CH 91

December 21, 2021 by danmeiheaven

After the secret sugar recipe was widely spread, Xia Zuoyi lowered the price of sugar and all the sweets sold in the candy shop.

—The price of one gold and one candy has now fallen to one silver coin a box.

The nobles can still afford it, and can even buy more.

Although civilians and slaves would not be willing to spend a silver coin to buy a box of candies back home, the price of a piece of candy was already as low as a copper coin.

A can of sugar also became cheaper.

They still have the ability to buy through gritted teeth. Therefore, the number of people who come to the candy store for a while is obviously more.

In Xia Zuoyi’s view, this is not the lowest price for sugar and candies.

But everything has just begun.

When white sugar becomes people’s daily necessities like salt, and when the existence of candy is no longer novel and is regarded as a rare thing by the masses, the prices of the two will naturally fall again and again until they reach an acceptable and appropriate level.

Nowadays, the new trend in the Desinian Territory is that men buy sugar to symbolize their ability to maintain the expenses of the family, and women spray rose perfume on their bodies to show their charm.

Children will hold a thumb-sized candy to show off and then lick it little by little, which can make them happy for a long time.

In the Desinian Territory, rose perfume is already a symbol and synonym of “beauty”.

Let’s not mention the civilians and slaves yet.

If the nobles or ladies did not own a bottle of rose perfume, they would lag behind in their circle.

Both the fragrant and enticing odor of the perfume can not only cover some embarrassing smell on their bodies but also increase the attractiveness of women to men to a certain extent.

They would wear beautiful long skirts, use hot tongs to perm their curly hair like Queen Laurie, and sprinkle a little rose perfume on their wrists, necks, and other places…

When they walk on the road or pass by men when the gentle wind blows lightly… How much vanity can be satisfied.

Women dress up to make themselves happy.

When a man’s eyes unconsciously stay on them, it will make a woman’s mood more beautiful.

However, it’s a pity. It’s said that the birthday gift presented by Lord Desinia to Queen Laurie at that time was a complete set of cosmetics, including makeup products for eyes, cheeks, and lips.

But currently, only the rose perfume is sold in the Thorns Chamber of Commerce.

They can only use lipstick made of beeswax and rouge made of red dried flowers…

But these two are not compatible. After a while, they dry out, making the makeup on their faces not pleasing to the eye.

The whole set of cosmetics that Lord Desinia gave to the queen looks very natural after putting on her face.

Now Minina Laurie has become the queen of the Anas Kingdom. It is said that she uses this set of cosmetics every day, and the effect is obvious to all.

The rose perfume did not satisfy these noble ladies’ desire to buy, but rather evoked their eagerness to urgently use a full set of cosmetics.

This mentality of knowing but not getting is increasing day by day. Many aristocratic ladies who love beauty secretly inquire the steward of the Thorns Chamber of Commerce about the sales time of makeups.

Marketing is once again in place.

While the chamber of commerce continued to make money, Xia Zuoyi had already brought Udit and the others to the Cogit Harbor with the plushies, as well as the three people still living in his castle.

It’s obvious that Vincent, the chief steward of the Nagabi Chamber of Commerce, and Robert, the Grand Duke’s subordinate, had finished their work and went back, but the three men still haven’t left.

This made Xia Zuoyi wonder—do they plan to spend winter here?!

The weather has been fine recently.

After the first sea trial, Samuel was busy re-inspecting the Wind Rider, and then patiently waited for the opportunity of the second trial.

When Xia Zuoyi and the others arrived, he thought he was going to check the situation of the Wind Rider. Unexpectedly, the lord wanted to take a ship to the sea and take a look at the scenery and relax.

Samuel naturally obeyed his order.

He found a big ship and carefully selected the boatmen who would come aboard and set sail. Fortunately, this time, Fernandi was also with him and brought a small team of soldiers over, which made people feel relieved.

The big ship cruised slowly to a place slightly farther from the harbor.

Looking around from the ship, the port became a small point, and only the standing lighthouse was still tall… On the other side of the sea is a rolling mountain range, which is Mount Pal.

A flock of seabirds with black and gray feathers flew under the blue sky and soon landed around the big ship or on the side mast. They were not afraid of people at all.

Green Dumpling is wily1.

He likes to hover in the vast and boundless sky, rush into the clouds, and disappear beyond the mountain without a trace… His speed is so fast that people can only see a white speck flash by.

And this is still the case when Green Dumpling slows down his flight.

The reason why he’s described as mischievous is that he will always unexpectedly rush towards this flock of seabirds when they have landed on the water or on the ship—his long wings spread out, the blowing wind made the water waves sway and the masts shake, which frightens the seabirds to run away and drop their feathers on the sea.

This flock of seabirds wanted to land on the sea a little farther away, but they were driven back by Green Dumpling after a while, then he continued to tease and play with them again and again.

Xia Zuoyi: …too naughty.

A group of fluffy animals is pretty well-behaved on the boat.

Egg Yolk was not interested in the blue waters, so he found a sunny place, lay on a soft cushion, and wagged his tail lazily.

Brown Sugar lies down next to him and squints to sleep.

Briquette wandered around on the ship.

What makes Xia Zuoyi particularly amused is that Snowball took a liking to stare into the waters from the ship’s side so much. Even his cold image in ordinary days is lost by his posture.

The blue waters can sometimes make people feel calm when looking at them.

Xia Zuoian quietly lay on the railings with one hand supporting his face. He looked to be in a daze, but actually, he’s staring at the small green dot on the ocean map in the system interface—He’s close. Sweet Dumpling is about to come to him.

When the first exclamation sounded, Xia Zuoyi slightly leaned forward to look at the sea level in the distance.

—Under the bright sunshine, the waves on the sea continued to break open, and thick and short water jets painted rainbows and sprayed into the blue sky. From time to time, there were many black-and-white fat creatures who looked like inflated balloons jumping up and leaping from the sea, happily chasing after the waves.

Xia Zuoyi listened to the sound of “whistling” in his ear, and asked in his heart, “098 guess what they’re talking about?” 

The stickman scratched his head with his little hand:【A group of bigmouths can say anything.】

Xia Zuoyi couldn’t help pursing his mouth from joy.

Although killer whales are cute, they’re very talkative.

As social animals, whales talk a lot. Especially in terms of IQ, they surpass many marine creatures. They are at the top of the food chain.

He first noticed Sweet Dumpling.

Samuel shouted in surprise at this moment, “My lord, is that the big fish that saved you that day?! How come there are suddenly so many of them?!”

He poked his head out of the boat to try to find out which big black-and-white fish saved the lord at that time… It’s reasonable to say that these big black and white fish all look the same, with the only differences being their dorsal fins that are either straight or curved, which makes it difficult to find.

But the scene where the black and white big fish rescued Xia Zuoyi at that time was really impressive.

Samuel remembered it firmly—it was huge, more than ten meters long, and he felt that the big fish swimming back and forth next to the Wind Rider was very lively, naughty, and very smart.

He looked for it carefully, and suddenly said in surprise, pointing to the killer whale jumping in front, “My lord, the strongest and longest one must be the big fish that saved you at that time!”

Xia Zuoyi nodded.

Yes, that is indeed Sweet Dumpling.

Among the following killer whales, he is the largest and jumps from the sea the highest and happiest.

Xia Zuoyi’s eyebrows bend2 in happiness. Sweet Dumpling’s successful integration in the pod makes him feel relieved.

“Hum.” 

Sweet Dumpling first swam to the front of the ship, peeked out his head, then glided over the water, and swung in Xia Zuoyi’s direction with his pectoral fin.

This is him saying hello.

Sweet Dumpling’s actions caused another wave of exclamations on the boat, boasting the fish’s cleverness.

Segalot looked at him from the side of the ship with a serious expression. Orville and Archibald felt even more novel, staring intently at him.

After Xia Zuoyi waved his hand at Sweet Dumpling, he went to observe his new pod.

He tried to count them and then found that the number of this group of orcas was really spectacular.

Around the boat, there are countless black dorsal fins. When you look down, you can see the white heart shape on the back of the killer whale or their round white belly. With a flick of their tail fin, they can swim leisurely.

Sweet Dumpling became even more excited after discovering Xia Zuoyi’s observing behavior. His emotions were passed to Xia Zuoyi along the system. Then he swam into the group and swam around.

Xia Zuoyi felt Sweet Dumpling’s emotions, but couldn’t understand what he wanted to do.

But after a while, he knew—Sweet Dumpling made a round in the orca group, and all the orcas began to emerge from the sea, looking up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle… No, they’re looking in the direction of the big ship it seems.

Xia Zuoyi: “…”

He felt that he’s being watched by all the killer whales.

Segalot couldn’t help showing a look of surprise. He turned to look at Xia Zuoyi, “…It seems that they all like you very much.”

Orville moved in Xia Zuoyi’s direction and stood closer to him.

Archibald also said, “Little Zuoyi, why do you recruit animals like this?”

Samuel and the boatmen were even more animated.

They are afraid and in awe of the ocean and the creatures swimming in it, especially such big and clever fish.

Once upon a time, an old man who often went to sea said that some big fish are smarter than people.

The orcas seemed to feel that they had seen enough of Xia Zuoyi and began to swim away around the ship. The seabirds were so crowded that they had no place to settle, so they had no choice but to fly away.

Fortunately, Green Dumpling didn’t trouble them at this time.

The beautiful and mighty costin was also standing on the side of the ship right now, looking down at the killer whale curiously. It seemed that he wanted to fly down and peck them, but fortunately, Xia Zuoyi stopped him in time.

Sweet Dumpling happily swung his tail fin and dived to the bottom of the sea.

After a while, most of the killer whales also plunged down, which made Samuel wonder if they were going to leave.

Xia Zuoy knows that Sweet Dumpling isn’t leaving, but he doesn’t understand what he’s going to do by diving.

After a while, waves appeared on the calm sea, and then countless fish jumped and flew out, surrounded by colorful water droplets illuminated by the sun.

Xia Zuoyi suddenly recalled that he had watched an orca documentary before, and then his eyes widened in realization.

Sure enough, Sweet Dumpling jumped up from the sea and slapped a fish with his tail, accurately and forcefully “sending” the unlucky fish into the boat.

After the dizzy fish fell on the deck, only half of the breath remained.

The plushies all jumped up from the deck in shock, flung their tails, and looked down. Purring sounds overflowed from their throats, they’re very curious about the killer whales.

In the horrified sight of Samuel and the crew, one fish after another was thrown on the deck by the killer whales. Sometimes they almost hit people, only avoiding the place where Xia Zuoyi was standing. 

Sweet Dumpling conveyed his triumphant and cheerful emotions.

Xia Zuoyi replied in the same way—good boy.

It wasn’t until the evening that the Sweet Dumpling reluctantly left with the pod of killer whales, and Xia Zuoyi returned with a ship full of fish.

Seven days later, Segalot and the two others left the Desinian Territory one after another.

Samuel finally waited for the changeable weather on the sea.

—After repeated sea trials, and finally determining that there was no problem with the Wind Rider, he formally asked Xia Zuoyi to voyage to explore the new world.

Translator’s Notes:

Hi everyone~~ I’m back!! We’re all okay, our house isn’t damaged much, just some minor repairs will do. I’m just praying for my countrymen in the places where the typhoon landed because the devastation is really high in those places. Hope you’re also safe too~