Fangyuan: First pick up Miss Skirt, then pick up Gardevoir

Yun Jie and Feng Yu chatted for a while and roughly understood some of the situation.

Most pearls come from shellfish on the seabed, but they are not available all year round.

Generally speaking, the harvest season for pearls starts from mid-autumn to early spring. Therefore, they often go to the sea to collect pearls when the climate gets colder.

Fortunately, the climate in the archipelago is warm and suitable, and it won’t snow.

A long time ago, pearls had to be forcibly collected and supplied to the royal family and nobles. Since the establishment of the Elf Alliance, this was no longer allowed. Instead, they began to acquire them, allowing Ofulun Island to gradually develop.

The role of pearls has gradually emerged. As valuable decorations, pearl powder can even be used to make cosmetics. Recent research has found that pearl powder can be used as one of the raw materials for Pokémon potions.

Therefore, the top leaders of the alliance also attach great importance to the pearl economy. In the past, some businessmen maliciously raised prices and paid thousands to buy them under the guise of doing good for the locals. They never came to Ofulun Island again.

The alliance also gave an explanation. If the price of pearls is too high, it will inevitably cause criminals to covet it, and it will also cause ecological balance, and the living environment of pearl oysters, giant tongue oysters, etc. will also be destroyed.

After listening to her words, Yun Jie fell into deep thought and didn't know what he was thinking. On the contrary, Ayako and Toyotama seemed to think that the alliance made sense.

After some conversation, Fengyu regarded the two as friends and invited them to her home.

The two Yun Jie could not refuse, but finally agreed and came to the place where Fengyu lived.

"Is this your family?"

There is a photo on the table in her home. It is a photo of a family of three. The youngest girl standing in the middle is probably Feng Yu. After all, her features are too obvious.

It can be seen from the smiles in the photo that this is a very happy family.

"Well, they are my parents, but they have passed away."

Fengyu looked at the photo with a bitter smile on his lips.

"They all died of lung disease."

"..."

Both Yunkai and Ayako were silent, not knowing how to comfort Toyotama at this moment.

"I'm really sorry, please...give me my condolences."

After a long time, Yun Jie spoke.

"It doesn't matter. Many years have passed and I have come out."

Fengyu rubbed the corners of her eyes. She had lived alone for so many years and had become stronger.

Yunkai and Ayako had a meal at Toyotama's house, and Yunkai took advantage of the situation and offered to buy some pearls. However, Toyotama refused, and instead gave them some pearls without hesitation.

This made Yun Jie feel very uncomfortable, and he immediately decided to help Feng Yu, promising Feng Yu that he would give her a Pokémon and asking her if she had any Pokémon she wanted.

"I'd like a Marilu if I could."

Coming here, Yun Jie also experienced a diving project, but he only saw the underwater world while wearing a diving suit and with the help of professional Feng Yu.

The underwater world has a fantasy color.

Colorful corals, bored lobsters, floating seaweed, and underwater beaches that glow under the sun.

The most motionless shells have their mouths opening and closing as if they are breathing. Sometimes some bubbles rise from the tidal flat and float to the sea with dreamy colors. Finally, they quietly dissipate into the sea, or they are lucky enough to surface and merge with the sky and the earth.

No sound can be heard from the bottom of the sea, as if in a vacuum environment, the cloud world cannot feel reality. The world has become silent, as if it has come to the primitive nature.

Further down, the light becomes even dimmer, and there is a canyon on the bottom of the sea. It is as dark as an abyss and makes people shudder. Inexplicably, I remembered a saying: When you are staring into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you.

Without continuing to dive, Yun Jie had already felt the discomfort caused by the water pressure, and it became increasingly difficult to breathe. Finally, Feng Yu took him out of the sea.

Early the next morning, the two of them arrived at the port and were ready to go to other islands to see. It had to be said that the waves were dotted with rough waves and gravel corals.

After boarding the cruise ship, Yun Jie noticed a man next to him who had been staring at them.

Yun Jie also looked over, observing this man. He had a slicked back hair, a black mustache between his nose and lips, a cigar in his mouth, and was wearing a suit. His old and rough demeanor was a bit nondescript.

It seemed that he was not used to wearing a suit, so his tie was crooked and baggy.

"Haha, you two, if I guess correctly, you should be the trainer, right?"

When the man saw Yun Jie noticed him, he came up to him, but the smell of cigars all over his body made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"right"

"I am a businessman. I came here to buy some pearls for my island."

Mustache said to himself.

……

"Having said that, Ofulun Island is really a good place. The pearls here can be sold for more than ten times the price outside, and the purchase price only costs a little money."

"The profits during this period are at least that high."

Mustache said and stood up and gestured.

"Oh? But I have a question. Why must pearls be picked manually? Can't they be picked by Pokémon or machines? There's no difference, right?"

Seeing this, Yun Jie also asked the questions in his heart.

"Haha, well, you must have heard the story of the pearl diver, right?"

"I've heard that pearl divers have to hold their breath and dive into the deep sea to collect. Not only is it hard work, it's also very dangerous."

"That's right, it's because of the pearl divers. Do you think that when outsiders hear the story of the pearl divers, will they think that pearls are precious? Wouldn't the price go up?"

Mustache said excitedly, completely unaware that Yun Jie's expression had changed.

"Here, there is another saying that only artificially collected pearls have special effects. It is said that the princes of the ocean gave blessings to the people who worked hard in ancient times when they saw the pearls. The pearls they collected were worn on their bodies. Having the power to bring health.”

"Hahaha, I usually don't say this kind of thing to others, but I think my little brother will be extraordinary in the future..."

"In this case, wouldn't everyone be able to do this pearl business?"

Yun Jie asked Xiao Hu again and heard that not just anyone can buy pearls.

"Of course that's because a qualification certificate is required. This is a qualification certificate issued by the alliance personally. There is no such thing. Selling a large amount of pearls is smuggling, so this is why the group of people on the island can only sell them to us."

Mustache became more and more excited as he talked. Perhaps he felt that the two of them were direct descendants of the alliance, so he unknowingly became loose-lipped.

"However, if you don't have some connections, you can't get it at all, and we have to pay more taxes. In short, the number of pearls flowing to the market is limited, and the price is high."

What a marketing strategy and what a monopoly method.

Yun Jie sneered in his heart, he could only say that there were still cunning people in the alliance.

"Woo~woo~"

The rapid flute sound accompanied by the ups and downs of mood reached a new harbor.