"Your Majesty, I really can't figure out whether you are using Tesosomok or Tesosomok is using you!"
On the way back to the boat from the stadium, Amy complained to Ella.
"From the new ceremony, to inviting Tratoani from all over the world, to asking His Majesty to show force at the ceremony, and now to the football match, I feel that His Majesty has been completely led by him. Is this really good? "
"I don't know Aztlan's situation. It's a good thing that he can be so proactive." Ella replied, "After all, it was my initiative to support him to gain more power."
——After obtaining the prescription to treat the savage, the magic circle was found. With the magic circle, it is no longer a problem to defeat a thousand warriors in a ceremony. Ella felt relieved.
"Instead of complaining about this, Amy, help me figure out what prize to give to the winning team?"
"Hey? Green glass balls will do, right? Those Aztlan people like them very much."
"But even the winning team is still a prisoner of war. Isn't it inappropriate to use such a precious thing?"
"Then just give me some other inventory on the ship? Ironware, toga, etc."
"The toga has been sold out. And if it is given to prisoners of war, the priests who bought the toga will be unhappy. It is even more inappropriate to distribute iron weapons to prisoners of war. Even the regular army of Osomalite has not been equipped with this. Not to mention treating these things as Prizes for team wins... always feel weird.”
Amy yawned: "Then your majesty should make your own decision. Anyway, you should be able to make a lot of money by transporting the peppers back and selling them. It's just a dozen people, so it doesn't matter if you give out some expensive prizes."
"I am now thinking of asking a mason to carve a replica of the Statue of Liberty on the bow of the ship." Ella tilted her chin in thought, "They were originally going to be sacrificed, but in the end they were freed. Use this Statue of Liberty as a souvenir." It’s quite appropriate.”
"Wait a minute! Your Majesty...you...ahem..."
Amy choked at Ella's words.
"I'll go to the streets right away to see if there are any suitable prizes... Your Majesty, please don't make any decisions on your own!"
Over the next few days, Amy set out to find the prize. During this period, Ella didn't know what she was thinking. She kept staring at the statue of the Maid of Liberty on the ship with nothing to do. The more she stared, the more panicked Amy became. In order to find a prize that would satisfy Ella more than the Statue of the Free Maid, she sent out all her personal guards and the entire staff.
As a result, the local residents saw such a scene - hundreds of pirates were monitoring important crossings 24 hours a day from morning to night. Every time a merchant passed by, they rushed up to suppress the merchant like robbers. Forced to unload the goods, read through the contents, pack them up and return them, and then wave the confused businessman away; a group of pirates carrying axes would patrol the streets of the town every half an hour, asking around. Are there any new merchants? When the found merchant tremblingly handed over the cocoa beans as protection money, the pirates shook their heads and left, leaving people completely confused.
A few days later, Amy found Ella on the deck staring at the Maid of Liberty statue.
"Amy, I suddenly thought about whether I could transform this statue of Maid of Liberty into a more powerful weapon..."
"Stop looking at this stone statue!" Amy shouted, "Look at this, is it suitable as a prize?"
Amy is holding a sun-shaped medal in her hand, but the medal is not made of iron or gold. Its material is black and shiny, like some kind of black gemstone.
Ella took the medal from Amy. Except for the part that imitates the sun's rays, which is a bit prickly, the entire medal is surprisingly smooth, and you can feel a little bit of coolness when you hold it in your hand.
"Using this kind of gem? Isn't it a bit too expensive?"
"Your Majesty, you can clearly see what this is." Amy said, "This is not a gem, but an ordinary stone."
"Stones? Pebbles? But pebbles can't be in this shape?"
"We found this this morning from a stonemason who came to the market. This stone is a work carved by the stonemason."
"Artificially carved? So smooth?"
"The mason still has a lot on hand. Your Majesty, come with me and have a look!"
Amy pulled Ella off the flying Zealander. The stonemason had been taken off the ship by the pirates. He looked very ordinary. He had a bag on his back and a small wooden toolbox in his hand. He looked at Ella anxiously.
Ella took the medal and asked, "Did you carve this?"
The mason nodded.
"With stones?"
The mason nodded again.
"How?"
"This..." the mason began to hesitate, "it takes a lot of effort. As for the method, this..."
"I know this is a trade secret." Amy handed a green glass bead to the stonemason, "What's the price?"
The mason's eyes shone as he snatched the glass bead and stuffed it into his pocket. Then, he rummaged through the wooden toolbox he brought with him for a while and took out a piece of dirty paper.
"This is it. I use this to polish the stone..."
Ella took the paper and felt strange roughness as soon as she touched it. When I turned it over, I saw a lot of sand densely stuck to the back. I couldn't help but ask, "Huh? How did the sand stick to the paper?"
"We have a tree here called the rubber tree, and its sap can stick to the sand."
"Sand can be used to polish stone? And can it be so smooth?"
"Yes." The mason replied, "But it will take a lot of time, a lot..."
"I asked the locals, even in Aztlan, this kind of technology is very rare." Amy whispered from the side, "Using this kind of stone medal as a prize will not lose His Majesty's face, nor will it disgrace the local people." The nobles are unhappy..."
But Ella's interest has been completely attracted to that small piece of paper.
"This thing can polish stones. Does that mean it can also polish iron and copper? No, it can definitely be done. The whetstone can polish iron. This thing can even sharpen stones! If you use this thing, you can polish those things that are not suitable for use. The metal utensils sharpened with the whetstone are polished smoother!”
"Your Majesty," Amy asked in a low voice, "What do you mean by metal that is not suitable for grinding with a whetstone?"
"Those things that are not flat! For example, the inside of a curved surface is difficult to sharpen with a whetstone!" Ella couldn't put it down and grabbed the piece of paper. "I need this thing so much. How about transferring it to me? How much do you want? money?"
The mason's eyes turned in a circle.
"This thing is not cheap, at least...ten cocoa beans."
"I don't have any cocoa beans. How about using the green bead? I'll give you another one?"
"make a deal!"
"Glass is also very expensive, and this is just paper made of sand." Amy whispered, "So, I don't want your Majesty to go discuss business."
Complaints are complaints, Ella has already negotiated, and Amy can only take out one more glass bead. But before handing the glass bead to the stonemason, she still said unwillingly: "This is an emerald, and it is not equivalent to ten cocoa beans. If you take the bead, you have to give us ten more stone medals like this." !”
The blacksmith didn't hesitate and threw the entire backpack containing the goods to Amy. So far, everyone is happy——
Until Dust came running in a hurry.
"King of Sweden, there is a big problem!" he shouted from afar, "I led the team to collect aloe vera and alpine edelweiss. But datura flowers... For some reason, datura flowers are all over the island. It’s sold out in the past few days!”
(End of chapter)
