Gold is Justice

The old man named Hai stumbled up from the deck and looked at the surrounding people with a somewhat incredulous expression.After a while, as if he wanted to confirm again, he nodded very seriously, and said, "So...you really didn't come to drive us away? Really, really...just to buy thick meat Starfish? Don't lie to me?"

Ke Ke became a little impatient, stepped forward and said: "I said, old man, our elder brother has already said so, why are you still worried? We are really here to buy thick meat starfish! Now, if you have thick meat now If you are starfish, just sell it to us quickly, we will leave immediately after buying the right amount, and will not come to you again!"

Seeing that such a little girl is so straightforward now, Old Man Hai seems to finally believe it.He nodded slightly, looked around the faces of the people around him again, and muttered softly: "This is the first time I saw a guild with vampires and little girls..."

But after muttering, he let out a breath and said, "Do you want to buy thick-fleshed starfish? Yes, it's too late now. I'll take you there in the daytime. Since you plan to buy instead of grabbing, I'm also willing to go with you." You do business."

In this way, Airl also knew that the settlement of hearts between the two parties was a little untied.He smiled, led Old Man Hai into the cabin, sat down on a chair in the captain's cabin, and said, "What? Aren't those other people here for business?"

The old man Hai's face was full of anger, he snorted heavily, and said, "Business? They are here to rob! Is it easy for our small village to breed such a few thick-fleshed starfish? As soon as they come in, they start to rob, start Fishing, and even said that we are operating without a license, we can't control them! Huh, what a bunch of robbers!"

Suddenly, Airl felt as if he had figured something out.But I always feel that there are still some key points that I haven't figured out.He smiled and said, "A village? I didn't expect there to be a village in such a remote place? Mr. Hai, what's the situation in your village? Come, drink a glass of water, and calm down."

Brad brought a cup of hot water and placed it in front of Old Man Hai.

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Old Man Hai snorted, looked at the cup of hot water, looked up at Airl in front of him again, thought for a while and said, "Whatever, it doesn't matter if I talk to you anyway. It's not the first time I've said it anyway. .”

He took a sip from his water glass, and then continued—"Our small village has no name, but it is actually a village, with a total of fifty people. It is on the way point of an important sea route, and there is no property, so basically no one comes. Later, someone died and floated on this island. Since I didn’t know that it was only half a day away from Hanhai City, I also There is no way but to survive here. After more than ten years, it gradually took root here, and when ships finally arrived, I realized that it was so close to Hanhai City."

"Subsequently, this archipelago was registered on the sea chart of the Blue Bay Empire, and it was under the direct jurisdiction of Hanhai City. But if it is jurisdiction, who would manage such a settlement with no properties or residents?"

"So, the development of the village has been very slow in recent years. Only those who want to live in a place away from the crowd will come here slowly, looking for a life without being disturbed by others. In this way, we have Such a village."

Ai Luo chuckled: "So, Mr. Hai, you are also a person who doesn't like outsiders?"

Old Man Hai gave Airl another look: "Some people don't like dealing with people, and some people don't like their original lifestyle or environment. You can't kill them with one blow."

Ai Luo smiled: "Okay, you continue."

Old Man Hai: "In the beginning, our village was developing so slowly. But in recent years, things have suddenly changed."

"People keep coming from Hanhai City, asking everyone in our village to move out, either to Hanhai City or to other cities."

"But what do you mean? Suddenly came over and asked us to move? We have lived here for decades! You people in the city ignored us before, but now you suddenly come over and ask us to leave? There is no such reason in the world what!"

Ai Luo kept a special eye in his heart, and after thinking about it, he said, "So, you don't know why they want you to move away?"

The old man Hai snorted: "No! No matter how much money you pay! Recently they said that our village has been expropriated, and this sea area has also been expropriated, and they asked us to leave! But what we care about is It’s not about the money, it’s about us living here! No matter what you say, we won’t move! This is the belief that our entire village adheres to!”

A fragment had already formed in Airl's heart, he nodded again, and said, "Okay! Mr. Hai, let's not talk about those sad things. As I said just now, we are here to buy thick-fleshed starfish. Your side How many fleshy starfish are there?"

When it was mentioned that business could be done, the resentment on the old man's face finally faded a little.He snorted and said, "Not to mention anything else, there are quite a lot of thick-fleshed starfish on our side. There seems to be a warm current passing through this sea area in the past ten years, so the sea water is very warm all year round, so warm The sea water will naturally attract a lot of sea sand shells to breed."

"Did you know that the favorite food of thick-fleshed starfish is sea sand shells! When there are more sea sand shells, there will be more thick-flesh starfish! The thick-flesh starfish raised in our village are all fat and strong , the meat quality is different from other thick meat starfish, very soft and sweet! Sigh, if it is not too far away from the city and it is not convenient to transport, I really want to transport these starfish to the capital for sale. .”

Arrow was a little surprised.

In this world, would anyone think that the meat of a thick-fleshed starfish is soft, glutinous and sweet?Go crazy!

Seeing Ai Luo's expression of disbelief, Old Man Hai also pretended to believe it or not, and said with a sneer, "Whatever you think, come to our village tomorrow and try it!"

"Okay, okay! I believe it, I really do."

Arrow raised his hands in surrender, and then continued to ask——

"Then, how much output do you have here? I want to buy a lot, can you supply it?"

The old man Hai rolled his eyes again, and said: "Enough! Enough! Every year, we see so many thick-fleshed starfish and finally have to feed them to Dabao because they can't sell them. We are also heartbroken! Now, in our entire archipelago There are at least [-] thick-fleshed starfish under the sea water! And it is very convenient to salvage, when the tide is low during the day, you can catch them with a fishing net casually!"

Suddenly, Airl felt as if he understood what was going on here.He nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "So that's the case! Hmm... Another thing I want to ask is, the license of your farm here... hasn't been issued yet?"

A look of vigilance flashed across Old Man Hai's face again, but after a while, he still moaned and said, "Yes, I understand. You see that I don't have a license here, so you don't want to pay, right? Humph! Let me tell you, it’s not that easy! Even if I risk my life, I won’t let you resign so easily!”

It's interesting to say that this old man Hai seemed a little sluggish just now, but now he is rampant again.I don't know if he didn't think about it that much, or if he really has some confidence...

Ai Luo didn't want to make trouble, waved his hands again and again, and said with a smile: "Hahaha, no, of course, we are willing to spend money to buy it. Well... let's see... it's very late now, wait until tomorrow daytime , let’s go to your village and have a look. We’ll talk about the price then.”

After finishing speaking, Airl didn't intend to talk any more with the old man, but directly sent him to rest in the cabin below with a smile on his face.As for the members of the guild beside him, he didn't say much, but nodded slightly, and told everyone to go to rest and sleep, and we can talk about anything tomorrow.

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Early the next morning, after the fog that filled the sea gradually dissipated, the Siren Queen also started to move again.

The sea monster named Dabao that sank in the sea yesterday is now quietly leaning beside the Siren Queen.With the sunshine, looking down from above, it can indeed be regarded as a small floating beach, and the back of the floating beach is covered with gravel and dust.If it hadn't been for witnessing the cheese grabbing blood from the gravel and dust yesterday, I'm afraid Ai Luo would also think that this is an ordinary floating beach.

Now, there is still some light red blood oozing out from the scratched place on the back of this monster, staining the surrounding seawater a little red.But compared to the bloody scene last night, it was obviously much better.

This big treasure monster leaned on the side of the Siren Queen, and seemed to be constantly dawdling towards the hull, wanting to find something.

When Old Man Hai's face appeared on the side of the boat, the monster finally stretched out a small group of fleshy, slime-like sticky tentacles from the sea water, stuck to the side of the boat, and let out a burst of light. There was a slight cry.

Old Man Hai greeted the monster below, then turned his head and looked at the Song of Mermaid member in front of him.

While he was thinking in silence, suddenly, a horn sounded unhurriedly from another direction of the archipelago.

Cream listened for a while, and said: "This is the start of the search. Although the search speed may be slower for those people without the ship, there are still many magicians and experts in their team. There's no way the narrow waterway between the islands could trap them."

Old Man Hai's face twitched, and after thinking for a while, he finally said as if he had made up his mind: "You...are you really just here to buy meaty starfish? Isn't it for other things?"

Airl knew that he couldn't give the old man too much time to hesitate now, so he frightened him and said, "Forget it, since you don't want to speak, then let's find someone who is willing to speak. Let's set sail! Since there is a The village, then it is impossible for this village to be built in a place that is too hidden. We should be able to find it if we look inside."

"All right, all right! I'll take you there, I'll take you there! Don't...don't mess around, we still have children...well..."

As soon as the words came out, Old Man Hai suddenly realized that he had slipped his tongue and exposed his weakness all at once.But Ai Luo pretended he didn't hear it, smiled and said, "Then, please hurry up and lead the way."

Old Man Hai nodded, came back to the edge of the boat, and uttered several shouts that Airl couldn't understand at all to the big treasure monster below.After hearing the shout, the huge monster under the water finally let go of the Siren Queen, allowing the ship to slowly move forward with the current.

Along the meandering seaway, the scenery on both sides is constantly changing.

Airl wasn't worried about what tricks the sea old man could pull off.After all, this village does not look like a secret base, so there is no need to build it so hidden.Even if there is no one to lead the way, as long as you wander around here a few more times, I believe you will find out sooner or later.

The facts did not exceed Airl's expectations, but within half an hour, the Siren Queen sailed into a natural harbor.As soon as I entered the harbor, I saw some wooden boats docked here, as well as scattered buildings on several nearby islands not far away.

Similarly, there are those living in this village who ran out in a hurry because they saw someone coming.

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"Master Hai, what's going on?"

Ai Luo and his party who were waiting followed Old Man Hai to disembark. Some residents looked up and down at Song of the Mermaid, and then asked with doubts.

Old Man Hai waved his hand and said, "Stop talking, what about those who came yesterday?"

These villagers look at me and I look at you. The young man who spoke just now continued: "I guess it will take half a day to touch us... Are these people here to negotiate? We have already said We won't be moving!"

Old Man Hai grunted in the same way, perhaps because he was by his companion's side now, his aura obviously increased a lot.Immediately, he took two steps away from Ai Luo and others, came to his own villagers, and said loudly to Ai Luo: "Okay! If you really want to do business, then we will do it well. Business. If you still want to come and drive us away, then don’t talk about it!”

Airl turned his head, looked at the distant sky for a while, and pricked up his ears to listen to the distant voice.

Hmm, can't hear anything.But since these people said that those people will take almost half a day to arrive, then they should be right.

He smiled and continued: "Of course I want to do business. How do you sell the thick meat starfish here?"

The young and middle-aged man seemed to be the leader. He stepped forward and gave Airl a white look, and said, "Five silver coins each, although the price is expensive, but these thick-fleshed starfish are very large, and I guarantee that they will not be damaged after I buy them back." Let you down! The only question is, have you brought enough ice cubes for storage? The starfish on our side must be eaten within half a day after they come out of the water, otherwise they will soon stink."

Airl waved his hand and said with a smile: "Five silver coins each? Hmm... the price is a bit expensive. Can it be cheaper? Thick meat starfish are usually eaten by the poor, and they have no taste, except for a layer of crust on the surface. The back and underside of the hoof tissue are hard tendons that can't be bitten."

The young and middle-aged man folded his arms, with an expression of love to buy and buy, but not to buy and go away: "A thick-fleshed starfish is two or three meters in size, and five coins are too expensive? And the starfish on our side It is different from the thick-fleshed starfish in other places. We grew up eating sea shells here! The taste is definitely different from the general thick-fleshed starfish! We work every day, and the money is not easy to earn. If you dislike five If one silver coin is too expensive... how much do you want to buy?"

Airl nodded, the smile on his face still maintained: "If you want me to say... 10 gold coins, I want two hundred thick-fleshed starfish. I think you should be able to accept this price? After all, these thick-fleshed starfish If you don't sell it to us, it will just rot if you stay here."

Compared with Airl's intimidating bargaining, this young and middle-aged man put on a confident expression.He snorted: "Rotten? That was before! We won't rot now! If we really can't sell them, we can pick up those starfish and dry them. Once dried, these starfish will shrink a lot , when it is used as feed, it can still be sold for a good price!"

"call……"

Regarding the voice and strength of this young and middle-aged man, Airl couldn't help exhaling a breath.

He raised his head and glanced at his surroundings.Then he lowered his head again and looked at the land under his feet.

Yeah... now everything has been solved except for one slightly innocuous problem.

The real purpose behind the two missions in this game is now fully revealed.

"Well, what's your name? Can I take you as the speaker here?"

Airl asked.

The young and middle-aged man stared at Airl, but did not answer.Arrow smiled helplessly, and then introduced himself.Now, the young and middle-aged man patted his chest and said, "Fan Yi, if you have anything to do, come to me!"

Ai Luo raised his eyebrows, and after organizing the words in his mind a little, he finally stabilized his thoughts and said: "Then, Mr. Fanyi, I am very grateful that you can stand here and listen to me now. But I accept If you come down, I hope you can continue to listen to me, and listen with a calm mind."

Headed by Fan Yi, and the villagers gathered together one by one, looking at Ai Luo with an expression as if they were watching a scene.

As for Airl, he let out a breath and said slowly: "First of all, I want to say my conclusion. After all, let me tell you the conclusion first, so that you can understand what kind of situation you are in now. This This situation may be a bit painful and a bit bad for you. But please believe me, what I said next is all true, and you don’t need to deny the facts I said, because it doesn’t make any sense.”

"Well, by the way, I want to talk about the conclusion first. Then, the conclusion is... I hope you can sell me 10 meaty starfish for 200 gold coins. Then, after the adventurers arrive in the afternoon, you need to sell me 5 meaty starfish. The price of meat starfish is kept as low as possible, over 1 gold, or even 200 gold or so and [-] are sold.”

"After you send away all the people who came today, immediately find a way to leave this village with the money and go to other places to survive. Then, you will never come back in this life."

After listening to Airl's narration, each of these villagers seemed a little surprised.But after being surprised, what appeared on their faces was a mocking expression.

The young and middle-aged man named Fan Yi sneered again, stretched out his finger and pointed at his nose, and hummed, "Are you teaching us how to do things?"

Such a reaction was not surprising, but Arrow had no intention of convincing the man with such a simple topic.He let out a little breath, and said again: "Don't worry, please listen to me. Hmm... you live on this archipelago, so you must not have much contact with Hanhai City? How often do you go to Hanhai City? A week? Half a month?"

The old man at the side said, "We don't have a big boat, and we can't afford a big boat. The prices in the capital are also expensive, so we go to Hanhai City once a month to buy some daily necessities."

Airl exhaled, and continued: "That's right, do you know that the guild championship is being held in Hanhai City recently? Then do you know that our mermaid song and the adventurers who will arrive here in the afternoon, They all came here to participate in the guild championship battle. The purpose is to catch those fleshy starfish that you raise."

"You have to know that the thick-fleshed starfish you raise here do not have any license. In other words, no matter how well you raise these starfish, from the law of the empire, these starfish are still wild and can be Randomly caught."

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"What a coincidence, the task that our guilds participating in the competition need to accomplish is to have each guild hunt down 200 thick-fleshed starfish. But if you say 5 silver coins per starfish according to what you just said, I believe no guild will Buy 200 from your hands. In other words, the only end of your high price is to let all our adventurers start a fair robbery of your village."

When Airl said these words, his expression was very serious, without any hint of a smile.

Such a serious expression caught the villagers' eyes, and their expressions began to become a little suspicious, not knowing what kind of end this would lead to.

"This...is there still a law?! Those thick-fleshed starfish are raised by us so hard, why...why should they be snatched away by you?!"

Old Man Hai seemed a little excited and shouted loudly.

That Fan Yi sneered, leaned forward and said——

"What? What do you mean? Scaring us? Let me tell you, don't try to scare us! We will also defend ourselves! Even if I, Fan Yi, have not been on this island for a long time, this archipelago is like my Like home, these villagers are like my relatives! I will never leave everyone alone! If they dare to rob, I will fight them!"

Airl frowned, shook his head resignedly, and continued——

"It seems that you haven't understood how serious the problem is! Well, let me explain it more thoroughly now."