The Game of Global Mining-Chapter 299 - 265: Taming the Fishmen

Chun currently has no time to build ships, let’s talk business.

"Old man, do you know Old Sea Urchin from North Port Fishing Village?"

The old man snorted: "I’ve been dealing with his dad since my father’s time, of course I know him; back then, he was called Little Sea Urchin."

Indeed, they are very familiar!

Chun got excited: "Do they have a Guardian God in their village?"

The old man took another sip: "They’re close to the Main City, why would they need a Guardian God? When major events happen, the Guardian God of the Main City flies over immediately."

Chun said: "I think it’s strange not to have a Guardian God there. If the Main City and their village are attacked simultaneously, what if the Guardian God of the Main City can’t rescue their village in time?"

The old man chuckled: "You’re worried for them, huh? What are you up to?"

Chun didn’t beat around the bush, and said directly: "Actually, I’ve become an Honorary Elder in the Southern Canyon Village, and I also want to become an elder in North Port Fishing Village. Only if I do well in the surrounding villages will the city lords look up to me; this is called surrounding the city from the countryside, so I want to help them find a Guardian God. If they’ve secretly worshiped an Evil God, I’ll correct it!" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The old man was shocked: "From what you say, are they worshiping an Evil God in Southern Canyon Village?"

Chun got anxious: "No, no! You can’t say that randomly, the Church would be unhappy."

The old man said solemnly: "With matters like this, the Church wouldn’t merely be unhappy."

Chun said: "So I want to handle it privately to prevent the Church and the village from clashing."

The old man nodded: "Anyway, Old Sea Urchin is a customer of our factory. Although he’s poor, stingy, with a bad temper, and often owes ship payments, I really don’t know of any anomalies with them, nor do I wish for something to happen to them—but something did happen recently, they went bankrupt, and Baron Fepeng’s chamber of commerce took a stake."

Worshiping an Evil God must be a top secret. How could anomalies be so easily detected?

Chun asked: "Is the rumor true that bankruptcy was due to free fish prices?"

"Yes! And they were set on fire."

Chun immediately found it unreasonable: "A century-old fishing village must have some heritage, right? How could they go bankrupt so easily?"

The old man started drinking heavily: "I’m too lazy to think about these; just say what you want to find, if the old man can help, he will!"

Alright, those words are fine too.

Chun said: "There are many fishman monsters around North Port Fishing Village. I suspect they’ve worshiped the strongest fishman as an Evil God. They might even need to offer fish as tribute to the fishmen, and when business competition came, they couldn’t withstand it and went bankrupt."

The old man suddenly got interested: "That’s intriguing!"

Chun was excited: "Do you know any powerful fishmen around there?"

The old man shook his head: "Don’t know. The coastal area north of the Northern Fishing Port is mostly fishman territory, and no ship dares to go there, few people know the situation there."

Unknown no-man’s land, definitely Boss territory!

But this also made Chun troubled; he wants to go but has no ship! Even if there was a ship, it couldn’t be secretive. Even if it was secretive, in his current state, without Siren and Old Whale’s help, he couldn’t manage! Speaking of which, if he could actively contact Nancy, it would help if she sent an Octopus over.

Yet the old man got interested: "Thinking of going to have a look? I have a way!"

Chun’s hope ignited instantly: "How?"

The old man knocked on the ship’s deck: "Just this ship! Under the guise of sea trial!"

Chun was shocked: "This is Fafnir’s ship, old man, aren’t you too daring?"

The old man coldly snorted: "Of course, it’s based on your orders to go out to sea; the one who needs to be daring should be you!"

Chun was dumbfounded: "Me? I’m just an Apprentice Second Mate!"

The old man said solemnly: "This young lady has never favored anyone so much! She appointed you as an apprentice because your credentials only qualify for apprenticeship, otherwise it would be hard to explain to other officers, but you should seize the opportunity! Now’s the time, during the ship’s repair, the naval crew on this Black Iron Blade either rests in the city or tops shifts on other ships; you’re the only officer onboard now!"

Holy Shit!

Chun was already used to being outstanding, used to all kinds of President Sister Maria Aziza Bai giving houses, love, and even sending wives, and he truly wasn’t fazed by this!

Chun quickly asked: "How long until the ship is fixed?"

The old man smiled proudly: "Actually, it was fixed a couple of days ago; we’re just dragging the work."

Chun was stunned: "Old man, this is a naval ship, aren’t you afraid of delaying military matters? Your guts are quite big!"

The old man said solemnly: "The City Lord’s intentions, the factory manager’s intentions, the navy’s intentions, the workers’ intentions."

Chun was dazed: "What’s the City Lord’s intention?"

"Doesn’t want the young lady taking risks going out to sea."

Chun understood: "The factory manager wants to hustle more funds, the navy wants more vacation time? The workers want to slack off a few more days?"

The old man burst into laughter with a mouthful of wine: "Should we set sail now?"

Holy Shit! So the factory’s slack was just a façade; the inner workings were genuinely lousy! If I marry Fafnir and inherit the City Lord’s position, see how I’ll reform you all!

Chun asked: "This must be confidential, right? So many workers on the ship going together?"

The old man shook his head: "Of course, they’ll all get off; just the two of us go! As a Grandmaster in Sailing Technique, you’re fine to steer this ship, as for firing and fighting, this old man is enough! Even if things really escalate, don’t worry, the young lady will appear, you know."

Oh, teleporting over from the cabin!

Chun stopped dithering: "Then let’s set off; by the way, drink less!"

The old man laughed: "I only get drunk when there’s nothing to do! When there’s something, the more I drink, the more spirited I get..."

After speaking, the old man left the room and shouted down the corridor: "Wrap it up, all of you, get off the ship, we’re sea trialing..."