HCB Chapter 229 Selling ice cubes!
Chapter 229 Selling ice cubes!
At dawn, when it's slightly cooler than during the day, the beastmen of Wanshou City take advantage of this time to rush out to find work to make a living, setting up stalls to sell things...
Su Qianqian took a quick look and found that there were stalls selling water. When she got closer, she realized that it was not water, but collected birch sap.
The arrival of the hot season caused many rivers to dry up. The orcs, who had no water to drink, looked for birch trees in the forest outside the city, and then cut a small hole in them with bone blades, allowing the juice to flow out naturally and be collected.
But the daily output of each birch tree is limited, and the orcs can only collect a tiny amount even if they work tirelessly by the birch trees day and night.
The birch sap is expensive due to its small quantity. Poor orcs simply cannot afford it, and it is eventually bought by wealthy and powerful families.
Su Qianqian watched and gradually felt a little disappointed. These four city lords were in high positions, but they never looked down to see how hard the orcs living at the bottom were living. Instead of engaging in these conspiracies and tricks to frame others, they might as well think of ways to help the orcs in Wanshou City survive this hot season.
She walked to a secluded corner, took off her invisibility cloak, then changed back into Su Mu and walked onto the street.
Su Qianqian did not stay for too long, but went straight back to the slave area where the mountain cats lived.
When they got there, they saw several orcs occupying the cool place under the shade of the tree. Bobcat and several slave boys were pushed to the ground, and the ice they had been holding in their arms was also taken away.
After a night, the ice cube was only half melted, and it was still cool in the hand, which was very comfortable.
But the orcs were still dissatisfied and kicked the mountain cat and other slaves with their feet, saying arrogantly: "Tell me how much ice you have hidden? Hand it over!"
"You damn bastards!" The mountain cat got up and bit the orc's foot with all its might, biting it fiercely and hard until blood came out of the foot.
The orc screamed and kicked the skinny mountain cat away. "Damn it! A mere slave dared to bite me!"
He swung his fist and hit the mountain cat. Suddenly, a sharp ice cone flew towards him and pierced through his palm with a puff.
Blood spurted out.
Su Qianqian's voice rang out: "Those ice cubes are mine, come to me if you want them!"
Several orcs looked up and saw Su Qianqian walking towards them with a gloomy face. Another ice cone gradually condensed in the palm of her slightly raised right hand.
The ice cone flashed a cold light under the scorching sun, which was frightening.
"You, you are not the one from before..."
Several orcs recognized Su Qianqian almost at a glance as the person who had been selling sea crystal sand on the street before, and they were instantly frightened. This guy turned out to be a powerful person with dual abilities!
Realizing this, the orcs no longer had any of their previous arrogance and retreated in fear.
Su Qianqian smiled coldly: "What are you afraid of? You want ice cubes, right? I'll stick as many as you want into your bodies. How about that?"
“No, no more…” Several orcs turned pale with fear in an instant, kneeling down and kowtowed to Su Qianqian, “We don’t dare to do it again. Please be magnanimous and spare us…”
Su Qianqian glanced at the mountain cat and other slaves who were pushed to the ground, and said word by word: "If you want to survive, you must remember that these slaves are under my care. If anyone dares to bully them, you are against me, Su Mu!"
"Remember, remember!" Several orcs nodded repeatedly.
"Remember that, why don't you get out of here?"
Several orcs hurriedly stood up and prepared to leave.
"Wait!" Su Qianqian suddenly called out to them again, saying in a deep voice, "You stole their ice, don't you want to make some compensation?"
The orcs paused, seemingly genuinely afraid of the ice spike in Su Qianqian's hand. They didn't even dare to utter a word of rebuttal. They immediately took out all the food and animal skins from their bags and stuffed them all at once to the mountain cat and the slave boys, repeatedly saying sorry...
Seeing that these orcs had a relatively good attitude in admitting their mistakes, Su Qianqian continued, "If you want ice, you can bring food and animal skins here to exchange for it, but you are not allowed to rob or bully the slaves here."
Several orcs immediately nodded obediently and said, "Okay, okay, we won't bully them anymore. But... can you really sell us your ice?"
Under the timid yet hopeful gazes of the orcs, Su Qianqian nodded seriously: "Of course, as long as you pay the corresponding compensation, you can have as many ice cubes as you want."
She possesses ice-related abilities, and can have as much ice as she wants.
When the orcs heard this, they were delighted and bowed to Su Qianqian with gratitude before leaving. They wanted to go back quickly and tell everyone the good news!
As soon as they left, Shanmao got up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and asked in confusion, "Those guys are orcs from big families. They don't lack water at all. Why did you sell ice to them?"
"Silly boy, if you don't sell to those powerful guys, where will you low-level orcs get food to eat?" Su Qianqian touched his head.
Besides, she was expecting these slaves to farm for her in the future, so she couldn't let them starve to death. Although she had plenty of food in her storage ring, it was still a bit inappropriate to take it out so suddenly.
"So that's how it is..." Bobcat nodded thoughtfully.
Seeing his silly look, Su Qianqian casually threw the ice cone she had just condensed to him and said, "Use it to protect yourself. If anyone dares to bully you again, use this thing to stab him."
Then, she waved to the slaves next to her: "Come here, from now on you will be responsible for selling ice cubes for me..."
She explained her plan in detail while condensing countless fist-sized ice cubes. "...In the future, I'll sell these ice cubes to the orcs of the big families and earn them food and hides. As for the price, five hides can be exchanged for one block of ice, and one first-level beast crystal can be exchanged for twenty blocks of ice..."
"Don't be afraid of those guys. If they dare to try to steal your things, just smash the ice cubes and don't give them to them. Don't feel bad about the ice cubes. These things are of unlimited value to me. If they don't benefit from smashing their things, they will behave themselves and be obedient..."
The orcs listened very carefully, taking every word Su Qianqian said into account.
……
After a while, the orcs who had left came rushing over with a group of orcs.
Mountain Cat and several slave orcs had already spread a large piece of animal skin under the shade of the tree, and piled it with ice cubes, as high as a small hill.