4. Crew
(Thanks to the silver alliance of the boss of a meow 1 in the sea,Let's talk about the reward system,It's still 10,000 points of reward plus a chapter.,But the new book period controls the amount of updates.,It's only after it's put on the shelves.,I owe this 100 chapters plus more first.,I'm slow to add a chapter a day to make up for it slowly.,In addition, one more is added.,A thousand monthly tickets will also add a more chapter.。 )
Walking to the front of the sea ship, Roy really felt how tall the sea ship was.
The ship was docked longitudinally on the pier, the brass ramming angle was almost against the stone steps, more than four meters higher than the pier, the mainsail had already been lowered, but the mainmast, which was more than forty high, was involved in countless ropes and pulleys.
Compared to the delicate merchant ships of the elves, this ship was very crude in terms of shape and facilities, but it was the largest ship Roy had ever seen in Castletown Harbor, and the length of the hull alone was probably more than forty meters.
Putting down the bucket in his hand, Roy carefully observed the ship with a deep draft, and it looked like it should be loaded with a lot of cargo.
The elven guards on the dock rushed here as soon as possible, and have climbed up the ladder to the big ship, which should be to check the dangerous items on the ship, such as the ship's armed forces and weapons and equipment.
The sailors were also sorting out some wooden crates on the deck, which looked like they were supposed to be some worthless cargo.
As long as these goods are not removed from the ship, according to the regulations set by the Silver Moon Elves, then there is no need to pay taxes.
So Roy didn't see the tax collector on the dock on the ship.
……
While Roy was standing in front of the dock, looking at the ship alone in a daze, some of the well-dressed crew members had already walked down the ladder from the ship.
It was evident that the elven guards were conducting a good security check on the ship, so there was no order to ban the crew from disembarking, and the crew members were almost all wearing leather waistcoats, white shirts, breeches, and boots, and no weapons around their waists.
Roy had seen the sailors on the bow deck with swords at their waists.
The hair of these crew members seems to have been uncared for a long time, and many of them have braided hair, and some of them are scattered, which is more messy when blown by the sea breeze.
Their hair colors were varied, yellow, red, and dark brown were the most visible, and all of them looked very strong, at least they looked stronger than the elven rangers.
Presumably because Roy is the only one on the docks who looks about what they look like.
The crew members didn't walk around randomly after getting off the ship, but walked straight to Roy's side, and the strong crew member at the head was also looking at Roy curiously.
"Do you need a guide?" Roy asked.
It's not that he likes to be a guide.
In fact, it was the first time he had done this.
The main thing is to be able to get some information about the outside from these crew members who have traveled far away.
Castletown Harbour is a fishing port, and most of the merchant ships engaged in the fish trade come to call here, and Roy is not willing to deal with him even if he wants to get in.
“¥#……!” The beefy crew member spoke a swift string of words at Roy.
Roy looked confused, not understanding what he was saying.
It seems that this is impossible to communicate!
Roy spread out his hand and shook his head slightly, indicating that he was helpless and didn't understand......
"You don't know imperial Chinese?"
Behind the strong crew came a thin young man in a black robe, with fair skin, a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, and a book with a copper cover in his hand, who asked Roy in a very stiff Elven language.
However, his grammar and pronunciation are very problematic, but no elf would arrange words like this.
Roy nodded.
"I only speak Elfish, do you need a guide?" He thought the robed young man asked again.
At this time, he realized that there were still some dark lines on the black robe, which looked like magic lines.
Roy guessed that the other party was probably a magician.
The magician waited for Roy to slow down his tone a bit, and then listened carefully twice before he said:
"Take us to a hotel, and when we're settled, take us to a tavern with a local twist, and we all need to relax a little."
He spoke in a rhythmic manner that sounded like he was reciting a mantra.
"No problem." Roy replied briskly.
The young magician consulted with the sturdy crew for a moment before turning back and asking, "How much do I need to pay you?" ”
"If you can, tell me about any interesting things you've encountered on your journey."
"If you want to get some information from the outside, let's exchange it with each other, we also want to know more about this elven city." The young magician hurriedly took the opportunity to say.
"This is Castletown Harbor in the Silvermoon Elf Realm." Roy said frankly what a secret this was, and he would know after a little inquiry, and then he asked, "Where did you come from?" ”
"Grimm Empire, Strange Rock City. It's the largest southern city in the Grimm Empire, and if you have the chance to visit the Grimm Empire, be sure to visit Strange Rock City. The young magician replied without hesitation, and then asked, "Is this far from the city of Buenos?" ”
"It's not too far, why are you here?" Roy asked curiously, he didn't point out the exact location of Buenos.
The young mage opened his mouth and said, "Of course, for the sake of trade, we plan to ...... from the Silver Moon Elf Realm."
"Ahem......" Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the strong crew beside him.
Apparently he didn't understand the conversation between the magician and Roy, and the magician could only patiently translate to him.
Then the sturdy crew member spoke a few words to the magician.
The magician hesitated for a moment, then carefully organized the language before smiling awkwardly at Roy and said, "We're just going to buy some elven biscuits, high-grade swords and shields, and other goods." ”
Roy knew they weren't telling the truth, but didn't bother to pay attention either.
After all, everyone is not familiar with each other......
Seeing that the crew members were still a little wary of him, Roy kept his mouth shut.
Since he promised to take the other party to find a hotel, Roy didn't say anything, but just introduced them to some hotels in the city, which are roughly divided into three levels.
There are two hotels on Brown Street, where Roy lives, but Brown Street is a civilian neighborhood, so the hotels here are also of the lowest grade, and usually some merchants who buy fish from the docks will go to the hotel for a night or two.
But the good place is not nothing, the advantage is that the price is cheap and it is close to the port terminal.
After hearing Roy's introduction, the crew readily agreed.
Roy walked in front with a bucket, and after walking out of the docks, he didn't pass a single shop, and Roy would take the initiative to explain to them what these shops were all about.
At the very least, let them know which is the shop and which is the restaurant.
Brown Street was really close to the docks, and when Roy passed by the Statue of Liberty with a crew of two dozen or so, the crew members were surprised to see that a temple with a small area had been built on the hillside.
Immediately, some of the crew members couldn't wait to come over and take a look, but there was a crowd of people at the entrance of the temple, and through the crowd, you could see the priests in the temple's robes, and they were chattering with several elven guards.
Looks like something is wrong with this temple.
When Roy passed by in the morning, the temple of the goddess was still so quiet......
The group passed by the door of the Statue of Liberty, and no one would be stupid enough to look there with curiosity.
Passing by the Statue of Liberty, Roy thought of something, and then took out a Kohler from his pocket, a thin shell between his thumb and forefinger, Roy introduced to the crew behind him:
"The currency used here is Kohler, and it's made from this shell."
"Isn't it okay to have gold?" The young magician asked with a look of surprise.
Roy glanced at the magician with some envy, he really didn't know what would happen to trading gold coins in the shops here, because he didn't have gold coins at all, and he had never seen anyone else use gold coins.
So Roy said to the magician, "You can try it, I think there should be elves who will like it." ”
Roy led them to an inn, which did not accept gold coins.
But the young magician took out a pale green spar from his pocket, and the receptionist at the inn was a sweet-looking young elf, and when she saw the spar, she immediately called the innkeeper, and the innkeeper was very enthusiastic to arrange ten rooms for them, and even the young magician exchanged it for a large bag of Kohler.
The young magician casually counted fifty Kohler and handed it to Roy.
Roy hesitated a little and didn't pick it up, which was a lot of money for Roy.
"Take it, I'll ask you to take us to a more reliable tavern later."
The young magician shoved the stack of Kohler into Roy's hand and said with a smile.