Chapter 20: Port city

Shuangfan City is a harbour city in the ranking of southern city-states. Although the southern city-states are mostly seaside cities because of the terrain, Shuangfan City is famous for its water depth in many ports, so although it is not close to the Pearl Islands, it is four or five days longer than the nearest city. However, it is also an important departure port, or the home port of many large and medium-sized caravans. Another advantage here is that it is close to the half-moon forest and has a sufficient supply of wood. The long-term accumulated wood reserves make it have many docks and shipyards.
Jerez is one of the owners of one of the shipyards. It's just that he was transferred from a sea merchant to become a shipyard. In the early years, he ran a boat and saved some family business. People no longer wanted to fight at sea in middle age, but he couldn't give up his feelings for the boat. So he took some people and went ashore to build a shipyard.
In the shipbuilding industry, he is a newcomer to the industry. Although his family has a lot of money and the built dock is not bad, but because of the remote location and the scarce source of tourists, his life has been sad. Not to mention that the owners of the shipyards all over the city secretly squeezed his newcomer's business, which made his life even more bleak.
Since the fall of this year, he has completed the business of a fishing boat. In addition, he has not received a big business. Seeing that the dock is empty, the workers hired by the money are waiting to pay for the work. Belly, he was in a hurry, but there was no good way.
Hovito, the owner of a nearby shipyard, has been to the house several times, negotiating a low price for his shipyard, but Jerez refused. He always expected that there would be opportunities to run from time to time to allow the shipyard to overcome this difficulty.
However, the last time Hovitto said to him when he left: "There are enough shipyards in Shuangfan City. One more factory will save us a bite. Do you think there will be any chance? No Yes, you are now on a boat with a broken keel. It is a matter of time before you are smashed by the waves. "
Jerez knew that if it weren't for his brothers who dared to fight, those people would have rushed to eat themselves. However, now they are like watching a tiger struggling inside in the trap, waiting for it to run out of power so that it can kill it.
Jerez still refused to give up. He still stubbornly took his sailor hat and wandered around the big market of Shuangfan City with several old brothers, hoping to find a good opportunity.
Day after day, all he waited for was disappointment, until one day, a middleman he knew quite well came to him with two men and women in cloaks.
The middleman said secretly, "Jerez, you know, I brought you this business, but at the risk, those people have long spoken out and we will not let you bring guests. But, I See you have been wandering here for ten days ... even if my heart is soft. "
Jerez immediately took out two silver moons from his pocket and placed them in the hands of middlemen. The silver moon coins of the southern city-states were smaller than the silver guns of the kingdom and the silver feathers of the empire, but the two silver moons were also a large sum. Money. The man in the middle quickly put Yinyue into his pocket, then patted Jerez's shoulder and left quickly.
"He was not prepared to introduce the business to you. If it wasn't for me to insist on finding a shipyard with quiet location, light business, and good craftsmanship, he would take me to another house." The man was speaking, and the voice was very loud Young, he pulled the hood on his head slightly back, revealing a very handsome face, "Introduce yourself, my name is Crete, this is my partner Katerina."
Jerez looked to the side. The woman's face was half hidden in her hat, but she also looked very young. She had green hair. Even when she was wearing a cloak, she looked very bumpy and very healthy.
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The man was not armed, but the woman had a short sword hanging around her waist. Jerez is the person who has seen the world. These two men look extraordinary, and the forces behind them are probably very unusual.
He smiled and nodded: "Anyway, he brought two distinguished guests over, and I have to accept his affection. This is also the rule of doing business."
Crete laughed: "Mr. Jerez does seem to be a well-behaved person."
"Why do you say that?" Jerez asked.
"I heard the middleman say that your business here has been crowded out, which is not surprising. We have also dealt with other shipyards before. I know exactly what they are, and it is normal to exclude you. But today, seeing you and your subordinates is not easy. If you go to the door, I am afraid that most shipyards will have bad luck. But you have not used this advantage, but you are doing business. Competing with them in every frame makes me admire a little. "
Jerez took a deep look at Crete and said, "There are rules in the sea, rules on the shore, and rules wherever you go. Otherwise, there will be no good ending."
Kerry characteristic nodded: "Very good, we like to do business with the law-abiding people. So. Let's go to your dock and take a look, and then come to talk about the specific content of the business."
"Of course, my dock is new and big. Any boat can be built. Except for the remote location, there is nothing in other old factories that will definitely beat me." Jerez tried to introduce.
Jerez didn't have a carriage, and wanted to rent a car in the city before carrying two guests. Unexpectedly, the guest offered to follow him on foot. So he had to guard the guests towards the dock with several old brothers.
Without taking a few steps, Jerez found out that the two men were very brisk. The young man seemed to have a faint magic power, and the woman was obviously a martial arts master. Jerez himself is a mid-level fighter, but these two young men and women in their early twenties put great pressure on him. So he was more suspicious of the identity of the two.
Jerez ’s dock, outside the city ’s walls, had to cross a hill along the coastline and walk for another half an hour. There are numerous piers and shipyards along the way, and there are little white sails from far to near on the sea. At this time, it has been almost evening, and the sun hanging in the lower part reflects the scattered light on the sea. Nadu was attracted by this beautiful scenery, lamenting that the weather in the port city is very different from the inland city.
Jerez also relaxed, saying, "This is the sea, where beauty and cruelty are combined. But even so, it is still like a beauty and always wants to be conquered."