"Come up, my captain agrees to take you out to sea."
The crew member waved.
"Thank you!"
Ye Fan got on the small sea-going ship and said thank you to the dark-faced crew member on the ship's armor.
He looked at the small seagoing ship. There was a flag hanging on the mast of the small seagoing ship with the words "Wanbao Chamber of Commerce" written on it.
The sea-going ship is divided into two floors. There is only one owner's cabin on the upper deck, and the cabin on the lower deck is for the miners and warriors.
The ship was full of people, and the sailors quickly sailed away from Donglai Port and gradually headed towards the sea.
In the owner's room on the deck, an old man with a green beard in a light blue shirt opened the door, moved his feet slightly, and appeared on the deck. He looked at Ye Fan who had just boarded the ship with an expressionless look.
But Ye Fan was wearing an ordinary white shirt, and he couldn't see anything special about it.
"Captain, would you like to serve tea on the deck?"
"It's stuffy in the room, so I just want to take a rest on the deck and enjoy the breeze!"
Immediately, two crew members ran over, placed a seat and a tea seat on the deck of the ship, and served tea diligently. It is quite pleasant to drink tea on the deck of a seagoing ship in the sea breeze.
"What level of warrior are you at? Our Wanbao Chamber of Commerce has a mine on the sea. We were supposed to bring thirty warriors to the island to mine this time, but one of them was unable to come due to illness, and there was exactly one person missing. The risk at sea is high , going out to sea is nothing more than making money. Mining in the mines of my Wanbao Chamber of Commerce, the income is quite good. According to the cultivation level of the warrior, in a month, it can range from hundreds to thousands of taels, which is much better than in Donglai. The income in the city has doubled. If a warrior wants to go out to sea, he can't do it without a few hundred taels of silver. If you are willing to mine in my mine, I will waive the shipping fee!"
The green-bearded old man sat down on the seat and said calmly.
Ye Fan took a look at the green-bearded old man. The green-bearded old man's face was blue and black, his brows were furrowed, and he looked worried.
"I am a Martial Lord, and I am not short of money."
Ye Fan said calmly.
"Wuzun?"
The green-bearded old man was startled, and his expression suddenly softened a lot, and he said to the two crew members, "I'm too lazy, show this young man his seat!"
There was a little more awe in the eyes of the two crew members, and they quickly moved a seat for Ye Fan and made some tea.
"I, Zheng Zhen'an, the president of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce, says he is a chamber of commerce, but in fact he is just a small businessman in Donglai City. He only has a dozen or so ships and runs a few small mines to earn some hard money."
The green-bearded old man laughed at himself a little, then turned to Ye Fan and asked: "I wonder why you went to sea? See if I can help."
"I'm Ye Fan. It's nothing else. I just want to go out to sea to hunt a few sea beasts and earn some yuan stones. If it's convenient for President Zheng, can you give me a ride? I'll get off the boat at an island along the way?"
Ye Fan smiled lightly and said half truthfully.
Naturally, he would not say that going to sea was actually just for the convenience of practicing blood-based combat skills.
Everyone knows that the East China Sea is no safer than the land in Donglai County, and the danger is far more than a hundred times that of the land. Very few Martial Lords would consider practicing at sea. They usually just stay in the city or practice on land. Most of them go to sea to earn Yuan Stone.
But he was just the opposite. If he just wanted to earn Yuan stones, he could write a few "low-grade and inferior" Yuanqi runes in the city and exchange them for a small amount of money. Anyway, he still wears the title of "Rune Apprentice" and makes a few small bucks by writing some "low-grade" runes. It is also a legitimate profession, and others will not be suspicious.
He went out to sea to find sea beasts, not for the Yuan Stone, but simply to facilitate the practice of blood-based combat skills and blood-based cultivation techniques. Only the East China Sea has enough sea beasts to provide him with a sufficient source of energy and blood.
"Are you planning to go out to sea to hunt sea beasts by yourself?"
President Zheng Zhenan was surprised, shook his head and said: "Brother Ye, it's not that I look down on you. It is difficult for a martial master to kill sea beasts at sea, let's not talk about whether you have the ability to kill sea beasts. Even if you can hurt them, right? , once these sea beasts are injured, they will run away and sink into the sea. With the strength of you and me, the Martial Lord, we don't have the ability to go to the sky and into the sea, so I can only stare and watch them escape!"
"It depends on luck."
Ye Fan smiled and did not explain too much.
His purpose was not to kill the sea beasts, and it didn't matter whether they escaped or not. As long as he can fight the sea beasts, he can borrow their energy and blood for use.
Zheng Zhenan thought for a while and advised: "Our ship is going to the 'Buji Islands'. This island has hundreds of islands of different sizes, many of which produce minerals.
One of the islands produces blue water sea sand, which is a material for refining water-based mysterious weapons. This island is the property of my Wanbao Chamber of Commerce.
But there are often sea beasts around the island, and the mine's Wuzun-level guard force is very insufficient, which gives me a headache. Recruiting a guard at the first level of the Martial Lord level will cost at least two yuan stones every month.
The Wanbao Chamber of Commerce has been in a tight situation in recent years. It saves what it can and does not dare to hire more Wu Zun to garrison on the mining island. There are only three Martial Lords in total on this island now.
Since Brother Ye wants to go out to sea to hunt sea beasts, why don't you just go to my island and I'll give you one yuan stone a month. You have a place where you can hunt sea beasts with peace of mind, and my mining island is also more peaceful, killing two birds with one stone! "
"Your island. Is it convenient to hunt sea beasts? On an island with many people, there will be no accidental injuries."
Ye Fan hesitated for a moment.
"Don't worry, this is the island of my Wanbao Chamber of Commerce. You can do whatever you want. And everyone on this mining island is in the mines and mines, and will not run out to avoid being attacked by sea monsters. You are on the island You can hunt sea beasts around and do whatever you want."
Zheng Zhenan chuckled.
"Okay, I can't sit on your boat for nothing. I'll go to your mining island and clean up the sea beasts around the island. You pay me one yuan stone a month, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. However, if there are no sea beasts around the island, I You'll have to leave then."
Ye Fan thought for a moment and said.
"Okay, brother, feel free!"
Zheng Zhenan laughed and agreed.
With the salary of one Yuan Stone, it is a very good deal to hire a Martial Lord to be the guard of the mine island for a month. In the entire Donglai County, I'm afraid there won't be any other Martial Lord willing to do this.
...
The small sea-going ship raised its sails on the sea and traveled for nearly four to five hours, a distance of about three to four hundred miles.
In the offshore sea, there are almost no sea beasts encountered.
But dozens of miles away from the Donglai coast, sea beasts can be seen in the sea from time to time.
The air in the lower cabin was stuffy and crowded with dozens of warriors. Ye Fan didn't want to stay inside, so he simply stayed on the deck to breathe.
He and Zheng Zhenan were the only two warriors on this small sea-going ship, so they stood guard on the deck together to protect the safety of the sea-going ship.
Fortunately, no sea monsters attacked the ship.
At sunset, Ye Fan stood on the deck of the ship and gradually saw a group of islands in the distance. Smoke can still be seen on some of the islands, and miners are obviously making fires for cooking.
"That area is the Buji Islands! The Blue Water Sand Mine Island occupied by my Wanbao Chamber of Commerce is on the edge of the archipelago. I guess we can get there in a while."
Zheng Zhenan's face was a little dark, and he looked at the islands in the distance with his hands behind his hands, and said with a hint of sadness.
"oh!"
Ye Fan was thoughtful.
Chairman Zheng said that he only has one island, but there are still people on some other islands. If the prediction is good, there should be other chambers of commerce mining various sand and gravel on the Buji Islands, not just the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce.
"Are there many mining islands in this Buji Islands?"
Ye Fan asked a little strangely.
"Not much!"
Zheng Zhen'an shook his head and said: "This Buji Islands is a small archipelago closest to Donglai County. It was originally the property of the 'Tianyi Pavilion' Chamber of Commerce, and Tianyi Pavilion is the property of Donglai County. It is spread throughout the county. It is the famous largest chamber of commerce. The Tianyige Chamber of Commerce has been operating in this archipelago for thousands of years and has mined all the rich ores. What is left are small ores and semi-waste ores. Tianyige is too lazy to dig any more, so they take them. This part of the Buji Islands was resold to five small chambers of commerce. All we need to do is hand over half of the ore we get to them every year. Our Wanbao Chamber of Commerce is one of them, along with the Qionghai Gang, Wu Dao Society, Jinhua Fang, and Huoyun from Donglai City. Pavilion. The five families are divided equally, each occupying 20% of the island."
"The five families should be divided equally. In that case, President Zheng should have dozens of islands in his hands. Even if they are not all mining islands, they will not be too few! Why is there only one island left?"
Ye Fan asked.
"When the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce was at its peak, it really held dozens of islands in its hands!"
Zheng Zhenan smiled bitterly: "But that was a hundred years ago. My Wanbao Chamber of Commerce has been losing money all year round and cannot make ends meet, and now it can only barely survive. Now I live on a blue water sea sand mine island, where can I have this Manpower to occupy more islands.
It's not easy to guard just this island. Every month on the night of the full moon, a small tide of beasts would come to the island and absorb the moonlight on the island.
This beast tide will attack the miners and Wu Zun guards on the island.
Our Wanbao Chamber of Commerce is getting old day by day, and our financial resources are meager. We cannot afford to hire many warriors to station on the island, so we can only abandon other islands and concentrate our manpower on guarding one island.
Tianyige actually didn't care who among us occupied these islands. He just wanted to get as much mineral sand as possible, so he set a rule in the Buji Islands: "After the beast tide, any uninhabited island can be occupied by the remaining islands at will. Whoever occupies it will do so." Who gets it. If the other companies are dissatisfied, they will directly send people to fight. Whoever wins will get the mining. '"
Zheng Zhenan sighed, "I don't expect anything. Just don't lose the last blue water sea sand mining island. Otherwise, our Wanbao Chamber of Commerce will have no business in the East China Sea."
Only then did Ye Fan slightly understand that this was what the Buji Islands were all about.
However, this should have little impact on him.
He is currently on the first level of the Martial Master Stage. He can train on the island here for at most a year and a half, so he may not stay for long.
I just hope that there are enough sea beasts in this small archipelago closest to Donglai.
Otherwise, he would have to find another island farther away to practice, which would be a bit troublesome.