Four days later, the merchant ship finally arrived at Manta Harbor.
Feng Chou brought Captain Haddock ashore and went straight to the Warspear Tavern.
Alcapar was very happy when she heard that Feng Chou had brought a merchant ship and was willing to trade with the Seventh Princess.
To be honest, even though the Amazon Kingdom had started to suppress the pirates in recent years, and the Eldest Princess who had always supported the Bloodsail Pirates had lost quite a bit of her influence in front of the Queen. However, things like reputation were something that could be destroyed once and for all.
It had been more than ten years since the Bloodsail Pirates massacred the seas outside Manta Harbor, but Manta Harbor was still far from recovering. The trade here had not even recovered to thirty percent of what it was before the Bloodsail Pirates massacred the seas outside Manta Harbor. Most merchants from the Northern Continent would rather earn less than trade with the tieflings in the south.
As for Manta Port, even though there was only 30% of the business there, most of it belonged to the goblins, tieflings, and Amazons stationed at Manta Port. As for the Seventh Princess's merchant association, due to her background, it hadn't had a single successful business in the past year since it opened.
The merchants of the Northern Continent would immediately hide far away when they heard about the Amazon Royal Family.
Although Feng Chou did not bring a lot of goods with him, it would be the Seventh Princess' Merchant Guild's first deal if the trade was successful.
The Seventh Princess was committed to restoring the Amazons' reputation, but she needed someone to be willing to do business with her in order to show her sincerity.
Therefore, this first deal was undoubtedly very important, and Feng Chou's arrival was definitely a timely help.
This was the reason why Feng Chou was willing to take the risk to make a deal with the disgraced Amazon royal family. He hoped to use this opportunity to build a relationship with the seventh princess, and then find a way to use her to enter the Amazon arcane tower.
Of course, if he failed, he could afford to lose a merchant ship's goods.
Alcapar excitedly boarded the merchant ship with Feng Chou. She was very satisfied when she saw the size of the merchant ship.
The five merchant ships that had robbed Feng Chou were all large merchant ships the size of the Patrick.
Alcapper guided the merchant ship away from the berth and continued to sail deeper into the harbor.
Manta Harbor was located on the northern shore of a natural bay that was deeply inserted into the land. The harbor was distributed along the northern shore of the bay. The bay was shaped like a crescent, and the northern shore was the inner quarter of the crescent. To the south of the bay was a small mountain range. The mountain range on the outer quarter of the crescent provided shelter from the wind and rain.
The outer half of the Manta Bay was a civilian port, while the inner half of the bay was a military port. Ordinary merchant ships were not allowed to enter.
Feng Chou couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw Alcapar leading the merchant ship straight into the depths of the bay.
Fortunately, Alcapper did not bring the merchant ships into the military port. Instead, he came to the deepest part of the civilian port.
The port in this location was no longer in one piece. Instead, it was intermittent and independent. Although this port was not a military port, it was not an ordinary civilian port either. It was a private port belonging to the Amazon Chamber of Commerce.
Compared to the bustling public ports outside, the private port here was cold and cheerless.
Alcapper directed the merchant ship to dock in the largest private port. A group of Amazonian women were already waiting at the dock.
Alcapo disembarked the ship with Feng Chou and Captain Haddock. She quickly walked up to the group of women waiting at the dock. She knelt on one knee and saluted the leader of the group, a middle-aged woman wearing a silver-colored lightning cloak with blue edges and red background that was unique to priests of the Church of Tempest.
Most of the priestesses of the Church of Storms wore the same armor as ordinary Amazonian warriors. The only difference was this cloak. It had blue edges and silver lightning on a red background, indicating that this was a master-level priestess of the Church of Storms.
The middle-aged woman reached out and stroked Alcapper's head. She then looked at Feng Chou and the others behind Alcapper.
Alcapper stood up and introduced, "This is the dragon descendant I mentioned to you before, Erik. He is the owner of this batch of goods. The one beside him is the captain of his merchant ship, Captain Haddock."
After that, he introduced the woman to Feng Chou. "This is the seventh princess's mentor, High Priestess Ella."
In the Amazon Kingdom, the high priestess was both a clergy and a lofty political position.
Feng Chou placed his right hand on his left chest and bowed. "Greetings, honorable Master Ella."
The priestess nodded slightly and said, "I heard that you brought a ship of goods from the Northern Continent. Trading with our Nala Chamber of Commerce is definitely the best choice you've made. We'll definitely give you a satisfactory price."
Feng Chou smiled and said, "I also believe that my choice is correct."
The priestess made an inviting gesture and said, "Please follow me. I'll treat you to a drink. Then, we'll discuss your goods and price."
Everyone passed through the dock's square and a row of dock warehouses before arriving at a courtyard on the side of the dock that faced the land. Outside the courtyard was a wide road.
There was a building on both sides of the courtyard. The building on the left was a crude stone hall, and the building on the right was a tall and boorish two-story stone building.
The priestess led Feng Chou and company into the stone building on the right.
In the hall of the stone building, the priestess had already set up a banquet.
In the spacious hall, there was a huge long table. One end of the table was facing the door.
The priestess sat alone in the main seat facing the door. Feng Chou and Captain Haddock sat on the left side of the table as guests. Alcapo also sat on the left side with them, while the other Amazonian women sat on the right side.
On the table, in front of everyone was a large pile of barbecued meat, some fruits, and some refreshing vegetables. There were also huge silver wine bottles and huge silver wine glasses.
After everyone took their seats, the priestess picked up the wine bottle and filled a huge silver wine glass with blood-red Dragonfire Wine.
She raised the glass and said, "In order to wish our business a success, and to wish our guests a safe journey in the future, let us toast this!"
Sounds of "dun dun dun …" could be heard from the long slender table.
Feng Chou looked at the wine glass in front of him that could hold half a liter of wine and suddenly felt a headache coming on. He glanced at Captain Haddock and found that he had already filled his glass.
With no other choice, Feng Chou could only pick up the wine bottle and slowly fill up his glass.
Seeing Feng Chou also raise his glass, Alcapo's eyes lit up for some reason.
After drinking half a liter of Dragonfire Wine that was over fifty degrees, the atmosphere at the table suddenly became lively. The Amazonian women grabbed the barbecued meat roughly and ate heartily, including the priestess.
Feng Chou could only do as the Romans did and grab the meat with his hands.
Halfway through the meal, Alcapo picked up his glass and wanted to toast to Feng Chou.
On Earth, Feng Chou had a good tolerance for alcohol, but he did not like drinking. After transmigrating, alcohol would affect a mage's mental stability, so he basically did not touch a single drop of alcohol.
After drinking half a liter of Dragonfire Wine, Feng Chou realized that with his strong body as a dragon descendant, this little bit of wine was not enough to affect his mental stability, so he let it go.
After Alcapo, Priestess Ella also invited Feng Chou to have a toast.
After that, the other Amazonian women also excitedly wanted to toast to Feng Chou. Fortunately, they were stopped by Priestess Ella. She did not want to delay the business that they had been looking forward to with great difficulty because of the owner's drunkenness.
After the meal, Priestess Ella brought Feng Chou to her office on the second floor. Feng Chou took out his list of goods and handed it to her.
The main goods on this merchant ship were fine cotton cloth and stainless steel products. These two goods took up half of the warehouse and half of the cargo ship's load.
In addition, there were some secondary black steel products on the ship, a small number of low-level magic items, and even fewer middle-level magic items.
But in terms of price, the value of the low-level and middle-level magic items took up half of the entire cargo ship's value, while the secondary black steel products took up a third of the remaining half.
Most of the goods were normal goods from the Northern Continent. The only thing that made the priestess' eyes light up was the fifty + 5 magical equipment sets.
From the list, it was obvious that this equipment set was tailor-made for the Amazonian warriors. It included a full set of + 5 embedded leather armor, a + 5 medium shield, a + 5 long spear, and a + 5 short sword.
Even in Tailun City, the official price of a + 5 magical equipment set like this was more than a hundred and fifty thousand crowns. In the Southern Continent, the price soared to nearly seven hundred thousand crowns. In other words, just these fifty + 5 magical equipment sets were worth about thirty-five million crowns.
From this, one could see the huge profits of trade between the Northern and Southern Continents.
The priestess asked if she could take a look at this equipment set.
Feng Chou immediately got someone to bring a set over. Priestess Ella looked at the real thing and immediately fell in love with it.
The surface of the armor set was red, with tight protection and excellent mobility. Its appearance was even more majestic. The long spear, shield, and short sword were all in the style commonly used by the Amazons. The enchantments were also tailor-made for the Amazons.
There was even a spell on the armor that could adjust the size according to the owner's body.
The priestess generously priced the armor set at forty-eight thousand sols, which was seven hundred and twenty thousand crowns.
Other than these fifty sets of equipment, the priestess did not care much about the other goods. She got her subordinates to give Feng Chou a slightly higher price according to the market price.
In the end, the other party gave Feng Chou a high price of eight million six hundred thousand sols for Feng Chou's cargo. This price was close to one hundred and thirty million crowns!
If this cargo ship was purchased in Tailun City, the total price would definitely not exceed forty million crowns!
Feng Chou was naturally very satisfied with this price.
The priestess handed a thick list of goods to Feng Chou and let him choose.