Aemode Island.

Not far from here is the Red Beach Salt Valley, and behind the Red Beach Salt Valley, there is the Isuvi River, and along the Isuvius River, you can reach the North Water City and Lake Taberina.

Because behind this is the mouth of the Isuvi River, there are several cities along the way, and at the bottom there is a college, which is an important port. It's just that the river is located on the border, which greatly reduces the economic role.

The Red Beach Salt Plain at the mouth of the sea is a huge swamp with unstable terrain that makes it impossible to build a city, so Elmode Island, not far from the estuary, has become an important port stopover.

There is a ridge on the southern side of Al Mode that shelters the storms from the sea, making it an excellent harbour. Merchant ships coming and going will turn around here, and goods destined for the college will also be unloaded from here and transported to Beishui City on ships suitable for inland waterways.

In Almod, there are about 300,000 people, most of whom are engaged in trade or related industries, although the population is not as large as some of the largest cities, but the degree of prosperity is incomparable to that of ordinary cities.

Even if it's Memphelbo, it doesn't necessarily match this side.

Elmod does not belong to the Silver Sword Empire, but to the peninsula kingdom of Suthern, because the interests of this port are too great, the entire Elmod is almost independent of the kingdom, except for taxes, Elmod is almost semi-autonomous, and even trained a group of navies to protect the waterway.

Inside the tavern in the harbor, the sailors were bragging, and the whole tavern was a mess, and it was filled with a fishy smell of sea water and sweat, and a strong spicy smell, which was a mixture of chili peppers and wine.

"Boss, have a devil's kiss. A scruffy sailor snapped into a chair in front of the bar, hair stuck together on his head, looking like he hadn't washed it in months.

The tavern owner snapped a wooden cup in front of him, lifted a wine jug at the same time, poured half a glass of tawny wine into it, then took out two chili peppers, crushed them directly with his hands and threw them into the cup, and then pushed them to the other party.

At the same time, he handed over another glass of water, and the sailor who had just sat down took a sip of his glass.

"Ha~" He let out a long breath, then picked up the water on the side and took a big sip.

"It's strong enough, this thing is strong enough, and it's really pleasant to take a sip of this after coming back from going to sea, and it feels like the water in your body has been squeezed out, like a freshly washed deck. ”

He couldn't help but take another sip of the crude liquor with chili peppers, sticking out his tongue and shouting out the joy.

"I still have extra spicy devil peppers here, would you like some of them?" the boss sat in front of him, selling his new recipe.

This chili pepper with wine is also a popular way to drink, the highest alcohol here is more than 20 degrees, and the taste is clumsy, I don't know when, this popular use of devil pepper to cook, it seems to have come from the merchant ship of the Valoka Chamber of Commerce.

Because the weather here is hot and humid, although it is rich in seafood, the taste is very light, and for many boat runners, this taste is really too light, and they need more excitement.

Therefore, the popularity of chili peppers is very fast, especially among sailors, when someone crushed chili peppers and mixed them in wine, this method of drinking became immediately popular among sailors.

Ordinary people can't drink this combination.

Because of this way of drinking, the tavern owner is now able to crush the chili peppers with his bare hands without feeling spicy.

Among all the chili peppers, only the particularly spicy ones are qualified to be called devil peppers, and they are not limited to one variety.

When the sailor heard the name of the devil pepper, he couldn't help but start secreting saliva in his mouth, and it seemed that he was greatly stimulated, and he hurriedly swallowed the saliva.

He said, "No, no, I don't dare to try again." What's new lately?"

The tavernkeeper shook his head: " It's a new thing here every day, and the widow tailor in the port hooked up with a new love, but it is said that he fought with the old Woods, and after a fight, he found out that the two were called Woods, and they drank together, and it is said that the rose fleet encountered a storm, and the loss was not small, what is the name is not good, called Rose, and there is no ability to resist the storm when I hear it, and it is said that the kingdom wants to raise taxes on the port, but it has been said for more than ten years, and the port always increases taxes, but the total amount handed over to the kingdom has not changed much, and then the kingdom says that the taxes are raised, and the lords of the ports collect so many taxes and don't know where to pay them。 ”

The tavernkeeper began to complain as he spoke, and it was a new thing here in Elmod every day, but most of the time, it wasn't big news.

Just like the matter of taxes, everyone can say a few words, the officials of Elmod are becoming more and more ruthless in the exploitation of taxes, and the development of the port has not shared too many dividends for the residents here, only because the mage's fleet can be reduced a lot, so it has maintained the prosperity on the surface.

The sailor was already a little drunk after taking two sips of wine, and said: "What is new to you, I will tell you one, you promise not to know." Do you know the fleet of Eriksson?"

"Erikson, is that the kid with the three little wrecked ships still thinking about exploring new passages all day, what's wrong with him?" asked the boss curiously.

The sailor took another sip of wine, and then said with emotion: "That kid really sent this time, he is likely to have really discovered a new channel this time, and he has come back through the Devil's Sea." ”

"Devil's Sea? Is it really fake?, has he arrived at Leizhou?" the tavern keeper immediately straightened up and leaned over to the sailor, his heart itching very unbearably.

The North Mori Continent, where Al Mod is located, is connected to Lei Chau by the Pearl Strait, and next to the Pearl Strait is the island of Moshacher, where the Supreme Council is located, and many times, people will call this the Mage Kingdom.

However, directly opposite the North Sen Continent is a vast desert known as the Sea of Death, with only a few sporadic port cities, which are almost entirely dependent on trade due to a lack of arable land.

Most of the trading ships wanted to trade on Lei Chau, either they could unload their goods in the Pearl Strait and take the land route, or they would bypass the Sea of Death and continue downward, but the distance along this road was much longer, and the route out of it took on a C-shape.

And the Devil's Sea is in the middle of the line at both ends of the C-shape, closer to the part of Leizhou.

If you can get through the Sea of Death, then you can greatly shorten the route, which is a great benefit for trade, not to mention anything else, as long as someone builds a toll port in the Sea of Death, you can ensure that a steady stream of money rolls in.

"That's the Devil's Sea, not only has a reef undercurrent, but also inhabits a lot of magical beasts, how can it be so easy to explore successfully, aren't you talking nonsense?"

The sailors and tavern keepers spoke loudly and did not hide from others, for sailors, bragging is a great habit of almost all sailors, there is no sense of secrecy at all, and the more people know about it, the better.

Seeing that someone had contradicted him, the sailor raised his head and said in a voice so loud that everyone could hear: "Hey, don't you believe it, do you know the sonar of the Valoka Chamber of Commerce? That thing can detect underwater obstacles, no reef can hide, and even detect sea monsters in advance, with this thing it is much safer." It was only after the sonar was installed that Eriksson's fleet dared to explore the Devil's Sea. ”

As he spoke, he drank all the wine in the cup, as if he was drunk after this glass of wine, and continued: "You will know when the fleet of Eriksson comes back, their ship was injured while exploring the Devil's Sea, so they will come back slowly, and they will be back tomorrow at the latest, and you can see for yourself when the time comes, to see for yourself whether I am lying to you." ”

With that, the sailor discharged a few copper plates, paid for the drink, and staggered out.

When the people in the tavern saw that the sailor was so sure of what he said, they couldn't help but believe it a little more, anyway, according to what he said, tomorrow Eriksson's ship will return, and whether it is true or false will be known at a glance.

Only the tavern owner looked at the sailor who went out, with a mocking smile on his face: "The amount of wine is so shallow today, it looks like I'm drunk with just one drink." ”