Chapter 317: Trade Fleet

On the night of the Ratchet Town Murloc gathering, which was also the first night of the Spring Festival, a grand fireworks show continued on the beach of Ratchet Bay.

Amid the deafening explosion of fireworks, the head of the mayor of Ratchet Town and the products of dwarf engineering appeared in the night sky one after another.

The murlocs who came to the murloc gathering were so shocked that their jaws dropped to the ground. They couldn't count how many times they were shocked by Ratchet Town.

Magofin and other salt foam murlocs who had decided to stay in the tavern in Ratchet Town to work and earn money were also stunned by the wonderful fireworks show. Today they finally knew that the outside world was so colorful. Compared with the salt foam clan on the almost isolated lake island, Ratchet Town was simply prosperous and messed up.

The murlocs in Ratchet Town had seen the fireworks show. They cheered and applauded, and looked at these country bumpkins who had never seen the world with a smile.

The more shocked these foreign murlocs were, the more proud the murlocs in Ratchet Town felt.

Mayor Yang Yi did not show up on the beach to ignite the fireworks launcher tonight. He was at the dock of Ratchet Town.

Before dark, Ratchet Town welcomed a trade fleet.

This trade fleet consists of three ships, which are the merchant ships of the goblin ship owner Grimby and the adventurer Luo Wansan.

After the fleet stopped at the dock, Grimby and Luo Wansan got off the ship.

"Long time no see, my friend." Grimby greeted enthusiastically.

"Long time no see, the scale of your fleet is getting bigger and bigger." Yang Yi responded with a smile.

"Aha, the scale of your Ratchet Town is getting bigger and bigger." Grimby also smiled.

Yang Yi and Grimby have had many transactions. At the beginning, Ratchet Town was just a small fishman village that had just been established, and Grimby only had a two-masted sailing ship.

Now the small fishman village has developed into a medium-sized town, and Grimby and his team have also formed a trade fleet.

"Want to see my goods?" Grimby immediately started to do business.

"What good goods did you bring this time?" Yang Yi asked.

"I must have what you want." Grimby said.

Grimby clapped his hands, and the sailors on the merchant ship immediately got busy.

The sailors escorted the kobolds with their hands and feet tied down from the merchant ship. This time, the "goods" were kobold slaves again. It seemed that Grimby and his men had tasted a lot of sweetness in the slave trade.

Soon the entire dock was filled with kobolds. It was hard to imagine how so many kobolds could be stuffed into the narrow cabin of the merchant ship. It can be seen that these kobolds were in extremely poor conditions during transportation.

"The quality of the last kobold slaves was a bit poor. Ratchet Town only picked more than 50 to stay. This time, the goods will definitely satisfy you. Each kobold slave is as strong as a wolf." Grimby began to introduce the goods.

Although Grimby was suspected of boasting, this batch of kobold slaves was indeed much stronger than the previous batch, and there were not so many old, weak, sick and disabled people.

Yang Yi nodded, and he asked the fishmen merchants and sailors in the town to count the number of kobold slaves.

Kobolds are very useful slaves, and the fishmen in Ratchet Town have already driven them very smoothly, so it’s okay to buy more.

The fishmen merchants and sailors will be busy for a while, and Yang Yi and Grimby are chatting about business on the side.

"Ratchet Town wants to buy some wild boar cubs, and I have to trouble your fleet for help." Yang Yi said.

"Ah, another potential customer." Grimby was so happy that his mouth was grinning to the back of his head when he heard that there was business coming.

"How many do you want to buy?" Grimby asked

"The more the better." Yang Yi said.

"No problem. The orcs' wild boar farms and Stonefang Farms outside Orgrimmar are specialized in raising pigs. Our Steamwheedle Group has a close relationship with Orgrimmar. As long as we pay enough money, our fleet will sail to Durotar tomorrow." Grimby said.

"Also, Ratchet needs 100 draft horses. I heard that the human city of Theramore has such horses for sale. You have to make a trip there as well." Yang Yi added.

"We also have trade relations with Theramore. This is not difficult, my friend." Grimby made a gesture of counting coins.

"Money is not a problem." Yang Yi said.

The Steamwheedle Group is indeed one of the most successful business groups in Azeroth. They have close trade relations with the Horde and the Alliance, which is something that Ratchet can't envy.

"I want to find out one more thing." Yang Yi said, taking out a bag of coins and handing it to Grimby.

"Hehe, I'm glad to help you." Grimby was very happy and quickly took the bag of money in his hand.

"Ratchet encountered a killer last night, a skeleton with white bones all over his body. This skeleton may have an accomplice, a small fishman. I want to know who they are and why they want to attack Ratchet." Yang Yi said.

"Well, Grimby doesn't know about this either, but I can ask the intelligence agency in Gadgetzan, they may know something." Grimby said.

At this time, Luo Wansan, who had been silent, leaned over and whispered a few words in Grimby's ear.

Grimby suddenly realized, and he said to Yang Yi: "My friend, the skeleton may be just a disguise of the killer. I know there is a potion called Noggenfogg, which may turn people into skeletons with white bones after drinking it."

"There is such a magical potion?" Yang Yi was surprised.

"This potion is sold in Gadgetzan. Do you want Grimby to bring some to you?" Grimby immediately found a new business opportunity.

"My friend, you are really good at business." Yang Yi said.

"Hehe, I am glad to do business with you." Grimby said with a smile.

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Time is money. Grimby's fleet did not wait in Ratchet Town until the next day. After receiving the new business, they set sail overnight and headed for Durotar.

The next morning, Yang Yi slept in the mayor's office until the sun was high in the sky.

The murloc gathering had ended. The murlocs who came to the gathering should have gone back to their homes, but the big square in front of the town center was still crowded.

The old blind eye ran over when he saw Yang Yi coming out.

"Lord, these murlocs don't want to leave. They all want to join my Ratchet Town." The old blind eye said.

Yang Yi smiled when he saw it. So many murlocs wanted to stay. It seems that the propaganda offensive of Ratchet Town was very effective.

"Those with professions will stay, and the others will not be accepted. The threshold for accepting people in Ratchet Town should be raised a little bit." Yang Yi said.

"Yes, Lord."

The old blind man immediately ran to make arrangements, asking the fishmen with professions to stay and register, and the fishmen without professions were asked to come and drive them all out of Ratchet Town.

These fishmen who were driven out of Ratchet Town were still unwilling to leave. After seeing the colorful world of Ratchet Town and the well-fed life of the fishmen in Ratchet Town, which fishman would be willing to return to his dilapidated fishman village to starve?

These fishmen who were unwilling to leave wandered outside Ratchet Town, trying to find an opportunity to enter Ratchet Town.

Yang Yi did not ask the patrol fishmen to drive away these fishmen wandering outside Ratchet Town.

Because the population of Ratchet Town had expanded rapidly before, there were only a few small fishman villages in Ratchet Bay, and most of the fishmen entered Ratchet Town.

Such a population ratio is rare in the world of Azeroth. Usually, the population of towns is only a minority, and the population ratio of towns and rural areas is mostly one to ten.

Therefore, Yang Yi decided to let these murlocs settle down outside the town of Ratchet. In the future, all the murlocs who wanted to join the town of Ratchet but were not accepted can stay, forming a murloc rural area with a large population.

In this way, the huge population of the murloc rural area can continuously provide talents to the town of Ratchet, and these murlocs can be mobilized when there is something going on in the town of Ratchet.

After arranging these murlocs, Yang Yi went to the inn to solve breakfast and lunch together, and then took a few pieces of meat to the animal taming pen to feed the dead swamp giant crocodile.

At this time, the old blind eye hurried over.

"Lord, Benbol Ba is missing." The old blind eye said anxiously.

"Missing? Where did this stinky boy go to play?" Yang Yi said.

Benbol Ba sneaks out to play from time to time, and often can't find people. Yang Yi has become accustomed to it.

"According to the report of the patrol fishmen, Benbol Ba claimed to have met the killer little fishman last night. Later, he returned to his fishman hut, and no one has seen him since then." said the old blind man.

"Killer little fishman? Could it be the little fishman Finjie?"

Yang Yi thought about it. According to the goblin Grimby, there is a potion that can turn people into skeletons, and the habitual movements of the little fishman Finjie when he disappeared are exactly the same as those of the skeleton.

"Could it be that the little fishman Finjie is not the accomplice of the skeleton, and the skeleton is him!"

Yang Yi thought about it and felt that this was very likely.

"Have you searched everywhere? Have you found any clues?" Yang Yi asked.

"I have sent patrol fishmen to search the entire Ratchet Town, but Benbol Ba was not found. After my search, I found this suspicious black shell at the place where Benbol Ba met the killer little fishman." said the old blind man.

The old blind man took out a black shell with a few lines of small words engraved on it with a sharp blade.

Yang Yi took the black shell and looked at it carefully. He found that the main content of the first half of the text was to express his appreciation for Benbol Ba's singing, which was no different from the letters written by fans to their favorite stars. The second half of the text directly said that he wanted Benbol Ba to go with him.

"The person who wrote these words wanted to take Benbol Ba away from Ratchet Town. Is this the reason why Benbol Ba disappeared?" Yang Yi understood why the old blind man said that this black shell was suspicious.

"Benbol Ba must not want to follow. How can he leave Ratchet Town with a living person? There are walls at the three entrances and exits of Ratchet Town, but the direction leading to the bay is not blocked. Go there and check it out." Yang Yi said.

The old blind man followed the order and hurried to check the direction of the bay. As a result, he really found clues about Benbol Ba.

After the fireworks show last night, many fishmen still stayed on the beach to drink and celebrate. One of them accidentally saw Benbol Ba and another little fishman quietly climbed onto the merchant ship of the goblin Grimby.

"Let the town's sailboats set sail. We want to catch up with the merchant ship and rescue Benbolba." Yang Yi gave the order immediately.