Gold is Justice

"Everyone! We have no malicious intentions! It was a complete misunderstanding just now! I know that you won't believe anything I tell you now. Since this is the case, I want to state my attitude first!"

"I am a businessman. The only thing I want to do here this time is to negotiate a business with the people here! For this, I have prepared a lot of money! You can take a look first!"

After finishing speaking, Ariel raised her hands from behind the cover, and slowly, slowly stood up.After her upper body almost came out from behind the cover, she continued to have a smile on her face——

"Now, I want to put my chips first, so please don't attack me! You have also seen that I am just an ordinary woman, so I am not a threat to you, right?"

After shouting, Ariel froze in the distance and waited for a while.

After about a minute, she made sure that there was no aggressive behavior on the other side, and then waved to the back.

At that moment, Jelly, Brad, and Suta walked over with three boxes in their arms, placed them on the rock in front of Ariel, and opened them.

These three boxes contained a large amount of gold nuggets and jewels, which were the funds for the activities of their mermaid army.Mermaid coins are not commonly used in many places, so most of them are replaced by this kind of precious metal and jewelry, and the circulation capacity is a little more convenient.

After placing the gold, silver and jewelry, Ariel finally leaned out completely, and continued to smile and said: "Now, our money has been laid out, please believe in our sincerity! We really want to come For business! Of course, in order to express our sincerity, we will retreat to the boat now and come back in two hours. Please also hope that all friends on the island can believe in our sincerity!"

After finishing speaking, Ariel waited for a while again, and after making sure that there was still no sound in front of her, she let out a little breath, turned around, and planned to leave.

But at this time...

"Leave all your weapons, that strange thing!"

In the area where there seemed to be no one, a voice suddenly came.

Hearing someone respond, Ariel was happy, but she still kept the serious attitude on her face, and turned her head again: "What is the name of the speaker? My name is Ariel Garcia, and I am an ordinary businessman." .”

Unfortunately, the other party didn't pay attention to Ariel's approach, but continued to shout: "Keep all your weapons, and then come back in three hours!"

It seems that the other party is determined to achieve this goal.

However, Ariel was not so meek as to fully agree to the other party's request.

At this time, if one's own side shows a completely weak and docile attitude, it may be detrimental to the negotiation.When the other party makes a request, immediately bargain, so that the other party feels that it will take a certain amount of time and energy to get what he can get, so that he can be more secure.

At that moment, Ariel raised her head and said, "Sorry, these weapons are still our life-saving things after all. I have shown our sincerity, but sincerity is not without boundaries."

After the voice over there was silent for a moment, he responded again: "Put down all weapons! Don't think that you will be fine if you leave the money. Even if we take the money, you can still get it back with your weapons. Don't think We can't even see through this kind of thing!"

Although the other party said so, Ariel didn't think that she could really wipe out the island with more than 400 guns on her side.The other party may be being humble or cautious, but he can't be really that arrogant.

Therefore, Ariel continued: "We have still shown our sincerity. Blind hostility is meaningless to both sides. Of course, since you are the aborigines here, we are willing to give the last little concession. I There will be a gun left here, and if you want, you can have a good look at our weapons during these three hours."

After all, Ariel waved her hand, and Jelly next to her put an elemental gun she was carrying next to those treasures.

The voice sounded again: "No! At least... keep fifty! Otherwise, you will leave this island with your money and never come back!" Ariel still raised her hands and said slowly : "Mr. opposite, please understand that we just want to go through the mist. It is your people who really started the fight first, but I am very glad that neither of us appeared in the first confrontation What irreparable damage. I came to do business with sincerity, please don't make this business too rigid."

This time, the voice on the other side disappeared again.

After about two or three minutes, the voice finally sounded again: "Then keep ten weapons!"

Ariel suddenly said in a voice almost reprimanded: "Leave up to three! If you disagree, then there is nothing to talk about between us!"

Perhaps, it was Ariel's decisive attitude that played a role, or maybe it was because the other party finally negotiated.This time, almost 5 minutes later, the voice from the other side came again——

"Three is three! However, you will not be able to come up until five hours later!"

Ariel shook her head again: "No, I said two hours before, and you asked for three hours before. Now I can't accept five hours. Just follow the three hours you asked for. If we agree, we will Put down your weapons and leave now!"

In the business world, any small request is a place for negotiation, especially when the main business of both parties is almost settled, and then there are some minor issues left, Ariel does not believe that the other party will be so satisfied because of such a situation. A little bit of minutiae and abandon all previous negotiations.

Sure enough, this time the answer was much faster: "Three hours is three hours, you can put down your weapons and leave here! Come back in three hours!"

The negotiation was successful, and Ariel finally showed a smile at the corner of her mouth.

She asked Brad and Bass to put down two more elemental guns, and then all the members of the fish army turned back immediately, returned to the reef beach, and rowed their boats to their big boat.

But after they boarded the boat, the mist that had been torn apart merged again in just a few seconds.Only this time, the mist turned into a dense fog, covering the reef beach that was close at hand, and it was almost impossible to see anything beyond the deck.

The next three hours were almost a torment for the members of the mermaid army.

Looking around, there is fog all around.Although they knew that the rock was very close in front of them, they couldn't see it.

This invisible situation once again gave people a sense of helplessness and confusion drifting in the deep sea, making the soldiers look very decadent and depressed.

And Ariel's current situation is not necessarily very good.

Although her face was still very calm, but now that she thinks about it carefully, this kind of behavior is still very dangerous.

What if the brains of the people on this island are not so good?

What if they think they can really occupy those treasures, and then use this dense fog to find a way to attack the mermaid army?

If they didn't expect that after attacking these fleets now, a larger number of fleets would soon come to annihilate them, wouldn't their lives be justified here?

During this period of time, Ariel was always in a state of anxiety.

During these three hours, even if she tried her best to divert her attention, she still couldn't let go of the worries in her heart.This also caused her to lose several national battle cards in a row. After losing the last one, she finally lost her mind at all. She simply turned around and entered the cabin, took out the map and continued to study the current situation of the entire continent.

In the midst of such anxious waiting, finally, the time of three hours is up.

Ariel threw away the map and ran back onto the deck in two or three steps, pinching the pocket watch in her arms, staring at the time and the thick fog ahead.

As time drew closer, her throat felt extremely dry...

What if the other party really doesn't intend to open the door again?

Is your decision really the right one?

Or... did I make a wrong judgment again, just like when I unsealed the Demon King?

huh~~~

But just when Ariel was secretly worried about her decision, the dense fog in front of all the ships suddenly dispersed to both sides like a curtain being drawn in a stage play.

Compared with the canyon passage opened by everyone just now, the site opened this time is extremely wide, and even Ariel can see the farthest ships on the left and right at once, making everything in front of her eyes clear up.

Now that the dense fog had opened, Ariel's hanging heart finally relaxed.She re-directed the people to take action, and this time, she no longer led so many people off the stage, but only led the members of Mermaid Song and a dozen guards to get off the boat and walked towards the negotiation place just now.Others took turns to go ashore and station on the reef beach to rest.

Arriving at the negotiation place just now, Ariel saw a tall man in his 50s or [-]s standing in front of him from a distance.

And he was holding the elemental gun just now in his hand. Judging from the posture of holding the gun, these people obviously understood and caressed this gun to a certain extent.

And standing behind this man were about twenty or so people who were fully armed and dressed as adventurers.Some of them hold swords and shields like brave men, some of them hold staffs, and some of them lean on all kinds of strange weapons.These people are tall, short, fat, thin, men and women, but the only thing in common is that they are all about 20 years old, the oldest one looks like 25 years old, and the youngest one is about [-] years old. Six years old.

Even Ariel was a little surprised by the appearance of all young people like this.These people don't look like residents of the island, but more like adventurers from a certain guild.

"Hi, my name is Ariel Garcia, and I'm a businessman. What's your name, sir?"

Ariel didn't care about so many armed islanders behind, but walked forward with a smile, and stretched out her hand as if she didn't mind at all, as if she was going to shake hands with this middle-aged man.

And this middle-aged man touched the elemental gun in his hand, then carried it on his back very skillfully, and said, "What business are you here for?"



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Ariel still has a smile on her face, after all, you can avoid many troubles with such a smile at this time.

She smiled and raised her head, and said: "Talk about business on maritime commercial routes. Our chamber of commerce has recently opened a new route, which may need to pass by the island. Therefore, we want to discuss with you and avoid mutual conflicts. There will be misunderstandings during the time. Excuse me, can this business be done?"

Just such a sentence, the middle-aged man in front of him didn't show much emotion, but the faces of the young people behind him all showed some expressions of displeasure.

Soon, one of them, who was about twenty years old, was one of the three armed men who raided the ship just now. He stepped forward and shouted loudly, "Hey! What do you mean? Do you think we are pirates?"

Ariel just smiled, but said nothing.

However, this middle-aged man raised his hand to suppress the agitated young people behind him.After thinking for a moment, he said, "Ms. Ariel Garcia, is this what your so-called business is about? For such a thing, you did not hesitate to lead so many people to directly break our seal, and forcibly board the Going to our island, it would be too childish."

In this regard, Ariel shook her head, the smile on her face gradually changed into a very serious expression, and said seriously: "It seems that you have a little misunderstanding about the behavior of us businessmen. Do you think We spent so much money to come here just to pass through here, and we gave you so much gold and silver treasures, must there be some hidden reason?"

The middle-aged man didn't speak, but it could be seen that he should have acquiesced to this guess.

Ariel continued—

"It's a pity. You seem to be completely unable to understand the relationship between routes, time and money in the minds of us businessmen. We businessmen hate risks the most in this life. If we can spend money to buy a little peace of mind, then we will definitely not be stingy Such a small amount of money. As long as we can successfully pass through your islands to form a new shipping route, the benefits we businessmen can obtain are probably astronomical. The reason why I spent this money is entirely in the hope that this problem can be resolved as soon as possible. Don't procrastinate too long. One day is one day's money. I don't know if you who live on this island can understand a sentence? That is - time is money, my friend .”

For these people living on the island, they may not be able to understand the sense of urgency that Ariel said.

However, they could clearly feel the earnest expression and attitude on Ariel's face that did not allow the slightest doubt.

Ariel is also convinced that her emotions are enough to let these people understand her thoughts.Even if they still can't understand the so-called business model, if they want to resolve the gap between the two parties and reach the level where they can sit down and talk with each other in detail, then a little toughness and self-confidence must be necessary.

After saying these words, Ariel held her head high and walked slowly towards the leader in front of her.

Even now that the armed men in front have aimed all their swords, bows and arrows at Ariel, there is no way for her to stop.

Under such circumstances, she slowly walked to less than three steps away from the middle-aged man.Even if the middle-aged man's current position made Ariel have to look up at him, the lovely Lier still stood upright, with her hands behind her back, showing her true colors without fear.

Seeing such a completely unafraid girl standing in front of him, the middle-aged man obviously hesitated a little.

He just stared at Ariel's eyes tightly like that, as if he wanted to see through her through these eyes and see what was in her heart...

But after a while, the man finally let out a breath, opened his mouth slowly, and said——

"Atru."

Ariel was taken aback.

"Adol. My name."

Only then did Ariel turn into a smile again, and nodded: "Hello, Mr. Yatru."

The middle-aged man whose name was on the newspaper raised his hand, comforted the armed youths behind him, told them to put down their weapons, and then said——

"Ms. Garcia, what you said is not something I can decide. If you still want to talk in detail, please come with me."

Finally... Negotiations have made some progress!

Ariel secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but on the surface she continued to maintain that calmness and style, and nodded.Afterwards, Yatru called all the armed youths, turned around and led the way, and walked towards the castle-like mountain ahead.And Ariel led a team of no more than a dozen people behind her and followed behind.

The mountain in front of me was still covered with gravel and bare rock as it had been seen a few hours ago.But now, as the time was approaching evening, the entire mountain range was illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun, as if dyed a vermilion like a maple leaf.

This kind of color makes the mountain that looked very ugly just now, but now it highlights a different kind of tenacity and heroism.

Following Yatru and others walking on the trail between the mountain peaks, after passing through several caves, Ariel's eyes suddenly opened up.

When she walked out of a tunnel, what caught her eyes was a small but exquisitely decorated village.

There are all kinds of houses of different sizes, either made of rock or wood, some of which have no visible materials, and seem to be houses made of mud.These houses are scattered in every corner of the village in a scattered but orderly way, and the mountain paths are connected to each other. A small piece of land will be reclaimed in front of each house. It is yellow gravel village filled with no small amount of green.

However, compared to the village's architectural style full of desert shapes, what surprised Ariel even more was the atmosphere here.

"Drink!"