Chapter Seventy-Eight: Agatha I
The morning breeze blows across the sea, and the seagulls hover in the air, making a clear and loud chirp or two from time to time. [Ran^Text^Library] []
In the bustling port of Sisis, the ships are neatly and orderly arranged in the various berths of the port, and from a high altitude from afar, the sails are like a forest, and the sailors are like ants, which is a lively scene.
On a three-masted vulture-class merchant ship, an old man in a captain's hat stood on the bridge and shouted, "Louis, if you don't want me to come over and kick you in the ass, hurry up and go with Potter and them to raise the anchor, don't stand there stupidly, we're about to leave the ship!"
The sailor, Louis, stood on the board and turned around and shouted, "Captain Baker, Miss Agatha of the Crumbel Chamber of Commerce is not on board yet!"
"Bastard! let a boatload of people wait for her alone!" Captain Baker slammed his fist on the railing in front of him, and snorted heavily in his nose, "The shelves are so big!"
The first mate on the side persuaded helplessly: "But the captain, the Clumber Chamber of Commerce has paid a lot of money." ”
Needless to say, Captain Baker knew it very well in his heart, but as an underdeveloped poor captain, he was very disgusted with this kind of aristocratic style.
Baker turned his head and cursed in a low voice, only to see a group of sailors around the stern.
He was furious and shouted, "What are you guys doing there?"
When a sailor heard his words, he turned around, pointed behind him with a shocked face, and stammered: "Captain, this, this person, too, too terrible!"
Baker said angrily, "What are you talking about, bastard?"
The sailor swallowed, his eyes filled with disbelief, and he said loudly: "Captain, this, this person actually pulled up the anchor alone!!"
Baker didn't react for a moment, and thought he had misheard: "What? You idiot, say it again? Did you spend so much energy on your's belly last night that you didn't have enough brains during the day? How could a man pull up an anchor alone?"
As soon as Baker finished speaking, he saw a man exhale, and let out a loud shout, which shook the air around him, and then the stern of the ship suddenly sank into the water, and the figure on the boat was sharply crooked!
There was a neat exclamation from the crowd at the stern of the boat, which parted on both sides like water, revealing a tall man in the middle. He held the huge anchor in one hand, and the wrist-thick iron chain attached to the anchor was like a giant python that he had tamed, and he lay on the deck obediently.
The man laughed and was uninhibited, with a red turban tied around his head, covering all his hair, and wearing a very ordinary dark blue shirt, with the collar unbuttoned, revealing the strong chest inside, like an iron tower, which should not be underestimated at a glance.
This person is none other than Tang Jie.
Unable to sail his own ship, Tang Jie was arranged by Darius to become a merchant of the Chamber of Commerce incognito, and took Baker's "Conch" from Sisis to Mozambique.
In this world, there are no fixed cruise ships between cities, only some land chambers of commerce and merchants will hire some sea ships that specialize in running fixed routes from one port to another.
After giving thirty gold coins, Tang Jie became one of Captain Baker's guests to carry, of course, he was not the only one who accompanied him, there was also a hairy boy named "Link".
Link was wearing a simple and simple sailor's clothes, his eyes widened, and he looked at Tang Jie in front of him like a god, and he dreamed like a pirate captain he followed.
The thin boy was so excited that his face was flushed, his fists were clenched tightly, and he trembled slightly, and he shouted loudly, "Don...... Tangriak, you're amazing!!"
As soon as he was excited, he almost revealed Tang Jie's real name.
Tang Jie's eyes glared at him, the smile on his face did not change, one hand held the anchor, and the other hand spread in front of the stunned sailors around: "How about it, willing to lose the bet!
On a sea ship, fresh faces are the most vulnerable to bullying, Tang Jie was enjoying the scenery at the stern just now, but he was provoked by several sailors, and he didn't want to beat these sailors when he couldn't drive the boat, but delayed his own affairs.
At this time, Captain Baker ordered them to pull up the anchor and prepare to start the ship, and Tang Jie smiled and made a bet with them that he could pull the anchor alone.
When the sailors heard this, they immediately laughed, how could a ship anchor weigh hundreds of pounds, how could a person pull it up?
So, these sailors lost one by one, their faces were like dirt, they looked at Tang Jie with fear in their eyes, and they took out the coins in their arms one after another and threw them in Tang Jie's palms.
Ever since Tang Jie found the treasure of Athos, he has always been a bit of an upstart, where will he take this money in his eyes?
He laughed, holding the anchor and shouting to Captain Baker, "Dear Captain, the anchor has been pulled up, do you need me to help you loosen the rope on the shore?"
Captain Baker looked at him dumbfounded, and swallowed hard, he had sailed for so many years, and he had never seen a man with such strength, he said in awe and awe: "Quick, quickly throw it back into the sea, we can't sail now!"
Tang Jie was stunned for a moment, with a look of vigilance in his eyes, he threw the anchor behind him, only to hear a sound of water, the hull of the ship shook, he raised his head and asked, "Didn't you say that you would start the boat at this time?"
Captain Baker sighed and said loudly, "We are waiting for Miss Agatha from the Clumbell Chamber of Commerce, if she doesn't come, we can't sail!"
Tang Jie was unhappy in his heart: "How much money does she give you? I'll give it to you double, hurry up and start the boat!"
Captain Baker shook his head vigorously: "No, as a child of the sea god Tira, how can you go back on what you promised?"
Tang Jie frowned, he couldn't force the captain to drive the boat, so he had to lower his head, and pulled the coins won in his palm with his hand, he suddenly smiled, put his hands together, rubbed these coins hard, and while walking, the fighting spirit in his hands was secretly spontaneous.
After only walking four steps, Tang Jie suddenly smiled and threw the coin in his hand behind him: "Forget it, it's not easy for you to save some money, I'll give it back to you!"
When the sailors heard his words, their hearts were just happy, but they heard a muffled bang, and the coins were crumpled by Tang Jie and smashed to the ground like an iron ball.
A sailor bent down, picked it up and looked at it intently, and immediately gasped!
The copper, silver, and gold coins were so hard kneaded that no amount of effort could separate them!
"Thira, is this guy still human?"
The sailors looked at Tang Jie's back in shock, and they no longer had any thoughts of troubleshooting him.
Link tilted his head with a look of adoration, tugged at Tang Jie's sleeve, and said with a blank eye: "Captain Tang Jie, what trick was that just now, can you teach me?"
Tang Jie frowned, bent down, put his arm on his shoulder, smiled on his face, but whispered viciously: "Listen, I don't know how you guys got Nia's favor, if she hadn't insisted on shoving you to me, I would have kicked you into the sea now, and you shouldn't have appeared in such a place at your age! Moreover, I repeat three more points, if you can't do any of them, I will immediately throw you into the sea to feed the fish!"
"First, if you call my name again and reveal my identity, I will screw your head off! Second, if you dare to cause trouble for me on the road and drag me back, I will also screw your head off! Third, once there is a fight, you have to find a place to hide as soon as possible, don't think about helping, just your ability, it will only become a burden to me! Understand?" Tang Jie rubbed Link's hair vigorously and said in a fierce voice.
Link Ke was able to leave Alcatraz Island with Tang Jie and travel together, it was already a great joy, where could he say a word? The little boy was so frightened that he couldn't say a word, just nodded vigorously.
Tang Jie looked at his timid appearance, smiled on his face, and scolded with a smile: "Be mental, even if you lose my face, don't lose Nia's face!"
After Link and Tang Jie left from Alcatraz Island, they hadn't seen Tang Jie's good face, and now they were slapped and kneaded by him, and they suddenly turned red like a dough, and said loudly with excitement: "Yes......! Mistress Tangriak!"
You're big, bastard!
Tang Jie saw him talk again, and glared at him viciously.
Link shrank back in fright.
Tang Jie saw that many sailors around him were looking at him, and he didn't want to teach this hairy boy a lesson, but he just glared at him with sharp eyes, and then didn't say anything.
"Oh, isn't that the carriage of the Clumbel Chamber of Commerce, thanks to Titra, the god of the sea, they're finally here!" shouted a sailor on the lookout pointing in the direction not far from the pier.
Tang Jie walked to the side of the ship, looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw three carriages passing through the dock, bringing up a puff of smoke and dust, and came to the "Conch".
"Miss Agatha, here we are!" a man alighted from the carriage, dressed in a crisp dark blue Sicisian naval uniform, with a row of bright medals hanging from his chest, and golden tassels swaying proudly and reservedly with his movements.
It is clear that this is a Sissian naval officer.
Tang Jie stood on the side of the ship and looked from afar, only to see that the officer was wearing spotless white gloves on his hands and shiny high military boots on his feet, and his whole body was filled with an unapproachable arrogance.
When Sisis saw the navy, Tang Jie unconsciously remembered the Third Coastal Guard that was completely annihilated by him, and he was vigilant and secretly laughed at in his heart.
Dressed up so glamorously, is it going to the prom?
The officer walked up to one of the carriages behind, bent down respectfully, and lifted the curtain for the carriage.
A woman wearing a soft red low-cut dress and a pink lace-trimmed sunhat stepped down from the carriage, although she could not see her appearance at a glance, she was slender and graceful, and when she got off the carriage, her posture was elegant and graceful, like a fair lady in a Western oil painting.
This is Miss Agatha, whom the entire Conch has been waiting for.