Chapter 169 Disembarkation
The South slowly docked at the dock. Although the people in the port area were very busy, it still attracted the curious eyes of many people, whether they were businessmen, porters, Or tourists, they all stopped to look at this strange ship.
"Okay, gentlemen who have come from afar."
Asta's affairs officer spoke, but this time he spoke in Aldo.
As the current "international trade" transit base, the middle- and upper-class people here are basically proficient in several foreign languages. According to research by linguists, Aldo, Kakuwan, and Gabe The languages used by the La Empire and other countries in the western part of the continent belong to the same human language family and have many similarities in grammar. It is not difficult for a Cape Bay person to learn Aldo's language.
"According to the rules, we need to inspect 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. Affairs Officer, we are here just to explore ways for future trade, so we don't bring any goods that are actually for sale, so this tax..."
But the affairs officer still insisted: "Even so, we still have to check."
His eyes first turned to the artillery deployed on both sides of the deck.
"What is this?"
The clerk approached the cannon and stretched out his hand to touch the cannon. He could feel that it was made of metal. It seemed to be bronze?
Gleiman’s army is equipped with a powerful fire-breathing weapon. This news is only spread in a few territories near Arda. It is not at all in the Horn Bay thousands of miles to the south. I don't know about artillery.
Quick was full of nonsense: "This is a weapon we use to deal with pirates. When the pirates try to climb onto our ship, we fill it with flammable materials and ignite it through the small hole. Just like the legendary dragon, it spits out flames and attacks the enemy!"
The clerk was very doubtful: "Is this thing really effective?" It sounds like the product of a wild imagination.
Quick pretended to be coy and said: "Hey, we are lucky. We haven't encountered pirates along the way, so they haven't experienced actual combat yet."
"When it comes to maritime combat, You also have to use a ballista, which is a powerful weapon that has been continuously improved for thousands of years and has been tested for a long time."
The affairs officer's face was filled with pride: "Guest, our weapons dealers here are. There are various types of bed crossbows for sale. If you are interested, you can take a look. Of course, which one is the best, and of course the one we produce in Asta..."
< br>He talked endlessly about the excellent performance of the weapons produced in his city-state, which made everyone sweat. Has the business habit of the people of Jiaowan been integrated into their nature? Even an administrative official came to promote it.
Because they were new here, everyone did not interrupt the clerk and listened patiently to what he had to say.
"Okay, take me to your cabin to have a look."
The steward finally ended his long speech and asked to take a look inside the cabin.
Quick quickly took him into the cabin.
The clerk looked around and found that except for daily necessities and stored food and other worthless things, there seemed to be no bulk goods that could be sold.
Finally, he found what could be called commodities or suspected commodities - barrels of gunpowder and boxes of cannonballs.
"What are these powders?"
Quick introduced: "A drug used to treat sores, ringworm, insecticides, and to eliminate moisture. You know, when sailing at sea, the cabin The environment inside is very humid, and this is what we prepared ourselves.”
This is not something Quake is making up, gunpowder does have the above-mentioned functions.
The clerk touched his chin: "The quantity is so large, can you use it all yourself? It is undoubtedly confirmed that it is a salable product. This must be taxed according to the type of drug."
" Uh...Okay." The clerk pointed at the cannonballs and asked, "These metal balls?"
Quick explained: "These iron balls are only used for ballast."
The clerk shook his head: "But you can still sell them! Metal is everywhere Popular. "
Although he didn't understand why it was cast into spherical shapes. Wouldn't it be better to make it square? It would be easier to place and carry.
"Ah, talking about this. You can also sell those bronze pipes above. The price of bronze is not cheap."
The clerk slapped his palm, looking like he was almost fooled.
Do you think you can hide it from me by casting bronze into weird shapes and making up a random reason to deal with pirates?
Seeing that Quick still wanted to argue, Ladi hurriedly pulled his sleeve and shook her head to indicate not to conflict with the port officer.
"Okay! Sir, let's pay taxes. Please tell us how much we pay."
Quick compromised. After all, he is unfamiliar with this place, so he should bear with it for a while. Well, now he is no longer the unrestrained pirate leader he used to be.
After paying a customs duty and a port entry and exit management fee, everyone on the Southern was finally allowed to disembark.
After leaving the first mate and 20 people to guard the Southern, Quick led the other 20 people to the dock of Asta Port.
Prosperity! bustling!
In addition to prosperity, it is still prosperity!
This is the first impression of this corner city.
The rubes from the Northwest Bay were immediately shocked.
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 must be precious stones at first glance, or they are fired. red brick.
And the ground in the entire dock area seems to be paved with stone bricks. Even if it rains, there is no need to worry about the road being too muddy to walk on.
In comparison, the houses in the Northwest Bay are low and short, and lack beauty in shape. They are better in towns, but in villages they are not so particular, and they don’t have the money to pay attention to them. Many people The houses they live in are all made of thatch, mud and rocks.
Then there are people. They have never seen so many people gathered in the same place, with different skin colors, different clothes, different decorations, and speaking obviously different styles of languages. The crew of the Southern They never thought that there were so many human beings in the world who were different from them.
Several waiting children were jumping and running around, and Quick had to send someone to hold one of them to prevent them from getting lost.
However, the adult sailors also had their mouths open and couldn't close their mouths, 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’ve never seen the world, it’s so embarrassing to be walking with you.”
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“You’re still talking about me, whose eyes were so wide just now?”
Everyone kept making sounds of exclamation.
The only one in the group who looks normal now is "Mr. Dirac".
(End of this chapter)