Chapter 237 Parents are short

In the early hours of 17 November, the Flying Fish arrived at Zangjin Bay.

The weather is still not very good, and the bay of Zangjin, which used to be bustling with boats, is very empty, except for a few hurried cargo merchant ships sailing overseas, that is, fishermen who have ventured out to sea in small fishing boats to make a living.

The various wharves in Zangjin Bay are lined with masts, and countless large, medium and small sea vessels are moored on the shore. The pilot, who cursed the weather, was full of impatience, but with a smile on his face after receiving a large silver coin from Schward, he diligently guided the Flying Fish of Dawn to the berthed berth.

At this time, a very embarrassing thing happened, judging from the length of the hull, the Flying Fish of Dawn, which is more than 30 meters long, is considered a medium-sized sea vessel, although it is almost half as narrow as other medium-sized sea vessels. But the problem is that there is a wing more than three meters long under the ship, so the berth of a medium-sized sea ship with a depth of five or six meters cannot be berthed. For example, at low tide, the Flying Fish will be stranded, and the only way is for it to anchor at the dock of a large ocean-going vessel at a depth of about ten meters.

However, the wharves of large ocean-going ships for civilian use are already full of ships, and few shipowners are willing to go to sea in such strong winds and waves. Even if there is a vacant seat for Dawn's Flying Fish to squeeze in, it is not a problem for two large ocean-going ships of the same size to bump into each other, but Dawn's Flying Fish is narrow and squeezed in the middle, and no one can guarantee that there will be no accidents if it is caught by two large sea ships next to it.

Lorist was also touching his chin to figure out how the deepened wings would keep the boat stable and resistant to wind and waves, so that it could sail with full sail without capsizing in high winds and waves. However, I forgot about the difficulties of mooring. Maybe you can cut the wing by about two meters, it doesn't need to be that long, which will speed up the boat.

Swardra tugged at Lorlist's clothes, and Lorist came back to his senses: "What's wrong?"

"Look over there, sir. Schward reminded Lorist.

In the distance is a deep-water dock moored with several large sea vessels, with plenty of empty space, and most importantly a wheel pattern on the flag fluttering above.

"We'll stop there......" Lorist delighted.

"No, that's the Peterson Chamber of Commerce's dedicated dock......" the pilot said with a bitter face.

"It's okay, we're friends and partners in the Peterson Chamber of Commerce. Lorist said, "Schward, show him the Chamber of Commerce token that President Peterson gave us." ”

This Peterson Chamber of Commerce token belongs to Shi Fatzi, who introduced the Peterson Chamber of Commerce to Mr. Tim in the Kingdom of Redlis, and co-ordinated the transaction cooperation between the Viscount of Tybury and the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, allowing the Peterson Chamber of Commerce to extend its tentacles into the southwest region of the Kingdom of Redlis. For this reason, President Peterson gave this token to Shi Fatzi, saying that the Norton family can use this license to seek the assistance of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, such as buying materials can be discounted by 20%, and if there is no money, they can also take out an interest-free loan.

I think it should be a trivial matter to find a berthing space at the dedicated dock of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce with this token. Sure enough, the pilot saw that this token was silent, but complained that Lorist should have taken out this token to show him earlier, so that he could directly send the Flying Fish of Dawn to the special dock of the Petersen Chamber of Commerce, instead of worrying about it here for a long time.

After showing the token to the head of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce's dedicated dock, the Dawn's Exocet was given a berth spot. Lorist rewarded the pilot with another Kingford, which made him close his mouth with joy.

Lorist rejects the offer of the dock manager and decides to go to the Rook Tavern first. In the afternoon, visit President Petersen. At that time, I will come to the dock again and take the samples of the monster furs and other samples carried on the ship to the Chamber of Commerce to sell them at a suitable price.

There were two special carriages of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce on the docks to welcome guests, but this was not enough, and the head of the docks found two more rental carriages. Lorist took Schward, Josque, El and Dorus and ten guards from the ship and took two large chests full of Kingford from the ship, got into a carriage and drove to the Rook Tavern.

Captain Wilson took Old Jack and the sailors and five crossbow shooters from the chariot battalion to the sailors' hotel near the docks, and they had to arrange for men to be on duty on the Exocet in the Dawn.

The arrival of Lorist and his party gave the owner of the Red Crow Tavern, Gary Lando, and the hostess Louise a big surprise.

Garrilando took the spoon of wine and tapped it on El's head: "You still learn to run away from home, leave so many brothers and sisters to leave a letter and run away, is this what it is like to be the boss? In the past seven years, you have not even brought a message, and you have become more and more capable, do you know how worried everyone is that you will die in some unknown corner or battlefield......

El scurried with his head in his arms, but Garrilando was quickly stopped by the proprietress Louise. I haven't seen her for seven years, and the proprietress Louise is getting plump and plump. Lorist knew that Sister Louise had given birth to two sons for Gallilando, and hurriedly congratulated her loudly, Gallilando's face was full of pride, and she looked like she was old and in good health.

The gifts Lorist brought to Galillando and Sister Louise were three wolf skins and four deer and antelope skins, as well as a crimson blood fox skin, which were authentic Northland specialties. In particular, the blood fox was hunted by El himself, and he said that he would bring the fur to his uncle Garilandor to make a scarf. Sister Louise liked these gifts very much, and the old man craned his neck and said that it was not uncommon, but here he was holding on to the blood fox skin.

I haven't seen each other for seven years, and the biggest change in the Crow Tavern is that the maids have changed, and the proprietress Louise said that three years ago, as an old group of maids, Molly was the last to leave and marry. Old Hope, the miser who used to go to the tavern and the shoemaker, died, and he was drunk one winter two years ago, and in order to save a little silver for the car, he preferred to walk all the way back, but fell asleep in the snow halfway through, and the next morning it was discovered that Old Hope was frozen to the ground.

There is also the red-nosed singer Old Mike, who got drunk and fell asleep one day three years ago, and when he woke up, he suddenly said that he was homesick, and everyone thought he was joking, and poured him two glasses of wine. But I didn't expect that no one would see him again from the next day, and I guessed that he should have gone back to his hometown, but no one knew where his hometown was, and there was no news of him until now.

The most unfortunate thing is that retired postal officer, Tom Sr., who committed suicide by jumping into the sea. Originally, old Thom lived a leisurely life on his pension, and he was very leisurely. But his three children were not angry, the eldest son did business at a loss and had evil intentions, kidnapped his business partner and demanded a ransom and then tore up the ticket, and was finally arrested and sentenced to hanging, and his wife and children were punished as slaves.

Old Tom had just scraped together the money to redeem them, his second son gambled and owed a loan shark and ran away, his favorite youngest daughter was caught red-handed by her husband for cheating with someone, and the angry cuckold wearer approached the sheriff and asked for a divorce, kicked the cheating wife out of the house, and the dowry of nearly a thousand gold fords was not returned.

The successive blows made old Thom unable to bear it, and one day he went to the tavern in good clothes and drank a glass of ale and then politely said goodbye and left, and in the evening he received news that old Thom had jumped into the sea with a large stone tied up, and when the people in the distance found him and rushed to pick him up, he had already gone......

There are also three black bear brothers, once took the task and took good luck, picked up a large piece of worn-out scrap iron back, and later according to research, the scrap iron was a fragment of a magic boiler that was a relic of the era of magic civilization, and sold for more than 1,000 gold fords, and the three brothers went to the countryside to buy a farm and married a wife and no longer be a mercenary.

Eating the delicacies carefully cooked by Chef Mai Fatzi, listening to Sister Louise chattering about the shortcomings of the family, Lorist accompanied him with a long sigh, sighing that people are wrong. But at this moment, his body and mind were extremely relaxed, as if he had returned to the leisurely time when he was still teaching at Dawn Academy seven years ago, and he no longer had to worry about the big and small things of the whole family......

Lorist chartered eight rooms on the third floor of the Rook Tavern, and after a delicious meal, went upstairs to take a shower, changed his clothes, and took Schward and Dores to visit President Peterson, while Joske and four guards stayed in the room to watch over the two large chests containing a hundred thousand golden fords, while Elle was to go back to his former society to see his brothers and sisters.

I went to the dock first, and removed several large bundles of tight fur from the Flying Fish in the Dawn, as well as wrapped monster jerky and whale meat in several large jars. Only then did he order a horse-drawn carriage to be hired to go to the Petersen Chamber of Commerce.

As one of the Seven Giants of the Fort Business Alliance, the head office of the Petersen Chamber of Commerce is located in the inner city of Moldant City, covering a huge area that almost occupies one street. Although he hadn't seen him for seven years, President Peterson was still very respectful, and he had already received the news, and he personally stood at the door of the hall to greet Lorlist's arrival.

After a basket of polite words, President Peterson invited Lorist to the living room to talk, and after serving tea, Lorist said straight to the point that he wanted to make a deal with the Chamber of Commerce, his family territory was in the Northland, and there were many monster skins hunted, so he didn't know if he could sell them for a good price. The second is to buy or customize some large ocean-going cargo merchant ships through the Chamber of Commerce in those shipyards in Molute City. The third is to hope that the chamber of commerce can purchase large quantities of grain on behalf of the chamber of commerce.

The Petersen Chamber of Commerce originally started with the distribution of leather goods and the operation of long-distance carriage dealers, and found a few expert masters to appraise the magic cow fur brought by Lorist and gave them excellent evaluations. President Peterson was pleased and asked Lorist how much stock he had all.

Lorist held out five fingers.

President Peterson agreed: "Five thousand, it's a small thing, we've got it all." ”

Lorist smiled bitterly: "President, if it is five thousand Demon Beast Furs, I will not come to trouble you." In fact, there are a total of 500,000 Demon Beast Skins, most of which are sealed Demon Cow Skins......"

"Let's ......," President Peterson was just about to drink tea when he shuddered and the silver cup in his hand fell on the table, "You, what are you talking about, 500,000 monster skins?"

Loris nodded and explained: "The family territory is adjacent to the Barbarian Plains, and the Barbarian Plains Warcraft will go to the family territory to forage for food every winter, and the family forces have been hunting the Warcraft in the past few years, so they have accumulated so many Warcraft furs." It's only this year that I found an outlet to the sea, so I want to sell these monster skins in exchange for funds to buy ships and food......"

As soon as he said this, President Peterson was relieved: "In this way, if the furs of those demon cows that you have accumulated have the quality of these samples brought this time, I will buy the magic cow skins of the twelve silver coins on the market for three gold fords, you can go and ask, it is impossible for anyone to be higher than me." I mainly like the quality and quantity of your magic cowhides, which are convenient for making leather armor and leather goods of the same style. Of course, I also bought the fur of other Warcraft at a premium of 20% above the market price, you see how it goes. ”

"Okay, you have the final say, President, and this matter is decided. "Lorist is also very crisp.

President Peterson laughed, very satisfied with Lorlist's neatness and boldness: "As for the grain, Locke, don't worry, we can meet your requirements, you can buy as much as you want." But this sea vessel, I can help you ask if there are any large ocean-going merchant ships for sale, because our Petersen Chamber of Commerce also has only six sea-going vessels, two large ocean-going merchant ships and four medium-sized armed merchant ships, which were mainly used to transport supplies and did not operate maritime trade routes.

If it weren't for the fact that your knight Schreider helped us to negotiate a cooperation with the Viscount of Tebriel, and through the docks he mastered, we were able to sell and purchase goods in the kingdom of Redleys, and for the first time, our Peterson family had a sea trade route, which was not very profitable, but it was convenient and cost-effective compared to relying on horse-drawn carriages for long-distance transportation. ”

Lorist raised his teacup, replaced the wine with tea, and gave President Peterson a glass: "Then I will leave everything to the Lord." ”

Since the Viscount of Talbury was mentioned, Lorist also asked Mr. Tim's address in the city of Morente, and was ready to visit it when he had time. President Peterson lamented Mr. Tim's good fortune and the blessing of being able to meet the northbound convoy of Lorlist. Since cooperating with the Viscount of Terbury, Mr. Tim has officially obtained the canonization documents and title certificate of the viscount from the eldest prince in the name of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, and has now officially become a real territorial nobleman. ”

President Peterson told two jokes that Mr. Tim had made when he first became a nobleman, and the conversation suddenly sighed and became gloomy. Lorist asked him why he sighed, and President Peterson replied with a wry smile that it wasn't his precious son who was so disappointed to worry about him.

Lorist thought it was President Peterson, and that son had gained weight again. President Peterson shook his head and said no, that precious son is an exercise maniac now, and he has been practicing diligently all day long, and even his fighting spirit has risen to a silver star. In addition to this, he is also extremely fond of women, and in the past seven years, he has found seventeen wives for himself and has given birth to twenty-three children.

Lorist was surprised, but he congratulated President Peterson, isn't it a good thing to have so many grandchildren, better than his precious son alone. As for the daughter-in-law, the Peterson family has a big business, and it is not that they can't afford to support them, let alone seventeen, and it will be okay to marry seventy more.

President Peterson said that it was not these things that troubled him, but that the precious son had no interest in inheriting the family business, especially in business. This worries President Peterson about who will be in the hands of him in the next 100 years. Seeing that Mr. Tim was able to transform from an illegitimate child to a full-fledged nobleman made President Peterson even more angry at his precious son's lack of growth.

Lorist smiled and comforted President Peterson, this is a fan of the authorities, isn't there so many grandchildren who don't like business, as a golden swordsman who is properly maintained and lives to be 100 years old, the president can live for at least forty or fifty years, such a long time is enough for him to cultivate a grandson who can inherit the great responsibility of the Chamber of Commerce, why do you always want your son to inherit it?

When President Peterson heard this, he turned his sorrow into joy, yes, he could raise his grandson. The knot was overjoyed, and he warmly asked Lorist to have dinner with him. Lorist had no choice but to stay, and as soon as he had drunk two glasses of wine, he saw a subordinate crawl in and kneel in front of President Peterson: "Master, something is wrong, the third young master of the Chicke family has made trouble at the dock of our house, and he must take this lord away from the ship anchored with us, and he must not ...... it."

...... (To be continued.) )