Chapter 235 [0233] New Port Completed

The sky is clear and the air is gentle.

Today, Zaun New Harbor is officially put into use.

Janna, who has transformed into a bluebird, has brought news that a ship under the flag of Bilgewater is about to arrive at the port.

In this situation, in Zaun New Harbor, a group of Zaun bosses, including Lux, personally stood on the newly built Pier No. 1, looking at the sea level in the east, looking eagerly.

Finally, at the end of the field of vision, two large ships with Bilgewater style appeared on the sea level.

As the two ships got closer and closer, Lux, who had been to Bilgewater in person, was surprised to find that the leading ship... was Sarah's flagship, the Siren!

That's right, it's the Siren!

Although it has been repainted, Lux will not mistake this ship.

Especially when the Siren got closer and closer, Lux, who had good eyesight, clearly saw the uneven color blocks on the side of the ship that were damaged by shells and later repaired and repainted.

That's the Siren!

Considering Sarah's identity... the Queen of Bilgewater arrived in Zaun in person!

The sea breeze was blowing.

The two large ships were getting closer and closer, and finally arrived at Zaun New Harbor under the waves.

At the berth, the Siren dropped the main anchor, and after the gangway was extended, it was accurately stuck in the reserved slot of Pier 1. In the eyes of everyone's expectation, a tall, beautiful, and spirited woman strode up the gangway.

Facing the Zaun workers and reporters watching around, she took off her captain's hat generously, letting her long red hair flutter like flames in the sea breeze.

On the deck of the Siren, the sailors burst into warm cheers.

Amid the cheers, Sarah nodded with satisfaction, then put on her hat again, and then walked down the gangway.

At Pier 1, Lux strode forward, holding the hilt of her sword with her left hand, and actively extended her right hand.

The next moment, two white but rough hands were clasped together, and smiles appeared on Sarah and Lux's faces.

The Zaun people on the dock also joined in the cheers - in the excitement, Sarah and Lux ​​let go of their right hands and hugged each other tightly.

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The Siren and the Sea Serpent behind it brought the first batch of Ionian specialties on a large scale.

In order to display and promote, when unloading, Sarah simply opened most of the boxes of the goods - and seeing the goods transported by the two ships, the Zaun workers who were watching had never seen the market, so at most they looked surprised, but the Piltover reporters in the crowd could hardly believe their eyes!

Flawless white porcelain, spices with rich aromas, glittering Ionian brocade, and bundles of fine tea that seemed like free weeds!

Unlike those Zaun people who don't know the goods, these Piltover reporters know very well that no matter what kind of goods appear in the market of Piltover, they are worth more than gold!

Sharp-eyed Sarah almost saw the guy who didn't fit in with the crowd at a glance. She raised her eyebrows to Lux beside her, and a subtle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

She had the same expression in Waili - Sarah thought of making money from Ionian trade, but never thought it would be so profitable.

Because Zaun handed Singed over to the Ionians, the hawkish Ionian organizations represented by the Shadow Stream and the Navoli Brotherhood were all full of goodwill towards Zaun.

In this case, when the Bilgewater ship arrived at the port of Waili in Ionia, holding Lux's personal credentials and Zaun's trade agreement, and began to purchase supplies, the local Navoli Brotherhood came forward and accepted the golden siren, which was not very popular in Ionia, and allowed this large purchase.

Then... Sarah was dazzled.

In the past, Ionia was relatively closed, and they didn't like to do business with outsiders, so there were very few Ionian specialties flowing into other places.

Those things themselves were not precious, but because of their scarcity, they were often treasures that only a few people could own.

Lacquerware, porcelain, pigments, spices, tea, flowers, raw silk, fabrics...

Many Ionian specialties that were usually rare were gathered by the leaders of the Navoli Brotherhood as if they were free of charge, and placed in front of Sarah and Raven, making these two Bilgewater people who had seen the market almost stare out of their eyes.

After invading Ionia, the Noxians also consciously collected a lot of these specialties and sold them to the outside world to recover funds, but because of the Ionians' non-cooperation, they could only collect large-scale stockpiled finished products - in a place with a primitive social structure like Ionia, how could there be so many finished products stockpiled?

Things like lacquerware and porcelain, although the production scale is relatively large, they take up too much space and are difficult to transport.

As for pigments and spices, they are often made and sold on the spot. Many of them use Ionia's native plants and minerals as pigments. Noxians can take away the finished products, but they don't know their raw materials at all, so the amount they can take away is limited.

As for raw silk, fabrics and tea, these are purely "family workshop products" in Ionia. Unless Noxians search door to door, they can't get much!

Therefore, although the Noxians occupied a large area of ​​Ionia during the eight-year Ionian War, the amount of goods they could obtain was pitifully small compared to other regions - the Ionians themselves did not engage in bulk trade, and they did not have the habit of hoarding gold or other currencies, which made it difficult for Noxus to rob them.

(The Noxians robbed the most of Ionian magic items. In comparison, these things are easy to grab, lucky, and concentrated. You can get a lot by breaking through a sect.)

And now, relying on the advantage of the same camp of "anti-Noxus", Bilgewater opened the door to Ionia's bulk commodity trade and used the Golden Siren to buy an astonishing number of goods.

In the Ionian open-air market, Sarah's first reaction was "Why did I only bring two ships?"

In this way, after some discussion, Sarah and Raven carefully combined the types of goods to be purchased, resisted the temptation to throw away several cannons in the cabin, left almost all the liquid funds, and left Waili.

The local Navoli Brotherhood did not need these golden sirens, so he asked Sarah to bring back what they needed if she wanted to continue the trade.

As for what they needed...

"We want armor and weapons!" The tall Ionian with a scar on his face said firmly, "The ambitions of the Noxians have not completely disappeared. The choice of the respected Blade Dancer after the war was too weak. We still need the power to protect ourselves!"

Kalya's Little Classroom Ionian Specialties:

Ionia has many specialties, and they are very unreplicable-the flow of magic filled with the primordial soil makes the soil and plants here have natural magic, so their pottery, porcelain, lacquer, silk, and tea are of amazing quality.