Chapter 166： go ashore

The Nanfang slowly docked at the pier. Although the people in the port area were very busy, it still attracted the curious eyes of many people. Whether it was businessmen, porters, or tourists, they all stopped to look at the place. A strange ship.

"Well, gentlemen from afar."

Asta's affairs officer spoke, but this time he put on an Aldo language.

As the transfer base for "international trade", the middle and upper-class people here can basically master several foreign languages ​​proficiently, and according to the research of linguists, countries in the western part of the mainland such as Aldo, Jiaowan, and the Gabela Empire The language used belongs to the same human language family, and there are many similarities in grammar. It is not too difficult for a person from Jiaowan to learn Aldo's language.

"According to the rules, we need to check your goods and tax them according to the type and quantity of the goods."

Quick was overjoyed, "It turns out that you can also speak our language, which is great."

"Uh...Mr. Clerk, we are only here to explore the way for future trade, so we don't bring any goods that are actually for sale, so this tax..."

But the clerk still insisted: "Nevertheless, we still need to check."

His gaze first turned to the artillery deployed on both sides of the deck.

"what is this?"

The steward approached the cannon, and stretched out his hand to feel for the cannon god. He could feel that it was made of metal, maybe it was bronze?

Greiman's army is equipped with a powerful flame-breathing weapon. This news is only circulated in a small area in a few territories near Arda. The horned bay thousands of miles away in the south has no idea about artillery. thing.

Quick said nonsense: "This is a sharp weapon we use to deal with pirates. When pirates try to climb onto our ship, we stuff it with flammable materials. After igniting through the small hole, it is like the legendary dragon. Spew out flames to attack the enemy!"

The affairs officer was very skeptical: "Does this thing really work?" It sounded like a product of brainstorming.

Quick pretended to be coy and said, "Hey, we're lucky. We haven't encountered pirates along the way, so they haven't experienced actual combat yet."

"If you want to fight at sea, you have to use ballista, which is a powerful weapon that has been continuously improved for thousands of years and has been tried and tested."

The officer's face was filled with pride: "Guests, our weapon dealers here sell various types of bed crossbows. If you are interested, you can go and have a look. Of course, you have to say which one is the best. Of course, we have to say that our Asta is self-produced..."

He eloquently introduced the excellent performance of the weapons produced by his city-state, making everyone sweat profusely. Has the business habit of the Jiaowan people been integrated into their nature? Even an administrative official came to do sales.

Because they were new arrivals, everyone did not interrupt the officer's words, and listened patiently to the end of his speech.

"Okay, take me to your cabin to have a look."

The steward finally finished his tirade and asked to take a look in the cabin.

Quick quickly took him into the cabin.

The affairs officer looked around and found that apart from daily necessities and stored food and other worthless things, there seemed to be really no bulk goods that could be sold.

Finally, he found what could be called a commodity or a suspected commodity-the barrels of huǒyào and the boxes of shells.

"What are these powders?"

Quick said: "A kind of medicine is used to treat skin ulcers, kill insects, and can also be used to ward off moisture. You know, when sailing at sea, the environment in the cabin is very humid. This is our own. .”

It's not that Quake is making things up, Huǒyào does have the functions mentioned above.

The clerk rubbed his chin: "There are so many, can you use them up yourself? It is confirmed that the goods can be sold, and this has to be taxed according to the type of drug."

"Uh... good."

Pointing to the cannonballs, the officer asked again, "These metal balls?"

"The **** are just for ballast," Quick explained.

The affairs officer shook his head: "But you can still sell them! Metal is very popular everywhere."

Although he didn't understand why they had to be cast into spherical shapes one by one, wouldn't it be good to cast them in a square shape, and it would be easier to place and carry.

"Ah, speaking of which, you can also sell those bronze pipes on top. The price of bronze is not cheap."

The clerk hammered his palm, as if he was almost fooled.

Do you think you can fool me by casting the bronze into strange shapes and making up a reason to deal with pirates?

Seeing that Quick still wanted to argue with reason, Ladi hastily tugged on his sleeve, shaking her head to express not to conflict with the port affairs officer.

"Okay! My lord, we pay taxes, tell me how much we pay."

Quick compromised. After all, he was unfamiliar with the place, so bear with it for now. He is no longer the unrestrained pirate leader he used to be.

After paying a tariff and an entry and exit management fee, everyone on the Nanfang was finally allowed to go ashore.

After leaving the first mate to lead 20 people to guard the South, Quick led the other 20 people to the pier of Port Asta.

bustling! bustling!

In addition to being prosperous, it is still prosperous!

This is the first impression of this corner city.

The bumpkins from the Northwest Gulf were immediately overwhelmed.

First of all, in terms of architecture, the houses here are simply works of art in their eyes. The exterior is decorated with exquisite reliefs, tall and beautiful, and the materials used are precious stones or fired red bricks.

Moreover, the ground of the entire dock area seems to be paved with stone bricks, even if it is raining, there is no need to worry about the road being too muddy to walk on.

In contrast, the houses in the Northwest Bay are low and short, and the shape is also lacking in aesthetics. It is better in the towns, but in the villages, it is not so particular, and there is no money to pay attention to it. Many people live in houses that use thatch. , mud embryos and rocks.

Then there are people, they have never seen so many people gathered in the same place, with different skin colors, different clothes, and different decorations Speaking obviously different styles of language, the crew on the Nanfang They never thought that there are so many human beings different from them in the world.

Several candidates were bouncing around and running around, and Quick had to send someone to pull each of them to prevent them from getting lost.

However, the adult sailors also opened their mouths wide open, and even the business representatives who claimed to be well-informed were not much better.

"Hey, did you see that? Those people are dressed so strangely."

"Don't act like you haven't seen the world, it's a shame to walk with you."

"You still say me, whose eyes were so wide just now?"

The crowd continued to gasp in amazement.

Now the only one in the group who looks normal is "Mr. Dirac".