Chapter 369: Heamster
The scale of the tavern is not small, and the outside door is a huge shell with two floors, and the huge signboard of "New World Entertainment Association" is hung, which is very magnificent.
On the side of the signboard, there are also advertising pictures such as wine glasses, beauties, and barbecue, which are quite easy to understand and are very in line with the cultural level of the sailor's consumption level.
Chen Mu felt very happy when he saw the name of this tavern, and after thinking about it, he still walked in with the monkey, he needed to find a place to stay, and he also needed to inquire about some local information, the tavern was a good place.
There was not even a welcome person at the door, and it was deserted when I walked in, and it looked like there had been no business for a few days, and I don't know why it was not closed like other shops.
After entering the door, there is a roundabout crystal corridor, which is very beautiful, but no one is seen quietly.
Walking down the promenade, there is a large dance floor flanked by bars selling drinks and snacks.
I still haven't seen half a figure, but there are two crystal lamps lit here, not as dark as the shops I saw on the road in front of the road, and the door here is not closed, indicating that someone is still maintaining it inside.
"Anyone, I want a drink!"
Chen Mu simply shouted, and didn't bother to go inside, there are many exits around this dance floor, and at first glance it is an underground labyrinth that extends in all directions, and it is very likely to get lost if you rush in.
Boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, a small man suddenly jumped out of the bar on the right, and landed on the bar with a muffled sound.
This guy is just over a meter tall, has a rather large head, and looks like the Lannister Dwarf King, with messy blonde hair and a large nose that occupies the center of his face.
"Hey, friend, you can find what you want to drink, the boss here ran away a few days ago, and no one will ask you for wine money. ”
The little man staggered to his feet and muttered to Chen Mu: "Of course, the premise is that you can find something to drink, there have been several groups of drunkards who have come here to sweep in the past few days, and it is estimated that there will be nothing good left." ”
Chen Mu realized that the dance floor was indeed a mess, and the bars on both sides were also in the same chaos.
It's just that the lighting here is insufficient, and the crystal lamp is still shaking chaotically, which disturbs the vision very much, so Chen Mu didn't pay attention to these details before.
"Oh, are you left alone here now, what about those drunkards?" Chen Mu walked over with a smile and asked, "I just came to this camp, and I haven't seen a single human along the way, and you are still the first living person I have seen." ”
The little man took out a dirty wine bag from his arms, took a sip, and then laughed: "Living people?" Hehe, don't worry, there are really few living people here now, not even a few dead people, and those who can run run away will run away, so I don't care. ”
This guy also seems to be a drunkard, dizzy and quite easy to talk, Chen Mu tried to talk to him for a while, and finally knew what the situation was here.
It turns out that the news from the "Doom Corner" has already been transmitted, after all, there are many fleets coming from that side, and this waterway is also very prosperous, and the ships coming and going are very large.
Therefore, when the sea monster suddenly raged, many ships that had already gone to sea, or had not yet had time to dock, could only flee to the "golden sea", and there was no other way to go.
The journey was not very smooth, but there were always some lucky people who escaped, but counting the time, these fleeing ships could only come, and they had already arrived.
At first, the merfolk probably hadn't received the information from there, and they didn't know the seriousness of the matter, just assuming that these ships were in normal trade.
The first to escape was a large ocean-going fleet, which would not normally stop and trade in Hemster.
The "Hemster" that the dwarf refers to is the name of this underwater city, which is the language of the merfolk people, meaning "the immaculate tears of the sea".
Despite its nice name, the city itself is not an important trading city to the north of the Golden Sea, but exists as a border fortress.
The main reason is that its geographical location is not on the main shipping route to the north, but in the northwest corner, and it goes all the way up to the "Skull Coast", which is rarely visited, so few trade fleets come from this direction.
For this reason, the sudden arrival of that large ocean-going fleet still aroused the vigilance of the local merfolk defenders.
But what a chicken thief creature humans are, that fleet is a typical ocean-going merchant, a profiteer who cannot afford to make a profit, and in order to minimize the loss of this unexpected incident, they did not tell the truth about the "Doom Horn".
On the contrary, when they learned that they were the first trading fleet to come here from the north, they began to deliberately conceal the news of "Cape Doom" while taking the opportunity to trade goods locally, and then hurriedly left the place and ran in the direction of "East Sea".
As a result, as soon as they left, more fugitive ships came one after another, and the news naturally spread.
The merfolk clan also got the information about the "Doom Horn" at this time, and if they want to block the news, it is already over, and the local human gathering area has already spread all over it.
For the local human race, the severance of the northern shipping route is tantamount to cutting off the hope of making a living and making a fortune here.
Although it is not an important trading city in the northern part of the "Golden Sea", it is also one of the important strongholds on the border.
It is true that the large ocean-going fleets rarely come here to trade, but the goods they distribute in the important trading cities always have to be circulated elsewhere.
Although the location of "Heamster" is a little worse, it also has its unique advantages, that is, it is located in the northwest corner of the "Golden Sea", which is one of the transit cities from this sea area to the "East Sea".
As a result, many small trading fleets, especially those who travel between the "East China Sea" and this sea, still like "Hemster".
Although it is not the nearest straight line to transfer here, and you need to make a slight detour to the north, there are many local preferential policies, and it is still very cost-effective overall.
This is also the shrewdness of the merfolk, such as the border fortress "Heamster", the daily need of supplies and strategic resources, is a lot of money.
Relying solely on local self-sufficiency is very difficult, and it will also consume a lot of energy of the local defenders, and relying on the merfolk to transfer resources from within is also a small burden, far less affordable than attracting human merchants to come.