Chapter 324 The Kingdom of Shanyue

Wu Guangyi was happy to get the [Hot-blooded Mad Blade]. Everyone at the banquet was chatting well. When the banquet was about to end, Hua Kai took out a piece of paper and handed it to King Wu.

"The Hua family came to Wu from Gaoliu County this time. One aspect is to purchase grain and green grass to solve the current food problem caused by the snow disaster. Another reason is to collect a few spiritual medicines. I wonder if King Wu knows the whereabouts of these four spiritual medicines." Hua Kai said and handed the spiritual medicine pill to King Wu.

"You may have to wait a few days for this. I need someone to go down and search. As for these spiritual medicines and strange stones, there is no country in the world that has more than Yue, but they are not easy to deal with. If Wu can't find them, you can go to Yue to have a look." King Wu said to Hu Kai.

When he returned to his residence at night, Xue Pan introduced Hua Kai's achievements in Wu for more than ten days.

Wu has prepared 700,000 shi of grain. Here, the Wu family is the only one in power, and other families will not have too many resources. He has hired people to press more than ten fermentation pits for green fodder. The ones buried five days ago will be almost ready in a few days.

"I will stay in Wu for five days and collect all the food first. I will send the green fodder to my uncle and Xue Chen first. If the green fodder can be sent earlier, the loss of the Hua family will be less. You will continue to stay here. When we return from Yue, we will go home together."

A few days ago, Xue Chen told Hua Kai that more and more livestock in the Ordos tribe were frozen to death. Many times, when they woke up early in the morning, they saw that the sheep in the sheepfold were frozen. The Hua family sent more than 100 square meters of green fodder [Alfalfa Spirit Grass] and 20,000 stones of grain. With food in the stomachs of livestock, the number of frozen deaths has decreased.

In the evening, Hua Kai sent 100,000 stones of grain to Xue Chen and asked him to give 50,000 to Wuren Tuya. The snow is so thick this year, and it is unknown when the snow will melt. Anyway, spring will not come at the same time as last year.

The next day, Hua Kai went to the warehouse built by Xue Pan's hired people. In the afternoon, all the grain had been sent to the [Baoguang Colored Glass Bottle].

Although the price Hua Kai offered to the Wu family was 10% higher than usual, one stone of wheat only cost 280 bone coins, which was hard for the few people to imagine. 700,000 stones of grain only cost less than 20,000 gold coins, which was much cheaper than buying grain in Zheng and Song.

In the afternoon, Wu Guangyi came to the villa where the Hua family lived. He was followed by three servants, holding three jade boxes in their hands.

"Master Hua, this is the spiritual medicine you want. There is still one [Wealth Flower] that has not been found. Maybe you can try your luck in the southwest mountains of Yue. All our spiritual medicines are purchased from the Yue family." Wu Guangyi came to Hua Kai and said.

Hua Kai did not expect that the Wu family could find all three spiritual medicines so quickly. The [Wealth Flower] is recorded in the spiritual medicine book of this world. Generally, the flowering time is very short, and most of them are in deep mountains and old forests. After taking it, it can improve physical fitness. Monsters are very sensitive to this. Most [Wealth Flowers] are eaten by monsters or wild beasts.

"Thank you so much! How much are these spiritual medicines? I'll give them to you now." Hua Kai asked Xue Pan and others to take the jade box and said.

"These spiritual medicines are given to you as a return gift for [Hot-blooded Mad Saber]. If you have anything, you can come to my house to find me. I won't bother you!" Wu Guangyi said, looking at Tang Lei on the side. He wanted to try the power of the new weapon after he had [Hot-blooded Mad Saber].

"Tang Lei, go and have a fight with Mr. Wu!" Hua Kai said to Tang Lei.

After Wu Guangyi left, Hua Kai saw that there was only one spiritual medicine left in [Heavenly Fire Body Forging Pill], and he was very excited. If the [Heavenly Fire Body Forging Pill] can be successfully refined during this trip to Yue State, then the Hua family will no longer be afraid of the foundation-building stage, and the Hua family will truly gain a foothold in Gaoliu County.

In the afternoon, he continued to practice swordsmanship, but half a month later, Hua Kai still could not comprehend this set of Xuan-level swordsmanship. He felt that he might not have the talent for swordsmanship.

Entering the [Family Secret Space], Hua Kai saw Yu Jun chatting with his grandfather here.

"Head of the family!" Seeing Hua Kai, Yu Jun stood up and asked.

"What is the situation in Yue State?" Hua Kai said.

Yu Jun has been in Yue State for more than ten days. A few days ago, he said that he had not found the head of Yue State. This Yue State is different from ordinary countries.

"Yue State is mountainous, and all families have built their strongholds in the mountains. People who are not familiar with this place may not even find people. There are some strongholds like Beishan here. The Yue family leads the entire Yue family, and the families are also in the form of loose alliances. We searched for ten days and only found Kuaiji City yesterday and met the King of Yue." Yu Jun said.

"What did the King of Yue say about buying food?" Hua Kai asked.

"The King of Yue summoned us, but he didn't care much about buying grain. Yue rarely interacted with other countries. They didn't care much about the Central Plains and knew nothing about our Hua family. He handed our grain purchase to a Yue official and ignored it. Now the official doesn't care much. We are trying to contact other big families and offer them grain prices that are 20% higher than the local price. I believe someone will be tempted." Yu Jun said.

"Do your best! If you can't do the green fodder, give up. One pound of green grass costs one bone coin. There are many people in Wu to do it. Ask if Yue has any news about [Wealthy Flower]. If not... then offer a reward! Those who provide information about [Wealthy Flower] will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins. If someone is willing to sell it, the reward will be ten thousand gold coins." Hua Kai said.

"Okay, I know! I will send the news back to [Family Secret Space] as soon as possible. Is there anything else for the head of the family?" Yu Jun said.

"Well... there is one more thing! Try to learn this set of swordsmanship. Tell me as soon as you learn it." Hua Kai said.

He was willing to upgrade the mental skills for the Lu family to enhance the strength of Lu. On the one hand, it would make it more difficult for Qin to unify the world. The Central Plains countries could hold out for one more day, and Gaoliu County would have one more day to develop.

On the other hand, he also wanted Lu to become stronger and be able to draw the attention of the Central Plains big families, so that the Hua family would not attract too many people's attention when they made a big move in Gaoliu County.

On the 17th, Xue Pan checked that the first batch of green fodder buried underground had been successfully fermented, totaling more than 100,000 jin, which sounds like a lot, but it was only more than 400 cubic meters.

Hua Kai directly passed the green fodder to Xue Chen, and asked Xue Chen to slowly transmit the green fodder back to Gaoliu County.

As soon as this batch of green fodder was fermented, someone organized to bury and ferment the second batch of green fodder. Gaoliu County, Ordos Tribe, and Ujumchin Tribe should be able to support themselves for a while with these green grasses. The Hua family's green fodder is only about 300 cubic meters left, and it must be left for BMW and horses.

On the 18th, Hua Kai took Tang Lei, Hua Peng and five others to Yue State, leaving Xue Pan alone to take care of green fodder.

Yue State has always been called Shanyue State because there are many mountains in the country. Unlike the Taishan Mountains and Qinling Mountains, the mountains here are not high and there are not many monsters. Because of the mild climate, plants grow luxuriantly, and there are many poisonous pets, mosquitoes and ants. Without the cultivation of Qidong Realm, it is difficult to survive in these mountains.

Fortunately, Hua Kai and the other six people riding divine horses do not need to run in the woods. Feeling Yu Jun's breath, several people rode their horses into the air and drove towards the capital of Yue State, Kueiji.

The horses galloped rapidly in the void. From the sky, some mountain strongholds could be seen hidden in the mountains. The people of Yue State in the mountain strongholds saw Hua Kai and others flying over their heads, and they were so scared that they could not help but go back to the house to hide.

It may be because there is no winter here. The mountain strongholds in the mountains and forests of Yue State are very simple. Some houses are made of a few simple wooden boards. Hua Kai also saw some people building houses on tall trees. No wonder Chu State suffered heavy losses in its many expeditions to Yue State. Ordinary soldiers here have a hard time surviving. Experts may not even be able to find their strongholds. It is as difficult as ascending to heaven to conquer Yue State.

Traveling south for about 200 miles, Hua Kai and others stopped to rest more than ten times. Shen Ma also seemed quite uncomfortable in this environment. They finally saw the city in the mountains.

Kuaiji City is much better than Hua Kai imagined. Although it is in the mountains, the scale of the city is much larger than Meili City.

The entire Kuaiji City is located on a half-slope. From a distance, roads are densely distributed around Kuaiji City like spider legs. Hua Kai saw some mountain people carrying baskets and walking around Kuaiji City. This is the first time Hua Kai has seen such a city.

They rode all the way to the outside of Kuaiji City, where soldiers blocked their way. Hua Kai explained his purpose and paid twelve taels of silver for the city entrance fee. The six of them then led their horses into the city.

After entering Kuaiji, the place was flat and bustling. If it weren't for the fact that most people here were wearing coarse linen clothes, Hua Kai would have thought he had returned to the Central Plains!

The streets here were full of hawking, and the items sold on the streets were very different from those in the Central Plains. Hua Kai found that the most popular items sold here were woven products such as straw ropes, straw shoes, and straw hats. There were very few real shops. They searched for a long time before finding the only inn here, which seemed to be of good quality.

Yu Jun and the other three lived here. When Hua Kai found them, he saw that they were preparing to have lunch, and the meat here was quite rich.

"Master, Nanyue is much looser than we thought. Now the whole Nanyue is actually composed of 141 large mountain strongholds. Although the Yue family is powerful, it has little control over other mountain strongholds. It is very difficult for us to buy food, because the 141 large mountain strongholds are only about a thousand people, and they have countless small and medium-sized mountain strongholds under them. Usually, there is an equal and mutually beneficial relationship between mountain strongholds." Yu Jun said to Hua Kai.

In this case, buying food becomes nonsense. Hua Kai can't go to all the mountain strongholds. The population of Nanyue may exceed one million, but the management is looser than that of the bandits in Beishan. No wonder he can't take down the Wu Kingdom with a population of only more than 100,000.

"What about the reward [Fuguihua] I mentioned? Is there any news?" Hua Kai asked.

"Someone came to the inn this morning and said that he had met [Fuguihua] in Jinyuan Mountain, but there is a legend that there is a big monster in Jinyuan Mountain. There are many monsters around, and the Nanyue mountain people dare not approach."