Although it was still early summer, the midday sun was already showing a bit of venom, and its rays of light shone freely on the river.
This is Enke Port, which is located about thirty miles downstream of the Imperial City on the Lancang Grand Canal. It is also an important auxiliary port around the Imperial Capital.
The Empire's Lancang Grand Canal traverses the Empire's east and west. It took the efforts of several generations of emperors and generations of people to open up several major rivers in the Roland Continent from east to west, and then opened it to the sea, forming the Empire's East and West.
The aorta has become an important channel for blood transfusion to the "Imperial Capital", the heart of the empire.
However, with hundreds of years of peaceful and prosperous life, the prosperity of the Imperial City has surpassed that of the mainland. Although the original port terminal of the Imperial City has been expanded several times over several generations, its capacity is still unable to meet the increasingly busy throughput of ships.
Therefore, in order to ease and divide the burden on the Imperial City Port, Enke Port was built several decades ago about thirty miles downstream of the Imperial City to share the throughput of the Imperial City Port.
After decades of development, the tax revenue at the Imperial Capital Port is 20% higher than here, so some small and medium-sized caravans often are willing to dock their fleets here, although the goods have to be transferred from land to the Imperial Capital once they arrive here.
, but fortunately the tax here is slightly cheaper, which also alleviates the cost of land transportation to some extent.
Surrounding the Enke Port, a small town with tens of thousands of people has sprung up over the past few decades, and the town is actually home to several cargo transport carriage shops near the imperial capital.
At this moment, next to a merchant ship dock in Enke Port, a large ship has just been berthed. This is a standard sea ship with a three-masted shape. This allows such a ship to reach very high speeds when the wind is strong at sea.
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The ship was already stable, and two businessmen-looking guys had already jumped off the ship. They chatted and laughed quietly with the imperial official tax officials waiting on the dock for a while. After paying the tax, they took out a gold coin and used
The sleeve was concealed and stuffed into the tax official's hand, who immediately smiled. He even skipped checking and signed the document directly.
A large group of coolie porters who were waiting for work on the dock had already gathered around behind them, and for a while they made noisy requests loudly, hoping to get some work.
"Sir, hire me! Hire me! My people are strong and light! If you have any valuable goods, I will never let your goods 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 wooden plank had already been put down on the other side of the boat, and two tall women walked off the boat side by side. Of these two women, one was wearing a light knight's armor and was as beautiful as a flower.
In particular, a pair of slender and strong legs are even more amazing. The other one is even more surprising. He is actually wearing a set of white magician robes, but he is wearing a simple magician robe that was originally supposed to be. She modified it by herself.
It was beyond recognition. A robe had been changed into two separate gowns, and a thin leather armor was put on. Looking at the texture, one could not tell what kind of monster skin it was made of. A bright red cloak was also worn behind his back. More
What is striking is that this female magician has dazzling long silver hair, which shines brightly under the sun. But her face, which should have been charming and charming, has an expression of indifference, especially her eyes.
When people take one look at it, they can’t help but feel chilled in their hearts!
Such a rare combination of a female knight and a female magician stepped off the boat and immediately attracted the attention of others. However, as the famous female magician snorted coldly, the people who were close to her couldn't help but fight.
I shuddered and quickly withdrew my gaze, not daring to look any further.
"Joanna, look. It seems that everyone is afraid of you." Ruolin smiled slightly, looked at the busy scene below, sighed, and casually summoned a subordinate on the ship: "Find someone to take a look.
, unload the cargo quickly, there is new cargo to be loaded on the ship tonight, it’s such a slow process, if you don’t have time to load it at night, be careful with your legs!”
These two people are Duwei's first female knight Ruolin, and the violent female magician Joanna. Duwei originally sent the replica Captain Jack Sparrow with his newfound henchmen.
George Bush went to the north to look for the Snow Wolf mercenary group. The two lived up to expectations and quickly found the Snow Wolf mercenary group and handed over Duweidi's autographed letter. When Beinrich, the leader of the mercenary group, received the letter
, was worried: he had just hunted a batch of goods from the frozen forest, but the smugglers who were willing to take over were so evil that they actually lowered the price by 20% lower than usual! Beinrich was worried about this matter.
Worried, I just received a letter from Du Wei. I couldn't help but be overjoyed after reading the content in the letter, and immediately decided to sell all the goods in my hand to Du Wei.
At the same time, Beinrich also contacted several friends with whom he had good relations with small and medium-sized mercenary groups. After discussing with everyone, they decided that as long as Duwei's bid can remain at this level in the future, all the future prey of these companies will be
They are all willing to sell it all to Du Wei.
The pirate captain returned with a full load. There was a port in the north anyway, so he contacted Ruolin and sent three ships to the north to pick up the goods. After receiving the goods from the three ships, Ruolin was a little anxious. This kind of trafficking in Warcraft was illegal after all. But
She had to wait for her little master Du Wei to find a way to get the legal approval document. But Du Wei had already left Luolin Plain and came to the Imperial Capital, so Ruolin had no choice but to go to the Imperial Capital to find Du Wei for discussion.
After all, this woman was a person who once traveled around with a small adventure group, so she naturally had plans in mind. She thought: With the banner of Du Wei's Luo Lin family, it must not be difficult to obtain such a legal approval. In this case, why not
Just take a boatload of goods directly to the Imperial Capital! When you get to the Imperial Capital and get the approval document, in the Imperial Capital, the price of such things as the magic core, fur and bones of the monsters is higher than in other places, and you can still buy it for free when the time comes.
Wouldn't it be a good thing to make a fortune?
Therefore, there were a total of three ships of goods bought from the north, two of which went south, and one entered the Lancang Grand Canal from the entrance of the East China Sea, and then headed west to the imperial capital.
It's just that things like the furs of monsters are illegal. Unless you have official documents from the empire, these things are expressly prohibited. In order to cover up others' eyes, a batch of ordinary fur goods were deliberately trafficked on the ship. It was Luo Lin's plain.
The fur merchant who had a good relationship with Du Wei happened to take this downwind ship to transport the goods to the imperial capital, which also saved a lot of freight. Moreover, after the ship arrived in the imperial capital, it unloaded the goods and when it returned, it was just a
The ship was empty, and it happened to be passing through Kote Xingsheng, where the Luolin Plain was located. Ruolin promised that when the ship returned with an empty ship, she could lend the ship to the fur goods owner to transport goods, and it just so happened that he also had to purchase a lot of things in the imperial capital. So
Going back and forth saved a lot of freight. Only the joints that were cleared along the way were taken care of by the people sent by this fur merchant.
For such a ship, only a small half of the cargo was made up of fur and bones decomposed from the corpses of monsters from the frozen forest. There was also a small bag of magic cores that Ruolin took with her.
The two beauties got off the ship. The unloading area next to them had already been taken care of by the men sent by the leather goods boss. However, the sailors on the ship were originally pirates. Where had they ever been to the imperial capital? Although it was still more than thirty years away from the imperial capital.
However, the prosperity of the small town of Enke Port has already dazzled everyone. There are hotels not far from the port, and there are prostitutes dressed in colorful clothes coming and going to solicit customers, which makes a group of pirates feel itchy and can't wait to get there immediately.
Jump down and have a great time.
Ruolin has been leading this group of pirates for a long time. She knows that these guys are vulgar in nature. Although they usually have strict management, they also know how to control their subordinates with ease. Seeing this, she couldn't help but laugh and curse, and ordered the people on the ship to divide into groups.
We disembarked and went to the port to rest, but we were strictly ordered not to cause trouble.
After hearing this, the pirates' eyes glowed green. They thanked Ruolin profusely, and then the ones who took the money took the money. The others changed their clothes. In less than a moment, half of them were gone. Only the unlucky ones took their turn.
The guy on duty couldn't help but curse when he saw those happy companions leaving.
"Hmph!" Looking at the cheerful appearance 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 involved drinking, prostitution and other despicable activities. Thinking of this, she felt a wave of excitement in her heart.
Annoyed, if she hadn't been with these pirates these days and had already become accustomed to their rudeness, I'm afraid she would have been blasted away by the "Ice Storm" magic. Even so, she couldn't help but feel the coldness on her face.
He said angrily: "A bunch of dirty men!"
Ruolin was already used to it. Most of the rude men in the mercenary group she met when she traveled around were like this. She looked at Joanna's face and said with a smile: "Miss Joanna, we are here now. In a moment
Once the carriage is ready, let's go to the imperial capital to meet Master Du Wei."
"Bah!" A strange look appeared on Joanna's face, but she said disdainfully: "Why should I go see that little bastard? Humph, you can go alone! I came to the Imperial Capital with you to help you suppress the pressure.
Ship, secondly, I have something to do and I have to come to the imperial capital. Well, by the way... you can help me pass a message to that little bastard, saying that I have completed what Joanna promised him! From now on, I will be with you.
He owes nothing to us! If I meet him again next time, I must let him suffer a lot!"
At this point, Joanna glanced at Ruolin and couldn't help but said: "Ruolin, we have been getting along these days. Although you are not talented in magic, you are good in martial arts. It is a pity that you have not met any good teachers since you were a child. 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 one of the most powerful people in the world. He is proficient in all kinds of martial arts and magic. If you follow me back, I ask him to accept you as his disciple..."
Before she finished speaking, she saw Ruolin looking at her with a smile on her face, and couldn't help but sigh: "Okay, I know you want to refuse again. In this case, let's meet again!"
After saying that, Joanna took a deep look at Ruolin and whispered: "Although I have a sister, her temperament and I have never been the same. Every time I see her, I get angry. But you make me like you very much. If
It must be great for me to have a sister like you."
After giving Ruolin a strong hug, Joanna said goodbye and left. As a magician, she had always been arrogant and did whatever she wanted. She didn't care about the many people around her 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 became excited. People on Roland Continent feared magicians the most. Seeing a magician suddenly flying into the sky, casting magic and flying away, they couldn't help shouting.
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 ever seen Magician Joanna perform magic?
Why are you dazed! Go to work!"
Then Ruolin had a few words with the men sent by the fur merchant. The fur merchant from Luolin Plain seemed to be determined to hug the big tree of Duwei. This time he sent the men to deliver the goods on the ship.
Among the people in charge was his younger brother, a middle-aged man in his forties.
This man's name is He Bang. He has traveled all over the country for half his life. He is a very smart and capable guy. Along the way, he has done everything in advance of Ruolin at the car and boat docks. He is very considerate. Before Ruolin could give her orders just now, he had already done it by himself.
I found a cheap warehouse on the Port of Keshen (because it was a large port with the Imperial Capital at its back. There were many warehouses rented at low prices around the port town), and arranged for someone to unload a shipload of goods and transport them to the warehouse, and they worked non-stop.
I found a carriage dealer and negotiated a price.
Ruolin was very grateful to him, but Hebang smiled and said: "When I came here, my brother had already given instructions. Miss Ruolin is a knight, how noble she is. Where I can do these mundane things with my own hands, I naturally have to do it for me.
of."
Ruolin thanked her twice, and Hebang asked again: "The goods on the ship have been cleared. Miss Ruolin, will you enter the imperial capital today? I just want to enter the imperial capital to purchase from several merchants. I have sent people to rent the goods."
We’ve got the carriage, let’s hit the road.”
"Just in time, I'm going to see our young master and wait for the young master's order. Good luck with the goods here. Otherwise, they can't be left in the warehouse."
The two were walking on the pier when they suddenly heard a loud horn blast from the canal!
Ruolin looked back and saw that on the wide river, the main channel was occupied by a fleet of more than a dozen merchant ships. This vast fleet of merchant ships was obviously different from the scattered ones that were constantly coming and going on the river.
Different from other merchant ships, the leading ship of this fleet hung a flag embroidered with green oak leaves and branches, occupying the main channel as if there was no one else around. Even the surrounding merchant ships recognized this flag and stayed away from it.
Already.
On top of this fleet, there are actually regular imperial troops wearing uniforms and armor. Looking at it like that, they are actually regular Imperial Guards!
"This is obviously a merchant ship, and it's not flying an official flag. Why is it escorted by the Imperial Guards? Such a wide river, but they have to occupy it all to themselves, and they don't want anyone to go alongside them. It's so domineering!" Ruolin frowned!
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"Is this Miss Ruolin's first time in the imperial capital?" Hebang glanced at it and whispered: "Don't say more! The origin of this fleet is not simple!"
"oh?"
Hebang secretly pointed at the oak leaf flag on the leader of the fleet and whispered: "Did you see it? That is the flag of the Solomon family, and this is the merchant ship of the Solomon family. They are officials and merchants who are backed by the royal family. In the family
There are members of His Majesty the Emperor in his business, and he earns a large amount of gold coins for the royal family every year, and he also helps 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 transported on it. The summer festival is coming soon. They are probably offerings to the royal family brought by the Solomon family from various places.
.”
Ruolin shook her head: "It's probably not an offering. The summer festival is coming 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..."
But Hebang smiled and said: "No matter what he gave me, it has nothing to do with us."
Ruolin nodded, but couldn't help but take another look at the fleet. She was a warrior, and she could tell at a glance that the fleet, excluding the guards, and even the sailors, were all
All of them were strong, energetic, and fierce. Ruolin couldn't help but feel a little weird...
It was already afternoon when we arrived at the imperial capital in a rented carriage. This rented carriage was naturally far less luxurious and comfortable than the Luo Lin family's carriage. It was a bumpy ride, but it was okay. I just don't know what kind of seafood this carriage had originally transported.
, there was a salty smell in the carriage. Ruolin was used to going to sea these days, so it didn't matter. But Hebang couldn't stand it. He was the boss's younger brother. He also had a distinguished status in the family industry, and he was usually treated by others.
Waiting for a while, I almost vomited after being stuffy in the carriage for a long time.
When she arrived at the east gate of the imperial capital, she looked at the huge crowds of people queuing in and out of the imperial capital. Ruolin sighed: "We're here. There are so many people. How long will it take?"
"This is already good." Hebang covered his nose and said with a bitter smile: "I heard that the city gate tax in the Imperial Capital has been increased again... Sigh. For those of us who do business, our goods cannot be shipped directly to the Imperial Capital port. They can only be transported to Enke
To get off the ship at the port, we have to transport it to the imperial capital by horse-drawn carriage. There is already an additional freight cost. If the city gate tax increases again, we will lose another sum... This business is becoming more and more difficult to do."
By the time they entered the imperial capital, it was already evening. Ruolin really didn't want to ride in a carriage anymore. She insisted on her status as a knight, so how could she always ride in a carriage? Without waiting for the Earl's Palace, she took someone to buy a few horses at the horse market in the city.
Ma, tidied up his appearance, and brought two old subordinates, who were also accepted by Du Wei at the beginning. Ruolin's two followers from the previous adventure team, an archer and a bull warrior, three people and three riders,
After asking around all the way, we came to the Earl's Mansion.
The servants outside the Earl's Mansion saw someone arriving, and they couldn't help but feel strange when they saw that Ruolin and the others were actually wearing the armor style of the Luo Lin family's own private army, but they had never seen it before.
Ruolin strode forward and revealed her identity. She was a direct subordinate of Master Du Wei. The people inside informed her. After a while, Mader ran out and immediately took Ruolin and the other three in.
Du Wei was hiding in his room alone, studying a pile of World of Warcraft skeletons.
Ever since he came back from the Earl's study the day before, Duwei had stayed behind closed doors and only played with his things in his room.
He got a lot of good things from that old madman Alec. He wrote down the recipe at home that was said to be a substitute for "mithril". He checked his inventory and found that he had already collected two of them.
There are more than ten kinds. But there are still seven or eight things that I don't have in hand. I guess Alec doesn't have much in stock. If he wants to get them, he has 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 with the magical "passage of time".
While they were studying the secrets of the formula carefully, Mader had already announced the news, and then came in with Ruolin.
Du Wei put away his things, closed the door, and met Ruolin in the reception room outside.
After not seeing each other for a few months, Ruolin seemed to have lost the fearful look on her face when she first faced him, and became more mature. Her tall figure highlighted some exquisite curves, and her plump chest became more and more curved.
The roundness, especially the long legs that even Du Wei admired, increasingly showed a youthful and unrestrained atmosphere.
Living at sea has caused her skin to be tanned to a sexy wheat color. Although her face is slightly thinner, she is more energetic.
"Sit down." Du Wei dragged his chin with one hand, leaned lazily on the chair, looked at Ruolin, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work. I will remember your contribution. Tell me how you ran all the way."
Come to the imperial capital to find me?"
Ruolin sat on the chair next to Du Wei, with a calm look on her face, and reported the matter. When it was said that the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group had united with several other mercenary groups, they were willing to sell the goods to themselves, and hoped that they would be able to sell goods to them in the long run.
When he expressed his willingness to cooperate, Du Wei immediately said: "Take it! Why not accept it? There is nothing to hesitate about. We now have ships and people, but what we lack is cargo. Commander Beinrich has experienced life and death with me."
A good friend and someone I respect, and I have saved more than a hundred of their lives, so he is someone I 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 finished saying that she had brought a shipment 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 shouldn't be difficult to solve. Just wait two days and I will find a way to solve it."
This matter is settled.”
"There is also the issue of money." Ruolin smiled bitterly: "The money you gave Jack Sparrow to take to the north on the ship was not much. This time we bought so many goods, and we have no cash at all. But the Snow Wolf Maid
Beinrich of the Corps trusted you a lot. With his help, we only left a deposit of 10,000 gold coins and shipped the goods back first. Therefore, I came here to ask for money from you.
"
Du Wei immediately called Mu De and asked Ruolin to follow Mu De to pay the money. After thinking about it, Du Wei said: "For all the goods this time, pay 10% more to Captain Beinrich. He is my best friend."
My friend, I would like to thank him again for his help this time, I have to return this favor!"
Ruolin nodded immediately, thought for a moment, and the female knight suddenly said: "Master Duwei, when I was at Enke Port, I saw the Solomon family's fleet on the canal... But that fleet seemed a little weird...