Chapter 335
Chapter 335.
The three windjammers slowly entered the berth under the strenuous pull of the slender men.
Half an hour later, Quirk led several sailors off the deck and onto the pier.
Northwest Industries sold more and more armaments to the kingdom’s army, and on top of that, Alda continued to send additional aid in exchange for the goodwill of the royal family, and with the development of sea transportation power, and also in order to avoid accidents in the middle of the journey, Lakewood relied more and more on transporting supplies by sea, which was a much more stealthy way to do so.
This time, the Southern escorted two freighters south to Westport, and all three ships were loaded with supplies to support the kingdom’s military, mainly canned goods and armor and weapons.
They hadn’t taken a few steps when a cheerful voice rang out, “Haha, Captain Quake, is it your turn to come this time?”
Quake opened his arms, “Oh, Viscount Dylan, long time no see.”
The two embraced, warmly.
In order to ensure safety during transportation, Lakewood requested the Navy to allocate a warship to accompany each delivery.
Compared to the other territories in the kingdom, the Northwest Bay didn’t provide much to the kingdom government at first, but it won in stability and durability, and since Alda had ordered the technology tree for blast furnace iron making and the lords had joined together to build the Northwest Industry, the supply of armaments from the Northwest Bay had started to rise, but of course most of the armaments needed to be exchanged by the kingdom government with real gold and silver.
In the core power circle of the kingdom’s top management, the Northwest Bay has slowly begun to get rid of the previous kind of impression – dispensable barbaric land, and His Majesty the King’s worry about his youngest daughter has been alleviated by a few points, and if he can send so much material, he should be able to live well there if he has the money.
In order to make better use of this supply chain, the Royal Government has stationed a special contact officer in Xigang, responsible for receiving the incoming supplies.
Dylan was the highest ranking person in charge of this, in his early thirties he was a Viscount, gathering all his energy and preparing for a big job, accumulating seniority for his future promotion to a higher rank.
When he was first sent here, he was still not happy, who did he offend? How did he end up having to deal with a bunch of country people, but when he first saw the fleet from the Northwest Bay arrive, and then boxes and boxes of supplies were carried off the ships, he immediately realized that this was a rare opportunity.
Quirk handed him a document and said, “This is a list of the supplies that arrived this time, please ask Lord Viscount to take an inventory.”
Dylan patted Quake’s shoulder and laughed, “Haha, not too busy, you Northwesterners are reliable.”
What Quake and Dylan didn’t know was that the meeting between the two of them had already been watched by someone with a heart. There was a paddle schooner quietly anchored in another berth, Edward and Nathan still standing on the transom deck, observing them from afar.
“By the look of that attire, it appears to be an official of the Royal Government.” Nathan whispered.
“The flag on that ship is that of the Gladman family of the Northwest Bay. That’s right, their family’s red dragon symbol is very recognizable.” Edward also said.
“It looks like Mr. Captain is familiar with all the major families in the Northwest Gulf.”
“Hmph, I’ve been hanging out there for so many years after all …… Well, wait.”
Edward suddenly stopped his words and focused his attention on Quirk who was having a good conversation with Viscount Dylan.
Not long after, he laughed again, “Oh, I didn’t expect to meet an old friend here.”
“An old friend?” Nathan looked at Edward with interest.
“Nothing much, a nodding acquaintance from when I used to be a pirate.”
“Is the other person also ……?”
“Sort of, but it looks like it’s been taken in by the Gladman family now. It looks like the gang of little brothers I left behind were indeed planted in the hands of the Gleimans.”
“Now it does seem that there are northern lords who are strongly supporting the crown, or at least someone in the northwest bay is doing so.”
…… Quirk ended his climb with Viscount Dylan, and as was customary, he was next to lead the disembarking sailors to find a tavern for a big drink. He led his excited men towards the center of Westport City.
The crowd walked and talked in a lively atmosphere, after drifting for more than half a month, it felt good to have their feet on the ground.
“Farewell.”
An inexplicable remark reached his ears, and at the same time a shove on his shoulder caused Quirk to snap out of it and turn around hastily.
However, the person who just brushed past him was walking very fast, and immediately drowned in the bustling crowd, and he only vaguely felt that there was a tall back that seemed to have been seen somewhere, but how could he not piece together a specific memory.
“Really strange!”
Quake muttered, perhaps it had just been an accident, and the words hadn’t been addressed to him.
“Captain, what’s wrong?”
Allen, a naval officer candidate off to the side, noticed the Captain’s Quirk’s abnormality and asked out of the blue.
“Huh? Nothing, let’s keep going.”
……
In the afternoon of the next day, the resupplied Southern and the other three sailing ships were fully loaded and ready to depart, and Viscount Dylan was at the pier to see off Quake and his party. Prior to the arrival of the fleet, the officials of the kingdom government who were in charge of the contact had already prepared the supplies they used to go north, so the resupply was very fast.
“Captain Quake, there is a very important matter that needs your help.” Dylan said as he reached into his coat pocket and fumbled around.
“Go ahead Lord Viscount.”
Dylan pulled out a letter and handed it to Quake, “Please give this letter to a young lady of your place by the name of Betty Diaz.”
“Ms. Betty? She’s our superintendent in charge of education there.” Quirk wondered a bit, “Which one of you is writing to her? As far as I know she’s from Gabora.”
Dylan shook his head, “I don’t know about that, the letter came from inside the palace, the person who delivered it instructed me to make sure that I picked someone from your side of the family with weight to carry it to the Northwest Bay, and I think that you, Captain, have enough weight for the job.”
“Haha, fallacious, fallacious, but this letter I will definitely bring.”
“Well, please. My personal guess, from the looks of this Miss Betty’s last name, is that perhaps she is a relative on the Queen’s side?”
Quirk was a bit surprised, “What? That’s not good, that’s not good.” He carefully put the envelope away.
He had already been shocked by the friendship between the female advisor, Laddie Sertia, and Archduchess Helen when he was in Horn Bay, and he hadn’t realized that the lord had another person close to him with possible ties to the royal family.
Quirk patted his chest and reassured Dylan before boarding the Southern with a wave of farewell from the other man.
The three schooners were towed off their berths in turn by tugs and set sail out of the harbor, heading north.
Off West Heights, a paddle schooner was also slowly making its way south. On deck, Edward looked at the gradually moving away from Westport with a cold look in his eyes.
“Yo guys of Aldo, the next time we come, it won’t just be this many people now.”
(End of chapter)