If we don't take the Iceland-Greenland route, in Ella's chart, Ireland is the land closest to Vinland in the known world. Arriving here means that the entire route has completed the safest front.
A quarter. Beyond that is the ethereal and boundless sea, full of unknowns and inhabited by all kinds of monsters.
In Ella's plan, this is an extremely important supply location. According to the description of the previous patrol, Lübeck's merchant ships also took this route.
After a long voyage against the wind, Lübeck's sailors are likely to need to make long repairs here, so it is expected to intercept Lübeck's merchant ships here.
After Ella got off the ship, people immediately searched along the port, but disappointingly, there was no sign of the Lübeck merchant ship at all.
"Have any merchant ships from Lübeck been here recently?"
Ella caught a worker moving goods at the port and asked.
"There are many cargo ships coming here!" the worker replied with some dissatisfaction, "I can't tell whether the ship comes from Lübeck or Lüneburg!"
"There aren't many ships coming in and out of your place every day, right?" Ella said unhappily, "Listening to the tone of your words, I thought this was some kind of Constantiniya!"
"Hey, this is the King of Sweden." Amy stared at the worker, "Watch the tone of your words."
The worker felt a little scared, put down his work, knelt on the ground and said: "King of Sweden, I really don't know. There are usually not many merchant ships here, but recently the Black Death broke out in England, and merchant ships from other places dare not dock.
, they all came outside. I can’t remember the names of many places, and there are many updates that I didn’t even ask about!”
"Then do you remember that a fleet of more than ten ships docked here?" Amy asked, "The cargo of the fleet is mainly ironware and colored glaze?"
The worker thought for a while: "I don't know what kind of cargo it contains, but such a huge fleet has indeed appeared, and there is only one."
Ella asked impatiently: "Then where are they now?"
"They have already gone to sea. They docked about 20 days ago. They spent ten days here repairing and replenishing supplies."
"Twenty days specifically?"
"Let me think about it...it can be less than twenty days, or maybe a little more. If twenty days is not accurate, it will be either nineteen days or twenty-one days."
"Look, Lübeck's merchant ship went to sea a month earlier than us, and now it's only twenty days behind, which shows that we are indeed approaching them." Ella turned to Amy and said, "And they have been repairing for ten days, and now
If you catch up immediately, you will definitely be able to intercept them halfway."
"But we also need to repair." Amy said with some embarrassment, "The route behind will be very difficult. If we don't replenish supplies here and let the soldiers rest for a few days, it will be difficult for us to complete this route."
"The first priority now is to catch up with Lubeck's merchant ship. We don't have enough supplies. At worst, we can catch up and then turn back to rest! But if Lubeck's merchant ship is attacked by monsters, then my goods will be gone!"
Ella spread out the chart and could clearly see that a monster named "Spineback Ray" was blocking the route.
"Your Majesty, what are you going to do after we catch up?" Amy asked, "If they insist that these are not your goods, won't we only be able to get an overdue liquidated damages?
"Gu...well..."
Amy's words stopped Ella. She only thought about catching up with Lubeck's merchant ship, and she never thought about what to do after catching up. The words of those merchants also made sense - these ships were all paid for
Then she hoisted her flag and was protected by her on the sea. If Lübeck planned well and prepared ten additional cargoes while sailing with Ella, claiming that it was only overdue and prepared to pay liquidated damages as agreed, then she would
It's completely unclear.
"Damn it!" Ella muttered, "We shouldn't have fixed the amount at that time, but agreed to increase the liquidated damages based on the number of days overdue! Miscalculation!"
"I'm afraid that won't work." Amy analyzed, "In Aztlan, glass can be sold for the price of gems. Even if the amount of the breach of contract is twice the price of the goods themselves, they will still have sufficient profits. And Xianxian
If we occupy the transit station Atlantis in one step, the potential benefits will be immeasurable!"
"It would be great if pirates appeared and robbed them, and then I could justifiably rob them... By the way, pirates! We have them!"
Ella suddenly shouted happily. Amy looked on the side in confusion:
"Your Majesty is going to find someone else to pretend to be a pirate and hijack the ship? But we don't have any extra ships... It would be okay to rent nearby ships, but these ships are not fast enough to catch up with the merchant ships in Lübeck."
"Why are you looking for someone else? Can't I just play the role myself? Am I not the Pirate King?" Ella waved her hands to the soldiers excitedly, "Come on, go to the market and buy some cheap paint!"
Amy became more and more confused: "No... Your Majesty, why do you want to buy paint?"
"Of course I'm playing the role of a pirate! Pirate King Ella has collected their protection money and can't rob them, so other pirates can, right? Change the color of the sails of the Flying Zealander and stop using my flag. All of them
Paint it black, draw something random, and disguise it as someone else's ship. Before intercepting the merchant ship in Lübeck, the Flying Zealander will be renamed... the Flying Dutchman!"
"No, it can't be disguised, can it? Your Majesty, open your eyes and see clearly, this is the Flying Sealander! Isn't this the only ship of this size that we have searched all over the world?"
"I don't care if they believe it or not! They said the cargo on the ship was not mine. Do you believe it? But it does bother me - so it's important to make up the reason!"
"Then if the Lübeck businessman spreads this matter..."
"Just insist that I didn't do it! The other free cities in Alemany are not fools. When the time comes, just mention that I ordered the goods, and everyone will know it! It was Lübeck who was unkind. As long as it is revealed
As mentioned above, can other free cities blame me for being unjust?"
"I see." Amy nodded thoughtfully, "To deal with rogue people, you have to use rogue methods."
"That's it! By the way, where's Dust? Where is Dust?"
"Probably he went to a nearby pub to drink again." Amy asked, "Why are you looking for him?"
"Isn't he good at disguise? Let him draw a big beard for me!" Ella puffed up her chest, "From today on, don't call me the King of Sweden, call me Captain Blackbeard!"
