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Zhu Zhiyong pressed down two of the other person's ten outstretched fingers, expecting some haggling. Unexpectedly, the other person's expression suddenly turned very surprised, and then suddenly hugged Zhu Zhiyong tightly, giving him a thumbs up.

Anyone could see that the other party was very satisfied with the price.

"Damn it, I'm the one who got the short end of the stick."

Seeing the other party's expression, Zhu Zhiyong realized he had been taken advantage of for exchanging one person for eight obsolete iron swords. However, he had already made the offer and there was no way to back out now.

The chief brought all the tribe’s prisoners to Zhu Zhiyong. The two checked the numbers and found there were 280 people in total.

Just as they were about to send someone to unload the weapons from the ship, they saw the leader directly selecting from the samples in the box.

"What do you mean?"

This scene truly baffled Zhu Zhiyong.

"My lord, my lord."

"Who called me?"

A strange voice rang out. Zhu Zhiyong looked around and saw a Black Toothed Man among the prisoners who was speaking the language of the Great Dragon Kingdom.

"Oh, interesting. He can speak the language of the Great Dragon. Bring that person over here."

"Yes."

The accompanying men forced the man who could speak the Dalong language to stand in front of Zhu Zhiyong.

"How come you can speak the language of the Great Dragon?"

"My lord, I used to be a servant to a merchant from the Great Dragon Kingdom, and he taught me the language of the Great Dragon Kingdom."

"What! When did this happen?"

Zhu Zhiyong was shocked because someone had actually dealt with the Black Teeth Kingdom even earlier than him.

"It was around last year."

"Where is that great dragon merchant?"

"I don't know, he hasn't been to Black Tooth Kingdom for a long time."

A year ago, back when the maritime trade was just beginning, everyone followed Zhou Wu to the Moon Kingdom. It seems there were still adventurers who dared to take on challenges and explore on their own.

"Since you can speak the language of the Great Dragons, I will pardon you. You will now be the translator for my fleet."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

"What does he mean?"

An Yi had been standing nearby and had witnessed the entire exchange between the two, so he naturally knew what was going on.

"My lord, he meant to exchange ten people for one iron sword, but you bargained down to eight people for one iron sword. Your initiative to lower the price made him feel that you are different from other merchants, and he is willing to be friends with you."

"what!"

Damn it, I can't believe how happy the other party was when we were negotiating the price. Turns out I got it all wrong.

This really gave Zhu Zhi a fright. He had made several trade trips and thought he had learned the essentials, but it turned out he was still too inexperienced.

"Don't let this get out, or I'll kill you."

"Yes, yes, sir, don't worry, I don't know anything."

The translator was so frightened that large beads of sweat poured out.

“Tell him I need a lot of prisoners, as many as I can get, I’ll give him that number.”

"It's an adult."

The translator turned around and started talking to the other person, but the other person kept shaking his head and waving his hands. Zhu Zhiyong knew what the other person meant without the translator translating.

Why did he disagree?

"Sir, it's not that he disagrees, but that he can't do it. He says they can't capture many prisoners."

"Is he stupid? I didn't ask him to catch them. Tell him I'll trade eight people for one sword, and he can claim it's ten people for one sword. That way he'll make a profit."

"Okay sir."

The two chattered on for a while, but the leader seemed to understand, his face showing obvious excitement as he nodded repeatedly.

"My lord, he said it's possible, but it will take time because Black Teeth Kingdom is all islands and transportation is inconvenient."

Tell him that I can wait, but as soon as possible.

"Yes."

Having a translator made things much easier. I thought it would take a lot of effort, but I ended up finding a middleman directly.

Now that he no longer needs to worry about the prisoners, Zhu Zhiyong can simply wait.

Fortunately, this small island is home to only one tribe, so safety is not an issue. During the day, when there's nothing to do, they can wander around.

If I squeeze in the fleet I brought this time, I should be able to bring back three or four thousand people without any problem.

When Zhou Wu left, he said that these foreign slaves were mainly brought back to grow fruit, so men, women, and children could all be taken in, and there was no need to be picky.

With the tribe spreading the word, the news that prisoners could be exchanged for iron weapons quickly spread throughout the entire Black Tooth Kingdom.

Any tribe that possesses iron tools would treasure them dearly. Captives are nothing more than livestock in their eyes, yet some fool would be willing to exchange iron tools for captives.

Such good fortune is rare. The tribe with prisoners immediately contacted the island tribe where Zhu Zhiyong was located. In just three days, they gained three thousand prisoners, and all Zhu Zhiyong had to give up were a few hundred inferior iron swords discarded by the Great Dragon.

"Translate it."

"Hey~ you're here, sir."

The translator has now fully adapted to his profession, bowing and scraping before the people of Dalong, but becoming arrogant and haughty when facing the people of Heichi.

“Tell them I’ll take these slaves back first, then come back. Let them take as many prisoners as they can. Besides iron swords, I have other iron weapons, spears, shields, and iron knives. As long as there are prisoners, it’s all negotiable. You just stay here for now and wait for me to come back.”

"Yes, yes, yes, sir, rest assured, I will definitely take care of it for you."

"The more slaves you have, the greater your merit will be, and you will certainly receive your share of the benefits."

"Yes, yes, I will certainly take care of it."

Upon hearing this, the translator's eyes immediately lit up, and he was already thinking about how to get more prisoners for his master.

. . . . . . .

It was the third day after the Great Dragon Man left the Black Tooth Kingdom.

"How come there are so few prisoners?"

Looking at the hundreds of prisoners in front of him, the translator's high spirits from the previous days seemed to have been extinguished by a bucket of water; now the number of prisoners was decreasing day by day.

The translator couldn't help but feel annoyed, remembering the boast he had made in front of the adults.

"Hmph, no way, no one can stop me from joining the Great Dragon. I never want to live that life that was worse than that of a pig or a dog again."

Look at the carefree life we ​​have now, with all the food and drink we have. The adults even rewarded me with a dragon costume, and after putting it on, I even thought I could become a dragon.

However, the thought of failing to complete the tasks assigned by the adults and possibly returning to his former life as a slave sent a chill down the translator's spine.

His eyes darted around, as if he had thought of something, but he hesitated and struggled for some reason. Finally, he hardened his heart and the translator summoned the tribal chief.

"My lord translator, what are your orders?"

The reason why the tribe respected the translator, who was also from the Black Teeth Kingdom, was entirely because of the Great Dragon People behind him. Although the Black Teeth Kingdom had never directly competed with the Great Dragon People in physical combat, this did not prevent the Black Teeth Kingdom people from judging the strength of the other party from the equipment of Zhu Zhiyong's sailors and the huge ships on which they sailed.