Wolf King

One thing to say, Xiao Yun was full of conspiracy theories at the time.

He stared at the tree that lay flat and tied to the flatbed cart, from the canopy to the roots wrapped in mud, which was ordinary, but looked evil no matter what, and all he could think about was what the forest elves were up to.

Then from the corner of his eye, he glanced at the group of shocked elves, and Xiao Yun suddenly understood something.

"Heilene, come down here."

Hai Lin walked over and stared at Lan Guo and the others, her little surprised eyes really revealed a lot.

Xiao Yun signaled Hailin to walk towards the crown of the tree, but Hailin hesitated before taking a step... He also wondered why the tree suddenly didn't dislike people; Then they separated towards the two sides as if avoiding something dirty...

Hai Lin: "..." Backed away with a sad face, the blessing tree was still the same blessing tree.

Xiao Yun let out a breath, feeling his face regained a bit, and pointed towards the strange tree: "Is there something weird about this tree, you didn't tell us directly?"

"Is there? I've said it all. Blessing trees have requirements for watering methods, growing areas, and people who take care of them. Only people with pure hearts can make blessing trees grow fruit..." Of course, Hailin couldn't admit that this gift was tricky. , bit the bullet and said, "Uh, the noble tribe seems to be very suitable for cultivating blessing trees..."

"How did the elves cultivate this strange tree?" Veins appeared on Xiao Yun's forehead, and a smile was still hanging on the corner of his mouth.

"Emmmm... a young elf who is less than a hundred years old..."

Xiao Yun looked at Hai Lin with a smile.

Hai Lin silently looked away.

Feelings, you don't think that the snow wolf race can live the forest elf specialty you are proud of-brother in the face!

Don't tell the truth if you see through, save each other's face and it will be easier for everyone.

In other words, the forest elves did not send the emperor's new clothes, but sent the strange tree over in a serious manner.

But if you have to trust the forest elves that much, it won't work. Anyway, Xiao Yun just thinks that these green-skinned pointy ears can't hold their farts well.

Pulling Hailin to the side, Xiao Yun lowered his voice: "We are also old friends, Hailin, tell me the truth, what you 'pure' tree planters are asking for is stupid, cute, and brainy. Empty enough, eh?"

Hai Lin looked at Xiao Yun with straight eyes, is it really okay to speak so bluntly?

"Don't think I didn't notice, the elves you escorted are far away from those two strange trees." Xiao Yun added, none of us will seriously think that being stupid equals being kind. You elves are the same as I am, and you will hold back as much bad water as I am.

"..." Hailin really had nothing to say, so she could only explain dryly, "It's a blessing tree."

"Whatever." Xiao Yun squinted and said, "I can understand that you forest elves are not uncommon to be friends with us snow werewolves, so you try to send us off with some high-end sweets. We have nothing to say about this matter, no matter what you give We will all happily accept it... But as a friend, do you have to tell me if there are any hidden dangers in planting this tree?"

This kind of routine of blocking people's mouths first, then playing the emotional card, and finally asking questions... In fact, the blessing tree did not wrong Xiao Yun.

Hailin struggled for a while, but still told the truth: "—at most, it will not bear fruit." If you plant a job, you will definitely be able to plant a job.

"That's okay." Xiao Yun nodded, and after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, "Wait, what about those fruit trees, can't they just be fooling people?"

"It has to be impossible." Hailin couldn't laugh or cry, "So what you value is actually those fruit trees?"

"Otherwise, stable production is much more reliable than probabilistic things." Xiao Yun was relieved, and then said, "Fortunately, I treat you as a friend, so I didn't say that I made it clear earlier, and waited to see us make jokes." ? Are you bored or not?"

Hai Lin was actually a little guilty by what he said, so he stopped doing it: "When the dwarf king asked our queen to bless the tree, our queen didn't give it to him. Besides, this tree, like the unicorn, only accepts The larvae are taken care of, but ordinary people can’t scare the tree withered even if they get close to it.”

Xiao Yun stared at him blankly for two seconds, then suddenly turned around and strode towards Kai: "Kai, long time no see, do you still like the flower spirit last time? This time I also prepared exquisite gifts waiting for you to come what~"

"——Wait!" Hailin pressed her face in a daze, and Erkang handed her hands, "Would you want to turn your face so fast!"

Delicious and delicious, eating and taking, the elves left happily, and the snow wolf clan also planted the gift tree they received.

Then...Xiao Yun pulled the people from the tribe over one by one to experiment:

All the members of the Snow Wolf clan are very popular with the strange tree, the more stupid and cute the more popular they are, the blue fruit and grass roots are only the leaves rubbing against them, and the horns are approaching, and even the branches bend down to meet them near……

The difference between the cat tribe is more obvious. The treatment of the cat cat cubs is comparable to that of the snow werewolves. Qingyan and Qiu are close, just rub a few leaves to show their closeness, and it’s over. For Leopard Xia... it’s not within two meters yet. , A branch suddenly swung over and hit him in the face.

Xia was so angry that he wanted to scratch the tree, Xiao Yun hurriedly let the horn drag him away.

Balk... don't say anything.

In the end, Xiao Yun sneaked closer to the strange tree again when there was no one around... The branches didn't hit him, they just withered.

"You've become a genius!" Xiao Yun kicked the strange tree.

There was a continuous rushing sound, and a lot of withered and yellow leaves just fell off.

Xiao Yun turned his head and left, too lazy to deal with this crap...whatever he likes.

The two teams who started separately as grassland couriers returned one after another after traveling for two months, bringing back a large number of furs and monster parts, as well as a few exotic flowers and fruits that are special products on the grassland—even the special animals that grow near the snow beast lair. They brought back two pieces of the fruit. The skin of this thing was golden and hard as metal. The snow wolf tribe who picked it up used it as a tool for smashing bones and sucking marrow. ...

"Wind Thunder Fruit, which has wind and thunder elements, can be used to refine element stones." Balk recognized this thing, played with it in his hand, and handed it to Xiao Yun, "Snow werewolves don't need this thing, Tiger If you see the words of the family, you will not let it go."

"Why is it so rare? The Tiger Clan also came from the Orc Empire. They know magic, so why don't we?" Xiao Yun stuffed the two metal balls into the bag, "Hey, speaking of which, the Cat Clan doesn't know magic at all. Are the Tiger Clan close relatives?"

"They have affinity for magic." Balk said strangely, "Didn't you notice that Rosemary, the snow leopard, has affinity for water element, Qingyan and that cheetah have affinity for wind element, and so does Qiuqiu, he should be Dark elements are what humans call black magic..."

"Wait! How can you tell?!" Xiao Yun was startled.

"It's hard for me to explain this to you, and you can't feel it." Balk still pretended.

"Then can you teach them to be magicians? I'll make you a statue of the Goddess of Life ten times the size." Xiao Yun immediately turned his big face to Balk's small face, his tone excited.

Balk was also very excited, but this guy was excited for a long time, and what he said was: "The magic of our dragon clan comes from inheritance, I don't know how to teach other races..."

Xiao Yun stood back expressionlessly and got up to go out, as heartless as a scumbag.

"We can think of a way. Didn't you always say that there are more ways than difficulties? At worst, let's find a mentor—hey, my ten-times-large goddess!" Balkerkang said.

After sleeping in the open air for more than two months, the soldiers lost a lot of weight. When they came back, they washed up and slept soundly. When they got up, they began to sort out the supplies they brought back—it has to be said that this time it was a bumper harvest. There are two full warehouses for sheep, wild beasts and monster furs. They are useless on the grasslands, and there are a lot of fragmented specialties that are earned by blood when they are shipped out.

Migrant worker Ayan diligently ran to the river with the furs collected from various tribes. These furs with uneven processing techniques had to be cleaned by hand and then classified according to grades. All the furs on the grassland are mixed together, but with the experience of the last transaction, everyone knows that the furs of ferocious beasts are more valuable than the furs of cattle and sheep raised at home, and monsters are even more valuable, with a price difference of ten or even a hundred times.

"The one-horned viper picked up by the cat tribe is really complete. It has not been bitten by insects, and the horn skin of the snake's head is also there. Those humans will definitely be willing to exchange ten boxes of peppercorns." The migrant head of the Li tribe looked like an old farmer. In the joy of a good harvest, with a shake of the hands, a large snake that is as thick as two people hugging is shedding its skin and fluttering in the waves, and the flowing river washes away the garbage mixed with the snake skin.

"That's right, last time the skin of the pale lizard's belly was half missing. Two humans almost fought over that piece of skin." A migrant soldier from another tribe nodded, "In the end they increased the price to five bags of ginger. And ten bags of garlic, I really don’t know what to do with that broken skin, just enough to make a pair of trousers?”

"They don't use them to make pants. When I heard those humans chatting, they said that the belts, armors, and... bags made of the leather of monsters? It seems to say that, making these things is very valuable. Humans like these things made of monster skin."

"What's the use of those things?"

"I do not know……"

"By the way, I also heard from a human warrior that his wife likes gloves and boots made of deerskin. Red leaves and deerskins should also be picked from cows and sheepskins?" Ah Yan thought of something and said quickly come out.

"That's right, I forgot, Thrall seems to have said that the price of deerskin is better." Hongye slapped her head, "Ayan, you pick out all the deerskin...ah, the crocodile skin is also included , the crocodile is also considered a beast."

"Hey, would a human with ugly skin like a crocodile also like it?"

"Whatever it is, don't they also like the shell of the thornback beetle, that thing is even worse..."

Xiao Yun came to the river to check the fur sorting situation, and he was very satisfied when he saw the atmosphere—as expected, doing business is the most exercise, and look at these stupid and cute guys who have learned how to settle accounts.

After resting in the tribe for about ten days and helping to harvest a crop of alfalfa, the soldiers set off again to send the packed goods to the Elf port... This batch of goods is more than last time, and it can't be delivered in one trip, at least Had to make two trips.This time, Xiao Yun also followed in the delivery team.

At the same time, in the southern part of the continent of Bloomfield, at the port of the Kingdom of St. Bridge, merchant ships escorted by the royal navy were loading.

Prince Carlisle was dressed in casual clothes and patrolled around the pier with his guards. Those who followed him were nouveau riche aristocrats with little foundation. Although these people were easy to use, they were also short-sighted and disrespectful. Prince Carlisle had to guard against these guys They are not greedy enough to shoddy.

After only turning around for half a circle, Prince Carlisle realized something was wrong... the loading area assigned to the Conrad family was not the port coolie he designated but the servant of the Conrad family, and he immediately strode over.

Viscount Conrad's butler saw His Royal Highness approaching from a distance, his face changed slightly, he turned around and wanted to slip away, and stopped the Prince after walking a few steps: "Where are you going?"

"Your Highness..." The butler had no choice but to stop, his voice trembling.

Prince Carlisle gave the guard a wink, and the guard stepped forward to control the butler who was trying to escape, while the others spread out to check the goods piled around.

These guards are young people selected by Prince Carlisle from the knight families of the kingdom who only have fiefdoms (not actually controlled, and half of the local tax revenue belongs to them) and knight titles, and have no real power. They have limited involvement with the noble circle of St. Yu Carlisle reported the abnormality unabashedly: "Your Highness, the bottom of the bag inside is all wet."

Prince Carlisle walked over and kicked one of the bags, and the moldy, rotten bulbs of garlic rolled out of the bag.

Prince Carlisle took a deep breath and tried his best to suppress the anger rushing to the top of his head... The last trip to Haimao Conrad's house earned enough profit for a year, but such huge profits did not bring the loyalty of this upstart , His Royal Highness can be said to be angry - but he can't be angry.

Teacher Ayun said that if anger cannot solve a problem, it is just impotent rage.

Carlisle had never heard of this tongue-twisting word, and it took him a while to recall it, and then he was not as impulsive as before... Anger without any meaning is incompetence, Prince Carlisle's arrogance hidden under his humble appearance Self-esteem does not allow him to do such a stupid thing.

Venting anger also needs to be vented meaningfully. Anger can have the effect of pushing things in the direction you want on the right occasion and in the right background, but on inappropriate occasions, anger is just a waste of energy and trying to express yourself shallow.

So Prince Carlisle didn't lose control or get angry. He calmly ordered the guards to control the housekeepers and servants of Conrad's house. He also ordered someone to call the people from the dock management office, so that the foreman who formally signed the contract with the merchant group would arrange for coolies to come. Unload the goods that Conrad's house has already packed.

The families that were loading the goods watched the goods of Conrad’s family being watched and unloaded by the prince’s guards, and His Highness the Prince himself stood beside him, all silent... A few of them secretly winked at their own people, sneaking Sneak away some defective products that are going to be mixed in.

"Your Highness..." A young guard who couldn't bear to see him approached Carlisle, but Prince Carlisle shook his head, signaling the other party to keep quiet.

Carlisle is not blind, although the pier is chaotic, he can still see some of those small movements, but he is not moved, and still has the attitude of searching the next house after solving the matter of Conrad's house - want to solve A certain problem must not expand the scope of attack. Tolerance is absolutely necessary.

If he really wanted to relentlessly crack down on this kind of behavior that undermines Haimao's reputation, then he wouldn't just bring the guards... Haimao is the foundation of his start, how could he make life difficult for his own career? First, use the least particular and most disrespectful Conrad as a deterrent, and then conduct spot checks on other people. This kind of unhealthy trend can always be killed, at least it can be controlled to the lowest degree of damage.

The young guards stood beside the prince reluctantly, and couldn't stop throwing knives at those who made small moves; after unloading the goods from Conrad's house and moving the coolies outside the pier to be taken in by the guards, His Royal Highness The guard actually ended his inspection of the pier and retreated to the city with the guards. The guard was in a hurry.

"Your Highness, why don't you search the other cabins?"

"We can come back tomorrow." Prince Carlisle still admired this kind of aggressive young man, and explained in a low voice, "After returning to the city, you may as well relax and play in the city... If someone invites you to drink, ask about today's pier Regarding the situation, everyone may wish to convey my attitude, I will not let the Conrad family go, and I will not allow anyone to damage the reputation of the St. Bridge royal business group."

Not to mention the more impulsive young guards, the others are a little puzzled...

Prince Carlisle smiled without saying a word, and disbanded the guards when he returned to the city, letting these young men experience the enthusiasm and vitality of the port city.

Prince Carlisle lived in the branch of the business group, and played chess with Yumi leisurely all afternoon... After all, she is the daughter of the Hockley family, and she is also a good friend when no particularly handsome man appears in front of her. .

Before it was dark, nobles came to visit Prince Carlisle in an endless stream...

If Prince Carlisle, as a member of the royal family, wants to suppress the nobles, no matter whether they are upstarts or veteran nobles, they will inevitably unite to resist; but since Prince Carlisle is targeting the "unluckiest" Viscount Conrad, the nobles are producing Before the sad mood of the rabbit dead and the fox, the first thing that comes to mind must be:

Conrad's "inheritance", I can replace it~

Not only those who got into positions in business groups want to expand their business scale, but those who didn’t get in also want to have a name~

You must know that the sensation caused by the return of the merchant ship two months ago was nationwide. Not to mention the full ship of cattle and sheep, a large number of high-quality furs fed an unknown number of leather handicraftsmen, and emptied the pockets of many noble ladies. The symbol of Warcraft, which is rare even in the Adventurer's Association, is even more of an artifact - the upstart Viscount of Wangcheng actually exchanged a dozen bags of garlic and ginger for half a piece of pale lizard skin. The tanner turned around and transformed into the most exquisite and luxurious lady's handbag, which won the favor of the countess, and made all the young and old who couldn't buy the countess's smile by spending money beat their chests...

Not to mention some bastard who snatched a set of Manticore parts from beginning to end. This guy hangs this set of Warcraft parts at home, and insists on holding a tea party for half a month, and the ladies are willing to give him face!

Obviously, the sea trade should be the first place for the nobles in the port area to get the moon, but all the nobles who got on the boat of His Royal Highness are the nobles of Wangcheng.

Carlisle had a modest smile, a pleasant demeanor, and an elegant temperament. He successively met with more than a dozen noblemen from the port area...

Early the next morning, His Royal Highness dressed up and took the nobles of the port area to the pier to see the merchant ships of the royal business group and the mighty (er...) Contact and jointly boost St. Bridge's national strength and other official words.

In the afternoon, when His Royal Highness came to the pier again in casual clothes with his guards, the loading workers of each family were replaced by coolies on the pier, and a few servants could not be seen.

"Hehe." His Royal Highness smiled like a spring breeze on the surface, but sneered in his heart. Sure enough, it was the same as what Teacher Ayun said. It is only good for those who follow him. It is easy to get used to these bastards. Knowing that you have a wide range of choices, you guys can be more honest.

Hmm...Of course Teacher Ayun's original words are too vulgar...Although they are very practical, His Royal Highness really can't use the same words to teach the people around him, so he changed the way of describing them to value him and cultivate them silently. The guards said: "When I want someone to carry out my order, I must know in my heart that others cannot carry out all my orders. How much can be carried out depends on my supervision in addition to the personal ability of the executor. .”

"The so-called supervision cannot be done across the board. If that happens, no one can use me, so I have to allow the executor to make mistakes." Prince Carlisle let out a long breath, "Although I am also very angry...but I want to give others a chance to correct, As long as it is not an irreparable mistake, corrected before the damage is caused, I can forgive."

The young guards selected from the kingdom's knight families either looked at His Highness the Prince in reverence, or thoughtfully.

Prince Carlisle did not observe the reactions of all of them, and calmly felt the summer sea breeze with his hands behind his back.Compared with Mr. Ayun, his conditions are much better. St. Bridge, with a population of tens of millions, has a lot of outstanding young people waiting for him to select, train, and train them into a new generation of management that meets his expectations.

The children of noble families can only be recruited and cannot be trusted, because these people must bear the interests of the family, and it is impossible to be absolutely united with him. When he chose Tim and Darren from his companions and put Dan and Yumi aside, He understood this point... The descendants of nobles who are already vested interests are by no means as reliable as the lower class raised by him.

This is a very cold and undignified way of thinking, but when Carlisle took off the prince's dress and walked out of the royal city, he had no other choice.

"Who is my friend... Teacher Ayun, this question looks like a simple sentence, but it is actually a torture of people's hearts."

Prince Carlisle sighed inwardly.