Chapter 99 Beaver, Witch and Shrimp Fishing Cooperation
When Lolisa returned with her men, she saw the Bone Lich squatting by the warehouse, chuckling eerily at a pile of metal. She couldn't help but slow down her pace, and the girl next to her tightly grasped her arm. "Is this skeleton okay?"
"It's okay!" Lolisa patted the back of her friend's hand soothingly. "Ayou is a very cute lich... although she does look a little strange sometimes~"
"Hey! Lolita!" Jiang You looked up at the two of them, his eyes sparkling with joy: "Come and take a look at this shrimp cage~"
Lolisa did as she was told and ran over in two steps. She squatted down next to the skeleton and said, "Wow, what great stuff! An Orichalcum steel skeleton and mithril filament mesh! This stuff is not cheap!"
"Hey, twenty shrimp cages for three gold coins! It's expensive, but how many pounds of shrimp can one cage catch? I can sell them all in one night!"
Ten pounds of crayfish is enough to buy two lobster traps. No matter how you calculate it, this deal is a win! Although the dwarf's price is high, the goods are excellent. The time and energy saved is enough for her to stock more goods, negotiate more deals, and make more money!
If you want to do business, you have to learn how to invest. You should be frugal when you should be, and not save a penny when you shouldn’t be.
"This shrimp cage comes at the right time, Lolisa. Are you ready to start a crayfish business with me?" Jiangyou asked with a smile.
"We're ready!" Lolisa said enthusiastically. She pulled her shy little friend over and said, "This is Meili, Aunt Jasmine's daughter. She's just started learning how to be a good cook! If you ask me, her cooking is even better than Aunt Jasmine's!"
"Oh, that's great." Jiang You smiled happily, "As long as you have the right sauce, crayfish will taste delicious no matter how you cook it! Don't worry, as long as you study hard, I will definitely teach you in the next few days!"
Meili was a bit reserved and gentle, and she nodded shyly. The three of them sat down in front of the stall and quickly agreed on the cooperation matters.
Jiang You will not stay in the Witch's Forest for long. Her base is in the brewing workshop in the west city of Eston. Due to the poor transportation environment of this era, the crayfish business can only be done in the Witch's Forest, a tourist attraction.
The 'Midsummer Carnival' is held once a year, but the market after the Red Devil's Month is held every month.
Small night and morning markets are still held, as customers from surrounding towns, including the Spider Spirit, need to make their daily purchases. While weekdays won't see as many tourists or be as lively as during festivals, the marinade packets and crayfish are sure to sell.
Jiang You naturally wouldn't make a big trip every month just for such a small number of customers. No, no, once her brewing workshop is on track, she won't have enough time to take care of her own shop's business!
Crayfish are a summer staple, and there's no telling how long the lake's shrimp can survive if they're being eaten like this. Jiangyou had originally planned to make a quick buck and then sell the entire lobster stall to the witches. But since the little witch, Lolisa, is a natural business prodigy, speaks Beaver, and, judging by their interactions over the past few days, seems down-to-earth, Jiangyou didn't mind making a little more steady income.
The former requires less worry and can guarantee a return on investment; although the latter requires a little more worry, as long as there is a reliable partner, the profit will only be more, not less.
Jiang You patted the expensive custom-made shrimp cages and said, "With these, even beavers can catch crayfish. Let's go to the beaver dam and try it out!"
She went to Uncle Wolf again and spent a few nickels to buy a bunch of offal scraps. This time she didn't ask for claws, but specifically asked for some bloody organs - using these as shrimp bait would definitely be able to easily lure the carnivorous lobsters.
Lolisa and Meili diligently helped Jiangyou load the folding shrimp cages and several large buckets of shrimp bait and offal onto the beaver raft. The white skeleton propped up the bamboo pole, his eyes dancing with joy: "Let's go!"
This time the raft was going upstream. As the saying goes, if you don't move forward, you will move backward. The power for the raft was provided entirely by the bamboo poles, which took much more effort than going directly downstream.
Fortunately, the waterway did not have much elevation difference and the water flow was very gentle. With the help of Lolisa's weight-reducing magic, the two people and one skeleton only spent a little more time and effort and still successfully reached the beaver dam.
The beavers had been looking forward to it for a long time. They stretched their necks, stood up straight and waited on the shore. When they saw them, they waved their little hats and handkerchiefs, as if it were some kind of large wedding reception.
Seeing this kind of situation for the first time, Meili opened her mouth in surprise, as if she had many questions but didn't know where to start. So she struggled for a moment, then closed her mouth tightly again.
Jiangyou jumped off the raft with a pile of shrimp pots in his arms. "Look what I brought you! Shrimp pots! With these, you can catch shrimp yourself!"
Lorisa smiled and helped translate, and the beavers were instantly overjoyed, chirping and whimpering. Every beaver's face was filled with joy, and they couldn't wait to gather around Jiangyou's bony claws, tilting their heads to watch her open the foldable shrimp trap, lift the lid, and hang a handful of offal inside.
After the shrimp bait was placed, the shrimp trap was tied to the vines and sunk into the water. Jiangyou tied the vines to a thick branch on the shore and called out to the witches and beavers, "Okay, everyone, come and try it!"
It turns out that the dwarven craftsman's craftsmanship is expensive for a reason. Every part of the lobster trap is so delicate and easy to use that even a beaver can easily open and close it with its tiny paws to release the lobster bait.
The mithril used to forge the lobster cage net possesses excellent magical conductivity. Like a lightning rod, it easily absorbs all magical elements. When the magic lobster's wind blades strike the mithril net, they are completely absorbed and directed toward the adjacent Orichalcum steel frame. Orichalcum steel, on the other hand, possesses a magical defense property that negates magic. All wind elements guided by the mithril net are transformed into harmless air the moment they strike the Orichalcum steel.
Both precious metals were incredibly tough, utterly impervious to the claws of the magic lobsters. Once the magic lobsters were inside the lobster cages, they were invulnerable to the beavers and witches. Even if the beavers and witches lacked Takuyu's lobster-catching agility, they could still safely lower and retrieve the cages, never having to worry about being attacked while catching lobster.
The magic crayfish is a greedy and brainless monster. Even though many of its companions have been captured, they are still attracted by the bloody internal organs and rush into the cage. It takes less than five minutes to harvest a full cage of shrimps!
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