Pirates: I, who cultivated phantom beasts, made myself emperor

"Nonsense, you guys are just a tea stall. Of course you know this is a small business!"

Before Cheng Cheng could say anything, Tuanzi was the first to get angry. She sat down, slapped the table, and said angrily: "How much money can I get from two pots of tea? I don't even need my master to give me money, I have the money myself!"

The shop assistant was not angry, he just smiled and said: "Little girl, our shop has been operating here for many years, and we have always relied on integrity. A cup of tea is five hundred pele, a pot of tea is five thousand pele, two pots are one Wan Baili, no counter-offer."

"what!"

Before the hot dumplings were sitting on the bench, I quickly got up and pulled the master to leave, "It's really a black shop that costs [-] beli for a pot of tea. In my hometown, [-] beli can buy a cow!"

The shop clerk chuckled: "That's why our store will inform you of the price in advance. If you can afford it, drink at this price. If you can't afford it, you are welcome to look elsewhere. At first glance, you are from out of town and don't know the situation in Alabasta." It’s normal!”

Cheng Cheng frowned and said nothing. A mere pot of tea could be sold for such a price. He could already guess the extent of the country's water shortage.

He stretched out his hand to signal Tuanzi to sit down, dug into his sleeves, and a thick stack of Baileys appeared on the table.

When he was in Rogge Town last time, he basically didn't use the [-] million Baileys rewarded by the system, so no matter how expensive the tea was, he could still afford it.

Besides, it seems like this is the only tea shop here.

“Man, take stock!”

The waiter beamed instantly, picked up the thick stack of money, fiddled with it with his five fingers, and finished counting it in a few breaths. He said respectfully: "Brother, I'll serve tea right now!"

Then he trotted to the shop.

Tuanzi muttered angrily: "Master, I would rather die of thirst than drink their water!"

Cheng Cheng smiled helplessly and reached out to touch the dry, cracked skin on Tuanzi's mouth. "As my disciple, you can endure the hardships of cultivation, but you cannot endure the hardships of life. Don't worry, the master still has the money!"

"No matter how rich you are, you can't waste it like this. Anyway, I won't drink!" Tuanzi turned his head away and said with a stubborn look on his face.

Soon, the skinny shop assistant carefully held two pots of tea and placed two tea cups on the table.

The teapot is made of ancient ceramics. One of the two cups has a chip the size of a grain of rice on the rim, and the other has a thin crack on the bottom.

Apart from the slightly unsatisfactory appearance, it does not affect its use.

When I lifted the lid of the teapot, I saw only a layer of poor tea leaves floating on it, and more broken tea leaves had sunk to the bottom of the pot.

"Forget it, let's drink. It's better than nothing." Cheng Cheng smiled bitterly and poured himself a glass first.

Along the way, he was indeed very thirsty. Fairy beans were good, but they could only be used to satisfy his hunger. To quench his thirst, he had to use herbal tea.

After swallowing a cup of herbal tea down your throat, you can instantly feel a coolness pouring into every pore of your body, dissipating the hot summer heat.

The store clerk kept swallowing his saliva as he watched, his face full of envy.

"Tuanzi, drink it quickly. Although it doesn't taste good, it quenches your thirst!" Cheng Cheng poured another glass and after drinking it, he began to persuade his founding disciple.

Tuanzi glanced lightly, then turned his head away and said firmly: "I won't drink!"

The shop assistants on the side shook their heads and sighed.

Cheng Cheng smiled faintly and stopped persuading. He turned to the waiter and said, "Man, we are not from Alabasta. Can you tell me in detail why the tea here is so expensive?"

The waiter just looked at the teapot on the table, swallowed again, and sighed: "Brother, you outsiders don't know that although Alabasta is a desert country, we are short of water all year round, but luckily we have water shortages every year in the past. A few rains.”

"But in the past three years, our country has not had a drop of rain for three years, and people are dying of thirst everywhere. So water is a real luxury in Alabasta."

"I'm not afraid of you making fun of me if I tell you. I can only drink water like you do. I can only think about it when I'm dreaming."

Cheng Cheng picked up the other upside-down teacups on the table, poured a cup of tea, handed it to the waiter, and asked, "Will the king of your country just sit back and watch this situation?"

"Oh, oh, brother, you see how embarrassing this is!" The shop clerk took the tea cup fearfully, put it to his mouth and took a sip, his face becoming more respectful.

When Tuanzi saw it, she immediately glared at the store clerk. When she saw that the store clerk didn't notice her gaze at all, she groaned and started to put the teapot on her forehead with both hands as if she was angry.

Tons of tons!

After a while, under the shocked expression of the store clerk, he quickly drank the pot of herbal tea worth [-] beli.

The store clerk had no choice but to stretch out his hands and praise softly: "Woman...woman!"

Tuanzi raised his face and didn't look at him at all, but there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, which seemed to be very useful to the word "heroine".

Only then did the store clerk begin to answer Cheng Cheng's question. He sighed, and his tone was a little sarcastic: "Of course the old king is not worried."

"Because there is rain in Albana, the royal city of Alabasta, but there has been no rain in other areas in the past three years. Thousands of people have died of thirst, and the king has not done anything."

"Besides, the lack of water is itself caused by the king's ignorance. What can he have to worry about? By the way, the only thing he may be worried about is the rebels everywhere."

Seeing that the white-haired young man still had a puzzled look on his face, the store clerk continued: "This drought, if the king hadn't secretly used the rain-causing agent Dancing Powder, wouldn't have been so serious. So I think this country will be over sooner or later."

"Okay, thank you very much. Let's go to the royal city in a few days to have a look." Cheng Cheng responded casually.

This situation was similar to what he remembered. Time had passed so long that his memory of Alabasta was somewhat blurry.

At this moment, two people, one large and one small, walked over to the tea stall.

At first glance, these two people were dressed as locals, with headscarves on their heads.

The gentleman is a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face.

The little girl looks to be about the same age as Tuanzi. She has a delicate appearance and looks like a beauty at first glance. In this desert filled with yellow sand, it is absolutely extremely rare for her to be somewhat pretty.

The middle-aged man looked a little cautious, glanced at the little girl reluctantly, and said to the store clerk: "I have brought my daughter, can you give me the half bucket of water now?"