After the two of them were disguised, they immediately set out and entered Toka's territory.
"Luffy, does every chief here have a territory of his own?"
Luffy said: "Yes, our chieftain here nominally controls all the territories on the entire continent, and the chieftains help the chieftain manage every small territory.
So the entire continent is actually divided into countless small areas. The general chiefs are not hereditary, but the difference is not much. Most of the chief positions are in the hands of fixed families.
As for the area where I used to be the chief, there were not many people willing to be the chief because it was often attacked by sea monkeys. And the previous chief died in the battle with the sea monkeys, so I went there to be the chief."
The two chatted as they walked.
Ye Li said: "By the way, I saw a row of spears on the beach before.
Each spear has a sea ape corpse stuck on it. Did you order that?"
Luffy nodded and said, "It is true that I gave the order, but it was just a formality. In fact, the one who really came up with the idea was my assistant."
After hearing what Luffy said, Ye Li nodded and said, "I also don't think you can come up with this idea. You don't look that cruel."
Luffy smiled and touched his head, and said: "I am indeed not that cruel. When someone first proposed this idea, I hesitated for a long time before I finally made up my mind to implement it.
Anyway, when the sea monkeys were nailed up, I didn’t dare to watch. Thinking of the screams of those sea monkeys, I felt numb in my heart. "
Ye Li didn't think this was cruel, he just felt that Luffy's character was not one that he would do such a thing.
The two chatted while walking slowly like ordinary people, but not very fast. It took them a long time to reach a village.
Ye Li glanced at the village and said, "Do you have money to buy things? Let's go to the village to buy something first. Our current disguise is not good enough."
Hearing Ye Li's question, Luffy felt in his arms and took out a small purse.
"I came out in a hurry and didn't bring much money with me, but here are a hundred gold crystals, which should be enough for us to buy some things."
Luffy replied.
Ye Li nodded and said, "Well, it's good to have money. Let's pretend to buy some food or other crops, and then carry a sack on our backs.
If they ask us why we buy things, we say we left home to make a living and become businessmen, and this is our first business.”
Luffy smiled and nodded, "That's a good reason. I don't think those people will doubt our identities."
After the two of them had discussed it, they walked into the village in front of them.
Compared with the first village Ye Li saw on the beach, this village is basically no different from the first one, except that it is slightly larger.
It was almost evening now, and many people were resting after being busy for most of the day. Only a small number of people were still working in the fields.
Ye Li took Luffy all the way into the village. The appearance of the two strangers immediately attracted the attention of the villagers.
A middle-aged man who looked somewhat shrewd came over and said to the two men, "Two little brothers, what can I do for you?"
Ye Li glanced at Luffy, and Luffy said, "Uncle, my two brothers have just left home to make a living. We want to be businessmen, so we want to see if there are any special products that we can buy here.
After acquiring the specialty products, we will take them to the east to sell, and then transport some products back from there to sell, so we should be able to make some money. "
Hearing what Luffy said, the middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then he said, "What do you want to buy from us?"
Ye Li pretended to be experienced and said, "I don't know what special things you have here, uncle, that are not available in the east. Only specialties are the best products."
The middle-aged man glanced at the two of them and said, "Specialties. The fruit we grow here, cat plums, are definitely not available in the east. You can bring more to sell."
After hearing what the middle-aged man said, the two looked at each other and said, "I wonder how many of them you have, Cat Li, and how much you sell them for."
The middle-aged man replied, "Cat Li, we have already sold some of it to some merchants. There are about 120 kilograms left, which is only 12 silver crystals in total."
As the middle-aged man spoke, he looked Ye Li and Luffy up and down, with a hint of confusion in his eyes.
Ye Li didn't notice this and said, "Okay, then we'll take all of this 120-pound cat Li."
Hearing what Ye Li said, the middle-aged man hurriedly smiled and said, "Okay, then there are twelve silver crystals in total. I will have someone go to the warehouse to get them right away."
As the middle-aged man spoke, he walked away and called a young man over to give him instructions.
The young man turned his head to look at Ye Li and Luffy, then nodded and walked towards the back of the village.
Ye Li whispered to Luffy: "Is this man the village chief?"
Luffy said: "Yes, he should be the village chief. Only the village chief is qualified to manage the village warehouse."
After the two waited for a while, the village chief came over with two young men carrying two shoulder poles. On the shoulder poles were two large baskets filled with small purple fruits.
The village chief said: "Here is the 120-jin cat plum.
I see you didn’t bring a shoulder pole or a wooden cart, so I’ll give you a shoulder pole.”
When the two heard this, they hurriedly smiled and thanked him.
Luffy took out a gold crystal from his arms and handed it to the village chief, saying, "We didn't bring any silver crystals when we came out, and we only have gold crystals on us. I can only trouble you to change the money, uncle."
The moment the village chief saw Jin Jing, a light flashed in his eyes.
He said, "Alas, the silver coins in our village have just been used to purchase seeds. I can only exchange this gold crystal with my own silver crystal. You have to wait for me while I go home to get the money.
You two have just left home to explore the world, right? It's almost evening now, why don't you have a simple meal and rest for the night in our village? How about we give you a silver crystal?"
After hearing each other's words, Ye Li and Lu Fu looked at the sky, then looked at each other and nodded.
Ye Li said: "Okay uncle, then we will stay here for one night. It's not safe to walk at night, so we might as well leave early tomorrow morning."
Hearing Ye Li's answer, the middle-aged man smiled happily and said, "Well, okay, then you can follow me to my room to rest first. My room is big and there is just a big room for you two to live in."
Seeing that Ye Li and Luf had no objection, the middle-aged man took them towards the center of the village. The two young men who had just carried the goods returned to the warehouse with helplessness on their faces, preparing to take them out tomorrow.