Chapter 607: Ship Fare
A few miles of road was a quick walk for Long Zun, and it didn't take long for him to come to the Bund.
The Bund is a large stretch of beach, close to the edge of the deep water, where there are docks with sea boats, and several large ships docked nearby.
At this time, the Bund was clearly divided into two parts, and the area near the pier was surrounded by people, and the people standing guard were all dressed up, all of them were disciples of Haizhoumen.
A little further away from the pier, there are several obvious small areas, in which groups of people each occupy a piece of the Bund.
On the long dock, many people were walking around, all in one direction, looking like they were about to board the ship, and there was a ship's deck leaning against the edge of the pier at the front of the pier.
In front of the wooden plank between the hull of the ship and the dock, there were two Haizhoumen disciples guarding, and each person who boarded the boat took out something and handed it to the Haizhoumen disciples guarding the dock before they were allowed to board the ship.
"What are they doing here?" asked Long Zun, pointing in the direction of the dock and a young man next to him.
The young man glanced at Long Zun, and found that the Xuan Power on Long Zun's body fluctuated, and his expression straightened, "Can't you see it? Those people are getting on the boat." ”
As he spoke, he looked at the dock and found that there was a trace of resentment, and the dissatisfaction in his heart was written in his eyes.
After Long Zun came to the Bund, his body deliberately exuded the aura of a warrior realm cultivation, and it was not abrupt to be on this Bund full of cultivators.
"I see that those who got on the boat all took one thing to the disciples of Haizhou Gate who were guarding the dock, what do you mean? Is the boat from Haizhou Gate?" Long Zun pointed out the object that those who got on the boat took out of their hands.
"Where is Haizhou Gate, they are all ship merchants who run the sea in Haicheng. The young man said hatefully.
Don't ask, Long Zun knows that this is the same as setting up a card on land, charging a toll, but people charge a sea fee, and you have to pay a boat fare when you get on the ship.
"Black, it's black. Long Zun echoed, turned around and walked towards the disciples of the Haizhou Sect in front of the dock.
"You have to pay a fee to go to sea, and you can only get on board if you pay the fee. "There was a disciple of Haizhou Sect next to him.
"How much?" Long Zun asked the Haizhou Sect disciple who stopped him after looking at the people who left in front of him.
"Cultivator?" the Haizhou Sect disciple asked.
"That's right, cultivator. Long Zun admitted.
"What cultivation?"
"Samurai Realm. ”
As soon as he heard that Long Zun was just a warrior realm, this Haizhou Sect disciple looked proud, "One condensation pill, or ten taels of gold." ”
"I don't have a condensation pill, so let's use gold. As he spoke, Long Zun put his hand into his arms and actually took out a gold ingot of ten taels of gold from the storage space.
This Haizhou Sect disciple heard Long Zun say that there was no gold, and the disdain on his face was even more undisguised.
Stretched out his hand, took Long Zun's ten taels of gold, handed over a sign with his backhand, and said in his mouth: "Take this brand and give it to the people behind, and after you get on the boat, you have to remember the boat fare to the owner." ”
Long Zun nodded, took the brand, and took a look, it was an ordinary wooden brand, which could be crushed with a little force.
With the sign in hand, he walked less than fifty paces when he was stopped by the man in front of the boat.
"You can't get on board without a sign. ”
Long Zun took out the sign and handed it to the other party, who casually threw it into the wooden box next to him, and then shouted to the people on the boat: "The deck is down, someone is on board." ”
When the sailors heard this, they sent down a plank and put it on the dock and the plank.
Stepping on the plank, Long Zun boarded the bow of the boat, and the people behind him removed the plank, and shouted at the same time: "When the people are full, come again and let them wait for a while for the boat behind." ”
"Alright, got it. ”
Obviously, the people on the bow of the ship know each other with the Haizhoumen disciples on the dock, and it is even very likely that they are all Haizhoumen disciples, after all, the sea is not calm, and it is very common for Haizhoumen disciples to be the ship's owner's guards.
The boat moved slowly at the dock and sailed towards the sea, and no one had ever mentioned the cost of the ride to Long Zun, not only him, but also the others on the boat who had not received anything to pay.
When the ship sailed into the sea, and there was no shore and dock behind it, a group of people on the boat, who were obviously cultivators, walked in one cabin after another.
Long Zun was the last person to get on board, and the cabin was the closest to the deck, and the first person to come was in the cabin where he was.
"Guys, the boat has already left, isn't it time to pay the fare?"
"How much?" said one of the people in the same cabin as Long Zun.
"Not much, fifty taels of gold. The man who asked for the boat fare smiled and stretched out five fingers and gestured.
Long Zun, who originally put his hand into his arms and wanted to withdraw money from the storage space, paused and took out his hand again, but he still took out fifty taels of gold and put it on his chest, blocking it with his clothes, so outsiders couldn't see it.
"What? Fifty taels of gold is so much, why don't you go and grab it. Someone spoke dissatisfiedly.
Before boarding the ship, he had already paid ten taels of gold for going to sea, and as soon as he got on the ship and left the coast, he had to pay fifty taels of gold for the voyage.
The boat is made of gold, and it takes so much gold to be able to carry a boat.
The person who asked for the money was not angry, and still said with a smile: "You are all going to make a fortune on the ruins of overseas islands, so naturally you don't care about such a small amount of money, but you must know that the sea is not very peaceful, there are sea beasts under the sea, and there are pirates on the sea, and every time we go to sea, we have to spend a high fee to invite guards to ensure your safety, so the cost of the ship is naturally a little higher, but please rest assured, it is definitely worth the money." ”
"We don't need your ship's guards, we can keep ourselves safe. ”
"Look at what you said, since you are on the ship, you will naturally have to pay the fee, whether you need an escort or not, the ship fare will naturally not be less. ”
"If you don't pay it, it's not a boat fare, it's blackmail and shameless blackmail, and we won't pay it. ”
The person who came to ask for money heard that someone didn't want to pay the money, and his face immediately sank, "You have to think clearly, this is not a coastline, and there is no direction, even if you get off the boat now, you may not have the opportunity to return to the shore." ”
"It's useless to threaten me, I won't pay, at most I will pay this part of the fare. The other party said excitedly.
"What we charge is the boat fare. Said the man who came to collect the fare.
"Okay, how much did you say the boat fare?"
"Fifty taels of gold. ”
"Fart, whose boat fare is so expensive, you are ripping customers. ”
"So you're not paying the fare?"
"I don't pay, you don't pay either, let's fight them to the end, why do we have to pay so much fare. The man who didn't want to pay the fare said to someone else in the same cabin.
(End of chapter)