Chapter 46 Xilin Harbor
Xilin Port, the destination of Lin Feng's trip, after more than four months of sea voyage, they are finally about to arrive at the port. Just like in Whale Harbor, the Breaking Wave followed the Red Fox, leading ten other merchant ships (including four air pirate ships) slowly into the dock berth.
Different from the rugged style of Whale Harbor, Xilin Harbor is a hodgepodge of buildings from the outside, and you can find characteristic buildings of almost all races here, which is also an example of the commercial prosperity of Xilin Harbor.
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"Rey Fox's 'Red Fox' has actually returned to Xilin Harbor, and it has also returned with a fleet of ships from the Southern Human Empire!" This news had already been spread by someone with a heart when Lin Feng's fleet had just entered the port.
The Grand Elder of the Fox Clan, Turing Fox, and Rey's father also received the news. Three months ago, the old fox man received the news that the "Red Fox" had disappeared due to a storm, and just when he was gradually giving up hope, his daughter actually came back alive!
Old Turing thanked the ancestral spirit for the blessing in his heart, and arranged for people to welcome Miss Leiyi's return, of course, those guests who came back with Leiyi must also be invited to the fox clan's station in Xilin Harbor.
Although the old Turing was very happy about his daughter's safe return, he did not ignore the vague news that came, "Southern Human Empire", "Big Fleet", the shrewd old Turing had a strong premonition, there was a big business opportunity here, and their Fox family must seize this opportunity.
It's not that there are no human merchants to trade in Xilin Harbor, but these human merchants are basically from the Stirling Empire or the North Wind Empire, these two human empires are the same as the tribal emirates, they are both located in the north-central part of the Strandan continent, and their products are naturally similar to the tribal emirates.
Old Turing, as the great elder of the fox clan, was naturally well-informed, and he knew that there was also a human-established dragon empire at the southern tip of the continent, but between the tribal emirate and the dragon empire, whether it was sea or land, they did not border, and they were very far apart.
In recent years, the Orc Empire in the south of the tribal emirate has been fighting a civil war, and the Stirling Empire in the east of the emirate has also been in famine for many years, as for the North Wind Empire in the north of the emirate, well, the land there is even more barren than the emirate, and half of the empire's land is covered by ice and snow all year round, and the food grown there is not enough for them to eat.
Yes, old Turing knew that the Auron Empire was rich in grain, and there were many places where it could be harvested twice a year, and even three times a year. And now, in Port Xilin, oh no, in the whole of the emirate, the most sought-after cargo is grain.
Knowing that the fleet brought back by his daughter was from the Aolong Empire, the old Turing, who knew his daughter Mo Ruo's father, immediately realized that his daughter, who did not inherit the wise tradition of the fox clan, must have leaked the information about the lack of food in the emirate, and with the "principle of maximizing profits" of human beings, their ships must also be full of food.
People are old and spirits, ghosts and spirits, Turing Fox is the truth at this moment, if Rey knows this, she will definitely draw a circle in the corner silently, "Daddy, how can you know your daughter and me so well?
After a while, follow-up information about this fleet was sent to the old Turing's hands, in addition to the fox clan's own "Red Fox", this fleet has a total of eleven merchant ships, however, the intelligence also pointed out, "Four of these eleven merchant ships have a distinct orc pirate style." ”
Old Turing was still thinking, "Could it be that those humans compromised with the orc pirates and borrowed a way to get here?" No wonder he thought so, the orc empire has blocked their maritime borders for nearly a hundred years, and the merchant ships of the tribal emirate are okay, at least the alliance, they are less restricted, and they can occasionally go south.
However, the merchant ships of the Auronic Dragon Empire can only trade in the designated ports of the Orc Empire, and cannot cross the Orc Sea Frontier and go north on their own, in addition, the taxation is not ordinarily heavy, so there are not many human merchant ships willing to come.
However, "interests" always find natural allies. In recent years, the Orc Empire has suffered a civil war, and the royal family and nobles of the empire have relaxed their supervision of the maritime frontier, and the trade of smuggling through pirate protection has increased.
This is also one of the reasons why Lin Feng dared to carry out this voyage, the naval fleet of the Orc Empire was affected by the domestic war, lax discipline, lax training and lack of funds, and they were unable to maintain the previous patrol blockade line, well, they were now walking around the coastal area.
Old Turing hadn't yet figured out what attitude to use to deal with those unexpected "orc pirates", and another message was sent back from there. This time it was the details brought by a fox sailor on the "Honghu", who was specially sent back by the captain of the "Red Fox".
The old fox Turing knew his daughter's temperament, so he chose the captain of the "Red Fox" and it was very fox traditional, well, "cunning and wise". The captain of the "Red Fox" naturally knew what it meant for such a fleet to appear in Xilin Harbor, and he quickly sent information to let Turing seize the opportunity.
Looking at the "detailed information" sent by the captain of the "Red Fox", well, it was actually the logbook of the "Red Fox", due to the urgency of time, the captain of the "Red Fox" did not have time to write a detailed information, so he directly sent this to the old Turing for reference.
Old Turing first took a quick glance, and he only focused on the two places in the logbook: "Storm Distress" and "Defeat the Pirates". Especially the part of "defeating the pirates", old Turingzai looked at it carefully.
After he finished reading, old Turing immediately made up his mind that he must receive Lin Feng and the others beyond the specifications, after all, no matter how popular a fleet that came to Xilin Port by buying pirates and relying on their protection, it could not hide their own "stain".
Well, colluding with pirates, no matter what race you look at, it's not a glorious thing. What's more, in Xilin Port, a port city dominated by commerce and trade, the large and small chambers of commerce and merchant groups here have always hated pirates and road rage and the like.
Old Turing sent his butler out to watch the preparations for the reception, and he himself looked through the Red Fox's logbook once more. However, this time he focused on what Lei Yi and the others had seen and heard on Nanlin Island, and he wanted to get a general understanding of this little baron from here.