Sager is not a good person, never was.
As we all know, it is very difficult for good people to survive in this ocean. Even if they have a temporary reputation, they will easily be dragged down by this reputation in the end.
From the navy to the pirates, they have never been defined as good or bad guys.
Besides, Sager is a man who dreams of becoming a big landowner, and he is not born to be a pushover.
"Don't confuse people here. Tell me the whereabouts of the king while I can still speak. Otherwise..."
Sager took out his flintlock and grinned, "Although I am not interested in the poor, it doesn't mean you can cheat me at will, understand?"
Marika didn't even look at the gun muzzle pointing at her. She glanced at the people around her who were already showing indignation and smiled, "Although we don't have gold, silver, or jewelry, we do have treasures."
She turned and walked back, and the crowd that had gathered around her automatically parted ways with Marika's movement, revealing something on the shallows that had not yet been submerged by the sea.
It was a pile of stones and shells, and the water in the stone water tank was shaking violently as the storm poured down.
Around the stone jar, there is a huge bone of something unknown, which is used as a shelter from the rain. Under the bone, there is a fire with natural shells on it, like a pot.
"Although the Shallow Sand Kingdom is marked on the sea chart, it is a barren place. We have nothing but sand. The people here even rely on sand for their living."
"But there is not enough space and no safe place to live, so we build settlements where the tide is low. But once the tide rises, we have to desperately seek shelter."
She walked into the bone rack, took out two flints, and hit them into the fire to ignite it.
There seemed to be some garbage in the fire. Sag had often seen it on the shallows before. It was all garbage thrown away by nearby merchant ships. It seemed that it had been collected.
Marika picked up the shell pot, extended it out of the bone rack, filled it with rain water, and put it back on the fire. While waiting for the water to boil, she took out a shell knife and looked at everyone.
"Marika-sama!"
A civilian came over with a net and said, "This is today's catch!"
Several other fishermen also dragged up the net, which was filled with seafood such as fish, shrimp, and shellfish, which made Sager's eye twitch.
He has also worked in the fishing industry. Although fishing and fishing are inseparable, there are differences after all.
Fishing is about catching big fish, while fishing is about catching everything.
After Sager failed in his attempt to become a fishing king, he turned around and wanted to be a fish-catching king. Although he failed, he also gained some experience.
Of course, these seafoods will come out with the tide, but if you can use a net to catch a lot of them during high tide, it has nothing to do with skills, it is purely luck.
When it comes to technology, Sager has reached perfection!
In terms of luck, he has reached the pinnacle. The pinnacle of bad luck.
When you cast a net, you can't even catch edible shells, let alone fish!
Sager knows the value of these full nets.
"But even in a place like this, we have a unique way of surviving."
Marika took out a small knife made of shells, lifted up a net, and at almost flying speed, the shell knife turned into an afterimage, and peeled off the shrimp and crab shells inside.
As she peeled it, her body turned like a flower, her hands stretched out from the bone rack, and she quickly washed the meat with the rain from the storm, and threw it into the shell pot. Part of the shells were thrown into the fire, and part of them were thrown into the fire to burn.
"The creatures in the sea have their own salinity, so there is no need to add salt deliberately. Shellfish are very delicious and do not need any seasoning. They can be cooked into a pot of fresh soup. The roe from shrimps and crabs can be used in moderation to enhance the freshness. The tenderness of the fish meat itself can also add flavor to it. Crush the fish bones to add nutrition."
She picked up a fish, slashed upwards with her shell knife to scrape off the scales, then placed it in front of a stone and smashed the fish into pieces with another stone. Her hands danced up and down in the rotten fish, making meatballs with the fish meat and bones, forming a parabola, and threw them accurately into the shell pot.
The already boiling water boiled a little more as the fish balls fell into it.
She took out a shell that was the same size as the cauldron, put it on top, and smiled at everyone: "Please wait for a while."
In about ten minutes, puffs of white smoke emerged from the cracks between the shells, emitting an enticing aroma. The people around were swallowing wildly, and some even drooled.
Even Lily, who had just finished her meal, was sniffing and staring at the shell pot.
It was not until Marika opened the shell lid that the water in the big pot turned completely milky white. Marika took out a small shell bowl, scooped some from the pot and handed it to Sager.
"This is our 'treasure', the Jewel Crown Soup. Please enjoy it."
The soup in this small shell bowl is white like milk, which contrasts with the colorful shell bowl. The fish balls inside are like embellished jewels, and the shells of shells and shrimps and crabs are the structure of the crown. The overall look is really a beautiful "crown".
Sager took it subconsciously, took a sip, raised his eyebrows, and subconsciously shouted: "Hmm! Xuan!!"
It was indeed delicious, so fresh that his eyebrows almost fell off.
"Delicious!"
Lily took the second bowl and just took a sip, her eyes shining. She didn't care whether there were chopsticks or not, and directly drank the soup in the shells, even biting the shells into pieces.
"Very warm!" Lily looked at Marika with a completely different look in her eyes, and said solemnly: "You are amazing!"
"Thank you for the compliment." Marika smiled and bowed, then said to the others: "Please line up, there is enough soup in the pot."
As soon as the words fell, people couldn't wait to take out their small shell bowls, quickly lined up, and served bowls of food one by one. After just one sip, they showed happy and satisfied expressions.
Even though the skeleton was not big enough to shelter so many people, and some of them were still in the wind and rain, the expressions they showed after drinking the soup made people subconsciously feel that they should be very warm.
Marika smiled softly and said, "On a rainy day, a bowl of warm soup can soothe our cold bodies. Captain, please let your men have a bowl as well."
Sager narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Marika for a while, and waved to Ajin.
Ajin immediately understood and joined the queue with a dozen pirates.
They were also tempted by the fragrance.
But the captain hadn't said anything yet, and the chief captain was still watching, so they didn't dare to move.
"That's amazing."
Sager said calmly: "How could someone like you be in such a shabby place?"
This excellent cooking skill can be said to be turning decay into magic. Although there is no seasoning at all, the things found in the sea and the water brought by the storm are combined to create a delicious soup.
Sagei once wanted to be a chef king. But this time it was not bad luck, it was simply because his cooking was not good. He could make simple things, but he could not make delicious food like this with such simple conditions.
There are so many foods in the sea, and they cannot be mixed randomly. Once the proportion of one aspect is too high, the whole taste will change. At that time, not only will it be delicious, but the whole thing will probably stink.
Such a person, coupled with the admiration and love of these common people, is indeed a king.
Marika glanced at the people in line and said slowly: "We are abandoned people. We have nowhere to go. We can only be trapped here, waiting for fate to come."
"Marika-sama!"
A civilian who was drinking soup suddenly shouted. The shell in his hand dropped subconsciously. He stared blankly at the north side of the beach, where a group of figures appeared and were approaching this side.
"Here it comes!"
Marika clenched the shell knife in her hand, her face became heavy, "Destiny."
(End of this chapter)