At the port of Clover Island, Captain Gulachi's merchant ship was finally about to dock, but Captain Gulachi suddenly became nervous.
"Captain Gulachi, what's wrong?" Hearing that Captain Gulachi wanted to see Ryuen before docking, Ryuen came to the cabin and saw Captain Gulachi looking worried, which seemed strange.
"Ryuen, the promotion idea you mentioned before... it should be fine, right?" Captain Gulachi asked Ryuen, as if wanting to confirm one last time.
"Huh?"
"Captain Gulachi, what do you mean?" Ryuen was puzzled. Why suddenly talk about promotion?
"It's just... well, let me tell you directly..." Captain Gulachi then started to explain his six-month-long clever move to Ryuen.
It turned out that six months ago, the villagers of Cocoyasi Village were troubled by not being able to sell their oranges at a good price. At that time, Ryuen casually mentioned the concept of promotion to them.
Simply put, it was about using the nobles' admiration for the Celestial Dragons to package Cocoyasi Village's oranges as a fruit even loved by the Celestial Dragons. Once this news spread, the nobles would definitely rush to buy the oranges from Cocoyasi Village!
At that time, no one took Ryuen's words seriously, except for Captain Gulachi, who secretly promoted it in the noble society of the distant Clover Island for six months!
After hearing Captain Gulachi's story, Ryuen was stunned. Wow, truly impressive, no wonder he's the best merchant in Cocoyasi Village!
"Captain Gulachi, you mean you've been promoting our oranges in the high society here for six months?" Ryuen asked Captain Gulachi to confirm.
"That's right!"
"Ryuen, you don't know, ever since the nobles heard this news, they've been asking everywhere where they can buy these oranges!"
"The noble I worked with kept urging me to bring the oranges over, but I was worried about involving the Celestial Dragons, so I didn't dare to act rashly. This time, the offer was too good to miss!" Captain Gulachi said excitedly.
Ryuen didn't expect Captain Gulachi to actually pull it off, no wonder the purchase price of oranges was so much higher this time.
"Then there's no problem, Captain Gulachi. But for such transactions, you must be careful.
Since it involves the Celestial Dragons, there might be investigations. But as long as you don't show up, in a remote place like East Blue, even if someone investigates, it won't be a big problem." Ryuen said casually.
"I thought so too, so I never showed up, and all the promotion here was done by the noble I worked with!
I didn't even say the oranges were from Cocoyasi Village, I just said they were from an unknown small island." Gulachi said with a sly tone.
"Then there's no problem, Captain Gulachi, go ahead and sell!" Ryuen said confidently.
With this move, Captain Gulachi might even make their oranges a tribute to the Celestial Dragons in the future. After all, the Celestial Dragons love their reputation. And with Ryuen around, they wouldn't dare to act tough, just let them try!
Seeing Ryuen's confidence, Captain Gulachi was completely relieved.
The following matters didn't involve Ryuen, Nami, or Nojiko, and they wouldn't show up.
After negotiating with Captain Gulachi, the three kids put on masks that only revealed their mouths and disappeared from the port. Gulachi would stay on Clover Island for three days, and Ryuen and the others would return on time.
"Wow, it smells so good!"
"Nojiko, Ryuen, let's eat here~~"
"Don't rush! Nami, slow down~"
"Really good! So delicious~~"
After drifting at sea for several days, the three kids were starving and quickly found a place with delicious food to feast.
Anyway, they have plenty of Berries. The Black Cat Pirates just gave them millions!
The three kids finally stopped eating when their bellies were full.
"So full~~"
"Yeah, it would be great if Bellemere were here~"
"No way, she's the captain of the Cocoyasi Village guard now, she's busy~"
After eating and drinking their fill, the three kids walked slowly towards the mountains, chatting about their future plans.
It was still afternoon, and they planned to visit Shimotsuki Village Village.
Once they left the city, the surroundings changed immediately, becoming poor, dirty, and messy. But the three didn't care, it wasn't something they could change.
"Don't be afraid!"
"Little brat, don't run!"
"Stop! Give that bread back!"
Hearing these shouts, Ryuen and the others stopped and looked back. They saw seven or eight men who looked like thugs chasing a girl about their age, who was holding a big loaf of bread tightly.
"Ah!"
"Ugh~"
"My bread, don't take my bread!"
Suddenly, the girl tripped and fell, but she quickly got up to grab the bread, ignoring her scraped hands.
Someone was already eyeing the bread, looking greedy.
"Stupid girl, how dare you steal from our master!"
"Let's see how you run now!"
The seven or eight thugs surrounded the girl, grinning as they approached her.
"Hey!"
"It's just a loaf of bread! Why are you chasing her?" Nojiko stepped forward angrily. Ryuen and Nami also walked over, looking equally upset.
If they hadn't seen it, Ryuen wouldn't have cared, but since they did, he couldn't ignore it.
This little girl was so cute, she couldn't be taken by these bad guys!
"What's it to you?"
"We're from Master Kira's house, I advise you not to meddle!"
The thugs became wary when they saw Ryuen and the others, because the kids were wearing noble fabrics!
"Nojiko, Nami, take care of them~" Ryuen said firmly.
As soon as Ryuen finished speaking, Nojiko drew her sword! Nami rushed forward!
"Bang! Pow!"
"Take that! For bullying people!"
"Ah!!"
"Spare us!"
"We won't do it again! It was all Captain Beck's idea!"
In seconds, Nojiko and Nami had knocked all the thugs to the ground, who started crying in pain.
"Wow~~"
"So cool~~"
The pitiful girl saw this and her eyes lit up.
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