The Southern slowly docked at the dock. Although the port area was very busy, it still attracted the curious eyes of many people, whether they were businessmen, porters, or tourists. They all stopped to look at this strange ship.
"Okay, gentlemen who have come from afar."
Asta's Affairs Officer spoke, but this time he put on a Aldo Language.
As the current "international trade" transit base, the middle- and upper-class people here can basically master several foreign languages proficiently. According to the research of linguists, the languages used in the western mainland countries such as Aldo, Jiaowan, and Gabella Empire belong to the same human language family and have many similarities in grammar. It is not difficult for a Jiaowan person to learn the language of Aldo.
"According to the rules, we need to inspect your goods and tax them according to the type and quantity of the goods."
Quirk was overjoyed, "It turns out you can also speak our language, that's great."
"Uh... Mr. Affairs Officer, we are here just to explore the future trade, so we don't bring any goods that are actually for sale, so this tax..."
But Affairs Officer still insisted. "Even so, we still have to check."
His eyes first turned to Artillery deployed on both sides of the deck.
"What is this?"
Affairs Officer approached Artillery and stretched out his hand to touch the gun god. He could feel that it was made of metal. It seemed to be bronze?
Greiman's army is equipped with a powerful fire-breathing weapon. This news is only spread in a few territories near Arda. Jiaowan, thousands of miles away in the south, does not know anything about Artillery.
Quirk was full of nonsense. "This is a weapon we use to deal with pirates. When the pirates try to climb onto our ship, we fill it with flammable materials, ignite it through the small hole, and then it will spit out flames and attack the enemy like the legendary dragon!"
Affairs Officer was very doubtful. "Is this thing really effective?" It sounds like the product of a wild imagination.
Quirk pretended to be coy and said, "Hey, we are lucky. We haven't encountered pirates along the way, so they haven't experienced actual combat yet."
"If you want to fight at sea, you have to use ballistas. They are powerful weapons that have been continuously improved and tested for thousands of years."
Affairs Officer's face was filled with pride. "Guests, our weapons dealers here sell various types of bed crossbows. If you are interested, you can go and take a look. Of course, which one is the best among them, of course we have to say the one produced by Asta..."
He talked endlessly about the excellent performance of the weapons produced in his city-state, which made everyone sweat. Has the business habit of the people of Jiaowan been integrated into their nature? Even an administrative official came to promote it.
Because they were new here, everyone did not interrupt Affairs Officer and listened patiently to what he had to say.
"Okay, take me to your cabin to take a look."
Affairs Officer finally ended his tirade and asked to take a look inside the cabin.
Quirk quickly took him into the cabin.
Affairs Officer looked around and found that except for daily necessities and stored food and other worthless things, there seemed to be no bulk goods that could be sold.
Finally, he finally discovered what could be called commodities or suspected commodities - barrels of gunpowder and boxes of cannonballs.
"What are these powders?"
Quirk introduced, "It is a medicine that is used to treat sores and ringworms, kill insects, and can also be used to eliminate moisture. You know, when sailing at sea, the environment in the cabin is very humid. This is what we prepare ourselves."
This is not something Quirk is making up. Gunpowder does have the above functions.
Affairs Officer touched his chin. "The quantity is so large, can you use it all yourself? It is confirmed that it is a salable product. This must be taxed according to the type of drug."
"Uh... okay."
Affairs Officer pointed at the cannonballs and asked, "These metal balls?"
Quirk explained, "These iron balls are only used for ballast."
Affairs Officer shook his head. "But you can still sell them! Metal is very popular everywhere."
Although he didn't understand why it was cast into spherical shapes. Wouldn't it be better to cast it into a square shape? It would be easier to place and carry.
"Ah, speaking of which. You can also sell those bronze pipes above. The price of bronze is not cheap."
Affairs Officer slapped his palm, looking like he was almost fooled.
Do you think you can hide it from me by casting bronze into weird shapes and making up a random reason to deal with pirates? Seeing that Quirk still wanted to argue, Laddie hurriedly pulled his sleeves, shook his head and said not to conflict with the port Affairs Officer.
"Okay! Sir, we pay taxes, please tell us how much we pay."
Quirk compromised. After all, he is unfamiliar with the place, so he should bear with it for a while. He is no longer the free-spirited pirate leader he used to be.
After paying a customs duty and a port entry and exit management fee, everyone on board the Southern was finally allowed to disembark.
After leaving the first mate and 20 people to guard the Southern, Quirk led the other 20 people to the dock of Asta Port.
bustling! bustling! In addition to being prosperous, it is still prosperous!
This is the first impression of this corner city.
The bumpkins from Northwest Bay were immediately shocked.
First of all, in terms of architecture, the houses here are simply works of art in their eyes. The exterior is decorated with exquisite reliefs, tall and beautiful, and the materials used are obviously precious stones or fired red bricks.
Moreover, the ground in the entire dock area seems to be paved with stone bricks. Even if it rains, there is no need to worry about the road being too muddy to walk on.
In comparison, the houses in Northwest Bay are low and short, and lack beauty in appearance. They are better in towns, but in villages they are not so particular, and there is no money to pay attention to them. Many people live in houses made of thatch, mud and rocks.
Then there were the people. They had never seen so many people gathered in the same place, with different skin colors, different clothes, different decorations, and speaking obviously different styles of languages. The crew of the Southern had never thought that there were so many human beings in the world that were different from them.
Several waiting children were jumping around and running around, and Quirk had to send someone to hold one of them to prevent them from getting lost.
However, the adult sailors also looked like they couldn't close their mouths, and even the business representatives who claimed to be well-informed were not much better.
"Hey, did you see that? Those people are dressed so strangely."
"Don't act like you've never seen the world. It's embarrassing to be walking with you."
"You're still talking about me, whose eyes were so wide just now?"
Everyone kept making sounds of exclamation.
Now the only person in the group who looks normal is "Mr. Dirac".