Chapter 300 Pirate Traces

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Come in!"

Gervis was sitting in the castle study, rubbing his head and shouting outside.

In the past few days, except for the morning when Gervis would enter the training space to practice, he basically stayed in this study in the afternoon, thinking about whether there were any omissions in the preparations for the southern expedition and whether the arrangement of the territory was reasonable. Thinking about these things was the most brain-consuming, and even the physique of a titled knight could not help but feel a little tired.

As Gervis finished speaking, Thomas opened the door and came to Gervis respectfully.

"Sir, another caravan arrived in Binhai Town today!"

"Oh? Where did it come from?"

Gervis asked, not surprised that his remote storm had brought a caravan.

Because three caravans had arrived in Storm Territory in just nine days, Gervis didn't know whether this was a coincidence or related to the golden wine.

However, whenever a caravan arrived, Gervis would send Thomas to check and confirm that there was no problem with their origin and that they were a regular caravan.

These caravans had complete documentation and had permission from Winterfell to trade within Jones' territory.

"Sir, when I went to ask, they said it was from the Earldom of Lambury, and they also obtained permission from Rose Castle."

In this world, trade between different earls is subject to tax, and in order to prevent unidentified persons from roaming around in the territory, every time a caravan arrives in an earldom, it needs to go to the main city to get a certificate, so that it can move freely in the earldom.

"Oh? The Earldom of Lambri, that's quite far away, but we in Stormwind only have more than 2,000 people. Did they say why they came?"

There is an earldom between Lanbury County and Jones County, so it is not really close to come here for business.

"My lord, they said they were originally planning to go to Baron Xico's territory, but Baron Xico was attacked by pirates the day before yesterday. The entire Baron Xico territory is under martial law, and their caravan still has some things that have not been sold, so they came to Storm Territory."

"Another barony has been attacked by pirates?"

Hearing Thomas' answer, Gervis sat up straight with a serious look on his face.

When Iger came to convey the conscription order, he also brought a piece of news to Gervis, that is, there have been pirates along the coast of Jones recently, and three baronies have been harassed.

Although the losses were not great, only some mountain villages near the sea were looted. However, because the people had just harvested last season's wheat some time ago, all the wheat fell to the pirates now.

According to Iger, these pirates numbered several hundred and moved quickly, attacking one or two villages and then retreating immediately, which made it impossible for the lords to pursue the pirates even if they were attacked.

This matter has been reported to Rose Castle by the barons, and Rose Castle is also mobilizing ships, but generally speaking, it will take some time to have the strength to deal with these pirates.

There are not many ships on the sea in this world, or even almost none. Only a few earl families have large ships, and most of them are used to transport goods.

These ships were old ships that had been used for who knows how many years, and there was no shipyard for building ships in Negvis, Jones Territory.

Gervis had thought about developing his business by transporting goods by ship before, but after looking through many books in the study, he found that there was no information about shipbuilding and navigation. Gervis originally thought that there were not enough books in his study, but in a study as big as Rose Castle, there seemed to be no books on this subject.

Shipbuilding technology and navigation knowledge seemed to be under control, and Gervis didn't know whether this was the work of the church and the previous dynasty, or if there were other reasons.

"Yes, sir, that's what the caravan manager said! It should be credible."

Thomas nodded respectfully in response.

"Thomas, tomorrow is the Harvest Festival. You will pass my order to Laurie later. Ask him to take his team to the seaside and keep an eye on the situation at sea. If anything happens, come back immediately to warn!"

Gervis pondered for a moment and then explained to Thomas.

Although the pirates only dared to attack one or two villages, there were only more than 2,000 people in Gervis's territory, not counting the slaves. He could not afford to lose the population. What's more, there had been cases of his territory being attacked, so Gervis had to make some preparations.

Even though his Storm Lords were famous for their poverty, there was no guarantee that the reputation of the golden wine would not cause some pirates to harbor evil intentions.

Gervis actually had a guess. Since there were so few ships in this world, but there were still pirates, there might be some nobles behind them.

Although there are occasional reports in the Principality that ships have been seized by traitors and they have escaped, who knows if it is just an act.

"Yes! Sir!"

"Also, we need to keep an eye on the three caravans. Although they all have legitimate reasons, I think their target is most likely the grapevines!"

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The caravan had documents issued by Winterfell, which meant they had a base, so Gervis was not worried that they would do anything to threaten the territory.

However, Gervis would not believe that the three caravans were here to do business honestly. They might be after the golden wine.

Iger came to Rose Castle this time, and Gervis invited him to lunch at noon. At the long table, Iger, who was also an old acquaintance of Gervis, began to explain to Gervis several of the most heatedly discussed issues in the aristocratic circles of the principality. Among them, the most concerned issue was the king's order regarding the Lord Jones.

Another topic is about Gervis's golden wine, and Iger also focused on the nobles' evaluation and desire for golden wine.

Half of the golden wine sold by Gervais was bought by guests who attended Alice's birthday party.

People can't forget the delicious wine after tasting it. Moreover, because the wine is scarce and out of stock, the price of golden wine has been hyped to an incredible height, that is, 5 gold coins per pot. Don't think it's expensive, even if it's 5 gold coins per pot, there is no place to buy it.

Nowadays, if nobles have guests coming over, the host only needs to take out wine, which is a matter of great honor.

If a guest can have a glass of wine at someone's home, don't doubt it, it is definitely the highest level of courtesy.

Fueled by all these events, the nobles who had never drunk wine became even more enthusiastic and crazy, and tried every means to buy a bottle of wine to taste it.

Unfortunately, the first batch of this wine only consisted of more than 2,000 bottles, which was still a drop in the bucket compared to the nobles of all sizes in the entire principality.

Many smart nobles have seen the huge profits behind wine and offered high rewards to obtain the raw materials and brewing technology of wine.

The raw materials of wine have spread, and people know that in order to make wine, they must get grape vines, so there are countless nobles who covet the grape vines.

If anyone could get some grape vines and sell them to others, there would definitely be a lot of nobles willing to pay a high price for them.

(End of this chapter)