Chapter Seventy-Four: Late Autumn Night Sailing

When the two arrived at the River of Miracles, there happened to be a galleys docked to unload, and many people who wanted to sail south were haggling around the captain to board the ship at a relatively cheap price. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The captain was surrounded by so many people chattering, but he was not at all flustered, with a pipe in his mouth, and while leisurely swallowing the clouds and spitting fog while talking to the passengers, his face was full of shrewdness, he was obviously accustomed to this route, and knew the distance from here to the various docks, and it was difficult for ordinary people to take advantage of him.

Sean saw that there were too many people around the captain, so he did not rush forward, but first walked around the market by the dock with Helen, intending to sell the two donkeys that were obviously not on the boat.

To the surprise of the two, the local merchants were very interested in the two tall mutant donkeys in their hands, and they all said that they had never seen a donkey with such momentum. There was even a wealthy merchant who planned to give out five golden dragons to buy these two "strange beasts".

Sean and Helen, who couldn't laugh or cry, secretly slandered in their hearts that the merchants in this small place had never seen the world, and sincerely explained to each other that these were just two ordinary over-aged service mill donkeys, but they were only turned into their current appearance by being blessed with a strong blessing magic, and they would immediately return to their original form as soon as the magic effect passed, etc., so as to dispel the years of curiosity of these merchants.

But apart from these merchants, they wandered around for a long time without meeting a real buyer of ordinary livestock, so they simply gave the donkey to a little boy who sold olives on the side of the road. Helen saw that the boy was thinly dressed and shabby, shivering in the cold wind of the north, and took out a few silver wolves and put them in the boy's pocket, and told him to go back and buy some warm clothes for herself and her family.

To the little boy's surprise, the two returned to the dock arm in arm, and after telling the captain where they were going, they paid thirty silver wolves to board the ship. Although the price is not low, Sean is too lazy to bargain, firstly, this place is still in the north, and it is indeed a long way from Qingquan Town in the south, and secondly, his bracelet is full of golden dragons scavenged from the Bone Crusher Resel and the Blood Bat Mercenary Regiment, and he doesn't care about this money at all.

At this time, the ship and the dock were still loading and unloading goods back and forth, and there was still some time to leave the ship, and the two leaned against the railing at the edge of the upper deck, chatting and looking at the scenery on both sides of the canal.

After a while, Sean suddenly heard a cry of pleading from where the captain was standing on the docks.

"You are all right, my lord, let me go up, and the Father of all gods will bless you. ”

"I said no. The ship is private, not church, and there is no obligation to give to the poor, and I have to earn money to feed and feed my crew, and I have no way of judging whether what you say is true or false, and if everyone finds a reason to come and beg for free as you do, everyone in my boat will have to drink the northwest wind. ”

"I'm really in a hurry, my lord, my son doesn't know whether he is dead or alive, you can do it, take me for a ride, and when I raise the money, I will definitely return the boat fare to you." ”

"Save it, I've seen a lot of people like you. Hey, give it back to me, you won't be seen when you get off the boat, let me find it somewhere. ”

Sean turned to look at the captain, and saw that it was an old homeless man with gray hair, ragged and unkempt, who was bending over and bowing and begging the captain, and he was a little unbearable in his heart for a while, and asked loudly, "Old man, where are you going?"

The old homeless man raised his head, saw Sean standing behind the railing of the boat, and saluted with his hand on his chest: "Honorable lord, I am going to the border town." I've heard from a passing knight that the north slope of the mine has collapsed and many miners are buried underneath. The old man couldn't help but sobbed when he said this, "My son is working there as a miner, I don't know if he is still alive, I want to go and see him." ”

Sean nodded and asked the captain, "How much does it cost to get to Frontier Town?"

The captain with the pipe in his mouth looked at Sean and shrugged: "The border town is far away, and it costs twenty-five silver wolves." Can you tell if what he says is true or not, handsome sir? ”

Sean took out a handful of silver wolves and threw them over: "I can't judge." ”

The captain took off his black captain's hat and copied it casually, copied all the silver coins into his hat, poured them on the palm of his hand and clicked them, and then put them into his shoulder pocket with satisfaction, waved his hand and let the old homeless man get on the boat, and did not forget to tease Sean: "Then you still pay for him? ”

Sean smiled heartily: "Rich people are not counted, but I think it's quite fun to do this." ”

"The Father of all gods, his old man, will bless you, generously sir. The old tramp got into the boat, and ran tremblingly and saluted. Sean waved his hand at him in a friendly manner, signaling that he didn't have to be too polite, just take care of himself, and then continued to lean against the boat with Helen and watch the scenery and chat.

At this time, some more passengers had paid their fees and came aboard, and the people on the deck gradually increased, and the cargo on the dock was almost loaded and unloaded, and the captain took his satisfactory satisfactorily took the last puff of cigarettes, and began to beckon the crew to sail.

With the sound of a neat trumpet, the paddlers in the lower cabins pulled the oars together and drove the galleys full of passengers out of the dock. By this time it was almost dark, and the distant scenery gradually became blurred with the dimming of the light, but fortunately, the river of miracles was an artificially dug canal, and there were no obstacles such as reefs at the bottom of the river that could threaten the bottom of the boat, so most boat owners dared to sail at night, as long as they lit enough torches to illuminate it.

The night in the north was still very cold this month, and Sean and Helen didn't want to stay on deck to blow the wind, so they went down to the cabin early, spent a little money on some hot food cooked by the ship's cook, and prepared to find a place to rest.

In order to free up more space for loading cargo, there are no separate guest rooms in the cabin, and the cabin is full of crowded bunks, and the smell in the air is naturally not very good. But those large canal galleys with luxurious rooms generally do not dock at such small docks, and the two of them can only make do with this kind of boat in order to get back to Karsecet as soon as possible, but fortunately, Sean and Helen are used to being born and died all year round, and they don't mind this environment at all.

While most of the people were still eating, Sean pulled Helen to the innermost end of the cabin early, found a place against the wall for the girl to lie down first, took off his coat and covered her, and then lay next to her in chain mail. In this way, when outsiders come, they can only lie on Sean's outside, so as not to be embarrassed by strangers and Helen next to each other.

These intimate arrangements were all seen by Helen, the corner of the girl's mouth curled into a smile, stretched out her hand to touch Sean's handsome face and said goodnight, and then took Sean's arm in her arms and gradually fell asleep.

Sean waited until she was asleep before closing her eyes to rest, but it wasn't long before the two of them were awakened by a cacophony of yelling.