LRAB Chapter 1137 Do you want to steal our goods?
Chapter 1137 Do you want to steal our goods?
Chapter 1137 Do you want to steal our goods?
Although the blind girl couldn't hear Nagris's mumbling clearly, since he didn't respond to her immediately, she knew it wasn't Yaya, and shrank back into the pit in disappointment.
Ang kept walking over, his mind sweeping around, including the girl. After sweeping over, Ang suddenly stopped and tilted his head towards the girl.
“What’s wrong?” Negris asked.
"It's not a human." After saying that, Ang continued to look over with his head down. Instead, Nagris stopped and curiously moved to the edge of the pit, wanting to see why it was 'not a human'.
The pit was very simple, with some sundries neatly piled up on the left. The right should be the work area, with a basin of water and some fantasy rock fragments.
The girl was sitting beside the basin, holding a wooden stick. She dipped it in water and some fantasy rock debris and rubbed the fantasy rock on her hand repeatedly. There were some ropes beside her feet. Looking at the fantasy rock debris stuck on them, it was obvious that they were also used to rub the fantasy rock using the same principle.
"So it's the Bow Jade Technique. I was wondering why she could carve the Fantasy Rock, but I didn't expect the Bow Jade Technique." Nagris suddenly realized.
Anthony also came over, looked at what the girl was holding, and asked curiously, "What is the Bow Jade Technique?" This term was too professional and Anthony didn't quite understand it.
The girl was a little scared because of their approach, but after hearing Nagris's voice, she relaxed and turned around to ask, "Are you here to collect the Phantom Rock?"
This is an abyss plane of little value. The only valuable things are these phantom rocks. Those who remain here are the industrial chain built around the phantom rocks. For example, this girl is a sculptor who specializes in sculpting phantom rocks.
Apart from the practitioners in the Fantasy Rock industry chain, the only people who would come here were the businessmen who collected Fantasy Rocks. There had been businessmen who came to watch her work before, so the girl naturally thought that Negris and others were also businessmen.
Anthony said kindly, "I guess so. Hello, what are you making? They are very beautiful. Are you making them to sell? How much is one?"
"Is it beautiful?" The girl smiled happily, and with a sense of pride at being recognized, she held the Fantasy Rock Statue in her palm to show it off: "One gold coin, okay? It takes me a month to carve one."
Anthony was stunned for a moment, feeling something was wrong, and said, "Wait a minute."
Then he asked in connection with the silver coin: "Do you know the Phantom Rock? How much does a Phantom Rock statue usually cost? How much is one that is about ten centimeters tall? Starting from fifty magic crystals? OK, got it."
After getting the information he wanted, Anthony turned back and asked kindly, "Have you eaten? Are you hungry?"
"No..." The girl swallowed subconsciously. When she was about to say that she was not hungry, her stomach betrayed her and made a 'gurgling' sound.
Anthony laughed heartily, and enthusiastically took out some dried meat and cakes, stuffed them into the girl's hands, and asked, "You only earn one gold coin a month, can you eat enough?"
The girl was a little flustered as she held the food that Anthony stuffed into her mouth. She shook her head shyly and said, "Eat less. I won't starve to death. Thank you, but I can't have these. They smell too good. I can tell they are expensive just by smelling them."
"Eat, I still have something to ask you after you're full. Eat first and then talk. I won't feel comfortable asking you questions if you're hungry." Anthony pretended to be unhappy. The naive girl was no match for Anthony, and after a few moral coercions, she obediently started to nibble on the jerky.
Negris took the opportunity to ask quietly: "One gold coin a month, isn't that a lot? Many farmers can't even earn one gold coin a year, why can't they have enough to eat?"
Anthony whispered, "There is no grain produced here. All the grain is shipped in from outside. The prices must be very high. It would be fine if the Fantasy Rock products were very cheap, but Silver Coin said that the starting price of this thing is fifty magic crystals, which is at least five hundred gold coins. They make so much money but deliberately don't let people eat enough. These damn profiteers."
This is the difference between having experience and having empty theories. Anthony knew it was wrong as soon as he heard it, but Negris simply measured it based on the face value.
"Yes, if there is no grain production, food should be very expensive. But what does it mean to deliberately not let people eat enough? On purpose?" Negris asked puzzled.
"If you make ten months' worth of money in one month, will you still keep working? Under what circumstances will you work hard?"
"Is it because the money is just enough for you to spend, and you won't have anything to eat if you don't work next month? And it would be great if you still have a loan, and you have to pay it back as soon as you open your eyes every day, so your motivation to work is the strongest? They deliberately lowered the purchase price so that she had to work very hard to avoid starving to death." Anthony said.
Negris' eyes widened in disbelief: "So black-hearted? A profiteer!"
Far away in the Rio Courtyard, Silver Coin, who was too busy to follow, sneezed three times in a row, then rubbed his nose and muttered, "It must be Lord Nag scolding me again."
One gold coin was just enough for one person, but not for two people. The girl looked very thin, with cracks all over her hands and barbs all over her nails and skin, which was obviously caused by a lack of certain nutrients.
Despite this, the girl stopped after taking a few bites and carefully put away the remaining food.
"I'm full. Sir, do you want to ask me something? But can you first tell me what the bow jade technique is?" said the girl.
"Oh, this is a method of cutting stone with a bow-shaped tool. Bend a stick and tie a rope to the two ends. The stick will naturally straighten the rope, like a bow."
"Then wet the rope, stick some gravel on it, and move it back and forth, and you can cut stones like jade, just like you are doing now. That's why it's called the Bow Jade Technique. There is a saying: Stones from other mountains can be used to make jade, which refers to the Bow Jade Technique," Negris explained.
The girl suddenly realized: "So that's what it means. The method I've been using to grind stones with a rope has a name. You're amazing. You must be a wise man."
“Haha, haha…” Nagris’ tail was lifted up and he grinned foolishly.
The girl turned to Anthony and said, "My Lord, what do you want to ask?"
"What's your name?" Anthony asked.
The girl said, "My name is Ketikaluti."
"I have a question, I don't know if it's offensive, but are you human?" Anthony asked.
"Ah!" Ktikaluti's whole body tensed up in an instant.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I just feel that your aura is special, so I just asked casually. I don't mean any harm. If you don't want to answer, forget it." Anthony hurriedly comforted.
Negris couldn't help but curl his lips and cursed in his heart: You feel like it's a ghost, it was clearly Ang who told you, you damn charlatan.
Maybe because Anthony's voice was more sincere, Ktikaluti relaxed a little and stammered: "I...I...I..."
Ktikaluti didn't say anything, but Anthony already knew the answer and changed the subject with a smile: "Your fantasy rock is very beautifully carved, can you sell it to me?"
"Okay, of course. We're almost done. One gold coin, is that okay?" Ktikaluti asked cautiously, fearing that her price was too high.
"Of course..." Anthony was about to pay when a shout suddenly came from the direction of the pioneer camp: "What are you doing? Are you trying to steal our goods? Didn't anyone tell you that this is the territory of our Black Fuse Mercenary Group?!"