Although the city of Venis is adjacent to the ocean, and the temperature difference between the four seasons of the year is not particularly obvious, when the whole city is shrouded in drizzle for several days, the pedestrians with umbrellas and leather raincoats on the wide and flat stone road still seem to be a little shrunken and hurried.

In a two-story low-rise building that was so narrow that it could only accommodate two wooden tables, a stove, and four soft chairs, on the relatively remote corner of the city's most prosperous commercial street, 'Golden Sea Fish Avenue', a young man who looked dazed looked at the splash of water on the stone slab through the old wooden window, and plucked up his courage to whisper: "Sir, the rain is getting heavier and heavier..."

"What's wrong with the rain getting heavier, if you have anything to say, Romon I said I didn't like you like the way you spit. Sitting on a soft chair, guarding in front of the stove, leaning on the backrest, and resting his legs on the wooden table according to the newly developed bad habit of small businessmen, Zhang Lisheng stretched his waist and spoke.

"When it rains heavily, no one will apply, can I go home early Boss, today is my mother's birthday?" the young man turned to look at the young man with a wince, and asked in a tone full of longing.

"Oh, of course, since it's your mother's birthday, of course you can go home early, yes. I wish you a happy birthday to your mother, Romong," Zhang Lisheng replied casually, and as he spoke, he took out a gold coin from his trouser pocket and popped it out with his thumb, "This is half a month's salary advanced to you, buy her a gift yourself." ”

The gold coin shone with a faint brilliance, slid through an arc and fell into the boy's hand, groping for the moist surface of the coin. He opened his mouth, his face flushed with excitement, and said incoherently: "Sir, thank you so much, sir, really, really, thank you so much..."

"It's okay, you've been working hard these days, and the sailors you recruited have all met my requirements, and you deserve it," Zhang Lisheng waved his hand. "Let's go. You still have to buy gifts, don't you? ”

"Yes. Thank you so much, sir, thank you so much..."Romon nodded gratefully, picked up his umbrella, and kept muttering words of thanks in his mouth. I opened the door and walked out of the low building.

When the wooden door opened, raindrops fell into the house, wetting the fancy pieces of cloth with the letters 'Li Firm' written on the eaves. He looked at his cloth sign. Zhang Lisheng waited until the door closed again, then shook his body on the soft chair, and muttered: "This Luo Meng is obedient, easy to get around, and has no brains, and he is really the best person to stay in Venice City to guard the trading house after I leave."

Single and unfettered sailors have been recruited. But the navigator and the captain who came to apply were too young, that is, they could barely read the charts, and they were probably not as useful as the Wuli fisherman to explore the route, which was really strange, why would there be no old fellow..."

After thinking for a while but having no clue, the hungry young man touched his stomach and stood up, took a black silk umbrella from behind the door, walked out in the drizzle, and walked towards the restaurant.

On the way, listening to the sound of 'boom la...' rain drops falling to the ground, he was still thinking about the question just now in his head, considering whether he should change his mind, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in the corner of his eye, and his heart moved, and he immediately greeted enthusiastically and loudly: "Hano, hey Hano, I didn't expect to meet you here."

We haven't seen each other since we returned to Venis, so where have you been these days...

You, are you okay...", but when he saw the face of the once clever and proud navigator who seemed to have aged for more than ten years, his words could not be said for a while.

"I've been staying at the city police station these days, being investigated for the Sea Sailors' Riot, and I'm not doing very well. Hano, who was holding a shabby gray umbrella in the rain and his face was as gloomy as the weather, approached the young man with a shivering reaction that was slower than before, and spoke.

"Sailors riot," Zhang Lisheng paused for a moment, "hasn't that incident been suppressed in accordance with the 'law of the sea', and isn't it enough to die seventy or eighty people?"

Speaking of which, I have also been to the police station these days, and I have also made several trips to the Navy Bureau and the Insurance Society, but all because of the robbery of the ship by the Hellmen, and the people I met were quite polite, and the sailors' riots were not even mentioned. ”

"You are now a distinguished guest of the noble family of the wealthy merchants of Venice City and the House of Downton, the taxpayer of the city, the owner of the merchant house of three sea-going ships, and I am a discredited navigator suspected of being the source of the riot, and the questions you are asked are certainly different. ”

"You are suspicious," Zhang Lisheng was happy when he heard Hano's sad and angry words, but he showed a sympathetic expression on the surface, "But you didn't do anything in the cab when the riot happened!"

"But I didn't like Captain Anduch who would rather be mortally wounded than stop the rioters," said Hano, in a trembling voice, "and everyone knows that I am innocent at all.

But, they just wanted me to say that I was a coward, a 'softass' who gave up on my employer in times of danger, an untrustworthy person, and they just wanted me to destroy my reputation with my own hands.

However, what had the White family given me, and it was worth it for me to be bent on defending their honour in my despair, and it was they who had sent me to the Maritime Academy, and had turned me, the boy of a painter and a cook, into a respectable navigator.

But I also worked for them for twenty-five years, twenty-five years, and I could only work for them all these years, and seventy percent of my salary had to be deducted to repay their loans, wasn't that enough, wasn't it enough..."

"Hey, don't get excited, don't get excited," Seeing that Hano's emotions gradually got out of control, Zhang Lisheng hurriedly said: "I know that you are very wronged, but the rainy street is not a good place to talk, have you eaten, or I will invite you to a warm restaurant for lunch."

Let's have a glass of good fruit wine, a fried browned meat steak on both sides, and we can talk while eating?"

Hano was silent in the rain for a while, and his mood gradually calmed down, and he nodded his head with a sigh of breath, and followed the young man through three or four street corners, and finally came to a lively tavern near the city gate.

When he entered the door, he felt warm, and Zhang Lisheng breathed a sigh of relief in front of the bar full of tobacco, food, and spirits. Beckoning to the butcher-like boss with a face full of meat, "Three portions of pan-fried meat steak, two portions of sea chowder, and a pot of the best 'sour plum fruit wine'." He walked over to a table in the corner of the wall and sat down.

"It seems that you are also a dime a dozen iron roosters, and you are already the owner of a merchant house, and you still come to eat in this kind of tavern. Hano, who had not said a word all the way, sat beside the young man, looked at the noisy environment around him, and suddenly smiled sarcastically and spoke.

"Hano. I didn't expect you to say that. Zhang Lisheng opened his mouth wide and said: "Isn't this kind of restaurant the favorite place for you seafarers, but I have been recruiting sailors, navigators and captains for the past few days, so all of them always come to this kind of place to eat." ”

"You don't know anything, but you wander around at a young age. But he had the good fortune of owning three merchant ships at once;

I know everything there is to seafaring. I have worked hard for more than 20 years. Fate has made me a discredited, untrustworthy trash," Hano was silent for a moment. 'Hehe...' said with a sneer, "Listen, young man, if your ship is a small merchant ship or only recruits sailors, you can't go wrong to come to this kind of place."

But you have two medium-sized merchant ships, a large merchant ship, which is already quite attractive, and if you really want to recruit qualified navigators and captains, you need to go somewhere else. ”

"Somewhere. Zhang Lisheng suppressed the joy in his heart and asked eagerly.

"It seems that the White Philippe family and the Downton family are not as grateful to you as they appear to be, and maybe they are still planning to wait for you to go bankrupt and buy back the sea ship sent out of Lang at a low price. Hano did not directly answer the young man's question, but maliciously slandered his employer, and asked, "You want to recruit navigators and captains, do you know who the navigators are?"

"I don't know, Hano, I don't have to raise livestock to eat steaks. Zhang Lisheng pursed his lips and shook his head.

At this time, the coquettish and plump hostess brought up the meat steaks, sea fish and fruit wine, and the aroma of the food was overflowing, Hano sniffled, and suddenly said in a slightly choked voice: "Can you send me two meat steaks to take home?"

"Absolutely. The young man nodded.

Hearing this, Hano gritted his teeth inexplicably, poured himself a large glass of fruit wine, and after drinking it all, he suddenly said: "Listen young man, this is the 'Venis' of the city-state of Cataman, and if a small maritime merchant like you who has just established himself uses the attitude of 'eating meat steaks does not have to raise livestock' to recruit captains and navigators.

Unless you're the bastard of a god of luck, you're bound to find crappy or liars who end up bankrupt or shipwrecked, understand?"

"Got me Hano, can you tell me who the captain and the navigator are?"

"For the sake of this big pot of sour plum fruit wine, of course you can. Hano poured himself another full glass of fruit wine, took a sip, and said drunkly: "The city-state of Catamane is founded on maritime trade, and the social status of excellent navigators is very high.

In particular, those lucky ones who discovered new routes, explored new islands, or published books to attract the attention of the Senate were often able to obtain knighthoods, and even become city lords, so it was not a shameful thing for the children of wealthy merchants and nobles to become captains and navigators.

In addition to the innate good brain, the long learning process and strong financial support are also essential, so the navigators here can be roughly divided into two kinds, one is born in a wealthy family, and is trained by his parents at a great price;

The other is the child of a poor family who showed great talent as a child, and signed contracts with various trading houses to borrow money to enter the nautical academy..."(To be continued......

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Here I sincerely thank the 'heir of Li Xiaoyao' for his great reward and encouragement to Piggy (by the way, Sword and Fairy is also Piggy's favorite eternal classic RPG game), all of this weekend's rest Piggy decided to cancel, two more chapters in return, thank you