Chapter 619 When a Bird Meets a Fish
In Wen Rui's opinion, the dishes in Shanzhenlou are actually quite ordinary, just like the level of a third-rate restaurant in Liberty City.
But considering that all the ingredients come from land and are guaranteed to be fresh, such as various mushrooms, fruits, and vegetables, which are picked on the same day and transported to the seabed on the same day, there is no frozen goods.
That's why the prices are so high.
In the past, the inhabitants of the seabed didn't have many opportunities to eat these. The 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 some ingredients on land in coastal areas, but their range of action would not exceed more than ten kilometers along the coast.
Moreover, once these ingredients are brought back from land to the sea and soaked in seawater, the taste will completely change.
After entering the private room, exquisite dishes were served one after another, and the few people gradually let go of the awkwardness when they first met, eating and chatting, and becoming more familiar.
"Little monkey, how did you become a businessman?"
Li Liuer ate a piece of fried matsutake mushroom and asked curiously: "There are many senior members of the demon tribe in the Chamber of Commerce who are engaged in production, but few are engaged in the transportation industry."
"Don't look at 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: "I started a business with a group of monkey brothers, and I started by collecting mountain delicacies. Didn't the demon alliance issue an environmental protection decree a few years ago, prohibiting the use of robots in the development of primitive forests?"
"This set of orders not only prohibits robots from destructive development of primitive forests, but also proposes that collectors Even if they are not robots, they must ensure that the environment will not be damaged during the collection of mountain products. "
"We, the monkey tribe, have become the most suitable employees for field collection work. We are agile, have a suitable body shape, are much more efficient than human mountain runners, and have dexterous hands and feet. The mushrooms and fruits we collect are complete in appearance."
"Many monkey tribes have entered this industry through this decree, and many monkey kings have become bosses and joined the Chamber of Commerce because of this."
Wen Rui's remarks are also half true and half false. The false part is that he is not a monkey, and the true part is that the monkey tribe does occupy an important position in the collection industry of the Demon Alliance.
The monkey tribe has always been doing well under the rule of the Demon Alliance. With their smart minds and dexterous hands, some of them have become intellectuals and senior technicians after receiving Jiejiao education.
Even the monkey tribe that joined later can easily get enough food and clothing by collecting mountain delicacies, and it is not a problem to support their families.
"So that's how it is. It'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. Wen Rui was eloquent and talked freely, playing the role of a monkey merchant who had seen the world vividly.
While the conversation was heated, Kong Xuan was a little dull. After all, he was a tens of thousands of years old ancient beast incarnate god. Wen Rui tricked him and had to date a girl who was hundreds of years old. He really couldn't adjust his mentality.
There was 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 oriental demon. Where is your hometown?"
Li Lan'er seemed more generous and decent than him, and was more interested in him. She tried to maintain her feminine reserve and took the initiative to talk to him.
"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, 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 bird demons, and there are very few bird demons who come to the underwater city."
Li Lan'er 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 once imagined how nice 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 are also... Can fly, even if you turn into a bird, you can't escape the claws of the dragon. It seems that the whole world belongs to the dragon. They rule everything and play with the fate of our mermaids..."
"Humph, dragons are nothing."
Kong Xuan said with contempt, "My ancestor Phoenix was the natural enemy of dragons. The Phoenix led the Phoenix tribe to fight a war with the Dragon tribe led by the Dragon, and killed the Dragon tribe that dominated the three realms. "
As the son of the Phoenix, Kong Xuan's contempt and hostility towards the Dragon tribe is engraved in his genes. He unconsciously shows this attitude when he mentions the Dragon tribe.
Before, on the street, when he saw the Dragon prince showing off his power, if Wen Rui hadn't stopped him, Kong Xuan couldn't bear his temper and wanted to teach him a lesson, it was out of instinctive disgust.
Li Lan'er was immediately attracted by Kong Xuan's inadvertent dislike of dragons. A pair of blue eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had met a confidant.
In the underwater cities, even though many dragon dandies have committed crimes repeatedly, there are not many sea people who really hate dragons. Whether it is a human or a demon, it is too difficult to stand up after kneeling for a long time.
The propaganda machine of the demon alliance has exposed the scandals of dragon dandies in recent years, but it still cannot change the blind worship of the sea people for the dragons engraved in their genes.
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A few years ago, the mermaid police would even attract the disgust and protest of the onlookers when enforcing the law against the dragons.
The outsiders also have an inexplicable awe of the dragons. When they mention dragons, they think of them as kings, born kings, and guardian beasts that protect the Great Zhou.
The stereotype is engraved in her bones.
Apart from her fellow mermaids, it is difficult for her to find people who also hate the dragons. She doesn't know who to tell about the repressed dissatisfaction with the dragons in her heart.
The bald eagle in front of her just now showed his dislike for dragons, which was absolutely sincere, not just a casual response 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 worship dragon tribes, but only the bird tribe is different?"
"That's natural. My bird tribe respects the phoenix. The dragon tribe can fly, but they dare not touch the imperial power of the sky. If you turn into a flying bird as you wished when you were young, you can be free and not be trapped by the dragon tribe."
Kong Xuan said slowly, with a firm and proud tone: "My bird tribe yearns for freedom the most. They 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..."
Li Lan'er's eyes were full of stars. The sea eagle in front of her satisfied all her childhood yearning for the bird tribe. That kind of confident and calm energy seemed to be born for freedom and would never be bound.
The favorability inexplicably rose by +1+1.