Chapter 19: Trade and Exploration

"I'm sorry, I might be going to disappoint you, we probably can't afford these goods."

After reading the goods, the village chief basically believed Zhang Yun's words.

After all, ordinary pirates can just rob them directly after they come, and there is no need to take out such a precious thing to coax them.

This kind of thankless thing is not something pirates will do.

"It's okay, buying and selling is not benevolent, not to mention, we still want to consult some information."

"I'm afraid this will also disappoint you, our location on Ba Teslila Island is also relatively remote, and the news birds rarely come to patronize, usually everyone is self-sufficient, and rarely get news from the outside."

"So, do you have any recent newspapers?" Zhang Yun retreated and said: "To be honest, our country doesn't even have an outside newspaper, and the most recent one was five years ago. ”

He said, obviously in the four seas area, but they didn't even meet the news bird along the way, and it's biased enough!

But if this place wasn't remote enough, Roger wouldn't be able to live in seclusion here.

That's right, the island of Bamoslila is Roger's relationship with Portcas. The place where D. Rujiu lives in seclusion, this is also where Ace was born.

If this was the time, they might have met the legendary One Piece, but if not, then there would be no value here.

However, as long as they can determine the current time period, then they will have a reward.

At least now he knew, this was the South China Sea.

"Newspaper," said the old man, ...... thought for a moment, "it seems that I received one a few months ago, and I can give it to you if you need it." ”

"Please."

The old man nodded, and then said, "Come with me, since you are a guest, you don't need to be so vigilant." ”

When the villagers heard this, many of them also dispersed and continued to do their work.

However, there were still a dozen or so people left behind the village chief, and judging by the weapons in their hands, it seemed that they should be the town's own security team.

In the subsequent chat, Zhang Yun also learned a lot of information, and couldn't help but sigh that this place is really remote enough.

The nearest island to them had to sail for twenty days to reach, so they didn't usually have many outsiders here, and even pirates rarely visited.

The last pirate invasion was four years ago.

The pirate invasion cost them a lot, so a guard was formed.

However, their security team has not participated in battles since its establishment, and its usual work is to deal with some trivial neighborhood matters.

It can only be said that talking is better than nothing!

The old man did not take them to his house, but took them to the only tavern in the village, and then asked the owner for a newspaper.

Although the old man is the mayor of the town, he is usually the most well-informed and the most fond of buying newspapers, and the owner of this tavern.

There is not much information in the newspaper, most of which is some intelligence on the South China Sea, which is somewhat useful to Zhang Yun, but not much.

However, there was a piece of news that caught Zhang Yun's attention, "The Roger Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates fought for three days and three nights, and the victory or defeat was not decided!" ”

He remembered that according to the summary of netizens, not long after this battle, Roger and the others boarded Ralph Drew, right?

In other words, Roger should have become One Piece by now?

Even, there is a good chance that he is already on this island?

However, Zhang Yun did not directly ask Mayor Roger and Lu Jiu for information, and said quietly: "Mayor Joelf, can we buy and sell goods here?" ”

"Yes, yes, but we don't have any special products on our island, and your goods are too precious for us to buy."

"It doesn't matter, in addition to these things, we have other goods, such as sugar, salt, all kinds of seasonings, and children's toys."

"This ...... Well, I can lend you a place for you to trade. When the mayor heard this, he couldn't help but be moved.

Although they can't afford to buy jewelry and silk, they can afford these things that Zhang Yun said, and they happen to be things that they lack but need.

"Thank you, Mayor Mare, if it's convenient, I also hope we can go to the island to explore, the nobility of our country loves some rare animals and plants, and if we can find a few, we can also make a fortune.

Of course, in return, we can sell these things at a reasonably cheaper price. ”

"No problem, but you can't disturb the villagers."

Soon, the two discussed the deal.

Zhang Yun will sell some of their goods here at Liyue's market price, and in return, the mayor will lend them a house for free, giving them a place to trade.

At the same time, Zhang Yun can send up to five people to explore the island without disturbing the people, let alone harming the villagers.

After the two sides signed the contract, Zhang Yun said casually: "The contract is completed, and those who break their promises should be punished by eating rocks!" ”

Well, after spending some time in Liyue, he's used to saying that.

"What does that mean?" The mayor asked, confused.

"Hahaha, we have a common saying there, which means that whoever violates the contract, as a punishment, will eat a huge rock, so everyone consciously abides by the contract and does not dare to break it easily."

"I see, I hope you will be able to keep the contract." The mayor looked at them meaningfully and said.

Zhang Yun also knew that it would be impossible for the mayor of the town to fully trust them because of this, and would even send someone to spy on them, but this was normal, if the other party completely trusted them, Zhang Yun would suspect that they had bad intentions.

Trust between people needs to be built slowly! That's enough for now.

After the contract was reached, Zhang Yun and the others immediately took action.

After tasting a otherworldly lunch in the tavern, I brought some food to Kazuha and them, and then returned to the ship and began to carry the goods.

For the next two or three days, things went well.

In terms of trade, they sold a lot of goods, and a small part of Bailey's earned was used to buy some food, and most of the rest was saved.

Although this thing is useless in Liyue, it can be used on other islands in the future, and it is a big deal to exchange it for other goods or gold and silver treasures before leaving the One Piece world.

On the other side, Zhang Yun, Beidou, Wanye and Xiangling explored the island together.

Although Xiangling was a little disappointed that they didn't find any rare animals and plants, they didn't have the purpose of doing that.

"It's almost certain that Lu Jiu should live in the house over there." Zhang Yun pointed to a small wooden house on the edge of the cliff behind the island and said.