Li Aili summoned the 'messenger bird'.
Under the influence of the giantification potion, Li Aili was unable to write letters and could only dictate their contents:
"Dear brother-in-law, I urgently need to purchase a batch of high-quality apples. Just in case, could you please give me a few baskets of each variety? I need them urgently, thank you!"
Your older sister, Li Aili.
For the giant version of Ellie, the almost invisible blue 'messenger bird' recorded her words and immediately flapped its wings to deliver the message.
Dyson was completely confused and anxious, his head bubbling with impatience.
Can this little girl really solve my current problem?
Maguire's order can't be delayed. If she lies to me, we won't have money for water this month!
Li Aili immediately understood that if she wanted this cloud giant to believe her, she had to expose the tricks of the major supplier, Maguire.
So she asked, "Is Maguire the middleman supplier?"
First, he buys the crops you grow from you, and then resells them to various floating islands, right?
Dyson, puzzled, replied, "That's right."
Li Aili: "Secondly, the arcanists on the floating islands only eat crops grown by the cloud giants, right?"
Dyson nodded. "Indeed."
Li Aili looked at him and asked, "Why does Maguire only bully your family out of so many cloud giants?"
Dyson averted his gaze furtively. "For some reason... our family's seeds can grow into enormous crops..."
"Although other cloud giants also cultivate some crops, they have also bought seeds from my family."
"But we just can't grow crops as big as the ones in my yard."
"Over time..."
Li Aili suspected that the gigantic crops were likely related to the magical plant here.
"In short, with so many cloud giants like you, if Maguire offends everyone..."
"Then you two team up and beat him up. Even if he hires a ton of fire giants as bodyguards, he won't be able to withstand a single attack, right?"
Dyson: "..."
No, they were overjoyed to see Maguire bullying my family...
Li Aili bent down to pick up the corn stalk that Dyson had pulled out. She tore off the leaves that were in the way and started drawing and writing directly on the clouds below her feet, 'lecturing' the bewildered cloud giant.
She drew a huge, simple sketch of an corn cob.
"This is the corn you planted."
Then, she drew a cat's head with triangular eyes on the ground, saying, "This is the middleman."
Finally, she spent a bag of gold coins. "This is the buyer, a rich arcane mage from the floating island."
Li Aili looked up and asked, "If Maguire harvests this cornfield you planted, how many gold coins will he give you?"
Dyson honestly pointed to the reservoir on the ground, "Each time we trade, the price is 500,000 gold coins for each reservoir filled with crops."
Li Aili: "..." This can't even be considered robbery.
She looked at Dyson with a complicated expression, as if she were looking at a very innocent and pure... big fool.
"Can you tell me when this price started?" Li Aili asked.
Dyson still didn't realize the problem and honestly replied, "This price has been the price since the first deal my great-great-great-grandfather made with Maguire's great-great-great-great-great-grandfather."
Li Aili: "..."
She took a deep breath, recalling the magnificent golden floating city and contrasting it with the cloud giant's simple hut...
Good heavens, has she stumbled upon a sweatshop?
Dyson was still trying to console himself, "Oh well, the crops aren't selling for much. But it's still better than the ground."
A loaf of bread that could feed one person only costs one copper coin.
"If I can fill this reservoir, I can sell it for 1 million gold coins, which is much better than the land."
Li Aili: "..."
Li Aili smiled, "Sir, don't you consider the costs? The cost of watering, the labor costs, the land—no, the cloud land costs…aren't these included in your costs?"
Dyson: "..."
Li Aili continued her 'output', "Indeed, a piece of black bread on the ground costs one copper coin, but one ear of corn of yours could feed the entire floating city, right?"
"Can this pricing be compared?"
Dyson: "…………"
Finally, the fatal blow came when Li Aili asked seriously, without any sarcasm, "People will die if they don't eat."
So, who really can't live without whom?
Dyson's brain was practically steaming.
Before those words even landed, a portal appeared in the clouds.
The elves of Tankar emerged from the portal, carrying cartloads of apples.
The leading elf was none other than Fisheranaki's CEO.
The elves poured bottles of growth potion onto the apples, and the apples grew wildly larger, like inflated balloons.
The executor, whose hairline was receding day by day, immediately tore off a teleportation scroll and led the elves away.
Dyson watched as a huge pile of apples suddenly 'emerged' at his feet.
In the blink of an eye, it turned into a huge pile, burying everyone's calves.
Li Aili casually picked up a big, red apple and handed it to the dumbfounded Dyson, "Try it, how does it compare to the ones you grow?"
Dyson took the apple and snapped off half of it.
The sweet juice of the apple burst in his mouth, and Dyson's eyes widened; he was completely captivated by the delicious apple grown by the elves.
"This?! This!?"
It tastes much better than what I grow!
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