The carriage drove forward for about ten minutes, and after climbing up a hill, an open space suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
Not only does it have a sightseeing platform and small shops, it also has a restaurant and a hotel!
Chaoyang couldn't help but think of the rest area next to the highway, where a sparrow stood out despite being small and well-equipped.
Moreover, there are quite a few tourists in this "rest area". At a glance, there are at least two to three hundred people. The places where the largest crowds gather are the photo area on the sightseeing platform and the other in front of the small shop.
"I understand why everyone would rather travel across the ocean to come here to see..." Chaoyang whispered.
If the sea of clouds in Huangshan Mountain makes people feel like they are in a fairyland, and walking in the mountains and forests is like walking with the clouds, then here is another kind of sea of clouds - a towering fog wall rises from the slope, dividing the hillside into two, the nearest place It is not even ten meters away from the rest area. Standing on the slope, it feels like standing at the end of the world. If you take another step forward, you will fall into the abyss.
At this time, the sense of pressure on the senses has reached its limit. As long as you look forward, no matter which direction you go, there are high gray walls, making people really feel how small they are. If such a strange scene were placed on the earth, it would definitely be a famous Internet celebrity. It is not uncommon for the number of tourists to increase hundreds of times in a check-in place.
"Let's go to the store and have a look." Judy suggested.
Chaoyang nodded. On the way over, he also saw a small group of people walking down the top of the mountain and testing back and forth on the edge of the fog wall.
"Dear tourists, although the fog is extremely scary, there is a treasure in this world that can dispel the fog and illuminate the way forward for you - that is the moonstone in my hand!"
The merchant in front of the counter was shouting hard, shaking a stone back and forth in his hand. To be honest, this thing didn't look good. It looked like an ordinary blue-black stone. It wasn't as bright and colorful as jewelry. It is not as smooth and round as jade.
At the same time, its price is quite high, one as big as your thumb is priced at ten thyres.
Despite this, there are still many people willing to pay.
After all, they have crossed the sea to the New World, so spending ten silver dollars is not a big deal to these people.
"If you want to go deep into the hinterland...then these things are necessary." Dane leaned forward and whispered, "Of course, I don't recommend you to buy the moonstone directly, but to buy the prepared spiritual lantern in the city. The price is much better that way.”
Of course Chaoyang would not buy it. He found an opportunity to walk to the counter and pretended to play with the moonstone sample on it. In the blink of an eye, he recreated a prototype in his mind.
"Everyone! Please don't buy moonstones!" Suddenly a loud voice burst out from the crowd, "Every stone on your hands is covered with blood!"
The noise at the scene suddenly dropped.
Everyone looked at each other in surprise and began to look for the source of the sound.
"What is she saying?"
"It's stained with blood... is it real or fake?"
Following everyone's gazes, Chaoyang also saw the speaker - a young woman with eye-catching long orange hair, with the ends of her hair styled into curls, a typical style of a rich kid. Although she is old She is not big, but her figure is quite impressive. Her height of nearly 1.7 meters stands out among women.
"Everything I say is true! These guys -" she pointed to the counter merchant, "They are looking for wild Tritons on the sea, because there are often a lot of blue corals near the islands where Tritons live, and these After the coral is dried and cracked, it becomes the moonstone! This was originally a business, but guess what this group of people did? They burned, killed and looted, fed the dead Tritons to fish, and sold the living ones. A slave!"
"The problem is, the Tritons know how to find blue coral reefs. Cooperation is obviously a better choice, so why do they let go and plunder? Because the only way is to trample the Tritons under their feet and confirm the reality that they are slaves. This gang of people
Only in this way can we easily monopolize the trade in raw materials, and we can also make another profit by trading slaves! They have been operating this process for almost two hundred years! What else can be stained on the stone if it is not stained with blood?"
Everyone was talking about it for a while.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the businessman quickly said, "Miss...have you made a mistake? I'm just buying souvenirs. How can I go out to sea to rob..."
"Yes, the one who robbed is called Schneck Weill Shipping Company, and you are a parasite who lives off the company. There is a difference between you, but not big!"
Seeing that he couldn't explain himself, the businessman turned his eyes and said, "Is it possible that the lady is sympathizing with the wild aliens? They are going to crossbreed with the fish people and the chapter monsters. Allowing them to move around at sea is equivalent to cultivating a group of pirates in disguise. You still want to fight with them?"
Can’t deal with it?”
"I'm not sympathizing with them!" the woman frowned, "but this group of people also has their own language and culture. At least they are much safer than the cultists. What's more, they can speed up the development of the New World and should reconsider their status! I object
What’s more, in order to ensure their monopoly interests, the shipping company did not hesitate to use bloodbath to sweep away the Triton Islands and limit the overall production of moonstones, all just so that the stone in your hands can be sold at a high price!”
"Then I would like to ask, Miss, in the new slavery law prevailing in the kingdom, which article stipulates that wild Tritons are not allowed to be regarded as slaves?" The businessman laughed, "I remember that this law was enacted to restrict the use of slaves, right?
?Since there is no mention of the Tritons, is your accusation of slave trading too frivolous? Besides, there are naturalized Tritons all over the mainland, and they have not even protested, so why should you worry about it?
"
As soon as these words came out, many voices of agreement immediately aroused.
"Yes, there is no problem in using wild species as slaves, right? There is a shortage of people overseas."
"I don't want to sympathize with the pirates!"
"Have you ever seen a Triton? What do they look like?"
"It seems a bit like a sea monster..."
Especially when it comes to appearance, many ladies make exaggerated low noises.
"Are the Tritons that weird?" Chaoyang recalled. Except for the ripe brown skin and patterns on his body, the appearance of the Triton he saw was no different from the humans in Glory Castle. If it weren't for the scars,
, can even be called beautiful.
"This is because the law lags behind..." the woman's voice was obviously lowered, "but for their own interests, the shipping company would rather slow down the progress of exploring the New World and put the safety of the kingdom at risk. This is undisputed
fact!"
"Miss, you are exaggerating." The businessman took advantage of the situation to pursue, "These Tritonians have filled an important vacancy in the mine. Without them, who would we find to dig for polycrystalline stones? You may not know that the conditions there are
How bad it is, ordinary people are definitely not willing to go there, and only slaves and criminals will be taken to that kind of place. And these ores are important raw materials for strange structures, and mining cannot stop for a day. Now everyone is enjoying it
Do you want to deny the convenience brought by strange structures?"
"I think he's right!" A noble gentleman immediately agreed.
"Yes, the kingdom's rapid development is inseparable from strange structures. I'm afraid this young lady doesn't understand which one is more important."
"Which girl is this?" Some people also began to discuss the woman's identity.
"I don't know. He looks well dressed, so he must be a nouveau riche, right? It's a pity that his debating skills are not very good."
The woman's eyes clearly turned cold as she stared at the businessman.
"Miss, forget it, forget it..." A middle-aged man dressed as a butler quickly stretched out his hand to stop her in front of her.
"Is this a street debate performance? This is the first time I've seen it." Judy said, still unfinished.
"What?" Chaoyang raised his eyebrows.
"Debate is when one party publicly explains his or her views to attract others to watch, thereby promoting his or her views and finding confidants." She explained, "Scholars in the Old World believe that the truth will only become clearer with more debates.
, so this kind of activity was often held in parks, streets and stations, and later it gradually spread among the nobles."
"Can this be spread?" Chaoyang was amazed. This is simply an activity exclusively for Sheniu. It seems that it is not easy to be an upper class person.
"Yes, and I bet that this matter will be published in the local newspaper. After all, street debates are rarely seen in the Brilliant Castle."
"In that case, I'll help her."
"Eh?"
Before Judy could react, Chaoyang had already raised his hand, "I have a different opinion!"