Chapter 201 Wood: Who Said Pirates Can't Sell Fish!
Of course, Wood doesn't know whether the fishmen will be able to coexist harmoniously with humans more than ten years later.
After all, although he is a time traveler, he cannot know the future that has been changed.
He has said everything he needs to say, and has done everything he can. The fishmen helped him attack Judiciary Island, and he indirectly saved Princess Otohime's life.
In the second half of the Grand Route, on the route known as the New World, a medium-sized two-masted pirate ship was sailing on the calm sea.
"The royal family of Mermaid Island are too stingy, right? Where's the gratitude they promised? What's the use of giving us these junk things if you don't have something practical!"
Because they had a pleasant conversation with Wood, and because Wood had helped Mermaid Island a lot, Dragon Palace City also gave them a large number of farewell gifts when they left Mermaid Island.
And Wood, who had long heard about the numerous treasures in Dragon Palace City, immediately laughed from ear to ear when he heard that the other party was preparing to give gifts.
However, when Princess Otohime ordered many soldiers from Ryugu Castle to carry their thank-you gifts to Wood and his crew, Wood's smile froze on his face.
In the wealthy Dragon Palace City, the so-called thank you gift is not the gold and silver treasures that Wood imagined, but a boat full of various seafood...
According to Princess Otohime, these are all the specialties of their Mermaid Island, and many of them are even dream ingredients that the chef dreams of.
Looking at the cabin that was crowded with seafood, Wood showed a dead fish face. This so-called specialty was really different from what he imagined.
This is Mermaid Island, and the gift-giver belongs to the royal family who lives in Dragon Palace City. Shouldn’t the so-called specialty be fist-sized pearls or something like that?
Even if there is no treasure or anything, it is okay to give him two beautiful mermaids to serve as maids to make him look good, but giving him a boatload of seafood is nothing.
So what if it's fantasy ingredients? They're not great cooks.
The cooking skills of the entire pirate group, including Wood and Robin, can only ensure that the food is cooked.
As for Wood and Robin's cooking skills, they were still the two best cooks on their ship. Let alone the half-cooked food cooked by Ruth and the others, the point was that it was difficult for him to regard those things as "food".
"Originally, I wanted to give you some treasures as a token of my gratitude.
But Boss Tiger said that you are not ordinary pirates and may not be interested in treasures and other things, so this is a gift I decided on after careful consideration."
Recalling that when Princess Otohime said this with a smile on her face, Wood had the idea of killing Tiger on the spot.
The things given by a princess in a romantic family are so shabby, it’s all because of that guy Tiger!
Wood, whose heart was bleeding after listening to Princess Otohime's words, wanted to express that they were just low-level pirates and did not have the noble sentiments to regard money as dirt.
But it's a pity that the image he established before was too majestic. When Wood said this, Princess Otohime only thought that Wood was joking...
"Captain, which island are we going to next?"
After entering the new world, the original record pointer is different. The new record pointer can now select three islands as navigation targets after storing the magnetic force.
"Going to the most visited and prosperous island among the three islands, we must get rid of the seafood on hand as soon as possible, otherwise it will rot on the ship sooner or later!"
Princess Otohime gave a lot of specialties, but seafood cannot be stored for a long time. If Wood and the others can't finish it, they will just waste it and stink.
"Could it be that our goal in going to the next island is to sell seafood?
But we are pirates, not fishermen..."
Ruth was really stunned when he heard Wood's arrangements for the next trip. He always felt that since boarding Wood's pirate ship, not only had his life not gotten better, but now he was getting worse and worse.
When he was in the navy, although he was a minor figure, he was still a naval captain. However, since joining Wood, not to mention becoming a pirate, he even barely reached the stage of food and clothing some time ago.
As for what is even more outrageous now, they are a pirate group, but they actually want to sell seafood on crowded islands in order to make a living?
"Who stipulates that pirates can't sell seafood? And if you don't sell seafood, will you support me?
Didn’t Princess Otohime say that before? Many of the seafood in here are fantasy ingredients, and leaving them in our hands is a waste. What’s wrong with using them to replace them with Bailey?”
If conditions permit, Wood naturally doesn't want to sell seafood, but if his pirate group doesn't find some income now, let alone continue sailing, it is possible that they will starve to death in the new world.
Originally, Wood and his friends still had tens of millions of Baileys in their property, but all that money had been placed on Dark Pills.
The pirate ship was seized by Judiciary Island, and Bailey on board knew it all, and there was no way Spadam would let him go.
No, it should be said that even if Spadam did not touch those Baileys, those Baileys would have been destroyed along with Darkmaru under the bombardment of the World Government.
It's a good thing that Tom didn't charge a penny when he helped Wood and the others build the "Dark Maru II". Otherwise, they were a pirate group and now they wouldn't even have a ship to go to sea.
Since leaving Mermaid Island, they have been eating seafood these days, so now when they open their mouths, a strong fishy smell hits their face. Wood feels that it is necessary to find an island as soon as possible to get rid of the seafood, and then improve the food.
Facts have proved that pirates can also sell seafood, and despite the resistance on Ruth's and others' faces before.
But when they actually arrived on the island, started selling seafood at the market, and saw more Baileys buying than expected, it was so hard to drink.
Wood, a great swordsman, is now a fish-killing business, while Robin, an archaeologist, is now a bill collector...
The specialty seafood produced from the Mermaid Island, which is 10,000 meters deep in the sea, is more valuable than Wood and the others imagined. Among them, the so-called "dream ingredient" was sold for millions of Baileys per kilogram!
The good income also made Wood and the others feel sad because almost half of the boatload of seafood sent by Princess Otohime was thrown away by them.
Of course, the main reason is that they didn't know how expensive this thing could be sold before, otherwise they wouldn't waste it if they were to starve for a few more days. After all, it's all money!
The pirate's change of profession into a fisherman was very successful. Half the boatload of seafood was sold, and Wood and the others even made around 200 million beli!
This means that they almost wasted 200 million Baileys on the ship...
And facts have proven that they have a better future as fish sellers than as pirates.
After all, their pirate group had traveled all over the world in search of treasure, and in the end they only harvested less than 100 million beli.
Now I just sell fish and I can make 200 million beli!