Chapter 405 Cooperation x Huge Profits
At the same time, in Ryugu Castle.
"Oh no!" The Left Minister shouted as he quickly moved into the palace hall.
Neptune crossed his arms and asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
"Don't be anxious!" Princess Otohime was also trying to calm the Left Minister's impatient mood.
"Someone...humans came to [Fish-man Island]...and said they want to cooperate with us!" The Left Minister said breathlessly, pointing in the direction of [Fish-man Island].
"How is it possible!" the right minister said in disbelief.
There is a conspiracy!
This was the Left Minister’s first thought after hearing the news.
In contrast, Otohime seemed very naive and optimistic. She couldn't wait to ask, "Really?"
The Right Minister nodded solemnly and reminded: "I don't know what they are planning. We need to remain vigilant."
"Then... let's go and take a look!" Otohime said impatiently.
Neptune, who had been silent all this time, spoke up at this moment, "Otohime, wait a moment!"
"As the Right Minister said, we don't know what their conspiracy is! We must make full preparations before meeting!" Neptune exhaled and said seriously.
To be honest, Neptune was very conflicted.
Fisher Tiger's death hit him hard.
Jinbei has told Neptune in detail the process of Tiger's death. Neptune regrets Tiger's insistence, but he respects his choice.
That is why he passed the law prohibiting the distribution of blood to humans.
Neptune also remained skeptical about the cooperation proposed by Spot and others.
Soon, a team of fully armed soldiers boarded the phoenix-tail carriage used exclusively by the royal family.
Although Otohime thought this was very rude, she finally agreed after Neptune's repeated insistence.
Otohime has the ability to see through people's minds, but her body is very weak. If something unexpected happens, then...
Thinking of this, Neptune shuddered. He and Otohime were deeply in love, otherwise he would not have indulged her again and again.
Ten minutes later, at the instruction of King Neptune, they entered [Fishman Island].
The first thing that caught my eye was a very familiar flag. In the center of the flag was a skull with a white crescent beard and a pirate hat.
Whitebeard Pirates!
As one of the Three Emperors Pirate Groups, it is extremely intimidating.
Pirates or other forces that land on Fishman Island will generally not cause trouble after seeing this flag.
At this moment, Spot understood the thoughts of the Fishman Island side.
It's nothing more than giving Sports a warning so that he won't have any bad thoughts.
Sport didn't care about this at all. He looked at the flag of the "Whitebeard Pirates" carefully with a calm look.
After a while, a sea beast came slowly, pulling a phoenix-tailed carriage.
Neptune was the first to disembark, followed by teams of fully armed and spirited soldiers, and then Princess Otohime and the ministers on her left and right.
"It's an honor to meet you, King Neptune!" Sport took two steps forward and bowed slightly to show respect.
"Hmm!" Neptune nodded, and then continued to look at Spot, and said thoughtfully: "I wonder what brings you here?"
Spot looked directly at Neptune and said frankly, "On behalf of the [Umbrella Group], I want to establish close trade cooperation with your country."
Hearing this, King Neptune tilted his head slightly and fixed his gaze on Otohime.
Seeing Otohime nod, Neptune knew that Spot was not lying.
"What can you bring us?" Neptune asked.
"Weapons, food, medicine...whatever you need, you can tell me and I will try my best to get it for you." Spot's expression remained unchanged and he still maintained a smile.
Neptune's heart was slightly moved.
Later, he asked again: "What do you need?"
"Pearls, gem corals, rare fish and underwater plants, underwater minerals..." Spot listed them one by one.
Neptune and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. If they hadn't heard what Spot said, they really wouldn't have known that there were so many things on [Fishman Island] that were desired by the people on the sea.
Neptune began to seriously consider the possibility of cooperation.
[Fishman Island] The population is about 500 million, and there is a great demand for basic living supplies, such as medicines, medical supplies, clothing, etc.
"The Umbrella Corporation is one of the top business organizations in Paradise. It might be a good idea to cooperate with it!" Neptune thought.
After weighing the pros and cons, Neptune said, "Okay!"
Hearing this, the corners of Sport's mouth rose up: "It's done!"
Of course, this is just a preliminary intention and the specific details still need to be discussed.
All beginnings are hard!
The subsequent details discussion will be much easier.
After the initial cooperation intention was confirmed, Sport, Val and others were invited to be guests on the Phoenix Tail Car.
In order to monopolize the trade with Fishman Island, the price offered by Sport was much higher than that of other merchants.
Neptune was of course very happy and clapped his hands in approval.
[Fishman Island] is not a closed country. Every once in a while, there will be fearless merchants coming here to trade.
When the profit reaches 10%, some people begin to get ready; when the profit reaches 50%, some people dare to take risks; when the profit reaches 100%, they dare to trample on all human laws; and when the profit reaches 300%, they are not even afraid of going to the gallows.
The profit from a trip to [Fishman Island] is more than 300%.
Although Sprott gave up a lot of profits, it can still maintain a profit of nearly 500%, which does not include the freight to Deep Blue Route.
With such huge profits, the risks of traveling to Fishman Island can be imagined.
However, this is nothing to the [Transport Bug].
If there is [Sea King Worm] to escort it, the danger can be reduced to a minimum.
Seeing that Spot showed such great sincerity, Neptune and others were very happy.
The atmosphere on the scene gradually became harmonious.
After discussion, Spot decided to open a branch not far from the [Fish-Man Island] Immigration Office, and leave two or three insect people to be stationed on [Fish-Man Island] to be responsible for purchasing and sales.
About every half a month, the [Umbrella Group] would hire a 10,000-ton-class [Transport Bug] to deliver a batch of things that the [Dragon Palace Kingdom] needed, and to bring back the goods purchased by the branch.
Both parties were very happy after reaching the formal cooperation.
"This gentleman is also a merman, right?" Princess Otohime looked at Val standing behind Sport and asked with a smile.
"Yes! I am a whale shark, but I was not born on Fishman Island and I don't know who my parents are." Val smiled gently.
Something happened that surprised Sport and Val.
After listening to Val's self-introduction, Otohime said with tears in her eyes: "Thank you for your hard work... kid!"
This made Sport and Val look at each other in bewilderment.
What was even more unbelievable to them was that they and the others felt a sense of sadness in their hearts for no apparent reason.
This change made them feel a chill in their hearts, and the way they looked at Otohime also changed slightly.
