Chapter 304: Bleak Prospects
Feihe rushed into a forest on the island, Zhan Changfeng sealed the cultivation of the two demons and untied the ropes, "That Chaosheng's words reminded me that the Council of Elders may not be able to manage so far, then we can only solve it according to the enemy and me, and now you are the captives of Pearl Island." ”
He Minggong secretly scolded Chaosheng, there was no objection on the surface, and silently explained the sealed cultivation, the more he explained, the more silent he became, her cultivation was obviously lower than himself, and he couldn't unlock her seal.
Hai Zhe rolled his eyes and didn't say a word, the turtle master would definitely send someone to save them.
These two demons followed behind Zhan Changfeng, pulling their faces to bluff away a lot of beasts, Zhan Changfeng didn't care what their expressions were, and went down the mountain to the nearby villages for a walk, full of old and weak children, talking to them for a while, only to know that the young and middle-aged people in the village are making a living in the city, and now many shops have withdrawn from Pearl Island, and they have also left.
The vitality on Pearl Island is not abundant, it is not suitable for cultivation, and the few small spiritual veins that are only dug up have been dug up, and a few decades ago it was still a barren land with only seven or eight villages.
It was Zhu Youfu who made a fortune with the help of the Beng tribe, integrated the seven or eight villages into the earliest Heyuan City, and played a good deck of cards with pearls.
From a Heyuan city to today's three main cities, ten acropolises, and more than forty towns, from only a thousand people to a million people, relying on pearls and a series of by-industries.
Of these millions of people, only a few hundred thousand live in perpetuity, and the rest are admired for sightseeing and buying pearls.
Therefore, the greatest value of Pearl Island lies in business, in pearls, once the pearl is lost, the people gathered because of it will disperse.
She walked into a small town, the Pearl Island was also a wealthy place, even the town's archway is made tall and exquisite, and there are a lot of pearls, showing the wealth and wealth, and the streets are full of people, but now it is desolate and deserted, and closed shops can be seen everywhere.
This town is a freshwater pearl cultivation site, but when Zhu Youfu was about to sell the pearl island, he took away all the spirit mussels and pearls in the cultivation field, and in order to keep the secret recipe of artificially cultured pearls from leaking, even the workers did not stay.
The town is a microcosm of the entire Pearl Island, it has no pearls, most of the pearl-related shops are closed, and the sea tribe has carved up the inland sea, the number of people who come to the Pearl Island has plummeted, and more than half of the inns and taverns have closed down.
He Minggong Haizhe walked down in a circle because he was sealed as a cultivator, and he actually felt the hunger he had not seen for a long time, and Haizhe shouted, "I need to eat, and the captives can't stop eating." ”
happened to pass by an inn that was still open, and Zhan Changfeng took them in, "Tell Xiao Er what you want to eat." ”
The shopkeeper kicked Xiao Er, who was still dozing, and saw that he was dazed, so he greeted him, staring at Hai Zhe's mouth and wrist several times, becoming more and more enthusiastic, and regarded Zhan Changfeng, who was not in the breath, as a demon, "It turned out to be the three masters of the sea, please sit down, please sit down, whatever you want." ”
Hai Zhe glanced at Zhan Changfeng proudly, suddenly felt the sullenness in his heart relaxed, and pointed to the menu and reported a bunch of names, "What other good wines, all of them!"
"Okay, three of you, please take a seat. ”
There were no other guests in the lobby of the inn, so I randomly found a place to sit down.
He Minggong's eyes stared, "The pillar of Pearl Island has fallen, and everyone has dispersed like a monkey, what are you still buying it for, it is better to go back to the land." ”
Zhan Changfeng said, "That Zhu Youfu is indeed absolute, saying that he bought the island, he really only left the island, and he didn't forget to scavenge valuable things when he left, but I don't have any idea about it, Jinyihou has taken a fancy to it, I can't let him get his way, this is the same as you fighting for territory everywhere." ”
She was too open-minded, as if the island was good or bad could not affect her. He Minggong was speechless for a while, "Then you buy it, it's impossible to ignore it." ”
"Naturally, we have to take care of it, at least we have to reopen the route between Pearl Island and the land. Zhan Changfeng said directly, "I have no objection to you charging a customs clearance fee, as an inspector, I should abide by the resolutions of the Council of Elders, but you make it very difficult for me to do this, if a ship passes through the same lord's sea area, it will be charged seven or eight times, and the cost does not meet my expectations." ”
This route is on the territory of Jinman Haizhe He Minggong Chaosheng.
He Ming understood what she meant, "Although we both belong to the subordinates of the turtle master, the territory we have laid is our own, you should have heard a sentence in the mainland, the subordinates of my subordinates are not my subordinates, and the territory of my subordinates is naturally not my territory. ”
This was actually the relationship between the princes and the Council of Elders, and the princes were obliged to send troops to the Council of Elders, but the Council of Elders had no power to interfere in the internal affairs of the princes.
She hadn't taken into account the power relations within the Sea Clan before, but she quickly pointed out, "That means that your territory doesn't actually belong to the lord, and the agreement doesn't stipulate that you have to pay a customs fee to the territory other than the four lords." ”
The "Sea of the Four Lords" is a loophole that allows the territories of the servants attached to the four lords to be counted or not.
He Minggong couldn't answer correctly, so he smiled calmly, "Harmony is precious, it's better to make a friend, in the future, the ships of the Pearl Island will pass through my territory, and there will be no customs clearance fee, how about it?"
"To correct me, it's my ship, not the ship of the Pearl Island. ”
"That's right. He Minggong didn't ask why, he agreed first, he usually didn't do anything to rob merchant ships, let people hand over some spirit stones and let them go, and it was okay to accept one less from her, "Yes, then can I go?"
"The visitor is a guest, and the Taoist friend doesn't want to go to the island owner's mansion to sit?"
"It's not a secret, I still have a struggle with that merman, and if there is a slight difference, my territory will be snatched away by him, and Daoist friends will not want to waste this agreement today, right?"
"Makes sense. What she did was only the first negotiation, and if he repented at that time, he would just arrest him a few more times, "Go slowly." ”
In order to recover, He Minggong didn't eat anymore, scratched his eyes at Haizhe, hugged his fist towards Zhan Changfeng, and turned away.
Hai Zhe smacked his lips and asked him to give in, thinking about beauty, so he ate and drank a table of dishes, and shouted after picking up dozens of empty plates, "Check out!"
I don't even give you a customs clearance fee, see if he can't eat you.
The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't give, don't give, I'm going to close the door and leave tomorrow, and I can't take away so many ingredients, so I should treat the two of you as if I invited you." ”
He rubbed his hands, "Two, is it safe at sea now, and it's better for me to take that route?"
The shopkeeper also counted on them to reveal some news to ensure that they left safely, where to care about the money for those meals.
Zhan Changfeng asked, "I heard that your island has changed owners, maybe it will get better in the future, and there is not necessarily only one way out." ”
"It's dangerous, you may not know that before the Pearl Island was auctioned, Jinyihou had already purchased a large number of property deeds from merchants with property deeds, and it was said that he was just waiting to get the entire Pearl Island as a refining field. ”
"Refinery?"
"Yes, there is an extinct volcano in Qishan, and it has long been rumored that there is a fire below, but no one knows how to open it, and they dare not open it. ”
Another chapter was sent before the early morning, and there was something temporary, so this is the end of not being saved