Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 207 "Prince"

"They used to be rational and had their own language and writing," Ash said suddenly. "When they enslaved us, they were a bit crazy, but they could still communicate normally. I don't know how that works now."

"Well, I will continue to research this. I mean, we can try to use the skin of the murloc to make the skin of the airship."

Zeus frowned, thinking of the disgusting sticky and slippery skin of the merman. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed quite appropriate.

Their skin is very tough and has excellent waterproof properties for living in the sea. The mermen have smooth skin and are not small in size, but their limbs are pitifully small in proportion. I never paid much attention to them before, but now I think they are the perfect source of leather goods.

Murlocs were originally more like beasts, and now they've lost even the slightest bit of rationality they once had. People in this era don't have any moral qualms about skinning murlocs, and there just happen to be a lot of them.
It seems good.

Wait, Xiu Si suddenly paused: "Don't murlocs become pollution after death? Then how can we use their skin to make an airship?"

"Just don't let it die." Chloe said as a matter of course.

Don't die? Live and build an airship?

Xius and Alexi took a step back together. Only then did he remember that the person in front of him was the number one cult leader on the continent. He had just been thinking about the other party's moral issues.
"Not really. Isn't it a bit too extreme?" Hughes has begun to hesitate whether to go the route of fixed-wing aircraft first, but the technology of internal combustion engines is also somewhat difficult to develop.

But seeing the sparkling look in Chloe's eyes, Hughes knew that no matter how he tried to persuade her, it would be useless.

"Are you the captain of this ship? What's the name of your ship?"

"Black Pearl. Black Crow."

"your name?"

"Ken."

The salty sea breeze squeezed in through the cracks in the rotten wooden boards on the wall. It was a slightly dim wooden house. Ken sat at the table, trying to remain calm and not reveal any flaws.

Across the table was the port's tax officer, who was absent-mindedly doing registration. This was the dock of Blood Harbor, where the Black Pearl finally docked.

Jeremiah, unconvinced, went around Castel, but still found only sea water. They fished out a large wooden box from the sea, but nothing else.

The fresh water on the boat was running out, so Jeremiah had no choice but to dock. He was a pirate, so he had no scruples on the Storm Ocean. But he had to be more restrained when he came to land. Therefore, he threw all the matters such as registration to Ken, and he didn't know where to go after getting off the boat.

Poor Ken had no choice but to follow the tax officer through a whole set of registration procedures and pay taxes to the lord - it was said that the owner of this Tis territory was the son of the former Grand Duke of Tis, and the locals called him "Prince".

If the Principality of Tis still existed, the title of prince would not be a big deal, but the principality has been destroyed, so the title of prince is a naked mockery.

"Tis people?" The tax officer asked casually after completing the registration.

"Yes, I fled from here to Castel." Ken said a little embarrassedly, "My father's name is Ivan. He used to live in a village near Blood Harbor."

The tax officer's eyes softened a little: "Okay, the registration is completed. The lord's latest requirement is that all foreign merchants must go to the lord's mansion. You can find time to go there in the next few days. Just take this with you." The tax officer handed over a freshly written note, which roughly wrote down the basic situation of Ken, all of which he had asked before.

"The Lord wants to see me?" Ken was surprised. "What's the matter?"

"Who knows, His Royal Highness the Prince might have some bizarre ideas again." The tax officer sneered, not hiding the sarcasm in his tone at all.

"Since you are also from Tis, don't worry. The prince won't make things too difficult for you. But don't expect him to be of any use. He will always mess everything up."

The tax collector waved his hand and walked out of the room.

Ken looked at his departing back, feeling somewhat puzzled. His family had never returned since fleeing from Tis, and knew nothing about the situation here.

"Well, I don't know what this prince has done. Let's find Captain Jeremiah first." Ken scratched his head and showed a distressed look. There were still some refugees on the ship. Although the number was not too large, they also needed to be properly resettled. If Castel could not be found quickly, he would probably have to deal with the lord here.

But the reputation of this "prince" doesn't seem to be very good.
Ken walked towards the ship helplessly. He had obviously only intended to be a ship's mechanic, but how could he have encountered so many troubles inexplicably?

"Hey, Ken!"

Suddenly there was a shout from behind. When Ken turned around, he saw someone rushing towards him and giving him a hug.

".Josh?"

It was his good friend Josh. The two of them had originally boarded the ship together, but Josh got off the ship at Blood Harbor with the cargo. This was also their first stop. Ken followed Jeremiah all the way north to the northern border of the empire to find Nora.

"Yes, Ken, it's me. I've been waiting here for a long time. I've had people watching the dock. I came here as soon as I knew the Black Pearl had docked. So, why are you so late?"

Why are you so late?
Of course, it was when they discovered Nora was in big trouble in the North. They wanted to rescue her but didn't have enough manpower, so they had to bring some refugees back to call for reinforcements. They wanted to go to Castel to drop off the refugees first, so they didn't come to Blood Harbor. But Castel disappeared inexplicably, so they had to go to Jewel Bay again, but an entire archipelago and pirates had disappeared, so they finally came here.
Looking at his companions who were full of concern, and thinking of the hardships and bizarreness of the journey, Ken almost shed tears. He tried hard to sniff.

"It's a long story. How are the soap sales here?"

Qiao Xi's eyes lit up immediately. "That's going really well! This thing is a hot commodity. You can't imagine how much people are willing to pay for it. I even used this batch of goods to get in touch with the local lord!"

"prince?"

"Uh, you know this name too?" Josh looked a little embarrassed. "Okay, I forgot you're from Tis. He deserves to be scolded, but at least he tried, didn't he?"

Ken's face was a little confused. What on earth did this lord do? Was it related to the Tis people?

"Actually, I don't know much. The Black Pearl just docked, and Captain Jeremiah has disappeared somewhere. I just heard the name. Can you tell me more about it?"

"Oh, that's a long story. Let's find a pub and talk it over."

(End of this chapter)