Chapter 196 Ocean Trade
The next day, Lawrence went to walk the dog in the morning and saw Emma walking in while eating at noon.
Emma brought in a straw basket and placed it on the ground, and the Shepherdess and Bull went to help.
"Master, I'm back, bringing strawberries, black berries, and good news!"
Lawrence is not surprised about strawberry berries. This season, only strawberries and some berries on the ground are ripe.
The oranges and apples in Talim Mountain were ripened by Kharan. Because of Kharan's modifications, the growth order of plants in this area was disordered.
"What's the good news?" Lawrence smiled and said, "Let me guess, did you meet Red Beard and Andrew's people?"
Emma nodded excitedly, "Yes, Master, it was Red Beard who brought the people over. But Andrew didn't come over."
Lawrence said to Sariel: "The last time Andrew separated from us, we were prepared to not see each other for a long time. He might not want to see each other again, so he didn't come."
Sariel Showing an understanding expression, "I don't understand his thoughts, but since he wants to do this so much, I have slowly accepted it in the past two years." Now
life in the manor is getting better and better, and tonight You can take a hot bath and eat and drink every day without any problem.
If she continues to live the same monotonous life as before, Salil may still understand Andrew's thoughts.
It's no longer possible. Now Salil finds it really hard to understand that she should go out to be a pirate instead of enjoying a comfortable life, and not create a bright future.
Lawrence said nothing more on the topic of Andrew.
"Emma, has Redbeard come?"
Emma replied: "No, their people are guarding the ship. Redbeard is not in good spirits. This time he brought five people who were cursed by Poseidon. He asked me Come to see you, I hope you can save those people."
Lawrence looked at Salil, "Salil and Delen are with me, as well as Reglo and Seravan, Kharan and Sophia looking after the house."
Kehalan and Sophia nodded in agreement, and Delen stood up and went upstairs, "I'll get the weapon."
"I'll help you!" Sophia quickly followed to help.
Salil stood up and said, "Etty collected a basket of oranges this morning. Can we take them with us later?"
Lawrence finally made a decision after a brief thought.
"Bring it with you. Although selling orange peels is more profitable, in terms of effect, oranges are better." "You can't
hide this kind of thing anyway."
The most important thing is that I forgot to process the orange peels. I am always busy these days. This and that, I always feel like I have enough time for this kind of thing. Now that Redbeard has arrived, it is not enough to peel the oranges again.
Salil asked again: "Do you want to bring a few decks of cards?"
Lawrence was reminded by Salil, "Bring it, and bring two baskets of gray bread. I think Red Beard probably wants to supplement it in Dumu Village. Food and water."
"Okay!"
Soon everyone loaded the needed supplies on the backs of the sheep, and ten people took twenty sheep to the foot of the mountain. They called Friesen, the blacksmith and others to go to Dumu Village together.
When they arrived at the beach in the evening, Red Beard was sitting on a log grilling fish. They lit two piles of fire on the beach, and Red Beard had only one.
Lawrence walked over and said, "Is the patient okay?"
Red Beard was a little surprised. "He ate some food and then fell asleep on the beach. Sit down and talk."
Lawrence walked over to Red Beard and sat down. Salil and De Lun went to take the food and fruits off the sheep's back.
"I brought fresh fruits. Take some with you when you leave. Try to eat them sparingly, but you must eat them all before they spoil. This will protect you from being cursed when you sleep on the ship." The red-bearded leader
said With a disdainful smile, he looked at the baked herring in his hand, "I don't believe this."
Lawrence said, "
It's enough for your men to believe it." Redbeard admitted that Lawrence was right, and those people did believe this.
"I will accept your things. This time I have no slaves or anything else to give you. I can only give you a boat's worth of herrings." Lawrence looked at the
seaside, knowing that what Redbeard said was a boat's worth of herrings. A pirate longship with a much larger canoe.
"Okay, what I gave you isn't anything valuable."
Redbeard thought for a while and added: "There is still a lot of salt on the ship. I originally planned to trade with people from several small islands in the west, but they are not short of salt. "
Salt has been a high-profit commodity in many eras, but it is something that everyone can afford, mainly because of its low cost and small profits but quick turnover, which can make a lot of money.
There is actually no money to be made from smuggling sea salt, and businessmen prefer a high-profit business.
Lawrence said: "I brought twenty decks of playing cards." Redbeard smiled, "We can make that kind of thing ourselves, and we sold a lot to people at the port and made a lot of money." Lawrence
asked : "Have you seen Doug last winter? He was probably killed by Avari, and then I avenged him and killed Avari."
Redbeard looked at Lawrence in surprise, "I didn't expect you to do this. Something like that."
Lawrence continued to ask: "Did you go to the royal capital last year?"
Redbeard looked at the sea, "We met at the tavern, and then the king announced that he would not rob the southern kingdom this year, so we separated."
Lawrence was very surprised . Surprisingly, I thought these people were going to attack the Eastern Islands.
"Didn't you attack the Eastern Islands?"
Red Beard sneered: "Go there to die? You must not know that the road to the Eastern Islands is ruled by the Sea Tribe. If we gather a large number of ships to go there, we will sink. If only a few ships If we go to the Eastern Kingdom to plunder, it will definitely be us who die."
Lawrence looked for Sariel's location and saw that Sariel was busy with things in the distance and didn't pay attention here, so he asked in a low voice: "Does Andrew want to go to the Eastern Islands? "
Red Beard smiled and said: "No, he is waiting for an opportunity."
"What opportunity?" Lawrence didn't know what his father-in-law was thinking. After all, he was not the same kind of person.
Redbeard explained: "Waiting for the opportunity to be summoned by the king, whether in the east or west, there are many powerful creatures making trouble. Only the truly strong can destroy them!" "Although Andrew is with me now,
but I believe it won't take long for him to challenge the sea monster."
Lawrence asked: "How long will it take?"
"When he is ready, it will probably take a few years." Red Beard smiled: "He needs a handful We haven't found any sharp weapons yet."
Redbeard looked at Lawrence, "I have left Valkyrie and established my territory in the west. You can come and help me."
Lawrence smiled and said, "I have also established one. In my territory, there are almost more than two hundred people in my territory now, including Pumi Xiu and many slaves."
Redbeard had already noticed that the blacksmith, Friesen and others did not sit down with Lawrence, but went to look elsewhere after Lawrence sat down.
"It seems that after Doug died, you took over these things. I thought it would be Vip or Kate."
Lawrence explained: "Both of them died in accidents. Doug hid all the food here in the winter. No. He was willing to share it with the rest of the people, but the food reserves of those in the town were robbed by Avari and Doug, causing many people to cause a lot of trouble." "That's it...
" Red Beard understood everything.
Lawrence had no intention of continuing to chat, so he got up and went to check on the patient.
Although it has no therapeutic power, it can at least bring some hope and some stomach-warming food to these people.
In addition to oranges, Lawrence provided the men with gray bread mixed with soil and sawdust.
These breads can prevent them from having smooth bowel movements and are equivalent to weakened Guanyin soil, which can alleviate the diarrhea problem caused by eating raw seafood to a certain extent.
After paying for food and fruit, Lawrence received more than two tons of herring and other fish, as well as crabs, cod, catfish, squid and other marine life.
A large amount of fish catch requires sufficient manpower to be converted into food in time, otherwise it will become smelly and impossible to eat.
With the help of the Pumixiu people, Lawrence brought back a thousand kilograms of fish meat, and distributed the rest to the Pumixiu people to handle slowly.
This transaction shows that Red Beard does not pay attention to this aspect.
However, Lawrence did not dislike Red Beard. It was just that he did not make much this time, but it was not that he had nothing to earn.
The food given here is also not good, just endless fruits and two baskets of bread made of half a basket of wheat.
Lawrence was somewhat greedy for the rich marine resources nearby. In this era, it was easy to catch a large number of fish, crabs and squid, and he did not need to go too far to the sea to catch many, many fish.
There are not only fish in the ocean, but also many rich resources.
It's a pity that the Pumixiu people don't want to live by the sea, otherwise they would have a point to obtain marine resources.
With Salil's weather forecast, the biggest risk problem in ocean fishing can be easily solved. Not to mention two hundred people, even two thousand people can be fed!
"Brick, don't your people want to live in a warm place? If they are willing to become my people, I will allow them to live here in Dumu Village." Lawrence focused on the Snow Cave
people.
Brick showed a scared look, "That way...the Valkyries...will kill us..."
Lawrence nodded, "Yes, the Valkyries..."
(End of Chapter)