Chapter 525
With his life hanging on the line, the empty-vessel merchant hurriedly told him the ins and outs of the whole story . It turned out that, recently, the extremely fragile trading line between the mainland and the Hellfire Sea was inexplicably interrupted by a third of its original size .
Be it the merchants who had a relationship with the native tribes; or the feudal lord caravan who would take advantage of their force and tyranny by trying to communicate and trade with large tribes but simply plunder when they encountered small tribes, many of them would lose contact after venturing out of the sea .
As the supply of goods decreased, the price of the various specialties of the Hellfire Sea that were already expensive on the mainland began to rise continuously . Driven by huge profits, some merchants became even braver than the armies by the borders as they desperately sought routes to the Hellfire Archipelago to their death even if they had to squeeze their brain dry . It was also because of this that Luqi managed to form a fleet bringing tens of thousands of slaves in a brief period .
If things continued to develop in this manner, the empty-vessel merchant who mastered the trade right with Wizard Li could be said as having a hen that lays golden eggs, and it would only be a matter of time for him to become a real aristocratic merchant in the Kattaman City State .
However, the greed of humans knew no end . Before leaving the sea, he inadvertently learned a tempting news from a very high-ranking collaborator's agent that a ruler of a strong tribe from the Nutao Sea, the most powerful and prosperous area of the Hellfire Archipelago, had appeared in the Sea Haines City, wanting to gather the intelligence of the other regions of the Hellfire Sea . Not only that, but he was willing to pay a high price for it .
This rumor tempted Luqi exceptionally so . Even though trading with the Wizard Li tribe was very profitable, there were many 'commodities' that he could not get his hands on . For example, the unimaginable wrestling match of the natives that they could use to fetch several tens of thousands of gold coins for its tickets and, of course, would have more profit if he could manipulate the gambling industry . They could also use Hellfire children whose limbs were crippled purposely, so they could only crawl to become an entertainer and token to show off the identity of the royal family or the great feudal lords and the tamed beasts that the natives called 'partners . '
If he could forge a relationship with the dominant tribes in the Nutao Sea and obtain the trading right of these few lacking 'commodities,' then it would naturally be like the icing on the cake . For this reason, the instant the fleet docked, the empty-vessel merchant immediately asked the native choresmen to look for Zhang Lisheng in a hurry, which caused the farce to happen just now .
After listening to Lu Qi's explanation, the young man felt that although there were some parts of his words that did not make sense, he did not look like he was lying, especially since the reason for the sharp decline in the trade between the Hellfire Sea and the mainlanders was because of the rapid expansion of the Wizard Li tribe . Those missing wealthy mainland merchants and soldiers were either dead or imprisoned in the mainland town that the Wizard Li people built for them .
In fact, it was indeed typical for the empty-vessel merchant who was greedy and adventurous to rack his brain to get some profit at other people's expense since he would rather believe it to be true because of the influence of this matter .
When the Wizard Li's god thought of this, his expression softened . Waving his hand to gesture for the native warriors to retreat, he smiled at Luqi while giving him line enough to know what he was doing, "A chief of a powerful tribe from the Nutao Sea actually went to the Kattaman City State to inquire about the intelligence of the other districts in the Hellfire Archipelago? This sounds absurd, but it doesn't seem like you're lying . Alright, Mr . Luqi, I'll just pretend that none of this had happened . Please forgive my recklessness for giving you a fright . I think you should rest to calm your nerves down first . "
Seeing that the tip of the spear pointing at his throat had disappeared, colors began to return to Luqi's pale face . After the crisis, his greedy instinct return again . When he saw that the black-haired young man bid farewell to him, he hesitated a little before explaining in a slightly trembling voice . "W-Wait, Mr . Lisheng, the reason you'd find it absurd for the chief of a powerful tribe from the Nutao Sea to inquire about the intelligence about the other islands of the Hellfire Archipelago is because you're looking at the Hellfire tribesmen in the Nutao Sea with the perspective of how you view that natives on this island . With all due respect, but that is a wrong mentality . Although I've never seen that tribal chief of the Nutao Sea before, it's said that he's entirely dressed in colorful silk that flows smoothly on his body, the kind that would be appropriate to offer to a king . To those native aristocrats, standing on the ground is blasphemy, so everywhere he goes must be showered with petals first…"
Upon hearing the empty-shelled merchant's description of the native tribal chief of the Nutao Sea, Zhang Lisheng secretly laughed in his heart . As the only god of the enormous tribe that conquered half of the archipelago that never had a precedent case in the ancient paper book literature and the folklore of the Hellfire tribe, he did not even do such a thing, so it was hard for him to imagine how an ordinary Hellfire chief would actually have such an exaggerated impetuousness .
However, although he felt that it was a false rumor that was spread around, the young man did not doubt Luqi's words . He patiently finished hearing his words before asking, "Mr . Luqi, are you certain that a tribal chief from the Nutao Sea has gone to the Sea Haines City?"
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