The next day, Ron, looking worried, brought Christie along with a large amount of luggage and took a carriage to Mino Port.
Mino Port is a subsidiary city of Lane Town and is very close to it, with a straight-line distance of only a few dozen miles.
Although its name sounds like a port, it is actually a real city.
Moreover, its area is much larger than Lane Town, and its population is several times that of Lane Town.
However, because there are no tall city walls for protection and not enough security personnel.
Bandits run rampant in Mino Port, and the public security is chaotic. Nobles are unwilling to live here.
But also because there are few nobles here, it has reduced the suppression of classes, making the business in Mino Port extremely prosperous. All kinds of industries can thrive here, especially the shipbuilding industry.
With the development of maritime transportation and driven by interests, the shipbuilding industry in Mino Port has advanced by leaps and bounds and has gradually become one of the top in Gust Empire.
And with the development of the shipbuilding industry, the types of ships are constantly improving, the size of the ships is getting larger and larger, the performance is getting stronger and stronger, and the speed is getting faster and faster, which has also accelerated the development of maritime transportation.
The surrounding area of Lane Town is all plains and is rich in products. Relying on maritime transportation and without paying tolls, it can be sold nationwide at a low price, and even carry out cross-border trade and even cross-continental trade.
At the same time, various materials and commodities produced elsewhere are purchased from various places. Gradually, this place has become a large logistics distribution center.
The amount of profit involved can be imagined.
Therefore, anyone with some strength in Lane Town wants to come here to get a share.
Although the Moore family is only a viscount family, relying on its long-term strategic vision, it has made arrangements here early.
Now in Mino Port, it not only has its own port, a large warehouse, but also a team of private security forces, and a private fleet. Even in the shipyard, it has a large share.
Whenever a new type of ship is produced, the Moore family is always able to load it into their fleet immediately.
Over the years, relying on Mino Port, the Moore family has also earned a vast amount of wealth.
And with this wealth, they continue to recruit soldiers and buy horses, cultivate talents, and now it has become the second largest force in Lane Town, second only to the Duke Lorraine family.
At this time, when Ron finally arrived at the Moore family's own port after spending half a day, he was also deeply shocked by the scene in front of him.
More than ten large ships, 50 meters high (including the height of the masts) and more than 60 meters long, driven by canvas and wind power, were neatly arranged in the port berths. This was already very close to the medium-sized cargo ships in the previous life.
There were also hundreds and thousands of workers, like ants, running back and forth between the dock and the ships, carrying all kinds of goods, presenting a busy scene.
This made Ron realize the terrifying strength of the Moore family and his own insignificance.
Just when Ron was reflecting on his previous attitude towards the Moore family, a caravan of carriages came towards them.
The man at the head was a middle-aged man about forty years old, wearing a captain's hat, with a W-shaped cartoon beard, and wearing a blue buttoned noble suit.
After he rode to the front of Ron and the two of them, he smiled and dismounted.
Then he took off his hat and made a bow.
"Dear Knight Ron, we have finally been waiting for you! I am Bette Moore, the captain of your long and adventurous journey."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Captain Bette." Ron also politely bowed in return.
"If you don't mind, we can talk on the ship first." Bette smiled and said, "Please don't mind me being in such a hurry. You know, our family values efficiency."
"This is the second time I have heard a similar statement." Ron also smiled: "I like this style of doing things very much."
"Then please follow me!" Bette reached out and made an inviting gesture, and at the same time said: "Oh! By the way, your luggage will be carried by the workers. Just leave it in the carriage."
Ron nodded, took Christie's hand, and followed Bette onto a huge commercial cargo ship named "Lucky Sailor".
They followed Bette up the inclined gangway and passed through the messy deck all the way to the captain's room at the stern of the ship.
After Bette reached out and invited the two to sit down, he personally brewed a cup of blackish tea for each of them, and then began to introduce:
"This is coffee, exchanged from the Hill Dwarf Kingdom."
"Those dwarfs are always dealing with all kinds of ores and ironware, and they always take a sip of coffee while being busy on the way to the smelting furnace with various iron ores. Therefore, coffee is also called latte coffee by them. Please have a taste, it tastes very good."
After hearing the introduction, Christie found it very interesting and wanted to try it.
But Ron held her hand and looked directly at Bette's sly eyes, smiling and saying:
"Mr. Bette, you are too cunning. I hope you can take out the cube sugar that you hid behind you as soon as you entered the door. This way, my fiancée won't make a fool of herself because the coffee is too bitter."
"Hahaha!" Bette showed a surprised expression, then laughed loudly. At the same time, he took out the cube sugar that he had hidden on the desk behind him: "Knight Ron, you are really amazing. You actually know about coffee!"
"You know? When I brought coffee back to Lane Town, those old guys all said that my vision was poor and I chose such a product.
Because the bitter taste when brewed is too strong, this thing simply can't be promoted in Lane Town. This also causes many people to have no idea about this thing at all. But not only do you know, but you also know to add cube sugar."
"This is a method that I came up with after thinking for a long time. How did you know? It's incredible."
Ron didn't rush to answer. Instead, he first used small forceps to add two pieces of cube sugar to Christie's cup of coffee and helped her stir and melt it with a small copper spoon.
"Try it. It's not that delicious. But after drinking it a few times, it still has a certain flavor."
Christie tried to take a sip and shook her head slightly: "It's really average, but the mixture of bitterness and sweetness does have a unique flavor."
"Ha ha!" Bette said confidently: "If you drink it a few more times, you won't be able to live without it. I guarantee it to you."
"Indeed!" Ron also nodded in agreement.
"Oh, dear Knight Ron!" Bette leaned against the desk and turned to Ron and said:
"You still haven't answered my question. I hope you can satisfy my curiosity."
"I'm also curious!" Christie was also curious.
"Well..." Ron smiled mysteriously: "Because I have drunk it and made a fool of myself at that time."
Saying that, Ron made a vomiting gesture, which made the two of them laugh heartily.
"Knight Ron, you are such an interesting person and a person with broad knowledge."
Bette laughed heartily: "It's just a pity that this coffee can't be promoted in the city. I brought back a lot of inventory at that time and now I can't sell it. I'm so worried! If those old guys in Lane Town were as enlightened as Knight Ron, how great that would be!"
Ron thought for a while and asked: "Do you have a lot of goods?"
"Yes!" When it came to the sad part, Bette turned into a bitter face:
"When trading in the Hill Dwarf Kingdom last year, those Hill Dwarfs strongly suggested that I try their coffee. After I tasted it several times, I got addicted.
"At that time, I thought that if even I found this thing delicious and addictive, then others would too. Wouldn't this become a long-term big business? So I bought a whole ship of goods at one go."
"As a result, after those old guys in the family tasted it, they all looked down upon this thing and were determined not to promote it. These goods can only be hoarded in the warehouse. Not only did I spend all my savings, but even my future property will be lost in this business."
"Over the past year and more, I haven't dared to go anywhere. Even the brothel that I had to go to every time I docked, I have given up. Every time I want to relieve myself, I can only rely on my own rough hands to do it myself. I'm so miserable!"
Saying that, Bette looked up to the sky with tears in his eyes and showed a look of who is more miserable than me.
That look was both funny and humorous, but not a trace of sadness could be seen.
And Ron saw Bette's optimistic and humorous personality, as well as a huge business opportunity.
A kind smile appeared on his face, ready to take this business opportunity as a starting point and join this upcoming "feast" of maritime transportation and trade.