Take Taobao with you to another world

Fan Tianlan was walking on the road.

The ice and snow have not disappeared, and in the cold, there is a faint fragrance of spring.

He embraced the bouquet, the leaves were green, the buds were gathered like pearls, and the half-harvested and half-opened petals were freshly revealed. People kept smiling and greeting him on the road, but no one asked him where he was taking the flowers.

He strode forward on the road until he came to a white building, he walked up, the guard saluted him, stepped aside from the door, he opened the door, and walked in with a cool fragrance.

When Yun Shen walked out of the bedroom, the first thing he saw was the young man by the window.The heavy curtains have been pulled up, and the afternoon sky shines on the bouquet of flowers and his focused profile. Yun Shen rested his head on the sofa and looked at it for a while, then called him with a sleepy voice.

"Tianlan."

Fan Tianlan paused, then turned to look over.

He came over.

Yun Shen raised his head to look at him, he lowered his head, his black hair fell to Yun Shen's knee, Yun Shen said, "Are you still unhappy?"

Fan Tianlan did not answer.

Yun Shen smiled softly, "Because I criticized you more than once?"

He lowered his eyelashes.

"Then—" Yun Shen raised his hand and stretched it along his black hair, "Do you want to kiss?"

Fan Tianlan put one hand on the back of the sofa and leaned down.

Lips and teeth meet, sweet as a dream.

"I'm still a little sleepy, can you sleep with me?" Yun Shen asked.

He still didn't get a response this time, because the person he asked had fallen asleep.Yun Shen leaned on the compacted cotton back pillow, holding the workbook in one hand, and stroking the back of the person in his arms with the other. He looked up at the ceiling, without any sleepiness in his eyes.

The room is very quiet, so quiet that you can hear the sound of snow melting, no one will disturb, and no one will disturb you during this time.

After a long time, Yun Shen sighed.

all the best.

Judging from the paper report, most of the work is considered to be smooth, and the results in the seaport direction can be regarded as impressive, and the shipment volume in the last month has reached a new high.Then in a new round of voyage, the HNA ship encountered pirates.

It's not one, nor can it be said to be a group. To be precise, there are large and small pirate ships all over the sea almost within the naked eye's field of vision.For both the convener and the participants, it is an honor to cause such a big battle. The white ship came from the sky, huge and graceful. It should have spotted the hyenas rushing towards her, but she still walked , going forward.

Countless eyes stare hungrily, countless hooks and locks are about to move, the shimmering light of magic spells is flickering, the sails are encouraged, the bow of the ship breaks through the waves, like arrows leaving the string, the knots on the back of the giant beast pointed by the arrow clusters are untied , The heavy tarpaulin was lifted off, revealing the fine iron and black steel underneath, and the long muzzle rose slowly, facing the sea wind that brought shouts and screams.This will be the greatest naval battle in the history of the Western Continent, and it will also be the bloodiest and most desperate naval battle.

The screams of death pierced the sky, one after another, one after another.

Immediately the thunder flame descended.

In the political hall of Orbis royal court, the king and the duke watched the forest of talismans in the letter box continue to shatter. The two stood up involuntarily at the same time. The mage and others didn't say a word, their pale faces already explained everything.

"God ah..."

"God!"

Eight official mages, 69 mage apprentices, [-] sea guards, and thousands of them, almost all the slightly famous pirates in the western sea area, regardless of the after-the-fact remuneration, only the pre-deposit is worth [-], and all investments are only for testing The bottom line of the white boat and the talented people behind it, so as to contain them.It only took them one and a half months from making up their minds to actually implementing it, and it took only a moment for the White Ship to destroy all of them—calculating the time, the two sides had just met at most.

When the white boat came to Fusong Port again, it was still white, still magnificent, and still daunting—more daunting than ever before.Black smoke and red flags fluttered over Fusong Port again. When it dropped anchor, the harbor was almost emptied for it. A small number of ships were crowded on the side of the headland. Even the rats on the pier were gone. Merchants, brokers, Lifu and The gangsters retreated to the first wall, peeping cautiously with one or two eyes in the shadows of the street.The actions of the royal court were so big, and the parasites in the port knew something. The safe arrival of the white ship made one thing obvious: the strangers had won.

What will this result bring them?

Four rows of guards in armor and holding spears are lined up on both sides of the pier, with red tassels on their hats and helmets, and their expressions are hidden behind their visors. A court official in a gold-embroidered robe and a court attendant tremblingly surround a nobleman towards the gangway. , A group of men in white came down from the deck of the white boat.They were so white they seemed to glow in the overcast sky, and the two-part uniform had no decoration, no embroidery, no ribbons, no flowing hem, no starched material, except for the dark blue trim and the gold medallion. Close to the figure, outlining the strong body below, the standard dagger hangs on both sides of the tight wide belt, when their black leather boots fell from the ladder to the stone road washed by clear water, the shadows in the depths of the pier excited There was a sound.

Not only for the first change of service for the people of Baichuan, but also for the strange figures in it.

The officer of ceremony and the earl stared dumbfounded at a man and a woman beside the captain, and finally said a few words with great difficulty: "Guests from foreign lands, welcome back to Fusong Port... The king has ordered me to welcome you all." In the palace, the Duke is already waiting."

The captain nodded slightly and didn't ask much, "Take us to see him."

The person behind him let out a short laugh, and the count only glanced at him and then quickly looked away. His suspicious eyes fell more on the other person, but for another reason, he didn't dare to look too much.

The earl and the ceremonial officer boarded the carriage, and the men of the white ship did not ride with them, but they called their own horses.These tall horses were raised on their own pastures. As soon as the phantom of the white boat appeared in the sky, the groom led them out of the stable. The man of the white boat stepped on the stirrup, turned over and stepped on the horse's back. Shockingly familiar and unified, horseshoes tapped on the street, wheels rattled past, no pedestrians were seen on the Baiyin Avenue leading to the palace on the top of the mountain, and even the doors of the shops were half-closed, only countless eyes focused on it.

This matter is extremely difficult to deal with, and those who look at the white boat will know it today.but--

The standing ears covered with short gray hair move with their heart, they are particularly tall and strong, very similar to human beings, but anyone can recognize that they are definitely not human—those are werewolves!In contrast, the one with a much slender figure is a woman with so short hair that she is simply outrageous!And among the few women who also hurt the eyes, one is particularly dazzling. She is tall and tall, with soft blond hair braided and coiled around her shoulders, and her thin pointed ears are like crystal decorations, which make her light and beautiful. The beauty of quiet coexistence is more prominent-that is not the beauty that mortals should have.

An unfamiliar word is passed among some populations, but is it possible?

The elves are in the western continent, and they are walking with the orcs?

The Duke of Turners of Orbis looks into the distance from the terrace, and sees the huge white ship moored in the port from the boundless ocean. From this position, the port area is unobstructed, the dock is still under martial law, and the silence brought by armor and spears Gradually decreasing outwards, countless ants are still running around in their low nests, the wind blows from the sea, caresses the layers of roofs, climbs up the hillside and plays the forest sound, the white chaste pine forest is swaying and undulating, glowing with silver light From the square in front of the palace, the Baiyin Avenue passes through three pine forest belts, like a river flowing down through the city. Dodge, leaving only a group of figures upstream.

Lord Turners was watching them, and many others, like him, were watching the snow-white procession behind the clumsy guard of honor in the carriage.

These strangers...

These rich, generous, well-mannered strangers!These ignorant, curious, mysterious strangers!These foreigners who want to dig, want to plunder, fear and have to rely on!

Who built the white ship?Where did they come from and why?To this day, there is still no answer. The white ship leaves the port and the ships follow the trail. The ships will get lost in the ocean within three days at most and return without success. The talented people behind them are even more mysterious and cannot be found.Strangers come and go without a trace, and their descriptions about themselves are either convincing or absurd, but whether they believe it or not, it does not affect the enthusiasm of businessmen for them. The strangers are like a golden rain falling from the sky. Entering the shallow pool of Fusong Port brings waves of waves.Foreigners can't actually turn stone into gold, but they bring a large number of magical, exquisite, rare, and very cheap commodities. The benefits brought by these things that have never appeared in other places are simply crazy. How many people in the world can refuse the flash of gold coins?

Everyone loves the sound of money falling into the bag, but what you get comes out, and the mania brought about by high profits has cooled down as white ships sailed more and more regularly. When I looked up, I realized that Fusong Port was originally chaotic, and the multi-legged trade situation had changed. Countless merchants came to the capital, and their purpose was only two, (very few) to sell their products, (almost All) to buy goods from the white ship.Merchants often spend all their resources in order to return with a full load, and come back with more money next time.Some merchants came by sea, and some came by land. King Orbis and his lords obtained dozens of times more income than before through the forest of tax cards, but this did not stop the merchants from rushing in.

However, Fusong Port has not become more prosperous because of this. Businesses such as hotels and taverns are indeed very prosperous, but more traditional shops that King Orbis is proud of have closed their doors, including those that have been operating for dozens of years. Years and even storefronts dating back generations.They had to close down, and the strangers not only sold all kinds of refined steelware, glass products and other handicrafts, but also supplied snow-white salt, quartz-like sugar, and jars of spices stacked in wooden boxes. Live spice plants are sold, and those seasonings that are still green after a long journey are planted in stoneware pots and placed on ladder-like wooden shelves outside the foreigner's shop, exuding a strong aroma to everyone who passes by.These commodities, which are enough to be the treasures of imperial offerings, are provided in extremely large quantities. Even low-class prostitutes can wear one or two pieces of colorful, smooth and round glass jewelry. At this time, how can those merchants who only master a few fixed channels at most meet the higher needs of the nobles to show their status?White Ship is almost the only choice, but White Ship has at least established a stable supply relationship with three great nobles.

Although they did not have more hesitation when planning an attack on the white ship.

The owners of those closed shops hated the white boat even more, not only hated the merciless run-off of honest businessmen like them by foreigners, but also hated that they were not picky about their trading partners, even beggars, as long as he could take out a few copper coins, Strangers would sell him things.They almost sucked up the surplus money of the common people and the poor, and then used the money to open joints, bribe the lords, organize a large-scale business group, and let those mobs who should have lived in poverty spread their reputation along land and sea.While merchants were pouring into the capital, the residents of the capital also left the city in large numbers. After all, except for those who are lazy and afraid of the road, who would not be tempted by the profit of reselling these goods to other places?What's more, in order to collect more taxes and fees, the nobles who were bribed also strengthened the protection of the roads. The merchants went together and hired larger and more mercenary regiments in joint ventures. There are fewer and fewer rumors of gangsters robbing Taoists and talents halfway.In fact, people who don’t want to travel and work hard don’t have other options. The people of Baichuan didn’t take away all the wealth they gained from the transaction. They bought all the shops near the place where they settled at the highest price, and then used this as the center , Continuously buying nearby land, these lands are adjacent to the slums of the king's capital, and to the east is a large swamp. Foreigners not only spend a lot of money to buy these useless lands, but also hire poor people to dig out mud and clean waterways for them.Since the strangers started their inexplicable project, as the nobles said, the air in the capital seems to be much fresher, and even the law and order has improved, because the strangers hired gangsters and mercenaries to clean up the thieves near the streets for them and evildoers.

Although—there have always been rumors that these foreigners use human flesh as food to drive their ships, otherwise, how can this giant ship without oars or sails be able to gallop across the sea?Those slanderous words not only said that the monsters in the ship cannibalized countless people, but also implied that the foreigners also had a special liking for the tender meat of babies, because when they first arrived, they hardly ate any food from Fusong Port, and they didn’t even drink water. Very interested in human trafficking.From the first visit to the present, as long as someone brings unaccepted children to the door, they will not refuse them. Those children will be kept by them for a few days. Returning them in person - this seems to be a way for them to show their humanity, but for various reasons, few people dare to blackmail them.

Rumors make people shy away, but foreigners seem to have no intention of clarifying them, and no matter how sensational these rumors are, as long as the foreigners do not cannibalize in public, countless people will flock to them.The price of food in the capital began to rise in the second month after the white boat sailed, and it has risen day after day since then. It even reached a historical high when foreigners began to recruit poor people. The poor in the capital do not want to starve to death. The way of business is to sell labor to foreigners, as long as they obey orders, foreigners don't care about men and women.A large number of low-level people have poured into the private land of foreigners, and a larger amount of land has been embezzled by various legal means. Foreigners don't care about money.

Foreigners brought goods and gold flow, provided a lot of benefits to Orbis Kingdom, and directly and indirectly solved some problems that made the nobles feel uncomfortable, although they almost took over all the slave trade in Fusong Port, and intended to Tracing back to the source, the behavior of controlling the population import channel is suspicious, but generally speaking, in terms of the current situation, the Orbis Kingdom really should not turn against such a trading partner, not to mention that the two parties have only established exchanges for a year.

In just one year, these foreigners plunged the kingdom into an unprecedented crisis.

The crisis comes from outside, from the merciless economic aggression of foreigners, from the dissatisfaction and pressure from the five regions and ten countries, and...

The Duke withdrew his gaze, turned around and returned to the room. The huge sunroom was full of people, the nobles were in groups, and the mages were crowded together. Sitting on a chair at the same height was a middle-aged man with a thick beard and hair. He was wearing a robe, with one hand propped on the armchair, his eyes fixed on the crystal instrument on the small table in front of him, and the king's eyes fell on the same level as his , looking restless.Before the Duke entered the small hall, they were the center of everyone. After the Duke entered, the king looked up at him.

"My dear duke," said the king, "I leave it to you."

"I'm going to do my best," Turners said.

The Archmage said nothing, did not even look at him, and the Duke sighed inwardly, saluted the King, and left, followed by the Chief of the Court Guard.They walked down the carved stone staircase round and round, their figures illuminated by the candles in the glass case, they walked through the corridor, the servants in short robes bowed to open the gate of the inner court, the duke calmed down, everything With the appearance of being in control, he walked in with his head held high.

Then the words that were brewing disappeared like ice and snow, and he saw a person who was as beautiful as a dream.

The Duke was still for at least two heartbeats, but he was not the only man who lost his composure. There were different breathing sounds from around. After a while, the Duke came back from his trance, stepped into the hall, sat on a high seat, smoothed the hem of his clothes , and then said: "I thought His Majesty only invited everyone from the White Ship, this lady——her appearance is unforgettable, but I don't seem to have seen her before. I wonder what her position is...?"

"She is our first mate, Your Excellency the Duke." The captain of the white ship said, "When I was on board, she took charge of many tasks, and when I was not on board, she was in charge of everything. Because of her low-key nature, she does not often leave her post. .”

Ridiculous reason."I didn't know a woman could steer," said the duke.

"Customs and customs vary from place to place, thank you for your reputation." Shea said softly.

Her voice is as beautiful as she is.The Duke tried his best not to stare at her all the time, "Orbis never lets women on board other than passengers, it is irresponsible for their lives."

"I trust my first mate as much as I trust myself," said the captain. "If not for other duties, she is perfectly qualified for my position. Women are not born weak, sir."

"Because of her race?" asked the Duke.

Then he was annoyed by this gaffe, but the captain was still calm, "Not only that, although we are far away from home, we really need stronger self-protection power, we don't often show these powers to the outside world, maybe it's because of this that some misunderstandings have been caused .Your Excellency, you have already tested our power once, so this time is another test, or a forecast of war?"

The Duke closed his mouth, and he looked at the captain who was too young—with a clean shaven beard, he looked several years younger than the Duke himself, and after a while, he said: "Put down your rudeness, foreign land Man. What are you referring to?"

"My lord, I am referring to the unexpected attack we encountered during this voyage," said the captain. "Our ship was besieged by thousands of pirates. Those who were alive, they all identified as being employed by the Orbis Kingdom."

"Nonsense!" said the duke. "Pirates are desperadoes without faith. It is not uncommon for them to use the name of the kingdom to get rid of their crimes in order to save their lives."

"That's right," said the captain, "although they also provided tokens for the transaction—"

"—Exactly," the duke interrupted him, "the Kingdom's treasury was stolen some time ago."

"Excuse me," asked the captain politely, "is the thief brought to justice?"

The Duke shook his head, "It's outrageous, they have fled to sea, we only caught the mole who cooperated with them inside and outside, and we are going to hang them in the square today, you can see their fate."

The captain nodded, "Admirable speed and decisiveness."

"As for the attacks you received, on behalf of the kingdom, I am shocked and am not happy that you have arrived at the port safely. Pirates are a chronic disease of the sea, and the kingdom can only maintain the safety of ships within a day's journey at most, but if you need it, I can Issue a protection order for you to show that you are Orbis' honest friends." The Duke said, "Or, we can also send some soldiers to escort you."

"What a flattering attention," said the captain.

"Next," said the duke, "do you know why I summoned you?"

The captain gestured, "Please speak."

A surge of anger rose from the bottom of the Duke's heart. He stared at the captain, and even the beautiful elf first mate could no longer affect him, "Orbis is an open city, and Fusong Port welcomes all those who are looking for wealth and opportunities , we provide all legitimate businessmen with various conveniences for trade. Among the five regions and ten countries, no one is more enlightened than the Orbis Kingdom, and no port is as prosperous as Fusong Port. We have spent countless efforts, counted This situation was created by the great efforts of the king on behalf of the king, so it is extremely difficult for us to tolerate anyone destroying this foundation for self-interest—"

The captain was silent, and the rest of the crew had different expressions. The Duke stretched out his finger and said coldly, "Stranger, do you know that you have committed a crime?"

"What's the crime?" Shia asked.

"What's the crime?" said the Duke, "manipulating prices, monopolizing the market, driving up the price of food and land, crowding out one local industry after another, causing countless people to leave their homes and homes, and in the name of free trade, the reality of invasion has been warned. But I don’t know how to reflect on myself, and now I’m strutting around with other people and provoking the state religion, what crime do you think this is?”

"These charges do sound serious, and there is almost no redemption." Shia said, stroking her braids and holding a crystal green leaf between her fingers, "However, Your Excellency, if we refuse to accept these charges, this free, How will the rulers of an enlightened city punish us? By deportation, by sequestering ships and men until a confession, by forming a siege, determined to destroy the enemy, by ambush, by hiding killers, or—all of the above?"

The Duke took one last look at her, then took a deep breath, stood up abruptly, and shouted, "Come on! Assassin!"