Wolf King

A beautiful mountain range with an altitude of less than [-] meters meanders from west to east, and the middle of the tortuous part cuts off a tributary of the river of the earth. This unnamed tributary has a gentle flow, but it cannot be blocked by the beautiful mountains. The water flows on the southern side of the middle of the mountain range A large area of ​​low-humid swamp land emerges, and then converges into a river, and the gurgling river flows eastward.

The chestnut tribe lives among the mountains to the east of this low wet swamp.

The two big rivers and countless tributaries on the plain do not have absolutely fixed channels, and the naturally occurring mountains are not enough to form a barrier, and river diversions are common; when the river floods every summer, nearly one-third of the plain area may even be flooded. The ground has turned into low wetlands, so... even if such terrain is not suitable for grazing, in many cases the grassland people can only hold their noses and make do with it.

There are hundreds of huge herds of bison entrenched in the swamp, drinking water with their heads down, or rolling in mud puddles, comfortably occupying this "wetland" to spend the hottest noon.

Not far from the buffalo herd, at the place where the nameless river rejoins, two snow werewolves with bare buttocks and bent waist are standing in the river below their knees, groping in the muddy muddy water. wearing something.

"Caught it!" One of them's eyes lit up, his arms stretched out, his muscles puffed up, and with the sound of splashing water, he grabbed a half-meter-long fat fish out of the water, and beat it to the side where it was drier. on the river beach.

With a "bang", the big fish that couldn't stop swinging was thrown unconscious.

There were four or five big fishes that were so dizzy on the river beach, the longest of which was more than one meter long. Two wild snow werewolves washed the mud off their hands casually, jumped onto the river bank, and went to pick up the animal skins they took off. Another person found a stripped vine and put the big fish on it.

"Let's be hot!" Throwing the big fish with vines through the cheeks, the two snow werewolves waved at the buffaloes entrenched in the swamp before leaving.

"Moo—" Among the buffalo herd, a bull with a shoulder width of 1.5 meters, a body length of more than four meters, a huge horn on its head, and an astonishing size lying in a mud puddle uttered, as if responding.

"The big horn is getting stronger and stronger, when will it be caught and eaten." One of the snow werewolves smiled.

"You can't beat it, it has turned into a monster." Snow Werewolf No. [-] also laughed.

"Xiao Hualai will definitely be able to beat it."

"Haha, we won't be able to keep those bison if we catch the big horns."

The Li tribe's camp was built on the mountainside, and a relatively gentle platform among the mountains was their tribe.They have lived in this land for more than a hundred years, and they are no longer satisfied with wool felt tents, so they mix the mud and grass leaves from the nearby wetland swamp, and paste them on the frame made of branches, making them full of original flavor. The earthen bungalow... It looks ugly, but in winter, this kind of earthen bun that is thickly pasted with wetland soil can keep warm well, and the small days are so much more beautiful than the former Huoyan tribe.

"We're back hot~" Two snow werewolves resisted the fish and climbed up the mountain briskly. As soon as they climbed to the platform, they were stunned for a moment, and then rushed up cheering, "Ayan, Ayan, you are back!!"

"I'm back spicy!"

Seeing the little friend, Ah Yan immediately jumped up and jumped on the two of them, and the three of them rolled into a ball: "Ahaha, I miss you so much!"

"Hey! Come back!" Red Leaf had veins on her forehead.

Ah Yan quickly got up and trotted back to the team.

"..." Xiaohua, the guard soldier of the Li tribe, stared at Ayan with the corners of her mouth twitching.

"Uh...that's all the spices we sent." Hong Ye was not good at scolding other people's children at other people's homes, pushing the things they carried forward, "This bag is garlic, and this bag is ginger." , this is chili and Chinese prickly ash, this roll is white cotton cloth, and this box contains scissors, needles, thread..."

"Garlic and ginger are put in the soup. When the weather turns cold, if someone is frozen, you can let him drink some ginger water. Clothes made of white cotton cloth are worn by the cubs..."

"...According to what Ayun said before, we only exchange fur for these things. If your tribe has accumulated monster skulls and animal skins, we also want them. For cattle and sheep, we don't need them for the time being, but if you can smoke them into bacon sticks, We will also charge it next time we come.”

The patriarch of the Li tribe... works in another transport team, so he didn't come along this time, but the content of the deal was agreed upon when Ayun came to recruit soldiers, and the soldiers who look after the house can also make the decisions.

Xiaohua, the top brother of the same model as Hongye, nodded cheerfully: "Okay, we have prepared the fur, and we have saved a little part of the monster. But we haven't used spices, you have to teach me."

"no problem!"

Garlic and ginger are hard currencies in the modern world. Of course, their role is not only as an annoying existence in food. In fact, the more backward the productivity, infrastructure, and logistics of the world, the more garlic and ginger have a market. , because these two spices can eliminate a certain degree of peculiar smell, allow spoiled food to be delivered to the mouth, and also have a certain disinfection and sterilization effect.

Modern people's pursuit of green, environmental protection, pesticide-free and natural is nothing more than a fault caused by decades of abundant material life.100 years ago, at least [-]% of the world's population had to eat a lot of spoiled food every year, and a small part didn't even have to eat spoiled food.

People who have traveled a lot all over the country know that the heavy oil and spicy cooking methods in some areas are actually to cover up the staleness of the ingredients... cough cough.

In addition, it is the stimulating enjoyment of the sense of taste-don't doubt, the timeline on the earth is pushed forward by several decades, and [-]% of people's pursuit of food is only to be able to eat well, but not to eat well, why? , because the taste of food is bland, "eating sweet and spicy food" is a kind of people's general yearning for a better life, and people only talk about it if they can't get it; just like the description in Water Margin that the heroes of the rivers and lakes drink in big bowls and eat beef in large pieces. It was a way of life that made people at that time envious and jealous.

Put a little pepper, garlic, and ginger in the broth, and the taste of the soup with only salt is heaven and earth. The people of the Li tribe shared a mouthful of the soup, and immediately took out the exchanged materials without hesitation.

The source of food for the Snow Wolf tribe relies on grazing and hunting, and each tribe has accumulated a certain amount of fur. As for the parts of monsters, it depends on luck... The speed of the Snow Wolf tribe fighters is indeed quite painful, unless they encounter a head iron Baby, otherwise they can only stare as soon as the monster escapes.

Counting the exchanged items on the spot, Hongye smiled and said: "We will come again before autumn. I have a suggestion. While it is hot now, you might as well shave the wool and save it. Before autumn, the wool should also be It's grown out."

"Wool? Wool from long-haired sheep?" Xiaohua was taken aback.

"Yes, we can lend you the shaving tools." Hongye beckoned, and Ayan hurriedly took out the wool shears stored in the bag, "The shaved wool is packed into bundles, with as little garbage as possible, and it can also be used as a The fur is exchanged with us."

"No problem!" Xiaohua nodded immediately, she didn't need to kill the sheep for shaving, and the wool would continue to grow, which was more cost-effective than trading fur.

After staying in the Li tribe for a day, Hongye and the others were about to leave. Xiaohua's partner reluctantly bid farewell to her, making Xiaohua dumbfounded...

The team led by Hongye went northeast, and the team led by Yu went southeast. When Hongye and others left the Li tribe, Yu's team also came to a cat tribe with more than 200 people.

Due to their good appearance, the cat tribe is the race that deals with the most human caravans on the grassland. After all, the cat tribe is relatively close to humans in size, while the snow wolf tribe and tauren are too threatening...

It is not an exaggeration to say that the 15-member team of Snowwolf warriors is enough to fight a tribal-scale local war. This team just entered the territory of the cat tribe, and scared the cat warriors on patrol; Look, this group of snow werewolves are actually carrying large and small bags of supplies, but they don't have weapons. This makes the cat warriors on patrol very confused...

After some warnings and negotiations, Yu expressed the snow wolf clan's intention to trade, but the cat clan obviously didn't believe it so easily—is it poisonous? The snow wolf clan can do business now!Who would believe it!

So Yu's team had to stay where they were for two days, and let the cat clan members check their team one by one, finally convinced the group of cats about the sincerity of the snow wolf clan's deal, and let Yu in. ...

When Yu Yu talked about their trading method, the Cat Clan immediately felt relieved——fuck, it’s not for nothing if you deliver such a big deal to your door!A human caravan trades a bag of salt for an adult benthorn ox over four years old, and the Snow Werewolf's spiced calico is exchanged for fur... As expected of the Snow Wolf Clan, they are so active in losing money!

On the third day, after completing the deal and leaving the cat tribe, Yu turned to everyone with a very tired heart: "Next time we should bring a few cat tribes with us, otherwise it would be a waste of time to do this every time."

The fighters in Yu's team nodded in unison, thinking that the cat clan is as easy to deal with as the Qingyan, Qiuqiu, Yubone, and Rosemary that everyone is used to!They are so naive!

In the Huoyan Tribe, the busy cats in various positions sneezed in unison.

"Qiuqiu?" Cheetah, who was stepping on a foot-operated carding machine to comb wool, looked at Qiu with concern.

"It's okay, it's just that my nose is a little itchy... Achoo!" Qiu touched his nose, but the wool on his hand irritated his nasal cavity...

"Otherwise, you should take a rest, anyway, the wool can't be finished," Cheetah said.

In everyone's impression, cheetahs seem to belong to the large cat family... But it is not the case. The speed-specialized cheetah is actually a bit biased, generally light in size, lacking in frontal combat power, and only smaller than the cat cat in human form. No. [-] Qiu Da, no matter how devil Xiao Yun is, he can't treat the cheetah as a second-level labor force... Labor intensity is not the same thing at all.

"No need, this batch of wool has to be spun out quickly." Qiu sped up his hands, "Ah Yun said that we don't have enough people to weave by hand, so we might as well sell the wool directly in the next transaction. The pure color wool can't be sold at a price, so let's hurry up and sell the wool. Spin it and let Ah Yun dye it."

Hmm... The production of phosphate fertilizer has not been successful, but the extraction of mineral dyes from phosphate rock has been done.Chemicals are so amazing, you never know which additional industry will smile at you first when you develop a certain product.

The vast forest owned by the forest elves also has a name. The common name on the mainland is Yatis Forest, which means "the residence of the forest goddess".But after the green dragon clan shamelessly occupied the northern area thousands of years ago, the green dragon brazenly called the largest and most extensive jungle on this continent "Yajialan Forest", which means The garden of the Goddess of Life, which pissed off the forest elves—theoretically, the Goddess of the Forest and the Goddess of Life are the same goddess, and a goddess concurrently holds the priesthood. Although the long-lived species is not so stupid, it is impossible to have a good face with each other.

That's why Yatis Forest and Yajialan Forest are no longer called. People all over the world unanimously agree that this forest is called "forest"... Otherwise, do you want to have trouble with the hard-headed elves, or want to compete with the green dragon? How loud is it?

General Kleist's tribe is located in the middle of the forest, in the coastal area in the southwest corner of the northern continent. This tribe has tens of thousands of people, six elven villages, one elven city, 60 elven warriors, and more than 30 elven mages. , more than [-] elf druids.

That's right... It's a tribe, but its strength is much higher than that of some small human countries, so you say how much General Kleist respects the princes of small human countries, that's completely incompetent...

The City of Anas, a city built in the majestic mountains that divide the continent of Bloomfield into east and west plates.This elven city has an area no less than that of a small human city, with more than 4000 forest elves living in it, and more than [-] buildings.

The domed building in the center of the city belongs to the Council of Elders. When Kay and Helene entered the council through the long corridor in the middle of the lake and through the square courtyard where the birds kept flying, Gwendoline, the elder on duty, saw them. It floated down from the bookshelf more than ten meters high.

Hmm... The elves are not a boring race like the YY people on earth who even have hollowed out armor. They also pay attention to practicality and utilization. The large-scale council of elders is not only used for discussing tribal affairs. The library in the tribe, ordinary elves can enter by registering with the guards.

Elder Gwendolyn is one of the members of the Twelve Elders. He is over 600 years old. He is an elf mage. : "It's Kai and Hailin, didn't you follow Kleist to guard the port, why did you come back?"

"Elder Gwendolyn." The two elf warriors touched their chests together and saluted.

Hailin took out a white porcelain plate embellished with blue patterns from her bosom: "We came back under the order of General Klaster. The snow wolves on the prairie want to use this kind of porcelain to trade with us. General Kleist I hope the elders can give guidance and advice.”

The wind element swept the porcelain plate away from Hai Lin's hand, lightly held it in front of Elder Gwendolyn, and turned it around freely as if it was held by one hand.

Gwendolyn looked surprised: "This is...is this owned by the Snow Wolf Clan?"

"Yes."

Elder Gwendolyn reached out and received the white porcelain plate in her hand. She was even more surprised by the smooth touch and pure plate body: "How could it be... Could it be that the Snow Wolf Clan has recovered their inheritance? But I remember 200 years ago The orc empire has never produced such products, where did they learn the technology?"

This thought only lasted for a moment and then dissipated. Gwendolyn didn't care much about a certain race having a skill she didn't understand--the new magic alloy of the Alchemist Association, the inorganic life mechanical creation of the dwarf kingdom, the sea race The method for priests to temporarily control the weather in a local area, the magic steam train of the Orc Empire, the large airship owned by the Spellcaster Association... There are countless ancient or new technologies that are unknown in this world. If you have to struggle with your ignorance for each item, That day is gone.

"Good workmanship, I would like such a dinner plate. In what direction does Kleist want to ask for advice?"

Hailin honestly reported the expected price of the Snow Wolf Clan... They wanted to exchange the porcelain for a suncloth of equal weight.

Hmm... Kaolin-fired porcelain, although it is very troublesome to spray patterns and glaze by hand, but it will definitely make money if you exchange it for suncloths of the same weight. Xiao Yun is charging a higher price and waiting for others to return it.

Gwendolyn froze for a moment, then covered her lips and smiled lightly. She didn't know how the snow wolf tribe made this kind of porcelain plate, but the forest elves of the sun cloth are very mature and mass-produced cheap. In her opinion, The price of such exquisite porcelain is indeed a little low... No wonder Kleist sent two elf warriors here. What is the matter with the elves taking advantage of the snow wolves? If it spreads in the future, it will make people laugh.

"I think the price offered by the snow wolves is very reasonable, so I will do as they wish." Gwendoline said softly, "We forest elves are a race that values ​​etiquette in negotiations between different races. When the transaction is in progress, we can ask the snow wolves Friends of the Snow Wolf Clan gave some special products of the Elf Clan to repay the friendship of the Snow Wolf Clan.”

It is not enough to obtain the friendship of the elves through a transaction. It is better to reciprocate courtesy and save trouble.

So half a month later, the busy Huoyan Tribe ushered in a team of 60 elves.

Xiao Yun hurriedly washed his hands, changed his clothes, and ran to the opposite side of the artificial river to greet him. Although he was determined, he was stunned by the things brought by the forest elf team—what's the matter! Even if the elves don't counter the price, the porcelain with a total weight of more than 4000 catties is more than 4000 catties of sun cloth. Once you put a few snow werewolves in your pocket, you will bring it back. You also specially set up a team to deliver it? !

Also used a flatbed truck to drag over several fruit trees with all beards and tails?What's wrong with you forest elves? !

"Mr. Ayun!"

The team leaders were acquaintances Hailin and Kai. Kai still looked like he was suffering from a second-year illness, but Hailin was very enthusiastic.

"Uh... Hailin, what are you...?" Xiao Yun bit his tongue, trying to suppress what's wrong with you.

"The four cars in front are equipped with the suncloth that was traded, and the agreed-upon porcelain weighs 4200 catties." Hailin smiled, "The more than a dozen cars in the back are loaded with gifts from our forest elves to the Snow Wolf Clan." , our tribe produces six kinds of fruit, totaling [-] catties, plus six fruit trees cultivated by our tribe's druids, and two blessing trees... You are separated by two rivers, so you can't transport them across. See, right? Let people from your tribe carry it?"

"..." Xiao Yun was dumbfounded, and rubbed his face vigorously, "Wait, you said...a gift? Give it to us? Why?"

Helene smiled and said nothing...

In his heart, he complained again about what's wrong with you forest elves, Xiao Yun twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "Then since... they have been sent all the way here, I can only express my heartfelt thanks... What is the blessing tree?" of?"

"This is the signboard of our forest elves!" Hailin immediately lifted her spirits, "The blessing tree is the legendary 'lucky tree'. Because of the different watering methods, growing areas, and people who take care of each year during the production period, the blessing tree will It bears different fruits. The most enviable blessing fruit of our forest elves, which is not found in the entire continent, including other continents, is planted from this kind of tree. Among adventurers, the highest level of blessing fruit is equal to ten times the weight of Gold is priceless, BALBALABALA... The archdruid of our tribe speculated that if the person with the purest heart takes good care of the blessing tree, the blessing tree will definitely give back the same amount of blessings."

Xiao Yun: "..." Don't be too lazy to think about what to give, just take two trees and make up an allusion to make up the number.Anyway, if it can't be planted, it is the snow werewolf's own fault, which is the same concept as the king's new clothes.

The rivers and artificial rivers in the tribe didn’t have time to build decent bridges, so the elf team that delivered the “gifts” naturally couldn’t get through. The group of elves who came to run the field curiously ran out towards the fields and Xiao Yun on the opposite side of the artificial river. The snow werewolves who greeted him looked straight at him; Xiao Yun had no choice but to ask the people in the work team to stop working and come over to move things, and by the way let the cafeteria start working quickly... You have to take care of the food when they come all the way?

Hai Lin was just waiting for this meal, standing comfortably by the side and waiting with her arms crossed to watch the snow werewolves carry it... It's not that he didn't want the elves to help, but the elves really have nothing to compare with the snow werewolves in terms of strength of.

These gifts... the fruit and fruit trees are all insignificant additions, most of which are on the two blessing trees. They gave this stuff, and even the most cheeky dragons can't say that the elves took advantage of the snow wolves—but This hair extension is not given randomly, only the forest elves have the blessing tree for Mao?Because it is difficult for others to feed this stuff, let alone bear fruit...

Elder Gwendoline is as gentle as water, but when an elf queen is annoyed to death by the green dragon, she will be recruited to the royal city to deal with those green dragon characters~ Want to take advantage of her?It is very difficult!

Hai Lin is full of ambition, and this mission can guarantee that she will not take advantage of the Snow Wolf Clan or suffer a disadvantage. The elders have considered everything, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

On the other side, Xiao Yun circled around the blessing tree that hadn't been carried yet, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it was an ordinary green leaf tree, and the forest elves were teasing them... But it was given away for nothing anyway, so he pinched his nose After accepting it, the mature fruit trees domesticated by the six elf druids were already a surprise.

The escorting elves all retreated to the side, Xiao Yun moved closer to identify what kind of tree it was, and then... he was just within three meters of the Blessing Tree lying flat and tied to the flatbed cart, when he saw the branches and leaves facing him It seems to be feeling, and it is very uncomfortable to separate on both sides.

Xiao Yun: "..."

He took a few steps back slightly, and the separated branches and leaves closed by themselves.

Xiao Yun took another two steps forward, those branches and leaves seemed to dislike him and avoided him again...

"Damn it?!" Xiao Yun didn't believe in evil anymore, he walked straight to within half a meter in front of the canopy of the tree, and then he saw that on the branch that was avoiding him awkwardly, the leaves that should have looked very vigorous started to wither and turn yellow...

Xiao Yun hurriedly stepped back, and the half-withered leaves finally stopped.

Xiao Yun: "...Wait, other people don't approach this tree, come and call for the horn!"

"What's wrong?" Lan Guo thought that Xiao Yun had discovered something wrong, and as an adult clan member, she immediately rushed over to stand in front of Xiao Yun.

Languo didn't know the strangeness of the blessing tree, and came directly to the crown of the tree. The branches didn't mean to avoid him at all. When Languo passed by, there was no wind and the leaves actively rubbed against Languo.

Xiao Yun: "..." Turning his head to look at the clansmen around him, he casually called two of them over.

The two tribes passed by brushing the crown of the blessing tree unconsciously, those leaves are still very face-saving...

...In Xiao Yun's heart, tens of thousands of harmonious beasts rushed past.

... The elves who were standing not far away waiting to see the joke were stunned.