Chapter 169: Disembarkation

Chapter 169 Going Ashore
The Southern Ship slowly docked at the pier, and even though the harbor area was very busy with people, it still attracted a lot of curious gazes, whether it was merchants, porters, or tourists, who stopped to take a look at this strange ship.

“Well, gentlemen from afar.”

Asta’s clerk spoke, only this time he switched to a mouthful of Aldorian.

Corner Bay as the current “international trade” transit base, the middle and upper class people here were basically able to skillfully master several foreign languages, and according to the research of the linguistic scholars, the languages used in the western continent countries such as Aldo, Corner Bay, and the Gabela Empire belonged to the same human language family, and there were a lot of grammatical similarities, so it wasn’t too difficult for a person from Corner Bay to learn the language of Aldo. Learning the language of Aldo wasn’t too difficult.

“According to the rules, we need to check your goods and tax them according to their type and quantity.”

Quirk was ecstatic, “So you speak our language as well, that’s great.”

“Uh …… this Mr. Affairs Officer, we’re only here to scout for future trade, so we’re not carrying any goods that are actually for sale, so this tax ……”

But the clerk of affairs still insisted, “Be that as it may, we’ll still have to check.”

His eyes went first to the guns deployed on either side of the deck.

“What’s this?”

The officer of affairs approached the guns and reached out his hand to feel for the god of the gun, he could feel that it was cast in metal, or was it bronze, it seemed?

The news that Graiman’s army was armed with a powerful fire-breathing weapon had only been circulated in a small way in a few territories near Arda, and Horn Bay, thousands of miles to the south, had no idea that there was such a thing as artillery.

Quake was full of nonsense: “This is a powerful weapon we use to deal with pirates, when pirates try to climb onto our ships, we stuff them with flammable materials, and when they are ignited through that small hole, they spew out flames to attack the enemy just like the legendary dragons!”

The affairs officer was skeptical, “Does this stuff really work?” It sounded like the product of a brainstorm.

Quake put on a squirmy face and said, “Hey, we’re relatively lucky that we haven’t encountered any pirates along the way, so they haven’t experienced actual combat yet.”

“If we want to talk about sea combat, we still have to use crossbows, that’s a powerful weapon that’s been continuously improved and tested for thousands of years.”

The officer’s face was filled with pride: “Guests, our weapons dealers here sell all types of bed crossbows, if you are interested you can go and take a look. Of course to say which one of them is the best, of course we have to say our Asta’s own production ……”

He rattled off the excellent performance of the weapons produced by his own city-state, causing the crowd to sweat profusely, had the Horned Bay people’s habit of doing business been incorporated into their nature? Even an official from the administrative side came to engage in sales promotion.

Because they were new to the city, the crowd did not interrupt the officer and patiently listened to him.

“Alright, show me to your cabin.”

The affairs officer finally ended his long speech and asked to see the cabin.

Quirk hurriedly led him into the cabin.

The Mistress looked around and realized that there really didn’t seem to be any bulk goods that could be used for selling, other than household items and stored food that wasn’t worth much.

At last he found what could be called merchandise or suspected merchandise – the barrels of gunpowder and crates of cannonballs.

“What are these powders?”

Quirk described it, “A medicine for sores and ringworm, to kill insects, and also to ward off dampness, as you know, when sailing at sea, the cabin is very damp; this is what we have provided ourselves with.”

This is not that Quirk is making things up, gunpowder does have these functions mentioned above.

The affairs officer stroked his chin, “With such a large quantity, can you use it up yourselves? Confirming that it’s tradable goods no doubt, this has to be taxed according to the type of drug.”

“Uh …… well.” The Transactor points to the shells again and asks, “These metal balls?”

Quake explained, “These metal balls are just for ballast.”

The Mistress shook her head, “But you can still sell them! Metal is popular everywhere.”

Though he didn’t understand why they had to be cast in individual spheres, wouldn’t it be nice to cast them in a square shape, it would also be easier to place and carry.

“Ah, speaking of which. Those bronze pipes up there, you could have used them to sell as well, bronze isn’t cheap.”

The affairs officer hammered his palm, looking like he almost fell for it.

You guys think you can hide it from me by casting the bronze in a zippy and weird way, and then making up a random reason to deal with pirates?
Seeing that Quirk was still trying to argue his case, Lardy hastily tugged on his sleeve and shook her head to indicate that she should not get into a confrontation with the harbor clerk.

“All right! This lord, we pay taxes, you tell us how much we pay.”

Quake compromised, after all, he was unfamiliar with the place, so let’s put up with it for a while, the current him was not the uninhibited pirate leader he used to be.

After paying a tariff and an entry and exit harbor management fee, the people on the Southern ship were finally allowed to go ashore.

After leaving the first mate to lead 20 people to guard the Southern, Quirk led the other 20 people to step onto the pier of Asta Harbor.

Prosperity! Prosperity!
Nothing but prosperity!

This is the first impression of this corner city.

The bumpkins from the Northwest Bay were instantly shocked.

First of all is the architectural aspect, here the house in their eyes is simply a work of art, the exterior is decorated with exquisite reliefs, tall and beautiful, the materials used to be a look at the very expensive stone, or burned out of the red brick.

Moreover, the ground of the entire dock area seemed to be paved with stone bricks, so even if it rained, there was no need to worry about the road being too muddy to walk on.

In contrast, the houses in the Northwest Bay were low and short, and lacked aesthetic appeal in terms of molding; the towns were a little better, but the villages were less elaborate, and didn’t have the money to be so, with many of the people living in houses built using thatched grass, mud embryos, and messy stones.

Then there were the people, they hadn’t seen so many people gathered in the same place, different skin colors, different clothing, different decorations, speaking in distinctly different styles of language, the crew of the Southern had never imagined that there were so many humans in the world who were different from them.

A few of the prospect children were bouncing and scurrying around, and Quirk had to send one of his men to pull one of them to keep them from getting lost.

But the adult sailors also looked like their mouths were hanging open, and even the representatives of the merchants who prided themselves on their knowledge of the world were no better.

“Hey hey, see that? Those people are dressed so strangely.”

“Don’t look like you’ve never seen the world, it’s embarrassing to walk with you.”

“You’re still talking about me, whose eyes were so wide just now?”

The crowd continuously made sounds of amazement.

The only one in the group who looked unchanged was “Mr. Dirac”.

(End of chapter)