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Chapter 4 A guest(1/2)

The Garshuer Island is located outside the sea of ​​Zhili, with a coordinate of B310314. The weather is sunny, the air visibility is high, the wind is breeze, and the wind is southwest. The Qihai Traveler is sailing along the established route to the Zhili Islands, with silver sails hanging on the mast and sailing quietly in the sea of ​​clouds.

Earlier, they encountered a shipwreck. The scattered wooden boards floated on the wind element layer, and the ships could be seen everywhere among the clouds. Everyone rescued a fallen man, a beautiful lady wearing a white shirt and a long hair like flames.

It is not uncommon to ship disasters on the sea. Pirates, storms or sea beast attacks may lead to tragedy. The other party told them that she came from the Cygnus, and it was only when she encountered a rare storm that she fell to this point.

"My name is Catherine. Alanz is the family surname. Although this name is no longer worth mentioning," the woman was wet, outlining a plump and hot curve, and her long red hair hangs down, looking pitiful - but she has a pair of green eyes as dreamy as a dreamy, full of ambitions that are incompatible with her weak and thriving flames - revealing her shrewdness and determination, looking at everyone, thanking them: "We are brokers and matchmakers walking on the air and sea. You should have heard that we are speculators and outlaws, and in any case, we have no good reputation, but - I at least repay the kindness."

"So Ms. Ailantz is also a smuggler?"

Fang Yu couldn't help but remember the "matchmaker Minmeer promised to find them. It is said that the other party should have contacted them long ago, but since he left Xintaan, there has been no news. The communication between the two worlds was rarely interrupted for a month, so they could not contact Minmeer - ask what was wrong?

"It's also a smuggler? Have you ever met my colleagues?" The woman blinked, looking a little surprised. "When were there so many people like me in the Konghai?"

She suddenly stopped, looked up at the emblem on the silver sail, and looked around again - although she seemed to be fished out of the water, it was not actually sea water. There was no sea water in the sky, and of course it was not far away - water elements were enriched between the clouds.

The next moment, Catherine suddenly showed a sudden look in her eyes, and she was looking at the group in surprise: "...wait a moment, so are you all the Seven Seas Brigade?"

Parker couldn't help but ask with a sharp voice: "Do you recognize us?"

Catherine simply twisted the splashes on her clothes, made up the red hair that was sticking to her forehead, and her eyes passed by everyone one by one. Finally, she stretched out a white and slender hand to the square leopard, and said in a somewhat mature and mellow tone: "Let me introduce it again. I am the 'mistress' introduced by Minmeer. I originally set off from Sangshak and took the ship 'Cygnus' to meet you. Unexpectedly, when I encountered this kind of thing on the way, I wasted time--"

After a brief silence, everyone looked at each other again, and they all seemed a little surprised.

But after the accident, I doubt it. How could such a coincidence happen in the world? It would be too suspicious.

Miss Nightingale frowned and looked at each other carefully.

Catherine noticed Alisa's expression and smiled: "Don't doubt everyone, I know you are eager to take a batch of 'cargo' to escape the pursuit of the Imperial Army, but this is nothing to me. After all, most of the customers that people like us come into contact with, and we can't really take advantage of the business that we can do—"

She looked at everyone: "For me, this is just an ordinary 'business', and it is no different from most similar 'businesses', not to mention that you are my life-saving benefactors."

The thought of suspicion also flashed through Fang Rong's mind, but he finally calmed down and asked: "So Ms. Alanz, can you help us?"

——They left Sintaan secretly. In theory, no one outsiders knew that this woman could call Minmeer's name at once, know his relationship with the Seven Seas Brigade, and know the "cargo" on their ship. Unless Minmeer betrayed them, no third person would know all this.

Catherine nodded slightly, and flicked her red hair with her fingers without a trace, looking at the shadow of the Garsulfur Island in the horizon: "Minmeer told me about your situation. Your 'cargo' has some 'foundations'. Oh-I'm not saying that their original 'original' is not important to people like us, but too many. If you are anxious to take action, I can think of some solutions, but maybe-"

"We don't care about that little loss, Ms. Alanz." Fang Yu interrupted her straight to the point: "We must dispose of the goods before leaving the Chili Islands, so as to get rid of the Imperial Army's pursuit, and handling the goods is as important as evading the pursuit."

Of course, he knew the tricks of these smugglers. In addition to charging handling fees, the profit margin between smuggled goods is also their "reward". However, if you use people, you don't need to doubt them. The other party was someone introduced by Minmeer, so they had no other choice.

Catherine looked at him intentionally or unintentionally: "Actually, I know some people on the island of Galshuer and can handle this batch of goods, but their price is very bad, and I generally don't like to deal with them. In fact, if you are willing to go to the Frecht Islands, I can help you find more reliable candidates."

Fang Yu shook his head: "Let's choose Galshuer."

Gold, silver and treasures are just things outside the body, and not to mention that it is an unexpected fortune for the Seven Seas Brigade. He is an adventurer, not a gambler, and will not be blinded by the little bit of flies. Compared with the encirclement net that the Imperial Army is forming, the loss is not worth mentioning at all.

Seeing that he insisted, Catherine naturally did not object.

She nodded softly and said, "Okay, for people like us, the employer's opinions are naturally the first priority. But generally speaking, we will get some "small sweetness" in the rewards. This is the customary rule in our industry, but if you save my life, I will naturally be grateful. I have some handles for those people in my hands, and I will try my best to get the most suitable offer for you, even if I repay you."

"Then I'll bother you, Ms. Alanz."

Catherine just smiled softly: "Just call me Catherine."

After this small episode, everyone naturally dispersed. The Galshuerfu Island where the Seven Seas Traveler is located is a link on the outer edge of the Zhili Islands. Inwards are the main islands of Gzelia, Bapal Islands, Frecht and Brianos.

The archipelago is like a curved bead string, scattered on the waterway between Sintaan and Saint-Shuyen. Because it is located on the sea outside Zhili, it is also called the Zhili Islands or Zhili Island chain. There are several ports on the archipelago. Among them, the Port of Guimana, the capital of Galshul, is not actually located on the main island of Galshul, but on another small island seventy-foot-a-half-thousand-a-sky island.

The origin of the port is its own cause - the reason is that the main island of Galshuer is actually just a bare rocky island with no natural resources and lacking freshwater rivers and lakes necessary for life. It was not until the year when the stars fell that adventurers discovered some small minerals on it.

Guimana comes from a free port established by early pirates. Later, after the Oshu people set foot here, they expelled the pirates and further expanded the original harbor, which gradually formed its current scale. Wugalshur is located in a remote location and is generally not valued by the empire, so Guimana only exists as a transit port.

San de Rabno, the largest port in the Chili Islands, is located in the Frecht Islands, and is the place where the empire's ruling institutions are located. The Oshu people have a governor's office there and a small fleet is stationed there. So when Catherine proposed there, Fang Zhu refused without thinking.

The Qihai Traveler did not originally intend to dock in Guimana Port, but now that he has decided to change his purpose, the Miss Shipman will revise the route and then notify Miss Tata. Ms. Dragon Soul adjusted the direction of the sailboat and slowly changed direction.

Seeing this scene, Katherine couldn't help but ask curiously: "Is this sailboat turning automatically?"

"Yes," Fang Zhu nodded, not shy about it: "This is a Dragon Knight Battleship."

In fact, this is not a secret now. Admitting it frankly can better cover up the true hidden truth of the Qihai Traveler.

When the woman heard this, she looked at the uncontrolled sails in surprise.

At 2:00 pm, the sailboat sailed past the bare stone island from a distance. The main island of Galshuer was a few miles away, like a skeleton rock floating among the clouds. The pale rock reflected the sunshine after noon, shining brightly.

There are almost no vegetation on the island, and there are no large wild animals. There are only some seagulls circling on the rocky mountains. There are also some "fish" groups in the sky. They are species that belong to Aitalia and can survive in the elemental layer.

In biologists, they actually have other scientific names that are difficult to describe. Fang Zhu also knows that name, but the candidate named them with similar names on the earth and named them Kakuhae Herring. It was a custom, and even some indigenous people now call them the same.

The Paparals shouted at the bow of the boat, yelling to board the island of Galshuer to explore. In fact, in the year of the fallen star, a group of adventurers came here and found several small crystal deposits on it. They bought the ownership of the mine from the empire and made a fortune.

Later, many people came to this place and regarded this bare rock land as a place of opportunity for every inch of land, but in fact the good times were no longer there. The rock island proved its poverty with facts. Soon after, it became silent again with the Port of Guimana.

However, Fang Zhu did not lose the adventurous intentions of everyone, and asked Miss Tata to dock the Qihai Traveler outside the main island of Galshuer, and then lowered the sampan. He himself wanted to go up to record the unique ecology of seagulls on the island.

Catherine was a little curious about their behavior and politely asked if he could get off the boat.

Fang Zhu did not object, but unexpectedly, the lady followed her all the way. She watched him record the seabirds that seemed both strange and familiar to her, and finally couldn't help asking: "These birds are precious?"

Fang Zhu shook his head.

Catherine seemed a little suspicious, reached out and grabbed a seagull that had not had time to fly, and carefully observed it up and down, and found that they were indeed just ordinary seabirds she was familiar with, and she couldn't help but relax her hands with no interest.

Alisa frowned slightly when she saw this scene.

She looked at the woman. The other party was obviously not as simple as what she said. Her skills were obviously quite good-looking just now. The strength she showed was at least not much different from her and Fang Yu.

As an indigenous, this is not ordinary.

Catherine followed Fang Zhu and Miss Nightingale all the way, but she had nothing to do. She couldn't help but say with some self-deprecating self-smile: "It's said that Mr. Ed is a master of craftsmanship, but in my opinion you are more like the scholars in the Silver Tower."

"Oh?" Fang Yu asked back: "Catherine, have you ever seen the Secret Bachelor of the Silver Tower?"

Catherine showed a mocking smile and shook her head: "I have seen many people in our business. As for the secret scholars you mentioned, I don't know, but I have seen many old scholars who are very literary."

She made up her mind to stop doing this stupid thing in the future, and thought that there was something unknown to the island, and these people really didn't know what they meant.

The three returned to the boat, and the Paparals and their entourage returned. Parker was loudly criticizing the island's barren properties--they gained nothing all afternoon, and the larks and marigolds who were on the island with him were giggling.

Fang Zhuan asked Ian and his friends about their adventures, and Ian said: "There is nothing on the island. Even the mine has been abandoned for a long time. We explored it for a while and found nothing."

"The year of the Falling Star was originally a hundred or two hundred years ago. The crystal mine itself is just a small mine. Even if there is anything, it has been mined long ago." Tianlan was glad that he had not got off the boat. "Who told you not to do your homework before the expedition?"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "How do you know?" Parker was looking at Tianlan with his eyes slanted. The other party was not so brainy.

"Of course it was Jita who told me."

"Oh." The Paparal people said, and immediately left Tianlan to find the naturalist Miss, wanting to ask what is really worth 'exploring' in the Chili Islands and where they can make a fortune.

Although there are treasures on the ship, it belongs to the team - not to him.

Because he stayed in Galshuer for a while, the Seven Seas Traveler arrived at Guimana Harbour almost at night. From a distance, he looked at the floating island far smaller than the main island of Galshuer. The most eye-catching thing was the lonely peak on the island.

The peaks form the main body of the floating island, with an altitude of about two thousand meters. Unlike the bare main island of Galshuer, the peaks are covered with dense vegetation. A river divides the floating island into two, with an area of ​​1,323 square kilometers and a population of about 130,000.

There were a large number of grape plantations on the island. Half a century ago, Galshuer wine was produced here to Sintaan. It could reach 1,000 barrels per year at its peak, but now the grand scene is no longer there. The island's economy is now mainly animal husbandry.

Fang Yu told others about the situation on the island. In fact, the one who spoke was mainly Miss Tata. Miss Dragon Soul had a complete Silver Library in her mind. Miss Naturalist pushed her glasses aside and added them occasionally.

"At the heyday of the island, there was a small team of silver-heltered knights garrisons. However, as the veins on the main island of Galshuer were exhausted, plantation production here was also damaged, and the prosperity was no longer there, and the port of Guimana declined," Jita whispered: "The decline of the vineyard industry was not because of mine mining, but because of the rise of peers. Since Rotshar's wine poured into the empire on a large scale, most of the owners of the island sold their own land because of cost and other considerations."

That was just the rise and fall of thirty or fifty years. When Campa experienced hardships, the Zhili Islands also completed their own transformation. However, that history was only a moment for the audience, and even Catherine was fascinated by it.

"I didn't expect you to know a lot," she looked up at the port in the shadow. "I have come to this place many times, but I don't know that there is still such a period of history."

"Have Catherine been to Galshul many times?"

"Naturally," she replied calmly: "We are people who run on the sea. The closer we are to the edge of the empire, the more we often go in and out. I have many old acquaintances on that island, and of course not everyone is our friend."

"We need to be careful of them?" Fang Yu asked.

"Don't worry," Katherine replied in a tone of care. "Those people can tell the difference. You are my customers. They just have a grudge against me. Maybe one day you will become their customers and they will not offend their business partners."

"So after Guimana fell, there were actually no Imperial troops stationed there?" asked the Paparal people.

"It's almost the same," Catherine nodded, "It's similar to what you said. The Oshus will not care about such small places. It's still one day away from Frecht. The Imperial Navy generally does not come here to patrol. There may be some imperial ships in the port, but they are usually tax administrators of the Empire."

"Tax Administrator?"

"The mortal enemy of us," Katherine smiled and replied, "Assal people know where we usually move."

Before she finished speaking, an unexpected news came from the post on the mast - Luo Hao lay on the watchtower and shouted below: "Imperial ship!"

Everyone looked in that direction immediately.

You can just see the pointed sailboats standing in the harbor. That style of sailboat can usually be seen only in offshore areas, but there is one exception, that is the fast sailboats of the Imperial Navy.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Catherine beside him. The lady was also glancing in that direction, but she did not show too unexpected expressions on her face. She only held her long red hair and tied a ponytail with a sleek hair. She looked at everyone and said, "Maybe it's the Port Authority ship, don't worry."

"That's the people you mentioned?" Tianlan asked in a low voice.

Catherine nodded and made a calm gesture to everyone: "Leave it to me, don't show up, I'll deal with them."

The others seemed a little worried, especially Ian and the other two. Silvede looked at Fang Yu, who shook his head gently, indicating that she didn't have to worry too much, but the maid next to him put on a pair of arm armor without saying a word.

She happily opened the heat sink on it and gently closed it and made a 'click' sound.

Parker, the box also seemed to be alive. If it really doesn't work, just fight. Everyone is used to such scenes, and even the poet Miss, who was always a little surprised, seemed a little at ease.

Everyone silently lifted the cloak, pulled out their weapons from below, and then covered the blade with the cloak.

Catherine looked at this scene unexpectedly, as if she was not seeing a normal adventure group, but like those experienced...smugglers and private pirates, but when she thought of the familiar faces on the wanted warrant, she felt relieved.
To be continued...
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