Chapter 061: Who Is Ayun?
Carlisle Harvey Ferdinand, the second prince of the Kingdom of St. Bridges, although he is only the third heir to the throne, he was baptized in the Holy Cathedral and received a middle name containing sacred blessings.
In the country, he is considered quite a well-known member of the royal family. Carlisle, who has traveled to countless countries at the age of 26, has an experience beyond ordinary people. When the financial distress of the Kingdom of St. Bridges hesitated whether to fully invest in the Holy See or bow down to join the Federation, Carlisle did not hesitate to propose The third method is to break away from the southern countries and open up a new sea trade route that only belongs to St. Bridges.
Hmm...A small country like St. Bridges on land can't challenge the Lamian business group backed by the Federation.
The human kingdom is more than 30 large and small countries. Seventeen countries have joined the federation. The rest of the countries are struggling to survive alone, or holding their noses to hide under the blessing of the Holy See.
Carlisle knows well that his own small country with a small country with a population of only tens of thousands of people from all over the country joins the federation. It is afraid that the powerful country will pull the garrison to his own land. But sheltering in the Holy See may not be good. The Eleventh Holy Tax It doesn't look like a lot, but don't the pastors and bishops who are stationed in various cities and towns build churches? Isn't it necessary to offer religious donations to these high priests? There are also religious police who are more fierce than the military police. Can the king not pay him?
He is a person who has been baptized in the Holy Cathedral, and he almost joined the Holy See Sky Knights. He doesn't know what the actual situation of the countries that bow to the Holy See is actually.
Among the six small countries in the Southern Kingdom, St. Bridge is not the poorest nor the richest. It stands to reason that most of the spices on this continent are produced in the six southern countries, so it shouldn't be so embarrassing, but... in the human kingdom, spices can't be sold at all!
And to sell the spices produced in the country overseas, the Lamian merchant group cannot be avoided-you can't ship it out anyway on land. By sea, the capital of these small countries in the south builds offshore merchant ships to ship the spices out?
In desperation, Carlisle could only turn his attention to the prohibition of the Lamian Merchant Group: the northern grassland opposite the Inland Sea.
Sailing from the seaport of the Kingdom of St. Bridges, going up into the inner sea, crossing the inner sea to the southwest of the grassland, the cost of shipping is three times higher than that of Lamia from the port of the northern kingdom, but even so, if you can open up a business route for selling goods to the prairie tribes, the profit is still ten times that of before... The Lamian business group took the output of the six southern countries at a low price, and the profit of selling to the orc empire by sailing through the sea is unimaginable. They Even disdain to sell spices on the grassland, after all, the most inferior black mud green salt is enough to snatch away the wealth on the grassland.
That's right... Although Prince Carlisle is very young, he is a man who is very successful in doing things and is also adventurous. He found out that there was no spice on the cargo ship of the Lamia Merchant Group heading to the grassland, so he pulled out an empty space. Shell's caravan, pretending to be a mercenary group willing to do anything with money, traveled all the way to the grassland.
The road is naturally not very peaceful. Although crossing the inland sea to avoid the route of the Lamian Merchant Group in the southeast of the grassland, it was still discovered by the Lamian Merchant Group's patrol after landing and chased them for ten. Coming day. Fortunately, after the bad luck, Carlisle got rid of the patrol team of the Lamia Merchant Group, and Carlisle encountered the steppe people who were friendly to humans...
On the way to follow the steppe people to their tribe, Carlisle was calm on the surface and very excited inside. I quietly practiced countless times how to negotiate with the prairie tribes, how to give up part of the profits, and cooperate with the prairie tribes to open up ports and trade routes that belong only to St. Bridge, and use the advantages of the aborigines of the prairie tribes to help them maintain trade routes. It is true that their purpose of coming to the grassland is the same as that of the Lamian Merchant Group.
They are also for profit, but behind the Lamian Merchant Group is the entire Federation. In order to ensure the interests of the federal countries, they naturally exploited and mercilessly; and The advantage of St. Bridge lies in this. It only needs to maintain a certain amount of profit that can save the financial crisis. The food is definitely much better than the Lamian business group. I believe the people in the grasslands will know how to choose.
Walking on the fallen grass after the snow werewolf stepped on, Carlisle's heart was filled with excitement and excitement. The Lamia Merchant Group could exchange a small bag of a few catties of the lowest quality well salt for an adult song over the age of four. Horned cow, transporting the cow back to the human kingdom, the cowhide alone is enough to cover the labor cost and transportation cost of that bag of well salt, and the rest is profit-more than a hundred times the profit!
He doesn't have to be so greedy, he only needs ten times the profit, and ten times the profit is enough to save St. Bridges. If this trade route can be maintained for a long time, he can also bring in the other five of the six southern countries... If the southern countries can unite on the basis of unanimous interests, why should they fear pulling in on the maritime trade route? Where is Mia?
Carlisle became more excited as he thought about it, even if Dan Crowdy had been muttering something, he didn't care anymore, and he didn't feel tired at all after walking for two days.
It wasn't until...there was an obvious artificial excavation mark in front of them that a dry river channel running straight from north to south did Carlisle recover from countless negotiation exercises.
"Is there a lack of water on the grassland? Why are all the rivers dry?" The sword warrior Darren knelt down curiously to check the dry river bed. There was no water stains on the bottom of the river bed.
"It's not time for the flood.This upper gate of this flood discharge channel is closed, so naturally no water will flow down." Qingyan jumped off Ashan's back and said casually.
"Flood discharge..." Carlisle's eyelid jumped one time, :" Is the artificial river you dug to drain flood?"
"Yes, the naturally formed river is usually good, and the flooding is about to flood everywhere, so we start from the river that flows through the tribe. The upper reaches of the river dug this channel, and when the water was released, the upper reaches opened the gate, and the extra water drained from here to the bottom, so as not to flood the fields in the tribe." Qingyan explained while reaching out to catch the fall of Qiu.
"...The field?" Carlisle suspected that he had heard it wrong, the field and the prairie tribe? How are these two connected?
Qingyan glanced at a shocked human being inexplicably, and reached out his hand to the opposite side of the river channel: "There is the field, and you can see it after you pass here."
Ashan waited for the three of them to go down, and then collected them. Huang Hua jumped off the bottom of the two-meter-deep river, ran a few steps quickly, and jumped onto the opposite bank.
At the moment, the tribe is busy with spring plowing and spring sowing. There is no time to repair the bridge of this artificial river. Anyway, there is no water, just climb over.
Crossed the artificial river and walked forward two hundred meters, Carlisle and other five human beings almost fell to the ground with their jaws-Qingyan is really not kidding, this is really a field!
The large fields are connected together, and there are neat rows of crisp green shoots between the ridges of the fields. The end is invisible at a glance!
Darren took a deep breath and looked at Carlisle. His eyes were round, and the field was so neatly organized and planted so neatly, even the royal manor was at this level?
Carlisle...The sweat on Carlisle's forehead is gone. Is the information he collected wrong or the person who sold it to him fooled him? Isn't the only tauren on the grassland who knows how to farm? What are these snow werewolves and cats? !
"Go here, leave a way here." Qingyan saw the five humans standing there stupidly and did not keep up, beckoning and urging, "Don't go into the field, Ayun will get angry if he stepped on the crop."
Five people Quickly keep up...
The road in the field must be driven by the Snow Werewolves. Of course, it cannot be a "small road". It must be a large road. The width of the road is about five meters. The ground is covered with sand, gravel and loess, and then run over with stones. It's smooth. Carlisle looked at the fields on both sides of the road as he walked. He couldn't help curiosity: "What is planted here?"
"Alfalfa forage." Qingyan said, "All the crops here are alfalfa, Ayun said this year. Fertilizers can only provide soybeans and vegetables in wheat fields. We don't expect alfalfa to be more productive, so we can do more."
Carlisle's eyelids jumped... Fertilizer? Soybean vegetables in wheat field? He turned his head to look at his teammates, Dan and Youmi were just as bewildered as him. Obviously, it is difficult to accept such words from the grassland population...
They are all nobles, and there are manors planted in their homes. Yuan, it's not a black eye for agriculture. Darren and the alchemist monocle man, who came from the bottom, didn't have a place at home. It was not that shocking. Darren also curiously asked: "Have you also grown wheat? How much the amount of the harvest?
Qingyan thought for a while, and looked at Xiangqiu: "I remember that when the wheat was harvested last summer, Ayun seemed to say that there was a yield of four hundred catties per mu?"
Qiu nodded: "After removing the shell, there won't be so much. After removing the wheat bran, the flour is even less, and it seems to be only more than 300 catties."
Not to mention the chins of the cubs of the three landlords in Carlisle fell to the ground again. Darren and the monocle man who didn't know much about agriculture were also shocked.
"There are so many! Isn't it said that one acre of wheat can yield two hundred catties, so it is blessed by the goddess of harvest?" The monocle man was extremely shocked.
Qingyan, Qiu and Ayue all showed particularly confused expressions, and the three of them looked at him blankly with six eyes.
"...Am I wrong?" The monocle man looked at the homes of the three landlords with a guilty conscience. Isn't his common sense so bad? !
"Is it too much? How do I remember that Ayun was in a particularly bad mood after calculating the output?" Qiu touched his head with a puzzled expression. Even Ah Shan, who was walking with the living creatures in front, turned back and said, "Yes, A Yun didn't have a smiling face all afternoon. Seeing everyone is like seeing an enemy. Later, he harvested soybeans and the yield was only two hundred catties per mu. Yun was so angry that he couldn't deal with people. When I talked to him, he was too lazy to talk.
Ayue sighed: "This year I will work harder to farm, and the output is low. Ayun is angry because he is worried that we can't eat enough."
All nodded, deeply agreeing.
The five humans watched the grassland people who are so innocent expression silently
... Wheat and soybean yields of 100 catties per mu are the norm. They don't know if these people are really worried about the harvest, or are they slapped on the face here.
Walking out of the alfalfa field and crossing the small wooden bridge on the river, the five humans shook their bodies again... These prairie people are not kidding at all. They really have farms, they plant a lot of fields, and here are all fields-a large swarm of snow. Werewolves, cat tribes, and dwarves are busy in the fields. Not far away, you can see the snow werewolves who have turned into wolves dragging huge, strange-shaped triangular plowing fields.
"You are back...Huh, Why are humans coming back with you?"
There are few people walked towards them beside the field. The head of the head was half-length, wearing tight pants with buttocks. The complexion was fair and handsome, with sharp edges and thin lips. Thick eyebrows into the temples, eyes deep, the slender scar on the brow bone did not destroy the handsome face of this man, on the contrary, it added a bit of handsomeness and toughness. The two long thighs are slender and strong, and the symmetrical muscles of the body are on the upper part. With a few beads of sweat, he raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead while speaking, and a strong hormonal breath came to his face.
"They're from the caravan — eh?" Qingyan said, before the introduction was finished, he saw a dark shadow running by from the corner of his eye. He subconsciously reached out and grabbed a person, and then Qingyan was stunned over there.
Darren hurriedly stepped forward, covering Yumi's mouth, and dragging the female mage with glazed eyes back.
"???" Dahe, the first handsome female of the Snow Wolf clan, turned her blank eyes to Qingyan.
Qingyan: "...They are from the caravan, where is Ayun?"
"Behind the shed, compost it." Dahe reached out and pointed back.
"Then I will take them to find Ayun." Qingyan said, "Where are you going now?"
"Go picking elm seeds." Dahe pointed to the few manul cubs who followed her, and then lighted the big rolled pocket in her hand, "Qiuqiu is joining us?"
"Okay." Qiu entered the manul team, picked up the youngest one, "Then I will go with Dahe."
Dahe passed by Ashan, took her head to touch Ashan's lowered wolf head to expressed intimacy. When she passed by humans, the human woman who was held on tightly suddenly struggled desperately. She stretched out her hand to grab her, scared her to lean back, and looked at other humans in amazement.
"..." Carlisle used the greatest control and demeanor of his life to cast a polite smile at the snow werewolf who was exuding a strong hormonal aura.
This Snow Werewolf, whose body proportion and appearance are perfect to match the Cathedral Saint Child sculpture, makes Yumi this nympho crazy, at the same time it will inevitably draw the hatred value of human males...
"Dahe you Leave it alone, these humans are just a little weird." Qing Yan waved his hand casually.
... Carlisle's royal courtesy almost didn't get stiff.
Dahe is gone, Yomi looked at Dahe's "unfeeling" back and stretched out Erkan's hand weakly... and then was carried on his shoulder by Darren with a dark face. After walking forward for a while, Ashan turned his head: "I will unload the things into the warehouse, Qingyan, you and Ayue will go to Ayun."
Carlisle understood tacitly, and immediately reached out to Dan, who almost ran away with Ashan's wolf tail, locked his throat.
Dan, who was heading away briskly, stretched out hand to Ashan to hold on... and was dragged away by Carlisle, who was looking bad.
The tribe of the snow werewolves is completely different from the tents in the imagination. It is wide and flat, and the surface is smooth as a stone surface. There is no splicing mark (actually, it is a concrete floor. There is no truck rolling back and forth, and the cement floor with low specifications and labels can also be very durable. ) Squares, neatly arranged and separated from the living area, the warehouse area, the large shed area, the industrial area, the buildings that seemed to be made of masonry, as soon as they came up, they shocked the five humans with a somewhat contemptuous mentality-except for the house specifications.
Outside the relatively huge, bustling commercial street, this so-called tribe is no different from a human town, and looks much taller than those dilapidated towns. The monocle man exchanged glances with Carlisle in amazement. With the eyes of an alchemist, he discovered that the prairie tribe used to pave the square that seemed to be a special building material that the human kingdom did not own. He stepped on and walked on. Like a well-made stone road, potholes and seams cannot be avoided without a stone road.
Carlisle nodded slightly with a solemn expression, and the alchemist reminded him that he could understand... This tribe was definitely different from what he had heard!
But when he was worried, Carlisle was not very generous... The tribe's pure white crystal salt, smooth ceramic tableware, planting techniques far beyond the human kingdom, and these amazing buildings are by no means Lamian merchants. What the group can provide, in other words-this tribe is separated from the Lamian Merchant Group! That being the case, no matter what the tribe has the possibility of trading with them, he naturally doesn't need to be too nervous.
Leaded by Qingyan and Ayue through the side of the amazing square, into the greenhouse area, when Qingyan introduced that this was a greenhouse built by their tribe to grow crops and raise earthworms in the winter, the group was no longer the same as before. Surprised.
Carlisle knows that the royal family of the northern countries in the Federation has warm sheds. The winter in the human kingdom is not as long as on the grasslands, but the royal family cannot bear to eat fresh vegetables for several months. But, what is the matter of raising earthworms?
Carlisle looked at the alchemist, the monocle man looked blank, so he could only ask Qingyan humbly. This irritable cat clan is still relatively friendly to humans as long as they don't irritate him.
"Earthworms can be fed to pigs." Qingyan did not hide it. "The feces of earthworms can also fatten the fields. This is what Ayun said. The pigs we raise with earthworms only grow fat after only two or three months. A lot of fat, the refined lard is very fragrant."
Carlisle looked at the alchemist again, and saw the shocked face of the other person not much better than him... This kind of knowledge does not even the knowledgeable alchemist know? !
Carlisle bit his lip, wondering in his heart what kind of mysterious character "Ayun", who is often talked about by the prairie people, really is—he has also inquired sideways, but whether it is a cat clan or a snow wolf man, answer They all made him vomit blood, "Ayun is Ayun", and the reaction was very normal and natural, so he didn't know what to say.
Before passing through the greenhouse area, Carlisle sniffed, feeling a bit strange. Looking at the others, Darren and the alchemist didn't react, but Yumi and Dan had already waved their hands in front of their noses. Smelled a strange smell.
This weird smell can't be said to be stinky, but rather awkward and strong, making people feel a little uncomfortable. After enduring the discomfort, Carlisle finally found out what it smelled like...
This large open space outside the greenhouse, Countless neatly arranged pits were dug, and the pits were filled with various black-like substances; several snow werewolves were busy near these weird pits, using shovel, pitchfork and other tools to take out the black matter in the pit and transfer it to the empty The empty pit is connected to the canal dug from the river. These snow werewolves take the rakes and mix the black substance into the water, and then scoop them up and put them in the wheelbarrows on the iron wooden frame to push them away... …
Well, of course, the fermented fertilizer must be mixed thoroughly with water and then sprinkled on the field. Although the fermented fertilizer is not smelly, it is inevitable that it will have a peculiar smell.
"Ayun!" Qingyan waved away and shouted, "A human caravan has come here!"
Carlisle quickly looked at it and saw... a rare snow werewolf wearing a coat turned his head and looked at them. The rake in his hand was put aside, and he strode over.
The closer this man got closer, Carlisle's eyes widened and rounded... he saw so many snow werewolves across the farmland of this tribe, and the group of people had a little understanding of the snow werewolf's size: most of the adult snow werewolves. They all have the size of Darren. Darren, who stands out among the humans, was thrown into the snow werewolf pile to set off just like an ordinary person, such as Ayue, who is already familiar with them.
In other words...it resembles the height of an ordinary adult man among human beings. On the side of the snow werewolf, there are cubs who have not yet grown up. Some cubs are stronger than ordinary men.
This "Ayun" who is walking towards them is shorter than Carlisle and about the same height as Yumi. His body is not special. Although his arms are a bit muscular, he is at the level of an alchemist, nor can the standards be robust.
Carlisle felt that the world in front of him was a little fuzzy, his brain functioning sluggishly, as if his head was stuffed with a stone—the omniscient and omnipotent "Ayun" that these steppe people were talking about was a snow wolf man Cub? !
...Is it because he got up this morning in the wrong posture!
Carlisle looked at Qingyan for help, hoping to hear Qingyan say "that who, where is Ayun", but Qingyan obviously didn't like him. This black cat clan waited calmly for the cub. As he approached, he showed a relaxed expression of "I can finally hand over the trouble"...
Carlisle: "..."
Xiao Yun approached a few meters away, stopped, and looked at the five humans from left to right. .
A guy with big eyebrows and big eyes, wearing a half-length armor, carrying a shield, and a long sword in his waist, looks like a knight. This guy looks like that. If business talks about each other, it can be mature and reliable. He blew it smoothly, but the straight eyes and the poorly concealed emotions had betrayed the dull blue essence of this guy.
A burly man with a size close to an adult Snow Werewolf, carrying a big sword and wearing a leather armor set of fish scales, his uncertain eyes were concealed, his temperament was relatively stable, and his IQ was reasonably higher than the stunned blue knight.
A thin and tall man wearing a thin chain monocle and a gray robe pretending to be youthful, but the hem of the robe inserted around his waist and badly damaged boots exposed the casually sloppy inside of this guy.
A golden-haired beauty wearing a funny pointed top hat and struggling with long curly hair on the prairie, who has a appearence of domineering lady nothing to do. The failed facial expression management and frankly exposed behavior of sullen face are enough to prove that this is a greenhouse with the Huskies heart who grew up in beautiful skins.
What about the last one... It's really a leader. It's just a little younger, and it's still in the stage of lack of social education, that is, "setting a path to success and then recklessly passing the wall can win". It's not that the standing posture of the guard of honor is bad, but you can't lose the posture of the craned swan in the flock of chickens.
Xiao Yun's heart made complaints, his gaze fell on Carlisle's face clearly, with a smile but a smile: "Caravan?"
Carlisle: "..."