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Chapter 414

Chapter 414 – The Trade is Concluded



Zhao Hai noticed that as the goods were dropped overboard, they were immediately caught by the Shrimp Tribesmen and brought to the coral reef .

Some of those Shrimp people had red eyes, they knew how valuable Human goods were to their fellow sea-dwellers .

Merfolk society was a hierarchical one . Just like the Beastmen, they valued strength highly . When you put the Shrimp tribe along with Beastmen, they would rank alongside the Pig and Cattle Clans, almost belonging to the lowest level of society, the slaves . Otherwise, the Shrimp Race wouldn’t be living this close to Humans .

For a tribe like them, they must provide tributes to those strong Merfolk tribes each year . Or else they would be demoted to being slaves, or worse being eaten .

When it came to ruthlessness, the Beastmen wouldn’t compare to the Merfolk . At the very least, Beastmen wouldn’t eat their fellow Beastman . But for the Merfolk, once someone becomes a slave, even if you are a fellow Merman, you would inevitably become food . This kind of race has a term, they weren’t called slave, they would be called meals, or in other cases, food .

The Shrimp Tribe were busy all year round, although there were a lot of treasures in the sea, the tribute they needed to pay each year was also a lot . Sometimes, their required tribute wouldn’t be met, so they had no choice but take them away from the Humans . They would raid and battle human ships near their territory, after all, they were superior on water .

For the Merfolk, Human products were very valuable . For a small tribe like the Rock Shrimps, a small amount of human goods would suffice for their yearly tribute . This made attacking Humans at sea even more appealing .

However, they wouldn’t be able to do that regularly since the Merfolk and the Humans had an agreement . If their raids were to cause a war with the Humans, the Rock Shrimp Tribe would surely become a Food Tribe .

Because of this little contact with Humans, Libben was able to have an understanding about what Humans find valuable . What he gave Zhao Hai was the most precious thing that they had . The production of this pearl was closely controlled by the Clam Shell Tribe, almost all of the pearl produced came from their hands . This one pearl that Libben presented was something he luckily acquired when he was young .

He showed this pearl in order to see if Zhao Hai was honest . If the price that Zhao Hai gave was acceptable, then he would be their Merchant . But if he didn’t, they would attacking him and sink his ship . They would rather do that than be deceived .

This reflected the attitude of their kind, the classification of good and evil was very simple . Being an enemy or a friend was decided by a few words .

Fortunately, Zhao Hai’s performance satisfied Libben, he decided that they would form a long time partnership with Zhao Hai . He immediately told this decision to his own tribesmen as they floated on the surface of the sea .

Zhao Hai took the pearl and closed it . After a short while, everything on the ships were emptied . Then Zhao Hai turned to Libben and said, “Chief, I still have some Human grains . Would you like some?”

Libben smiled and said, “Of course, we’ll be trading with these . ” Then he waved his hand as his tribesmen took out a lot of things .

Zhao Hai looked at these things and smiled . These were his main purpose in coming here, aquatic magic beasts, marine plants, and special corals .

Zhao Hai said while looking at the aquatic magic beasts, “These things are very good, I’ll trade for them . Chief, I’ll be loading these things first . ” Then the Shrimp Tribesmen carried the aquatic magic beasts along with their containers on board Zhao Hai’s ship .

Then Zhao Hai waved his hand as large quantities of grain appeared on the sea . As the tribesmen were transporting the grains, Zhao Hai turned to Libben and said, “Chief, I think today’s transaction has to end here . Can I know if the Chief wants to trade with me again next time?”



Libben smiled and said, “We will trade with mister whenever he comes, rest assured . ”

Zhao Hai nodded, “That’s great, then I’ll ask to be excused . ” Afterwards, Zhao Hai made his ships turn around and sail slowly .

At this time, Crag arrived at Libben’s side with an excited face, “Chief, these things are more than enough for us to pay the tribute . It seems like the Human didn’t deceive us . ”


Libben looked at Crag and smiled, “Little one, this time I’ll have to thank you for bringing this honest Human to us . Now he will keep trading with us, also, go inform the other tribes and make them join our trades with the Human . ”

Crag looked puzzled, “Chief, I don’t understand? Are our products cheap?”

Libben sighed and said, “Little one, you are too naive . Although these products are very good, it wouldn’t be good if we are the only ones that get it . Out tribe cannot swallow a benefit this big . Only when we ally up with the surrounding tribes will have the security of not being exterminated . Moreover, we also need more things to be exchanged in order to preserve a long partnership with the Human . ”

Crag gave a nod that seems to border within understanding and not understanding . Libben didn’t add any more and just waved his hand as he led his people back into the sea .

Zhao Hai was now inside the Space, he saw that the plants that the Shrimp Tribe had given him weren’t ordinary, they were edible; Zhao Hao even saw kelp among them . The various magic beasts were mostly shrimps, it seems like the Rock Shrimp Tribe was very capable in raising shrimp .

When Zhao Hai absorbed these things into the Space, nothing happened, it seems like their levels were too low .



However, Zhao Hai actually earned big this time since he got a pearl as big as his own fist . It wasn’t something he could just exchange for a few boats anywhere . Adding on the special corals that were also quite attractive, he really had earned a lot with this transaction .

This was because although the price that he traded with the Merfolk was fair, he could add a huge markup on top of those products due to their rarity in the continent .

Looking at the corals, even Laura had the feeling of taking them away . Those things were really beautiful .

Zhao Hai looked at Laura’s expression and faintly smiled, “If you like it, you can take some . We still have a lot, we won’t be losing much . ”

When Laura heard Zhao Hai, she was first very happy, then she shook her head and said, “It’s alright, we need to hand these things over to Charlie . Even though we aren’t short of money, we can use them to further our relationship with him . Right, Brother Hai, what are your plans for these magic beasts? These shrimps aren’t small, they should also be quite rare in the Continent . ”

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, “I’ll get them to breed inside the Space first, then when they get to a certain number, I’ll take them out and freeze them . ”

Laura nodded, “But we can’t head back immediately, or else Charlie would get suspicious . I think we might as well go and mine some stones on uninhabited islands . The last time when we planned to do it, we were interrupted with the Shrimp Tribe’s matter, so we weren’t able to continue . ”

Zhao Hai smiled, “That’s also good, then let’s look for a small island and have the undead mine some stones . Let’s go and and see Little Jin as well, that kid had been too comfortable with his family nowadays . ”

Even though Little Jin was still living on Ape Island, his life had been more comfortable than before . This was because he had a good relationship with Cai’er, so she kept a piece of land in the Space for the fruits that Little Jin liked . Zhao Hai didn’t oppose this decision since he was also fond of the little monkey .

Zhao Hai also didn’t want Little Jin to leave his tribe, after all a leader couldn’t just leave his group all the time . And since Ape Island now had a Transmission Point in it, they could just go visit him every time .

In the next few days, Zhao Hai found a small and uninhabited island according to the size they discussed before . The island had nothing else than some rocks and weeds, and it fortunately had the stones that Zhao Hai liked .

Zhao Hai stopped the ship at the side of the small island . Then he went to release the undead to mine the stones, and while those undead were mining, he went to Ape Island with Laura and the others .

Although the gorillas seemed very terrifying and weren’t as cute as Little Jin, they already were getting along with Zhao Hai’s group . The gorilla group had intelligence of a 5-6 year old child, they were happily playing around with Zhao Hai .

Zhao Hai also wanted to find a safe place in the island to make a house in . So these past few days they were just strolling around the island .

Aside from finding a good place, they saw a cavern that had a water tunnel connecting to the cavern that the Goldmetal fruit was in . This cavern was very well hidden, even Little Jin didn’t know about it . This was because the entrance of this cavern was properly covered by a huge Bread Tree . The tree was placed on the outskirts of the island, this was why Little Jin rarely went there . The diameter of the tree was 50 meters, and half of it covered the entrance of the cavern, a 30 meter sized hole . In addition to the cavern entrance, it also had an opening towards the sea, also allowing a huge ship to come in from the outside . However, this entrance was underwater, Zhao Hai couldn’t do anything about that right now .

Although an entrance of the cavern was connected to the sea, it was actually very dry . Since the cavern was huge, it was no problem if several hundred individuals were to occupy it . This place was the best location for hiding  secret treasures .

 





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