Chapter 373 Lester

Chapter 373 Lester

It was late at night, and even Nisborough – a city that was the capital of the Horned Cove Confederacy and had one of the few nocturnal lifestyles in this era – was plunged into silence and darkness at this point.

In one of the inns in the Docklands, a light was still on in a room on the second floor.

At the table by the window, a young but bearded man with a pair of spectacles was wielding a quill and writing furiously on a piece of paper.

There was no weariness on his face, instead, he showed a color of excitement, it looked like it would be difficult to sleep today.

One by one, words appeared under the tip of his pen, his handwriting was scribbled but revealed a sharpness.

With a creak, the door to his room opened, yet the man didn’t seem to realize it at all.

“Ah~” the visitor said with a slight reproach as he clapped his mouth and yawned:

“Lister, you’re still up! This is what time ah, I got up to go to the toilet, see your door crack still through the light, a push surprisingly pushed open, I say you are also too careless, this is a foreign country ah, life is not familiar ……”

The man known as Lister finished writing the last paragraph and turned to look at his companion, “Ah, it’s you! Haha, I made you worry. But I’m just too excited today!”

The companion revealed a bitter smile and said, “Understand understand, it’s my first time coming to Horn Bay and seeing a city as big as Nisborough, I haven’t slept a wink despite being physically very tired. How’s that, it’s an eye-opener today, isn’t it?”

“It’s really an eye-opener!” Lister clenched his two fists in excitement, “Before, I only heard about the prosperity of Horned Bay, but today is the day I saw it for myself, it’s really true to its name.”

The companion lamented, “Yes, our old home is like a small fishing village compared to this place.”

Liszt waved his hand, “Don’t worry, I believe that under Lord Gleeman’s governance, Arda …… no, even the entire Northwest Gulf will definitely not lose to Horn Bay in the future.”

His companion was a bit unconvinced and smiled awkwardly as he walked over to the table, “Let me see what you’ve written? Ha, you don’t mind, do you?”

Lister picked up the thick notepad and passed it into his companion’s hand, “Feel free to read it, it’s nothing private.”

The companion flipped through a few pages and mumbled to himself, “You wrote down everything you saw along the road? Well, prices, taxes, currency …… everything!”

The companion narrowed his eyes, “I say ah …… Lister, your real identity wouldn’t be a spy sent to Horn Bay by Lord Earl, would it?”

Lister rolled his eyes, “Screw you, isn’t it normal for people in the business world to be concerned about this? Is your professional sensitivity that bad?”

“Haha, just kidding just kidding!”

Lister took his notes and flipped a page and said, “What I value the most in this is the tariffs between the states of the Gulf of Horns, I think that aside from the superior geographic location, one of the reasons contributing to these countries being so prosperous is the reasonable tariffs between them.”

He shook his head, “If only our various lords of the Northwest Gulf were as enlightened as Horned Bay, giving up their immediate petty gains and looking to longer term intentions ……”

This time it was my companion’s turn to roll his eyes, “Hmph, now that we are a thousand miles away from the Northwest Gulf, you dare to say anything! A commoner dares to judge the lord lord.”

Liszt ignored his companion’s sarcasm, “Alas! It’s a pity that Lord Gleeman’s vision of a customs union is blamed on those ignorant country bumpkins.”

His mouth of the country bumpkin is to let the Alda squire landowners, “customs union” plan once Paul proposed, in this group of guys under the strong opposition to the abortion. At that time, but let Alda’s industrial and commercial sector to recognize the real excitement for a while, and then the greater the hope the greater the disappointment. Lester’s eyes immediately surfaced the color of worship: “According to the Lord Gleeman is only sixteen years old, never left the northwest bay, not to mention the corner of the world like the corner of the bay, how to think of the creation of the Customs Union of such a genius idea, but also too early wisdom, right?”

He sighed, “I really want to have a good conversation with this Lord Earl.”

His companion cried and laughed as he reached out and touched his head, “Friedrich List, have you burned out your brain, you’re just an employee of a merchant’s house, how dare you fantasize about meeting with Lord Gleiman! Go back and you’ll run to Lake Town and try it, with this poor look of yours, let’s see if the guards of the lord’s house will throw you into the prison.”

Lister muttered, “Lord Gleeman would never be that kind of person. If you ask me, although this young lord is wise, he is too indecisive in some aspects, he should have stuck to the tariff alliance in the first place, utilizing his lord’s identity and power to exclude those who opposed it, how could he give up on it after a few words from others? It’s not too much to say it’s cowardice ……”

“Hold it and hold it! This kind of words should never be said in front of me in the future, I have an old man and a young man, I don’t want to cause any trouble.”

The companion whose brain was oozing with cold sweat hastily stopped Lister’s treacherous comments about the lord.

“It looks like you’re already excited to the point where your brain is a bit out of whack. Take my advice and get a good night’s sleep, we still have to do the task Boss Todd gave us tomorrow.”

The two men had been dispatched to Corner Bay by the owner of the shipyard, Bennett Todd, to recruit shipbuilders; Mr. Todd no longer wanted to wait dryly for the shipyards that were lined up with orders to build him a merchant ship, he was going to do the work himself, and have plenty of food.

“Ah~ I’m going back to bed, so hurry up and get to bed too, or tomorrow won’t be pleasant.”

His companion turned around and opened the door to his room, heading outside.

“Let me shine a light on you, it’s pretty dark in the hallway.”

Lister picked up the candlestick and followed.

Unfortunately, there were no adjoining rooms left when they made their reservation, and the companion’s room was at the end of the corridor.

Lister carried the candlestick to the restroom again before returning slowly to the door of his room.

“Hmm? Did I forget to lock the door again when I came out? This memory …… but it shouldn’t be burglarized in such a short time.”

After inserting the key into the lock hole, it was obvious that it was unlocked, and he laughed to himself.

After entering the room, the objects inside didn’t change much, which was a relief.

“Time to sleep!” After blowing out the candles, Lister stretched and headed for the bed.

Just as he laid down, suddenly the sound of clamor came from outside.

Lister was very surprised and didn’t know what was going on, the cluttered voices were also mixed with shouts and cries.

Could it be bandits? Ah, this was Horned Bay, pirates were a little more likely!
But this is the capital of the Horned Bay Alliance!
Light came from the window, he jumped out of bed and ran to the window, looking outside, only to see countless torches illuminating the street in front of the inn as if it were daytime, the building had been surrounded by a large group of people.

It can’t be, can it? Could it really be bandits coming?
Lister’s heart hung in the air.

(End of chapter)