Chapter 305 I won. I can start counting from whichever year I want
Maybe it was the good luck brought by Saint Sith. Ever since the "Grace" warship arrived in the waters near Deadwood Port, the dock here has never been quiet again.
Merchant ships that were driven away by the big storm discovered this strange continent one after another.
And they just cruised around the coastal area for a while, or asked the fishing Tide Tribe lizard people for directions, and then found this port on the northern coast.
This port, just like its name, looks like a piece of rotten wood lying on the beach. From the pier to the buildings in the port, every place is covered with scrawls.
But even so, for those ships that have just escaped from the whirlpool of the vast ocean, this can be regarded as a "sacred place" given to them by Saint Sith to rest.
In this way, ships dragging broken sails and twisted masts staggered into the harbor in the gray morning fog, like ghosts returning home.
Some of them only had half of the hull left, and some could not even hang the flag, but they still struggled tenaciously on the waves, relying on the last bit of power and the will of the sailors to slip into the harbor with only a few wooden piles inserted as piers.
Baron Teach stood on the wooden box in the port, with his hands on his hips, his cloak flapping in the wind, and a warm smile on his face.
"Welcome to Deadwood Harbor! I am the baron here, the honorable Prince Roxsay Colin!"
Facing the panting sailors lying on the beach, he kindly opened his arms and continued with a smile.
…"...No matter where you come from or where you go, whether you are poor or rich, as long as you still have your hands, you will have food to eat and a place to live here."
He did not break his promise.
As long as they are willing to work, whether it is building bridges and paving roads, transporting goods, or logging in the forest, Captain Keidson, as the biggest "foreman" under Baron Teach, will personally arrange tasks for them, as well as work sheds and hot porridge... to ensure that everyone has endless work to do.
And those who are unwilling to work, they will not drive them away, but can pay silver coins for food and accommodation.
If you don’t have money, you can use goods to pay for it.
But if you use goods to offset it, it will definitely be like "selling textile products for pure wool price" or "selling rum for sugar cane price".
Actually, this is nothing.
The small Deadwood Port could not handle such a huge amount of goods, let alone have a treasury with unlimited purchasing power. They were thankful that Baron Teach was willing to accept their things.
After all, if this noble master does not accept it, these goods may end up being cheap fish and shrimp in the sea, and they will not be able to get back even a copper coin.
The only thing that makes all the captains criticize is that the prices for food and accommodation here are outrageously high!
And no credit allowed!
“This price is enough to stay in the largest hotel in the Holy City for a week!” Looking at the price written on the wooden sign, a man wearing a captain’s hat couldn’t help but muttered.
"Then why don't you come here to the Holy City?" Rolling his eyes at this idiot's question, Keidson scrolled down the list, "Next one."
The man who looked like a captain gritted his teeth, and finally put the silver coins in his hand that were still warm into the hat on the counter, took the key from Kedson's hand and left.
On the shoal not far away, looking at the rows of damaged sailboats lying across the water, Teach quickly sensed a business opportunity again.
He put up a signboard in the most conspicuous position of the port, which read "Port Ship Repair Shop".
To repair a ship with a broken mast, the price starts at 500 silver coins, and to repair a steam boiler, you have to add 0.
This is undoubtedly a rip-off!
But the captains had no choice but to accept it.
After all, the nearest port is far away from here, so it may not be possible for them to repair it.
A storm of that scale would not only affect the ships floating on the sea. It is hard to say how many complete ports would be left on the eastern coast of the New World...
In this way, Teach relied on the ship repair business to cut off the merchant ships that docked.
As for the jobs he received, he used the crystal ball given to him by His Majesty the Demon King to send them to the "Engineers of the Gutav United Kingdom".
Those agility lizard men are very useful. They can often repair a paralyzed engine in three strokes, five divisions and two, and it is even better than before the accident!
Because of their excellent skills, many captains suffered from the pain, but in the end they tolerated it because they could just repair the ship and make a profit from selling the tickets.
Later, Teach learned from a captain who was about to leave that the price he set was actually not an exaggeration. The prices for colonies in the New World were basically the same.
Furthermore, the skills of the engineers there were still poor, and after repairs were completed, there were all kinds of problems. They had to make do with it and drive it back to the mainland of the empire and have to repair it again.
Tiqi, who realized that he had been deceived, was silent for a long time, and finally just sighed.
These gang of profiteers!
No wonder I’m going bankrupt!
A week passed like this. Keidson flipped through the account book and looked at the rows of astonishing figures. He was stunned.
"One week...we actually made a net profit of one hundred thousand silver coins?"
He stared at the number in a daze, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
This amount of money is enough to order a brand new medium-sized cargo sailing ship from the Royal Dockyard with a cargo capacity of 250 tons!
If you buy a second-hand one, you can also buy a larger one with a steam boiler!
"It's too normal," Teach whistled, and recently stopped showing off as a noble in front of him, jokingly said, "After all, it's a business without capital."
Hiring those lizardmen doesn't cost anything.
Just like when he opened a tavern on the beach, he only needs to pay them something called Hades Coin.
Captain Keidson closed the account after checking it and handed it to Teach's hand with emotion on his face.
"I worked my ass off on the vast ocean, without eating or drinking for a hundred years, and I may not be able to save this amount of money... Being with you is really an eye-opener for me."
Tiqi said with a smile.
"Isn't that inevitable? That thing is not for you to buy at all. If you can afford it, you won't sell it at this price."
"You are really a devil!" Captain Cadson couldn't help but cursed.
Teach picked his ears with his little finger.
"What did you say? I didn't hear it clearly."
Kedson's expression froze and he quickly changed his words.
“I mean, you are simply a divine messenger sent to the mortal world by Saint Sith to save us who are suffering from drowning.”
This is right!
Although not at all.
With an approving smile on his face, Teach patted Keidson's shoulder with the hand that had just removed earwax, shook the account book in his hand and said.
"I'm glad you think so... Anyway, I'll leave this to you. If an accident happens, you know how to find me."
"Oh, by the way, don't forget that you have a share of this money, so work hard."
After saying that, he ordered his lifeless soldiers to carry the box full of silver coins onto the trailer, then he got on his horse and walked towards the castle in the nearby hills.
By the way——
This purebred plateau horse was also obtained at a low price from an unlucky merchant guild to pay off his debt. It is said that one horse can be sold for tens of thousands of silver in the New World.
Kedson nodded respectfully and watched this majestic nobleman leave.
For nothing else, just because of the phrase "you have a share", this respected baron is worthy of the title of "God's Envoy".
At least in his heart.
In addition, the sailors of the Sky Traveler are not clamoring to leave these days.
Since Captain Keidson became the steward of Baron Teach and the "actual governor" of Deadwood Port, their status also rose with the tide. Although they were still working, the work was much easier than before. Each of them became a foreman and was assigned a separate wooden house... although they originally built it themselves.
But these are not the main point. The main point is that those who landed at Deadwood Port were not only the distressed sailors, but also immigrants from the Old World.
There are many young girls who are in shock, or the lady who has just lost her beloved needs a shoulder. In this isolated and helpless environment, these sailors of the Traveler, who have a good income and a house, have actually become geoducks - oh no, they are meat and potatoes.
It is the single-plank bridge effect.
Normally, no girl from a good family would set her sights on these men who live in no fixed place all day long and feed the fishes without knowing when.
Even most of them themselves were poor people who could not survive in the Old World, so they boarded the ship to the New World.
This group of rough guys had never seen this battle before, and they fell in minutes.
Some people have already proposed to Captain Keldson that they plan to settle in Deadwood Harbor so that he can leave without taking him with him.
Henceforth, they are Canaites.
Just when Kedelson was directing the foremen to distribute a new batch of grain quotas, a homing pigeon with white feathers and silver magic patterns on its ankles suddenly landed quietly on the window sill of the "Governor's Office".
It was not afraid of people either, and barked at Kedson.
Kedson had no time to respond and waved his hand impatiently, trying to drive it away.
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Kedson then realized that something was wrong with this silly bird, and quickly picked it up from the window sill, and soon discovered the letter tube tied to its leg.
He took off the letter tube, carefully untied it, and quickly took out the letter paper stuffed inside.
I saw that the wrinkled letter paper was slightly moist, and the signature was branded with a golden military emblem - a scepter and a sword crossed on the steeple of the castle.
"...St. Ilburg? General Hamelton?"
He opened the letter and only read two lines, then he stood blankly on the spot.
【His Royal Highness Prince Roxsay Colin:
I, Hamelton Joseph, on behalf of the vast ocean fleet of the Ossian Empire, would like to extend my most sincere gratitude to you and Baron Tich Kosia of Deadwood Port!
Thanks to the grace granted to you by your port, the soldiers and sailors of St. Ilburg were able to safely repair and return home.
In order to thank you for extending a helping hand to our army in times of crisis, I will set off in seven days and come to express my gratitude in person!
I hope you don't mind my interruption.
————Hamlton Joseph.
General Hamelton!
Commander of the landing battle in Porto Saldo!
The legendary general who was awarded the title of "Imperial Griffin" by the Imperial Regent!
He wants to come in person? ! Come here? Come to this shitty place? !
Captain Keidson's breathing quickened for a moment, and his face glowed rosy, as if he had seen an idol in a newspaper.
"Hey! I leave this to you, I have something to do and I have to leave!"
After saying these words, Keidson didn't stay for half a second. Holding the letter tightly in his hand, he rushed out of the door almost at a galloping speed, rushed all the way up the hills, and came to the stone wall outside the rock fortress.
Two lifeless imperial sentries stood on the stone wall. They just glanced at him coldly and continued to serve as their statues.
Kedson didn’t care at all, standing under the fortress, shouting at the top of his voice:
"Dear Mr. Kosia!! Good news!!!"
The wind blew his cloak around, and his sweat-wet forehead stuck to his forehead. He was so excited that he couldn't even take a breath, waving the letter in his hand and shouting.
"A personal letter from General Hamelton!! He said he was coming to Deadwood Port——"
"The Empire, finally noticed us!!!"
In the camp in the center of the stone wall, the smell of rice was strong.
A pot of thick soup made with dried meat, potatoes and sauerkraut was bubbling and bubbling. As soon as Teach tore off a piece of bread, he heard Kedson screaming outside the gate.
He almost choked on his own spit, quickly put down the bowl, wiped his mouth carelessly, and hurried towards the city gate.
"Letter! Give it to me!"
The door opened, and he held out his hand with a pretense of calmness.
Kedson did not see the unnatural panic on his face and excitedly held up the letter.
"Sir! General Hamelton——"
"Okay, I understand!" Teach interrupted him quickly and said impatiently, "I will handle this matter. You go back and continue to do your work. Don't bother me if nothing happens."
Kedson was stunned for a moment, feeling that Mr. Teach was not in high spirits?
What else did he want to say, but Tiqi turned around without any explanation, waved his hand, and signaled the soldiers standing by the city gate to close the door.
The door is closed!
The smile disappeared instantly.
Tiqi frowned, as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and hurried towards the depths of the camp while opening the letter.
On the other side of the camp, Lumir was sitting by the campfire, looking calmly through a magic book filled with obscure spells without even raising his head.
He obviously heard the sounds outside the stone wall, but this guy actually still had time to learn magic!
"Lumir." Teach walked up to him patiently and whispered, "We are in trouble!"
"Huh?" Lumir responded casually, but did not take his eyes away from the book, as if he didn't care at all about the trouble in his mouth.
"General Hamelton is coming!" Looking at this unconscious guy, Teach thrust the letter in front of him and said through gritted teeth, "Do you know who that is? The commander-in-chief of the eastern coast! A ruthless man who has been fighting hell for more than ten years! He wants to see Roxey Colin!"
Lumir finally closed the book, looked up at him, and said calmly.
"So what?"
Tich's eyes widened and he said in an excited tone.
"So what? Did you hear what I said?! He has seen more demons than you and I combined. What if he finds out that we are the servants of the Demon King?!"
He is still confident in deceiving ordinary sailors. After all, he has seen more nobles than these country bumpkins.
But when you meet a ruthless character like Hamelton...
I am afraid that the hidden secrets in my heart will be exposed in a second.
"Even the sailors who have been living with us at the port for several months didn't notice anything." Lumil stood up slowly, patted the dust on the corner of his robe, looked at him and said, "Why do you think an imperial general can see through me in just one meal? They? "
"But, the problem is that he wants to see Prince Colin! Where can we find that guy?" Tiqi gritted his teeth in a low voice and said quickly, "Let me just say it, you made that guy up, right?! Just lie to those people outside, don't lie to yourself!"
He has been here for so long and has not even seen the shadow of Colin. Although no one had told him about this, he knew with his ass that it was just a cover!
Roxey Colin?
There is no such person in this place!
Looking at Tiqi who was about to smoke in a hurry, Lumil was stunned for a moment and looked at him with a strange expression.
"Didn't I say that?"
"Prince Colin is our Demon King."
The air was quiet for a long time, leaving only the crackle of the bonfire.
Ti Qi stayed in place for a long time, until a spark flew to the tip of his nose, waking him up from his sluggish state.
Roxsay Colin is His Majesty the Demon King...
“Huh?!”
…
In the distance, the Sun Staircase Mountains are shrouded in night, and the cold wind passes between the cliffs, picking up the dry gravel and the smell of wormwood.
A figure wrapped in a jet black cloak stood on a protruding rock, with a pair of amber vertical pupils taking in the busy coastline.
Since the Demon King left here, Sarah came here almost every night to watch for a while, and did not return to her station in the mountains until late at night.
"Damn... these hairless monkeys! Arrogant insects! How dare... to set foot on my territory with such arrogance! It's... it's such a shame and humiliation!"
A little female dragon, whose wings have not yet grown into hard wings and whose teeth have not yet fully grown, squats in Sarah's arms and angrily bites the edge of Sarah's cloak.
Sarah glanced at the restless young dragon and then looked away from her, with an indifferent expression as if she was too lazy to respond.
At this moment, a gentle voice suddenly floated over from the shadow of the rock wall not far away.
"Oh? Then...who did this land belong to before a certain insect set foot on this land?"
The cat ears on top of her head moved slightly, and Sarah quickly turned around, her indifferent expression melting with surprise.
「Lord Demon King!」
She knelt down on one knee and bowed her head respectfully. Because she moved too quickly, Tuff, who was squatting in her arms, was knocked out without being able to sit firmly.
"Ouch——"
The baby dragon, which rolled twice on the ground, let out a short mournful cry, rubbed its sore butt, shook its body, and stood up from the ground without temper.
Luo Yan looked at the little guy and nodded with satisfaction.
It seems that the potions recorded in ancient books are of some use.
He asked Sarah to make the medicine according to the recipe he gave, mix it with meat and feed it to this guy every day. In just half a month, she actually gained more than three kilograms.
If this trend continues, maybe you can ride it in two years.
Feeling frightened by Luo Yan's eyes, Tafu didn't know what he was thinking. She thought he was worried about what she had said before, so she swallowed and said nervously.
"You, why are you so small-minded... I said those people, not you. And, and... humans ruled this land more than a thousand years ago, what are you doing counting so long ago."
Before she invented the lizard people, of course the people living here were humans.
Although she also thought about ignoring the matter, she was helpless because she had already written it in the log of the spacecraft, and this guy happened to be able to understand "Dragon Language".
Taph felt regretful when she thought of this.
I wouldn’t have written it if I had known it earlier!
Looking at Tafu, who had evasive eyes and lacked confidence, Luo Yan shrugged his shoulders and said in a calm tone.
"I won, and I can start counting from whichever year I want... You should be happy that I actually don't care about your past at all, otherwise I could have made the truth public, and then nailed the name "Gutav" to the pillar of shame in history."
But that would do him no good at all, and the shattered hope would not be passed on to him because of Gutav's "death".
The lizard people of Janna continent will completely move towards nihilism.
It is better to let Him stay on the throne of God like a kind-hearted elder.
"You guy..." Taph held her breath and clenched her little claws, but finally she lowered her wings and surrendered.
This vicious human has signed a contract with her to be a demon master and slave. With her current growth rate, she may have to wait until a hundred years before she wants to fall out with him.
One who knows the current affairs is a hero——
She chose to give up.
Luo Yan did not continue to talk to this brat, but looked at Sarah who was kneeling on one knee, and said in a gentle tone.
"Get up...Did Arakdo work seriously during my absence?"
The cat ears on the top of her head moved slightly, Sarah stood up obediently, and reported with a meticulous look.
"According to your instructions, Arakdo and his people dug a labyrinth with a building area of about one thousand square meters under the Sun Step Mountains... Counting the natural caves connected in series, the labyrinth is already quite large!"
"This maze is modeled on the design of the Thunder County maze. The shallow area is equipped with rockfall traps, maze tunnels, poisonous mist traps and drainage culverts!"
"The current entrance is located in the mountain stream at the south foot, using the terrain to form a natural cover. Unless detection magic is used, it is difficult to detect."
Luo Yan nodded with satisfaction.
"Not bad."
Sarah, who received the compliment, scratched her cheek with her index finger and said sheepishly.
"I actually didn't do much... It's mainly Arakedo's contribution."
"You can't say that, you also have your value. There was no big trouble during my absence, and this credit belongs to you." Luo Yan nodded with a smile and continued in a gentle tone, "As for Araketo, I will praise him later."
Speaking of which, since becoming friends with Mrs. Arachinos, this burrowing spider has become more and more skilled at digging holes.
It is indeed worthy of praise!
Sarah glanced at Luo Yan quietly and whispered.
since her in her in her in her in in them in in them in in in on the in on the meaning of the maze.
In her understanding, the maze in Thunder County was set up by Hell to resist the invasion of the underground world by human adventurers.
But here, the only threat seems to come from the sea?
Isn’t the best option to fight with the Lizardmen against the Empire’s colonists?
Not surprised by Sarah's confusion, Luo Yan did not answer the question directly. He just turned his gaze to the brightly lit coastline in the distance and smiled faintly.
"You will find out soon enough."
(End of this chapter)