Chapter 160: An Interview from Xiahui

Zhuguli: Where do you get so much time to play games?

You'eryuan to Zhuguli: Don't you know that you can rest when you're on a ship?

Zhuguli: So that's why you're slacking off whenever you're on lookout duty on the mast!!! I'm going to tell Bulutuo!!!

Chen Zhi opened the players' posts immediately; he had no way to monitor the situation in Port City, so he could only understand it through this method.

According to the players, more than three hundred ships enter and leave Port City every day, and more than half of them are heading to other countries.

Although relations with the barbarians are not very good, the Federal still has a large number of countries with which it has established diplomatic relations.

Therefore, on the ocean, as long as it is a place the Wealth Church can reach, there will be fleets present.

In other words, Chen Zhi had originally thought that maritime trade was not prosperous, which was why the Wealth Church had abandoned the port.

He hadn't expected that the port was actually a hot commodity; it was just that because it was too slow, and it would involve the Storm Church, the Wealth Church had abandoned it.

It ended up being a bargain for these little players.

Besides the Steam Engine currently being built, the players are mostly repairing those damaged ships that were dragged over.

Bob's Cement Ship eventually dragged over ten damaged ships; in the eyes of the players, the problems with these ships were mostly minor, mainly internal damage or issues on the deck.

As long as the ship as a whole wasn't leaking too much, repairing them was just a matter of time.

The new players had basically finished their initial newbie quests, and the Spiritual Material around Tana City was not that easy to obtain, so coming over to repair ships was a good job.

It wasn't just players; some workers from the Factory District also took a liking to this place, and there were more than three hundred people busy at the entire repair site.

The daily wage for repairing ships is 50 Tana; the players not only receive monetary rewards but can also get these ships into operation as soon as possible.

These ships were all invested in by the players; selling Red-tailed Dragonfly had made them a fortune, and every player here had shares in the port.

So they worked extra hard.

"Hurry up and move the nails to the truck; it's not like I'm complaining, but we should probably buy one of these Alchemy Carriages too." Amao complained while watching the boxes of nails being moved off the carriage one by one, and said to Agou, "I always feel that our honest way of transporting things is unreliable. Look at this kind of Alchemy Carriage; the Wealth Church's Train must have the same structure. With the same transport capacity, it would carry quite a bit more stuff than we do."

"But it's expensive. Unless its price can compare to a ship, the nobles will definitely choose us." Agou threw a box of nails to Amao. "Hurry up; the newly ordered Paint is arriving soon, but it's not being transported via the Wealth Church, so we have to go and meet it."

The entire wharf was bustling like a huge construction site.

Some players were repairing the wharf, while others were repairing ships.

Amao continued to complain, "I don't understand why we have to use nails; aren't mortise and tenon structures better?"

"Where would we get so much timber? Besides, these ships can only be repaired; taking them apart and rebuilding them is too big of a project, and we aren't professionals." Agou continued.

It was clear that he still felt ashamed about his last death.

"Anyway, if only we could learn those alchemy techniques; I don't know how one could learn them." Amao continued to say enviously, completely unaffected by Agou. "How about we go to the Royal Capital and see? Maybe we could really learn some amazing technology."

"Hmm, you have a point, but I'd rather go to other places to see." Agou finally returned to normal. "I mean, not too far away. Think about it: if you die very far from Tana City, you have to respawn back in Tana City, and then if you want to go back, you'd have to travel a long way..."

Amao looked at Agou with some sympathy. "We could also choose not to do such dangerous things."

Agou shook his head helplessly. "You don't understand; sometimes it's not that you think it's not dangerous, so it's really not dangerous at all."

He looked like a veteran, his face full of kindness.

"You two, hurry over and give us a hand; Ship 3 is short on nails." Lu Keke, who was in charge of scheduling, urged the two. "You guys are too slow; even the NPCs are faster than you."

A group of NPCs didn't know if they were being talked about, but they ran fast holding boxes, afraid of falling behind.

Amao and Agou had no choice but to chase after them.

It had to be said that the players' production output was a bit too astonishing.

Originally, it was unlikely for a Wooden Sailing Ship to have so many nails, as the price of Steel products was very expensive, but because of these little players, the price of nails in Tana City had already dropped by one-fifth.

Because of this, the Wealth Church was also buying large quantities of iron products produced by players to sell directly to other places.

Utensils like the Iron Pot produced by players had already been sold at high prices by people from the Wealth Church, so some of the Wealth Church members were still somewhat wary of these Xiahui People.

Sarana listened to the reports from her subordinates and shook her head. "There have been more and more similar reports lately; what you should be considering is how to open up the market, not how to suppress it. You can no longer look at Tana City using the previous methods; this is no longer an area controlled by the Wealth Church."

It must be said that one still has to look at people from the Royal Capital; Sarana's vision was far greater than these guys who were born and raised in Tana City.

Standing in the corner, Yun Xiao said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "I have already negotiated a batch of transport supplies, and the wharf side is also willing to provide convenience for long-term transport fleets; docking fees can be paid on a quarterly basis, and we can also have a dedicated port."

Players were still very good at doing business; the big shots on the forum had long ago proposed various plans.

Now the nobles of Tana City all felt that the Tana City port was their own private port; because the quarterly payment system was implemented, even if they hadn't seen those ships coming and going, they had long regarded this port as a part of themselves.

Even the newspapers in Tana City were full of pride when mentioning the port, as if this port did not belong to any private individual.

The chambers of commerce in the city also began to become active; the supplies transported by Train originally all needed to be transported to Port City as the last stop, where they would rent relatively expensive warehouses, and then transport them to other countries.

Or goods imported from Port City had to be transported entirely by Train.

Even the Wealth Church sometimes felt a headache because of the expensive warehouse environment in Port City.

After all, Port City did not belong to the Wealth Church, but to the Storm Church.

Every time a hurricane struck, the Believer of the storm would forcibly collect protection money, making some chamber of commerce members feel miserable.

If the goods could be placed in Tana City, the warehouse costs would be saved quite a bit, and they could also directly use large Ship to transport supplies.

The disadvantage was that in terms of time, it would be relatively longer, and Port City might even charge customs fees.

However, Port City would not charge them now; after all, they still hoped that these Xiahui People would buy more ships and needed the various supplies provided by Tana City.

After all, Port City itself could not produce Grain and supplies; even for seafood, the catch volume in Port City was not high. Most of the crew members here came today and left tomorrow, and the entire Port City did not have such logically clear rules.

They probably would never imagine in their lives that the players were already starting to consider making their own Cement Ship and Steel ship.

However, they didn't notice it, but someone in the Royal Capital did. After receiving Sarana's reply, Feng felt that he understood these Xiahui People less and less.

He had originally thought that these people were just more diligent than ordinary people and were naturally not afraid of death.

Later, he felt that these people were just more reckless and not good at using their brains.

Even later, he felt that these people were simply natural merchants, suitable for doing business...

In short, these people gave him a very different feeling, and if it were just one or two people like this, he would think it might just be their individual personalities; but every person he met was simple and brave, so it must be the problem of these people's growth environment.

It was just a pity that Xiahui was too far away; Feng really didn't know how these people collectively migrated to Tana City.

Looking at the exhausted Luolita, Feng embarrassedly handed the newspaper to her. "Tana City has been quite lively lately; many Xiahui People have started to make a living at the port."

To Feng, this port was, in the end, still Andrew's, and Andrew was a Tana People born and bred.

Perhaps because he was lucky enough to obtain this port, or perhaps because he made good use of these Xiahui People, in any case, Andrew's business was booming.

During this time, the newspapers in Tana City had already conducted three exclusive interviews with Andrew; if it weren't for the fact that he was not a noble, they would probably have put him on the front page.

Of course, Andrew could also choose to purchase a noble status; in the Federal, such things were not considered outrageous, and even the Wealth Church could tailor-make an identity for him.

If he were willing, he could even come to the Royal Capital to hold an investiture Ritual, as long as he paid enough money.

"We will always find suitable work," Luolita replied indifferently. "I hope to return to Tana City as soon as possible. The people here are truly too enthusiastic; it doesn't suit me, and besides... I have yet to complete the work I should have finished for Miss Saina."

"We have already found Lord Evans, but there is a piece of gossip, and I don't know if I should tell you." Feng hesitated, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "I feel you still need to know: Lord Evans Brown and Miss Saina are related by blood; Miss Saina's mother was Mr. Evans's cousin."

To think there was such a thing!

Luolita said in surprise: "But Mr. Evans is Miss Saina's butler."

"That is correct, although both are nobles, and the Brown Family is even more ancient," Feng whispered. "It seems that because Evans did something that brought shame to the family, in any case, he was taken away by his older brother."

To think it even involved family strife?

Luolita frowned; could it be because Evans had awakened?

"I know it is hard to understand, but the Brown Family is one of the ancient families; they possess a very complete heritage. If one is unwilling to accept the heritage, one can only lower one's status. I think Evans probably didn't intend to inherit the family heritage." Mentioning these things, Feng naturally concealed the faith of the Brown Family.

In his view, the faith of the Brown Family belonged to a somewhat terrifying category.

If it weren't for the fact that the Brown Family of every generation followed the will of the King, they would certainly have been classified as cultists.

"Then can he take us back to Tana City?" Luolita asked somewhat naively. "With him there, even if the mission isn't completed, Miss Saina shouldn't have any objections."

"Of course he can. Once you finish today's interview, you can return to Tana City with Miss Saina. Mr. Evans will also accompany you," Feng told Luolita this good news. "If Miss Saina hadn't come to pick you up personally, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to go back so soon; after all, you are still Miss Saina's person."

"That is truly great." Although role-playing was interesting, Luolita had long since grown tired of this kind of role-playing.

These nobles in the Royal Capital, although they were very polite on the surface, were actually only looking for her out of curiosity.

Like a certain Princess, that high-and-mighty manner was truly irritating.

A certain Madam kept emphasizing how precious her plates were.

Everyone wanted to show her how people in high society lived, while simultaneously hoping to see how reckless she was.

Luolita discovered that these NPCs were all too vivid, as if they were real people.

Thinking carefully about how these guys were all system-generated made it feel even more hair-raising.

However, after returning to the real world, she felt everything was ordinary.

"I know you have started to become resistant to these newspaper Reporters; after all, they want to know everything. But today's Reporter is quite friendly; she really wants to understand the life of the Xiahui People in Tana City, because she herself is also a Xiahui Person," Feng said kindly.

Damn it.

Although she had learned some things about the Xiahui People from Anna.

But in reality, the players were still impersonating the identity of the Xiahui People.

So they didn't know much about the real Xiahui.

As they were speaking, the attendant outside the door knocked, and then brought in a young person who looked somewhat dark-skinned.

This young person was very polite and immediately greeted Luolita in the Xiahui language.

Unfortunately, Luolita couldn't understand it at all, so she could only smile kindly and say: "I'm sorry, I... we belong to an ethnic minority of Xiahui, so I don't really understand the language you are speaking."

Fortunately, she reacted immediately and used this method to brush it off.

"You... are actually an ethnic minority? That makes sense; the area of Xiahui itself is very large, no wonder you don't look like the Xiahui People in my impression." The other party looked calm, completely unaware that Luolita was hiding her true self.

(End of this chapter)