Ocean Lords: Start as a Fisherman

Chapter 206: Mutual Benefit and Timely Rain (6K Chapter, Happy New Year)

The fleet entered the port area, and a large Pisces sail ship slowly docked at the entrance.

Several people in white cloaks walked down the ship's stairs.

As the lord of Fool's Wharf, Su Wang immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Among the people in white cloaks, the leader, whose cloak had a red edge, took two steps forward and separated from the group.

"Caravan Pisces 79, arriving to deliver trade, cordially invites the Lord of Fool's Wharf to meet and take over."

Upon hearing this, Su Wang immediately stepped forward and responded.

"I am Su Wang, the Lord of Fool's Wharf."

The man with the red-patterned white tent raised his head slightly and observed Su Wang.

And when the other person looked up, Su Wang also saw the other person's face clearly.

He was about thirty years old, with very subtle abnormalities, making his face look like an ordinary person.

"My name is Erf. I have received orders to transport this month's aid supplies. Lord, please count and receive them."

“Also, I am here to convey an imperial decree to you by order of the King of Pisces.

Any level 4 dock must expand a new dock within 3 months. The task will be accepted in the Alliance Map after you receive the aid supplies.

"If Fool's Wharf refuses to accept the mission, or is unable to complete the mission as required,

This will be considered a refusal to allow the jurisdiction of Pisces Wharf to be waived, resulting in the loss of the right to assistance from the Wharf and the protection of the Wharf Code. Please be advised, Lord."

Erf made the routine announcement in a calm tone.

Every new marina that accepts assistance from Pisces Marina for the first time will be notified once.

Local dock lords generally already know this rule.

And it was the first time that Su Wang knew about it.

It turns out that refusing a mission assigned by Pisces Wharf will cause the wharf to lose the aid and jurisdiction of Pisces Wharf, and even the wharf code will not take effect.

However, Su Wang didn't care too much about this.

Currently under the jurisdiction of Pisces Wharf,
First, it is profitable, and the monthly material assistance is still very generous.

Secondly, the strength of Pisces Wharf is unknown, and there is no need for Su Wang to oppose it at the moment.

In other words, there is no reason to do this thankless task at the moment.

Su Wang smiled lightly.

"Fool's Wharf shall abide by this."

Upon hearing this, Erf did not react much, but took out a voice shell and conveyed the order to unload the goods to his men.

Teams of people in black robes were seen walking down from the ship carrying storage boxes.

In less than a few minutes, more than a dozen storage boxes were piled up in an open space in the port.

Erf walked up to Su Wang and handed him a scroll with special patterns on it.

"Lord Su Wang, this is a list of additional goods. Please check if there is anything you need."

"The residents' trade fair can be organized, but why are there so few residents? Didn't you tell us about it?"

Su Wang took the scroll from the other party, and after hearing the second half of the doubtful words, he didn't know how to respond.

Could it be that these people have everything they need, so they have no needs?

"Ahem... Fool's Wharf was established not long ago, and the residents aren't wealthy. That's why only so many people are participating in the Chamber of Commerce this time."

At the port,
Apart from Su Wang and some people from the Horned Eel family, there were only a dozen fishermen left to join in the fun.

As for the residents, there were less than 500 people gathered.

Compared with other local ports where thousands of residents gathered to welcome the Pisces caravan.

Fool's Wharf looks very deserted.

Upon hearing this, Erf shook his head slightly. It seemed that not much goods could be sold this time.

I thought that next time I come to Fool's Wharf, I won't have to carry too much cargo with me, which will save me the trouble.

Su Wang took the product list scroll, glanced at it, and immediately added to Erf.

"I still have some family members here. If there are any extra lists, please give out a few more."

After hearing this, Erf did not hesitate and directly took out a dozen cards and handed them over.

After Su Wang took it, he distributed one to Tia and several core members of the Horned Eel Family who came with them.

On the fishermen's side, Cao Ge received one alone, and the remaining dozen or so fishermen shared 5 cards.

On the other hand, the residents at the dock, also under the organization of the Horned Eel family guards, began to line up in an orderly manner to buy goods.

Erf glanced around the Chamber of Commerce.
I suddenly felt that I might not be able to sell many things this time, and the merit feedback I would get would definitely be pitifully small.

I can't help but feel a little regretful.

"If I had known the situation at Fool's Wharf was like this, I would have let other caravan leaders come over. It would have been a waste of trade quotas."

At this time, Su Wang was carefully looking through the goods on the trade list.

Compared with the lists previously obtained from other ports, this trade list clearly includes many more goods that can only be seen by port managers.

This includes a list of special talents.

Among them, they are classified into five types: low-level, intermediate, high-level, top-level and special talents.

Special talents are just workers who are enlightened by the Enlightenment Potion.

Su Wang took a look and found

I found that if I wanted to buy talents, I had to reach a certain level of trade.

Currently, Fool's Wharf is opening for trade for the first time, so the trade level is naturally the lowest level 1.

The special talents that can be purchased can only be low-level talents.

"Workers with ordinary qualifications...are not expensive, but their qualifications are too low."

Su Wang couldn't help but ponder it.

To buy a low-level talent, that is, an ordinary qualified worker, you need to pay 20 fish coins, which is not expensive.

But what Su Wang wanted more was high-level, even top-level and special talents.

Advanced benchmarking for bronze qualified workers, top silver, and special gold.

Currently, there is a silver-level worker from the Horned Eel family in the dock warehouse, who is more outstanding in work efficiency.

At present, it would be great if the workers in buildings such as the fish breeding lake and purification source could be replaced with more efficient and qualified people.

The development speed of the terminal can be improved by one or two levels.

Su Wang immediately asked Erf.

"Mr. Erf, how can I improve my trade level?"

Upon hearing this, Erf looked at Su Wang and spoke in a calm tone.

“Naturally, it’s through trade volume.”

“累积贸易1亿蔚蓝鱼币开启2级商贸等级，5亿3级，10亿4级，20亿5级。”

"Every time you reach a new level, you have to accumulate trade volume again."

Su Wang was secretly shocked when he heard this.

With this calculation, wouldn’t it mean that a trade level of 5 would require 36 billion fish coins?
Su Wang currently holds only more than 6 million fish coins, even if the existing inventory of the Horned Eel Family is added.

I'm afraid it's only around 11 billion, which is not enough to open even the third level of trade.

Erf added at this time.

"Of course, the improvement in trade level represents the excellence of the dock's development. Pisces Dock will not hesitate to reward docks that develop well."

"For every level of trade level increase, the price of traded goods will be discounted by 1%."

"If you reach the 5th trade level,
Anyone purchasing items at the dock will receive a 6% discount, and the monthly aid will also receive a 50% increase."

After hearing this news, Su Wang became more interested in improving his trade level.

Even the monthly aid supplies can be increased,

If we can upgrade to level 5 trade in a short period of time, and still ask for golden fish next time, wouldn't it be possible to increase it to 450 million pieces per item?

Su Wang asked curiously.

"Is purchasing goods the only way to increase your trade level?"

If purchasing goods was the only way to do it, it would probably take several months for Fool's Wharf to be upgraded to Level 5 trade level.

However, Erf's next answer undoubtedly provided Su Wang with a better way to improve.

"We don't just buy goods; we also acquire valuable cargo and sell it to other ports."

"The transaction volume generated by the acquisition of goods is also included."

After hearing this, Su Wang finally understood where the goods in the Pisces Wharf caravan really came from.

I'm afraid some of it comes from goods sold at various docks.

Su Wang's thoughts turned, and he quickly made a decision.

He reached out his hand and pretended to reach into the lining of his clothes to take something, but in fact he took out a bronze mother-and-child cannon core from the fish hold.

After taking out the core of the mother-and-child cannon, Su Wang handed it to Erf.

"I wonder what the price is for purchasing this ship-borne cannon core?"

Erf took the cannon core and looked at it for a while.

His originally calm face suddenly revealed a look of surprise.

"Special Cannon... Although the level is a bit low, the special ability is quite good."

"I can purchase them at a price of 15 fish coins per door."

Su Wang thought about it after hearing this.

In trade orders, a regular bronze-grade ship-mounted cannon is only priced at 5 fish coins, and a silver-grade one is only priced at 10 fish coins.

The price of purchasing this giant bronze cannon at 15 fish coins is reasonable.

After all, it is a commercial transaction, so it is normal that the price cannot be twice that of other local port trades.

Immediately afterwards, Su Wang took out the silver mine and showed it to Erf.

Silver Torpedo offered a price of 30 fish coins.

After taking out these two special facility cores, Erf's gaze towards Su Wang changed slightly.

From the original indifference to the current seriousness.

Su Wang also made a decision at this time, to use the reselling method to improve his trade level.

Before that, you can spend some of the fish coins you have to upgrade the trade level to level 3 first.

Su Wang asked Erf to wait for a moment, and then took Tia to the side to discuss.

The main purpose is to borrow fish coins and all the fish materials in stock from the Horned Eel Family.

In other words, Tia was one of his crew members, otherwise it would be difficult for a normal relationship to lend so many supplies at once.

After the discussion, Tia immediately led the tribesmen to the family residence and began to collect family supplies.

Su Wang returned to Erf and began to purchase supplies.

Currently, 100 low-level talents can be purchased, costing 2 million fish coins.

These talents are also residents and can trigger development achievement tasks, bringing additional benefits.

Moreover, when the number of fishermen's docks increases in the future,

Even if Su Wang looks down on these low-level talents, he can still send support to the affiliated Fisherman's Wharf, so they will not be useless.

Then comes the purchase of Yuhun.

As the fleet expanded, the fish souls on the ships were no longer sufficient.

Although the identity of a fisherman greatly increases the probability of obtaining fish souls.

However, the rapid expansion of the fleet far exceeded the speed of obtaining fish souls.

At the moment, Su Wang can only ensure that each warship is equipped with 2 to 3 fish souls, and it is impossible to ensure that every warship is fully equipped with fish souls.

After 7 days, we have to go to the polluted sea area, so the fish soul needs to be replenished.

When choosing fish souls, low-level fish souls are cheaper and easier to meet the needs of warships. However, for future development considerations, Su Wang decided to use gold-level fish souls.

A gold-level fish soul costs 10 fish coins.

Su Wang directly purchased 3 pieces, and bought the first 800 pieces at a price of 10 fish coins, reaching the level 2 trade level and obtaining a 10% price discount.

The remaining 2200 consumed only 1.98 million.

At this point in the shopping, Erf's gaze towards Su Wang had changed drastically.

Unexpectedly, the terminal, which was originally thought to have little purchasing power, suddenly became so generous and directly purchased goods worth nearly 3 million fish coins.

However, just when Erf thought that this was the end, Su Wang continued to state his purchasing needs.

After reaching the 2nd trade level, intermediate talents also have the right to purchase.

Su Wang immediately bought all the 100 intermediate talents in this share.

The price of each intermediate talent is 50 fish coins, and 5 of them cost million fish coins.

At this point, there is still a shortfall of more than 3 million fish coin trading volume from the level 2.5 trade level.

In the product list, the general ships and equipment were not attractive, and Su Wang had no interest in buying them.

Purified source water can be produced through construction, so there is no need to purchase it.

He immediately turned his attention to the most basic fish ingredients.

In the product list, all grades of fish are available for sale.

普通鱼材1鱼币10份，青铜鱼材1鱼币1份，白银鱼材10鱼币1份，黄金鱼材100鱼币1份。

The reason why Su Wang thought of using equipment to brush up the trade level,

The reason is that after converting the materials you purchase, you can still earn a lot of fish coins.

Moreover, as the trade level increases, the purchase discount will increase, and the amount of fish coins earned will further increase.

To make a core of a bronze mother-and-child cannon, you need 1 of each of the three basic resources, 1 of bronze fish skin and fish scales, and 5 of fish scales and fish glue.

The price of wood and steel in the product list is 1:1 with fish coins.

However, the reserves of wood and steel in the fish tanks are extremely large and cannot be used up at all, so we only need to consider the fish.

According to the current discount, 2.7 fish coins can produce a giant mother-and-child cannon priced at 15.

Adding the basic resource consumption worth 3, the profit is nearly 3 times.

This is more cost-effective than trading with other local ports.

The only pity is that the number of bronze fish materials loaded on this merchant fleet is limited, with only 1 million pieces of each type of fish.

Otherwise, Su Wang could have taken advantage of this opportunity to stockpile a large amount of equipment and supplies needed for the fleet in the future.

As for bronze fish materials, fish skin and scales are purchased directly, while fish glue and fish tendons only need 5 million pieces of each.

After spending 2.52 million fish coins, the trade level was raised again by 1 level, and the discount rate was increased to 20%.

There are 2000 million pieces of fish left, which can be purchased for only 1600 million fish coins.

If you buy some fish first and make some cannons to sell first, the consumption of fish coins will be further reduced.

However, considering that it was too complicated and would waste too much time, Su Wang did not choose to do so.

Hundreds of millions of transaction orders in a short period of time brought a smile to Erf's face.

The look he gave Su Wang became a little more friendly.

This is not just a poor newly built dock, it is clearly an excellent dock with huge potential!

After the order was placed, Su Wang ordered his staff to start moving the supplies.

This time, he did not choose to show his ability to take and put items in the fish hold at will in front of the Pisces caravan.

After all, the other party came from the mysterious Pisces Wharf.

It’s okay to fool those local docks with weak strength, but Su Wang is still a little unsure about fooling the Shuangyu Dock.

It’s better to be a little more troublesome and use primitive methods to transport supplies.

Boxes of fish coins were transported from the core area of ​​the dock, and boxes of storage boxes filled with fish were also moved to the core area of ​​the dock.

Such a huge transaction volume cannot be completed in a short period of time.

During this time, Su Wang can return to the dock to build equipment.

Let Cao Ge and others greet Erf, Su Wang said immediately.

"Mr. Erf, I have some equipment I want to sell. It will take some time to prepare. Please wait a moment."

At this time, Erf's attitude was much better than at the beginning, and he said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, okay. The handover of supplies will take quite some time, so I'll naturally need to wait."

"Lord Su Wang, please do as you please. There is no need to worry about us leaving."

Su Wang nodded as he heard this and immediately left the port area.

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On the way to the core area of ​​the dock, Su Wang thought about Erf's change in attitude and couldn't help feeling a little funny.

It turns out that the rich are the boss.

As the trade volume increased, people discovered that Erf not only had a sullen face all the time, but could also smile.

It costs a lot to see this smiling face, hundreds of millions of fish coins.

But it doesn’t matter. Su Wang didn’t intend to let the other party take away these hundreds of millions of fish coins.

You'll have to spit it out soon.

Su Wang came to the core area,

Following his orders, the material handlers piled up all the materials brought back outside the equipment manufacturing plant.

With no outsiders around, Su Wang immediately put them all into the fish hold.

Some materials have been put into storage and equipment manufacturing can be carried out simultaneously.

The bronze fish materials purchased this time are enough to make 1 bronze mother-and-child cannons.

If sold, it would be 15 billion fish coins.

If all are sold,

By then, the trade volume will only be 5 billion fish coins away from the level 15 trade level.

It is easy to meet the remaining 15 billion trade volume by simply repeating the same operation using silver fish materials.

However, Su Wang did not plan to sell all of the mother-and-child cannons. After all, the dock fleet was still short of a lot of cannons.

Even if a portion is kept, the remaining amount will be enough to sell.

The arrival of the Pisces caravan undoubtedly helped him a lot and solved the problem of insufficient equipment in the fleet.

While waiting for the equipment to be manufactured, Su Wang would come to the factory door from time to time to store the transported materials into the fish hold.

The materials collected can also maintain the manufacturing of equipment.

After working for more than two hours, they finally completed the production of all 1 mother-and-child cannons.

The dock fleet currently needs more than 4 cannons.

Su Wang kept 5 guns for his own use, and only arranged for personnel to load 5 giant submachine guns and transport them to the dock port.

When we returned to the port, Erf had been waiting for us for a long time.

Su Wang came in front of Erf and also showed a friendly smile.

"Mr. Erf, I wonder how many of those bronze cannons I showed you earlier you can buy?"

Upon hearing this, Erf showed a hint of arrogance on his face.

"We, the Pisces Caravan, represent Pisces Wharf. We only have some bronze cannons. You can take as many as you can offer."

"You don't have to worry about this. In other words, the more you can give, the better."

"After all, yours is not the only port we're heading to. Good goods are always in high demand. What do you think, Lord Su Wang?"

After saying that, a hint of cunning appeared on Erf's face.

It seemed that he had noticed the many storage boxes that were transported.

When Su Wang heard what the other party said,

I suddenly realized that although I made a profit, the other party would not lose either.

In other words, not only will the other party not lose money, he may even earn as much as he does.

But this was not something he considered.

Su Wang chuckled.

"Then I wish Mr. Erf a great fortune. Please buy these 5 cannons of mine."

Hearing that there were 5 cannons, Erf, who was mentally prepared, couldn't help but show a little surprise.

Although when the other party purchased a large amount of fish materials, he already thought that it was for manufacturing equipment.

But he thought it was just a small amount. After all, special equipment came from special scrolls and generally had a limit on the number of times they could be manufactured.

The fact that 5 of them were produced at one time indicates that there seems to be no limit on the number of times this special equipment can be manufactured.

"Lord Su Wang indeed has extraordinary potential. With you leading the Fool's Wharf, I'm sure it will have great development in the future."

Erf praised with a hint of amazement, and then arranged for the black-robed personnel to start moving the recorded goods.

5 bronze cannons, each costing 15 fish coins.

This would cost 7 million fish coins.

The fish coins I had just received for purchasing goods not only did not stay, but I had to spend nearly 100 million on them.

It seemed that Erf saw clearly that Su Wang had no intention of stopping, so he did not arrange for anyone to move the fish coins. Instead, he found Su Wang and spoke.

"Lord Su Wang, you showed me another piece of equipment earlier. I'm sure our deal isn't over yet, is it?"

Su Wang chuckled.

"Mr. Erf is indeed smart. I still need to buy some silver fish materials."

A silver mine also requires 1 of each of the three basic resources, while the demand for silver fish materials is much less.

Only 5 pieces of fish skin and scales, 1 pieces of fish tendons and fish glue are needed.

The trading share of each type of silver fish material in the Pisces Caravan is only 5 million, which is half of the bronze fish material.

Su Wang directly asked to buy all the silverfish skin, fish scales, fish tendons and fish glue, 1 million pieces each.

First, he spent 2.32 million fish coins to buy 2900 million pieces of silver fish materials, reaching the level 4 trade level.

As the discount increases, each remaining silver fish material can be purchased with only 7 fish coins, which will consume 6.37 million fish coins.

In addition to offsetting the payment for the goods, Su Wang even had to pay some fish coins.

However, Erf, who had already guessed what Su Wang wanted to do next, generously suggested that he could go and "move" the goods first and pay for them later.

Upon hearing this, Su Wang immediately accepted the other party's "good intentions".

Back at the equipment manufacturing plant, Su Wang collected the transported materials while starting to manufacture silver mines.

The materials purchased are enough to manufacture 5 mines, each selling for 30 fish coins.

All in all, it’s a total of 15 billion fish coins.

Together with the cost of purchasing silver fish materials, the 5 billion transaction volume required for the level 20 trade level has been met.

In this way, not only did he reach the level 5 trade level required to purchase special talents, he even earned more than 15 billion fish coins.

To fill the huge gap in the war expenses needed to attack the polluted docks!

"it is good!"

When Su Wang thought of this, he felt very happy.

The arrival of this Pisces caravan undoubtedly solved two major problems and troubles for him!
It is no exaggeration to say that it is timely rain.

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