Doomsday Totem

Chapter 67
In the evening, Iron Slag, the captain, and the accountant gathered downstairs in the bar, discussing ways to make money while having dinner.

The accountant was the first to make a suggestion. They went to apply for the chef of Horton's family, and then slackened their work passively, forcing the old man Horton to pay the dismissal fee.But the captain shook his head, saying that the three major families are not easy to mess with, so don't offend people just for a few gold coins.

"By the way, go get the hairpin back!" The captain suddenly remembered.

"Let's forget it, it's useless to come back." Due to the problem with the gun, the accountant changed his words and analyzed that this hair clip can only be auctioned.However, the nearest auction house is in Boilerburg, and they can't enter the city, and they can't exchange it for money.

The captain hesitated for a while, sighed, and said, "Well, we'll talk about it when she grows up."

"Boss is far-sighted..." the accountant said on his lips, but he cursed secretly in his heart, "You rascal, the investment is really long-term."

"Stop talking nonsense, how to make money, discuss it quickly!" Tie Slag frowned and said.

"Brother Tie, you have an idea too." said the accountant.

"If there is no other way, go to the island to try your luck. The military bases in Yincheng generally have spare supplies." Tie Slag suggested.The captain said that he could take risks, but the problem with the ship has not been resolved yet, so there is no way to go.Tie Slag leaned back on his chair and said, "I just want to fight, don't ask me anything else."

"Forget it, go to the Fisherman's House to see if there is a suitable entrustment." The captain said helplessly, spreading his hands.

"We are the overlords of the deep sea, how can we mix with those fishermen." The accountant yelled.

"Bastard, you're nothing if you don't have money! Is there such a poor overlord as you?" the captain scolded.

After discussing, the three left the giant wooden wine barrel on the snow and headed south of the town.

There are seven relatively large forces in Luoyan Town, which the fishermen call "three families and four associations". The "three families" refer to the Ling family of shipbuilding, the Horton family of shipping, and the Sima family of a scholarly family, while the "four associations" refer to the four organizations of the Fisherman's House, the Pioneer Guild, the Black Sea Artisan Association, and the Deep Sea Alliance .

The Pioneer Guild mainly collects navigation information. Before fishermen go to sea, they usually come here to learn about the weather and currents in the target sea area.The Black Sea Artisans Association mainly deals in marine products, such as black-backed fish scale armor, pearl hairpins and the like.

The Deep Sea Alliance is an out-and-out den of pirates, but the organization is very loose.The pirates usually have constant friction and fight back and forth.Only when foreign forces intervene strongly, they will unite the front and unite with the outside world.The existence of the Deep Sea Alliance is for solidarity and mutual assistance when necessary.

The Fisherman's House is mainly engaged in the circulation and sales of seafood, and occasionally releases some commissions, but most of the commissions are about fishing.To put it bluntly, Fisherman's House is a wholesale market.The deep-sea fishermen transport the seafood here, register it, and then send it to the surrounding cities by the Fisherman's House for sale.

Half an hour later, the captain walked into a shack area with Iron Slag and the accountant.The place is crowded with people, bustling with traffic, workers pushing carts full of seafood to and fro, fishermen gathering in twos and threes to gesticulate with their fingers...

There was steaming steam everywhere, the ground was a bit wet, ice water mixed with black mud, black mud mixed with snowflakes, the cold and humid environment made people feel particularly uncomfortable.There are many large trucks parked around the shack area, loaded with sharp-toothed sea fish and thick-shelled shrimp and crabs, the wheels sink into the ground.Some people in yellow protective suits, glass masks on their heads, and electric bottles on their shoulders were patrolling near the truck. They all held charged harpoons in their hands to prevent mutated sea creatures from jumping out and hurting people.

In the depths of the shack area is a very large colorful dome tent, a bit like the stage of a wandering circus in a fairy tale.

Walking into the tent, a pile of charcoal fire was burning in the open space in the middle, which made me feel much warmer.There are blackboards standing on the periphery of the charcoal fire, with information written on them with chalks of various colors.Dozens of people stood in front of each blackboard, some looked at the blackboard, some lowered their heads to copy and write.

The captain walked to the largest blackboard, and saw a line of big characters written on the top of the list: "Horton's family contributed 800 gold to urgently buy a snow bear's gallbladder." He immediately shouted, "800 gold! Am I mistaken? 800 gold gold!"

"That's right, I heard that the only son of the Horton family is seriously ill and needs bear bile to cure it." Someone beside him replied.

"I heard that it's a man's disease. I guess eating bear bile won't help." "It is said that he is crooked, and it is impossible to straighten after eating bear bile." "I heard that the old man was so worried that he almost fainted." Some people laughed.

The captain squeezed out the crowd of onlookers and came to a corner of the tent, where there were several desks and several clerks wearing reading glasses sitting there.

"I want to accept the commission from the Horton family," said the captain.

"It's not a commission, just exchange the snow bear bile for money." The old clerk looked up at the captain, and replied in a business-like manner.

"This is obviously an entrustment. It will take more than two months to go back and forth to Xueye Icefield. If the entrustment is taken by someone else when we come back, wouldn't it be a waste of our trip."

What the captain said was well-founded, and the old clerk didn't deny it, so he said, "Then it's an entrustment, I'll record it, and you go hunting bears."

"A deposit is required for entrustment." The captain reminded.

"Please wait..." The old clerk took out a thick notebook and began to look through the records.After a while, he raised his head and said, "Captain Xia, you don't have enough credit in the Fisherman's House. According to the regulations, not only can you not get the deposit, but you have to pay the deposit."

"What's my current credit?" asked the captain.

"Minus 350." The old accountant replied.

"What! Why?" The captain yelled, "I don't usually deal with you, why is my credibility so low!"

"Let me see..." The old clerk looked down for a while and explained, "Yesterday you still owed [-], but someone saw you blackmailing another captain in the Lisbon bar, so your credit was reduced by another [-]."

"Damn!" The captain cursed, took out his large pistol and slapped it on the desk, "Tell you to be in charge! What nonsense rules! It's your turn to care about my personal grievances with others!"

The old clerk was so frightened that he almost dropped his glasses, got up in a hurry, and ran away...

After a while, under the leadership of the old clerk, a man in a black suit came over.Behind him were two mechanical reformers.The whole body of these two reformers exudes a metallic luster, a series of fine pipelines are distributed at the joints, and the chest is covered with a whole piece of tempered glass.Through the glass, you can see the precision gears running inside and the pressure pump that rises and falls.Such a design is more deterrent than combat. After all, the protection of tempered glass is not as good as that of steel.This is to clearly tell the other party that this is a new reformed person, not an ordinary one.

The captain took a step back involuntarily, and Iron Slag reached out and shook his shoulder, signaling him not to worry.The captain suddenly gained confidence, stood up straight and greeted him.But in fact, Iron Slag was ready to retreat.It's barely enough to hit one, but if you face two at the same time, you can only escape.As for the captain, he is not yet his partner...

"Captain Xia, come here and be safe." The man in the suit held the captain's hand enthusiastically, but his eyes swept around, keeping vigilance all the time.

"What's the matter with your credit score? Why am I negative 350? It's fine to accept a commission without a deposit, and you have to pay a security deposit. What's the reason?" The captain asked the teacher when he came up.

"Fisherman's House has always had its own credit system, which is a comprehensive evaluation of a person's creditworthiness based on each person's assets, social status, reputation, and rumors." The man in the suit paused, and said with a stronger tone, "Xia Captain, this is our rule, please cooperate." His tone was very respectful, but the content was very strong.

"I'm the first mate of the Fish Dragon!" The captain threatened, "Okay, this is the credit your Fisherman's House gave our captain. I'll remember it. Goodbye!" After finishing speaking, the captain made a gesture to leave.

The man in the suit quickly stepped forward to hold him back, and said with a smile on his face, "Mate Xia, don't go, your credit score is at least [-] percent."

In the eyes of the Fisherman's House, "Captain Xia" and "Mate Xia" are not the same concept at all.Captain Xia represents a rogue pirate, weak in combat power, swindled and abducted, and has no bottom line.First Mate Xia was completely different, representing one of the overlords of the Black Sea, the number two under the "Poisonous Spider", no one dared to offend.In Luoyan Town, a small matter can reach everyone's ears.Captain Xia's grievances and resentments with the poisonous spider, although not everyone knows, but they have heard a little bit.The poisonous spider has never denied that Xia Yihan is the first mate of the fish dragon on any occasion.Therefore, when Captain Xia called himself first officer Xia, they could only change their attitude and treat them differently.

The old clerk made a record and immediately reported to the man in the suit, "Registration is complete. The client of the snow bear bile is First Mate Xia of the Fish Dragon."

"Half the deposit." The captain reminded.

"This..." The man in the suit couldn't think of how to answer for a moment.According to the usual rules, they should pay half of the 800 gold first.But this rogue captain got so much deposit, maybe he will cross Luoyan Town directly from the nautical chart, and forget about this place from then on...

Afterwards, the two sat down and discussed for a long time, and finally reached an agreement before lunch. Finally, the Fisherman's House paid 50 gold in advance.During the period, the man in the suit said "Mate Xia" one by one, and the captain was so upset that he almost couldn't help but shoot him.

After withdrawing the money, the captain went straight to Armed Feiyan Shipyard. Now he has a total of 219 gold, and he can pick up the ship.When we arrived at the VIP room, the old accountant came out to greet him. The captain threw away the purse and said that he was going to pick up the ship.

"It's not enough." The old accountant counted the amount, and with the money stored here, there was still 21 gold short.

"Is Hai Jiao here? Tell her to come." The captain said.

"Missy has gone to Boiler Castle to buy some goods." "Where is Zhenyu?" "Today is Wednesday, and the second lady is at school, and she won't be back until the weekend." "Zhenxiao..." "Third lady is also at school."

Listening to the old accountant's answer, the captain suddenly had a bad feeling...

(End of this chapter)