Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3 – Storm Bear of Ax Gang
Translator: Vitus
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In the afternoon, a mult.i.tude boats went to-and-fro along the Lai Nao river bank while advertising eateries such as river carp.
The southern port, just like a giant prehistoric monster, stops and handles the pa.s.sing s.h.i.+ps.
But it is clear that this ancient monster’s mouth is not big enough since there are a lot of s.h.i.+ps densely arranged outside the port. Some small vessels intruded carelessly, thus directly clogging the congestion.
However this usually this scene does not last because soon there will be some complication.
Some of the giant cargo freighters marked with aristocratic clan emblem, relied on their ma.s.sive hull to push through to the port. The sailor’s of the giant freighters complain incessantly, cursing the middle and small sized s.h.i.+ps arranged in the front to get scattered. And the sailor above the giant s.h.i.+p laughs while watching the distressed small vessels which are drawing back trying to evade.
After these bothering freighters roll by, some boats take advantage and follow-up to the port. But even after entering the harbor, the time to relax is far from arriving, because they have to grab the new s.h.i.+pment of goods at the dock.
South port now has a total of more than 70 docks, extending dozens of miles. This number sounds enough, but in reality, these terminals are logged with s.h.i.+ps for 24 hours a day without interruption, even then there are still a lot of s.h.i.+ps waiting outside.
On south dock number 68th, a fruit-laden s.h.i.+p was being docked. Suddenly, a gang of 7-8 muscular men gathered up. Their head was a dark-skinned, black-bearded man.
That black fellow cried in a rough voice: “s.h.i.+p owner, where is the s.h.i.+p owner at?”
The fat s.h.i.+p owner saw that these people had encircled them, he couldn’t help but feel bitter. He then forced a smiley face and saluted with a hand cupped in the other: “I am the s.h.i.+p owner, why does the good man look for me?”
“What is going on? Heh heh. Good news!”
Good news? Heck, these ruthless scoundrel stalking can be good news.
Without waiting for the fat man to say anything, the man in black continued: “Your s.h.i.+p just arrived, certainly must be looking for porters for the goods. I have some people, and you now have help on your fingertips. You say, isn’t this good news?”
Fat owners kept up with a smile: “Please move aside good man, in fact, I have invited the… uh……”
Hearing this, a person next to the black man intentionally or unintentionally loosened his clothes, a tattoo of an ax impressively loomed across his chest.
The black-bearded man laughed a few times: “Haha, had invited someone? That’s just fine, let this brother enlarge their vision! I’d like to see who doesn’t give face to storm bear of the ax gang!”
The ax gang? A chill ran down the owner’s spine since he runs down this route frequently, he apparently knew about the ax band of black rock city.
Although the name of ax gang isn’t particularly large, it is still one of the mid-sized gang consisting of hundreds of people who from the eldest to the youngest all used axes and displayed proactive conduct.
The fat owner wiped the sweat mark under his hat, and he knew that he couldn’t hide today. The fat owner said: “In fact, what I’m trying to say is, please do prepare to help me with unloading.
I wonder what your fee is……”
“Ha ha, this fee isn’t that high, I storm bears have always been straightforward, let us settle the tr
ip at three silver coins…… “
” What? Three, three silver coins? This is daylight robbery! ” the owner sternly exclaimed. For the entire cargo to be transported, about 1000 back and forth trips were needed, that is to say, the unloading costs went as high as 30 gold coins.
Dear heavens, the profit from the s.h.i.+p cargo could reach at the most, a 100 gold coins. Excluding the cost of materials, remuneration of the sailors, s.h.i.+p repairs and maintenance costs, the net profit was only about 50 gold coins. But now someone asking for the larger share out of this made him furious.
There was a fierce glint in storm bears eyes, and he thundered: “Robbery? d.a.m.n, you have to apologize. Otherwise, I’ll chop you with my ax. My brothers make money with their strength, who the f.u.c.k is robbing you?”
The s.h.i.+p owner heart thumped when he saw the fierce glint in storm bears eyes. But he was unwilling to give away more than half of his profits and went silent.
“Yo, the s.h.i.+pment consists of fruits, the owner has good vision, they are in high demand during this season.” Storm Bears grabbed a fruit from a nearby box and chewed on it noisily. The time is running out, and these will probably rot within 2 or 3 days, it’s a shame to let them rot. Does the owner think otherwise?”
This sentence left the owner thoroughly discouraged. He knew that without conceding to storm bears demands, it would be next to impossible to unload his s.h.i.+pments. Moreover, the fruits would rot soon, and rotten fruits apparently won’t sell.
The owner waved feebly: “Then I would be bothering you.”
Storm bears gave a satisfied smile: “The captain is wise. Our boss always says money is something that’s essential for living. Hehe….”
The captain now had no intention of refuting storm bears, he just smiled and waved his hand wryly.
“b.u.t.ton up, get to work! Asan, summon the porters for unloading.” Storm Bear led the muscular men of the gang and disembarked the boat.
“Alright.” A muscular man replied, “Well, boss storm bears, isn’t that the deputy leader over there?”
In the distance a middle-aged man could be seen, his hands folded, with a smiling face, followed by a few dull and brawny people behind him.
“Ah! They have arrived to inspect. Let us go greet them.”
The sight of storm bears walking along with his gang seemed very very conspicuous. The middle-aged man on seeing tem also smiled and nodded. Storm Bear bowed his head and saluted: “Welcome deputy head.”
“Good, good, so you are Storm Bear. What’s the status of business progress here?”
Storm bears on realizing that deputy leader also knows him, gained a great deal of face, he breathed heavily and reported: “Doing well, doing well. We just made a fortune earlier.”