Wolf King

Carlisle Harvey Ferdinand, the second prince of the Kingdom of St. Bridge, although he is only the third in line to the throne, he was baptized in the Holy Cathedral and got a middle name that contains divine blessings. In the country, he is quite a famous member of the royal family.

At only 26 years old, Carlyle has traveled to countless countries, and his knowledge is beyond the reach of ordinary people. When the St. Bridge Kingdom was in financial distress and hesitated whether to fully invest in the Holy See or bow its head to join the Federation, Carlyle proposed the third without hesitation. One way: break away from a group of southern countries to find another way, and open up a sea trade route that only belongs to St. Bridge.

Hmm... A small country like St. Bridge on land can't challenge the Lamia business group that is backed by the Federation.

There are more than 30 large and small countries in the human kingdom, and [-] countries have joined the federation. The rest of the countries are either struggling to survive alone, or holding their noses and hiding under the blessing of the Holy See.

Carlisle knew very well that a small country like his own, with a population of only a few thousand, joined the Federation, fearing that a powerful country would pull the garrison to his own land, but it might not be good to take shelter of the Holy See. It doesn't look like much, but don't the pastors and bishops stationed in various towns in the country build churches?Isn't it necessary to offer religious donations to these high priests?And the religious police, who are more vicious than the gendarmes, can the king not pay their salaries?

He is a person who has been baptized in the Holy Cathedral, and he almost joined the Holy See Sky Knights. He would not know what the actual situation of the countries that bowed to the Holy See is.

Of the six small nations of the Southern Kingdom, St. Bridges was neither 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 are completely priceless!

And if you want to sell the spices produced in your country overseas, you can’t avoid the Lamia merchant group—you can’t ship them out on land anyway. If you take the sea route, where do these small countries in the south get the capital to build high-sea merchant ships? Ship the spices out?

In desperation, Carlisle had no choice but to turn his attention to the forbidden area of ​​the Lamia Merchant Group: the northern grassland across the Inner Sea.

Sailing from the seaport of the Kingdom of St. Bridge, up to the inland sea, across the inland sea to the southwest of the grassland, the cost of shipping is three times higher than that of Lamia sailing from the port of the Northern Kingdom, but even so, if a commercial route can be opened The family sells their products to the grassland tribes, and the profit is still ten times that of before... The Lamia business group took away the products of the six southern countries at a low price, and the profit of selling them to the orc empire by sailing on the high seas is unimaginable for ordinary people. They don't even bother to sell spices to the grassland, after all, the most inferior black mud and green salt are enough to search for the wealth on the grassland.

That's right... Although His Majesty Prince Carlisle is old, he is a man who is very successful in doing things and has the courage to take risks. After many inquiries, he found that there were no spices on the cargo ship of the Lamia Merchant Group to the grassland, so he made a blank Kezi's caravan, pretending to be a mercenary group willing to do anything for money, rushed to the grassland from thousands of miles away.

Naturally, the road was not very peaceful. Although they crossed the inland sea to avoid the route of the Lamia Merchant Group in the southeast of the grassland, they were still spotted by the patrol team of the Lamia Merchant Group after they landed, and chased them all the way. Tomorrow.

Fortunately, after bad luck, Carlisle got rid of the patrol team of the Lamia Merchant Group, and met the prairie people who are quite friendly to humans...

On the way to follow the prairie people to their tribe, Carlisle was calm on the surface but very excited in his heart. He quietly rehearsed 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 belonged only to St. Bridge , taking advantage of the aborigines of the grassland 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 Lamia business group, and they are also for profit, but behind the Lamia business group is the entire federation, and in order to ensure the interests of the federation countries, they naturally exploit them mercilessly; and St. Bridge's advantage lies here. It only needs to maintain a certain amount of profit that can save the financial crisis. The food is definitely much better than the Lamia business group. I believe that the grassland people will know how to choose.

Walking on the grass that was trampled by the Snow Werewolf, Carlisle's heart was filled with excitement and excitement. The Lamia Merchant Group could exchange a small bag and a few kilograms of the lowest quality well salt for an adult songbird over four years old. Horned cows, transporting the cows back to the human kingdom, the cowhide alone is enough to cover the labor costs and transportation costs 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 just needs ten times the profit, and ten times the profit is enough to save St. Bridge.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 the same interests, why should they be afraid of pulling in the sea trade route? What about Mia?

The more Carlisle thought about it, the more excited he became. Even if Dan Crowdy kept mumbling something, he didn't care anymore, and he didn't feel tired at all after walking for two consecutive days.

It wasn't until... when a dry river channel with obvious traces of man-made excavation appeared in front of them, straight from north to south, that Carlisle recovered from countless negotiation drills.

"Is there a shortage of water on the grassland? Why is the whole river dry?" Da Lun, a sword warrior, squatted down curiously to check the dry river bed. There was no water stain on the bottom of the river bed.

"It's not time for the water to flow yet. The upstream gate of the river for flood discharge is closed, so naturally there will be no water flowing down." Qingyan jumped off Ashan's back and said casually.

"Flood discharge..." Carlisle's eyelids twitched, "Is this the artificial river you dug to drain water?"

"Yes, the naturally formed river is usually fine, and it will be flooded everywhere when it floods, so we dug this channel from the upstream of the river flowing through the tribe. Drain to the bottom, so as not to flood the fields of the tribe." Qingyan explained while reaching out to catch Qiu who jumped down.

"...Fields?" Carlisle was very suspicious that he had heard wrong, fields and grassland tribes?How are these two connected?

Qingyan glanced at the stunned human inexplicably, stretched out his hand and pointed to the opposite side of the river: "The field is over there, and you can see it after passing here."

Ah Shan waited for the three of them to go down, and then jumped down the two-meter-deep river bottom with the collected yellow flowers on his back, ran a few quick steps, took off, and jumped onto the opposite river bank.At this moment, the tribe is busy with spring plowing and sowing, and there is no time to build a bridge for this artificial river. Anyway, there is no water, so just climb over it.

After crossing the artificial river and walking two hundred meters further, the jaws of Carlisle and other five humans almost fell to the ground in shock——Qingyan is really not joking, this is really a field!

Large and large fields are connected into one piece, and there are neat rows of crisp green shoots between the field ridges, with no end in sight at a glance!

Darren gasped and looked at Carlisle, his eyes were wide open, such a well-manicured and planted field, even a royal manor is at this level?

Carlisle... Carlisle's forehead was dripping with sweat. Is the information he collected wrong or the person who sold the information to him fooled him? Isn't the only tauren who knows how to farm on the grassland?What's the matter with these snow werewolves and cat clan? !

"Go this way, leave a way here." Seeing the five humans standing there stupidly and not keeping up, Qingyan beckoned and urged, "Don't go into the fields, Ayun will be angry if he tramples on the crops."

The five quickly followed...

The road in the field should be opened for the snow werewolf, of course it cannot be a "small road", it must be a big road, the width of the road is about five meters, the ground is paved with gravel, loess and then rolled over with stones, so it is quite smooth to walk.Carlisle looked at the fields on both sides of the road as he walked, and couldn't help being curious: "What's growing here?"

"Alfalfa forage." Qingyan said, "All the alfalfa is planted here. Ayun said that this year's fertilizer can only supply soybeans and vegetables in the wheat field. He doesn't expect the alfalfa to produce more, so he will plant more varieties."

Carlisle's eyelids twitched...Fertilizer?Wheat field soybean vegetables?He turned to look at his teammates. Dan and Yumi were just as dumbfounded as him. It was obviously difficult for them to accept such words from the mouth of the prairie...

They are all aristocrats. They have manors and plantations in their homes. They don’t have a dark eye for agriculture. Darren and the alchemist monocle man, who came from the bottom, have no land in their homes. It’s not that shocking. Darren asked curiously. : "Have you also planted wheat, how is the harvest?"

Qingyan thought for a while, then looked at Qiu: "I remember that when the wheat was harvested last summer, Ah Yun seemed to say that there was a yield of [-] catties per mu?"

Qiu nodded: "It's not so much after removing the husk, and it's even less after grinding the flour and removing the wheat bran. It seems to be only more than 300 catties."

Not to mention that the jaws of the cubs of the three landlords in Carlisle fell to the ground again, and Darren and the monocle man who didn't know much about agriculture were also shocked.

"There are so many? Doesn't it mean that if an acre of wheat can produce two hundred catties, it is blessed by the goddess of harvest?" The monocle man was extremely shocked.

Qingyan, Qiu and Ah Yue all showed extremely confused expressions, and the six eyes of the three of them looked at him blankly.

"...Did I say something wrong?" The monocle man looked at the three landlords with a guilty conscience. His common sense is not that bad? !

"Is it too much? How do I remember that Ayun was in a bad mood after calculating the output?" Qiu rubbed his head with a puzzled expression on his face.

Even Ah Shan, who was walking ahead with the living things on his back, turned his head and said, "Yes, Ah Yun didn't smile all afternoon, and he saw everyone as if he was seeing an enemy. Later, he harvested soybeans, and the yield per mu was only two hundred catties. Yun was so angry that he had no energy to talk to people, and he was lazy when I talked to him."

Ah Yue sighed: "I will work harder on farming this year. The low yield makes Ah Yun angry because he is worried that we will not have enough food."

Qing Yan and Qiu Qi both nodded, deeply agreeing.

The five humans silently watched this group of prairie people pretending to be invisible... It is normal for wheat and soybeans to yield hundreds of catties per mu, and I don't know whether these people are really worried about the harvest, or they are here to slap them in the face.

Walking out of the alfalfa field and crossing the small wooden bridge over the river, the five humans were shocked again... These prairie people are not kidding at all, they really have farms, a lot of fields, and here are all fields—a large group of snowmen Werewolves, cats, and dwarves are busy in the fields, and not far away, you can see snow werewolves who have turned into wolves and dragged a huge, strangely shaped triangular plow to plow the land.

"You are back... Hey, why are there humans?"

There were a few people walking towards them from the edge of the field. The one at the head was half-dressed and wearing tight pants that covered the buttocks. He had a fair complexion, handsome appearance, sharp edges and corners, a long nose and thin lips, thick eyebrows that reached into the temples, deep eyes, and a line on the brow bone. The slender scars did not destroy this man's handsome face, but added a bit of handsomeness and toughness. The two long legs were slender and strong, and there were a few beads of sweat on the well-proportioned muscles of his body. When he was speaking, he raised his hand to wipe it off. Sweat dripped from his forehead, and a thick hormonal breath rushed over his face.

"They are people from the caravan - eh?" Qingyan said, before he finished his introduction, he saw a black shadow rushing by from the corner of his eyes, subconsciously stretched out his hand and grabbed someone, then Qingyan was stunned There it is.

Darren stepped forward quickly, covered Yumi's mouth, and dragged the glowing-eyed female mage back.

"??" The number one handsome guy of the Snow Wolf Clan, Dahe, turned his blank gaze to Qingyan.

Qing Yan: "...they are members of the caravan, where is Ah Yun?"

"Behind the shed, where the compost is." Dahe stretched out his hand and pointed back.

"Then I'll take them to Ayun." Qingyan said, "Where are you going now?"

"Go to pick elm coins." Dahe pointed to the few male cat cubs following her, and then pointed at the big roll pocket in his hand, "Qiuqiu and us?"

"Okay." Qiu entered the rabbit mantle team and picked up the youngest one, "Then I will go with Dahe."

Dahe passed by Ah Shan, and put his head on Ah Shan's drooping wolf's head to show his intimacy. When passing by the human body, the human woman who was pinned down suddenly struggled desperately, and even reached out to grab her, scaring her back Looking up, he looked at other humans in surprise.

"..." Carlisle used the greatest control and demeanor in his life to smile politely at the snow werewolf who was exuding a strong hormonal aura all over his body.

This snow werewolf, who is so perfect in terms of body proportions and appearance that he can compete with the statue of the Holy Child in the cathedral, makes Yumi, a nympho, crazy, and at the same time, it will inevitably attract the hatred of human men...

"Don't worry about Dahe, these humans are just a little weird." Qingyan waved his hand casually.

... Carlisle's royal etiquette was almost strained.

When Dahe left, Yumi looked at Dahe's "unfeeling" back and stretched out Erkang's hand weakly...and was carried by the dark-faced Darren on his shoulders.

After walking a little further, Ah Shan turned his head: "I'll go unload the things into the warehouse, Qingyan, you and Ah Yue go to find Ah Yun."

Carlisle was so heartbroken that he immediately reached out and choked Dan who almost ran away with Ah Shan's wolf tail.

Dan stretched out Erkang's hand to Ah Shan who was walking away briskly...and was dragged away by Carlisle with a bad face.

The tribe of the Snow Werewolf is completely different from the tents in the imagination. It is wide and flat, the surface is as smooth as a stone surface, and there is no trace of splicing (in fact, it is a concrete floor. There is no rolling back and forth by trucks, and the concrete floor with low specifications and labels can also be very durable. ) square, neatly arranged and separated from the living area, the warehouse area, the shed area, and the industrial area. The buildings in the industrial area seemed to be built of bricks and stones. As soon as they came up, they shocked the five human beings who were somewhat contemptuous—except for the house specifications. Outside the relatively large and less lively commercial street, this so-called tribe is almost no different from a human town, and it looks much higher than those dilapidated small towns.

The monocle man exchanged glances with Carlisle in amazement. With the eyes of an alchemist, he found that what the grassland tribe used to pave the square seemed to be some kind of special building material that the human kingdom didn’t even have. Like a very well-made slate road, there is no slate road that cannot avoid potholes and joints.

Carlisle nodded slightly with a dignified expression, and the alchemist reminded him that he could understand... This tribe is absolutely different from what he heard!

But apart from anxiety, Carlisle is not very convenient... The white and pure crystal salt, smooth pottery tableware, planting technology far surpassing the human kingdom, and these amazing buildings owned by this tribe are by no means Lamian merchants. What the group can provide, in other words-this tribe is separated from the Lamia business group!That being the case, no matter what, this tribe has the possibility of doing business with them, so he naturally doesn't need to be overly nervous.

Led by Qingyan and Ah Yue, they passed through the side of the square with an astonishing size and entered the greenhouse area. When Qingyan introduced that this was a greenhouse built by their tribe to grow crops and raise earthworms in winter, the group of people was no longer the same as before. I was taken aback.

Carlisle knew that the royal family in the northern countries of the federation had greenhouses. The winter in the human kingdom was not as long as on the grasslands, but it was impossible for the royal family to endure the lack of fresh vegetables for several months.But what's the matter with raising earthworms?

Carlisle looked at the alchemist, and the monocle man looked blank. Well, he could only humbly ask Qingyan for advice. As long as this irritable cat tribe doesn't provoke him, it is still relatively friendly to humans.

"Earthworms can be fed to pigs." Qingyan did not hide anything, "Earthworm dung can also be used to fertilize the fields. This is what Ayun said. The pigs we raise with earthworms grow very fat after only two or three months of feeding. There is a lot of fat, and the refined lard is very fragrant."

Carlisle looked at the alchemist again, and saw the shocked face of the other party who was not much better than himself... This kind of knowledge doesn't even a knowledgeable alchemist know? !

Carlisle bit his lip, and he was even more puzzled in his heart about what kind of mysterious person that "Ayun" who was often chanted by grassland people was. It was "Ayun is Ayun" that made him vomit blood, and the reaction was very normal and natural, so that he didn't know what to say.

Before passing through the shed area, Carlisle sniffled his nose, feeling a little 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, which should be the same. Smell a strange smell.

This weird smell cannot be called stinky, but it is rather awkward and has a strong sense of presence, which makes people feel a little uncomfortable. Enduring the discomfort and walking for a while, Carlisle finally found out what it was...

In the large open space outside the greenhouse area, countless neatly arranged pits were dug out, and the pits were filled with various kinds of black substances; several snow werewolves were busy around these weird pits, using shovels, pitchforks and other tools to dig the pits. The black substance was taken out and transferred to an empty pit; this empty pit was connected to a canal dug from the river, and these snow werewolves took a rake to mix the black substance into the water, and then scooped it up and put it on the iron wooden frame Pushed away in a wheelbarrow...

Well, of course, the fermented fertilizer should be thoroughly mixed with water and then sprinkled on the field. Although the fermented fertilizer does not smell bad, it is inevitable to have a peculiar smell.

"Ah Yun!" Qingyan waved his hand and shouted from a distance, "A human caravan is here!"

Carlisle quickly looked intently, and saw... a rare snow werewolf wearing a jacket looked back at them, put the rake in his hand aside, and strode over.

As this person got closer, Carlisle's eyes became wider and wider... Seeing so many snow werewolves walking through the tribe's farmland, the group had a little understanding of the shape of snow werewolves: most of the adult snow werewolves They all have the size of Darren. Darren, who stands out from the crowd among human beings, is thrown into the pile of snow werewolves to make him look like an ordinary person, such as Ah Yue, who is already familiar with them.

In other words... Those who are about the same height as ordinary adult men among human beings are all immature cubs on the Snow Werewolf side, and some cubs are stronger than ordinary men.

This "Ayun", who was walking towards them, was shorter than Carlisle and about the same height as Yumi, and his body shape was not special. Although his arms were a bit muscular, they were at the level of an alchemist. Nor is the standard robust.

Carlisle felt that the world in front of him was a little fuzzy, and his brain functioned slowly, as if a stone had been stuffed into his head—the omniscient and omnipotent "Ayun" that these prairie people talked about was a young snow werewolf cub? !

...Is it because he got up in the wrong posture this morning!

Carlisle looked at Qingyan for help, hoping to hear Qingyan say something like "Who is that, where is Ayun?" As he approached, he showed a relaxed expression of "I can finally hand over the troubles"...

Carlisle: "..."

Xiao Yun approached a few meters away, stopped, and looked at the five humans from left to right.

A guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, wearing a half body armor, a shield on his back, and a long sword in his waist, looks like a knight. The appearance of this guy looks like that. If you talk about it in business, you can be mature and reliable. It's easy to say, but the straightforward eyes and poorly concealed emotions have already betrayed the stupid nature of this guy.

A strong man with a body size close to that of an adult snow werewolf, wearing a leather armor and a fish scale armor with a big sword on his back, his suspicious eyes can be hidden well, his temperament is relatively stable, and his IQ is definitely higher than that of the stunned green knight.

A tall, thin man wearing a monocle with a thin chain and wearing a gray robe, but the hem of the robe tucked in at the waist and the badly damaged boots exposed the guy's casual and sloppy inner.

A golden-haired beauty with long curly hair wearing a funny peaked hat and struggling to toss on the prairie, Yujie Faner has nothing to do with it. The failed expression management and the frank behavior of exposing a bewildered face are enough to prove that this is a greenhouse. A grown-up husky with a beautiful skin.

The last one... has the temperament of a leader, but he is a little younger, and he is still in the stage of "setting a route to success and then recklessly going over the cliff to win".It’s not that the standing posture of the guard of honor is not good, but you can’t lose the swan posture with your neck outstretched when you blend in with the chickens, what’s the matter?

Xiao Yun hehe in his heart, his eyes clearly fell on Carlisle's face, and he asked with a half-smile, "Caravan?"

Carlisle: "..."