Volume 8 Chapter 13 Blackwater Street
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In the early morning of the port of Brest, it has begun to be noisy, there are many passengers, or have just arrived, carrying suitcases to the passenger ship, or about to travel far, holding tickets in line up,
Fern took Xia Zuo to the port, Pier 27, this pier has a low water level, and it is not possible to enter large ships, and it is generally used to dock fishing boats and small passenger boats, and relatively speaking, there are many fewer people here.
Xia Zuo was dressed in a blue-gray robe, with a fat brain buttoned on his head, and a musket and scimitar around his waist, looking like a mercenary.
Fern was dressed a lot more formally, not like a merchant captain, but more like a god ten, wearing a black top hat and walking in front with a civilization stick in his hand.
Xia Zuo followed behind Fern, looking a lot like Fern's bodyguard.
The two of them boarded a speedboat, a small all-steam-powered speedboat that looked like it could be five or six meters long, but in reality there was very little space in the boat, because the steam engine took up too much space.
There are only two rows of seats on the speedboat, and the row of seats in the back looks like it can only seat three people, except for the driver's seat in the front.
"Go to Blackwater Street!" Fern threw a small bag of gold coins to the man in front of him.
The speedboat left the port, and the voyage reached an astonishing twenty knots in a short time, and the port of Brest in the rear became smaller and smaller, and soon disappeared from Xia Zuo's sight, and on the endless sea, there was only this speedboat, all the travelers.
The wind on the speedboat was very strong, probably because of the degree, so the speedboat did not have a cover, and the clothes of several people were shaking violently, and Fern had to take off his hat to prevent it from being blown away.
Two hours later, the sea was still endless, and Xia Zuo still didn't see today's destination.
"How long will it take!" Xia Zuo yelled at Fern, the wind was too strong. The sound was so low that I couldn't hear it clearly.
"Three hours!" Fern replied loudly, gesturing three fingers at Shazobi.
Three hours later, Xia Zuo finally saw today's destination.
On the sea level ahead, a small island gradually appeared, an all-black island, on which no vegetation could be seen, barren and dead.
For a full five hours, from early morning to noon, the speedboat made a conservative voyage of at least twenty knots, from which it can be speculated. It is at least a hundred nautical miles, or one hundred and eighty-five kilometers, from the port of Brest.
"It's the most complex part of the Celtic Sea, with the English Channel to the east and the North Atlantic Ocean to the west. Large ships cannot sail, even the navigators who are most familiar with the seas. Only such a small boat can walk this sea......" Fern shouted to Xia Zuo.
Xia Zuo nodded. He raised his hand and pointed to the approaching island, and exclaimed, "What kind of island is that?"
"It's a hot island, but we locals are used to calling it the underworld, and Blackwater Street is right inside!" Fern shouted in response.
The speedboat is getting closer and closer to Black Island, and Xia Zuo gradually sees the whole picture of Black Island.
From Nazza's point of view, Kuroshima appears as a triangle. High in the east and low in the west, there really isn't any vegetation on it, it looks like a huge black boulder on the sea, and the speedboat is approaching the southeast of Black Island. To the southeast of the Black Island is a steep rock wall, which does not seem to have any possibility to climb.
"How are we going to get up?" shouted Xia Zuo, and the speedboat was reduced.
"No need to go up, the boat will go inside!" Fern replied.
As Fern said, there was really no need to go up, the speedboat was just minus, and it did not stop on the sea outside the black island, but towards the black mountain wall, and crashed directly into it.
Call!
The mountain wall of the Black Island turned into folds and ripples, and the speedboat passed through it without any obstruction.
The cave, the speedboat was hurrying on the waterway, Xia Zuo looked back, he saw the sea outside the exit of the cave, but when he was outside, he couldn't see the cave.
It's an enchantment!
The bottom of the cave is still seawater, the left and right sides are almost twenty meters wide, the top of the cave can be ten meters from the water surface, it looks huge, and there are some very special plants growing on the surrounding rock walls, which look like dogtail grass, but they are shining with silver light, illuminating the way in front of the waterway.
Vaguely, Xia Zuo saw the fire in front of him, because the human voice also came to his ears.
The slowed speedboat drove in the mountain waterway for about two minutes, Xia Zuo's eyes suddenly brightened, the speedboat entered a huge karst cave, so huge that it was unimaginable, looking up, because the light above was getting darker and darker, so at most it could only see forty or fifty meters high, looking ahead, the karst cave in this mountain did not know how long, and it was impossible to see the end at a glance.
However, the left and right sides are not very wide, it is estimated that it is only seventy or eighty meters wide, and on both sides of the waterway are stone passages that are slightly higher than half a meter, and the width is four or five meters, as for the length...... As long as the length of this cave, you can't see the end at a glance.
"Distinguished guests, come and see, the snow elves from Antarctica, only the last one, it's a pity to miss it, 20,000 gold coins, only 20,000 gold coins!" a merchant was selling the contents of the cage.
"Dragon Slayer Sword, an excellent weapon from the Yunhan Empire, don't miss it, all the great martial artists don't miss it, come and see ......" A pale Asian merchant was selling weapons.
"Legend has it that the wizard refines, the seventh-level berserk potion, the combat power is increased by 100%, it lasts for two hours, only 300,000 gold coins, it's not good to don't need money......" The merchant dressed as a wizard was selling the potion.
There was a hustle and bustle, the cave was full of oil lamps, illuminating all the places brightly, and there were many pedestrians on the stone paths on both sides of the waterway, some dressed as solemn as Fern, and some as mysterious as Xia Zuo, Xia Zuo felt a lot of powerful aura.
It looks like a bazaar, with caves along the stone paths, each of which is a shop, some unadorned and even rough, while others are extravagantly decorated, inlaid with gold and silver.
The sound of selling, bargaining, and the sound of bargaining...... The various sounds were intertwined, making it as noisy as a vegetable market, and Xia Zuo was already here, sensing the aura of no less than a hundred great martial artists.
"How did this come about?" Xia Zuo and Fern descended from the left side of the waterway and boarded the stone road, where there were many speedboats of all kinds.
"It's been a long time, almost fifty years, at first it was some smugglers who traded with buyers here, in order to evade taxes, only more and more people came here, at first all to evade taxes, and now, in addition to tax evasion, it is more important to be safe and casual. ”
Fern walked beside Xia Zuo and introduced: "In Blackwater Street, no one dares to make trouble, buyers and sellers can not ask their names or look at their faces, but now there are taxes here, but it is very low compared to the port of Brest, here you can sell any contraband you want, but be careful, don't be deceived, what is sold here will not be recognized, you just need to pay, the thing is yours, and it has nothing to do with the seller." ”
"So, you say you can buy anything, but what about boats?" asked Xia Zuo busily.
"Of course, you can buy a ship here, you can buy a finished ship, a custom ship, or a semi-finished ship, just the kind of basic ship that is not equipped with weapons, you can do it. ”
"Battleships can too, say, four-sail battleships, the kind with a hundred and twenty guns. ”
"It's okay, of course it's very expensive, a ship that reaches the battleship level can be bought with at least 300,000 gold coins, and if it's customized, it will be even more expensive!"
"Nice, I love this place. ”
Xia Zuo was a little excited, battleships, which are military warships equipped with powerful firepower, can not be bought by regular means, even if they are armed merchant ships, they can only go to sea after registration in the port of Brest, only merchants with chamber of commerce qualifications can buy armed merchant ships, battleships, don't even think about it, it is a ship that is not allowed to be sold.
"Over there, Blackwater Auction House!" said Fern as he pointed ahead, there were a lot of people, so the two of them were a little slow to go.
"Blackwater Auction House, can you use this name, it was created by the organizers here?"
"Yes, the organizers have a monopoly on several of the most important places here, the auction house, the tavern, and the pawn shop. ”
Blackwater Auction House, the plaque looks ancient, covered with dust, the door is three meters wide, and inside is a cave with an area of 100 square meters, a long counter, and seven or eight guests.
Xia Zuo and Fern glanced at the door a few times before entering.
"Sir, how do you need help?" said the middle-aged man behind the counter politely.
Xia Zuo took out a small black cloth bag and put it on the counter, pushing it over.
The middle-aged man touched the black cloth bag, and after taking it to the counter, it was not visible to others, and carefully opened it to look inside, his eyes flashed, and he immediately closed the cloth bag, took out a number plate from the drawer and put it on the counter.
"Two gentlemen, please wait in the seventh lounge!" said the middle-aged man.
Xia Zuo looked at Fern hesitantly.
"Don't worry, there have been hundreds of millions of dollars worth of things here, and they won't touch your things. Fern laughed, picked up the number plate, and tilted his head at Xia Zuo.
Passing through the side passage, the two entered the lounge with house number seven.
The lounge is also a stone cave, but after a simple decoration, there are sand coffee tables and other things, and there are fruit bowls on the coffee table, which looks like a room, but it is a little simple.
"Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of things have been auctioned here, what is that?" Xia Zuo picked up the apple and took a bite, and asked with a smile.
"Hmm...... That was five years ago, and I heard that for that thing, more than a dozen legendary-level powerhouses gathered here, and the reserve price of the auction was five million gold coins......" Fern looked at Xia Zuo and sold Guan Zi with a smile.
"What is it?" said Shazo gave Fern a "go-away" look.
"Yes...... A ship, a ship of the century! The ship of the damned, the Flying Dutchman. Fern said. (To be continued......)