Chapter 436: Strange Maritime Merchant (1)
Outside Qingxiang Town, near the river, there is a stone wharf made of all bluestone blocks. Although everyone calls it a port, for those who have seen the seaside port. This place with only a few ships and a dozen warehouses, and an area of less than a square kilometer is at best considered a very exquisite small wharf.
However, although the dock is small, this place is a window for the distribution of materials in the Bingyao Principality. For the Qingxiang Town forces, they can make a profit by just entertaining merchants and maritime merchants from all over the world, let alone selling the profits they earn from selling the goods they bought cheaply from mountain people!
Therefore, as long as the forces that can gain a foothold in Qingxiang Town can make a big profit from the arrival of maritime merchants twice a year.
In other words, there is no force in Qingxiang Town that will give up this opportunity. Now, today the chief servant gathered here with a group of local leaders, and Cons, their nobles, and those merchants also appeared here.
Since Cons bought the Hal Castle and easily received recognition from the eighteen powerful nobles of the Hal Leadership, although many nobles still resisted and opposed psychologically, Cons, who had the support of the Eighteen Nobles, did become the new owner of the Hal Leadership. Although it was not legal, it was even more legal than legal.
At this point, Cons became a great lord with four territories, including Viscount Harr, Qingxiang Corner, Kuila Corner and Lin Xue Corner, with a territory of 130,000 square kilometers.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Cons obtained the Hard Division not just as simple as the appearance of just expanding the territory, but rather completely connecting the four territories together. It can transfer materials and forces to flow, that is, if the strength in the past was four, it would now become eight or sixteen.
Of course, Kui Laling and Lin Xueling, Cons just sent people to form a local guard in this territory, and has not yet completely taken these two territories into their pockets.
In the past, due to the barrier of the Hal territory, the canonized nobles on these two territories might have been a slander, but now that the territory has been opened, Cons's guards can access these two territories without any obstacles.
Facing the powerful Cons Guard, it would be easy for these little lords to resist, and after Hal's leadership fell into Cons' hands, it is conceivable that the little nobles of these two territories immediately came to serve their loyalty.
Except for Qingxiang, the other territorial affairs were not handled by Cons at all, because these territories had aristocrats of all sizes, and most of the elite areas were the fiefs of these nobles. Except for the original lord's pearl, the rest of the places left for Cons were deserted fields, and when there was no reason, it was impossible to point fingers at the territories of these little nobles.
And those lords who have been developed to the extreme are just in charge of the original state. Cons doesn't want to make people panic for the time being.
But in this way, Cons can only focus on the fragrance collar.
This place is leaning against the Xuelong River. As long as there are sea boats, you can communicate with the outside world and no longer a country lord trapped in the countryside.
Moreover, there is only one town in Qingxiang Town in the entire Qingxiang Town, and the others are villages hidden in the mountains. The lord's direct territories are really scary. Such a randomly planned territory is definitely more suitable for development than other formed territories.
Today, Cons is here to welcome the maritime businessman that plays a very important role in the development of Qingxiangling.
The arrival of the Grand Lord Cons, the local snakes, were very respectful to the arrival of Cons, and the best position was given to Cons.
There is no way, who told Cons to be stronger now, and he is very strong, so he doesn't need the help of others like him. Even if he is caught, he will destroy others like him and dominate Qingxiang Town, which is impossible, so they have decided not to give Cons a reason to get angry.
Cons ignored the mentality of these people and just looked at the tumbling river surface silently.
The river surface is wide enough. You can't see the shore at first sight. It is said that the river surface is several kilometers wide, which is really scary. Look at the waves that have been raised, it is almost no worse than the sea surface. Ordinary boats cannot leave the shore and enter the middle of the river.
It is probably because of such a vast river surface to defend, so the nobles on the opposite side have never attacked the river surface to attack this side. Of course, no one on Qingxiangling has ever had the same idea.
In addition to the fact that there is no big ship in the Snow Country, there is another reason why the nobles gave up this idea.
Crossing the river is difficult, and replenishing supplies is of course difficult. Not to mention whether it is safe or not, a big river blocks traffic and communications, and the territory on the other end of the river is easily divided. No one is willing to do such a loss-making action.
Because of these reasons, the control of Qingxiang Town, the best port in Xuelongjiang, can always be maintained in the hands of Qingxiang Town.
"Here you! Come!" Such a voice immediately came from the wooden watchtower in the port.
Hearing this shout, everyone stood on tiptoe and looked at it. After about ten seconds, a flying flag first appeared at the head of the river, followed by the ship's lookout, then the sails, poles and hull.
When they saw a huge, slightly abnormal ship, the guard and the others were stunned at first. Then they looked at everyone with a proud look. When they saw everyone, they looked surprised, and their pride became even stronger. It was as if this big ship was theirs.
However, when they saw Cons, A-1, A-2, and A-0, their good mood not only did not look surprised on their faces, but instead they looked distracted and disappeared. Instead, they felt uneasy.
The person who wants to be shocked the most is not shocked, which is really depressing.
Has this lord seen such a big ship? You must know that this big ship has only been there once for so long!
When Cons saw this sea ship, he raised his eyebrows and found that it was a Helmet-class merchant ship. It seemed that this sea merchant was also full of information. Because ordinary people cannot afford to drive a merchant ship of this level.
However, when he saw more than ten sea ships of the same level appearing behind which merchant ship, Cons couldn't help but frown. Only the large merchant group of Werth can own so many merchant ships. The large merchant group of Werth actually brought so many merchant ships to Qingxiang Town?
The supplies here can be filled with up to two such large ships. What does this merchant group want to do at such a large cost?
Cons winked at Jiayi, and Jiayi understood what it meant and immediately left without attracting attention.
And Jia Er muttered a few words with Jia Ling, and Jia Ling disappeared in an instant.
Others may not have noticed it, but the guard who had been paying attention to Cons saw it. Although they were not clear about what orders Cons issued, Cons's three confidants took action. Combined with the fifteen sea ships that appeared, they immediately understood that Cons had sent people back to mobilize troops and generals to prepare.
The attendant who understood this nodded with a smile. It seemed that this lord was really careful!
When he saw fifteen giant ships on the river, his face became a little gloomy. Although he relied on maritime merchants to make money and stabilize his position, he was unwilling to become a vassal of maritime merchants, let alone a vassal of maritime merchants.
Now these fifteen as huge sea ships suddenly appeared in front of you. Who knows what the sea merchants who came here are going to do this time?
It seems that you have to be as careful as the Lord Lord.
The berths at the dock may have expected that large merchant ships would appear, so these berths are very wide and deep. They are enough to berth in the Jiqiao-class shopping mall. However, due to the number of numbers, most of the sea boats could only be parked on the river. Seeing three boats starting to sail towards the berths. As the big ships got closer, a sense of oppression came straight towards them, which made the people who were approaching could not help but take a step back. With the help of the dock sailors and bow sailors, the big ship slowly stopped, and the stairs that had been ready for the dock had immediately pushed up.
This ladder allows the nobles on the big boat to get off the boat as easily as they go down the stairs, rather than climbing up and down with a rope ladder like a sailor.
However, the other party obviously did not accept the kindness of Qingxiang Town Wharf, because no one came down from this ladder at all.
After a while of silence, a chirping sound came from the bow of the boat, and the hull, which was towering on the sea, actually cracked a large crack, and a wooden board fell down like a city gate suspension bridge.
The people on the dock even reacted, and hundreds of fully armed soldiers rumblingly borrowed the hanging board and arrived at the dock from the cabin!
The three big ships acted like this, and the person with a strong mental arithmetic immediately discovered that the other party had transported nearly a thousand soldiers to the dock in such a moment.
These soldiers drove away the dock servants with a proud expression. Although they did not drive away the nobles at the dock, they also blocked them and were not allowed to move forward.
These soldiers ignored the questions from the attendant chief and others.
Seeing nearly a thousand soldiers occupying the wharf and treating him like this, all the people who came to greet him changed their faces. Isn’t it the enemy invasion?
Everyone with this idea looked at the attendant.
Seeing these gazes, the attendant felt bitter in his heart, and he could not explain the reason at all. He didn't know what was going on with these maritime merchants.
Just when the people in Qingxiang Town were in panic, a rumbling sound came from outside the dock. When I turned my head, I saw that the lord's flag was flying, and behind the flag was full of lord guards.
When his soldiers arrived, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and immediately retreated quickly. I didn't want to stay where I was waiting to die!
When the maritime merchants saw that there were a large number of soldiers approaching, they immediately became nervous and prepared to attack. The Cons Guards, they fought several battles with Cons, and each time they were a big victory. The victory had already nourished the arrogance of showing the world.
Originally, they were just transferred to prevent it. But they didn't expect to see the dock being occupied!
I may not care about other places, but Qingxiangling is my own nest. It is actually occupied by the dock inside my nest. Isn’t this a shame to lose my strong army?
We must let these guys know whose territory this is!
Because of this idea, the Cons Guard also made preparations for the war as soon as it entered the dock, and the situation on both sides can be said to be about to break out!
The attendant was about to be crazy. These maritime merchants cannot offend them. Do you need to live if you offend them Qingxiang Town?
So he immediately shouted at the Cons Guards to stop them from acting.
Although most of the lord guards know this guard commander and know his identity, if it were in the past, everyone might have considered whether to obey orders. After all, a large number of the officers in the front of the guards were from Qingxiang Town, so they would give this member of the military and political bureau a little face.
Unfortunately, since he turned around and walked away from the lord's mansion last time, he automatically escaped from the military and political situation. His identity as the leader of the Qingxiang Town power immediately became nothing in front of Cons, the four-digit territory director.
These guards who seized a large tract for the lord after a war did not take the attendant seriously, so they not only did not obey, but instead scolded the attendant to move out of the way, otherwise they would have to be killed on the charge of a traitor!
When the attendant was so angry that he almost vomited blood, Cons finally issued an order to stop the entire army, but not to take care of the attendant's face, but because the other party's leader had already emerged and asked his soldiers to retreat, first showing his friendly attitude.
Cons looked at the leader, and he was standing on a high staircase, smiling and looking down at his situation with a round face, looking at his very honest young man.
Of course, Jiayi also saw who was the mastermind, and immediately shouted at the high-ranking young man: "My head, Viscount Cons Rarente, Qingxiang, Hal, Quilla, and Lin Xueling, here to welcome all the maritime merchants to arrive at Qingxiangling."
Everyone knows that this is a local snake demonstrating to the crossing river dragon, so the seafood people shouted immediately without waiting for the young man to signal: "My adult, Ochi Jimit, four-star general of the Wilt Free League, Duke, and leader of the Jimit Trading Group, thank you Lord Viscount for your greeting."
As soon as these words were said, those who knew a little bit of business could not help but be shocked.
Unexpectedly, it was Wilt's general and the Grand Duke who arrived here in person. The chief servants even thought about whether they would kneel down to greet him.
Only Cons and others, who knew that the ranks of the Wilt Free Alliance were not important, focused on the title of the leader of the Jimmy Trading Group.
Chapter completed!