Cavendi knocked on the window of the inspection room. One of the inspectors put away the gold and alcohol on the table, took a deep breath from the Star Fireweed cigarette and came to the window. He raised his eyebrows and looked at the person coming: "It's you, Birmingham.
Port Royal is so lively tonight, half of it is because of you."
Cavendi smiled bitterly and said: "I have only been away from Constantinople for half a year, and now the Karl family has so little regard for people? Which shipyard is safe now?"
The city of Constantinople, which valued maritime trade, built twelve steel docks on the coastline to berth ships. Docks No. 1 and 2 were reserved exclusively for the royal family. From then on, docks up to No. 7 were acquired by those with the highest investment, and the rest were given to the royal family.
Some benefits can only be obtained. Birmingham has long used Dock 11, but it is definitely not suitable now.
The immigration inspector stretched out two fingers and twirled them, while constantly looking at the wooden bridge outside the inspection room. Cavendi knew what this meant. Now the Karl family is searching for their traces throughout Port Royal, even if there is Ni
Attracting attention with a ribbon on Barrege is not a long-term solution.
Cavendi took out a stack of banknotes with the image of the sixth emperor of Constantinople printed on them from his coat pocket and handed them to the immigration inspector. He had collected them from the passenger ship. Constantinople and Brighton had different uses of currency.
There is a big difference. The city of Brighton and its subordinate villages and towns in the southern continent all use the banknote Ed as currency, while the city of Constantinople uses the banknote Buga printed with the portrait of the sixth emperor, the main figure in the currency reform.
In terms of language, the human language spoken in the southern continent has a strong accent, which is closer to the elven language, while the pronunciation of the eastern continent is much clearer.
Returning to reality for a moment, the entry inspector casually flipped through the check to confirm the quantity after receiving the baggage, and then showed his rotten yellow teeth: "The people from Carl's No. 9 Dockyard will not go in, so stop there."
Back on the ship, Cavendi signaled Dio and Ishan Manda to concentrate all the kerosene lamps on the ship at the bow and sail into the Port Royal River in the most ostentatious way. After entering the Royal Port, there were three boats heading to the side of the hillside.
On the inland river, twelve shipyards are built on the side of the hillside.
Cavendi entered the inland river in this way just to confuse the Karl family. The other party must think that if they want to enter the port, they have to be sneaky, but Cavendi had already discussed with Nisi, and if they wanted to enter the port, they would use the most ostentatious way.
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There were many disciples of the Karl family holding torches near the port. Zozo, who was leaning on the edge of the boat, even raised a pig's trotters and greeted the nearest disciple in a black suit in a joking way. The boat folded up its canvas and sailed along the river.
Driving quietly, this inland river allows four multi-masted sailing ships to travel side by side. There is no need to worry about safety issues for the time being. The people of the Karl family are not at all wary of this passenger ship.
But Norman has been worried about Nisi, and Nisi has helped him a lot unconditionally. After spending more than a month together, he has become somewhat dependent on Nisi.
Alone in a foreign land, except for Li Qi, who didn't know where she was, only Nisi was kind to him as an elder. Shanon patted Norman on the shoulder, and the feelings between children became very fast. Yesterday, they were still saying that they would never be together again.
We got together, and today we held each other's shoulders and looked at everything in Port Royal in amazement.
Shanon put her arm around Norman's shoulders and looked firmly in her eyes: "Norman, I, I want to create my own world in this city."
"Just you? Who saved you in South Stella City?"
"Of course it's you, everything. I sincerely invite you to be my partner. The two of us will definitely be able to do something great in Constantinople."
Norman smashed his mouth: "I don't want to commit a crime. What Cavendi did is wrong and he will be arrested."
Shanon patted Norman on the shoulder hard: "Think about it! Kid! There are only two most terrifying things now, being abandoned and being poor. I am not afraid of the other things. I don't want to be left behind again, so I will do anything.
.I will at least promise you one thing, I will not let you do anything against your will, and leave most of the things to me! In exchange, I want to know what exactly Nisi told you?"
Norman was lying on the edge of the boat with a mean look: "If you want to know, buy me beef." Shannon hated Norman's expression the most, so she grabbed Norman's face and pinched it. Norman was not to be outdone,
He turned around and struggled with Shanon.
While the two children were talking and playing, the ship had sailed into the mouth of a giant steel beast. Norman and Shanon stopped what they were doing and looked at the steel warehouse about thirty meters high with their mouths wide open. There were countless supports.
Supporting the interior of the beast, more than twenty ships of various sizes were parked on the left and right sides. Two or three sailors in conspicuous white stood on the staggered iron frames and directed Dio to enter the warehouse.
Boom. The passenger ship snatched by the Birmingham people parked in the iron frame. This is where the steel giant placed the ship. A young boy wearing a white sailor uniform moved his hands and feet in the iron frame like a monkey. After a while,
He jumped onto the passenger ship, his face filled with excitement. Dio was anchoring and greeted the boy loudly when he saw him.
"Takuo! It's so late and you haven't rested yet?"
"Dio? You're not dead yet...Wait, Zozo, Zove, Ishanmanda...Where's Abby?"
Ishan Manda passed by Tuofu and patted Tuofu on the shoulder. The meaning was obvious. Tuofu's expression calmed down and he bowed his head in silence for a few seconds. Then he walked towards Cavendi and leaned slightly: "Boss, the old lady is still waiting for you to come back."
"I see, Tuofu, there are no Carls nearby. We have caused a lot of trouble this time."
Tuofu shook his head: "Port Royal is full of their people, and nowhere is safe...Boss, in the six months since you were gone, Cass and the others have left and married a woman to live their lives. Only Jordan and I firmly believe that you
Will come back with good news...I know a path, follow me."
Cavendi was stunned for a while and said to himself: "Even Cass is gone? It seems that we really..."
People from the surrounding Birmingham family came to Cavendi one after another. Old Jeff, the ship's doctor, handed the luggage collected on the passenger ship to Tuofu. Looking at Cavendi who was alone and sad, he shouted in his loudest voice: "Don't forget this
What we gained this time, serious business, endless wealth, we are getting better. Cavendi, you are the boss of the family, these people around you still need your leadership, this place is not out of danger yet, please leave first. "
Cavendi put away all his emotions, threw the crutch he had been leaning on into the river, took a deep breath and spoke to the Birmingham family gathered around him: "Although it is not appropriate now, I want to say to you now,
Whether you take the initiative to follow me or are forced to be with me, I will lead you to a road away from poverty and toward wealth. There will be a broad road in front of us! No matter what we will experience, we will always be together."
He raised one hand high, and even in the dim dock, the two rings on his hand were shining with brilliance.
Zuo Zuo took the lead and raised the pig's trotters: "We swear allegiance."
Then came Zoff, Old Jeff, Dio and others, and finally even Shannon, Sally, and Bighead raised their right hands.
Norman locked the Hebrew ring and the ring of life firmly, watching the people around him raise their right hands, but he also followed the crowd in desperation. This was the oath of Birmingham. In the age when the gods are dead.
, the only oath objects are yourself and the other party.
Tuofu stood not far from Norman. He approached Esamanda and asked curiously: "What's going on with those three brats?"
Ishan Manda sneered: "The one on the left was saved by Abby with her life, the one on the right is a good person, and that girl is Karl's traitor."
Taku pouted. Even the children of Constantinople knew that if you betrayed the Karl family, the guy in a black suit would chase you to another world.
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The nine men and the two pig-headed orcs quietly left the brightly lit Royal Port along the mountain path. Tonight, Tuofu came to the Royal Port specially under the order of the old lady and hid in the dock to pick up Cavendi and others who had returned. They approached Constantinople a few days ago.
At that time, Cavendi sent a message back to the Birmingham people in Constantinople, asking them to pay attention to him at all times.
The territory belonging to the Birmingham family is in a small town far away from the main city, where Cavendi's father opened a double-storey tavern called the Sunset Tavern. It is also the base of the Birmingham family. Several nearby stores are similar to Cavendi's or more.
Or there is little cooperation.
However, after the promulgation of Prohibition, the Sunset Tavern's business plummeted, and now it is on the verge of bankruptcy. There is no place to import alcohol, and there are no other attractive "projects". Naturally, Birmingham cannot make money from these things.
Traveling through the dense forest, Norman and Shannon fell behind. Next to them was Tuofu. After Tuofu brought Cavendi to this path, Dio was responsible for leading the way. As someone who often works in Port Royal
The lookouts, Dio and Toufu all belong to the type who climb up and down the ship.
Tuofu was very curious about the two children, and he was sizing them up all the way. Shanon couldn't stand Tuofu's eyes, so she took the initiative to ask: "Well, why are you staring at us all the time?"
Tuofu scratched the back of his head: "Cavendi is not the kind of person who can take care of children. Judging from the vicissitudes on your faces, you must have been together for a long time. What I'm curious about is what did you go through before he agreed to take you in?"
Hearing Tuofu's question, Norman's mind was like a revolving door recalling the stories of the previous three months, starting from smuggling on the Black Crow in the Southern Continent to arriving at Constantinople. Arthur's ring was robbed, and he was
Working as a laborer, being bullied and scolded, experiencing countless crises at sea, going to a strange island, entering South Stella, receiving the task of assassinating a tiger shark, Shanon being arrested, meeting the squid mermaid Papa, and meeting Nisi
, prison robbery, meeting the King Mermaid, being led by Nisi to fight the Son of God, inexplicably harvesting the Storm and Tsunami Staff, a relic of the God of the Sea, being chased by the South Sea Overlord King Griffin, shipwreck, ship hijacking, encountering a mysterious wizard, and so on.
A battle of wits and courage.
The experiences of these three months were even richer and more thrilling than Norman's experiences in previous years.
Now, it's time to start a new life. Norman thought.
"It seems like a lot has happened...and it seems like nothing has happened." Norman said.