Realm of Power

Port of Tiha, Nord South,

The sun at noon was very strong, and it didn't seem like it was in autumn. The sun shone on the sea water quite warmly. Between the merchant ships, there were some crew members and sailors taking advantage of the short stay to take a comfortable bath.

The surging waves and the laughter of people bring vitality to the newly restored Tihar Port. The unique sea water salinity of the Nord Sea is already relatively low. This is especially true near the shore.

The backflow that pours in from the open sea brings a large amount of fishery resources to the Nord Sea every year. The stirring schools of fish are like a white light source rising and falling on the ocean surface. Now is the peak season for merchant ships to berth.

The more than sixty berths built in the Port of Tihar are all filled with merchant ships from Vikia and Salander, and all are hoisted with the blue falcon flag of the Falcon Dynasty.

.These merchant ships have a maximum displacement of over 500 tons and a five-story towering warehouse that looks like a floating city on the sea. The smallest ones are more than 50 tons. They are mixed in among those behemoths. They seem to be silent cats and dogs. , there was no chance to say anything.

Each ship is loaded with heavy cargo. The waterline of some merchant ships is almost close to the ship's side, and gentle waves can submerge the edge of the deck.

"Crash" The heavy hull will follow the waves, creating layers of white water. A medium-sized merchant ship with a displacement of about 200 tons slowly docked at the 46th port of Tiha Port. berth number,

The sails of this merchant ship were painted with very strange symbols, and a nondescript shield parapet was erected on the side of the ship. It was said to be a merchant ship but also had the feeling of a war ship. The docked hull rubbed against the stones of the pier, making a burst of noise. The squeaking sound of squeezing,

"Pa". A thick cable was thrown from the ship. Several sailors quickly slid along the cable to the pier and then used the cable to secure the merchant ship firmly. The gangplank was lowered from the middle.

The merchant shipowner above jumped down exhausted and hurriedly prepared to negotiate prices with the wholesalers at the dock.

An experienced wholesaler only needs to take a look and know that it must have come from the Salander area. This kind of exotic merchant ship is obviously a Normandy merchant from southern Salander.

There were wholesalers waiting there for a long time on the pier, promoting business. When they saw the merchant ship owner disembarking, they immediately walked up.

"Anguilla. The price you give this time must be more reasonable." The young merchant ship owner greeted in a strange and awkward spoken language. Although the accent was slightly different, it did not affect the communication between the two parties.

This boat owner is probably only in his twenties, and he shows very white teeth when he speaks. It may be because he has been running around at sea for many years, so the young man is a little tanned, but this level of tanning is different from those of those who are young. Sailors who live at sea all year round are different. The keen-eyed wholesaler can naturally tell at a glance that this is definitely a small business owner who has become a monk in the process. He may have been in the shipping business for less than two years.

"Ten thousand gold coins, that's very generous. I haven't sold all the things you shipped last time."

A wholesaler insisted on his price with an expressionless face. His expression made the young ship owner feel that even if there was thunder and lightning, he would never add a gold coin. His face was kind and his heart was evil. This is the best portrayal of this kind of businessman.

"So few?"

Another older merchant ship owner frowned and said. He looked to be in his thirties, and his skin was all darkened by the sea breeze and the sun.

The wholesale merchant knew that his name was Pokhara. He was not a Norman, but came from the far south of the continent of Obarro. It is said that the temperature there is very hot and most people are like this black man named Pokhara. The dark ones can only see two eyes. Even the Obaro people call them Mos Alonso, which means black.

, the sea water dripped on his body, without even a chance to stay, and his smooth skin was removed to the ground in a moment. However, he did have some very eye-catching white hair, which stood out against the dark color of his body. He looked particularly eye-catching. These come from Merchants from other continents have only recently traveled across the vast ocean with the Normans. Items from other continents can always be sold for a high price, even if it is a very ordinary item, after a voyage of more than 2 months In the future, he will become worth ten times more.

"Pokhara, you don't know it's hard to do business now," a wholesaler said with a sigh, without even mentioning the price.

"But last time I came here, I said I could sell it for 12,000 gold coins." The young merchant ship owner was a little anxious. If they sold it for 10,000 gold coins, then what they could earn from this trip would be very little. If Taking into account the wages of the sailors on the ship, they may even lose money. There is nothing worse than this extra cost.

"Business has been difficult these two months. The Nords have imposed heavy taxes on goods." The wholesale merchant also complained. "The price of all our goods shipped to the Dorok Mountains has been doubled. You will also say that it was last time." Something has happened... Look, the number of merchant ships on the pier has been reduced by at least half." The wholesaler pointed at the surrounding merchant ships with an ugly face and said.

"this"

The two pitiful out-of-town merchant ship owners looked around. Indeed, the number of merchant ships moored at the nearby wharf was much less. The wharf that was busy last time was one-third empty this time.

The only ones that could still come and go were heavy-duty merchant ships, and many of the small merchant ships they saw last time were gone. Finally, the two pitiful merchant ship owners walked around the entire dock. They found that the prices of wholesale merchants were already the highest.

"How could this happen? Don't those damn Nords do business anymore..." the young merchant ship owner said with emotion, and could only agree to the wholesale merchants' request.

When the porter started to move the goods, he stood on the high mast and looked at the empty port around him in a daze. The scene of arriving at this port for the first time flashed in his mind.

What a wonderful port, he sighed in his heart. Even in the continent of Oubaluo, such a port can be described as prosperous. The port is always full of merchant ships of all sizes, and each merchant ship is full of goods. , the dock porters are as busy as ants, and it looks very prosperous, but now

"By the way, Anguilla, do you still remember the thing I asked you to bring?" Bokara, a black man who was inspecting the hull next to him, straightened up and looked at the fish on the sea level in the distance. He suddenly thought of something and hesitantly asked Anguilla reminded, "Basically I didn't earn anything from this transaction. Maybe that thing is really useful."

"You mean this?" The young merchant ship owner took out a heraldic ring of a spreading falcon from his arms. He looked at the sun carefully for a while. This ring was too ordinary. It had no ordinary features at all. He He said to himself, "Well, no one can tell for sure, so why not find someone to ask" (To be continued)