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"Speak, you are a human, intentionally coming to my Snake-People Clan's Holy City, and even saying you want to see this Queen, what exactly is the matter?"
At this time, Queen Medusa also sat up slightly straighter, looking at Xiao Lin as she asked.
Only, it was unknown whether it was due to the followers copying the leader. Whether it was Yan Ci whom Xiao Lin had contact with earlier, or the current Queen Medusa, their form of address for him had always been human, as if his name did not exist at all...
This caused Xiao Lin to feel another minor bout of gloom.
Truth be told, right now she was still Queen Medusa of the Snake-People Clan, not Cai Lin, the future granddaughter-in-law of his Xiao Clan!
However, it was probably because the relationship between the Snake-People Clan and the human race had never been very good, which was why the Snake-People Clan collectively referred to all members of the human race as human, right?
Xiao Lin also knew that right now was not the time to fuss over a minor issue like forms of address with his future granddaughter-in-law.
"Your Majesty, my coming this time is actually because I want to discuss a cooperation with the Snake-People Clan!"
Xiao Lin answered truthfully.
"Cooperation? Heh, do you think you, a human, have the room to discuss cooperation with my Snake-People Clan?"
At this moment, Queen Medusa wanted to laugh.
Regarding humans, she absolutely could not trust them!
One must know that although the Holy City of the Snake-People Clan did not allow humans to enter. However, in several cities surrounding the Tagore Desert, such as Desert City of the Jia Ma Empire, members of the Snake-People Clan would still occasionally enter them.
Because for border cities like these, due to the fact that quite a few humans and Snake-People intermarried, these cities were not too exclusionary towards the Snake-People Clan.
Even within a border city bordering the Tagore Desert like Desert City, there were mixed-race individuals of the two tribes living within it!
Precisely because of this, the rulers within Desert City chose to turn a blind eye to the Snake-People occasionally entering the interior of the city. The reason why the Snake-People Clan would enter human cities was mainly for trading.
Using some specialties of the Snake-People Clan to exchange for some resources in human cities. Only, the Snake-People Clan was ultimately not the human race. Therefore, in the transactions between both parties, the Snake-People Clan was often the one suffering a loss.
But what could the Snake-People Clan do?
The initiative was not in their hands, so even if they clearly knew they would suffer a loss, they could only brace themselves to trade.
It was probably precisely because they tasted sweetness in the transactions with the Snake-People Clan that these rulers of the cities surrounding the Tagore Desert would tacitly allow the Snake-People Clan to occasionally enter the interior of the cities.
Similarly, accompanied by transaction after transaction, the Snake-People Clan also came to realize the craftiness of humans. Therefore, when Xiao Lin said he wanted to discuss cooperation with the Snake-People Clan, Queen Medusa would sneer aloud.
In her view, this was merely Xiao Lin, this human, wanting to come and exploit their Snake-People Clan again. At this moment, Medusa, who had found Xiao Lin somewhat pleasing to the eye just now, was now completely devoid of any good impression!
For this kind of situation to happen, it actually could not be entirely blamed on the Snake-People Clan and Medusa, it was mainly because the number of times the Snake-People Clan had been pit by humans was truly too many!
"There is, naturally there is, and, I dare to guarantee to Your Majesty, our cooperation, the Snake-People Clan will absolutely not suffer a loss!"
Facing the suspicion of his own future granddaughter-in-law, Xiao Lin said with absolute certainty.
"Anyone can speak pleasant words, on what basis should my Snake-People Clan believe you? Just based on your glib tongue?"
Quite obviously, Medusa still did not completely believe Xiao Lin.
For a matter with no proof but empty words, she would naturally not choose to believe this human before her eyes whom she had only met once up until now.
"I know Your Majesty does not believe me right now, but could you allow me to finish what I have to say before Your Majesty makes a decision?"
The details of the cooperation had not even been spoken yet, and Xiao Lin certainly did not want to be kicked out of the Tagore Desert by Medusa just like that. Therefore, before Queen Medusa could speak, Xiao Lin directly took the initiative and spoke up once more.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember the caravan that passed through the Tagore Desert a while ago? That was my Xiao Clan's caravan, which was originally supposed to cross the Tagore Desert to purchase medicinal ingredients from another location."
"Unfortunately, the caravan did not make it through, and the people even fell into the hands of the Snake-People Clan, and in the end, it was our Xiao Clan that spent a heavy sum to ransom these clansmen back."
"Of course, I do not mean to blame the Snake-People Clan for this. Instead, it is to tell Your Majesty that this caravan holds great significance to my Xiao Clan! No matter what price is paid, my Xiao Clan must make the establishment of this caravan happen!"
"However, the Tagore Desert stands right in the way of this caravan's round-trip route. My Xiao Clan has considered changing the trade route. However, if we do that, the time and energy spent by my Xiao Clan will double, while the revenue will be halved."
"Therefore, as the Clan Leader of the Xiao Clan, I thought that rather than doing that, it would be better to continue borrowing a path through the Tagore Desert."
"But, my Xiao Clan is willing to hand over the revenue that would have been halved if we detoured to the Snake-People Clan, using this as the price to exchange for the Snake-People Clan allowing my Xiao Clan's caravan to cross the Tagore Desert."
This time, Xiao Lin informed Medusa of the entire content of the cooperation in a single breath.
To put it plainly, this was the Xiao Clan spending half of the revenue to exchange for the qualification of the caravan to pass through the Tagore Desert freely. Accompanied by the falling of Xiao Lin's voice, Medusa fell into deep thought.
As the Queen of the Snake-People Clan, Medusa's IQ was naturally online.
To be honest, if the human before her eyes did not pit their Snake-People Clan, not to mention anything else, this was indeed a quite profitable deal for their Snake-People Clan.
After all, compared to a one-time business of robbing a caravan, which would force the Xiao Clan's caravan to never take the Tagore Desert trade route again in the future, this kind of continuous, endless stream of benefits was what the Snake-People Clan needed.
But the problem was, after being pit by humans so many times, Medusa did not dare to easily believe humans anymore. It could be said that what blocked the cooperation between both parties was precisely the issue of trust.
"A decent cooperation proposal, this Queen is also quite tempted, but how can my Snake-People Clan believe you?"
After finishing listening to the content stated by Xiao Lin, Medusa had actually completely turned serious.
"Your Majesty, you also know that this caravan established by my Xiao Clan naturally cannot just run a single trip, right? Even if my Xiao Clan wanted to pit your Snake-People Clan, we would at most pit you once!"
"But do you think we have any need for that? Just to pit your Snake-People Clan once, the caravan would never run again in the future? And we would also have to risk offending your Snake-People Clan? Such a foolish thing, my Xiao Clan cannot do it!"
"Cooperation is about being trustworthy. By the same logic, I am also not worried that your Snake-People Clan will play tricks in the middle, because your Snake-People Clan could also at most rob my Xiao Clan one more time!"
"This bit of loss, my Xiao Clan can still afford to bear. Therefore, if a cooperation unfolds between our two sides, I believe Your Majesty should also not continue to act that way, right?"
Looking at his future granddaughter-in-law on the high seat who was showing a look of being moved, Xiao Lin talked with eloquence.
Half of the profits, if given to anyone else, Xiao Lin would certainly be reluctant!
Just a toll fee, and you want half of the revenue from my hard work running a trip? Why don't you just rob me!
But given to his own future granddaughter-in-law, Xiao Lin did not feel heartbroken.
Just consider it prepaying a part of the dowry in advance!
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