Otherworldly Castle Era

Vol 4 Chapter 48: Ice ocean fishing boat

   Just as the two sisters Aisha and Anna were discussing using their homemade silver coins to go to the nearest mainland in exchange for materials from the Ice Age for the islanders, they did not know that what they were worried about was about to happen.

  Because of the existence of snow islands in the Northern Ocean region, the territories facing the sea on the mainland have evolved over time, so offshore trade has also developed.

   Ice and Snow Island has developed to the present, the lords of the past also knew that if this place is full of ice and snow, people are indispensable for development.

  If you want someone, you must have the conditions to attract people. Therefore, the lords of Ice and Snow Island paid great attention to the people's livelihood. This is why Aisha didn't want other lords on the mainland to not put civilians in their eyes.

  If the lord of Snow Island does not pay attention to people's livelihood, who will go to Snow Island in that cold place? This is not the world where Yang Song used to be. If you have nothing to do for sightseeing, the natives of this world don't have so much leisure.

  Because Bingxue Island is an island, it is natural to pay attention to the ocean, so sea ships were built accordingly.

   Ice and Snow Island’s sea-going ships are mostly trade transport ships, or they are built with hardy wood that exists in Iceland. It can be regarded as the first force in the world to build sea-going ships.

  Of course, warships are definitely indispensable, but the biggest difference between ice and snow islands or warships in this world and sea ships is that they carry different people.

   And it is said that it is a sea boat, rather than a slightly larger river boat. Simple sails, human-powered oars, and no rudder, only the oars are used to control the direction, and the weight space of the transported materials is also very limited.

   Such a simple sea boat consumes and relies on manpower. If it is not because it is sailing offshore, it is simply sailing with life, and even in the offshore waters, there are no few ships destroyed by sudden storms.

   It is precisely because of this danger that the natives of this world have come up with a way of sailing in groups, using the number of fleets to reduce the danger of distress.

   In fact, whether it is the style of the sea-going ship, the navigation technology, or the hordes of avoidance methods, all are from the land, the navigation technology in this world is only just beginning.

   Ice and Snow Island is in a place that Aisha can't see. The folks have a side business, that is, pirates.

   A few hundred kilometers south of Bingxue Island, there was an archipelago composed of many small islands in which many pirates were hidden.

   When the pirates reached their peak, they dared to gather to plunder coastal towns and towns and harass castles, making the lords of the sea miserable, but because the sea was not under the control of these lords, they had to let them go.

   But because of being too arrogant, it finally provokes the pirate ancestor Bingxue Island. The previous lord of Bingxue Island led more than a hundred military and civilian wars and sea ships to the islands for a one-sided siege.

   If it weren't for the fact that the archipelago is all very small islands, and there is no value in development, the lord of the ice and snow island at that time would reasonably occupy this place.

   Now that more than a hundred years have passed, the archipelago is now full of pirates, big and small, but these pirates no longer dare to be as arrogant as their predecessors and dare to plunder everywhere.

   It can only be said that where there is interest, there are vultures that eat rot. The more disorderly place, the more rampant the chaos!

  The existence of offshore trade and disorder on the sea give pirates the soil to survive. Even if this is a high-risk occupation, the benefits gained after successful plunder make many people who can't survive go forward.

"Christopher, move faster. In a few days, the ice age is coming. We have to take advantage of this time to catch more fish." A middle-aged man with a scar on his face. Shouted at the young man who was paddling with both hands at the stern of the boat.

"I see, old man." Christoph replied loudly to the middle-aged man who was about to cast a net on the bow of the boat, and while struggling to operate the two oars on both sides of the fishing boat with his hands. Shaky fishing boats can reach the sea where middle-aged people want to cast their nets.

   Daddy pointed forward to Christoph behind him. Christoph immediately knew that this was where Daddy wanted to cast the net, and immediately used the last bit of strength to row the fishing boat forward.

With a sound "here", Christoph stopped his paddling hands and let the fishing boat slide forward with inertia on the sea. He collapsed on the stern, letting sweat drip into the water-stained fishing boat. Just breathe the moist sea breeze greedily.

   Christophe watched the old man drag the fishing net and was ready. When the fishing boat slipped to a certain position, he slammed the fishing net towards the side and front of the fishing boat.

   Under the skillful movements of the old man, the fishing net unfolded into a big, perfect round open surface in mid-air. Driven by the weight of the fishing net, the fishing net fell into the sea with a sound, splashing less water.

The old man grasped the net cable tightly, and under the driving of the fishing boat, the net line returned to the bow from the front. The old man stood still and lifted it up, using his hands to quickly alternately retract the net cable, but within a few minutes, one end of the fishing net has been mentioned. Above the sea.

   "Hey!" The old man felt the movement of the fishing net in his hand, and he chuckled, knowing that the net must be rewarding.

  When the fishing net was completely put on the fishing boat by the old man, Christoph looked at the silver-white fat fish jumping and struggling in the fishing net, and said excitedly: "There are many cold fish, there are several of them under this net."

"Yeah, I'm really lucky, thank you for the gift of Poseidon." The old man said he bowed piously to the sea, and Christophe also stood up and the old scholar bowed to the sea to salute, but his heart was Not as pious on the surface.

   "Wow." Christoph opened the fishing net and saw that in addition to four or five cold fish, there were some other fish and shrimps. He said happily: "Tonight is a good meal."

   "Haha~!" Looking at the happy Christophe, the old man laughed very happily, giving him an explanation for the hard life of his family during this time.

"Father~www.novelmtl.com~ You said that these five cold fish are sold, how many things are enough for us to buy? Isn't this year's ice age less sad?" Christoph is not young anymore. He was in his early twenties, but such a simple question made Dad feel the scar on his face.

   The old man hadn't been fascinated for a long time, it was only a moment, so short that if it weren't for Christoph had been staring at him, he hadn't even noticed.

"Papa?" Christophe yelled again. He still doesn't know how the scar on his face came from. Even if he asks, Papa just stays silent. I'm used to knowing what the old man is up to.

The old man squatted down and opened the storage compartment in the middle of the fishing boat. While putting the fish in the fishing nets into the storage compartment, he replied: "There are only a few cold fish, which is enough to buy two or three hundred catties of black beans, including the cost. There is not much left in the tax paid to the lord master, just enough for the two of us to eat during the ice sea period."

"That's not bad, daddy, there are also leather jackets to protect against the cold. This year is much better than last year. Last year, before the ice period, only three cold fish were salvaged, and they sold a lot because of the lower prices." Chris Tov thought that the days when the two fathers and sons were squeezing food and clothing during the ice-sea period last year was a moment of fear.

   "Yes, if it were not for the Lord's mercy and the exemption of the fishing tax, neither of us would have survived." The old man sighed and said, "This cold fish is getting harder and harder to catch."

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