Chapter 71 Acquaintances
Kolma came to Quanke Laiwei City today to negotiate a big deal.
Big business with tens of thousands of frogs.
In the entire Phuket Island, or in other words, in the entire wizarding world, there are not many merchants who can provide tens of thousands of live frogs to the wizards in the North District at one time, let alone provide them for a long time.
Among them, most of the qualified ones are businessmen from the Shui Tribe.
After all, in the past, the group with the greatest demand for live frogs in the wizarding world was the murloc tribes scattered in various regions of the world. They have the habit of eating salted frogs, and many small fish people also use frogs as snacks or pets.
Iseni, the young fishman of the Ouroboros hunting team, kept a small flying frog as a pet. Zheng Qing even saw it during the hunting competition last year.
I don’t know if he is dead now.
There is something wrong with the overlap between pets and delicious food. Lovely when alive, delicious after death. Koko.
"I just want some ordinary green-skinned frogs... Of course, yellow-skinned ones are also fine." Korma complained to several young wizards and pointed to an old fishman next to him: "But it takes snow clams. Come and trick me!”
Snow clam is a toad, mainly produced in Changbai Mountain and Xing'an Mountains. Its meat is delicious, and the whole frog can also be used as medicine. Toad oil is also a good product for treating deficiency diseases. Zheng Qing had eaten this kind of thing when he was a child.
"Isn't the snow clam a more precious species than the frog? How can it be considered a deception?" Zheng Qing asked casually with his mind in a mess.
"This young master knows his lesson!" The old fish man was overjoyed after unexpectedly receiving support, and immediately called Chongtianqu: "Those snow clams cost three silver cents and five coppers each when they were purchased. I will sell them to you. I only charge three silver corners and six copper coins... There is no one in the entire wizarding world who offers a more honest price than me!"
Korma rolled her eyes wide.
"I can obviously buy a frog that costs three coppers, so why should I buy a snow clam that costs three silver coins and one?" She shook her snow-white ponytail behind her head and curled her lips: "Don't treat me like one of those people who are on top of me and hide away all day long. Comparable to the great wizard who conducts experiments in the wizard's tower... When I was a child, I was from the North who broke into the Black Forest and caught the corpse-eating beetle!"
The two North District wizards following her suddenly puffed up their chests and looked proud. Zheng Qing felt that at that moment, their faces almost glowed.
"Can you think about it again?" The old fish man persisted: "I can lower the price by another half a copper... This is really not a business. If a beautiful girl uses magic, she will hold a An ugly green-skinned frog, that’s how ugly it is, the snow clam is the frog they should carry.”
"If it's not business, you can give me these snow clams."
"Although it's not a business, there's no reason for me to lose money!"
"The sincerity is still not enough!" The witch finally came to this conclusion and refused to give in at all.
The old fish man sighed, shook his head and walked away.
"I can't quite understand...what does it want to do?" Zheng Qing asked, staring at the old fish man's leaving figure.
Colma didn't answer.
The one who answered him was Dr. Xiao Da, the think tank of the Exoneration Hunting Team: "The fish people want to make good friends with the new great wizards and find allies for the tribe, but they are timid. They are too ambitious, and they are worried that the Wizards Alliance will not be happy... A group of imprisoned magical creatures, the great wizard of the alliance, do you have any ideas? "
"But the handwriting is too small, and it seems too fussy and petty." Zheng Qing also came back to his senses and nodded: "Just like the old fish man just now."
At this point, he shook his head.
"It's really difficult for fishmen to grasp the subtle differences between being a philistine and being smart." The wizard thought of the small brains of fish and sighed: "They can obviously live a little easier."
"No one wants to be kept in captivity like pigs... An overly easy life is not a good thing for fish people. In this kind of thing, you don't need to worry about them at all." Korma sent her two followers to find new ones. After hearing the conversation between the wizards, he jumped in and added: "The fragility and strength of a race are beyond imagination. Sometimes, a single word can cause a race to collapse. But sometimes, a race can Persevere through the long years of darkness and despair.”
The last sentence sounded familiar to Zheng Qing. He remembered that Maupassant had said something similar.
But right now, he has no more thoughts to recall the books he read when he was a child.
Because Senior Sister Kolma walked carelessly between him and Jiang Yu, putting one hand on his shoulder and the other on Jiang Yu's shoulder, hugging him tightly.
Summer robes are very thin, and Zheng Qing can clearly feel the coolness and richness under the two layers of fabric.
His whole body became a little stiff.
Jiang Yu seemed a little surprised, and her walking pace became awkward.
Xiao Xiao was speechless, holding his head in his hands, looking up at the sky, kicking and stomping, and followed the three of them boredly.
Colma-senpai seemed completely unaware of the discomfort among the witches and wizards on the left and right.
She seemed extremely relaxed. Because she didn't have a follower, she had less worries about speaking:
"Actually, I would say that using toads as sacrifices is not bad, and the price is cheaper. But everyone says that it lacks a sense of mystery and makes the wizards in the North District look ugly."
"...Many times, you have to learn to compromise. Choose between useless and not that useful. I already regret why I didn't use rabbits as sacrifices."
"Because rabbits are one of the protected species stipulated in the Wizarding Code," the wizard replied weakly, "It is a crime to kill rabbits at will."
Korma laughed and patted the wizard hard on the shoulder.
"You are much more honest than you look!" she commented.
The wizard objected to this assessment.
So he changed the topic:
"I heard people say that the newly promoted great wizard needs to be careful to stabilize his realm and condense his true body. Is it really okay for you to wander outside so casually now?"
What if you are attacked by a dark wizard? He added in his mind.
"This is a prosthetic body." Korma said, strangled Zheng Qing's head hard towards her, and teased: "Can't you tell the difference between real and fake?"
Although the feeling of fullness was stronger, for some reason, Zheng Qing breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The originally stiff body also relaxed a lot.
Only then did he realize that he did not feel the 'power of the great wizard' that he had seen that night from Senior Sister Kolma today.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but he keenly felt that Jiang Yu, who was 'next door', also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Without this pressure, the rest of the visit became very enjoyable.
Compared with Sijifang, Quankelai's Wei market is much smaller - even smaller than Hui Ziji.
The three of them walked around the entire Wei City and met many familiar people.
For example, Professor Li from the Potions class, Uncle Stendhal from the school working committee, Mrs. Bella from the school hospital, and the neighbor across from D&K, the owner of the Wandering Bar.
Besides that, there are other students.
Such as Soprano.
Zheng Qing bets that Serprano must have come to discuss smuggling and illegal transactions with the fish people.
Because this was one of the few opportunities to chat openly with the fish-men tribe - Serprano has almost been confirmed as the next Augustus of the Blood Friends, and there are obviously many more wizards around him.
What surprised Zheng Qing more was Zhang Jixin, who appeared with his brother.
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