Chapter 107: The Narrow Road (2)
Genius remembers in a second [Aishang Novel Network biquge.info] to provide you with wonderful novels to read.
Magicians can go up to the sky and into the sea, and they can call the wind and rain. A mid-level magician, as long as he is not approached by the enemy, can almost directly crush the opponent in the face of a samurai of the same rank! Even in the face of a high-level samurai, as long as the magician distances himself, most of the losses will be high-level samurai!
What's more, this magician also has a murderous samurai retinue by his side.
Chen Daolin did not hesitate to reveal his identity as a magician, that is, to completely subdue this unruly Captain Hook and prevent him from having any dissenting intentions in the next journey.
With Hu Ke at the helm, the following voyage can make Chen Daolin much more at ease.
Mario and his accomplices continued their work as sailors, with Hook at the helm. The two sides have become on the same page, and have formed a life-and-death hatred, and will never conspire again. And they can supervise each other perfectly, and whatever the hell the hell does either party want to do, it can't escape the eyes of the other party.
Although Hook's eyes almost burst into flames when he saw Mario, Mario was also like a great enemy, and he couldn't stop worrying.
But with Chen Daolin's pressure on the formation, they didn't dare to make any moves for the time being.
There were originally seven crew members on the ship, including Hook, but now there were only three people left, and the work was naturally much heavier.
Chen Daolin asked for the poison from Mario, and he checked it himself curiously.
As a magician, he has all the magical knowledge of a high-level alchemist like Lady Stone, especially the various theories of potions. Chen Daolin quickly analyzed the composition and medicinal properties of this poison.
"It's just a simple horsetail iris juice with a little ordinary anesthetic. After Chen Daolin figured out the ingredients of the drug, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
The horsetail is a potion material recorded in magical pharmacy. When the fruit of this plant can be incorporated into the blood, it will damage the spirit of people, so it is nothing, but if the person who is poisoned is a samurai. Samurai induce fighting spirit, and often need to stimulate mental power.
Chen Daolin guessed from the perspective of modern people that the so-called "fighting spirit" in this world probably needs to stimulate some of people's nervous system.
And the drug horsetail is probably causing some damage to the nervous system. Therefore, it can be used specifically against samurai.
Ordinary people eat this stuff but it doesn't do anything.
Moreover, if you eat this kind of thing, the effect of the medicine is only one or two days.
After all, the human body itself has metabolic functions. Some drugs, even some toxic drugs, as long as they are not too large or too violent, causing real organic damage. Pharmacological reactions also have a cycle, beyond which the body's metabolic function will normally eliminate the drug and slowly restore the body's original skills.
This poison used by Mario. It's just another snake boss in the black ship business in Port Dean, how could it be possible to get that kind of really powerful magic potion with this level of goods?
It's just an ordinary thing.
This chronic poison, combined with the use of some anesthetics, has the same effect as the so-called Mengxuan medicine, which is probably more violent.
But after Hook eats it, it will take a day or two at most, and he will slowly recover.
But. Knowing Chen Daolin's identity, even after recovering his body and force, Hook did not dare to make any mistakes.
......
Two days later. The ship finally arrived at Half Moon Island.
It is a relatively large island in the jurisdiction of the maritime province of Newhoven.
The area of Half Moon Island is not small, according to the map of the Roland Empire prepared by Chen Daolin before going to sea. The island covers an area of tens of square kilometers.
Thanks to the senior time-traveler, Lord Du Wei, Duke of Tulip, who has been in power for decades, has done something that Chen Daolin is very grateful for: he has basically changed the units of measurement of the Roland Empire according to the real world.
Half Moon Island, which is dozens of square kilometers, has a third of the land area that is mountainside. Two-thirds of the area is flat and suitable for human habitation. On top of that, it is also blessed with abundant freshwater resources.
Half Moon Island is one of the top five most populous islands in the province of Newhoven in the sea. It has a resident population of more than 10,000.
In this Roland world. Even on the mainland, a city with a population of more than 10,000 is already a prosperous place. What's more, because the nearby sea area is close to the pearl production area, the pearl industry is prosperous, and in addition to the local permanent population, there are many floating populations on the island.
In general, the total population of this half-moon island will generally not be less than 20,000.
Half Moon Island, as the name suggests, has a topography like a curved moon.
This shape of the topography makes the southern part of the island a long and narrow natural bay, and the bay here is very deep, which is considered a good deep-water port in the world.
After decades of development, the port terminal here is very well built.
When Chen Daolin's ship entered the harbor, he saw a patch of large and small sailing and merchant ships moored in the harbor, and there were some sporadic fishing boats and pearl fishing boats on the sea not far away.
Sit on a boat and watch the scenery of Half Moon Island. From the coast, you can see the outline of the island's city.
After all, it's an island city, not far from the coast, and there are no tall buildings here...... Because of the monsoon storms that occur all year round at sea, the houses in such places are not too tall.
Looking at the houses that are quite a bit of the architectural style of the real world tropical countries, Chen Daolin is quite fresh.
However, Chen Daolin did not plan to enter Half Moon Island, he just let the ship dock here to replenish fresh water supplies.
Coming ashore to procure fresh water and provisions, Chen Daolin chose Mario's accomplice: the cowardly sailor.
Whether it's Hook or Mario, Chen Daolin is not very worried about these two guys.
And he himself did not intend to go ashore, so he finally chose the timid sailor, and with his temperament, he probably did not have the courage to do any tricks.
Leaving Chuck on the ship, Chen's order was straightforward: both Hook and Mario were locked up in the cabin if there was any change...... Kill directly!
Chen Daolin himself. Then he followed the sailor to go ashore to buy supplies.
The timid sailor's name was Golden Fang.
After getting off the boat, the two walked on the road, but Chen Daolin looked at this trembling guy and couldn't help but tease: "I have a question for you." ”
"Old, sir, please ask. The golden tooth shook.
"You don't have gold teeth in your mouth, why are you called that?"
Jin Ya was stunned for a moment, and then cried with a sad face: "Back to the old man's words...... I...... I used to have a gold tooth, the only valuable property my father left me, but ...... But...... I lost my money later on. ”
Chen Daolin nodded. He deliberately took a deep look at the frightened guy again: "You're afraid of me?"
Gold Fang shrank his head: "I, I'm ......"
"I'm afraid. Chen Daolin smiled faintly: "If you are afraid of me, just listen to my instructions and do things honestly, and don't think about any messy thoughts." ”
"I, I don't dare!" Golden Tooth hurriedly begged for mercy: "Master." I, I messed with Mario, and I was all bewitched by him, I, I really didn't ...... myself"
"I don't ask much about you, and it's not me who rebelled against you, so you don't have to beg me for mercy. Chen Daolin smiled faintly. Looking at the pale face of the golden tooth, he thought about it for a while, and showed a smile: "But you guy is very timid, and you are not the kind of person who dares to do such a big thing." I see, you've been cheated by that Mario guy too. ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Golden Fang nodded again and again, and said quickly, "He promised me a lot of benefits, I." I was dizzy for a moment, and I was deluded. will be instigated by him, I, I don't have that kind of guts, master, and I haven't done anything bad...... I...... When they rebelled against Boss Hook on the ship, I didn't dare to kill anyone!!"
Chen Daolin was noncommittal, and said lightly: "I know." If you do things well and satisfy me, I will consider taking care of you. ”
Jin Ya's expression was shocked, and he looked at Chen Daolin, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.
This kind of timid and fearful person is better controlled, and he just wants to escape his sin and live.
Chen Daolin grasped the key point of this kind of guy, and the golden tooth was immediately subdued by him.
The two came to the shore and walked into the port, the port of Banyue Island was very prosperous, but it was also quite dirty, Chen Daolin walked all the way, watching the sailors and coolies in dirty clothes working in the port.
There is a warehouse built next to the wharf, but you can see some men who are relatively cleanly dressed, and at first glance they are the subordinates of some chambers of commerce and merchants. Many of them are wearing weapons and have a fierce face.
This is not surprising, after all, this place is far away from the mainland, isolated overseas, and the business here is prosperous, wealth gathered, although the sea ships circulate, but the traffic is not more convenient than the mainland, the local government's control is not comparable to the mainland government, public security is inevitably a little poor, those chambers of commerce and business groups in order to protect themselves, will naturally raise some of their own guards and thugs.
Golden Tooth was very familiar with Half Moon Island, and took Chen Daolin out of the port and entered the city.
The streets of the city are very simple, but they are neatly planned, horizontal and vertical, although crude, but simple.
Although the streets are a little dirty, the bustling atmosphere of wealth gathering cannot be concealed!
Chen Daolin looked at this and suddenly had a familiar feeling...... The "Free Port", the boundary outside the Northern Empire, seems to have this flavor.
Although the pearl industry is well developed here, the streets are not full of pearl shops like Port Dean, but are mostly ordinary shops in ordinary towns.
Jin Ya said that the people who come here to do the pearl business are insiders, and the kind of pearl shops that are opened randomly on the street will naturally not be looked at by those big businessmen who do pearl business.
There are several large chambers of commerce in the city that do the pearl business, and they almost monopolize eighty percent of the pearl trade here.
In addition, some small chambers of commerce and small merchants naturally have to live, so there is also an organization called the "Pearl Guild", which is a joint organization with dozens of small chambers of commerce and a large number of small and medium-sized pearl merchants.
Those scattered businesses that the big chambers of commerce generally don't look down on, or some mainland countries come to purchase pearls, but the business that is not large enough to buy, often the big chambers of commerce can't look down on it, so it's best to go to this pearl guild to place an order to buy, there will always be a harvest.