Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 23

2021-01-23

Chapter 23 Cargo Brokers
Four days later, a site on Island Lord in the Taniria Group At the pier, Winters, Andre, and Bud were bored standing on the top floor of the poop, who could throw the stone farther than anyone else.

"You two are blatantly bullying the wounded." Because of the injury to his sharp hand, Winters can only compete with his left hand and is currently the bottom of the pack.

"You are allowed to admit defeat, admit it?" Andrei swung it hard, and a small pebble slid through a graceful arc and landed on the far water.

Bard didn't say a word, flipped the stone in his hand, stood on his side, and used the strength of his waist and abdomen to drive his arm to throw it violently. Can't see where it falls.

Seeing Bud's new record, Winters began to think about it. He felt that he had to find some materials to make a simple sling to have a chance to make a comeback.

"Didn't you come out of monastery? The cultivator also practiced and lost the shot put?" Andre's character was rough, and he said what he thought.

"The cultivator doesn't drop the shot." Bud smiled and said, "But I let the cultivator let the animals."

Winters sighed, there was no string that would fit nicely around.

Warrant Officer Winters is now basically a half-crippled man: the position where Ike smashed his left shoulder has changed from blue to purple, and it hurts when he touches it; A hole, since he has no fever so far, it means that the problem is not big. After cleaning the wound, wrap it with a clean cotton cloth and it will solve the problem;

The most frightening thing is the stab wound on the right arm left by a lunatic woman who doesn't know where it came from. After several attempts to stop the bleeding and break away, the wound could not be closed. The flesh was turned outward, bleeding all the time.

The officers knew that the wound should be closed with needles and thread, but no one dared to do so. In the end, Major Moritz drank a bottle of rum, and took advantage of the wine to use fish hooks and cotton thread to sew Winters a dozen stitches crookedly;
The phantom limb pain from the "third hand" was relieved a lot. , but it started to itch again. And itching is worse than pain.

And Winters still can't use magic, a little concentrated one's mind will cause a strong phantom limb pain, making him unable to maintain spellcasting state.

In one day, Winters went from cadet to warrant officer, plus three wounds and temporary incapacity of magic.

"How long has this ship been parked here? Why hasn't it set off yet?" Winters just wanted to hurry home and get some sleep.

Andre also lost his normally Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and hugged the guardrail in a dejected manner.

The ship they boarded was named "Skua", a communication ship under the establishment of the Navy's Inner Sea Fleet. Instead of taking the midshipmen directly home, the Skua carried them eastward across the Gulf of Cenas to the Taniria Islands.

After arriving at the Taniria Islands, the Skua first waited overnight at the anchorage outside the port. Stopped at this pier on the second day in the morning. Moreover, it stopped for a day, and there was no movement from the captain.

Because Rear Admiral Layton strictly prohibited any officers from disembarking, the three Winters could only look at the Huahua world on the shore, but could not go for a stroll. In the end, I was so bored that I stood on the poop and threw rocks.

"It's fast, it's fast, the freight forwarder will be here soon." The first mate of the Skua climbed to the poop and walked to the three Winters laughed.

The three Winters looked at each other in blank dismay for a while, wondering if they should salute him. When Winters racked his brains to recall the naval rank system, Bud opened his mouth first: "Who is the cargo broker you are talking about? Who is going out and who is entering the port is the cargo broker in charge?"

The chief officer did not Answer the question first, but turned out a few yellow fruits and handed them to the three Winters: "Tast it, the specialty of Taniria."

The three Winters have never seen this thing , took the fruit suspiciously. I dare not eat it, and I don't know how to eat it.

"You can eat it directly, or peel the skin and eat it." The first officer took out another fruit and showed the three little warrant officers how to eat it. The mouth is gone.

Winters also learned how to peel the fruit from the first mate and took a tentative bite of the flesh. Sweet, juicy and delicious. He ate a fruit in a few bites, and wanted to eat another.

"What's this fruit called? I've never eaten it." Winters saw this fruit for the first time.

"It doesn't have a name, but the locals call it 'Sweet Water', a berry from the island."

"I've never eaten it or seen it before. ." Andre added, and Bud was nodded. Apparently the two of them also liked the fruit.

“It’s hard to store, and it rots in less than a day when it’s picked from the tree,” said the first mate casually, “so apart from the locals on the island, only us sailors can eat it.”

"What did you just ask? What does a cargo ship broker do?" The first mate took out some fruits from his back pocket and distributed it to the three of them, explaining seriously: "The cargo ship broker helps ship owners. People who sell or buy goods. We don't have time to sell the cargo in the cabin bit by bit, and we don't have time to buy it slowly, so we go to the cargo ship broker. They are all related and can empty a ship in one go A ship or a full ship."

"wait a minute" Winters was keenly aware of the conflict of information he had obtained: "Aren't you from the Inland Navy warship? Why do you still need to find a freight broker to sell it? Buying goods?"

"hahahaha" Winters' question made the chief mate laugh: "How can we be the Navy, look at me, look like a naval officer? Look at the Skua, like a warship Ship?"

"Isn't the Skua a naval communications ship?"

"Just to put it in a name, the Navy is the small owner of the Skua."

"Then why did the Skua take us home?"

"The work entrusted by the Navy, we usually do some passenger work in addition to the cargo. Just like this time, Aren't we carrying a few others besides you?"

Winters finally understood what those guys on the Skua who were neither Army nor Sailors were up to. Those few had no communication with the trainee officers. He originally thought that those people were ship owners, but didn't expect they were just passengers.

"No wonder." Winters sighed: "I still wonder why the Navy's warships are so small?"

In Winters' view, the Skua is indeed not big, see Winters Has passed many merchant ships much larger than the Skua.

The Skua has only two decks, the top one is the open deck, the hull has a deck, and then goes down to the bottom of the boat.

And because the freeboard of the Skua is not high, the second layer deck is already below the waterline, so the cabin under the open deck can leave a small vent at most, and it is impossible to open the window, so naturally it cannot be erected. artillery.

Not only did the boat not have a dedicated artillery deck, it also had no artillery. Winters wandered around the boat a few times, not to mention the cannons, not even seeing the cannonballs, and now he finally understood what was going on.

"There are not many real warships in the navy. They are all named as merchant ships like the Skua." Hearing that the Skua was not good, the first mate was a little unhappy. Advantages of the Skua: "The Skua is actually not small. Is it small enough to hold a hundred or ten tons of cargo? Besides, the cables of the Skua are well designed and easy to control, and a dozen sailors can handle it well."

"A dozen or so sailors will be able to serve them well, so if you squeeze more than 30 people, you will be squeezed to death." Andre fired another shot.

The cabin of the Skua is used to carry cargo, and theoretically it can also live in people, but it is not ventilated, the lighting is poor, and the living conditions are extremely bad.

Because of this, another layer of forecastle and two layers of poop were built on the open deck to improve the living environment of sailors.

The second layer of the poop is an independent small room, which was originally the captain's, but the highest position on the ship is obviously Rear Admiral Layton, and the Rear Admiral naturally occupies the best individual cabin unceremoniously;

The first floor of the poop is a large room for the wounders such as Winters; The other trainee officers could only squeeze in the cabin with the sailors. After leaving the rainy area, the warrant officers simply learned from the sailors to sleep on the open deck.

Because of the hard life at sea, in the past, when Hailan students went home, they always traveled by land rather than by boat. Taking a boat is not only risky, but the journey experience is also poor. If you walk by land, you can stay at the turnover station, eat and eat all the way and you will get home.

As a result, this year, it was said that "the road is not easy to walk" and the students were sent back by boat. The fun trip has turned into a torment trip, and every time I think about it, all the trainee officers are enraged.

"Although it's a little smaller, the Skua is fast." The first officer insisted.

"No matter how fast you go, what's the use of going in the wrong direction?" Andre insisted.

The first mate lost out: "No way, I can't make much money by running the direct route between Hailan City and Guitu City. Merchant ships in the Senas Sea are all running the triangle route. Don't worry. Well, pull the anchor from here and go directly to Hailan City."

"Den, Deng, Deng" Major Moritz also climbed up the poop, he came to ask the first mate to help buy wine. Major Moritz was also unable to disembark because of Major General Layton's restraining order. Drinking it on its own plus "medicinal use" for the sorcerer trainee, his rum stock was emptied two days ago.

Without Water of Life, the Major's spirit in the past few days was obviously sluggish.

"Mr. Mate, by the way, can you replace the fresh water bucket on your boat with a new one? The walls of the buckets are all green and hairy, and it feels smooth and greasy when I touch it. Are you afraid of getting sick from drinking this water?" Major Ritz had not drank any liquid for two days. Without wine, he couldn't drink the fresh water reserved on the ship.

Hearing the major's description, Winters felt a chill, because the past few days he drank fresh water from the ship.

"Okay, okay, I'll let the sailor clean the bucket." The chief mate hurried away.

There were many vendors paddling small rafts on the water near the pier selling local fruits and vegetables to the sailors. The major whistled and greeted a small raft.

The major made a gesture, indicating that he had to. No one could see where he took out a small Silver Coin, but when he flicked it, the Silver Coin accurately slipped into the vendor's hand.

"Go down and bring him food and drink, and give everyone a point." The major obviously had some withdrawal reaction: "I'm going to rest for a while, and then wake me up when I get the wine."

He threw out a Silver Coin just now, but at this time the Major had another Silver Coin in his hand. He played with the Silver Coin unconsciously and left the poop.

"Conjuring tricks?" Andre stuck his head out and glanced at the hawker, then looked back at the major: "The Silver Coin he gave out won't be changed back by him."

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"How could that be? It's just another one. I think it's very difficult to deal with the hand of throwing a coin into someone's arms."

Later that day, the Skua emptied Iron and leather from Jade City, refilled with sugar and tobacco in the Thane Islands, sailed to sea blue.

(end of this chapter)