Chapter 4523 Chapter 4525 [A good show]
"Save me~" At this moment, the mermaid in the glass box said.
"Oh my god, she can actually talk?" Gibbs said in surprise.
Elizabeth was also surprised. She thought that although mermaids are beautiful, they should be dumb like cats and dogs.
"I am the princess of the Mermaid Kingdom. Let me go and I will benefit you." The mermaid said again.
"You don't need to give us benefits, we will save you." Xiang Nan stood up and said, "Since you are wise, can speak, and believe that you are also a child of the goddess, then our status is equal, and you are born free. , should not be imprisoned.”
"Captain, don't let her go. Mermaids are cruel and bloody. They often eat people. They will drag sailors into the deep sea and eat them until they are just bones." Seeing that Xiang Nan was about to let her go, Gibbs quickly stopped him and said, " We can take it to New Orleans, or Boston, London, or Paris, and it will definitely sell for a good price.”
"Yeah, don't let it go, don't let it go~" the crew members stopped him.
"Get out of the way, I'm the captain, I said let go." Xiang Nan insisted.
Elizabeth also nodded, agreeing with Xiang Nan's idea, "Yes, she should be released, not imprisoned."
If mermaids have no intelligence and are just pets like cats and dogs, then it would be nice to keep them and watch them. But since she is intelligent and can speak, it would be too cruel to imprison her.
"Captain!" Seeing Xiang Nan insisting on his own way, several crew members had a rebellious mentality and became a little ready to take action.
After all, good wine makes people happy, and money makes people jealous. A mermaid can be sold for a lot of money, and they all want to take her away and sell her instead of releasing her into the sea.
"Presumptuous! Do you also want to be exiled?" Xiang Nan said, stroking the sword of Cortez.
"Since the captain has decided, we have no choice but to obey." Gibbs said quickly when he saw this.
When the crew saw Xiang Nan's threatening words, and the first mate Gibbs was on his side, and thought of the pirates who had just mysteriously disappeared, they suddenly lost the courage to resist.
"Carry her onto the deck." Xiang Nan immediately ordered.
The crew had no choice but to obey orders and lift the glass box onto the deck.
"Go, mermaid princess, return to your kingdom and the embrace of your relatives." Xiang Nan raised his hand, the glass box immediately fell over, and the mermaid fell into the sea.
"I will repay you." The mermaid princess fell into the water, then stuck her head out and shouted loudly, and then jumped into the deep sea.
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"It's such a pity. If I were to sell it to Europe, it would cost at least 10,000 pounds."
"Not only that, but fifty thousand pounds is possible."
"We can take her on tour and we will definitely earn a lot of tickets."
When the crew saw this, they all said with regret, it was such a pity that the golden coins they were about to receive were missing like this.
Even Gibbs felt that Xiang Nan was a little too kind, "Captain, the mermaid's words cannot be trusted. You really shouldn't let her go."
"She should be let go. Everyone is born free and equal. She should not be imprisoned and enslaved." Elizabeth said.
Just as he was talking, a group of mermaids suddenly appeared on the sea, "Good Samaritan, you saved our princess?" "I don't dare to say rescue, I just released her." Xiang Nan waved his hand humbly.
"Thank you, this is our gift to repay you." With that said, these mermaids raised their gifts.
There are huge and beautiful corals, large fluorescent pearls, clams as big as wheels, uncut gemstones, and some gold and silver coins from sunken ships...
The crew members were all stunned and salivating as they watched. They didn't expect these mermaids to be so generous and have so many treasures.
The corals, pearls, clams, and gems alone cost more than 50,000 pounds, not to mention the gold and silver coins. All in all, Xiang Nan really did the right thing by releasing the mermaid princess.
"Mermaid, please take your gifts back. I don't ask for anything in return." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
Hearing what he said, the crew members' eyes suddenly popped out. Is Xiang Nan going crazy if he doesn't even want so much money?
"Is it true? These treasures can be exchanged for a lot of money in your world." A mermaid said.
"No, we don't ask for anything in return." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
"That's right, we don't save people just for repayment." Elizabeth also waved her hand.
"Oh my God, my God, I met two madmen." The crew members were helpless. They didn't want the money they gave them. They were really mad.
"Okay, since you say so." The mermaid nodded, and then they all dived into the water again. With a flick of their long tails, they had disappeared.
"Captain, are you really crazy? You won't eat any meat that comes to your mouth?" several crew members asked angrily.
They can also have a share of that money, because according to the laws of navigation, in addition to a fixed salary, crew members can also receive a bonus if they make money.
Although not as good as the captain, first mate, second mate, etc., you can still make a small fortune. But Xiang Nan didn't want them all, which really drove them crazy.
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"Don't give a favor with the intention of repaying it, otherwise it's not a favor, but a transaction." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
"Yes, we are doing good deeds, not doing business, so naturally we cannot seek repayment." Elizabeth also nodded.
Just as he was talking, the mermaid princess who had just dived appeared again, holding two cups in her hands, "I am very touched that you don't want a gift, but I have to repay you. Well, here are two cups of water, you guys Drink it and I will repay you."
Seeing this, Xiang Nan had no choice but to take out the cup, then he and Elizabeth drank the water, and then returned the cup to the mermaid princess.
"Now I can tell you that these two glasses of water are actually the fountain of life, and they are also the fountain of youth that you humans have been searching for." The mermaid princess smiled, "Now that you all have youth and immortality, this This is also my best reward for you.”
With that said, the mermaid princess returned to the deep sea with the cup.
"..." Elizabeth, Gibbs, and even the entire crew were stunned.
Unexpectedly, the two glasses of water given by the mermaid princess were so precious and turned out to be the fountain of youth and immortality.
The most precious thing for human beings is life. One breath is used in many ways, but once it is impermanent, everything will cease. No matter emperors, generals or ordinary people, they all long for immortality.
However, the Fountain of Youth only heard its name but never saw its true form. Everyone thought it was just a legend, but they didn't expect it to actually exist.
"Is this really the fountain of youth?" Elizabeth was a little skeptical.
"God, ma'am, your face..." At this time, Gibbs exclaimed, even Elizabeth's face was getting younger and younger.