Chapter 37: : Stormwind

Storm angle is a large area, the main essence is concentrated in the port, a few miles behind the port is the storm city. A large number of buildings were actually built around the Port of Stormwind, and the area is much larger than the Iron Wall City, which has been connected to Stormwind City.
There are hundreds of boats in the port, most of them are small boats, such as Xiahe and Mianmu Jack.
The most eye-catching is a magic warship over 100 meters long, docked to the west of the pier. This battleship does not use magic sail technology and is equipped with four built-in propellers. The whole body of the battleship is wrapped in metal, and the armor is heavy. Without the use of jet flow or propeller propulsion, the speed cannot be fast.
But the voyage of this thing is absolutely long enough, which is the characteristic of the propeller.
Only you need to register to enter the city, it doesn't matter if you go ashore. Cotton Jack commanded the sailors and stopped near the armored warship. The whole pier is divided into three parts, most of which are small armored ships. The other two positions are basically armed merchant ships.
Xiahe asked what was happening to Mianbu Jack. The wild mage said: "Storm Cape has existed for hundreds of years, but Stormwind City has a history of less than ten years. The stupid aristocrat of the Saint Thunder Empire came out with an armored ship I've collected tolls. As a result, after fighting for a few years, I couldn't bring down the two forces of Stormwind, so I had to bear it. "
Seeing Xiahe did n’t understand, the wild mage explained: "The Saint Thunder Empire controls the route north of the Dragon Island. The tax is very heavy. Some adventure-loving guys start from the southern end of the Leo mainland and take the Storm Point route to avoid the imperial tax. . "
"The Holy Thunder Empire must be a headache, and I can't catch a few."
"Yeah, if you are caught, you will be detained by the merchant ship, and you can still redeem the gold coins. The Saint Lei Empire must maintain enough navy on the north route, and the patrol on the south route is insufficient. Unlucky. "
Xia He sneered, this technique is quite sophisticated.
Let go of some smuggled merchant ships. The Saint Lei Empire deliberately left the southern channel and occasionally caught some to make up for the loss of taxes. Really want to catch, none of these guys can run.
In this way, the guys who are difficult to manage will take the southern route, and the energy required for the north is much less. The southern waterway is used for smuggling, and the empire does not collect taxes, so there is no need to specifically send warships to fight pirates. Occasionally, you can learn to come and harvest a wave.
For the empire, the money saved is far more than the tax lost.
Feels that smuggling is more profitable, but it is only a deviation of the survivors. Those who have been arrested also want to take risks next time, and those who have succeeded will want to get rich next time.
The nobles of Saint Thunder in Stormwind City are not necessarily stupid. They may be the nails sent by the emperor of Saint Thunder Empire.
This is the best supply point for the Southern Channel. It monitors the number of smuggling merchant ships to report to the empire every day, and the empire will know the clear scale of smuggling.
The scale of smuggling is too large, so send a warship to attack it, if the scale of smuggling is small, then let it go for any two years.
The noble saint thunder can endure for ten years in this bad place, it is estimated that it was sent by the family, and it has already received the benefits it deserves. I am afraid that the forces here thought that he was being squeezed out, and he was helpless in the Holy Thunder Empire.
Did not kill him, because the armored ship was too strong, right?
Later when the Stormwind City was built, the noble Saint Lei smuggled something himself and invested in the city's defense force, so there was no one willing to embarrass him.
Xiahe's speculation is also inseparable. But he didn't care what the noble Saint Lei came for, he wanted to see what was sold in the black market.
Stopped the ship and docked, determined the docking fee, paid the deposit, and left eight sailors to move on their own. Xiahe and Cotton Jack took the two sailors away from the dock and into the storm corner.
The buildings here are all quite rugged in style. In the years when the dragons were still here, it was simply not suitable for other creatures to survive. Later, the dragon gods fell and the dragons perished. The terror climate near the dragon island also gradually subsided It was stable only thousands of years ago, and the storm angle is only a few hundred years old.
The storm here is still terrible, all buildings are piled up with huge stones and reinforced with magic.
Stormwind shops are lined up, but they all sell ordinary items, and things related to professionals will be sold on the black market. Xiahe knew this before. Both Sailor and Cotton Jack had come to Storm Point. After hearing Xiahe's meaning, they first found a place to eat.
Wandering in the sea, the supply of the St. Odin is also easy, the ship is fast, and there is plenty of fresh water, but it is impossible to eat well. Appetite is sometimes worse than men's and women's affairs. After all, it reminds you every day that you can't eat without it.
There is no simple tavern at Storm Point, all of which sell food on the ground floor and buy wine on the ground floor. Occasionally there are two-story buildings with narrow windows on the side of the sea.
The sailor found a restaurant and brought Xiahe and Cotton Jack in. This restaurant has two floors on the ground, and there is a courtyard behind, and the other side of the courtyard is the hotel. There are high walls on the sides, and some animals are available for rent. There is no good horse here, just to provide donkeys and a little camel.
Xiahe chose to sit in the back, and the window behind was open, and he could see the courtyard. Several large trees were planted in the center of the yard, the shade was covered, and the ground was covered with blue slate, which was clean.
The door is open at the back of the restaurant, and there is a closed corridor to the east, which leads to the kitchen.
"This place is not too small." After Xiahe was seated, he tried to drink and drink after trying the drinks. Looking at the hall, he sighed. The three forces are behind the business that can be maintained in Stormwind.
Bang!
It was sunny outside, and suddenly there was a thunder.
The diners in the restaurant cried out, "There is a heavy rain again. Why is the weather changing so frequently this year?"
"Looking at the eldest, not long after we came back, the big deal was not going to sea, and we had a rest for a month or two."
"What's going on?" Xiahe saw a waiter hurriedly close the window, and also closed the door leading to the backyard. The front door was locked, leaving only a narrow side door, almost enough for one person to enter. The window over there was not only closed but also closed. Some of the diners in the restaurant left in a hurry, and they ordered some drinks, and they didn't leave at all.
"The storm is coming and will sweep the whole storm corner."
"What about the dock?"
Xiahe asked about the pier, and actually asked about St. Odin. Cotton Jack also understood, saying, "Look at what kind of storm, important ships will enter the closed dock to hide, some ships have to leave the port, and some can only be destined in the port. However, the port of Storm Point is still safe and avoids the waves. Well done, not many ships lost every storm. "
The sailor went to the counter and handed in a list of the food to be purchased in large quantities. Then booked a room.
The boat in the port was out of control. Eight sailors knew that Cotton Jack would come to order food and they would definitely come to meet. Xiahe asked the sailors to ask for two rooms, one small and one big. The little one lives with Cotton Jack, and the big one meets the sailor.
This storm may only last a day and a half, or it may last for half a month.
Xiahe was not in a hurry to go, asked for a barrel of wine, and drank with cotton cloth. The wind outside began to increase, the backyard was surrounded by high walls, there was still a clattering sound from the top of the tree, and some leaves began to fly. The clouds in the sky are getting darker and deeper, accumulating rapidly.
The raindrops quickly fell down, and with the dust rising, he entered the hall from outside the door.
Two sailors were sent to the back hotel to clean up the room, their food was also delivered, and Xiahe chatted with Cotton Jack.
"Jack, last time you said you wanted to learn from me, I asked you, do you know the rules of the magic world?"
Cotton Jack shook his head. He was born in the waters of Dragon Island. He had never been to the mainland and had little knowledge.
"In this world, the magician is not much different. There is no necessary difference between elemental magic and arcane magic. In the arcane empire, the magician forms different forces in an academy way, and the Green Forest Continent is the magic council. In Lei In continental Europe, magicians are basically gathered together to become a royal mage, and the combat effectiveness is relatively tough. "
Cotton Jack listened carefully, even if he knew these things.
"Learning magic is always a very costly thing. I rely on the heritage ~ EbookFREE.me ~ to study freely. If you don't have the money ... In the Academy of Arcane Empire, you have to be tested first, Make sure you have the potential to become a magician, you will be selected as a student, and if the college students cannot become a first-level master within five years, they will be dismissed. "
"If it were done?" Cotton Jack thought to himself, whether he would step into the sky and become a man.
"If you become a first-level mage, you are qualified to learn exclusively from the teacher. From this day on, you will have to obey the arrangements of the magic academy, there is no room for rejection."
"Any order can not be refused?" Cotton Jack was surprised.
"Of course not, you were brought up by the empire for a large price, so naturally you have to serve the empire."
"What if I refuse?"
"That is not tolerated by the entire empire, even magicians outside the empire will look down on you."
"I understand, I just want to know what I need to do if I want to learn magic with you."
"You don't have what I want, Jack." Xiahe sighed.
He is actually not related to the Arcane Empire, he is a Taoist. But because of this, he understands the rules better, and the law is not easy to pass.
Cotton Jack is not suitable for being a student for himself. Taoist priests need to be under twelve years old, unless talent can't refuse. For example, he was only 16 years old when he entered the Dragon and Tiger Palace.
Cotton Jack is in his twenties, thinking of stereotypes and unable to be an apprentice to himself.
As a magician, Jack's talent is very good, but he can't practice Taoism, and is of no value to Xiahe. If Xiahe adopts apprentices in this world, he must be trained as a Taoist.
"Jack, I can't give you hope, then let you do things for me, and finally tell you it's impossible."