Chapter 115: The First Trade with the Merfolk!

"Set out!"

Woah-woah!

A seabed basin reef area, a hundred li off the coast of Storm Domain.

At the command of Chief Toca, a squad of hundreds of merfolk began to set out.

This basin reef area was extremely vast, inhabited not only by the Buwa Tribe, but also by other merfolk tribes.

After marching for over half an hour, a group of merfolk appeared ahead. "Toca, where are you planning to go, woah?"

Hearing the inquiry, a hint of cunning flashed in Toca's eyes. "We are heading to the northern reef area, woah!"

"What for in the northern reef area? Woah!"

"I cannot tell you that, woah!"

"You are truly stingy, woah! Do you think I, Lada, would do anything harmful to you? In my tribe, there is even a barrel of Two-Legged People's wine, a wealth you all cannot possess! Woah!"

Hearing this, Toca felt a surge of anger; this Chief Lada was a relatively wealthy tribal leader in their vicinity.

A few years ago, he had obtained a barrel of beer from the north, and since then, he had boasted to chiefs like himself every time.

Besides that, if they wanted to taste the Two-Legged People's wine, they had to offer twenty magic sea clams with a diameter of half a meter.

Finding half-meter magic sea clams was also very difficult, so Toca had only tasted the wine once and could not bear to buy and taste it again afterwards.

This matter had become Lada's most important argument to mock him, actually just to provoke him into buying again.

He even joined other chiefs who had bought wine several times to mock him.

Toca naturally held a grudge over this.

But thinking of what he was about to do today, Toca was no longer angry.

"Lada, I am in a hurry to travel, so I will not talk much with you. By the way, I plan to hold a banquet in the tribe tonight; if you have time, you can come, woah! I have already notified other chiefs around us, woah!"

Having finished speaking, Toca led his people away.

"Bastard, woah! Pauper, woah! How could he afford to hold a banquet? Woah!" Lada watched Toca leave, feeling both angry and puzzled.

On Toca's side, after trekking for several hours and confirming that no other merfolk were following, they finally arrived at the coast of Storm Domain.

"Waga, that Gervas... Two-Legged People, did they say the trade is here?"

"Yes, Father!" Waga nodded. Just then, he suddenly saw a familiar sea ship not far away.

"Father, look, that is the sea ship of the Gervas Two-Legged People!"

"Go, hurry over!" Toca immediately excitedly beckoned his people to approach the location of the sea ship.

"My lord, look, the merfolk have arrived!"

At this moment, Gervas's side also noticed the arrival of the merfolk.

As for these merfolk, the guards were already familiar with them, but Thomas and the serfs who were loading supplies onto the sea ship were frightened pale.

"Gervas Two-Legged People, h... hello!"

"Haha, Waga, Chief Toca, hello to you!"

Gervas watched the merfolk coming ashore, each carrying baskets full on their backs, and felt exceptionally cheerful.

"Gervas Two-Legged People, very glad to see you, my friend!" Toca bowed deeply to Gervas.

Of course, Gervas only heard his chaotic shouting of "wa-woah," and communication still relied on Waga's translation.

Afterwards, the trade between the two sides began directly.

The system had already revealed the goods the merfolk brought.

Thirty night-glow pearl clams; although they varied in size, they were worth at least fifty gold coins.

Other sea fish and lobsters, though ordinary, were not cheap on land either, worth no less than thirty gold coins!

So, the total value of the merfolk's goods this time could reach around eighty gold coins.

Woah-woah!

"Gervas, my father says these are all the goods we brought this time; I wonder if you brought any wine... the kind from last time!"

Under Chief Toca's expectant gaze, Gervas smiled and beckoned to the serfs not far away.

Immediately, a carriage was driven over.

"The wine is on the carriage!"

The carriage stopped steadily, and Gervas pointed to the five wine barrels and more than ten leather pouches on the carriage, explaining aloud!

"Wine? So much wine?" Toca's eyes widened, his face full of surprise. He immediately sprinted toward the carriage, frightening the driver into fleeing in a panic.

Toca's eyes saw only the wine; he immediately picked up one of the leather pouches, opened the wooden stopper, and gulped it down into his mouth, gulp-gulp.

Hiss-ha!

"Wine! Wine! Wine!"

Toca beamed with joy, jumping up and down, as happy as a child.

"Gervas, my father says thank you very much for bringing the wine; this wine is very delicious. Also, are all this wine for us? So much?"

"Of course, Waga, tell your father that the goods you brought are worth this price; all this wine is yours!"

Toca danced with joy again, woah, and Gervas quickly learned the specific meaning from Waga.

Toca was very satisfied with Gervas's trade of such a quantity of beer, feeling he was a very honest and trustworthy trading partner.

And he requested that Gervas confirm that henceforth, their exchange of supplies would be based on this quantity.

That is, roughly today's seafood would be exchanged for five barrels of beer plus ten pouches of wine.

Hearing this, Gervas naturally agreed wholeheartedly.

In total, six barrels of beer, worth only two gold coins.

Yet they could exchange for seafood worth eighty gold coins; even a capitalist would cry seeing this, wouldn't they?

"Gervas, then we will take our leave. My father says this time he will take the wine back to hold a banquet and really... save face... in front of the other chiefs..."

"Oh? You're holding a banquet? Then I still have something here to give your father!"

Saying this, Gervas took a set of copper tableware from the carriage not far away.

This was what had been discarded after the castle switched to silver tableware.

It had originally been prepared for trade with the Fishmen.

But now, a few barrels of wine had made Chief Torka very satisfied, so Gervas naturally had no need to bring over the tableware, cured meat, black bread, and so on.

"Is this for us? Gervas, my father says he is very grateful to you, my friend Gervas... see you next time!"

Delighted, they accepted the beautiful tableware, and the Fishmen took their leave of Gervas.

Afterwards, Gervas watched as the Fishmen, carrying the wine barrels and wineskins, dove into the water.

Although the wine barrels and wineskins had some buoyancy, the Fishmen must have their own methods.

There was no sign at all of any difficulty in their descent.

"My lord, you actually exchanged so much seafood from the Fishmen for just six barrels of beer? This is practically getting rich!"

"That's right, heavens, these are glow-shell clams, a full thirty of them. Although most are small, their value must be at least fifty gold coins, right?!"

"These sea fish are also very valuable; even at one silver coin per jin, that's worth fifteen gold coins!"

"So, isn't the total value of this catch reaching eighty gold coins? Heavens! If the Fishmen come once every week from now on, won't that mean earning three or four hundred gold coins a month?"

After the Fishmen left, Knight Mi Gen and others quickly gathered around, briefly counting the seafood obtained from the trade; everyone's excitement surpassed even that of Chief Torka just now.