196 Maritime trade
The next day, Lawrence went to walk the dog in the morning, and was eating at noon when she saw Emma walking in.
Emma brought in a straw basket and placed it on the ground, and the shepherdess and Boer went over to help.
"Master, I'm back with strawberries, black berries and good news!"
Lawrence is not surprised by strawberry berries, it is true that only strawberries and some ground berries are ripe this season.
The oranges and apples of Mount Talim are ripened by Keharan, and the modification of Kehalan has caused the growth order of plants in this area to be disordered.
"What's the good news?" Lawrence smiled, "Let me guess, did you meet Redbeard and Andrew?" ”
Emma nodded excitedly, "Yes, master, it was Redbeard who came with someone, but Andrew didn't come." ”
Lawrence said to Sariel: "The last time Andrew and we were separated, he was prepared to see each other for a long time, and he probably didn't want to see each other and separate, so he didn't come." ”
Sarryle showed an expression of understanding, "I don't understand his thoughts, but since he wants to do it so much, I have slowly accepted it in the past two years." ”
Now that life in the manor is getting better and better, you can take a hot bath tonight, and there is no problem with eating and drinking every day.
If she had continued to live the monotonous life she had lived before, Sarile might have been able to understand Andrew's thoughts.
Not anymore, the current Sarri feels that she should put aside a comfortable life instead of enjoying it, and put a bright future instead of creating, but go out to be a pirate, which is really incomprehensible.
Lawrence didn't go on on on Andrew's topic.
"Emma, is Redbeard here?"
Emma replied, "No, their people are guarding the big ship, Redbeard is not in good spirits, this time he brought five people who were cursed by the god of the sea, he asked me to come to you, I hope you can heal those people." ”
Lawrence looked at Sariel, "Sariel and Delenn are with me, and Reglo and Salavon, and Kehalan and Sophia are in charge. ”
Keharan and Sophia nodded in agreement, and Delenn stood up and went upstairs, "I'll go get the weapon." ”
"I'll help you!" Sophia quickly followed.
Saliel stood up and said, "EDI gathered a basket of oranges this morning, shall we bring them later?" ”
After a short period of thought, Lawrence finally made the decision.
"Bring it, although it is more profitable to sell orange peels, but the effect is still better than oranges."
"I can't hide this kind of thing anyway."
The most important thing is that the orange peel has forgotten to process, and I am always busy with this and that these days, and I always feel that there is enough time for this kind of thing, and now that Redbeard has arrived, it is not enough to grind the orange peel temporarily.
Saliel asked, "Would you like to bring a few decks of cards?" ”
Lawrence was reminded by Sariel, "Bring it, and bring two baskets of gray bread, I think Redbeard probably wants to replenish food and water in Ferry Village." ”
"Good!"
Soon the people loaded the necessary supplies on the backs of the sheep, and ten men went down the mountain with twenty sheep, and called Friesen and the blacksmith and others to the village of Dum.
When they arrived at the beach in the evening, Redbeard was sitting on a log and grilling fish to eat, and they lit two fires on the beach, and Redbeard had his own.
Lawrence walked over and said, "Is the patient okay?" ”
Redbeard was a little surprised, "ate something, then fell asleep on the beach, sat down and said." ”
Lawrence walked over to Redbeard and sat down, while Sariel and Delen went to fetch the food and fruit from the sheep's back.
"I've brought fresh fruit, take some with you when you go, and try to eat as sparingly as you can, but also eat it all before it goes bad, so that you won't be cursed while you sleep on the ship."
With a disdainful smile, Redbeard looked at the grilled herring in his hand, "I don't believe this. ”
Lawrence said, "Your men can just believe it. ”
Redbeard admits that Lawrence was right, and that those people did believe it.
"I'll take your things, and this time I have no slaves and nothing else for you, but a boatload of herring."
Lawrence looked out to sea, knowing that Redbeard was referring to a ship of the kind of pirate longship that was much larger than a canoe.
"Yes, I don't give anything of value."
Redbeard thought for a moment and added, "There is still a lot of salt on board, and I was going to make a deal with the people of several small islands in the west, but they are not short of salt. ”
Salt was a high-profit commodity in many times, but it was something that everyone could afford, mainly because of the low cost and the fact that it could make a lot of money through the relationship of small profits and quick turnover.
In fact, there is no money to be made from smuggling sea salt, and merchants prefer high-profit businesses.
Lawrence said, "I brought twenty decks of playing cards. ”
Redbeard smiled, "We can make that kind of thing ourselves, and we sell a lot of it to the people in the port, and make a lot of money." ”
Lawrence asked, "Did you see Doug last winter?" He was supposed to have been killed by Avari, and then I avenged him by killing Avari. ”
Redbeard looked at Lawrence in surprise, "I didn't expect you to do such a thing. ”
Lawrence continued to ask, "Did you go to the royal capital last year?" ”
Redbeard looked at the sea, "We met at the tavern, and then the king announced that he would not raid the Southern Kingdom this year, so we parted. ”
Lawrence was surprised, thinking that these men were going to attack the Eastern Islands.
"Didn't you attack the Eastern Islands?"
Redbeard sneered, "Where to die? You don't know that the road to the Eastern Islands is ruled by the Sea Clan, and if we gather a large number of ships to go over, we will sink into it, and if a few ships go to the Eastern Kingdom to loot, it will definitely be us. ”
Lawrence looked for Sariel's location, and saw that Sariel was busy with things in the distance and didn't pay attention to it, so he asked in a low voice, "Does Andrew want to go to the Eastern Islands?" ”
Redbeard smiled, "No, he's waiting for an opportunity." ”
"What chance?" Lawrence didn't know what the old man thought, after all, he was not a human being.
Redbeard explained, "Waiting for the opportunity to be summoned by the king, whether in the east or in the west and south, there are many powerful creatures causing trouble, and only the truly strong can destroy them!" ”
"Andrew is with me now, but I believe it won't be long before he challenges the sea monster."
Lawrence asked, "How long?" ”
"I'll go when he's ready, it's probably going to take a few years." Redbeard smiled, "He needs a sharp weapon, we haven't found it yet." ”
Redbeard looked at Lawrence, "I've left Vakiri and established my territory in the West, you can come and help me." ”
Lawrence smiled and said, "I have also established my territory, and now my territory is almost two hundred people, including the Pumishus and many slaves. ”
Redbeard had already noticed that the blacksmith and Friesen and the others did not sit down with Lawrence, but after Lawrence sat down, they went elsewhere to watch the wind.
"It seems that after Doug's death, you took over these, I thought it would be VIP or Kate."
Lawrence explained, "Both of them died in accidents, and in the winter Doug hid all the food here and refused to share it with the rest of the people, and the food reserves of the people in the town were taken away by Avari and Doug, causing a lot of people to make a big fuss. ”
"That's right......" Redbeard understood.
Lawrence didn't mean to continue chatting, and got up to check the sick number.
Although it has no healing power, it can at least bring some hope to these people and some food to warm their stomachs.
In addition to oranges, Lawrence also provided the men with ash bread with soil and wood chips.
These breads can make them have poor bowel movements, which is equivalent to weakening the Guanyin soil, which can alleviate the diarrhea caused by eating raw seafood to a certain extent.
Lawrence paid for food and fruit in exchange for more than two tons of herring and other fish, as well as sea creatures such as crabs and cod, catfish, and squid.
A large amount of fish needs sufficient manpower to be converted into food in time, otherwise it will not be eaten after it stinks.
With the help of the Bhumians, Lawrence brought back a thousand catties of fish and meat, and the rest was distributed to the Bhumians themselves to deal with slowly.
This time the deal shows that Redbeard doesn't pay attention to this side.
However, Lawrence did not dislike Redbeard, this time he just didn't make much, not without earning.
It wasn't a good thing either, just endless fruit and two baskets of bread made from half a basket of wheat.
Lawrence was a bit of a fascination with the abundant marine resources nearby, and in this era he could easily catch a large number of fish and crab squid, and he didn't need to go far to sea to catch many, many fish.
The ocean is rich in not only fish, but also many abundant resources.
It's a pity that the Pumixiu people don't want to live by the sea, otherwise they can have a point to obtain marine resources.
With Sariel's weather forecast, the biggest risk problem of ocean fishing can be easily solved, not to mention two hundred, even two thousand people can be fed!
"Brick, don't your people want to live in a warm place? If they wish to be my people, I will allow them to live here in the village of Dum. ”
Lawrence hit the idea at the Snowberg Man.
Brick looked scared, "That's... Wakiri ...... will kill us......"
Lawrence nodded, "yes, the Wakiri......"
(End of chapter)