A year later, Yong Ye still remembers that voice fresh in his mind. He still remembers the time when that voice gave them orders during the underground battle in Fenris.
He couldn't help but look to one side, and saw that the expression on Tiantang Hualuo's face was also lost. The other party's reaction was almost exactly the same as his, and he also came in this direction. As soon as the two people's eyes met, Tiantang Hualuo couldn't bear it.
He couldn't help but lost his voice: "Is it him?"
Yong Ye rushed through first, separated from the crowd, "Please give way." "Please give way." Tiantang Hualuo followed closely behind, and the two of them hurriedly apologized to the people around them. But when they walked to the front of the crowd, Yong Ye
Only the old sailor was left packing, and the owner of the voice seemed to have left.
He immediately raised his head and looked around, and suddenly a silhouette fell into his field of vision out of nowhere, and the woman's silhouette only swayed among the crowd, then disappeared again.
"How is it, have you seen him?" Tiantang Hualuo walked out of the crowd just one step behind him, but just missed this scene.
"It's her!" Yong Ye shouted excitedly. His voice was a little trembling. He still remembered the girl next to 'Xia Ya'. Although the girl was wearing a veil at the time, her back was unmistakable at that moment.
"She?" Tianhualuo was slightly startled. There are feminine and masculine words in Kaolin language, so he immediately heard the difference in semantics between partners.
But Yong Ye had no time to answer him and just shouted in that direction: "Mr. Xia Ya!"
Unfortunately, the pier was crowded with people and noisy, so the shout did not spread far.
Fang Yu turned around a little confused, feeling like a voice was calling him, but it wasn't calling his name. However, there was a lot of traffic behind him, the sound of people, the sound of cranes, and the bargaining voices of sailors.
The sounds of arguments and chants are endless, but how can there be any shouting?
He thought he was hallucinating, so he turned around and muttered: "Didn't Mr. Baggins say you can find people on the dock? Why did the sailor just ignore us?"
"Mostly because he recognized you as a Kaolin," Sylvide answered him with a smile: "Most people in Guta don't like Kaolin very much, and it's normal not to do business with us."
"You might even attack someone with a bad temper." Among the crowd, Tianlan added.
Sylvester smiled and nodded.
"It's a good thing he didn't do anything." Fang Plover said angrily. He was not afraid of an old sailor - it was just that he was ridiculed for no reason, which made him very unhappy.
But he knew the reason.
The Guta people have a long history of invading the eastern coast of Kaolin as pirates, but after the rise of magic technology, the Kaolin people reversed the situation.
In the past three centuries, the Kaolin Kingdom has conquered the ancient pagoda many times. Although the ancient pagoda pirates have brought serious disasters to the Kaolin people, the Kaolin Kingdom who invaded the ancient pagoda may not dare to say that they are innocent.
War will always bring misfortune, especially these wars may not really be in revenge for piracy. As for what will happen in the wars of this era, you can imagine it with your fingers.
On the other hand, while the conquerors brought rule, they also brought civilization. The Guta people were freed from the primitive tribe and pirate life and entered the dynasty era.
He also has his own country——
It's just that the root of the grievances between the two parties has been deeply planted from the beginning.
A random description from the community can roughly explain the grudges and entanglements between the two countries and the complicated relationship. But Fang Yu is not interested in this. What he cares about is the present:
"Then what do we do?"
"What if no one in this place intends to do business with us? But the people on the Blood Ship from Fenris must also be Kaulins. Why would the locals do business with them?"
"That's because we found the wrong person," Sylvide replied: "Captain, although the locals are not willing to talk to us, the Chamber of Commerce is different."
"Chamber of Commerce?"
Sylvide nodded: "Businessmen pursue profits and fulfill Ms. Roman's principles. As for the grievances between countries, they think it is a matter on another level. In fact, whether it is the Stag Chamber of Commerce or the Tulip Chamber of Commerce,
Or the Heishan Chamber of Commerce, both open their doors to do business with outsiders."
"Who are these three chambers of commerce?"
"Those are the three largest aristocratic chambers of commerce in Guta. In Guta, you can see the halls of these three chambers of commerce at any port. The investors behind them are actually the aristocratic families of Guta."
Sylvide seemed to know all about this and elaborated:
"The Stag Chamber of Commerce represents the royal family of Guta, and the stag is the emblem of the royal family; behind the Tulip Chamber of Commerce is the religious power of Guta. The people of Guta believe in Marlan, the god of war. The story of tulips and wolves is widely circulated here, and tulips are
Take the moral of the story.”
Fang Yu has roughly heard the story of Tulips and Wolf. That story is roughly about a girl who used tulips to save an injured winter wolf that was dying——
That girl is the ancestor of the Guta people and the mother of all Guta people, Noerla, and the wolf is the incarnation of the war goddess Marlan, and is the test given to Noerla by the goddess.
Of course, these myths have long been out of date, and no one can prove their authenticity, but it is true that the people of Guta still believe that tulips contain magic power that can cure death.
Fang Yu himself tends to believe that this legend was fabricated by the Ancient Tower Temple to prove his legitimacy. Of course, he only dares to think about this in his heart, otherwise Ms. Malan and the Ancient Tower Temple will let him
I couldn’t eat and walked around.
"Where are the remaining Heishan Chamber of Commerce?" he asked again.
"That is a chamber of commerce jointly established by several big noble families. Among the three major chambers of commerce, this one is the most developed," Sylvide replied. "As for the other chambers of commerce, which are both small and large, I won't mention them.
"
Fang Yu nodded after hearing this. If these three major chambers of commerce opened their doors for business, then as the ship officer said, they had nothing to worry about.
At this time, Luo Hao suddenly interjected: "Actually, the reason why the three major chambers of commerce are like this is not just for profit. The people of Guta do not like the Kaolin Kingdom, but the nobles of the two countries do not think so.
Don’t forget that the rulers of the Huntingson dynasty are actually descendants of Duke Heisel, and can be regarded as genuine Cowlings.”
He continued: "Although today's Guta royal family came to power by resisting the rule of a tyrant, the 'theater' Charlie is not a commoner. There is no noble in Guta itself, so his ancestors must be from a certain branch of Kaolin."
After the nobles. In fact, most of the Kaolin nobles also agree with this point, otherwise there would be no subsequent marriage."
The Duke of Heisel in his mouth was the first ruler of the Ancient Tower. The history books of the Ancient Tower people record that this Duke crossed the sea, led an army all the way deep, and established a principality in the area of today's Iron Castle.
That was the origin of today's Guta Kingdom, so Duke Heisel was also called the Conqueror. That only happened three centuries ago.
As for the 'throne thief', Charlie is the ancestor of the current Guta royal family. He has been dead for more than 40 years. He is a subject of the Huntingson dynasty and has attempted to seize the throne of his family. Therefore, he has gained a reputation among the Kaolin nobles.
Such a title.
But that was already a matter of previous generations. The last monarch of the Huntingson dynasty died at the hands of the mob, and no one in his family was spared. Therefore, the Cowling royal family had to pinch their noses and admit Charlie and his family.
Inheritance rights of descendants.
Fang Yu knew about this history from the community, but now that he was in the ancient pagoda, he had a different feeling based on what he saw before him.
Like all similar ports in Aitaria, the area where the Chamber of Commerce is located is not far from the dock area, and the logos of the three major chambers of commerce are also located in the most eye-catching places here.
The logo of the Stag Chamber of Commerce is a deer head hanging on the sign, with long antlers and dark pupils. It does not look like a sculpture carved from wood, but more like a specimen made of salt. The logo of the Tulip Chamber of Commerce is three major
The most gorgeous one among the Chamber of Commerce is just a tulip in full bloom, but it is outlined with gold foil on silver powder, making it look gorgeous but not vulgar.
Only the Black Cedar Chamber of Commerce's logo is the simplest, just a black cedar leaf. However, although the logo is simple, the Black Cedar Chamber of Commerce's hall is the largest and most luxurious, making it clear at a glance who has the final say here.
But underneath the logos of these three chambers of commerce, Fang Pultru saw an ‘old acquaintance’.
He had seen the emblem at Traveller's Rest, El Paxin and Grande - it was actually an ordinary black goat head carved on a wooden board. The main business scope of the Black Goat Chamber of Commerce was in the Sea of Clouds.
In this area, he had seen the same emblem as far away as a small town to the north of Masonk Creek Station, but further south he had never seen it again.
But Fang Yu didn't expect that he would see the logo of the Black Goat Chamber of Commerce here again. Although it seemed a bit natural when he thought about it, this port was actually near the Sea of Clouds. However, the business of the Black Goat Chamber of Commerce actually reached Guta.
, which still surprised him.
As soon as he saw the black goat, he couldn't help but think of the unsmiling middle-aged man he had met at Traveler's Rest, the initial journey of the Seven Seas Brigade, and the various experiences of Dolifen.
I remembered the young man named Lu En thirty years ago.
He couldn't help but turn around and realized that the other people in the team were also looking at him - Luo Hao, Tang Xin and Alyssa had not experienced what happened to Dolifen, but Tianlan, Jita, and Parker Luoyu
But I remember it clearly.
"It's the Black Goat Chamber of Commerce!" Tian Lan couldn't help but let out a low sigh of surprise, "I didn't expect to meet a chamber of commerce opened by an acquaintance here. It's great now. Regardless of the three things Sister Sylvide said,
At least we can rest assured whether the big chamber of commerce is willing to do business with us, and maybe we can get a discount or something."
After hearing this, Fang Piao glanced at the little girl speechlessly. Although they met Rune once or several times in Dolifen, the other party never said a few words to them from the beginning to the end.
Even if Mazak looks at them differently because of their relationship, the other party may not be in this place.
They know the president of the Black Goat Chamber of Commerce, but the ordinary staff of the Black Goat Chamber of Commerce may not know them. As for discounts and so on, just think about it.
Of course, Tianlan was right about what he said. The Kaolin people have a chamber of commerce in this place, which indeed saves them a lot of trouble.
After all, the store owners are not just talking about bullying customers. The three major local chambers of commerce may treat foreigners like them who live in a good place and slaughter them as fat sheep.
But now, you don't have to think about it so much.
But before entering the Black Goat Chamber of Commerce's residence, even Fang Plover himself did not expect that, contrary to his guess, not only did the staff of the Chamber of Commerce know them, but the moment they walked into the Chamber of Commerce's residence, they seemed to be familiar with them.
They have been recognized.
It is conceivable that the size of the Black Goat Chamber of Commerce's residence in a place like this is naturally not very large. There is not even a hall inside, it is just an office at best.
There was only one staff member inside. When they entered, the man was still writing with his head buried on the table. He raised his head and looked in this direction when he heard the sound.
In appearance, the man had typical features of the ancient Ta people, with high cheekbones, which made the whole face look particularly serious.
But when the ancient pagoda man saw them, a hint of surprise flashed through his solemn expression, and then he stood up without any confidence.
"Are you Mr. Ed?"
This sudden question immediately made Fang Yu and the others stop, looking at each other with a bit of surprise.
Fortunately, this is an ancient pagoda. If it were anywhere in Kaolin-Ithurion - except for Crosswind Harbor - he would probably be ready to escape with the others.
But here, he just stopped, looked at the other person suspiciously, and quickly calmed down, asking: "Who is your Excellency?"
The man raised his eyebrows and quickly replied: "Mr. Ed is joking, since you have come to this place, don't you know who we are. Please don't worry, this is an ancient pagoda, even if someone recognizes you,
I can’t do anything to you. The president has already told us about Mr. Ed?”
Fang Yu thought that if this wasn't an ancient pagoda, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to stand still and speak now. But he had already roughly reacted and asked: "Your president, Mr. Rune Lincius?"
"Exactly."
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but frown. In his impression, Lu En was not such a frivolous person. How could he reveal their affairs to his subordinates so easily?
The president of the Black Goat Chamber of Commerce should not be unclear about the stakes of their ID numbers.
And even if they weren't wanted yet, Nicol Bolas's affairs were still kept strictly confidential.
Or is it that the other party is actually Lu En's confidant, and they happened to meet here?
Seeing that he fell silent, the staff member started to speak first: "Mr. Ed, please understand Mr. President, he has some difficulties in informing us of your matter. And please rest assured, except for a few key points near the Sea of Clouds,
The president has not notified too many people outside of the node's station. I assure you that these people are loyal and reliable and will never leak any information."
Fang Yu couldn't help but raise his head when he heard this, not quite understanding what the other party meant.
However, Sylvide helped him raise the question: "You said he only notified these key nodes near the sea of clouds. What do you mean?"
“I don’t quite understand,” the ancient Taman shook his head, “but now I think it’s Mr. President who thinks that the only way for you to go north is not only in this place, but also in Grande and Yunzhi Port.
, as long as Mr. Ed you land at the port, we will find it soon."
Fang Yu was quite surprised: "Wait a minute, you still have manpower at the port."
"That's natural, Mr. Ed. In fact, our business has shrunk a lot in the past few months. The main task assigned to us by the president is to find you."
"Find us?" Even Luo Hao was a little confused at this time. Although he had not experienced the battle with Dolifen, he had heard Fang Yu and others describe the battle afterwards, and he also knew about this President of Rune.
What role did it play in it?
But this role is obviously not up to par with the current situation.
"Yes," the staff member nodded, looked at them and said, "In fact, this message was left by Mr. President a few months ago. He only asked us to try our best to pay attention to your movements and tell us that if you go north
If so, it’s very likely that we’ll be walking for a few days.”
He smiled: "But to be honest, I didn't expect that you would arrive at the ancient pagoda first. I was not prepared to receive you. It seems that the person at the port has not come back either. He is either on his way back or...
I just missed you guys."
Fang Yu was confused after hearing this, and couldn't help but ask: "But I still don't quite understand. It's true that we know Mr. Lu En, but why are you looking for us?"
"Two things," the staff member replied: "Mr. Ed should be going north to deliver something to the president, right?"
Fang Yu nodded, if a piece of news can be regarded as something, in addition, they also wanted to return the lost power of the Golden Flame Ring to Mazak.
——If giving it back to Mazak can be considered as giving it to him.
"Then you don't have to go."
The staff then looked at them and answered bluntly.
"What?" Fang Yu was very surprised: "Why is this?"
The other party shook his head: "I don't know the details, but this is the president's order. More importantly, the president mentioned that when you come back, he and Mr. Mazak may no longer be at the Traveler
It’s time to take a rest.”
Fang Plover opened his mouth, as if he was listening to a fantasy story. The reason why they went south was because Mazak entrusted them to deliver a letter and give the Ring of Golden Flame to the man in Grande.
old gentleman.
But in fact, the old gentleman also told them that this was actually a task and test given to them by the owner of Traveller's Rest. The purpose was to go all the way south along the road Nicol Bolas used to go north.
Investigate the truth behind the Dragon Witch incident.
Now they have completed this task perfectly, not only allowing the ancestor of Mazak and Ms. Misu, the dragon-slaying hero Yoxiude and his lover to achieve liberation together, and the restless souls have returned to the peaceful star.
In the brilliance.
And also defeated the Rangers.
Although they have not done their best, it is obvious that it will be difficult for the other party to make trouble again in a short period of time.
Now that it was finally time for them to collect what happened along the way and report them to the provider of this task, the person in front of them actually told them that there was no need?
So what exactly has their 'work' been for this year?
But the staff member seemed to see their confusion, and then he spoke again: "This is one of the things, Mr. Ed. The other more important thing is that the president has something he wants us to hand over.
you."
"...Perhaps that thing can answer your questions."