A leisurely city for solo travelers

Chapter 320 Character
"Population business." Espinoza seemed to be talking about livestock, with only greed on his face, "Fang, in Europe, nothing is more valuable than cheap, humble labor. They are productive forces, not consumables. From farmer to factory, there is an insatiable demand for slaves."

"I'm not short of money."

"Hehe, how much would someone dislike money?" Espinosa licked her lips and said, "Let me settle an account for you. The black people here are extremely stupid and can use various methods to turn them into Slaves, you can set a gamble to make them penniless, or you can lure them with some cheap things, or even tell them to go to Europe to have food. Here, the cost of getting a slave will not exceed 20 In Europe, a normal slave is worth 2000 gold coins. I have seen your ship, and it is not a problem to carry 400 slaves on such a ship, and a fleet is 2000 slaves. Should I forget it?"

"..." Fang Xian was dumbfounded, "400 slaves in one ship?"

"Hehe, Fang, don't treat them as human beings, just put them in the warehouse and squeeze them in cages like animals."

Fang Xian shook his head. When the legal system is not perfect, there are always people like Espinosa.Morality is no longer enough to limit him.To solve this problem, only the Fang family navy can occupy this sea area.

He was not interested in arguing with Espinosa, and was about to get up and leave.

"I'm not short of money. As a human being, I also advise you to stop these businesses as soon as possible. Don't you have any faith?"

"Gold coins are my belief." Espinosa laughed and asked, "Fang, don't you understand why I'm telling you this?"

"I understand, but I'm not interested. Even if I don't believe in God, I can't do such a thing."

"It's just that there is not enough money." Espinosa waved his hand and brought a bag of gold coins.

"50 gold coins." Espinosa sprinkled the gold coins on the ground, jingling, "50 gold coins, buy a woman next to you."

"Enough, I'm leaving." Fang Xian endured his anger and walked out.

Two of Espinosa's sailors stopped at the door.

Fatty Bai waved his hand again, and the four bags of gold coins were knocked out.

"250 million, buy those 3 women."

"Just because I don't want to take action here doesn't mean that my patience has no bottom line." Fang Xian's tone was calm.

Espinosa was startled, then relieved: "Oh, I understand, they are your women, not slaves, sorry."

Then Espinosa stood up supporting her fat body and walked towards Fang Xian.

"Let's talk about another business." Ai Fat was surprisingly sensible, and did not continue to provoke Fang Xian's bottom line, "The black slaves here can only be used as labor force, women are not in line with the appetite of Europeans, and they cannot be sold at a price. But in the East The woman is small and lovely, with delicate skin and tender flesh, she is simply a stunner. If you can come here from the East Asian Games, I am willing to bid 3000 gold coins to buy it. If it is from Southeast Asia and India, I am willing to pay 1500. Individuals with outstanding qualifications, We can negotiate a price."

Fang Xian was amused, and asked, "I don't understand, what is the meaning of so many gold coins to you? Is it a rich country and a strong soldier? Or do you want to sleep in a pile of gold?"

Espinosa was not angry, but instead showed a superior expression: "You don't understand, you will know when you have so much money from me and reach my title. My country does not have a vast territory and With endless mineral resources, we can only rely on aggression and trade to support the country's prosperity."

"So I understand." Fang Xian shook his head, "It's rampant for a while, but it will last forever."

"No matter what you say!" Espinoza smiled, "Young Admiral, you have to know that even if you don't do this business, sooner or later someone will do it. If no one does it, our imperial fleet will go there in person. Capture your women and use them as playthings."

"Hehe." Fang Xian began to understand Azhisha's iconic laughter. Facing Espinosa's superior insult, he felt indignant in his heart, but he couldn't get angry, so he had to retaliate against Espinosa.

"Espinosa, I don't want to impose my personal will on the country and the nation, but this time because of your words, I decided to make an exception." Fang Xian stared at him, "Soon, I will carry your country Women, nobles, and if possible, princesses or something, they will come to East Asia, I will throw them on the beach, how to survive depends on their ability."

"Presumptuous, blasphemy!" Espinosa finally exasperated, always so superior when he shamelessly humiliates others, and so rude when he thinks the same thing back on himself, "a fool Is the humble Eastern merchant going to make the whole of Europe an enemy?"

"It's half of Europe."

"Fart, I can dispatch the army to kill you right now!"

"You will regret this."

"Take it!!" Espinosa confirmed Fang Xian's stubbornness.

Seven or eight sailors swarmed up, and then swarmed down.

Espinoza stood blankly, not seeing clearly what was happening in front of her.

"Next time, I won't use the back of the knife again." Fang Xian walked away.

There is a clear setting in the game that no murder of an important person can occur in the port. Espinoza's appearance is just a plot, and it is impossible to kill him here.

Instead of beating him up and attracting the governor's army, it's better to frighten him and run away.

He quickly gathered his sailors and set sail before Espinosa could react further.

On this journey southward, the fleet did not call at the port again. The other fleets that met Espinosa also took a detour. After more than ten days of the trip, they bypassed the Cape of Good Hope, sailed to West Africa, and finally docked at St. George.

West Africa is basically the territory of the Siruwela Chamber of Commerce. The style of this force is just the opposite of Espinosa's. It is extremely conservative and only guards its own one-third of an acre of land to do business honestly and does not care about foreign affairs.

Naturally, Fang Xian had no interest in him, so he didn't take the initiative to provoke an incident. After the supply rest, he continued to go north.

After sailing for about 5 days, the fleet officially entered the Mediterranean Sea.

Even though they only passed through Las Palmas, a small island outside the Mediterranean Sea, they could still feel the fierce competition.

To the west of the Mediterranean Sea is basically the rivalry between Portugal and Spain. They will not let go of every small island, all the way to Africa.Today, Portugal has begun to decline. Although Commander-in-Chief Abokorouk tried his best to turn the tide, he was still faintly overwhelmed by the Spanish General Barudis.

As for the internal situation in the Mediterranean Sea, it is even more complicated. Fang Xian has no interest in pointing it out, so he did not investigate further.

The Fang family navy bypassed the Libyan Peninsula and sailed directly to the North Sea.

The North Sea is mainly composed of four powers - the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden.

Among them, Germany and Sweden are basically playing soy sauce, and the navigation strength is dominated by the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Although the territory of Great Britain has been basically cut off in the game, the strength of its navy is still beyond doubt.The British Navy has a tradition—one against two. This tradition lasted for hundreds of years until it was surpassed by the United States.

With one against two, one refers to the number one, the naval strength of the British Empire must be the number one in the world, there is no doubt about it.

Second, it means that the navies of the two countries, which are the second and third in terms of naval strength, must be dealt with at the same time so as not to fall behind.

It can be seen from the equipment of Clifford's army that is equipped with large Spanish sailing ships. Even if Spain and Portugal join forces, they may not be able to suppress the powerful British imperial navy.

But in the game, the United Kingdom was locked in Beihai intentionally or unintentionally, which is a pity and an opportunity for others.

Since Fang Xian chose the strategy of supporting the Netherlands and suppressing the British, he must implement it to the end. He did not have any interest in London, but sailed directly to Amsterdam for a port call.

This is the capital of the Netherlands, and it is also a world-famous open capital. It is called "Sex-City" in China's "Great Historic Records", and the British call it "Sex-City". The meaning of other languages ​​​​is basically the same.

Since it is night when the port is approaching, it is the time for the city's nightlife to wake up.

In view of this, the happiest thing to come here is naturally the kiln sailors, who can have all kinds of tricks, skin colors, and body hobbies.Fang Xian was the one who was most upset. There is nothing more aggrieved than being invisible.

After letting the sailors leave the brothel, Fang Xian didn't dare to look at the red-light district, and walked quickly to the palace under the supervision of several ladies.

Kuhn's letter of introduction was extremely useful. The king directly gave Fang Xian a 5% occupancy rate of the navy and gave Fang Xian an honorary title. Fang Xian naturally declined, and hurriedly bid farewell to the NPC named king.

Walking out of the palace, I happened to meet an old acquaintance.

"Fang?" The girl in green clothes exclaimed from afar.

"Eh? Daughter-in-law-to-be?" Fang Xian also saw Lilu, after experiencing so many unharmonious things, he finally met a harmonious person.

This time Lilu was not alone, she was accompanied by a handsome tall blond boy.

Fang Xian also finally knows what a good match is, and Dalba is more compatible with Azhisha...

"I didn't expect to see you so soon!" Lilu rushed over and gave her a warm hug.

"..." Fang Xian was obviously flustered by the sudden girl, when did everyone get so familiar.

Feeling the warm softness sticking to his chest, Fang Xian's vicissitudes uncle's heart throbbed a little. Is this the magic power of an innocent girl?

Just when I felt something, a strong tingling in my butt ended it all.

Yueru pinched Fang Xian's buttocks and coughed.

"This is a Western tradition..." Fang Xian explained.

Li Lu didn't notice so much, according to the tradition, she kissed Fang Xian's face and kissed her hands, which caused several ladies to run away again.

"Fang, this is my best friend, Camille!" Lilu led the blond young man and introduced each other, "Camille, this is Fang, the oriental man who helped Uncle Kuhn."

Camille's eyes were complicated, and the other party was obviously full of hostility, but he still held back and stretched out his right hand.

"Hello."

Fang Xian naturally knew what this innocent young man was thinking, so he also held out his hand.

Camille snorted softly. Seeing that Fang Xian was shorter, slimmer, and ugly than herself, she thought that he was that kind of frail orientalist, and immediately put more effort into making him appear. Make a fool of yourself.

Fang Xian could only shake his head and sigh, young people nowadays, so he had to put more effort into his hands.

Camille was startled and put up another hand: "I have admired you for a long time, I have admired you for a long time."

Fang Xian smiled and stretched out his hand, clasping four palms together: "You're welcome, you're welcome."

In the next half a minute, everyone witnessed how the complexion of this blond young man changed from fair to pink and then to flushed.

Lilu couldn't bear to see it, so she pushed the two of them away.

Other than her strength, she couldn't push the two of them away, mainly because Fang Xian didn't want to argue with others, and Camille also shrugged, so they could be separated smoothly.

"Camille..." Lilu whispered, "Didn't I tell you that you can play a guest role as a pirate."

Camille said nothing, embarrassed.

Fang Xian didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "Lilu, Kuhn is planning to return to the voyage, and I think he will be back soon."

"Really?"

"Well, just now the king said that he was ready to call him back to confer the title of Lord."

"Oh my god..." Li Lu exclaimed, "Uncle is already an earl...and then...he will be a marquis, oh my god..."

"Haha, you are the Marquis' niece."

"Hmph, who wants to be in this position." Lilu shouted with her arms akimbo, "I want to be a trading partner with the whole world, and I am the president of the Argot Chamber of Commerce!"

Fang Xiao smiled and said nothing, it is really difficult to maintain such a pure desire in this kind of world, and Kuhn must not bear to reveal too much of the cruel current situation to Lilu.

Camille said: "Lilu, the exchange is waiting for us."

"Exchange? Go ahead and talk about it, we'll talk another day!" Lilu went over and grabbed Fang Xian, "I promised this friend that I will treat him well when I arrive at the Agot Chamber of Commerce!"

Camille was frowning again, but because of Lilu's face, she could only leave bitterly, because she was not the president.

"Come to my house for dinner!" Lilu made her own decision without asking anyone's opinion.

"...Let's go out and eat, we have a lot of people." Fang Xian scratched his head and said.

At such times, a truly intelligent woman exhibits her great command.

"No need, you go, we want to go to the museum~" Yu Yan stopped in front of Ling'er Yueru and said with a smile.

Fang Xian seemed to see the incandescent halo floating on Yu Yan's head.

"Oh? Then you must go to the art museum, there is Van Gogh there!" Lilu is also heartless.

"Definitely." Yu Yan dragged the other two ladies away.

Yue Ru muttered: "Are you assured that the two of them are together?"

"It's okay." Yu Yan smiled, "It's a man, you can't control it, if you love him, you have to trust him."

"But, there is always an unpleasant feeling."

"It's nothing bad. Think about it. Uncle Xian hasn't made any mistakes for so long? Whether it's the singer from Yoshihara or Huamei from Hangzhou, besides, sometimes he has a chance, but he still gives it to him. Dalba."

"That's right." Yueru nodded.

Ling'er led the two of them with a smile and said, "Why do you think so much, let's go shopping."

As soon as the word "shopping" was uttered, the pupils of the three girls lit up at the same time, and they flocked to the shopping area looking for the smell.

Fang Xian never imagined that the dignified chairman of the Agot Chamber of Commerce lived in an extremely ordinary residential area without the slightest airs, and the aunts and uncles nearby all greeted her warmly.

Fang Xian shuttled through the residential area with countless ingredients, feeling that this place feels like an alley, Amsterdam is really an interesting place.

"Beef...ham...cheese...lettuce..." Agot counted the ingredients, "should be enough?"

"Enough, sure enough."

"Call work!" Agot led Fang Xian upstairs. Her home was in a small old building, and ordinary citizens lived around her.

"It's so simple, it makes people feel ashamed." Fang couldn't help shaking his head and sighing as he went up the stairs. The gap between people is too great. It's really hard to imagine that Lilu and Espinosa are also members of European high society.

"No? I'm the happiest living here." Agot carried the same bags in her hands. She wanted to carry the same things and do the same work as a man. She was out of breath, but she was full of little happiness "I moved here when I was 13, and I thought it was a paradise! Now, I won't even go to the palace!"

"Moved here at the age of 13? Are you not an aristocrat?"

"How is it possible, I'm an orphan... just like Camille..." Although Lilu was talking about some painful experiences, it was full of sweetness from Lilu's mouth, "We were a golden combination in the orphanage since we were young! Later we started trading The part-time job I did, slowly developed, and I can live in my own home, I feel very happy!"

"That's great." Fang Xian was speechless, and couldn't tell whether it was luck or strength, God's favor or his own hard work.In this place of Amsterdam, I'm afraid more people from Lilu's background are already in brothels.

Lilu pushed open the door, put all the bags on the ground, wiped off her sweat, rolled up her sleeves: "Yang Fan! Set sail!"

Fang Xian felt that she was a girl with unlimited energy, and he hadn't felt this relaxed feeling for a long time.

The two transported the ingredients to the kitchen, with Fang Xian taking charge and Chef Lilu taking charge.

Lilu stared at the heat of the stove, her eyes full of anticipation: "Fang, you are lucky, I will cook by myself!"

"Ha ha."

"Our Dutch food is much more delicious than those stupid British people." Lilu pouted and began to complain. The whole world can complain about the British food, "Those lazy people know fish, they can Fry a whole fish on a cake."

"Well, the British are famous for not eating, just like the French are famous for eating."

"France? I think it's better to forget it." Lilu spread her hands, "The British are too lazy to do it; the French think they can do it, they think they are elegant, and they want to make simple things extremely complicated. And call it a 'romantic mood.'"

Fang Xian laughed and said, "I can't tell, do you have any insight?"

"Of course." Lilu puffed her chest out, "We don't have so many rules in Dutch cuisine. Delicious dishes only need to be a little bit."

"What is it?"

"Mother's smell." Lilu smiled softly.

Fang Xian wanted to say something, but he held back.

Lilu...maybe she has never seen her mother.

Looking at Lilu's smile, the brighter she smiles, the more pain Fang Xian feels.Such a girl, what kind of mood does she have in order to act like a mother...

(End of this chapter)