diskusbooks Chapter 459
Chapter 459
Chapter 245 [Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea] 8
Continuing to walk inside, Hong Yu took Feng Lan to turn left. Along the way, Feng Lan looked at the territory of the Black Tail Clan, with a look of amazement on his face from time to time. Hong Yu saw it and felt very proud.
Sure enough, he is a bumpkin from a small place. What's the point of having a pretty tail? Humph~
All the mermaids Feng Lan encountered in the entire Black Tail Clan, regardless of gender, had more or less decorations on their bodies.
Most of the women wore flowing mermaid silk, but the colors, quality and styles were all different, colorful. Some might not be beautiful, but they all fit their appearance and style very well. Feng Lan guessed that the mermaids must have dyed and patterned them themselves. In addition, they had more or less decorations on their necks, arms, and hair, most of which were beautiful shells, coral flowers, and gems. In addition to necklaces, men's accessories were armbands on their strong arms and colorful tattoos on their bodies.
Feng Lan observed carefully and found that most of the tattoos were colorful and looked different, but they all depicted a mighty male mermaid holding a trident, surrounded by waves and other marine animals. They should be the images of the sea god that each of them believed in.
Swimming across a square paved with white boulders carved with ocean patterns, Hong Yu brought the wind and mist around a small hill and entered a coral grove, which was suddenly filled with noise.
"Moonlight Shark Veil! It's as beautiful as moonlight when you wear it!"
"The balm made from oily fish fat makes your tail sparkle! It works even on scales that are patchy, uneven, or dull! It works great!"
"Redtail Shark's silk! As beautiful as the sunset! Available in a variety of colors and custom designs! We have moon jellyfish, sun and moon, coral, shell, and Neptune designs in stock! Quantities are limited, so hurry and get the best deal!"
"Pink jellyfish shells! Gorgeous! Bring them home for the kids to play with! Raising children starts with jellyfish shells!"
"Cherry wood furniture! Bed! Chair! Swing! Cabinet! It smells so good! As good as red fruit. Take it home and it will smell good even when you sleep at night!"
"Arctic Red Shrimp! Red shrimp just brought back from the Arctic! Still alive! Icy, sweet and refreshing, only 350 kilograms available! Sold while supplies last! Miss out and you'll have to wait another year!!!"
Feng Lan: "..."
It seems that the mermaids...are not that great...
After Hong Yu sent Feng Lan here, she started walking around by herself.
This should be the algae market used by the Blacktail Tribe for trading. In the coral reef, there is a small open space separated by corals at regular intervals. In front of it is a large smooth stone, which can be used to place items for sale. Some unsophisticated items can be placed directly on it, while those who are more sophisticated will use a large piece of cloth to pad it.
The gaps between the coral reefs vary in size, depending on how big or small the items are. If you want to sell something, you must first pay the Black Tail soldiers at the entrance of the coral reef. Feng Lan looked at the currency they traded, which was a small piece of polished pure black shell with a special energy circuit on it, which was not easy to imitate.
Feng Lan looked around and saw that some people were bartering, while others were specifically using black shells. After the exchange, both parties went to a place where the Black Tail tribe witnessed the exchange. They took out the items for a second weighing, and then used the black shells to replace the shells of other colors. The whole process was cumbersome.
Feng Lan felt that the main reason was that the various mermaid tribes did not have a unified currency before. However, this problem was indeed quite troublesome, as there was no credible force to endorse it.
Feng Lan naturally did not have any shells that the mermaids traded. She looked around and found that no one liked currencies like gold and silver, and only used them as decorations. As for bartering, everyone preferred to use food, fish, shrimp or other edible seafood, beautiful corals, uniquely shaped shells, and shark silk as items of exchange.
As the saying goes,
《It's All Here》
You Can't Leave Empty-Handed
So Cheap
Let Me Taste What This Tastes Like
It’s so cheap, I want to see if it tastes good.
It's so expensive, is it made of gold? Let me try it and see what it tastes like.
Feng Lan bought some snacks made by the mermaids themselves, including dried fish, shrimp, octopus, scallops, and meat. Everything that could be sold on the street was delicious, at least to Feng Lan's current mermaid taste. She waved her hand and said, "Buy!"
"I'll also trade food with you, okay?"
Feng Lan had no money, so after taking a bite, he thought about it and asked.
The brown-haired mermaid owner of the stall readily agreed. She added that a small area in front of her was separated from the water, otherwise the dried fish would not taste good if soaked in water.
“It has to taste good.”
Otherwise, who would set up a stall here? How much money can they make? Isn't it all for the exchange of food?
Feng Lan searched around in the supermarket and finally found bay leaves. Perhaps this condiment would be what the stall owner liked. Feng Lan then took out lotus seeds and lotus roots. "This is bay leaves. You can put them in when frying dried fish to add fragrance. This is lotus seeds, and there are lotus roots. They are delicious. They are delicious eaten raw or made into soup."
Considering that there are other players in the Black Tail Clan, Feng Lan tries to choose aquatic plants even for small transactions. The scented leaves are all crushed, but it does not affect the taste.
The stall owner pinched a little bay leaf to taste. The strange taste made her squint her eyes, but it should be good to add it to food.
She nodded and said "Okay," and gave Feng Lan a small can of dried fish. "It's a mixed bag. It contains various small dried fish and other seafood. They all taste delicious. With the sea bread, I can eat ten of them in one go!"
Sea bread is a huge prototype fruit formed by seaweed. It has a thick outer shell. When opened, it contains soft, bread-like flocs that are edible. The small black dots scattered inside are the seeds of seaweed. It is not recommended to eat them as they taste bitter.
The brown-haired female mermaid stall owner generously gave Feng Lan two loaves of sea bread and said, "Here, eat with rice. They're really delicious!"
Feng Lan politely took it and thanked him. After thinking for a while, she gave the stall owner a candy. Looking at the stall owner's beautiful long brown hair, she thought...it must be chocolate.
"Please have some sweet food."
"It's crunchy and tastes so special... mmm~"
Feng Lan also bought some mermaid yarn, which is a material completely different from cotton and silk. It is smooth, soft and transparent, and naturally emits light in the sea water, not to mention the beautiful and magnificent patterns on it. They are all woven together with materials of different colors during the weaving process. Like its beautiful appearance, the price of these mermaid yarns is also very attractive.
The other party did not want to exchange food, nor was he interested in ordinary coral gems. He only accepted black shells. Feng Lan thought about it and took out a batch of silk obtained from the Great Yan Dynasty. They had no patterns and were all solid colors.
"Then I'll exchange it with this material, okay?"