After the Full Level of the Profession

"Of course." Robb said: "No matter how fierce the wars were and how much they hated each other, all the races in this world will eventually become one village, and there will be a great integration of nations and cultures. This is an inescapable law. It’s not surprising that there is an Oriental Street in a Western city, and it’s not surprising that there is a Foreign Street in an Eastern city.”

While chatting, the small village passed, and the fleet continued to sail north. I don’t know how long it took to sail, and a natural harbor appeared on the seaside. The harbor was not very big, with low buildings and shabby towns, but the harbor There are many ships moored there, including even Western sailing ships.

The two captains came to Robb's side and reported: "Godfather, this is a small seaport city on the southeast coast of Dongtu Datang. Its name is Xiangshan Port. It is smaller than Boning Port, but it can still be regarded as Dongtu Datang. The second largest port contains many caravans from the Kingdom of Gran and the Kingdom of Noma. It is the place where most of us Westerners gather in Dongtu Datang."

Robb thought to himself: This is roughly equivalent to Hong Kong in the original world.

He asked curiously: "This is only the second largest? Is Boning Port more powerful than here?"

The two captains nodded: "Boning Port is the busiest and most prosperous port in Dongtu Datang. This Xiangshan Port is still far behind. Almost all ports here are supported by us Westerners. Dongtu Datang's People don’t take this port seriously.”

"I see!"

In fact, Robb didn't know that even in the Age of Discovery in the original world, Hong Kong was quite backward at the beginning, far inferior to Ningbo. At that time, Ningbo was the most powerful and greatest port in the East. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a famous figure in the Warring States period of the island country, once thought that Ningbo was the best place in the world. He once wanted to destroy the Ming Dynasty and move the capital to Ningbo. However, he failed to succeed and was sent back to his hometown in Goryeo.

Robb pointed at Xiangshan Port in front and said with a smile: "I want to have a look at this harbor. We can stop here for a while and then continue to Boning Port."

The two captains nodded: "Of course, no problem."

The two of them answered like this first, and then whispered: "However, there is also a disadvantage here. This is the territory of Shiba Bu. Those Western businessmen who have paid protection fees are safe here, but people like us It will be a little more inconvenient if you don’t give face to Shiba Bu... Of course, with you here we don’t need to be afraid of them at all, we just want to prevent them from playing dirty tricks."

Robb smiled and said: "I understand. If the crew can move within the range that I can see, I don't have to worry about the divination."

The two captains gave their orders, and the three large sailing ships began to approach Xiangshan Port.

Before they even docked, they saw several small boats carrying the official dragon flag of the East Rabbit and the Tang Dynasty blocking the way. Several Rabbit sailors wearing the uniforms of the officers and soldiers of the East Rabbit and the Tang Dynasty stood on the bow and shouted to the big ship: "Where are you coming from?" Ship? Immediately declare customs and pay taxes."

Robb turned to the two captains: "There are actually officials from Dongtu and Tang Dynasty here?"

The two captains quickly introduced it to Robb: "Although this place is not taken seriously by Dongtu and the Tang Dynasty, it is still a place under the jurisdiction of the government, and it has become more and more important in recent years."

It turns out that Xiangshan Port at this time was still just a small county in the Dongtu Datang system, called Xiangshan County. The county magistrate was originally just a small official, in charge of a small and broken city with more than a thousand people in Tukou. It was very embarrassing, but he didn't expect that one day a large Western ship would come here, and then this small county town with a natural port would become popular all of a sudden.

Western ships arrived one after another, and this poor place became more and more prosperous. The county magistrate was very happy at first because the tax revenue increased, but slowly he felt something was wrong. , seems a little unable to suppress these foreigners. As the number of foreigners increased, they began to refuse to give face to the county magistrate and refused to obey his control. Some even refused to pay taxes and wanted to confront him.

More than a year ago, a group of people from the Noma Kingdom got carried away when they saw that the county magistrate had few soldiers. They built a walled city on the seaside and privately occupied the territory of Dongtu Datang. They also sent two hundred sailors to defend the city and bully the county. The order only had a few hundred militiamen on hand, thinking that the county magistrate could not do anything to them.

The county magistrate was furious and quickly reported to the Admiral of Guangdong above. Then the Admiral casually sent five thousand rabbit soldiers.

The foreigners were dumbfounded on the spot. How difficult would it be to mobilize five thousand soldiers in the West? This would require several knights to be mobilized. It was impossible without the king's request. Who would have thought that so many knights would come just by giving an order from a random regional governor in the East Rabbit Tang Dynasty.

The five thousand rabbit soldiers pushed the two hundred soldiers from the Noma country to the ground and rubbed them hard, like the devil's steps. From then on, the foreigners became obedient and no longer dared to mess around here. Everyone had to obey the rabbits. The county magistrate pays taxes.

After listening to the two captains telling the story, the two little girls couldn't help but be happy: "We can't defeat the Noma Kingdom, but we have Godfather and are not afraid of these rabbits. The last time Shiba came to collect our money, he was despised by Godfather. Didn't expect these rabbits to come again? They are not done yet. Godfather, shall we run into them again?"

Robb shook his head: "We can't let it happen this time. The people who come to collect taxes this time are not pirates, but officials from the Tang Dynasty. It is reasonable for them to collect taxes from us, and we should also declare the customs in a serious manner. Pay taxes. This is not a question of whether I can fight, but a question of whether I respect others."

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Chapter 930 I’ll find a knight for you

Holy Monday, I just returned from a trip, and I don’t have much to save, so I won’t post much today, only ten is stronger. This is not a reason to infringe on other people’s dignity. Just because you are strong does not make you justified.

Especially when you are facing a country, if you do not respect the sovereignty of others, then no matter how weak the country is, there will be a group of people who will sacrifice their lives to fight against you to defend the dignity of the country.

Robb said: "We don't need to respect the pirates, but we need to respect the officers and soldiers of Dongtu and Tang Dynasty. Let's communicate well."

The two captains nodded, lowered the rope ladder, picked up several rabbit soldiers on the ship, checked their documents, and handed over the business license issued by the Kingdom of Gran. The few rabbit soldiers did not do anything fancy, and checked around the ship. After there was no contraband, I collected the tax and planned to leave.

However, when one of the rabbit soldiers stepped off the boat, he suddenly turned around and asked curiously: "You don't have a flag on your boat. How brave you are."

"So you also know that the Eighteen Bulls are hanging out in the waters near here?" Robb couldn't help but asked back.

Hearing his fluent Chinese, several rabbit soldiers couldn't help but be surprised and said: "Who among the people on the beach doesn't know about the Eighteen Divinations? But the Eighteen Divinations are powerful, and the entire southeastern coast is their power. In terms of scope, let alone we are just small soldiers, even the county magistrate, prefect, governor of Guangdong, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and patrol inspectors of the eight provinces can't do anything with the Eighteen Divinations and can't suppress a super bandit like this, the final result will probably be to recruit him to peace. .”

After saying that, he lowered his voice and said: "There are also people from Shibabu in Xiangshan Port. Your ship has no carrot flag. If you want to anchor in this port, you must be more careful."

Robb said: "Thank you both for your friendly reminder."

The two officers and soldiers got off the boat. As they walked, they shook their heads and sighed: "It's safer to pay for the protection fee. If you are young and energetic and insist on fighting with Shiba Bu, these people are in trouble."

Soon, three large ships docked and parked at the edge of the pier.

Robb was more familiar with the customs of the East and knew a lot about the secrets here. He immediately glanced at the shore and immediately found a few rabbits dressed like coolies among the people on the shore. The people stood up. They looked at the sailboat of Robb and others carefully, then turned around and ran away, disappearing into the alleys of the port.

"We have been targeted." Robb said with a smile: "It seems that the people from the Eighteen Divinations are coming."

The two little girls laughed and said: "If Godfather is not here, we will really be afraid, but with Godfather here, we don't care about these people at all."

The two captains greeted the sailors, got off the ship, and chatted with local merchants on the dock. Then, many empty barrels were brought off the ship and placed on the dock. The merchants on the shore recruited a large group of migrant workers to carry a large amount of food. Drinking water was brought over and poured into empty barrels, and the sailors carried the barrels back to the ship.

This work really cannot be completed in a short time. There are three large sailing ships, each with hundreds of sailors, and the demand for food and water is huge, and it takes half a day to move them.

Robb took advantage of this moment and said to the two little girls: "Let's go to the shore for a walk!"

The two little girls were overjoyed: "Okay, okay, this is actually our first time coming to the East."

"Then just follow me. I'm an expert on the East." Robb smiled and said, "I know everything about this place."

"Godfather is so powerful." The two little girls pointed at a rabbit and said, "Then you can teach us whether this rabbit is a male or a female? We can't recognize it at all."

Robb turned around and took a look. The rabbit was out of shape because he had eaten too much fat. It was hard to tell whether it was a male or a female. Looking at his face, he had a rabbit head, and it was impossible to tell the difference between male and female. Ma...

"I take back what I just said, not everyone knows it, ahhhh!"

The three people got off the boat and walked on the streets of Xiangshan Port. This county is not big, but it has a large population. It is a mixture of east and west, including not only the Gran people, but also the Noma people, and even a few people from the desert kingdom. Of course, there are more bunny people. The people on the street speak different languages, and it’s a mess.

After walking only a few steps, a blond and blue-eyed Westerner came over, saluted the three of Robb, and said in Gram language: "The three of you look very strange, they must have just arrived here." Right? I'm not bragging. I know all the Westerners who have settled in Xiangshan Port. And the ones I don't know are all new arrivals. I'm also called the Tiger Balm of the East. There's nothing I don't understand. You just need to For a small amount of money, you can ask me to work for you. I will take you familiar with everything in this country, help you contact rabbit merchants, and make you a lot of money, and I really only need a small amount of money."

"Do you really know everything?" The two little girls giggled and pointed at a fat rabbit: "Is this rabbit a male or a female?"

The blond Westerner: "..."

It is true that no Westerner can answer this crazy question, so he can only look confused.

Robb smiled and patted the man on the shoulder: "Okay, my little girl is joking with you. As long as you can provide me with some information, I will give you a hundred gold coins."

The man was overjoyed: "Oh, if you want any information, just ask!"

Robb said: "I recently heard that the rabbit knights in the East seem to be fighting for something called 'Xuanyuan Black Iron'. Do you know about this?"

The man's face suddenly stiffened: "Uh, well... the knights have their own system, what is it called Jianghu? I don't know much about their system."

Robb said angrily: "Then you still say that you are the snake oil of the East. You are useless and you are wasting my time."

The man was embarrassed: "But don't worry, I know people in the world. I went to find a knight to talk to you about this matter. It can also be regarded as providing you with information. What do you think?"

Robb said: "That's fine. Our ship is on the dock over there. Did you see it? The one with the flag of the Kingdom of Glen on it. If you find a knight who knows about this, come and talk to us. .”