Chapter 6: Dawn

The wet pier is a little chilly in the early morning

Although there is a beautiful goddess, but the dock is still very chaotic, or in other words, very prosperous, countless hawkers compete for business, all kinds of aromas waft over the door of some shops, brightly dressed men and women are shouting loudly to buy their own goods Of course, the highest specifications of the store do not need to be called, the owners of these stores only need to wait quietly in the store, a cup of black tea, waiting for the business to come to the door of course, this is just the scene on the most decent avenue behind the warehouse on the wharf

Around some of the gutters, the garbage has been piled up in heaps, and every day a few old men come over and use iron rakes to pull the garbage all the way into the river, but there is so much of this garbage that no one will believe that this garbage can be carried away by the river water, and they will eventually become silt under the dock Who knows what is in it, even if you think about it, it can make people sick for a long time, and Nord does not prohibit the sī people from dueling, so there are often people who die in duels and are abandoned in the ditch, Only a few people were able to be recognized by their families or lovers, and most of them would be placed in the mortuary hut above the dock for two days, and then they would be dragged out of the city and hastily buried, and Jill paid for the burial of the men

Some of Jill's enemies accused him of appropriating the unidentified corpses, and some lunatics at Winterspring University who claimed to be surgeons were eager for every corpse, and the rumors made the religious people uneasy, and many of them talked to Jill about it personally, but Jill always seemed to have a way of satisfying the most demanding monks, and Jill always showed up in front of the church on time before the morning bell rang on weekends

In Fandra, people talk about Gil longer than they talk about King Nord

As for what kind of lord or king's minister will take over the docks, no one cares, what people care about is what policy the White Dove Business Association will have, there are still many people who are not very at ease with Gil, most people remember in their hearts, in the past many years, how Gil wiped out his competitors one by one The lowest citizens have gradually become accustomed to Gil's way of doing things, and began to rely on the current life, But there are always more or less remnants of the forces that Gil has driven out of Fandra, and it is impossible for these people to reconcile with Gil

It is said that this time in order to support the Romanov family in Vecchia, the White Dove Business Association has already received a lot of infamy

The Nords once saw Jill as the loyal guild leader of the Nord King, but he went to support the cause of the Viktians, and some of the Zenda Scholars who were angry with the Vekians were also disappointed in Jill

People felt that this time the business was not a wise move, and it was a mistake that people like Jill should not make, because it is impossible to get a return for putting money and supplies in the wild East, and people said that the Wikibians would spend half of the money to drink, and half to sleep with women, and then borrow pen and paper and write letters to tell Jill that the business had failed, and asked for more money

For these objections, Jill doesn't seem to care at all

Jill spent his days with a group of Vecchians who bought a map of the Eastern world from the Salanders at a high price, and studied these Wecchians with Ivan, who spent a lot of effort finding the old ministry and pulling out all kinds of inexplicable people from the dirty corners of many towns: apothecaries, alchemists, pimps, horse breeders, miners, fishermen, blacksmiths

The oriental attire of these people makes people curious, although there is no shortage of these people on the docks, but it is still controversial to gather these people around Jill's house for a long time, and people continue to slander Gil, saying that he is a barbarian at heart, and always dissects the corpse to see what is going on, so that many of the inhabitants have been worried that Gil will one day drag the port of Fendra into the sea

Under this premise, the Wilderness arrived at the port of Fandra

The navigator in the morning was already blushing, but as soon as he entered his post it was as if he had fully recovered, and he led the great ship towards the dock causeway, like a dwarf leading a giant

There were sailors on the ship whispering and laughing at the navigator, who must have not resisted the temptation of Vikia wine, and he would have been scolded by his superiors for saying this, and the sailors would be happy to see the jī flying dog jump on the dock

Several winch hangers were ready, and the strong arms were stretched out, and the winches turned very slowly from the ship with things that could not be carried by man, and those who carried these huge machines had to exert enough strength to make these winches move with great effort

Underneath the hangers, countless dock coolies were carrying large bags of things on their backs, and they were carrying the cargo from some long planks, these people were all covered in black, and it looked like they hadn't bathed for many days, and their short clothes were stained with yellow spots of sweat, and some of them were simply bare, and only tied their short clothes around their waists, and their heads were all knotted together, of course, there were quite a few people who cut their bald heads, but even if these bald heads, Their heads were covered with ash or sludge, and these people looked lifeless, and they just kept carrying things off the boat, getting on one plank, and getting off another

Looking at these people, I knew that the kind of life that Alexei described did not exist

Before coming to Fendra, Alexei had been telling me that Jill was a good manager: in his business association, no one would go hungry; Those who worked for the guild, even if they had no children, were well cared for in old age; People work for hobbies, not for their livelihoods

But when I saw these people, I knew that this was not the case at all, the muscles of these people were stiff, they did not look like happy young men at all, but like some numb mule, they could not speak, their eyes were black, and the sun would not shine

"Alyosha, this is the happy living one?" I asked

"Uh," Alexei said, noticing the toiling men, who he almost ignored at first, "I never said these people were going to live fast."

"You said that in Fandra, everyone lives very fast, people love to work, and they don't work hard," I said a little unclear after that, but I think I paraphrased Alexei's words very well

"Hehe, silly boy," said Alexei with a smile, "Gil is the benefactor of merchants and workshop owners, the confidant of the Bachelor, the allies of the soldiers, those who have the help of Gil, will have a place in Fandra, as I said, 'live merryly', but these people below, Victor, these people are not considered"

"But"

"Okay, Vido, go down, watch out for your clothes, be careful of being stained with mud by them, and if one of your Zenda relatives comes, I guess I won't recognize you."

Alexey stopped thinking about me after speaking, and he talked to a sailor about the cargo

Shochu barrels, furniture, gold fabrics, silks, porcelain, gold and silver with the Romanov stamp could be sold for a good price, and then the money would be used to order weapons, armour, horses and cattle, farm implements, and, of course, if possible, the source of wealth on the slave land

A slave, a sturdy slave, put him on the plantation, and he would receive grain and cloth; Throw him into the pit and you'll get the shiny ore; Throw him into the workshop and you'll get wine, leather, tools, everything

As for their lives? These people are not considered

I suddenly felt a wave of panic, suddenly felt Alexei's concern, it was so lucky for me that I forgot a lot of things, but I wasn't stupid, some parts of my head were blurry, but my horror was so clear

Alexei began to laugh as he said something to the sailor, but I felt that the smile was not as warm as it had been before

For a moment, I almost began to hate Alexei, how could he ignore those people? And that Jill, he probably wasn't as good as people said, otherwise how would he allow these people to work like mules and horses

A coolie not much older than me seemed to notice my gaze, and he looked up from under the cargo bag larger than himself, his face was dark, his features were flat, and his nose was like a garlic head, and he looked at me, and suddenly he grinned, and the smile was a little shy, but he was soon forced to continue walking, for the man behind him almost ran into him

His smile startled me, and I immediately pretended not to see him, and I didn't know why I was doing it

The hull shook slightly, and we stopped

At this time, the sailors in front of the ship suddenly laughed and whistled, and the people on the ship leaned out to see what was going on, and even the people on the shore couldn't help but rush over to this side: it turned out to be the navigator who had secretly drunk, and when he reached the shore, he suddenly relaxed, and then fell into the water with a pop

The sailors were so jolenistic that they sang in their unskilled Nord dialect, "He Goes to the Waves," a Nord folk song about a prince who falls in love with a fish-man and goes out into the sea

The sailors loudly passed the embarrassment of the navigator fluttering in the water, and finally, after the navigator had drunk enough water, the two sailors loaded into the water one by one, and together dragged the unlucky pilot prince onto the ship

I looked up at the noisy docks, where countless people came and went, where glittering gold coins were passed around, where colorful goods were sold, and where wealth was born from the shouts and shouts of people

Alexei turned back to me and shouted: "Vidor, get off the boat, follow me"

I looked at the line of coolies again, and it seemed like life wasn't good for them

"They're not in the background," I silently kept in my heart, feeling like I had eaten a piece of iron

I stepped off the boat

The sun rises and everything is so beautiful