Chapter 207 "Prince"

"They used to be rational and had their own language and writing." Ash suddenly spoke up beside him, "When they enslaved us, they were a little crazy, but they could still communicate normally. I don't know about that now."

"Well, I will continue to study this. I mean, we can try to use the skin of the murloc to make the skin of the airship."

Zeus frowned, thinking of the disgusting sticky and slippery skin of the merman, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed quite appropriate.

Their skin is very tough and has excellent waterproof properties for living in the sea. The mermen have smooth skin and are not small in size, but their limbs are pitifully small in proportion. I never paid much attention to it before, but now I think they are the perfect source of leather goods.

Murlocs are originally more like beasts, and now they have even lost the little bit of rationality they had. People in this era will not have any moral burden about skinning murlocs, and there happen to be a lot of murlocs. It seems like a good idea.

Wait, Xiu Si suddenly paused: "Won't the fishman turn into pollution after death? Then how can we use its skin to make an airship?"

"Just keep it from dying." Chloe said as a matter of course.

Don't die? Live and turn it into an airship?

Hughes and Alexi took a step back together. Only then did he remember that the person in front of him was the number one cult leader on the continent. Just now he was actually thinking about the moral issues for the other party. "Not really. Isn't it a bit too extreme?" Hughes had begun to hesitate whether to take the route of fixed-wing aircraft first, but the technology of internal combustion engines was also somewhat difficult to develop.

But seeing the sparkling look in Chloe's eyes, Hughes knew that it was useless for him to persuade her.

"Are you the captain of this ship? What is your ship called?"

"Heizhen. Black Crow."

"What's your name?"

"Ken."

The salty sea breeze squeezed in through the cracks in the rotten wooden boards on the wall. It was a slightly dim wooden house. Ken sat at the table, trying to remain calm and not reveal any flaws.

Across the table was the port's tax officer, who was absent-mindedly doing the registration. This was the dock of Blood Harbor, where the Black Pearl finally docked.

Jeremiah went to Castel and circled around it, but there was still only sea water. They fished out a large wooden box from the sea, but nothing else.

The fresh water on the boat was running out, so Jeremiah had no choice but to dock. He was a pirate, so he had no scruples on the Storm Ocean. He had to be more restrained when he came to land, so he threw all the registration matters to Ken, and he didn't know where to go after getting off the boat.

Poor Ken had no choice but to follow the tax officer through a whole set of registration procedures and pay taxes to the lord - it was said that the owner of this Tis Territory was the son of the former Grand Duke of Tis, and the locals called him "Prince".

If the Principality of Tis still existed, the title of prince would not be a big deal, but the principality has been destroyed, so the title of prince is a naked mockery.

"Tis people?" The tax officer asked casually after completing the registration.

"Yes, I fled from here to Castel." Ken said a little embarrassedly, "My father's name is Ivan, and he used to live in a village near Blood Harbor."

The tax officer's eyes softened a little. "Okay, the registration is complete. The lord's latest requirement is that all foreign merchants must go to the lord's mansion. You can find time to go there in the next few days. Just take this and go directly."

The tax officer handed over a freshly written note, which briefly described Ken's basic situation, all of which he had asked before.

"The Lord wants to see me?" Ken was surprised. "What's the matter?"

"Who knows, His Royal Highness the Prince might have some bizarre ideas again." The tax officer sneered, not hiding the sarcasm in his tone at all.

"Don't worry, since you are also from Tis. The prince won't make things too difficult for you. But don't expect him to be of any use. He will always mess everything up."

The tax collector waved his hand and walked out of the room.

Ken looked at his departing back and felt somewhat surprised. His family had never returned since they had fled from Tis and knew nothing about the situation here.

"Well, I don't know what this prince has done. Let's find Captain Jeremiah first." Ken scratched his head and showed a distressed look. There were still some refugees on the ship. Although the number was not too large, they also needed to be properly resettled. If Castel could not be found quickly, he would probably have to deal with the lord here.

But the reputation of this "prince" doesn't seem to be very good. Ken walked towards the ship helplessly. He was obviously just planning to be a ship's mechanic, so how could he inexplicably encounter so many troubles?

"Hey, Ken!"

Suddenly there was a shout from behind, and when Ken turned around, he saw someone rushing over and giving him a hug.

".Josh?"

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It was his good friend Josh. The two of them had originally boarded the ship together, but Josh got off the ship at Blood Harbor with the cargo. This was also their first stop. Ken followed Jeremiah all the way north to the northern border of the empire to find Nora.

"Yes, Ken, it's me. I've been waiting here for a long time. I've sent people to watch the dock. I came here as soon as I knew the Black Pearl had docked. So, why are you so late?"

Why did you come so late? Of course, it was because they found that Nora was in big trouble in the North. They wanted to rescue people but they didn't have enough manpower, so they could only pull some refugees back to ask for help. They wanted to go to Castel to drop off the refugees first, so they didn't come to Blood Harbor. But Castel disappeared inexplicably, so they had to go to Gem Bay again, but the entire archipelago and pirates were missing, so they finally came here. Looking at the concerned partner in front of him, thinking of the hardships and bizarreness of this journey, Ken almost shed tears, and he sniffed hard.

"It's a long story. How are the soap sales here?"

Qiao Xi's eyes lit up immediately. "That's going so smoothly! This thing is a top-notch commodity. You can't imagine how much people are willing to spend to buy it. I even got in touch with the lord here with this batch of goods!"

"prince?"

"Uh, you know this name too?" Josh looked a little embarrassed. "Okay, I forgot you are from Tis. He does deserve to be scolded, but at least he tried, didn't he?"

Ken had a confused look on his face. What on earth did this lord do? Was it related to the Tis people?

"Actually, I don't know much. The Black Pearl just docked, and Captain Jeremiah has gone somewhere. I just heard this name. Can you tell me more about it?"

"Oh, that's a long story. Let's find a pub and talk about it."

(End of this chapter)