Chapter 810

Feicui port.

As the largest port in the kingdom of Thur, it has always been very prosperous, with countless ships berthing every day. The demand for unloading goods alone is enough to support the coolies of the whole wharf.

Joba is one of them.

As an ordinary wharf coolie, in addition to sweating hard every day, he has to watch his hard-earned money exploited by port officials and gangs. In the end, the rest is only enough to meet the family's food rations. Even his wife has to pick up wild vegetables to live. The family conditions are not so good.

Today, when I went out, my wife's advice made this honest guy frown deeply.

"Little Bruce is ten years old. It's time to think about the way out in the future!"

As the son of wharf coolie, little Bruce can't go to school or hire a tutor more extravagantly, just like the children of noble and wealthy citizens.

The world has always been unequal. Even though the number of clergy and opportunities for further study in the church are monopolized by the upper class, there is little hope for the lower class to change their destiny.

In the same way, Knight training, even if it's just training as the most common soldier, is impossible. The cost of eating meat every day is astronomical.

If you don't have the skills, you can be an adventurer or a mercenary? Be careful the next day the body will lie in the sewer!

"Maybe... Only to be a sailor?"

Joba murmured.

Naturally, he didn't want to see Bruce go on his own way and become the coolie at the bottom of his position. He just thought for a long time, and it seemed that only the sailor was more suitable. After all, all he could touch was the dock and the big ships. With the relationship with the third mate of the crescent, it was not a big problem to plug a trainee sailor.

The only key lies in the years before he became a trainee sailor. What can little Bruce do?

Even a ten-year-old kid is already half a labor force and should contribute to his family.

Besides, Joba is very worried that if he doesn't find something for Bruce, the troublemaker will soon be bought by three hands and become a very common thief on the wharf.

It's not a matter of honor for the gods.

Because of many considerations in his mind, Joba seemed to be in a trance. He didn't pay much attention to the new notice on the roadside.

To tell you the truth, even if there is any big news in the notice, for such a small person as him, there will be more after dinner talks, even if it is the order of the new king!

For the aristocrats of feicui port, the kingdom of Thur suddenly changed to a king, which was a great event.

But as far as choba is concerned, the king is too far away from him. It's not as thrilling as the news that the price of rye bread and wheat flour is about to rise.

"Hey, old seal, thank you for that rum!"

"Doc, the last barbecue was great!"

"Jeff, did you hear that? Yesterday, Old Bailey caught a golden eel. It was a legendary delicacy. Unfortunately, he didn't taste it. Instead, he sold it.... "

……

Arriving at the dock, he said hello to the workers without saying a word. Joba took off his coat and folded it carefully.

It's really wearing clothes to carry boxes and cabinets. It's a rare complete and decent dress. He's going to let Bruce wear it later.

"What's on your mind, Joba?"

Instead, he looked absent-minded. When the workers saw him, he immediately asked.

"Well... It's not about little Bruce!"

Joba replied with a bitter smile, and the workers around him immediately showed sympathy or understanding.

The problem of kids at home is also their difficulty. After all, children need to develop and eat a lot at this time, which is also a great burden to the family.

In addition, both parents are busy with work and no one takes care of them, so they are easy to be abducted or learn bad.

"In fact, in a family like ours, kids will be fishermen or sailors in the future, or hardworking like us. If they are lucky and work hard, and are favored by the shipowner and promoted to the first mate, they will be great respectable people..."

After Joba said his plan, he suddenly sighed.

He looked at the sea not far away, smelling the slightly fishy air in his nose, but a trace of unwilling color appeared in his eyes.

Because he knows very well that if it goes on like this, unless a miracle happens, his family will have to struggle at the bottom of society for several lives.

But even if you know, what?

The children of nobles are still nobles, the children of slaves are still slaves, and there are too few people who can change their own destiny.

"Come on, go to work!"

Joba draped a rag over his shoulder and beckoned to his workmates.

All the work on the wharf is done on a daily basis. If we do less, we will not be able to have dinner for the whole family today. It is the most important thing.

Therefore, Joba could not take care of his feelings, and immediately called on his companion to get ready to work.

"It's the dry season, and the trade wind hasn't come. It's estimated that there will be very little work today."

Next to Joba, a tall, thin man with a worried look on his face said, "be careful of those people on the east side. They seem to be coming to our business!"

"How dare they?"

As soon as qioba raised his eyebrows, he naturally felt a little fierce: "the contributions we give to the" Blood Axe Gang "are the same. If they dare to rob business, we will do it directly!"

In the face of survival, no matter how arrogant people have to lower their heads, and no matter how honest people are, they will become extremely vicious.

Especially after seeing that there were only a few boats on the wharf and coolie of the east side began to take action, Joba got up immediately and was about to stage a fight on the wharf.

The pedestrians, small businessmen, and even the patrolmen all looked at it with a smile, as an aftertaste of everyday boring time.

"Boat

"So many boats!"

……

However, the fight did not start after all. With the cry of surprise, Joba was shocked to see a large cloud floating into the port.

When he got closer, he found that the dark clouds were all sails blocking the sky, casting a huge shadow, and the tonnage and style of the ships were the only ships he had ever seen in his life.

"What a big fleet!"

Qioba opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time: "this is definitely not something that the nearby island nobles can buy. Is it from the mainland? But the season of trade has long passed... "

"Hurry up, it's time for work!"

Because of the arrival of a large number of work, coolies naturally can not fight.

After all, no one can get by with money. Isn't that why they fight for it?

But now, the experienced coolies already know that today only they can do how much problem, there will never be unable to start the situation.

"This is the boat over there?"

Looking at the huge statue of the dragon head with scales, which looks like a deer, a horse and a dragon head, Joba asked his steward.

"Hey, hey... This is a fleet from the eastern continent, the Dachang Empire, and the Yunjia chamber of Commerce. Have you ever heard of it?"

The steward said a few awkward words.

Obviously, he didn't know the inside story, and he just heard the news, but it didn't prevent him from making arrangements in front of a group of coolies to satisfy his sense of superiority.

"The eastern continent, the Dachang Empire?"

Joba blinked: "where is that?"

As a wharf coolie, he has got a lot of news. Compared with those farmers who only know how to farm, he is already a well-informed person and has a certain understanding of the whole kingdom, but he can't imagine the concept of another continent and an empire.

"All right, hurry up!"

The steward's face was a bit embarrassed. Obviously, he didn't know it very well. At this time, he directly changed the topic: "no one can go home for dinner until today's task is finished."

"Oh

After all, they are paid by the piece. The more they work, the more they are paid.

……

A day passed unconsciously, the sun set, with a little purple moon hanging in the sky.

In the bright moonlight, Joba came home in the dark with a handful of copper, two loaves of black bread, fresh onions and carrots.

"Oh, great!"

After opening the door, a little boy ran out, holding bread and cheering excitedly.

"Ha ha, little Bruce, you can finally have enough tonight!"

Joba touched his son's head lovingly and said excitedly, "you know what? Today, there are a lot of Oriental ships on the wharf, and many incredible things, such as gorgeous colors, silks as soft as magic, and bright and clean porcelains, which are said to be able to sell goods at a high price... They were transported by a large chamber of Commerce. If they succeed this time, they will continue to... "

With excitement in his eyes: "if so, maybe I can work every day, save a sum of money and send you to study..."

"Dear

At this time, her wife came out, holding a pot of broth, emitting a strong fragrance, which surprised Joba even more.

After all, his wife is a very frugal person.

"Little Bruce's problem has been solved. Today, the sheriff came to our house to make an announcement!"

The woman said excitedly, "didn't you see the notice of the kingdom? From this year, all school-age children can be sent to the new school for unified study, and the school also provides a lunch, all of which are free of charge... It is said that the kingdom will choose potential seedlings from them to be trained as soldiers and knights! "

"Well?! I didn't notice

Joba picked up his son and said, "do you mean

"That's right!"

"Little Bruce will become a respectable and literate man in the future. Maybe he will become a respectable knight," the woman said with pride