships, and a large number of sailors were busy under the scolding of the boatswain and the first mate, constantly adjusting the angle of the sails so that the sails could withstand the maximum wind and make the relatively slow speed of the fleet a little faster.
"Your Excellency, according to the charts we bought, we will have five days at most to reach the gem island built by the orcs, and with the blessing of the great god of light, we are safe for now. The captain of the high-priced ship said to Marcelo.
Marcelo nodded when he heard this, but he didn't let go of the worries in his heart, mainly because this trade was too important for him and for his family's Blue Dolphin Chamber of Commerce.
As a maritime chamber of commerce with a history of more than 100 years, the Blue Dolphin Chamber of Commerce has also been prosperous for a while, but with the war and several decision-making mistakes made by Marcelo's pro-Laozi, the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce, which was once ranked in the top ten in the Roland Empire, is now in a situation that is not as good as a year.
This made President Marcelo, who had spent his entire youth for the Blue Dolphin Chamber of Commerce, but had not improved in the slightest, very unwilling, and when he accidentally learned that the gem island built by the Orc Empire had officially started foreign trade, he felt that this was a rare opportunity, so he gave it a rare go.
He mortgaged almost everything the Chamber of Commerce could pledge, and even borrowed a sum of money from those blood-sucking nobles, and used the money to purchase the cargo of a small fleet, and then personally escorted him on the route to the Orc Empire's Gem Island.
For Marcelo, this is a gamble that will cost him all his money, and if he succeeds, he will not only reap huge profits, but he will even be able to establish a route for flowing gold coins, and the re-emergence of the Blue Dolphin Chamber of Commerce is just around the corner......
According to the location, this sea area is now the territorial waters of the Orc Empire, and looking at the clear water outside the ship, Marcelo is a little emotional.
Who would have thought that this sea area, which had been silent for countless years, now with the establishment of the Gem Island, and the rise of a golden route, has become busy in just half a year, and Marcelo has seen a lot of fleets along the way, among which there are some very famous chamber of commerce flags, and it seems that it is not only himself who has discovered this business opportunity.
But this is also a very normal thing, the orc empire, which was originally barren in the eyes of the mainstream human world, seemed to suddenly tremble, showing an enviable local tyrant face.
Food, cloth, daily necessities...... It can be said that in addition to the steel products that used to make a lot of money in the trade of the orc empire, these orcs, who seem to have endless gold coins, need everything in the human world.
They waved gold coins and offered a price more than fifty percent higher than that of other routes, this kind of astonishing profit is simply impossible for many maritime merchants to refuse, and the profit of one trip here can at least be worth more than two trips on other routes.
So as this news spreads, it will only be more and more fleets that will join this golden route.
The role of the president of the Chamber of Commerce like Marcelo is more important than the brighter prospects of this route.
With the Orc Empire's Iron Domain, His Royal Highness the Little Dwarf Prince has invested an astonishing amount of money, and as long as the Doma River diversion project is completed, which can be called a miracle, the trip to Gem Island will not be a one-way business like it is now.
After the fleet unloads its cargo at Gem Island, it never needs to be empty, and the Iron Collar can easily fill the cabin with all kinds of specialties.
The Iron Collar's specialties were transported by the river fleet, and at a surprisingly low transportation cost, they were able to appear on the list of the Gem Island's exchanges.
Then, as long as these goods are pulled to the human world, even if the transportation costs along the way are removed, they can still reap huge profits.
This back and forth trade between the entry and exit, the wealth contained in it, can simply make all the maritime merchants crazy; not to mention that they can make a lot of money now, it is estimated that they will lose money, I believe that there will still be many large chambers of commerce, will make a layout in advance.
His Excellency President Marcelo of the Blue Dolphin Chamber of Commerce is also convinced of this......
Of course, it is impossible to make enough profits and not take enough risks in this year, and in addition to the unpredictable natural disasters on the sea, what worries His Excellency Marcelo is the murderous pirate group.
If it encounters a natural disaster, it may only be a heavy loss, but if it encounters a pirate group, it is absolutely impossible to lose all your money, and even give up your own life for it, and for Marcelo, if you lose this trade, I am afraid that it will be easier to be killed by pirates.
But how could this golden route, which was like flowing gold coins, not attract the attention of many pirate groups, in fact, this route has only been emerging for such a short time, and there are more than a dozen pirate groups of all sizes that have already entered the waters of the Orc Empire, and there are even more pirate groups planning to move here.
The sea area of the Orc Empire, which used to be regarded as a bird that does not, has now officially become a fragrant bun in the eyes of pirates of all sizes, and in order to seize territory, there have been countless battles between them, after all, in order to occupy a fat sphere of influence, it is acceptable to pay a big price.
It is said that one out of every five fleets that make its way to Gem Island is now sacked by pirates, and Marcelo can only pray that the unlucky fleet will not be his own.
As for the navy of the Orc Empire, it is a joke for these pirate groups, a few warships are still armed merchant ships, and their naval members are also very shabby, except for a few former Bloodsail pirates, the rest are rookie sealmen novices.
If the Bloody Sail Pirate Regiment in the glorious period could still make the pirate group have some scruples, but now, these old, weak, sick and disabled people who can't get along in the human world really don't want to be looked down upon by them......
It's a pity that the more Marcelo worries about something, the more those fears will happen.
"Oh no, there's a flotilla coming towards us on the right side of the flotilla; Suddenly, the lookout hand on the large merchant ship he was on screamed in horror.
Suddenly, the president of the Blue Dolphin Chamber of Commerce had a colorless face.