The current Ocean Calamity seems to have passed through the eye of a hurricane,

"Thanks to Miss Nina, otherwise this time it would have been a huge loss."

Hogg knew better than anyone the horror of this sea beast.

Hogg frowned, looking at the Scourge of the Seas that was slowly repairing the hull, it was really not lightly injured this time, the white bone spurs that grew from the hull of the ship were much slower, and it took a long time to penetrate the remains of the giant squid and begin to slowly absorb the vitality from it.

"I'm sorry, my lord, but this time it was my dereliction of duty that almost put you in danger."

Captain Hogg's tone was a little embarrassed, he and the sailors on the ship had not eaten seafood like octopus for many years, and he had completely forgotten about the common sense that anyone who often ran around the sea.

"It doesn't matter, it's enough that the ending is always good, and besides, there is nothing in this world that is not dangerous."

Lothar remembered the Bohemian (non-Gypsies, Czechs) proverb: life is but a joke. He had experienced more dangers, and he felt that he was no longer as cautious as he had been when he first crossed over.

He patted the tall captain on the shoulder, "Captain Hogg, it's time to get back to your old job." ”

Captain Hogg grinned, "It's time to make a dead man's fortune again. ”

The self-repair process of the Scourge of the Seas gradually sped up, blood-colored lines appeared everywhere in this ghost ship, and the momentum of each zombie sailor increased slightly, and the life essence accumulated by this giant squid was unexpectedly huge.

Bang bang –

The beating of the heart is clearly audible.

Until, the body of the giant squid was completely sucked dry, leaving only a huge plate-shaped skeleton, which was casually sold by Lothar to the loot mall in exchange for a few dozen gold coins.

The Scourge of the Seas set sail again, and the zombie sailors who died began to reshape.

In this battle, after all, there is still a profit.

As the Scourge of the Seas slowly sailed into the place where the giant squid usually dined, it was almost like coming to a shipwreck city, full of whole and broken shipwrecks, and Lothar even saw a Viking-style longship.

Captain Hogg reminded, "My lord, the Scourge of the Seas will give you the ability to walk and breathe underwater for a short time, but be sure to return to ship within a quarter of an hour, and don't go too far from the Scourge of the Seas. ”

"A quarter of an hour, I remember."

Lothar frowned, and he reminded, "We need to find a ship with a high probability of having the blue cross insignia of the Vasiliakos family. ”

General Nikephoros only wanted him to look for a ruby, but the whole seabed, the wealth accumulated by so many shipwrecks must be amazing, and he couldn't make a trip in vain.

The ability to walk and breathe underwater is actually equivalent to the shield on the Scourge of the Seas, extending to the individual.

On the huge Scourge of the Seas, the zombie sailors with a dense glow of dark green light fell into the shipwrecks like fireflies.

Lothar and his party also picked one and walked in.

It was a three-masted galleon, the keel was torn from the very center, and the cargo and human bones were evenly laid out in the sand in a radial pattern on the bottom of the sea.

Jeanne casually opened a sealed box, immediately covered her nose and complained, "Wow—this smells so good." ”

It was a box of leather that had been soaked in seawater, most likely untanned, and the rancid smell was probably the product of unshaved grease and rotting flesh.

Cobblers were often isolated in this day and age, as they emitted a disgusting stench during the tanning process.

Some leather craftsmen even use dung to soak the hides, so some poor people will store them, collect them, and sell them to the tanners for a reward.

At the same time, the pollution of water sources by cobblers is also very alarming, so all the larger villages have restrictions on the places where cobblers can take water and drain water.

No one in Lothar's territory tanned leather from manure, after all, lime water was a better substitute, and the farmers gradually realized the effects of manure, so that the dung that was once unattended by people became a treasure.

"My lord, come and take a look."

Jeanne closed the box and opened it again.

It was full of silver coins, and although they were only silver coins, they were extremely numerous, and they were forked up by hand, making a crisp and pleasant sound of metal colliding.

Lothar picked up a silver coin and looked at it, shook his head and said, "The fineness is very poor, and it is not worth a few dollars." ”

The invaluable silver coins of the Middle Ages are at the opposite end of the spectrum and the devaluation of the currency caused by the massive inflow of silver during the Age of Discovery.

In the Middle Ages, silver coins were worthless because of the shortage of silver, the small number of silver mines that had been developed on the continent, and the large use of silver by churches, nobles, and wealthy commoners to make tableware, candlesticks, jewelry, and even less silver.

This was also the beginning of the circulation of "black coins" with very low silver content in the market, and also prompted the exchange rate of the original 12 silver coins for one gold and silver coin of equal weight, from 1 to 20 in previous years, and even to 1 to 50.

Therefore, this box full of silver coins looks no less than tens of thousands at first glance, but it is worth hundreds of gold coins.

"Presumably the profiteers on this ship, used against those Rus' and Cumans."

Merchants in this era need to face great risks, especially those who run maritime trade, piracy, storms, plagues, and trekking, and it is difficult for people with a conscience to survive, let alone get rich.

"Therefore, this ship should be a merchant ship of the Greeks, and it is going to sail north through the Misty Seas, not our goal."

Nikephoros said that the ship was shipwrecked on the way back to Constantinople, and that the merchant ship would not return to Constantinople with so many silver coins, and that it would be worth the trip by exchanging it for cargo in the steppe.

But since you're here, you can't go home empty-handed.

Lothar sold all the bits and pieces in the cabin directly to the loot store, and the mosquito legs were also meat, and although the money came quickly, the treasure hunt under the sea was not so easy.

The vast majority of goods lose their value after being soaked in water.

For example, Jeanne has just opened a case of high-end wine from Gallic Bordeaux.

The treasure that Captain Hogg had collected over the course of two months on the Red Sea was less than 40,000 gold coins.

That's it, all the way to the past.

"My lord, I probably found it."

Jeanne shouted.

Lothar hurried over, and sure enough, they found a coat of arms with a blue cross in the cabin, and after they searched carefully, they found the so-called ruby in the drawer of the captain's room.

Sure enough, it's recognizable at a glance.

It was an absolute gem, at least the size of a fist, and in the dark cabin, shimmering crimson.

Lothar picked up the box and shoved it back.

Something that can emit light on its own is either supernatural or radioactive, and Lothar has no interest in drinking radium water.

(End of chapter)