Chapter 27 Murder in the dark night
The so-called spice sugar in the New World is essentially a very sweet substance. From the outside, this sugar is mottled and sticky, and is not a refined single-crystal sugar familiar to people in the old world. Because the ingredients are complex and similar to unpurified jaggery, it can be roughly called brown sugar or brown sugar, which is considered a sweet substance between white sugar and molasses.
Rich in non-sugar ingredients such as natural pigments and fiber, this fragrance sugar has a high water content ratio, and its flavor and taste also vary subtly depending on the origin of the sugar. It is said that some high-quality sugars can even taste the fruity aroma of the origin.
It is difficult to suppress his curiosity. When inspecting the goods, Luo Zhengdao tasted the taste of this sugar. His personal feeling was quite good. It was not as light and sweet as the refined white sugar in the old world. The sweet aftertaste with a little bitter taste was faintly revealed. Multiple flavors were superimposed on it, and the taste was indeed quite unique. I believe that it would be added to dishes and snacks as spices, and the effect would be slightly better than using white sugar.
"Is there so little sugar?"
Seeing the sailors rolling down more than a dozen wooden barrels of sugar from the springboard, Luo Zhengdao touched the back of his head and was confused. The general unit of measurement in the new world, a barrel of volume can be converted into three boxes of zeros. After counting, the sugar here is only about fifty boxes.
Hearing this, he couldn't bear it anymore to this young master who was ignorant of the world. Vina snorted coldly and said:
"There are quite a lot. The production of several plantations near Ambon is only so much in half a month!"
After hearing this, Luo Zhengdao blinked his eyes twice, and suddenly remembered that he saw those sugarcane plantations on Ambon Island with stems slightly thicker than their thumbs and plant heights of less than three meters. He exclaimed:
"Oh, it seems that the sugar cane variety is not good, and the yield cannot be increased!"
In fact, Luo Zhengdao is still too amateur. The main reason for the low sugar yield rate in New World Plantations is that there is a problem with the processing procedures, but it has little to do with the sugar cane variety. Bag and molasses containing a lot of sugar have also been fermented to make rum, which is not a waste.
The dozen or so buckets of candy waiting for inspection on the dock were like a life-loving little goblins who were addicts to see the high-purity No. 4 placed in front of them. The little goblins cheered and rushed to a thick piece of candy larger than her and ate them unscrupulously.
Little goblins have always had a special liking for sweeteners such as sugarcane and honey. They are good at raising bees to pick flowers and make honey. They are the racial specialty of Little Goblins, but those buzzing insects have to eat! The share left for the owner is not much. Little goblins who love houses and black learn to use candy to supplement honey with candy, which is very reasonable. Recently, due to the situation of the goblin pursuit fleet sweeping across the stars, the merchant fleet that travels between the Sea of Storm and the main continent disappeared, and now they can't buy goods with money. The trade routes in the main continent have been blocked, which has forced the little goblins to reduce their daily sugar quota. Dingdang's eating candy is so happy, not just because of greed!
Relying on the fact that the dozens of boxes of candy were worthy of their face, the pirate fleet knocked open the gate of the Fairy Garden. Luo Zhengdao finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Taking advantage of the previous experience of the berthing port that did not cherish time and was chased away by the goblin fleet, this painful lesson prompted Luo Zhengdao to make up his mind to not be able to hang out and watch the fun. He would bring in a group of people to shop on the market as soon as possible to purchase cold-proof items and other daily necessities! No matter what fruit wine, distilled liquor, cloth, blankets and alchemy items, he would clear all the necessities he could think of, and there was no need to worry too much about the price. Until the spare cabins on the two ships and his space bag were filled, Luo Zhengdao stopped without feeling satisfied.
"Will, why are you doing so anxious?"
Vina Dubov expressed difficulty in understanding Luo Zhengdao's eagerness for his lack of security. After all, the goblin fleet chased him several times and did not cause any serious losses. He was just being chased away all the way. She did not think that Luo Zhengdao's hamster moving preparations had urgent needs from the real world.
Hearing the sound, Luo Zhengdao stretched out three fingers and gestured:
"How can I not be anxious? This has been three times. We have been blocked by the goblin fleet in the port three times. Do you think we can have such good luck every time?"
Whether in the old world where high-rise buildings are bustling, or in the new world where wars and magic are rampant, Luo Zhengdao has never been a person with particularly good luck. He has never won a consolation prize since he was a child. Because of this, Luo Zhengdao is like the famous classmate of the girl, except that he does not have the qualifications of a stallion that can open a Crystal Palace, people with bad luck must learn to think well, and at the same time they cannot have bad action, otherwise they will sooner or later be killed by their own bad luck.
Adventurers' lifestyle is to lick blood from the knife. Although Vina Dubov has been washing his hands for a long time, her criterion for judging danger has never changed.
Assuming that all risks are controlled within the safety limit, the best way is to never go out, but that is also inevitable that people will sit at home, and disasters come from the sky. Simply put, the thinking circuit of the half-elf beauty and the otaku Luo Zhengdao is not in the same dimension at all, one is a realist and the other is an idealist.
After pondering for a moment, Vina Dubov tilted his head and observed Luo Zhengdao's serious expression of his facial muscles becoming rigid, and said tentatively:
"So you have a dangerous premonition?"
Hearing this, he glanced at Vina angrily, and Luo Zhengdao muttered:
"No need for a premonition, the frozen sea can be regarded as a natural barrier. The goblins really want to kill me. The last chance to start is here, wait for us to reach the sea of death. As you said, it is a dead land that cannot be used by many warships, and the green skin can't do anything to me, so they will definitely..."
He nodded understandingly, and the half-elf beauty took over the conversation and said:
"...so goblins will choose to start before you finally slip away. No matter what method you use, you must kill you. Are you trying to say this?"
"It's totally correct. To ensure safety, we can't stay in the Fairy Garden for too long, and it's not very safe here!"
After saying that, Luo Zhengdao, who was already a little bit like a archer and a snake, looked up his eyes subconsciously at the surrounding scenery, as if the goblins might pop out from a corner to chase him at any time, but the half-elf beauty was almost laughing and crying. It should be said that Luo Zhengdao's inference evidence and logical reasoning could stand firm. Vina Dubov felt that he had no need to make a big deal and he had to make a big difference. She nodded immediately and turned around and bargained with the few little fairies who came to settle the payment.
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The bitter cold wind with goose feathers flakes blew over the Ethereal Sea. The layers of white icebergs from far and near were reflected in the magnificent aurora in the direction of the sky, showing a charming beauty that was fascinating and vaguely exuding a murderous aura.
"Can you be sure Will Nidham is here?"
The sound was filled with cold and cold in the dullness. The ambiguous and strange words fell into the ears of the audience. It was so terrifying that countless bugs were crawling around on their backs. For this, Modo Hei Shui, the commander of the goblin who claimed to be a brave man, could not be exempted. He suppressed the negative emotions like his nausea and said in a deep voice:
"Here, this is his portrait. Remember to bring the target task's head to hand in the task, and then you can get that item."
Under the gorgeous hood covered with golden silk embroidery patterns of arcane images, the mysterious man nodded slightly and said in a low and insane voice:
"Okay, I'll be back, and before that, you'd better have prepared what I want."
Watching this mysterious figure disappear into the hazy shadow nearby, a goblin staff member showed disgust and said to Modo Hei Shui:
"Mr. Commander, I hate this guy very much. The smell is more disgusting than those hairless monkeys."
He couldn't help but look disgusted, Modo Heishui touched his chin's beard and sneered:
"I hate this dirty guy, too. Look at how it can serve the Empire, so be patient for a while!"
Relying on powerful infantry legions and wolf rangers, the territory of the Goblin Second Empire was concentrated in the main continent and its surrounding areas. Influenced by historical factors, Goblins entered the Star Sea and was already a matter of eliminating the Light Dynasty, leaving the Goblin Navy to develop too short. Therefore, facing the vast seven seas, even though they were ambitious, they were a little sad and useless.
Don’t even look at the pursuit and suppression fleet of Modo Hei Shui, who was rampant in the Star Sea, and who saw who destroyed whom along the way, it was because he did not meet an opponent with equal strength. To be honest, the Goblin Fleet won the title in a competition where only one player participated. In addition to proving that their luck was good, it cannot be said that the Goblin Navy is strong enough to defeat the challenger. Up to now, the Yaling and the Elf Navy have always maintained a cautious attitude of standing by and watching, and are still waiting and watching the situation change and development. In addition to the Yaling Fleet who rescued Luo Zhengdao’s life, it can also be classified as normal friction between the two sides. These two naval powers have not yet publicly broken up with the Goblin Empire, and the three sides are still in a cold war state of hostile but not war.
The ambition of a newly emerging power cannot be hidden from others. It is true that the Yalings and the Elves are very interested in fighting for control of the main continent. The problem is that no matter how powerful the fleet is, it cannot be driven onto the land. Even if you can try it out during the period when the Mana tide is flooded in the year, the time window that this fleeting opportunity can provide is too limited and will not help at all.
The Yaling Empire and the Elf Federation are the old enemies of the goblins. The most likely strategy for these two opponents is to support agents to fight the goblin Empire. Those human exiled nobles are naturally the best candidate agents.
The commander of the goblin, Modo Hei Shui, is an alien among the goblin generals, otherwise it would not have stood out from many colleagues who were competing for naval positions, and transformed from the army's landslide into a noble naval general. The good-brained Modo Hei Shui is different from the battle slogans of the brain smooth so that he only shouted "Long live the empire", "Long live the emperor", and "Long live the Senate". It lined up the soldiers into neat military formations and launched waves of white-blade charges to the enemy's positions. It has its own understanding and understanding of this war. Because of this, Modo Hei Shui tried his best to chase Luo Zhengdao.
Modo Hei Shui decided early in the morning that Will Nidham, who had the title of Earl of Fru and seemed to have no strength, even though he could only flee in a hurry under the attack of the goblin fleet, like a stray dog, but he could escape every time, right? Allowing that guy to reach the territory of the Yaling Empire or the Elf Federation, these two superpowers may provide large amounts of military assistance to support him in counterattacking the main continent for his own interests. In any case, this is not good news for the second Goblin Empire. Eliminating Will Nidham as soon as possible is the most urgent task. For this reason, the commander of the Goblin Commander can do anything to make a deal with the devil. Now it only hopes that his worries are redundant.
ps: I dropped to eighth place in the new book list. I was angry and I wanted to fight back! Today's third update! In addition, I copied the little fairy Dingdang from the Xiling Empire with Sharingan and made a guest appearance.
Chapter completed!