Chapter 625 My innocence towards her is absolutely undeniable.
In September, the autumn winds on the English Channel carried a deep chill, but thanks to the emergence of the free port of London, the hearts of merchants traveling between the two sides of the Channel were warm.
The variety of Oriental goods in the Port of London was not large, but whether it was beautiful silk, exquisite porcelain or charming perfume, they were all luxury items sought after by nobles and wealthy merchants, and there was no worry about selling them.
As for spices and seasonings such as pepper, cardamom, and sugar, they were standard fare on the tables of nobles and celebrities, or essential items at high-class banquets. It can be said that as long as goods from London were transported to the Western Continent, you would receive countless gold coins.
The Temple imposed high taxes on goods from the East at all the ports of the West, but the cargo ships traveling between London and the West were all well-connected. As long as they didn't openly defy the Temple's tax officials, who would care whether their goods were from the East or not?
Harrison was a businessman with connections, or rather, his master was a powerful figure with connections. As long as he safely transported the cargo back to Nantes, his generous master would reward him with a large sum of money, and might even give him a beautiful female slave if he was in a good mood.
"Hmm! That tax collector is greedy, demanding so much pepper and spices! And with such a lame excuse." Harrison pondered how to deal with the greedy Temple tax collector this time. He said his wife needed spices to marinate sausages, but does marinating sausages really require ten pounds of pepper?
"Sir Harrison, there's movement in the narrow strait ahead; it looks like many ships are heading towards us..."
"Hmm? Don't be nervous, old Holly. The entire strait belongs to Freeport. Pirates wouldn't dare to mess with us here. You don't know, but last month, the infamous Redbeard pirates robbed a fleet from Gijon, and then... then... oh my god!"
Harrison was about to show off the inside information he had obtained to Captain Holly when he was startled by the huge expanse of sails rushing towards him.
Harrison had seen large fleets before; the Great Xia's ocean-going fleets usually numbered at least fifty or sixty ships. But this fleet, lined up in three columns, stretched as far as the eye could see, and the ships all looked very strange.
With its pointed, upturned hull, towering mast, and exquisitely carved figurehead, it is exactly the same as the ships of the once-vast empire in legend.
"Old Holly, quickly move the ship to the side, don't block their path..." Harrison, regardless of whether he was hallucinating, quickly ordered the captain to move the ship to the shore.
Old Holly was also sweating. When he reported to Harrison earlier, he could only see a few sails, but now he could see a large number of ships. Just how fast were they going?
By the time old Holly had brought the ship far to the edge of the strait, the massive fleet ahead had already rapidly approached, and then passed by in the stunned gazes of the sailors, Harrison, and old Holly.
"It really is... the Elf Empire..." Harrison murmured in disbelief as he looked at the handsome men and beautiful women on the ship, who had long ears and dressed in elegant and luxurious clothes.
Harrison was a worldly man, unlike those country bumpkins who described foreigners as blue-faced and fanged monsters. He knew very well that what he was seeing now were real elves.
But after the elves left Oslo, how many elves were there in the entire Western Continent? Now that these hundreds of ships are full of elves, wouldn't their number be tens of thousands?
After the crescent-shaped Elven ships had passed, five enormous steam-powered sailing ships sailed past Harrison and his men, leaving the already stunned crew and sailors even more bewildered.
"Lord Harrison, where...where are they going?"
"Who knows? Maybe they'll go to London, maybe to Oslo... probably to Oslo!"
The Elven fleet was definitely headed for Oslo. They traveled eastward from the New World to the sea east of Madeira, where they met up with four Elven Saint-level experts who had come from Tainan on steam-powered sailing ships, along with a certain "hindrance." It took them more than two months to reach the English Channel, and now they were eagerly anticipating their former holy land.
The massive elven fleet no longer concealed its presence, sailing majestically through the English Channel into the North Sea. Ships encountered along the way were astonished by them, and news of the elven army's appearance in the North Sea was expected to spread throughout the Western Continent very soon.
The commotion caused by the elves was so great that it was impossible for London not to notice. Soon, a huge warship with an extravagant design and gorgeous decorations caught up with them. Its sails were shimmering with the light of magic circles. After passing the elven fleet from the side, it slowly approached the large ship at the front, which was flying the flag of the elven royal court.
"Oh! This is Isabel's ship. Everyone, don't be impulsive. She definitely doesn't mean any harm!" Seeing her mother Luna and several elven saints looking at the "Crimson Rose" with hostility, Qin Mo quickly explained that they were her people.
Isabel's expression was equally grim. The English Channel was her territory, and the elves' unauthorized passage through it was tantamount to challenging her authority. However, it seemed that they also had the resources to challenge her. The tens of thousands of elven warriors alone were not something Windsor Castle could handle at present, and even if the entire vampire clan were to join forces, they might not necessarily gain the upper hand.
"Hey! Isabel, we're just passing by. We'll treat you to drinks another day!" Qin Mo noticed that Isabel's expression wasn't good either, so she quickly slipped out from behind Luna and frantically gestured and winked at her.
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