Chapter 14 There is a dragon here (9)
If you don't take the route from Iceland - Greenland, in the Aila chart, Ireland is the closest piece of land to Wenlan in the known world. Arriving here means that the entire route has completed the safest first quarter. Behind it is the vague and boundless sea, full of unknowns, and there are also various monsters living.
In Ella's plan, this is an extremely important supply location. According to the previous description of the patrol, Lubeck's merchant ship also took this route.
After a long sailing against the wind, Lubeck's sailors are likely to need to undergo a long period of trimming here, so they are expected to intercept Lubeck's merchant ship here.
After Ella got off the ship, he immediately searched along the port, but disappointingly, there was no shadow of the Lübeck merchant ship at all.
"Have Lübeck's merchant ships been here recently?"
Ella asked, caught a worker carrying goods at the port.
"There are many cargo ships here!" the worker replied with some dissatisfaction. "I can't recognize whether the ship is from Lübeck or Lünerburg!"
"There are not many ships coming in and out here every day, right?" Ella said unhappily. "I thought it was Constantineer here when I heard you!"
"Hey, this is the King of Sweden." Amy stared at the worker, "Pay attention to your tone."
The worker felt a little scared, put down his work, knelt on the ground and said, "King of Sweden, I really don't know. There are not many merchant ships here, but recently the Black Death broke out in England, and merchant ships from other places dared not dock, so they all ran outside. I can't remember the many place names, and there are many more that I didn't ask!"
"Do you remember a fleet of more than ten ships docked here?" Amy asked. "The flotilla's cargo is mainly iron and glass?"
The worker thought for a while: "I don't know what cargo is in it, but such a huge fleet has indeed appeared, and there is only one."
Ella couldn't wait to ask, "Where are they now?"
"We have already gone to sea. They landed about twenty days ago. They have been repairing here for ten days and replenishing some supplies."
"It's about twenty days?"
"I think about it... it may be less than twenty days, or a little longer. If twenty days are inaccurate, it will be either nineteen days or twenty days."
"Look, Lubeck's merchant ship went out to sea one month earlier than us, and now it's only twenty days away, which means we are indeed getting closer to them." Ella turned to Amy and said, "and they have been repairing for ten days. Now they will catch up immediately and will definitely be able to intercept them halfway."
"But we need to fix it too," Amy said with some embarrassment. "The route behind will be very difficult. If we don't replenish supplies here and then let the soldiers rest for a few days, it will be difficult for us to complete this route."
"The first priority now is to catch up with Lubeck's merchant ship. If there is not enough supplies, you can catch up and then go back and rest! But if Lubeck's merchant ship is attacked by monsters, then my cargo will be gone!"
Ella spread out the chart and could clearly see that a monster named "Spike Ridge Ray" was blocking the route.
"By the way, what are you going to do after catching up with me?" Amy asked, "If they insist that these are not your goods, wouldn't we have to get a late penalty for liquidated damages?
"Gu...this is that..."
Amy's words stopped Ella. She was only thinking about catching up with Lübeck's merchant ship, and never thought about what to do after catching up. The words of those merchants also made some sense - these ships hung up her flag after paying the money and were protected by her on the sea. If Lübeck had thoughtful plans, prepared another ten ships of cargo while taking Ella to sea, and claimed that it was just overdue and was ready to pay the liquidated damages as agreed, then she would be completely unspeakable.
"Damn it!" Ella muttered, "The amount should not be fixed at that time, but agreed to increase the penalty based on the number of days overdue! It was miscalculated!"
"That would probably not work," Amy analyzed. "In Aztlan, the price of selling glass to gems is possible. Even if the amount of default reaches twice the price of the goods itself, they still have sufficient profits. And taking the transfer station Atlantis first will lead to the potential benefits are even more immeasurable!"
"If pirates come out and rob them, then I will rob them legitimately... By the way, pirates! There is!"
Ella suddenly shouted happily. Amy who looked beside her was inexplicably:
"Your Majesty is going to find someone else to play pirates to rob the ship? But we don't have any extra ships... It's okay to rent nearby ships, but these ships are not fast enough to catch up with Lubeck's merchant ships."
"What other people are you looking for? I'm just playing myself? Isn't I the Pirate King?" Ella waved her hand at the soldiers excitedly, "Come on, go to the market to buy some cheap paint!"
Amy became more and more confused: "No... Your Majesty, what are you going to buy paint?"
"Of course, I am playing the role of a pirate! The pirate king Ella collected their protection fees and could not rob them. Then other pirates can do it? Change the sails of the Flying Zelan, don't use my flag, paint them all black, and draw something casually, disguise them as other people's ships. Before intercepting Lubeck's merchant ship, the Flying Zelan will be renamed... The Flying Dutch!"
"No, I can't pretend, right? Your Majesty, open your eyes and see clearly. This is the flying Shiranui! Such a large ship, there is only one in the world that can be found?"
"I don't care whether they believe it or not! They say that the goods on the ship are not mine, do you believe it? But saying this will indeed bother me - so the important thing is to make up the reasons!"
"If the Lübeck merchant spread this matter..."
"It's good to insist that I didn't do it! The other free markets in Almani are not fools. Whenever I mention the matter of ordering goods, everyone will know it! It's Lubeck's unkindness first. As long as I say it in public, can other free markets blame me for being unjust?"
"So that's it." Amy nodded thoughtfully, "You have to use the rogue method to deal with rogues."
"That's it! By the way, where is Dust? Where is Dust?"
"I probably went to a nearby tavern to have a drink." Amy asked, "What are you looking for him?"
Chapter completed!