The Voyage of Exchange - Rebirth from the Dead Chapter 3 The Utilization of Dead Corpses
The next day, a group of people went to the Merchant's Bank, just in time to submit reports to the tax officer. The hall was very busy, but there were a few clerks who could receive them.
First of all, Carlin stepped forward and asked if he had received any commissions recently? He paid special attention to those in the Principality, and asked where the merchants usually go to hire crew members. When he first said the word commission, the clerk looked confused, but still
He was very professional and waited to finish. But when the word principality was mentioned, the staff was shocked and was about to speak but it was already too late.
An assistant to the tax officer came over, and the clerk stammered. "Sir, no current businessman in the Merchant Bank has obtained an exit permit, and of course no one will smuggle into the country."
It was not so much an explanation to Carlin as it was an explanation to the tax collector's assistant. "Needless to say, everyone here please come with us and we will give you a quarter of an hour to close the door."
Karin immediately and blatantly checked to see how many people around him were looking over. By the way, the assistant who came over had no expression on his face and looked like he was doing a routine job. Most of the merchants and labor employees were in panic. What were they afraid of?
The tax collector's men were divided into two groups. One group had finally caught the tail and was proud of this feeling. The other group had no special expression, which was normal.
Carlin looked at the crowd around him, and then explained to his assistant. "Sorry, we don't know the rules here. But we did receive a legitimate commission, and we came here just to find crew members to go to sea. None of the sailors at the nearby dock were willing.
When traveling far away, we can only hope for other places where people may go to sea. We don't know about other things. If we have any hindrance, I apologize deeply and please just pretend that I have never been there." His voice was loud and can make people laugh.
Everyone present could hear it, and then just looked at the assistant next to them.
After asking for and checking the power of attorney for the group, the assistant said they could leave. However, those employees who showed scared expressions were all caught. It seemed that they had indeed done something bad.
By the way, the assistant told Carlin that if you have time, you can go to the local nobles to collect the reward, which can be regarded as indirect assistance... Even if you want to ask, they are not obligated, and they probably don't know if there are any sailors willing to go to sea with the group.
This ship requires a crew of five to ten people. Alexander has already sailed it once, and only five people were hired at that time. Bakato, and even the four countries, did not know much about the principality. The only thing they knew about it was its strong military power.
The group of people were the first pair of eyes, sent by the mercenary industrial company with Bakato's tacit approval. Speaking of which, no one knew what goods were circulating in the principality and what goods were scarce. Only when the group of people saw it in person would they know
Are there any business opportunities?
In short, Carlin left the businessman's walk first and asked Sophia next to him if she wanted to go back immediately. "It seems that we are really the first in name."
"I'm fine with that. Anyway, there's nothing else important right now." Except for Sophia, everyone else was waiting outside.
"Then let's go to the nobles they mentioned and ask about the situation. It's good to have money, but our mission comes first." Karin sighed.
"Looking at it this way, the chances and risks are not small. I didn't expect that the information between the kingdom and the principality would be so closed." Sophia frowned.
"It's just that I didn't expect that there was such a serious illegal immigration phenomenon, and the people from the principality were so aggressive." Carlin thought.
"If those businessmen are aware of this, they may send people to do something for us. We are now the first group of people with legal status to leave the country. Let's wait to receive the reward and then go back to see where we can recruit people. It really doesn't work.
Just go to that island to get a boat and recruit people." Sophia was a bit naive.
"Okay, let's go." Carlin stepped forward. When he arrived, he was rewarded with a total of one hundred linseys, which was very generous. When he went there, he didn't expect so much. The person who gave the reward was a subordinate of a financial officer of a certain noble.
Sophia took the money, thanked her, and left.
After this little episode was revealed, another day passed and still no sailor came to answer the call.
The last sightseeing boat heading to the citrus-rich island is about to leave. You can’t miss this. If you miss it, you will have to spend a lot of money to rent a boat.
"Otherwise, let's go first. If it doesn't work, we can only go to the sea to catch fish and sail the boat." Moeng Nan was eating a piece of sticky rice dessert.
"Well, that's all I have to do. If it's later, it'll be too late." Zate, who had never experienced taking a boat, said he was happy to go. A round-trip boat ticket cost 60 paise for food and drinks.
Noel, who had not been to the sea since his amnesia, was very interested. Moengnan thought that if he couldn't dig a few graves or use some skeletons as sailors, he might as well go and have a look.
"This ticket is not cheap. If we go, I think it will be enough for two or three people." Alexander doesn't plan to go, and it will take three days.
"The little bird can earn a ticket for free. If you don't go, it will be in vain." Moeng Nan said bewilderedly.
"I feel like I can't even keep up with the boat, and it has to fly all the way. It's so tiring. I'd better stay here." Jiujiujiu didn't want to follow.
"Noel, Monan, Zate... I'm a little worried about this lineup. Sofia, do you want to go?" Alexander didn't even look at Moengnan.
"Don't worry, the possibility of collapse is very small if we don't talk about it." Listen, is this what Moeng Nan said is human?
Fageni wanted to find the cursed island from before. After all, it would take several years before he could come back after going to the principality. If he didn't go now, he might not get any benefits.
"If there are too many people, I don't have to go. After all, business matters are more important." Noel is very self-aware.
"No, Noel. You are the most reassuring among these three people." Alexander shook his head.
"Over there, I will try my best to protect everyone." Why did Zate think the problem was in danger?
"Then let me go to the tourist island too." Sofia looked at this scene and thought for a while before agreeing, and then Hitz said that she wanted to go too.
Seeing that the group had not finalized the final candidate for a long time, Nina went back to the house to rest. The two native Bakato brats were not interested either.
"Then Sophia, Monan, Zate, Noel, Shiz, you five go." Alexander spoke.
"Yes." Sophia ate a piece of canned peach.
"Okay, captain." Zate was very happy, but she didn't expect that the subsequent boat ride would be boring.
"No problem." Noel made an OK gesture.
Jiujiujiu, who was not called out, rested happily where he was.
Then Sofia took people to buy tickets to go and have a look.
The three days on the boat also had some sea scenery, but overall it was not much different from the previous voyage.
They arrived at a small island with beautiful scenery but had no time to play. The five of them spent half a day looking for the harbor where the ship was hidden from different locations. And before dark, they found a small steel ship that had been renovated and newly upgraded.
But when a few people got together and were about to board the ship to take a look, they saw a ship sailing into the harbor on the island.
With their excellent night vision, Zate and Noel discovered that the top of the ship's mast was clearly a black flag.
Although you can't see whether it's the skull and crossbones flag from this angle, the possibility of it being pirates is very high. "There's a ship over there, it seems, it's heading towards us. It's flying a black flag." Noel took a closer look and said,
Warn your companions aloud.
"Hey, is it just luck? I'm afraid I'm not a pirate." Moeng Nan said cheerfully.
"I'm afraid it's not a good thing." Noel also thought so.
"It feels very unfriendly. Let's retreat as quickly as possible." Zate didn't want to fight.
"Black flag... It seems that it may be a pirate. Hitz, prepare to ride on the waves and release it at any time to ensure that Noel and Monan can move on the sea. Let's hide first. If it is a pirate, there is no reason to miss a ship.
Nice ship." Sofia didn't think the pirates could stand up to the five today.
Noel silently took off the wrapping cloth on the spear end from his back and displayed the weapon in front of him. "You can do it at any time. Do you want to wait until they get closer?"
According to this distance and the port environment, if Sofia uses water level control, the water level will drop directly, which can pull the opposite ship down while minimizing the impact on the group of people's ship.
"I have a little desire to rush over directly. It's night now, and my ability can provide cover. Theoretically, if they don't pay attention, I can go over and scuttle their ship." Moeng Nan's hands were itchy, and he had experienced several previous battles.
There is absolutely no need for him to contribute.
"Let's hide first. If we sail away, we will easily alert them." Zate disagreed.
"Sophia, what do you say? I remember you have a terrain spell." Moeng Nan asked.
"Zha is particularly scared. Let me try out the new ability I acquired before. Hiz is ready. Once any sudden change occurs, he will immediately release Walking on the Waves, and then Noel and Mo Nan will act according to the situation." Sophia said while summoning the long sword.
The staff, Detect Magic and Detect Faith were used smoothly. Then, a fourth-level arbitrary door flashed directly onto the ship, and then a ninth-level spell was used to consume a large amount of magic power through the emblem to release the time to stop. The pirates had not yet
After reacting, time in this area stopped.
After freezing time, Sofia first observed the situation on the ship and found out who looked like important people, but it didn't look like there were any. There were eight sailors on the deck, and judging from their appearance, it was obvious that they were pirates who had not escaped.
As the effect of the water level control spell began, time stopped and ended. The dilapidated pirate ship fell apart. The increase in water level caused the keel to break, the mast toppled, and the deck to fall apart.
Immediately after, there was a big explosion in the gunpowder magazine, and Sophia had no room to escape. After being injured, she immediately returned to the shore. The ability she used for the first time was completely unexpected. She was not fully prepared and was caught off guard.