Chapter Forty-Eight: The Sea Market (I)
Port Rideby was originally a large port, but with the development of the times, especially after the establishment of Simon, the status of this port in Simon as a whole has become more and more important over time.
And Port Leeuby has gradually expanded, slowly becoming what it is now, the Port Leisby in front of Luo Mu occupies an area that is definitely larger than the Corvo city of Maryland that he is familiar with, on the long coastline, dense buildings are built near the sea, and there is no end in sight, on this coastline, countless ships are setting sail, or just anchoring on the shore are countless, and the shouts of the sea are wrapped in the sea breeze, which seems to be faintly heard here.
However, although Port Lezby occupies an extremely large area and has a great mobility of people, it is not a city recognized by Simon, so there is no effective political structure here at all except for the virtual government and the garrison guards, and there are no walls here at all, so there is a reason why Port Lezby is called a bad harbor, and the degree of chaos here is even worse than that of Lochmadi, who Luo Mu has just visited.
In Lochmadi at least the Rosso family is the dominant family and has the absolute right to speak, so the civilian life is quite stable, but in Port Ledesby, since the era of rampant banditry, there have been countless forces mixed with each other, and for countless years, no one can count how many organizations or underground forces there are in Port Lezby, and the relationship between these forces is completely a mystery, and it is possible that the two sides who have been hostile for several years can count up and climb relatives.
However, on the bright side, the most powerful tripartite forces are the Diss Party, The Kachi Gang and the Rosso family, the Rosso family naturally needless to say, with Luther's temperament, naturally everything has to be mixed in, and the Diss Party is an old force in Port Ledesby, loosely organized, but there have indeed been many amazing leaders, and the Dis Party, which continues to this day, also has a greater influence in Port Ledesby, but the new leader of the Diss Party is like a pacifist, and his recent actions are all in keeping the peace, like a big brother to make peace for others, and there is little news of expansion or fighting.
The Kachi Gang is a new force recently, and now it is in the limelight, the predecessor of the Kachi Gang is a group of several pirates, because it is a pirate background, it is naturally fierce and abnormal, and it has been rampant on the sea recently, and no one dares to provoke it for a while, except that it still retains some respect for the ships of the Rosso family and the Diss Party, and even the merchant ships of the Simon government, the Kuchi Gang have made several deaths.
It is precisely because of such ferocity and recklessness that the Kuchi Gang has occupied a place in Port Leitby, but in private, no one can be optimistic about the Kachi Gang, there are too many such gangs, and this kind of behavior will sooner or later attract Simon's attention, although Port Ledby is almost in a state of three ignorance, but this is Simon's land after all, if Simon orders, then the Kachi Gang will not take a day at all, and it will be wiped out.
But the people of Port Leetby are also used to it, everything here changes very quickly, just like a fish in the sea, today's Port Leitby, can never remember the people of yesterday.
The convoy of the Jingmu family slowly marched into the port of Rideby, Luo Mu also opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the surrounding streets, the buildings of the port of Rideby have extremely distinctive characteristics, they are all wide, and the roofs are spired, especially the doors of all the buildings are biased towards the land side, which is completely to adapt to the climate of the seaside and the rainstorm that is coming.
The air is filled with the salty smell of the seaside, and countless shouting merchants on both sides of the street are selling all kinds of goods, the most of which is seafood, but some strange things can often be seen here, the streets are overcrowded, Luo Mu was a little dazzled for a while, people here are dressed differently, maybe the only place in the world that can gather all kinds of people in the world is Port Rideby, the transportation and trade here are too developed, so people from any country want to come here to get a piece of the pie.
Luo Mu looked at the surrounding shops and buildings, he found that there are not many residential buildings here, but all kinds of hotels, rental houses, apartments abound, I think there are very few residents here, most of them are running merchants from all over the world, so Port Leitby is also known as the place with the most scammers, because most of the businessmen here have the idea of taking a ticket and running, of course, things here are often very cheap, but you have to keep your eyes open.
It's like a haven for smugglers and criminals, with developed transportation and a population that circulates all the time to create an incomparable umbrella for them, and it's also the place with the most criminals in the whole world, because no one here cares about your past, maybe here, murder and arson are just entry-level evils, and at dawn, you can always see all kinds of corpses in the countless harbors or sewers of Port Leedby, and these corpses have a common feature, that is, empty wallets.
Man dies for money, birds die for food, and in Port Ledesby you can buy everything, including human life.
As the carriage moved forward, in addition to the countless hotels that Luo Mu saw, the most in the whole Port of Leedby was countless hotels, casinos and brothels, here is a gold cave, countless sailors or merchants or criminals, have never lived a day with today and no tomorrow, for them, timely fun is the first meaning of life, but if there are two gold coins in their pockets, they must drink wine and embrace beauties, but such days are often not a few days, and they will join the next voyage of uncertain life and death.
In the city of Port Ledesby, Luo Mu can see countless buildings that seem to be built on the ruins and broken walls, Luo Mu even sees that many ancient temples have been converted into shops, in which drunk people shuttle back and forth, there is no obvious planning here, there is no separation between the city and the sea at all, countless tributaries of the sea are shuttling in the city, from this point of view, it may be forced to make a living on the cusp of the storm, but it may also be the daily life of these Port Leitby people.
Just after Luo Mu passed through a building, he could see the incomparably wide and busy wharf from a distance, on the wharf countless vendors or crew members were bargaining, this is no longer just a wharf, this is already the most lush market!
At this moment, a huge cheer suddenly came from Luo Mu's left front, Luo Mu looked up, a tall ship was slowly approaching, and there was a huge sea beast on the deck of the ship that could not be distinguished at all, just when the ship had just landed, the person dressed as the captain couldn't wait to jump off the boat, and bargained with the traders who had already gathered around the dock, and soon the sea beast even the teeth had been sold by the captain.
This has already formed an extremely mature industrial chain, and the captains often contact many merchants at the same time, just to get a better price, if he moves more slowly, maybe the loot he fought for with his life will rot in the water.
Luo Mu didn't have time to see more, the convoy had already stopped in front of a splendid hotel, where the developed trade and people's extremely chic consumption concept made investors from all over the world regard it as a piece of fat, Port Leedsby has several world-famous casinos and luxury hotels, and Norton Palace, where the convoy stopped, is one of the best.
The convoy stopped, Luo Mu walked off the carriage quickly, but he did not step forward, still stood in an inconspicuous position in the team, after the most gorgeous carriage in the center of the convoy stopped, Willy hurriedly opened the door, and Jingmu Qianming walked slowly down from above, at this moment Jingmu Qianming wore a hat, the hat fell with white yarn, and at the same time she also wore a light blue robe, covering her graceful figure under the robe.
Luo Mu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Jingmu Qianming was quite cautious, with her appearance appearing here, it would definitely not be more than an hour to spread throughout the entire Port of Ledesby, Port Lezby lacked everything, the most important thing was the outlaws, in this way, in addition to those rivals of the family, maybe Luo Mu also had to deal with those inexplicable wild bees and butterflies.
The room in Norton Palace has already been booked, it is a luxury suite on the top floor, in this kind of place, even if the Kyoki family is rich, there is no way to rent an entire floor, because there are too many people living here, and many people book rooms here year after year, you can't drive the people who live here away.
Norton Palace is not just a hotel, in a towering building of nearly fifty floors, there are casinos, restaurants, brothels, and all the stars escorted Kyoki Chiaki directly to the room on the top floor.
Port Ledsby is known as the Golden Cave, and when you walk into the room, all the places you can see are made of precious materials of unknown materials, countless ornaments or ornaments are priceless, and this room has an excellent view, just past the pier and see the endless sea in the distance, just looking at it makes people feel refreshed and open-minded.
Kyoki Chiaki ran to the huge floor-to-ceiling window with some joy, looked at the sea in the distance, at this time she finally showed some of the little girl's side, leaned in front of the window to look, and then turned her head to look at the two of them, and said, "Let's go shopping, shall we?"
Willy was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said, "Miss, it's too chaotic here, it's dangerous, and it's time to negotiate with the Elysium Society in a few days, don't you prepare well?"
Kyoki Chiaki snorted and said, "Dangerous, dangerous! You know that it is dangerous, it is also dangerous at home, and it is dangerous here, you just lock me in the house for the rest of your life!"
With Willy's age, it may be enough to be the grandfather of Kyoki Chiaki's grandfather, he looks at Kyoki Chiaki like looking at a junior, a little pampered, but more worried about her safety.
Kyoki Chiaki snorted again, pouted, and no longer looked at Willy, but turned his eyes, looked at Luo Mu, and asked, "Mr. Luo Mu, what do you think?"
Luo Mu glanced up at Jingmu Qianming, and said calmly, "I have no opinion"
As soon as Luo Mu's words fell, Kyoki Chiming giggled and hugged Luo Mu's arm.