Chapter 158 Chapter 142 The Strange Fleet

Although it was only early summer, the noon sun had already revealed a bit of viciousness, and the wanton rays of light shone on the river. This is Enke Port, about 30 miles downstream of the imperial capital on the Lancang Grand Canal.It is also an important auxiliary port around the imperial capital. The Lancang Grand Canal of the empire runs across the east and west of the empire. It took the painstaking efforts of several generations of emperors and the efforts of several generations to open up several major rivers from the east to the west of the Roland Continent, and then open them to the sea, forming the east and west of the empire. aorta.It has become an important channel for blood transfusion to the heart of the empire, the "Emperor Capital".

However, with hundreds of years of peaceful and prosperous life, the prosperity of the imperial capital surpassed that of the mainland. Although the original port of the imperial capital has been expanded for several generations, the capacity is still unable to meet the increasingly busy handling of ships. quantity.Therefore, in order to alleviate and divide the burden on the port of the imperial capital, an Enke port was built at this place about 30 miles downstream of the imperial capital decades ago to share the throughput of the imperial capital port. After decades of development, the tax at the port of God's Capital is 20% higher than here, so some small and medium-sized caravans are often willing to dock here, although the goods have to be transported from land to the Imperial Capital after arriving here. , but fortunately, the tax here is a little cheaper, and it also eases the cost of land transportation to some extent.

Surrounding the port of Enke, a small town of tens of thousands of people has been spawned in decades, and there are actually several cargo carriage companies near the imperial capital gathered in the town. At this moment, beside a merchant ship wharf in Enke Port, a large ship has just anchored. This is a standard sea ship with a three-masted shape, so that such a ship can be lifted to a very fast speed when the wind is strong at sea. . The ship was already stable, and two merchant-like guys had already jumped off the ship. They chatted and laughed with the official imperial tax officials waiting on the pier for a while. After paying the tax, they took out a gold coin and used it The sleeve was concealed and stuffed into the tax official's hand, and the other party immediately smiled and signed the document without even checking.

Behind them, a large group of coolie porters who were waiting for work on the pier surrounded them, begging loudly for a while, hoping to get a little work. "Sir, sir, hire me! Hire me! My manpower is too light! If you have any valuable goods, your goods will never be damaged!" "Dear sir, hire me! I have twenty people under my command, and each of them only needs two copper horns! Two copper horns!" Amidst the noise, a plank had already been put down on the other side of the ship, and two tall women came down from the ship side by side. One of the two women was wearing a light knight armor, as beautiful as a flower, Especially a pair of slender and strong long legs are even more admirable.The other one was even more surprising. She was actually wearing a set of white mage robes, but what she was wearing was supposed to be a simple mage robe, but she modified it beyond recognition. One robe was changed into two separate gowns. He also put on a thin leather armor. Looking at the texture, he didn't know what kind of monster's skin it was made of, and he wore a bright red cloak behind him.What's more striking is that this female magician has dazzling long silver hair, which looks good under the sun, but her face, which should be charming and lovely, has an indifferent expression, especially her pair of eyes. It's just that people can't help but feel cold when they take a look at it!

Such a rare pair of female knight and female magician stepped off the boat, which immediately attracted the attention of others, but as the female magician snorted coldly, the people who were close couldn't help but hit each other. With a shiver, he quickly withdrew his eyes and dared not look any more. "Joanna, look, everyone seems to be afraid of you." Ruo Lin smiled slightly, looked at the busy scene below, sighed, and casually summoned one of the men on the ship: "Find someone to take a look." , Hurry up and unload the goods, there are new goods to be loaded on the ship tonight, so slow, if there is no time to load the ship at night, be careful of your legs!"

These two were Du Wei's first female knight, Ruolin, and the violent female magician, Joanna.Du Wei sent the replica Captain Jack Sparrow and his newly recruited confidant George Bush to the north to look for the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group. The two lived up to expectations and soon found the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group. After reading Du Wei's handwritten letter, Beinrich, the head of the mercenary group, was worried when he received the letter: he had just hunted a batch of goods from the frozen forest, but the smugglers who were willing to take over were too black-hearted , actually lowered the price by 20% lower than usual!Beinrich was worrying about this matter, and just received a letter from Du Wei. He couldn't help being overjoyed after reading the contents of the letter, and immediately decided to sell all the goods in his hand to Du Wei.

At the same time, Beinrich also contacted several friends from the small and medium-sized mercenary group who had a good relationship with him. After discussing with them, they decided that as long as Du Wei's bid can be maintained at this level in the future, then all future prey of several companies will They are willing to sell all of them to Du Wei. The pirate captain returned with a full load. Anyway, there is a port in the north, so he contacted Ruolin and sent three ships to the north to pick up the goods.After receiving the three shipments, Ruolin was also a little anxious. This kind of trafficking in monsters was illegal after all.We have to wait for the little master Du Wei to find a way to get a legal approval.But Du Wei had already left Luo Linping and came to the imperial capital, so Ruolin had no choice but to set off to the imperial capital to find Du Wei to discuss.

After all, this woman was a person who once traveled all over the world with a small adventure group alone, so she naturally had other plans in her heart. She thought: under the banner of Du Wei's Luo Lin family, this kind of legal approval must not be difficult to obtain. If this is the case, how about Simply take a ship of goods along the way and go directly to the imperial capital!After arriving in the imperial capital and getting the approval, in the imperial capital, the price of such monster cores, fur bones and the like is higher than in other places. Wouldn't it be a good thing to make a lot of money by then?

Therefore, of the three ships bought from the north, two of them went south, and one entered the Lancang Grand Canal from the mouth of the East China Sea, and then headed west all the way to the imperial capital. It's just that things like the fur of monsters are illegal, and unless there are official documents from the empire in hand, these things are expressly prohibited.In order to deceive the public, a batch of ordinary fur goods were deliberately trafficked on board. It was the goods of the fur merchant on Luo Lin’s plain who had a good relationship with Du Wei. There was a lot of freight, and after the ship arrived at the imperial capital, it unloaded its cargo, and when it returned to the voyage, it was an empty ship, and it happened to pass by Kote Xingsheng where the Luolin Plain was located.When Ruolin agreed to go back with an empty boat, she could lend the boat to the fur owner to deliver the goods, and it happened that he also wanted to buy a lot of things in the imperial capital.In this way, a lot of shipping costs are saved.It's just that those joints that were cleared along the way were all handled by the people sent by the fur merchant.

For such a boat, less than half of the cargo was the fur and bones from the corpses of monsters in the frozen forest, and there was a small bag of magic cores that Ruo Lin carried with her. The two beauties got off the boat, and the unloading of the goods next to them was done by the men sent by the leather goods boss all the way. It's just that the sailors on the boat were originally pirates. Where have they been to the imperial capital?Although it is still more than 30 miles away from the imperial capital, the bustling town of Enke Port has already caught everyone's eyes. My heart is so itchy that I wish I could jump down and have a good time.

Ruolin has been leading these pirates for a long time. She knows that these guys are vulgar by nature. Although the management is strict at ordinary times, she also knows that there must be a sense of relaxation when controlling the subordinates. Disembark and go to the port to rest, but it is strictly forbidden to cause trouble. The pirates heard this, their eyes glowed green, and they thanked Ruolin a thousand times, and then those who took the money took the money, and those who changed their clothes changed their clothes. In less than a moment, half of them ran away, and only those unlucky ones happened to take their turn. The man on duty, seeing his merry companions go, could not help cursing. "Huh!" Seeing the happy faces of a group of pirates, Joanna naturally knew that these guys got off the ship and went to the port town to have fun, and probably they would have to do some dirty tricks like drinking and whoring. Thinking of this, she felt a burst of emotion Annoyed, if she hadn't been with these pirates these days and was already used to the vulgarity of these people, she might have been blasted by the "Ice Storm" spell long ago. Even so, she couldn't help but feel cold and low. Angrily said: "A bunch of dirty men!" However, Ruolin has long been used to seeing them, and most of the rude men in the mercenary regiments she met when she traveled around in the past were also like this.She looked at Joanna's face, and said with a smile: "Miss Joanna, we are here now. After the carriage is ready, let's go to the capital to see Master Du Wei." "Bah!" A strange look appeared on Joanna's face, but she said disdainfully, "What am I going to see that little bastard for! Hmph, you can go by yourself! I came to the imperial capital with you, and I came to help you Boat, come here, I have something to come to the imperial capital myself. Well, that's right...you can help me pass a message to that little bastard, just say that I have completed what Joanna promised him! From now on, I and He owes nothing! If I meet him next time, I must make him suffer a lot!" Speaking of this, Joanna glanced at Ruolin, and couldn't help but said: "Ruolin, we get along these days, although your magic talent is not good, but your talent in martial arts is good, it's a pity that you haven't met any good teachers since childhood. I Although I have taught you a little these days, I know that I am not a teacher, so I can't help you much. Why do people like you follow that little bastard Du Wei? Why don't you just follow me, My teacher is a first-class expert in the world, proficient in martial arts and magic, you follow me back, and I ask him to accept you as his apprentice..." Before she could finish speaking, seeing Ruolin looking at her with a smile on her face, she couldn't help sighing: "Okay, I know you're going to refuse again. If that's the case, let's see you again!" After all, Joanna took a deep look at Ruolin, and said in a low voice, "Although I have a younger sister, we have never had the same temperament. Every time we see her, I get angry, but you make me like it very much. It must be great for me to have a sister like you." Hugging Ruolin vigorously, Joanna bid farewell and left. She is a magician, and she has always been arrogant by nature, doing whatever she thinks, regardless of the crowds watching, she jumped up and flew up. Then, towards the direction of the imperial capital, his body turned into a breeze and disappeared in a moment. At this moment, the surrounding crowd immediately boiled.The people on Roland's Continent are most in awe of magicians. Seeing a magician suddenly fly up into the sky, cast magic and fly away, they couldn't help but yelled. Ruolin frowned and looked at the direction Joanna was leaving, sighed in a low voice, and when she raised her head, she shouted to the stunned sailors behind her: "Haven't you guys seen Joanna magician cast magic? What are you in a daze for! Go to work!" Afterwards, Ruo Lin spoke a few words with the men sent by the fur trader.It seemed that the fur merchant in the Luolin Plain had made up his mind to hug the big tree Du Wei. Among the persons in charge who were sent to deliver the goods this time was his own younger brother, a 40-year-old middle-aged man. young man. This man's name is Hebang, he has traveled all over his life, he is a very shrewd and capable guy, he has done everything in front of Ruo Lin along the way, and he is extremely considerate.Just now, before Ruolin gave orders, he had found a cheap warehouse in Enke Port (because it is a big port backed by the imperial capital, and there are many low-cost leased warehouses around the port town), and arranged for someone to take a ship The goods were unloaded and transported into the warehouse, and they found a car dealer without stopping, and negotiated the price. Ruolin was very grateful to him, but Hebang smiled and said: "When I came, my brother had already ordered that Miss Ruolin is a knight, so honorable, how can she do these mundane things with her own hands, naturally I will do it for you of." Ruolin thanked a few words, and Hebang asked again: "All the goods on the ship have been taken down, Miss Ruolin, are you going to enter the Imperial Capital today? It just so happens that I also want to enter the Imperial Capital to purchase from several commercial firms. I have already sent someone to rent Get into the carriage, let’s get on the road.” "It's just right, I'm going to see our young master too. When the young master gives an order, the goods here will also be shipped out, otherwise we can't stay in the warehouse." The two were walking on the pier when they suddenly heard the sound of a loud horn on the canal! Ruo Lin looked back, and saw that on the broad river, the main channel was occupied by a fleet of more than a dozen merchant ships.This mighty fleet full of goods is obviously different from the scattered merchant ships that flock to and fro on the river. A flag embroidered with green oak leaves and branches hangs on the leading ship of this fleet, occupying it like no one else. The main channel, and even the surrounding merchant ships recognized the flag, and all avoided it from a distance. On top of this fleet, there is actually a regular imperial army in uniform and armor. Looking at it like that, it is actually a regular imperial guards! "It's obviously a merchant ship, and it doesn't fly under an official flag. Why is it escorted by the imperial guards? Such a wide river, but you have to occupy it alone, and you don't want people to go with them, so domineering!" Ruo Lin frowned. . "Miss Ruolin is coming to the imperial capital for the first time, right?" Hebang glanced at it and said in a low voice, "Don't say too much! The history of this fleet is not simple!" "Oh?" Hebang secretly pointed to the oak-leaf flag on the leading ship of the fleet, and said in a low voice: "Did you see that? That is the flag of the Solomon family. His Majesty's business is in it, earning a lot of gold coins for the royal family every year, and helping to manage a lot of royal property! Such a background is unmatched by others!" Hebang looked at it intently for a while, and said: "The waterline of the ship is very deep, it seems that there are a lot of heavy goods on it, and the summer festival will be soon, probably Solomon's family brought offerings to the royal family from various places. .” But Ruolin shook her head: "It shouldn't be some kind of offering. The Summer Festival will be here soon. If it's an offering, I'm afraid it should have been prepared a month ago. It's too late to send it now..." Hebang laughed and said, "Whatever he sent, it has nothing to do with us." Ruolin nodded, but couldn't help but look at the fleet twice more. She is a warrior, and she could tell at a glance that the fleet was far away. Except for the guards, even the sailors were All of them are physically strong, full of energy, and look fierce.Ruolin couldn't help feeling a little weird... ... It was already afternoon when I came to the imperial capital in a rented carriage. Naturally, this rented carriage was far less luxurious and comfortable than Luo Lin’s carriage. , There was a salty smell in the carriage.Ruolin is used to going out to sea these days, so it doesn't matter.But Hebang couldn't stand it, he was the boss's younger brother, he was also of high status in the family property, he was usually served by others, he was bored in the carriage for a long time, and he almost didn't vomit. When they arrived at the east gate of the imperial capital, Ruolin sighed as she saw the mighty pedestrians queuing in and out of the imperial capital at the east gate: "We're here, there are only so many people, how long will we have to wait?" "This is already considered good." Hebang covered his nose and smiled wryly: "I heard that the city gate tax of the imperial capital has increased again... Alas, we are doing business, and the goods cannot be directly shipped to the port of the imperial capital, but can only be shipped in Enke. To get off the ship at Hong Kong, we have to transport it to the imperial capital by horse-drawn carriage, which already adds an additional shipping fee, and if the city gate tax is raised again, we will lose another sum... This business is becoming more and more difficult to do." It was already evening when they entered the imperial capital. Ruolin really didn't want to ride in a carriage anymore. She insisted that she was a knight, so how could she always ride in a carriage?Before arriving at the Earl's Mansion, he took people to buy a few horses at the horse market in the city, tidied up his appearance, and brought two old subordinates, who were also accepted by Du Wei at the beginning. A follower, an archer, and a bull warrior, three of them and three riders, inquired all the way, and came to the earl's mansion. The servants outside the Earl's Mansion saw someone coming, and saw that the three of Ruo Lin were actually wearing the armor style of the Luo Lin family's own private army, but they had never seen it before, so they couldn't help being surprised. Ruolin strode forward and revealed her identity. She was the direct subordinate of Master Du Wei. Someone inside informed her. After a while, Made ran out and immediately brought Ruolin and the others in. ... Du Wei was hiding in the room alone studying a pile of Warcraft bones. Since returning from the earl's study the day before, Du Wei has stayed behind closed doors and only fiddled with his things in the room. He got a lot of good things from the old lunatic Ali Ke, silently wrote the formula that was said to be able to replace "Mithril" at home, checked his own inventory, and found that he had already gathered two There are more than ten kinds, but there are still seven or eight items that are not in hand. It is estimated that there is no stock in Aili Ke. If you want to get them, you have to find another way. Du Wei didn't worry about anything else, as long as he could get a seed, he could successfully cultivate it by relying on the magical "time lapse". While carefully studying the mystery of the formula, Made had already reported it, and then brought Ruolin in. Du Wei put away his things, closed the door, and met Ruolin in the reception room outside. I haven't seen her in a few months, and Ruolin seems to have lost the fear and fear she had when she faced her back then, and has become more mature. Her tall figure shows a bit of exquisite curves, and her full chest is more curved. Round and round, especially those long legs that Du Wei admired unceasingly, more and more showing a youthful and unrestrained atmosphere. Life at sea made her skin tanned to a sexy wheat color, and although her face was slightly thinner, she was more energetic. "Sit down." Du Wei dragged his chin with one hand, leaned lazily on the chair, looked at Ruolin, smiled and said, "You have worked hard. I will remember your achievements. Tell me, how did you run all the way?" Came to look for me in the capital?" Ruolin sat on the lower chair next to Du Wei, and reported the matter with a calm expression.When it came to the willingness of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group to unite with several other mercenary groups to sell the goods to him and hope for a long-term cooperation, Du Wei immediately said: "Accept it! Why don't you accept it? There is nothing to hesitate about it." Yes. Now we have ships and people, and what we lack is cargo. Commander Beinrich is a good friend who has experienced life and death with me, and he is also a person I respect. Furthermore, I have saved more than a hundred of their lives. He's someone you can trust." "Yes." Ruolin nodded: "I think so too. Before coming here, I have drafted an agreement. Please read it. If there is no problem, I will send someone to the north this time. There is one more thing... " After Ruolin said that she brought a ship of goods to the imperial capital this time, Du Wei frowned slightly and thought for a while, then said: "This is a problem, but it should not be difficult to solve. You wait for two days, and I will find a way to get it out of the way." It's done." "There is also the issue of money." Ruolin smiled wryly: "At the beginning you didn't have much money to bring Jack Sparrow to the north. We bought so many goods this time, and we didn't have any cash at all. But Snow Wolf Maid Beinrich of the Corps trusts you very much. With his help, we only left a deposit of 10,000 gold coins and shipped the goods back first. Therefore, I also asked you for money this time. " Du Wei immediately called into Made, and asked Ruolin to follow Made to pay the money.After thinking for a while, Du Wei said: "For all the goods this time, I will pay 10% more to Captain Beinrich. He is my good friend, and I would like to thank him for his help this time. I have to pay back this favor!" Ruolin immediately nodded and thought for a while, the female knight suddenly said: "Master Du Wei, when I was in Enke Port, I saw the Solomon family's fleet on the canal...but that fleet seems a bit weird... ..."