475. Floating device
The seaside in Castletown at night is quiet and deep, with the sound of waves crashing against the reef and countless waves turning into foam.
The beautiful crescent moon is hidden in the clouds like a green gauze tent, and the clouds in the night sky are so thin that you can even see the wind circle forming around the moon.
Every time there is a wind circle, the next day is a windy day.
At this time, the southeast wind is almost always blowing on the sea, which means that tomorrow will definitely be a good day for sailboats, and the sea breeze will push medium-sized sailboats to the highest speed......
On the deck of the Black Pearl, the smell of grilled fish wafts from the green shed on the roof of the ship.
Roy, Woods, Claire, Moira, and Sabrina sat on the scattered chairs in the shipyard, and Roy had a barbecue grill in front of him, and the grilled fish on the iron net was constantly bubbling under the charcoal fire, and Roy spilled some seasonings on it, and the fragrance instantly became more intense.
The roof of the ship has been converted into a flower garden by Woods, where only a few flowers of light were raised, but now there are many other flowers besides those flowers of light, and even some vines have begun to spread throughout the ship.
The most exaggerated aspect of the Black Pearl is the ship's mainmast, which was damaged in the battle and could no longer be used as a mainmast, but Woods used the druid's 'resurrection' spell to make the dead wood pull out the shoots again.
Now this mainmast is connected to the keel of the hull of the Black Pearl, and it can be said that the main body of the Black Pearl is a vibrant tree.
Even the lookout at the top of the main mast has grown a lush canopy of trees to provide shade......
So the Black Pearl was stranded on the beach near the dock for five years, but the ship was getting newer and newer, and the entire hull was decked out without any signs of decay.
Normally, only Miss Tiffany would live here, and Woods, as the chief magic apothecary of the alchemy workshop, usually lived on the side of the alchemy workshop, but would return to the Black Pearl every two days to take care of the plants on the ship.
Miss Tiffany was still a student at the Elven Academy, and occasionally came to the alchemy workshop to help out in her spare time.
All eyes fell on Roy at this moment, listening to Roy tell about the naval battle in the Queen Ivanie Islands......
Roy said in one breath that he had returned to Castletown by boat, and then he picked up the water glass in front of him and took a big sip.
Claire looked at Roy with some dumbfounded, he thought that Roy had been rectifying those mines on the Pagisto Plateau during this time, but he didn't expect that he would arrive in the Queen Ivanie Islands with five thousand half-blood elf warriors to join this naval battle.
"So lately you've not been on the Pagysto Plateau on the Partington Plane, but on the Queen Yvanie Islands with the Grey Dwarf bandits?"
Roy spread his hands and said, "That's pretty much it." ”
Fortunately, he had two wins that he could handle.
Except for Claire, everyone else looked at Roy with envy, and everyone thought that Roy's trip to Queen Evanie Islands was simply too handsome.
But Claire, who is a nobleman of the Silver Moon Elves, knows a little bit of the inside story, he knows the current situation in the Queen Ivanie Islands, but it is not as optimistic as Roy said, on the contrary, it is more like a meat grinder, constantly involving elven warriors from all over the world into this battlefield.
However, when she heard that Roy was in the West Key Islands behind Queen Evanie Islands, Claire felt a little relieved, and when she heard that Roy had won two consecutive victories recently, Claire said to Roy:
"What kind of material resources do you need from our side?"
Claire wasn't usually involved in the day-to-day affairs of the alchemy workshop, he was only responsible for coordinating the goods between Castletown and Padstow, and taking care of things that Woods couldn't solve.
For example, this time, the alchemy workshop sold all the magic herbs and primary magic potions in the workshop to the human merchant group, and Claire agreed to it after many inquiries.
Claire usually takes a break from music classes at the Elven Academy, and usually composes some scores, and occasionally participates in some performances in Castletown, which is usually very busy.
Hearing Claire ask, Roy shook his head.
"The Silver Pegasus Legion provides all the supplies, so we don't need it yet."
Roy thought of this battle with the Grey Dwarf bandits, not only did he capture more than 2,000 Grey Dwarf prisoners of war, but he also harvested some three-masted galleons, although those ships were not in good condition, but at least they were three-masted galleons!
"By the way, I also captured eleven sailing ships over there in the West Reef......"
Roy didn't say anything about the three-masted schooner, and everyone thought that Roy had only captured eleven Exocets, the small fishing boats that were common in Castletown Harbor.
Miss Tiffany was lying on a wicker chair, her long green algae-like hair hanging down the back of the wicker chair like a waterfall, and her face was covered with a thick layer of seaweed mud, when she suddenly raised her head and said solemnly to Roy:
"I'll go with you to Queen Evanie Islands this time."
"Huh? So what about your classes at Elf Academy? Roy asked rhetorically.
"I only signed up for two courses this semester, one of which is a primary fire magic, and at the beginning of this month, the fire magic teacher told me that my fire element affinity is not enough, which means that no matter how hard I study, I will end up with the final assessment of primary fire magic!" Miss Tiffany said with some frustration, and then she jerked her head up and said with a rich expression, "But I can help you, Roy, let me go with you to the Queen Ivanie Islands." ”
"If you really want to go, well!"
Roy had no reason to refuse Miss Tiffany.
"Roy, I want to go too!" Moira immediately wrapped up and grabbed Roy's arm to coquettishly.
"That's not good, you have to finish this semester's course, there is actually nothing fun on the Queen Ivanie Islands now, compared to Castletown City, it is simply the countryside, as long as you live for three days, the whole island can be walked again!"
Roy would never have agreed to Moira's adventure to the Queen Ivanie Islands, where there was a war almost every day.
Sabrina sat on the sidelines, not saying a word.
Roy didn't want to continue on the subject, so he asked Woods:
"Woods, how has the Alchemy Workshop been doing lately?"
"Well, for more than two months since it opened, we have been refining primary magic potions every day, because our primary magic herbs are relatively cheap, and the cost of materials is very low, in fact, the biggest expenses every day are the salary of magic apothecaries and the rent of the workshop, and the profit in these two months is almost the same as the expenditure." Woods said honestly.
"This time, the human merchant ship arrived in Castletown City, and we reached a deal with them, and the nine thousand bundles of primary magic herbs and three hundred and seventeen boxes of primary magic potions that were backlogged in the warehouse have all been sold, in addition, 20,000 silver ingots, 15,000 tin ingots, and 5,000 Mithril ingots have also been sold to this human caravan, which should be able to make a profit."
Woods flipped through a parchment booklet and introduced Roy.
Roy didn't expect that there would be so many magic herbs, magic potions and metal ingots all sold to this human merchant group, he didn't have a good impression of the human merchant group, Jefferson just died at the hands of a group of human sailors.
"The price of these supplies has been determined, and Claire and I will go to the ship tomorrow morning to get the balance back." Woods finally said, "Roy, do you want to come with us?" ”
"Good! I'll go with you. ”
Roy resisted the urge to pat his forehead and agreed.
These two guys sent so much cargo to the ship, and they ran back without settlement!
But on second thought, after all, the merchant ship was docked at Castleton Harbor, and it was no problem for Woods and Claire to make such a move.
Thinking that this batch of goods had almost emptied the Padstow City warehouse, and that some of the magic herbs in it belonged to the merchant Augustus, Roy couldn't help but ask Woods, "How many magic crystals can we get back this time?" ”
Woods deliberately glanced at the bottom line of numbers in the account book, then smacked his lips and said, "Almost 180,000 magic crystals." ”
Hearing Woods report such a large sum, Roy was also shocked:
"So much?"
Woods said as he looked at the accounts:
"Hmmm! That's the amount, 9,000 bundles of primary magic herbs sold for 45,000 magic crystals, another 317 boxes of magic potions also sold 63,000 magic crystals, and 5,000 mythril ingots sold for 50,000 magic crystals, and counting those silver and lead ingots, it's exactly 180,000 magic crystals! ”
If 180,000 magic crystals are exchanged for Kohler, it will almost be a small target.
A year ago, Roy never imagined that he would make so much money in the elven world.
When Woods said the number, it immediately drew murmurs from Moira and Miss Tiffany......
The barbecue didn't last long, and when everyone had dispersed from the Black Pearl, Roy walked to the door of Mrs. Winnie's apothecary with a few grilled fish, and didn't forget to visit his old friend.
……
The next morning, Roy, Woods, and Claire meet at the harbor docks.
At this moment, the dock of Castletown Harbor was still full of various wooden boxes, and there was a steady stream of goods being transported to the dock, and Roy could see that some of the wooden boxes were also containing slightly more advanced magic herbs.
I didn't expect this human merchant group to be so powerful, buying magical herbs in the port of Castletown.
Roy and Claire had been busy all day yesterday and were quite familiar with the situation on this side of the docks, and took Roy directly to a large sea ship on the easternmost side of the port dock, which had a lot of ropes hanging down the side of the ship, and many crew members were tied to the ropes, and were using shovels to clean the oysters and barnacles from the walls of the ship.
Walking onto the deck, Claire pulled out a slip, and immediately a crew member took the three of them to the ship's captain's quarters.
In the captain's room, there were several human warriors in demonic leather armor, who were gathered around a round table in the corner, playing cards with great interest.
On the couch in the rest area on the other side, there were several human merchants dressed in aristocratic costumes, who sat and chatted in a language that Roy did not understand.
When Roy, Woods, and Claire were led by the crew to several merchants, the merchants immediately stood up and greeted the three of them, and then the eyes of several human merchants fell almost all on Roy, and they even looked at each other for a moment.
When Woods, Roy, and Claire sat down, a human merchant said a word to Roy, but he should have spoken Grimm Chinese, and Roy didn't understand it at all, looking at the human merchant with a confused face.
"I'm sorry, I thought you were also from the Empire, so I couldn't help but say hello to you in Chinese!" The human merchant immediately switched to Elven language to communicate with everyone, and he was fluent in Elven language.
It's not once or twice that someone else has mistaken him for a human, and Roy sees it very openly.
"It's okay, I'm a half-elf and I've lived in Castletown since I was a child." Roy introduced himself: "The elves here call me Roy. ”
The human merchant hurriedly said, "My name is Alvin, and I am the head of this merchant group.
Yesterday all your goods were sealed in the cabin, and there was no problem! At the moment, we have two ways to settle the payment:
The first one is the easiest, I can immediately bring over thirty-six boxes of magic crystals, so that we can pay for both the money.
Of course, there is a second way of trading, which I think is more mutually beneficial for you and me.
Our merchant group has come here through the Endless Sea, and we have also carried some goods, I suggest you can pick some of these goods, I guarantee that these goods are very good and cheap, and we can barter, so now you please think about it seriously......"
Lately, it has been Woods who has been communicating with these businessmen......
But at this moment, he hesitated, turned his head to look at Roy and Claire, and pursed his lips.
"What goods do you have?" Roy asked curiously.
The human merchant's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Magic cloth, sculptures, oil paintings, jewelry, and some magic materials, magic pattern construction, and high-grade magic scrolls......"
Roy frowned, he wasn't interested in any of that.
Thinking that when he was on the Pagisto Plateau before, an old dwarf craftsman told him that on the Roland Continent, there was a kind of magic airship that could fly in the sky and it was very magical, so Roy asked casually:
"Do you have any magic airships here?"
The human merchant stared at Roy with wide eyes, and then explained, "That thing is about the same size as this five-masted galleon, and we can't bring the magic airship here......"
As he spoke, a human merchant leaned over and whispered to him.
The human merchant immediately became energetic again, and said to the Roys:
"Although we don't have a magic airship on our ship, but when we passed by the dwarven country at the end of the New Siachis Mountains this time, we made some transactions with the Stan dwarves over there, and bought a batch of floating devices from them, these floating devices are the power source of the magic airship, under normal circumstances, there are almost sixteen floating devices installed on a magic airship, if you want these floating devices, the price will also be discounted......"
(End of chapter)