Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 93 Chartering a Ship
The morning sun has just risen, and the porters on the pier have started another day of hard work.

Rhodes, who practiced all night, was pulled to the pier by Baron, and began to ask around which ship was going to Gulfstream City.

"Don't always think about going to bed every day. Young people should get up early. When we get on the boat, you will be so bored that you can only sleep every day." Baron said to the yawning Rhodes earnestly, "Come out with me now, Seeing the world is good for you, learn how I bargain with others."

Rhodes thought of Baron exercising his muscles while bargaining with others, and felt like he couldn't learn it.

He suddenly remembered that the ax that looked like a logging ax when he had just crossed over was bought by Baron when he was drunk. Originally, the ax had an iron handle, but when Baron was bargaining with the blacksmith, he said that this ax Although an iron handle is used, the iron handle is actually crudely made.

The blacksmith was very angry that Baron questioned his craftsmanship, and then Baron bent the iron handle of the ax with both hands in front of the blacksmith.

In the end, the stunned blacksmith removed the iron handle of the ax and replaced it with a wooden handle. Not only did he confiscate his money, but he also gave him a sum of money and told Baron not to tell the story.

Balon returned the money to the blacksmith in embarrassment, but took away the battle ax that looked like a logging ax and gave it to Rhodes.

Baron led Rhodes to a person who was instructing the porters to carry the goods.

The man saw Baron walking towards him, stopped his movements and yelling, looked Baron up and down and asked, "Why do you want to find a job?"

Baron shook his head, "We want to go to Gulfstream City by boat."

"Go over there and ask. They seem to be leaving. We just arrived here, and the cargo has not been unloaded yet." The man pointed a direction to Baron.

Baron thanked him and led Rhodes to the direction he pointed.

"Are you going to take a boat to Gulfstream City?" A thin man got out from behind the box next to him.

Baron looked at him and asked, "What? Do you have a boat?"

"I don't have one, but I can introduce you to you." The skinny man replied, "I'm 'Junkrat' who has been on this pier for many years, and I have a lot of contacts, but I have to take a part of the fee."

"Your name is 'Junkrat'? Do you have a friend named 'Roadhog'?" Rhodes asked beside him.

Junkrat shook his head and replied, "I don't know Roadhog, maybe you've heard of another Junkrat."

Rhodes nodded, "Then tell us about it."

"I remember that there are three ships going to Gulfstream today, namely the 'Glittering Gold Coin', the 'Flyer' and the 'Sleeping Beauty'." Junkrat said, wringing his fingers, "but it seems that only the Flyer and Sleeping Beauty The location is rented out."

"Then how much are their prices?" Baron asked.

"It should be about the same. I can take you to ask now, but you will give me a silver coin later." Junkrat said.

Rhode glanced at Baron, who nodded and said, "Lead the way."

Junkrat led Rhodes and the others to a medium-sized merchant ship, pointed at the ship and said, "This is Sleeping Beauty."

Baron walked to a crew member who was resting on a box next to him and asked, "How much does it cost per person to take your ship to Gulfstream City?"

"Fifty silver coins per person." The crew replied.

"What's the price?" Rhodes asked Junkrat next to him.

"The normal price, the price per person in Gulfstream City is generally between twenty silver coins and sixty silver coins." Junkrat replied.

"You'd better make a decision quickly, we're leaving soon." The crew member said impatiently.

"Let's ask the Flyer first." Baron said after hearing Junkrat's words.

He probably felt that the price was too high, Rhode guessed in his heart.

Junkrat led them to another ship. The appearance of this ship was far inferior to that of Sleeping Beauty, and the surface of the hull looked very old.

"I think the ship just now is better." Rhodes whispered to Baron.

The smell inside this old ship must be unpleasant. It is estimated that the cabin is moldy everywhere, maybe there are mice and cockroaches everywhere. Rhodes feels a little uncomfortable when he thinks that he may have to live in it for a few days.

"I'd better ask." Baron replied.

He stepped forward and asked the sailors on the boat, "How much does it cost to go to Gulfstream City on your boat?"

The sailor in the tattered sackcloth replied "That's what you're going to ask our captain."

"Then where is your captain now?" Baron asked again.

"You can look for him in the ditch next to the entrance of each tavern, if he hasn't been killed and sent to the Hall of the Dead." The sailor replied loudly, and his words caused laughter from the other sailors nearby.

"Let's go, let's take the sleeping beauty ship, if they haven't left yet." Rhodes said to Baron, saying that the captain is the king of his own ship, and this captain is probably not very reliable.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Sleeping Beauty sailing away from the port.

"It seems that if we want to set off today, we can only take this ship." Baron said, looking at the merchant ship going away.

"Let's go back and discuss with the two of them first, and we can leave one day later," Rhodes said.

Baron nodded, and after paying Junkrat a silver coin, when they were about to go back, a strong drunk man was carried to the side of the boat by two men dressed as bartenders and dropped on the ground.

"He said that he is the captain of this ship, who will help him pay for the drink?" A bartender asked loudly, "It's a little more than one gold coin, so I'll just charge you one gold coin."

"Look, our heroic captain has been thrown back again." A sailor laughed loudly, "I said he won't be directly beaten to death."

"Whoever you are helps him pay for the wine, anyway, I can't help him pay another penny until he pays me back the money he owes me." Another sailor with a fierce appearance said.

"Shouldn't you stop acting now? You were still awake talking to us on the road, why did you start to pretend to be drunk when you got to the side of the boat?" the bartender said helplessly to the drunken captain next to him.

The captain supported himself and sat up, shouting loudly, "You bunch of heartless people are not willing to help me pay the money. Who took my wallet before I went to drink?"

"I didn't take your wallet away because I was afraid that someone would steal it when you were drunk, uncle." A young sailor responded with a smile, "You ask the two people below to pay for it for you, they want to do it Our boat is going to Gulfstream City, and we just use the boat fare as your drink money."

"Are you going just the two of you?" the captain asked, looking up.

"It's not just the two of us, a total of four people plus one horse." Rhodes replied.

"Then you help me pay for the damn one gold coin for the drink, and it will be regarded as the boat fare." The captain replied.

Baron threw a gold coin to the two bartenders and asked, "When can we leave?"

"In the afternoon, I'll talk about it when I wake up after a nap..." After finishing speaking, the captain fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

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(End of this chapter)