Chapter 57: Smuggling of Contraband
Late autumn in the year 755 of the Holy Spirit Empire calendar. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
William went south, took the private ship of the Silver Moon Song and Dance Troupe 'Freedom', and after more than half a month of life at sea, the Freedom finally left the Kuwaiti harbor and sailed into the dock of Canaan Province, and arrived at its destination.
On the dock, Crean followed the ladder and disembarked first. He hired some workers on the dock and began unloading. Carry large beer kegs to a warehouse on the docks.
When the unloading was complete, William said goodbye to Julis.
He led everyone to find a restaurant near the pier and ordered a lot of lobster, hairy crab, sashimi, secret conch, etc., a sumptuous seafood feast, almost filling the entire table.
"Those people in the song and dance troupe are not simple. ”
At the dining table, Kane, who was wearing half a silver cut-out area, suddenly spoke: "When they were rehearsing the song and dance, I noticed that they all had thick calluses on their hands, like they had been using weapons for many years. ”
As he spoke, Kane took out a mass of gray-brown iron from his bosom, put it on the table, and said to William, "Look at this piece of iron ore. I found it on their ship, and they're smuggling it!"
When William heard this, he was stunned.
He picked up the piece of iron on the table, made a moment of careful identification, and found that it was indeed iron ore.
According to the laws of the Holy Spirit Empire, iron ore has always been listed as a contraband, and smuggling and trading are prohibited.
If it is less than ten catties, it is not considered a crime, and once it exceeds ten catties, it must be handed over to the local lord's mansion. If the amount of iron ore is larger, the lord's palace will have to report to the provincial governor's palace for disposal.
If you keep it private, it is punishable by death.
"How much iron ore do they have on board?" asked William with interest.
When Kane heard this, he was silent for a while, and then said, "There should be a lot, but the exact number is not very certain. ”
"At that time, when I was about to dig deeper, I was almost discovered by the woman named Julis. Since that time, every night, the Silver Moon Song and Dance Troupe has people keeping vigil and patrolling the main road crossings, which is quite strict. ”
After a pause, Kane continued, "I can clearly feel that the woman from Yuris has sent someone to spy on me. That's why I didn't tell you about it at the time. ”
William suddenly.
He closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then spoke, "We need this batch of iron ore to smelt and make armor and weapons. Kane, when the time comes, you go with Sumera and talk to Yulis, and see if she is willing to sell us all the iron ore on the Liberty. ”
Kane nodded, and Sumera didn't object.
In fact, when Kane left the church, disguised himself as a wandering samurai, and went to Sunset Town to declare his allegiance to William, William had a secret conversation with him.
One of them is about iron ore.
Iron ore, which can be smelted to produce iron. Iron, on the other hand, can make a large number of weapons, armor, and so on.
Imagine that if in the realm of the undead, Sumera's skeleton legion has a good pair of armor and weapons, its combat power will definitely increase a lot, and the skeleton legion can also speed up the pace of aggression and grow rapidly.
William wants to use countless money to build an invincible army of the undead!
This will be William's hole card and a very important part of William's plan. It can even be said that it is important to the point of 'indispensable'.
However, iron ore is not so easy to find.
Master Rhine went to the underground black market in Abis, the largest city in Kuwait Province, several times, but did not find any useful news.
In Kuwait's governorate, only 13 iron ore mines are still mined, but all of them are heavily guarded by the military. Even if William wanted to get iron ore again, he would not venture to attack the idea of these thirteen iron mines.
This time, I got the news of iron ore by chance, and William said that he was not excited, it was a lie.
"Someone came and was approaching our room. ”
At this time, Sumera suddenly said. Her fingers drew a slight circle, and the soundproof magic array in the room was suddenly lifted.
Kane put away the iron ore on the table, and everyone stopped talking, and made a precarious appearance, picked up the knife and fork in his hand, and put his hands up and down.
William inserted a large lobster and put it on the plate in front of him, and before he could peel the shell, Sumera's knife and fork brought a piece of white and tender sashimi.
William looked at her, and Sumera chuckled.
At this time, there was a knock on the door of the room, accompanied by Yulis's sexy and delicate female voice: "Excuse me, is Master William in this room?"
When everyone heard this, they were stunned.
It's Yuris!
William just said to go to her and talk about iron ore, but he didn't expect that she would come over at this time.
"Please come in. Miss Ulis, I'm in the room. William coughed, put down the knife and fork in his hand, and said with a straight face.
Before he could finish speaking, the door was pushed open by Julis.
She had changed her outfit.
On his head, he wore a brown horned hat, pinned with a few snow-white feathers, hanging down behind her supple hair, and a plush pure white fur sweater on the outside, and a dark blue evening gown underneath.
The collar of the evening dress was low, revealing a seductive deep groove of snow white, and a thin layer of black stockings was also wrapped around the plump and slender thighs.
Even his face is painted with light makeup, flaming red lips, and his outfit is bold and hot.
Sexy and elegant, pure and charming, all kinds of contradictory temperaments are concentrated in one.
Judging from her appearance, Yulis looks like a rich woman who spends a lot of money at the moment, and she is also the kind with a very high appearance, which makes people unable to connect with her true identity at all.
Kova looked at Yuris in amazement.
Not to mention Kova, who has straight eyes, even Master Rhine, is also dry and restless, and an impulse that has been extinguished for many years rises in his heart.
She closed the door softly, walked to the empty seat directly opposite William, and pulled out a chair and sat down.
"Master William, I remember that one thing has not been done, and the merchant in the dock warehouse is still waiting. Kerion's ability to observe words and expressions is not low, he found a reason at random, and got up directly and said.
William nodded.
With his approval, Crean exited the room.
"Master William, I'm full, I'll go outside to blow the wind. ”
Master Rhine also stood up and said. He grabbed Kova by the collar and dragged him outside, ignoring Kova's yelling: "Wait, I haven't eaten yet!
Seeing this scene, Yuris covered her mouth and chuckled.
At this time, Kane also got up and left the room.
In just ten seconds, there were only three people left in the room: William, Julis, and Sumera.
William unabashedly looked at Ulis who was sitting opposite, with a hint of appreciation in his eyes, and asked, "Miss Ulris, what is the matter with me?"
"There's really one thing I forgot to mention. ”
Yuris reached into her arms, took out a red invitation card from the inner pocket of her snow-white fur sweater, and placed it on the dining table, "Soon, our Silver Moon Song and Dance Troupe will hold a performance in the imperial capital of Canaan Province. ”
"The specific time and place of the performance are all on the invitation. If Master William is free, he must remember to participate at that time to help us increase our popularity. ”
"No problem, I'll definitely go for it then. William laughed, "Actually, I just have something to talk to Miss Euris about. ”
Yuris chuckled, "Is it about iron ore?"
When William heard this, his pupils shrank slightly.
"That night, I heard a noise on the deck of the ship, so I went to take a look. At the time, I thought it was a rat, and it scared me. ”
William didn't smile, he said with a serious face: "Smuggling more than ten catties of iron ore is illegal." Don't Miss Euris know?"
"Of course I do, but I'm not human. ”
Julis chuckled and pulled the hair from her right cheek, revealing her pointed ears staring at the silver earrings: "I'm an elf, and the laws of the Holy Spirit Empire can't control my head." ”
William was stunned.
At this time, Sumela, who was already a little jealous sitting next to William, stretched out her jade hand and pinched the soft flesh on William's waist lightly or heavily.
William was slightly pained, his face did not change, and he turned around: "Miss Eulith's Liberty smuggled contraband, is it to be sold to merchants in the imperial capital?"
"Merchant, that's right. "Why, Master William is also interested in those iron ores, do you want to buy some?"
William nodded, "That's right." How much you have, I buy as much as I want. ”
"I still have a lot of them there, I'm afraid that Young Master William can't afford them. Yulis chuckled, "Although I am an elf, smuggling contraband into the Holy Spirit Empire is also a very big risk. How about a boatload of 300,000 gold coins and iron ore?"
"Large merchant ships?"
"No, medium-sized ships. ”
"It's too expensive. William shook his head and said, "Three hundred thousand gold coins, it's too high." How about a boatload of 200,000 gold coins?"
"That's a big loss for me. Young Master William, you are so rich, you should be considerate and considerate of others, and be generous. Yuris said pitifully.
William didn't eat this in the slightest.
He was about to return the price, when under the dining table, a tender little foot reached over, climbed up William's thigh, and grinded carefully.
William was stunned.
He looked at Yulis on the other side, only to see her blink mischievously, and said softly: "Young Master William, don't return the price, just promise others, okay?"
As he spoke, under the dining table, the tender little foot suddenly went deeper, fully arousing William's desire.
William's heart was itching.
Yuris's small gesture, although carried out at the low table, could not hide from Sumela's eyes. She stretched out her hand and gently stroked William's waist twice, and suddenly pinched it hard, and the force was quite heavy.
William gasped, like a basin of cold water pouring down his head and face, completely extinguishing his desire.
That feeling, that sourness......
William's face was so mixed that he couldn't speak.