25. Buying and selling gemstones
When the pirate ship saw the pirates, they laughed: "What about your ship? Why is it floating on the sea, did your captain leave you behind, why didn't you escape?"
The pirates in the boat were as pale as dirt, and they didn't know how to answer, and after making trouble for a long time, the pirate captain Xiao Ke said viciously: "Don't make trouble, fish them up, and ask their captain where they are, whether they left them behind and slipped away by themselves." ”
On board, the group of pirates trembled and recounted the situation, and Shock's eyes widened: "You said that you encountered the Modesty, and you were sunk by the Modesty, let me ask you, is the Modesty a battleship full of cannons?"
"No, it's not, it's an ordinary ship, beautiful as it is, armed merchant ship at best. ”
"Haha, don't blame you for falling to this point, an armed merchant ship, sank you, yes, you were originally waste, fight with us, give you luck to escape, and as a result, sink the Modesti, really Allah's will, deserve the Modesti is mine." Shook laughed.
"As for you bunch of waste, are you here to catch sharks, or what is it for?" Schock seemed embarrassed.
When it came to using them to catch sharks, their faces turned white, and they knelt down one by one, crying and calling for mother, begging for mercy from Xiao Ke, Xiao Ke said in disgust: "Get down, Uncle is in a good mood today, spare you for the time being, take them down, and we will chase them." ”
The two boats at once went forward at full speed, and puffed up their sails to chase after them, but they overlooked that the Modesty was sailing faster than them. When the ship was in the hands of the Harpists Alliance, it was designed for speed, not to mention, after many transformations by magicians such as Wang Qinian, it was no longer the day.
They chased for a long time, but did not see the shadow of the ship at all, and Shook became angry in his heart, and ordered his men to escort the pirates out, and chose one, head down. It didn't go into the water for a while. After a while, I pulled it up again and was playing shark fishing.
Shook turned around and said to the rest of the people in a gloomy voice, "Are you deceiving me or not?"
The captives cried and cried for their mothers. Swear to God. Say they didn't deceive them. At this moment, a shark jumped out of the water, and the blood basin closed its mouth. The shark-fishing pirate was only half of his body left, still hanging alone, bleeding downward.
Many of the pirate captives on the deck were covered with a stench, and all the feces and urine were out, and they collapsed on the deck.
"Since that's right, chase me down, it seems that the direction is Tinas Harbor, and if you don't see the Modesti again, you will all fish for sharks for me one by one. Shook looked at the pirates who had collapsed on the deck, and the rest of the pirates shouted excitedly.
The Modesty headed in the direction of the port of Tinace, and although the ship was not powered by magic, it was not slow, and in this day and age, it could even be said to be galloping.
After two days of sailing, Wang Qinian and they finally arrived at the port of Tiness, and saw a thousand sails racing, ships from all directions were concentrated here, far away from Taixi and Daxia ships, as well as ships from Barbarian Continent and Phoenix Continent, Phoenix Continent is south of the Tiannan Ocean, and the junction of the Endless Ocean, Taixi called Tiannanzhou, there are indigenous Tur people, at present Daxia and Neumonsi are competing for colonies here, and what is in the south is unknown.
The people of this world already know that the earth under their feet is a sphere, and the shape of the world is like this, Taixi and Daxia and the Barbarian Continent, Daxia calls Kunlun Continent the old continent, and the rest is the new continent, and the new continent is mainly two pieces, Taixi is west of the Sunset Ocean, Taixi calls it Yi'an Continent, Daxia calls it Fusang Continent, east of Bactria and west of Fusang Continent is the endless ocean, and the north leads to the North Stygian Ocean, which is a world frozen all year round.
In the east of the Barbarian Continent, the southwest of Great Xia, for the Tiannanyang, south of the Tiannanyang, is the Phoenix Continent, the east is connected to the endless ocean, to the south, it is not the human beings set foot, this world has no name, the Taixi people are called the creator of the center of heaven and earth, and the Bactria people are called Houshi, named after the goddess of the earth, this statement with the exchange between the East and the West, gradually became the mainstream.
The Palamon Islands in the Tiannan Ocean is the hub of trade between the East and the West, after several ups and downs, and now belongs to a neutral country, either side acquiesces in its existence, not that it does not want to occupy, but once occupied, it violates the interests of many parties, Bactria, Neumonsi and Barbarians, and even Taixi Continent, so it becomes a neutral country, and the king of Palamon also knows that he can't afford to provoke all parties, so he simply announces that he will abandon his arms, only a few royal guards, only four warships and an army of hundreds of people.
The Modesti entered the port of Tines, docked, paid the management fee, and the sailors disembarked. Buying some fresh water supplies, Wang Qinian also went ashore with Tina and Xiaoshuang, Wang Qinian came for the gems, the red sapphires here are very famous, and there are even some magic gems.
Wang Qinian didn't know that as soon as the Modesti arrived at the port, it attracted attention, but although those ships were tempted, they didn't dare to move, because dozens of miles away, there were two fleets stationed in the east and west, the Great Xia fleet in the east, the Neumonsi fleet in the west, and there was also a place, although there was no fleet stationed, however, the Eju fleet appeared from time to time, which was a kind of balance, although Palamon was open to national defense, it signed an agreement with the three, and all three of them stationed troops overseas.
Even pirates did not dare to enter the port of Tinis, and Wang Qinian knew this, and for more than 200 years, he had not heard of a problem with the port of Tinis, which was known as the safest port in the world.
Wang Qinian went ashore, the gem trade here is very extensive, in addition to the royal deposits, the people are also scattered a large number of mineral deposits, the roadside vendors are placed on the rough gem mines, this is the main business of Palamon, but the main economic source of Paramon is taxes, the taxes of passing ships account for 70% of the national tax revenue.
Wang Qinian walked around, while carefully looking at these rough stones, Xiaoshuang flew in front, chirping, her appearance did not arouse curiosity, Wang Qinian also saw a magician with a parrot, the parrot was much more rapping than Xiaoshuang, and kept talking.
There are no good gem ores on the roadside stalls, Wang Qinian looked at a few stalls, shook his head, and felt dissatisfied, Wang Qinian's expression was seen by a person, he leaned to Wang Qinian's side, and said mysteriously: "Sir, there are no good goods on these stalls, if you need good goods, I can provide them." ”
"What is your surname?" Wang Qinian asked with a smile when he saw him.
"Dinicol, boss, if interested, let's find a café and talk slowly. Dinnicol said.
Wang Qinian nodded, Dinnicol led the way, Wang Qinian and Tina followed him, Wang Qinian was not afraid of any tricks he had.
Dinnicol didn't play tricks, walked into a café, Wang Qinian called for a few cups of coffee, took a sip, and said, "Mr. Dinnicole, take out your goods and take a look." ”
Dinnicol took out a small bag from his body and poured it on the table, Wang Qinian picked up a crystal, it presented a beautiful starlight blue, and even better, there are impurities in the middle of other gemstones, which affect the quality of the gemstone, and the impurities of this gem not only do not affect the appearance of the gem, but also show a star-shaped in the middle, and the color quality is dark blue, forming a strange starlight blue effect,
Wang Qinian pinched it with two fingers, faced the light, observed carefully, and said, "How much is this rough stone?"
"20 gold coins. ”
"It's too expensive, this gem isn't worth so much money, it's just a rough stone, and I have to have someone work on it, and it's only worth five gold coins. Wang Qinian was very ruthless in his counteroffer.
"It's too cheap, fifteen gold coins, it can't be less. ”
Wang Qinian picked up the original stone of the starlight sapphire again, looked at it for a while, and said, "Up to eight gold coins." ”
Xiao Shuang was dumbfounded on Wang Qinian's shoulder, he couldn't imagine that the human counteroffer was so ruthless, and the twenty gold coins were less than ten in the blink of an eye.
"Boss, it's too low, how about twelve gold coins like this?"
"Okay, just twelve gold coins, but you have to give me these gems for a little cheaper. Wang Qinian pointed to the remaining rough stones and said.
"Okay, just twelve gold coins, the rest of the rough stones, how much does the boss give?"
"Five gold coins. Wang Qinian said with a smile on his face.
"That's too low, boss, how about eight gold coins?"
"I'll take all seven gold coins. ”
"Okay, I'll give it to you, a total of nineteen gold coins, and the pile of gems will be yours. ”
"Deal, happy cooperation. ”
"Happy cooperation!" Dinnicol pushed the gem in front of Wang Qinian, Wang Qinian put the gem in the ring, paid the money, stood up, stretched out his hand, and prepared to shake hands with Dinikol and say goodbye.
Dinnicol also stood up and stretched out his hand, and the two of them held hands together, but Dinnicol then said: "Boss, I see that you have a pet, you should be a magician, do you want magic gems?"
"Do you have magic gems?" Wang Qinian said in surprise, "Of course you want to, do you have it with you?"
"Yes, I have one with me, and I heard from the wizard that it is a very good morning ruby ruby. Dinnicol said.
Arise ruby, on the one hand, it shows that the gem is as red as the morning glow, on the other hand, it also explains the characteristics of this gem, when he is stimulated by the magic of the fire system, it can emit the same colored light as the morning glow, strong but not dazzling, it is a good decorative gemstone, often used in the hat and clothing of magicians.
After finishing speaking, he took out a cloth bag from his body and pushed it over. Wang Qinian also sat down and opened the cloth bag, which contained a thumb-sized rough stone, in which there were wisps of wisps, like the morning glow.
Wang Qinian picked it up with his fingers, frowned slightly, then stretched it out, looked at it in the light, and after a while, asked, "How much?"
"A hundred gold coins, this price is very cheap, how about it?"
"Okay, it's just a hundred gold coins, but you have to tell me, where did you find it? Under what circumstances?" Wang Qinian said. (To be continued......)