At this time, Chen Mu had just joined a trading fleet, and the other party was preparing to return to the "East China Sea", purchasing a lot of merfolk specialties nearby, and temporarily recruiting a group of human guards and crews.

In the western part of the "Golden Sea", there are a large number of human adventurers, most of whom have come to make a fortune, and a small number of them have stayed here for other reasons.

For example, when some fleets are shipwrecked, the surviving crew members naturally stay here, waiting for the opportunity to be recruited again.

The fleet that successfully arrived here also had a lot of attrition, there were always some accidents along the way, and some casualties among the crew and escorts were normal, which needed to be replenished before returning home.

The merfolk do not allow their own people to go out to work, not even to leave the "Golden Sea".

Of course, scarcity is expensive, and there are always some bold human slave hunters who try to capture the merfolk and sell them back to the human world, and the profits are frighteningly high.

Especially the women of the mermaid clan, which is a famous "mermaid", as long as you can catch one and sell it back, it will make a lot of money.

With such a high profit, naturally many people are willing to take risks, even if the mermaid clan's attack on this kind of thing is terrifyingly high, but if it is caught, it is not a killing without mercy, but a variety of horrific tortures in turn, so that your life is worse than death, or public execution, in order to deter others.

Don't think that the mermaid clan is so beautiful, there will be no terrible punishment, that's all.

No matter how kind the merfolk are, after all, it is also an intelligent race that has existed for countless years, and they can survive strongly for so many years in the gap between the merfolk and humans, and they have not been wiped out, so they naturally have their means.

At least when it comes to punishment, the merfolk are "artists", and many of their methods are inferior to even humans, and they can bring an unparalleled horror experience to the tortured.

It is also in this way that the arrogance of human slave hunters has been curbed, at least it has not spread, although there are always so many stunned young people who are not afraid of death every year to join this high-risk profession, but in general, human slave hunters are not active in the "golden sea".

These bold outlaws are not so stupid, at least they will not blatantly attack the borders of the merfolk clan.

You must know that on the border line, the military strength of the mermaid clan is still in place, there are several lines of defense, and there are almost no ordinary mermaid clans, basically they are all military fortresses, and the activities are all professional soldiers.

Considering the pertinence of human beings, most of the warriors in the outermost line of defense are mermaid men, and generally only the commanders are women, and they are all veterans of a hundred battles.

These merfolk border guards never act alone, and the smallest patrol team is at least 30 people.

For example, the patrol team of only a few people that Chen Mu encountered in the northern sea area before did not exist in the western sea area.

This is also something that can't be helped, the mermaid clan has also learned a lesson in blood and tears, but it's not that the humans of the "Doom Corner" are less daring than the "East China Sea".

If you really want to talk about the degree of outlaws, it is of course the "Doom Corner" side has the advantage, where there are generally smugglers and outlaws, and there are many bold.

However, there are very few human slave hunters in the northern seas, mainly due to two reasons, one is the geographical environment and the other is the human factor.

Geographically, the northern seas border the Cape of Doom is very small, and the Skeleton Coast is affected, so the shipping options are extremely limited.

In this way, the merfolk only need a small amount of military strength to firmly hold the entrance and exit of this sea area.

As for the "Doom Corner", although the fish and dragons are mixed, the main source of income is still the trade with the "Golden Sea".

It doesn't matter if it's smuggling or not, even if it's smuggling, it's all meat rotting in the pot, and if the merfolk completely close the channel, then everyone will have no money to make.

In fact, the merfolk have really done such things, and there have been several times in history when the channel has been completely closed.

To be honest, although the mermaid clan is also more interested in trade with the "Doom Horn", after all, there are a lot of scarce resources here, such as a lot of goods flowing from the demon clan, which cannot be obtained elsewhere.

But if we talk about the overall trade volume, then the trade transactions on the "Doom Corner" side will definitely not be comparable to the "East China Sea" side.

If the total trade volume between the mermaid clan and the "East China Sea" is one hundred, then the "Doom Horn" side is likely to be less than ten, and if you count the source of goods on the demon clan's side is not very stable, then this trade volume will have to be discounted by a big discount.

Therefore, for the merfolk clan, even if the trade in the north is completely abandoned, it will not be unacceptable, and there will definitely be losses, but not to the extent of shaking the foundation.

However, for the "Doom Corner" side, if the connection with the "Golden Sea" is lost, then the fun will be great, and it will basically be completely finished.

It is also easy to understand that as the "Doom Corner", its biggest advantage is that it is an outlet to the sea, and it is the only outlet to the sea in the north.

If this outlet to the sea wants to show value, then it must be traded by sea, but they can't trade with the vicious fish-people, right?

Of course, businessmen don't care who they trade with, as long as the profit is high enough, even if the trading partner is a demon, they dare to do it.

The problem is that even if they want to do business with the Fish-Folk Clan, the Merfolk are not happy at all, according to the jokes of the merchants, these "Fishheads" are really big fools and violent maniacs who can't do business at all.

In fact, the Fish-People never seem to have made a deal with any foreign race, and there is no such thing as long-distance friendship and close attack, vertical and horizontal cooperation, for them, there is no such thing.

Therefore, the maritime trade of the "Doom Corner" is only the "Golden Sea", not to mention that after transiting here, they can still connect with the "East China Sea", and a little farther away, they can also trade with the "Business Alliance".

With such a glittering maritime trade route, it is impossible for the "Doom Horn" to give up, but the gate of this road is held in the hands of the merfolk clan.

Considering the natural advantages of the merfolk in fighting in the sea, as well as the comparison of the overall strength of the two sides, even if the "Doom Horn" side wants to be tough, the chances of victory are slim.

Historically, they really tried once, sending a combined fleet to try to forcibly open the northern defense line of the "Golden Sea", but the result was that the whole army was wiped out, and it was so miserable that it could not be done, which directly led to the reshuffle of several major forces at the time of the "Doom Corner".

In the end, the "Doom Corner" had no choice but to negotiate with the merfolk and agreed to a series of conditions, the most important of which was to spare no effort to crack down on the human slave hunters who captured the merfolk clan.