Chapter 777: Help me find something

The captain felt very happy. He had a lot of goods on his ship, and even in Lost City, it would have been quite difficult to sell them all. But unexpectedly, in this emerging port, they were all sold out in an instant.

He made a good profit from selling all of his cargo and could now happily go and run his next shipment.

At this moment, the foreman on the dock spoke up, “Captain, I see that your hold is empty now. Would it not be a waste to leave with an empty ship? Why not fill it up with our local goods and take them to another place?”

Feeling positive, the captain asked, “What special products do you have here?”

The foreman chuckled and said, “We have many special products here. Look, there is a special product display next to the dock. If you go in and take a look, you will know how rich our Kingdom of Gran’s special products are.”

The captain listened to this and actually jumped off the ship. He was no longer afraid of this port, even though the relationship between the Kingdom of Gran and the Kingdom of Norma was currently very bad, and it seemed like they could go to war at any moment. This port obviously posed no threat to him.

He took a few of his men and walked into the special product exhibition hall, where he immediately spotted a beautifully embroidered silk stocking hanging on the wall.

“Oh, I know this. This is a very popular sock among the upper class.” The captain said, “I used to buy these in Lost City. The purchase price was one gold coin for two pairs.”

The foreman who walked in with him smiled and said, “Here, the purchase price for this item is as low as one gold coin for three pairs. The socks in Lost City were purchased from us, and now Lost City can no longer buy them from us.”

The captain was shocked, “One gold coin for three pairs? Oh my god, I want five boxes, no, ten boxes!”

The foreman smiled and said, “Don’t rush to buy too much of one item. Take a look over here. We have some very high-quality white sugar. Look at how clear and translucent it is, like crystal… The purchase price of this item is also lower than that of Lost City by 20%.”

The captain followed the foreman around and was amazed by the dazzling array of products. What was more surprising was that the prices here were generally much lower than those in Lost City.

He couldn’t help but ask, “Why are the things here so cheap?”

The foreman smiled and said, “That’s because the transportation cost is low. The rare goods of our Kingdom of Gran are mainly produced in two cities, Westwind City and Bright Road. To transport goods from these two cities to Lost City, you need to pass through two forests with difficult roads and monsters hindering the way, making the transportation costs extremely high. However, bringing goods from these two cities to this port only requires taking a train for one or two days, with no danger on the way. This greatly saves transportation costs, making the goods in this port cheap and of good quality.”

The captain suddenly realized that it was an advanced train that could transport goods directly from the inland cities to the port. Similarly, this port could quickly transport sea goods to the inland cities. Therefore, the throughput of this port will definitely surpass that of Lost City in the future, it’s just a matter of time.

The foreman added with a smile, “By the way, this port’s greatest advantage is that it’s a free trade port. The port does not levy taxes on all the goods transferred within the port, only when the goods are to enter the inland, then taxes will be charged.”

The captain was overjoyed and exclaimed, “Damn it! Why didn’t you say this earlier? If I had known there were no taxes, why would I have listened to you blabbering for so long? I want to buy, buy, buy and exchange all the coins in my hand for goods.”

The foreman chuckled and said, “Because the heaviest news has to be saved for last, so that you will feel like you’ve won the lottery.”

The captain was indeed as happy as if he had won the lottery, because taxes were extremely high these days, especially for sea goods brought by sea merchants, which were often heavily taxed. But now he was told that he didn’t need to pay taxes at all. No wonder when he sold things to three merchants earlier, no one discussed the issue of who would bear the tax. Because there was simply no tax here.

“This is heaven! This is heaven for sea merchants!”

The captain laughed heartily.

A few tens of minutes later, as he had said, the captain exchanged every coin he had for goods, filling the entire cargo hold. This cargo hold was enough for him to earn a full load of wealth.

Just as he was preparing to set sail and leave, he suddenly saw the man who had greeted him on the beach earlier sitting at the bow of his ship, he didn’t know when he had come aboard.

The captain hurriedly bowed respectfully and said, “Oh, respected Lord of the Westwind City, the great Godfather, the hero who can fight against the black dragon, may I ask for your advice?”

Robb smiled at him and said, “You don’t have to be so nervous. People from my Westwind City don’t speak to me so cautiously. We can talk like friends.”

The captain quickly relaxed his posture “pretendly”, but he was still very nervous inside.

Robb laughed and said, “I came to find you mainly to ask for your help in finding some things.”

The captain quickly replied, “Please tell me more.”

Robb said, “You know, in the previous year of the Black Dragon’s Flight, I had a small fight with the Black Dragon.”

“Small fight?” The captain broke out in a sweat and thought to himself, [That was a monumental battle!]

Robb continued, “The result of this small fight wasn’t perfect. I lost the Black Dragon because I didn’t have suitable equipment.”

This almost scared the captain to death. He secretly thought, [Being able to defeat the Black Dragon is already a miracle, an epic feat that no one has been able to accomplish for over a thousand years. And yet, you are not satisfied? You still want to catch it? What do you want to do?]

“So, I need equipment! And this equipment requires rare minerals to be made.” Robb said.

The captain finally understood, “You mean… you want me to keep an eye out for rare minerals for you? Like arcanite, thorium, and other good stuff?”

Robb laughed and said, “Arcanite and thorium are rubbish.”

The captain was speechless. “Is this even human language?”

“I know you have limited knowledge of metal minerals,” Robb continued, “so the best metals you know are arcanite and thorium. But I know many strange and rare metals. If I can find them, I can make a set of truly satisfactory equipment, and then… I will challenge the Black Dragon again and kill it!”

The captain quickly bowed and said, “Only you have the qualifications to achieve such a great feat.”

Robb replied, “No need to be polite. What I want you to help me find are all kinds of stones that you don’t know about. Because the world that your sea merchants travel through is vast, not just the Fengmo Continent, but also the New World, the Eastern World… you can search for the things I want in a broader world.”