Mage Joan

Mr. Popper also boarded the carriage and reported to Audrey: "Before I came to pick you up, I had already ordered the housekeeper to go to the most luxurious hotel in the city and book a villa with a single courtyard for the two princes and friends to stay. Dinner will be arranged at How about the restaurant in the same hotel? The chef’s specialty dish "Butter Pan Fried Cod" burns well."

"I listen to your arrangement, Mr. Popper, the only requirement is to keep a low profile as much as possible." Audrey said lightly, "It's true that we are visiting New Avalon this time to trace the ghost ship. Rumor has it that we are far more interested in this matter, and I don’t want to arouse the vigilance of competitors."

Theodore Popper is an exquisite "human spirit", of course he understands the hints of the princess, don't nod and promise to be tight-lipped.

The carriage drove along the wide street for half an hour and stopped in front of a tall ship-shaped building with a huge silver sail.

Qiao An glanced out of the car window. The luxurious style of the hotel seemed familiar to him. After a little memory, he remembered that he had seen a hotel in Baiougang with almost the same sign and decoration style. After asking Mr. Popper, he found out, "Silver Sail Hotel." Is a multinational hotel chain brand, headquartered in Baiougang, is said to be the business of the Yang Bo family.

Before getting off the car, Joan specially used a "mythical disguise" to change his figure and appearance as well as Hailar, Holden, and Audrey, so as not to accidentally run into Mesinger's partisan on the street and expose his deeds.

The four people followed Mr. Popper into the hotel, led by the waiter to the backyard, a double-storey villa is located in the green shade and flowers, creamy white walls and red roof, creating a fairy-tale atmosphere.

The bedrooms for four people are on the second floor, and the room is equipped with a bathtub. Qiao An took a hot bath, washed away the dust and exhaustion, and went downstairs radiantly.

Mr. Popper was chatting with Holden, Qiao Ann did not interrupt after taking his seat and listened in silence.

After waiting for an entire hour, the ladies went downstairs. After bathing, Audrey and Hailar changed into new clothes and put on a little makeup, both of them looked radiant and beautiful.

Qiao Ann frowned when she looked at them.

Holden smiled and said, "Why did you remove all the disguise created by Joan's spelling? If you don't quickly change it back, it will be troublesome to be found out!"

"Can't you make me look better?" Hailar pouted aggrievedly.

"Joan, how about I become a man?" Audrey also came to roar.

"You all give me enough, so many requests, I don't bother to wait!" Qiao An said grimly.

Audrey and Hailar glanced at each other, retracted into the sofa angrily, and changed back to the image Qiao An helped them design. In fact, it is not ugly, but not as eye-catching as they themselves.

Mr. Popper watched the young people quarrel and couldn't help laughing, until the princess threw a majestic sigh, scared him to lower his head and cough twice to resolve the embarrassment.

"Mr. Popper, it's still early for dinner, so we might as well have a chat in the living room, just to ask you about something." Audrey said.

"His Royal Highness has anything you want to know, just ask me. I dare not say anything else. The doorways of all walks of life in the city of New Avalon, the foundation of the rich and famous, are not clear to me."

Mr. Popper patted his chest to guarantee the ticket, like a "knowledge-of-mouth".

"Let’s talk about Am Frody first, Mr. Popper. I heard that this halfling man used to beg for life at sea many years ago, but now he is a respected millionaire. I’m very curious that he is Why make a fortune in New Avalon."

Hailar asked nonchalantly.

"I've met Frody twice in the bridge club, and I also sat with him at the Governor's wife's birthday party. Unfortunately, there is no friendship or business dealings, so I don't know much about it."

Mr. Popper took a sip of coffee and said cautiously: “Mr. Frody is very strange, lacks enthusiasm for food and wine, rarely sees a smile on his face, and his gloomy personality is completely inconsistent with people’s general impression of halflings. It seems that my only interest is to accumulate wealth. Although I occasionally participate in charity events, I still have the impression of him as a "scrooge."

"When it comes to Frodi's business, there are three main industries: slave trade, financial investment, and magic crystal refinery."

"Let’s talk about slave trade first. In fact, the goods sold in this business are not only slaves, but also hot-selling goods such as spices, tea, cane sugar and magic crystals. They are continuously purchased and shipped through ocean ships, and they make money by buying low and selling high. Taking huge profits, the entire route is connected from beginning to end, and it happens to form a big triangle on the nautical chart-the so-called'triangular trade'."

"Triangular trade started on the east coast of the Meteorite Ocean, such as the ports of the Old World countries. They bought large quantities of spices, tea, coffee and cane sugar locally. After shipment, they crossed the Meteorite Ocean and sailed from south to north along the east coast of the New World. Indigenous islands everywhere."

"From the east coast of the New World, from south to north, from Piqu Bay to Asa Bay to Maple Leaf Bay, there are countless indigenous peoples of all ethnic groups settled on the coastal islands. These barbaric peoples fight each other, no matter what Whichever wins and which loses, the victor will always get many prisoners of war-these are all good slaves!"

"Businessmen only use a small amount of cane sugar or tea, which is loved by the indigenous people and cannot produce their own hard currency, in exchange for a large group of strong prisoners of war, and then sail west to the trading cities on the east coast of the New World, such as Leiden Port, Midgard Port, and of course New Avalon, unloaded spices, cane sugar, tea, coffee and slaves at the port, sold them at high prices, and bought magic crystals-mainly bulk rough and coarse crystals. Turn around and cross the Meteorite Ocean, return to the starting point of this route, and sell magic crystals in the major ports of the old world, thus completing the entire voyage of the "triangular trade"."

"It usually takes a whole year to patrol this route. If the sailing period is smooth, the final profit will be ten times that is no exaggeration!" Mr. Popper said excitedly, waving his arm.

"Mr. Frody does not directly operate the slave trade, but takes a stake in an armed merchant ship that trades slaves and earns dividends."

"The halfling traders of New Avalon are mostly keen to engage in the financial industry, such as speculation in securities, bill discounts, mortgage pawns, and of course traditional loan sharks."

"Mr. Frody has been involved in these industries. It is said that his investment income is quite substantial. This may be related to his special friendship with the governor's family. If there is any trouble in the city, the news will always reach his ears first. ."

At this point, Mr. Popper hesitated to speak.

Qiao An saw his concerns and said: "I have set up a'Mage's Secret Room' in this living room. You don't have to worry about being eavesdropped on. If you have something to say, just speak to your face."

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·Today in History: Black Triangle Trade

As the name suggests, "black triangle trade" is a common triangle trade method. The definition of "black" is added because it involves the criminal activity of trafficking in blacks as slaves.

The common slave trade is divided into three parts like the so-called triangular trade in the standard concept, but it is stuffed with criminal slave trade:

In the first step, European merchants ship locally, usually razors, kettles, metal pots and bowls, glass beads and other commodities suitable for sale in Africa. Ships usually travel south along the cold Canary current on the coast of North Africa. After a few weeks of sailing, they reach the coast of 12 degrees north latitude (now Guinea-Bissau), and then catch the warm current of Guinea and continue to sail south along the Gulf of Guinea to reach their destination, Central Africa. area.

After European merchants arrived in Africa, they would exchange the cheap goods they carried in Europe with black tribal chiefs for healthy young black people, or they would simply send out armed men on board to form a slave hunting team to capture black slaves by themselves. This process lasted about a month, and when the merchant ship was fully loaded with slaves, the second step of this triangular trade would begin.

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