Chapter Twenty-Three: Strange Ice
On the Kogrik Sea, there are many ships that connect the Baiksin Empire and the Kingdom of Godlia, and all kinds of passenger ships, fishing boats and merchant ships echo each other, adding a lot of life to this endless sea.
A galleon with a mermaid embroidered on its sails, a trading ship bound for Redinger, a port city on the western side of the Kingdom of Godlia, departing from the western port of the Kingdom of Gotlasia, in the eastern port of the Baiksin Empire** After returning to Goldlia after the end of the change, they have been relatively calm on the way, but the sailors who were on the Xuan two days ago said that there seemed to be a fight in a place not far from them and seemed to see a few flying dragons gliding through the air, which surprised many of the crew, although the civil war broke out in the Baixin Empire, but it has no impact on the safety of the sailors living in the eastern port, but it has a huge impact on the trade between the two countries today, and the four years of civil war, the royal family of the Baixin Empire has banned the export of some items abroad, resulting in the gradual reduction of the current trading merchant ships。
"Hey, boy, come here!" said an older bearded sailor on the ship, beckoning to the young sailor on board.
"What's the matter, uncle?" asked the young man, looking puzzled.
"Your eyesight is good, let's see if there's a spot of light over there?" Lao Shui pointed to a bright light on the surface of the sea and looked at the young man beside him suspiciously.
The young man looked at the old sailor's point, then took out the telescope in his pocket, and when he saw the strange object that refracted the light of the sun, he could not help but shout: "Yes, yes! There is a huge block of ice floating on the sea not far ahead!"
Everyone followed the direction of the young sailor, and saw a huge ice-like thing floating on the water, as beautiful as a crystal under the refraction of the sun and the sea.
Under the discussion of everyone, the noisy sound also alarmed the old captain who had been sitting in the cabin and smoking.
"What's the matter? Huh? Strange? I've never seen such a strange piece of ice floating on the surface of the sea in all my years at sea? You guys, drive the boat over and get that ice up for me!" The old captain, like the crew, looked at the large ice not far from the ship in amazement, in fact, it was more appropriate to say that it was an ice cube, and it seemed as if this large block of ice was wrapping something.
Under the command of the captain, everyone struggled to fish up the ice sculpture, it was really shocking to see it, it didn't look too big on the sea, but when everyone fished it up, they found that this thing was taller than a person, and the width could be so thick that four people were hugging it.
"W-what the is this? Ouch!" one of the crew members recklessly kicked the ice, which was far harder and colder than he had imagined.
"You idiot! Of course it's a piece of ice!" another tall crew member beside him scoffed.
"Damn, this thing is so cold!"
"Is it the treasure of the Sea Clan?"
"If it's a sea tribe's treasure, will it appear on the water?"
Everyone looked at the ice sculpture in front of them and talked about it, but no one dared to approach it for close contact, because of the white gas emanating from the ice sculpture, the people watching it were cold, and what happened to the crew just now also made others daunted.
At this time, the silent old captain slowly took down the big pipe that had been hanging on his mouth, and then puffed out a large piece of smoke from his mouth and said with some admiration: "Hahaha! It seems that this voyage has made a lot of money! Such a large piece of ice is rare in my Godlian Kingdom! If this is sold to the auction house, we can make a lot of money! I originally thought that Baixin is now in civil strife, and many items are banned from exporting, but I didn't expect God to give us such a good thing, haha!" Due to geographical reasons, the weather in Gotlia has always been relatively warm, so there are few ice cubes such things, and the ice that cannot be melted by the fire is even more so, and the ice is generally produced from the northern territory of the Baixin Empire and the border of Stark, even where the ice is very rare, and it is rare and expensive, so in the Kingdom of Gothria, a small piece of ice is even as expensive as a high-level magic crystal, and many beautiful noble ladies will inlay a few small pieces of ice on their clothes, props or magic items as a symbol of status。
The old captain's words instantly exploded the atmosphere that had been swelling all at once, and everyone high-fived and celebrated the harvest!
"Captain, is this true? such a large piece of ice, if we sell it, we can lie down for the rest of our lives!" a young crew member looked at the captain excitedly.
"Lying down, are you going to lie in bed forever for the rest of your life?" said the other crew member, though sarcastic on the surface, had a very excited expression on his face.
"Haha, young man, don't be in such a hurry, when the time comes, we'll go to the auction house and negotiate the price with those old foxes, and then you will be able to spend money on the bed for the rest of your life!" the old captain smiled and stuffed the big pipe in his mouth again.
"Oh, old Victor, let me see your loot!" As everyone cheered, suddenly a scrawny old man slowly walked out of the cabin.
The old captain, known as Victor, took the big pipe down again, nodded at the old man with a smile in his eyes, and waved his hand: "Old fellow, you have come just in time! You are a magician, you come and see this piece of ice!"
The old magician first looked around the ice with great interest, and then he slowly approached the ice, although the cold air emitted by the ice made the crew members who had no ability to resist helpless, but it had no effect on this thin old guy, the old magician observed for a while, sniffed carefully with a shriveled nose, and said: "This thing has a smell of sea tribes! There is also a smell of ice magic! And I feel that there seems to be something in it!"
After listening to the old magician's words, the old captain and the crew were a little confused, and the old captain coughed and wondered: "Old fellow, is this ice a thing of the Sea Clan?"
The old magician shook his head, thought for a while and said, "I don't know, but it does have a unique smell of the Sea Clan! Old Victor, if this is really a Sea Clan's thing, the old man suggests that you throw it back into the sea, the Sea Clan has never had a good impression of us humans, and it's good if you don't find it,
Old Victor listened to the old magician's words, did not answer, just took a deep puff of the cigarette in his pipe and exhaled a long breath, and then said lightly under the expectant gaze of the crew: "We are a merchant who has not done any risk, the greater the profit, the greater the risk, if this is a solid ice, we can make a lot of money, if this is a sea thing, if it is a sea thing, it can be sold on the market to make us have a huge return on this trip!" Due to the civil war in the Baixin Empire, many of the original good maritime traders gradually began to decline, some people had to stop and run to do other things, and the rest of the people continued to go to the port towns of the Baixin Empire to do dangerous trade, and the old Victor was the latter, but even this trade with the Baixin merchants was stretched.
The old magician looked at the determined old captain and the cheering crew, and could only smile wryly and shake his head, for these merchants, money may be the most important thing compared to their own lives!
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