Chapter 619 When Bird Meets Fish
Chapter 619 When Bird Meets Fish
In Wen Rui's opinion, the food at Shanzhenlou is actually quite average, about the same level as a third-rate restaurant in Liberty City.
But considering that all the ingredients come from land and their freshness is guaranteed, all kinds of mushrooms, fruits and vegetables are picked on the same day and transported to the seabed on the same day, and there are no frozen goods.
That's why the price is so inflated.
In the past, the inhabitants of the seabed did not have many opportunities to eat these. The only vegetables they could eat were various seaweeds and seaweeds, and the only meat was various fish.
Of course, in the past some aquatic creatures could collect food on land in coastal areas, but their range of movement would not exceed a dozen kilometers along the coast.
What's more, once these ingredients are brought back from land to sea and soaked in sea water, their taste will change completely.
After entering the private room, delicious dishes were served. Gradually, they let go of the awkwardness they had when they first met, and became more familiar with each other while eating and chatting.
"Little monkey, how did you become a businessman?"
Li Liuer ate a piece of fried matsutake mushroom and said curiously, "There are many senior demon members in the Chamber of Commerce who are engaged in production, but not many who are engaged in transportation."
"Don't be fooled by my unprepossessing appearance. I am actually a monkey king, and I manage tens of thousands of monkeys."
Wen Rui started to make up a lie without blinking an eye: "I started a business with a group of monkey brothers, and we started out by collecting mountain delicacies. Didn't the Monster Alliance issue an environmental protection decree a few years ago, prohibiting the use of robots in the development of primitive mountains and forests?"
"This set of orders not only prohibits robots from destructively exploiting pristine forests, but also requires that even if the collectors are not robots, they must ensure that they do not cause damage to the environment in the process of collecting mountain products."
"We monkeys are the most suitable employees for field collection. We are agile and have the right size. We are much more efficient than human mountain runners. We are also nimble and can collect mushrooms and fruits of the same quality."
"Many monkey tribes entered this business through this decree, and many monkey kings became bosses and joined the Chamber of Commerce."
Wen Rui's words were half true and half false. The false part was that he was not a monkey at all. The true part was that monkeys did occupy an important position in the gathering industry of the Demon Alliance.
The monkey tribe has always done well under the rule of the Demon Alliance. With their smart minds and dexterous hands, some of them have become intellectuals and high-level technicians after receiving education from the Jiejiao sect.
Even the monkey tribe that joined later could easily earn enough food and clothing by doing jobs such as collecting wild delicacies, and supporting a family was not a problem at all.
"I see. That's really interesting! Have you merchants traveled to many places? I have never left the ocean in my life. Can you tell me more stories about the land?"
The pink-haired mermaid girl was very interested and asked questions non-stop, while Wen Rui spoke eloquently and vividly, playing the role of a monkey merchant who had seen the world.
While the conversation here was lively, Kong Xuan's side was a little dull. After all, he was a god incarnated from an ancient mythical beast tens of thousands of years old. He was tricked by Wen Rui and had to date a girl who was hundreds of years old. He really couldn't adjust his mentality.
There is always a sense of absurdity of an old cow eating young grass.
"Mr. Diao, can you tell me your story? Judging from your appearance, you don't look like an Eastern demon. Where is your hometown?"
Li Lan'er, on the contrary, seemed more generous and decent than him, and was more interested in him. She tried her best to actively talk to him while maintaining her feminine modesty.
"I come from the west, the western border of Xiniuhezhou, which is the most western place tens of thousands of miles away." The girl took the initiative, so Kong Xuan couldn't hold back, and said in a deep voice: "I came to Nanzhanbuzhou in response to the summoning of the demon flag."
"I have never spoken to a bird fairy. There are very few bird fairies coming to the underwater city."
Li Laner said: "What is it like to be a bird? When I was a child, I was born as a slave of the dragon clan. I used to fantasize about how great it would be if I were a bird, so that I could fly out of the cage and be free. But when I grew up, I realized that dragons can also fly, and even if I become a bird, I can't escape the claws of a dragon. It seems that the whole world belongs to dragons. They rule everything and play with the fate of our mermaid clan..."
"Humph, what's a dragon?"
Kong Xuan spoke with contempt, and said proudly: "My ancestor Phoenix was the natural enemy of dragons in the past. The Phoenix Clan led by the Ancestral Phoenix once fought a great battle with the Dragon Clan led by the Ancestral Dragon, and killed the Dragon Clan that dominated the three realms until there were only a few dragons left."
As the legitimate son of the Phoenix, Kong Xuan's contempt and hostility towards the dragon clan is engraved in his genes, and he unconsciously expresses this attitude whenever he mentions the dragon clan.
When he saw the Dragon Prince showing off his power on the street before, if Wen Rui hadn't stopped Kong Xuan, he would have lost his temper and wanted to teach him a lesson, because he hated him instinctively.
Li Lan'er was immediately attracted by the dislike for dragons that Kong Xuan inadvertently revealed. Her pair of blue eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had met a confidant.
In the underwater cities, even though many dragon dandies commit crimes frequently, there are not many sea creatures who hate dragons. No matter whether they are human or monster, it is too difficult to stand up after kneeling for a long time.
The propaganda machine of the Demon Alliance has exposed many scandals of the Dragon Clan's playboys over the years, but it still cannot change the blind worship of the Dragon Clan that is engraved in the genes of the sea people.
A few years ago, when the mermaid police enforced the law against the dragon clan, they would even attract disgust and protests from the onlookers.
The foreign human race also has an inexplicable awe towards the dragon clan. When they mention the dragon, they think of the king's aura, the natural king, and the guardian beast that protects the Great Zhou.
The stereotype is etched into our bones.
Apart from her fellow mermaids, she found it difficult to find people who shared the same hatred for the dragon clan. She didn't know who to tell about the repressed dissatisfaction she had towards the dragon clan.
The bald eagle in front of her just now showed his dislike for dragons, which was absolutely sincere, and not just a casual remark to please her.
"Do all bird tribes view dragon tribes in this way?" Li Lan'er asked curiously, "The sea tribe and the human tribe both admire the dragon tribe, but only the bird tribe is different?"
"Of course. My bird tribe respects the phoenix as its supreme leader. The dragon tribe can fly, but they dare not lay claim to the royal power of the sky. If you can transform into a flying bird as you wished when you were young, you can gain freedom and not be trapped by the dragon tribe."
Kong Xuan said slowly, his tone firm and proud: "My bird tribe yearns for freedom the most. We would rather starve to death than be trapped in a cage. There is a kind of bird that can only fly around in the sky all its life. When it is tired of flying, it sleeps in the wind. It can only land once in its life, and that is when it dies..."
Little stars appeared in Li Lan'er's eyes. The sea eagle in front of her satisfied all her childhood yearnings for birds. The self-confidence and calmness of the eagle seemed as if it was born for freedom and would never be bound.
The favorability level inexplicably increased by +1+1.
(End of this chapter)