Chapter 14 There is a dragon here (4)
"Amy, we need to delay going to sea!"
Ella grabbed Amy's shoulder and said very seriously.
Amy was very surprised: "Delayed going to sea?"
Gotland now has 300 Aztlans. Although they are actually very careful to save money, Ella still complains about their expenses every day and wants to go to Aztlan to make money back immediately. Such Ella would actually propose to delay going to sea, and it is really the sun that has come out from the west.
"I also want to spend less money, but the lives of my soldiers are more important! With our current weapons, it is difficult to deal with the evil dragons on the way! Once a conflict occurs, there will be heavy casualties!"
"Your Majesty, are you... scared?"
The Aztlans said they had never seen a dragon when they came here, but they thought it was just because they left soon. This time Ella was preparing to control the entire continent, and it would have conflicts with the dragon no matter what. If Ella was afraid of the dragon at the beginning, Amy would advise Ella to give up the route. They could also reach Wenland from Iceland-Greenland, and it was much safer. With Ella here, the people in the Pirate Kingdom could not not give the Aztlans a face. Although this would miss the unmanned continent, there was no way to have an evil dragon guarding it there. But Ella had no worries about the dragon at the beginning, and when she was ready to go to sea, she suddenly said this. Amy felt that her Majesty had some nightmare last night.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, we have selected many excellent soldiers this time. The flying zealander has a catapult. In order to deal with the evil dragon, we also installed giant crossbows not long ago. They are all weapons that can siege the city, enough to kill the evil dragon!" Amy comforted, "And we have also recruited a top chef this time, two top fishing experts. The flying zealander also has a lot of cattle and sheep, and has reserved a lot of fruits. We are not afraid of ocean sailing at all!"
"It's not the problem!" cried Ella, "our weapons cannot kill the dragon. I've just tried it!"
Amy looked down upon: "Experience? Your Majesty has no dragon or data on dragons. The so-called experiment is just a kind of unfounded guess..."
"There is no dragon, but a contractor with dragon!" Ella pointed to herself, "I just asked the soldiers to shoot at me with a giant crossbow of newly equipped. It hurts at first, but the wound healed after half a day! Look at Amy, the wound is here, and now there is only a small scar left..."
"It's good to be able to hold the dragon for a long time, and you can continue to attack in the future... Wait a minute! Your Majesty, how did you just say you tried?"
Amy almost jumped up from the ground.
"Let the soldiers shoot yourself with a giant crossbow? Are you really confused? Your Majesty, do you think about whether it is safe or not! What should you do if the weapon is effective and you really shoot you to death?"
"I can't shoot to death. Draguè was shot by a giant crossbow before, and it will be cured soon. I just wanted to try how painful it hurts and how long it will take to recover!" Ella explained, "Then I found out that although it hurts, I can still move! If it was really a dragon, we would have suffered heavy casualties! And if it was really a dragon, we wouldn't be shot by a giant crossbow like me!"
After explaining this, Ella finally made a summary: "The weapons on the ship are far from enough now. At least seven or eight extra giant crossbows need to be installed!"
"It will take at least half a month to install eight giant crossbows." Amy looked embarrassed on her face, "Everything else is fine, but the fruits I prepared will rot. And there are personnel arrangements..."
While he was speaking, a messenger ran over and handed a letter to Ella. Ella tear open the envelope and looked at it with joy on her face: "It's great, Mayor Amy Lübeck's letter said that the goods they prepared had some problems during transportation and could not be delivered on time!"
"Huh? That's not saying...?"
Ella was already happily dancing on the spot: "We are also preparing to postpone the departure time, and their delay in delivery has no effect on us. However, delaying the delivery date, they have to pay the liquidated damages! The losses of delay in departure are just made up from here! Maybe there is still some profit!"
"No? Not long ago, there were some sailors returning to the ship, saying that they had already loaded the cargo in Lübeck, and had several ships loaded?" Amy frowned, "Your Majesty, I think something is strange."
"No matter whether it is strange or not, look, Mayor Lubeck said that he was willing to pay the amount of compensation as agreed!" Ella excitedly pointed the line on the letter to Amy, "Even if the goods are ready and they have to pay more, can I stop them?"
"The problem is that they are businessmen. Will businessmen do such things that make them lose money?" Amy shook her head, "No, they do this because they have higher profits."
"Paying liquidated damages and having higher profits? Why?"
"I remembered that not long ago, Gotland had an outsider who was asking about Wenlan's affairs." Amy seemed worried, "Can anyone want to go to Wenlan to trade by themselves?"
"Hasn't it been confirmed? We didn't disclose any useful information." Ella patted Amy's shoulder carelessly, "And don't worry, even if someone is really going to do this, I've taken precautions!"
"Precautions?" Amy asked in confusion.
"At present, except for us, the only ones who have the ability to trade in Aztland, are the free cities near the North Sea in the Almany Federation. There are only two or three ports that can go out to sea. I have sent the navy to patrol outside several ports. Once I find cargo ships with abnormal routes, I will immediately control the ships and bring them to Gotland!"
Speaking of this, Ella snorted a few sirens:
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Those businessmen want to obtain trade secrets from me, and they think so beautifully!"
Amy's mouth opened in an O-shaped shape: "Control the ship... Is this a ship hijacking? It's completely a piracy?"
"So what, I'm the Pirate King! And the other side came to steal intelligence first!" Ella shouted, "This is what Amy, you said, the mall is like a battlefield!"
After Ella said this, Amy felt relieved. So she accompanied Ella to the port and prepared to go to the "Flying Zelan" to find a place where a new giant crossbow could be set up.
"Amy, you have a task these days. Not long ago, I met a sculptor in the port and said that you would carve a statue for you. You will be a model for him these days. After the statue is carved, we will go out to sea together!"
Amy jumped up again: "Wait a minute! Your Majesty, why haven't I heard of this before?"
"It's okay." Ella tilted her head and looked at Amy, "dressed."
"It's not the problem!" Amy was anxious, "I mean, why do you want to give me a statue? Your Majesty doesn't have a statue, right?"
"It costs money to ask someone to do the statue! But he asks me to do the statue for you, so he doesn't have to pay money! And it says that after the sculpture is finished, he will give us the statue, and make a net profit!"
Amy became more and more anxious: "It sounds suspicious! And what do I want to do for the statue? There is no place to put it!"
Chapter completed!