Lord of Hyranza

Herds of elk and wild boar also wanted to get into the forest at the foot of the mountain, but they were shot and killed by the cavalry guarding both sides of the canyon in advance.

When the cavalry net finally formed a siege under the north city wall, there were hundreds of elk and hundreds of wild boars in the net. At this time, it was not necessary to be precise in archery. As long as they collectively drew their bows and released arrows, arrows rained down one after another. , these elk and wild boars fell in pieces.

All the four-wheeled carriages that the town could muster came out to load and transport the prey back to the town.

Some greedy small carnivorous beasts also came out of the woods on both sides of the canyon, trying to steal some food in the canyon while taking advantage of the chaos, but were shot and killed by the real hunters on the four-wheeled carriage.

This is the first time that Surdak has conducted such a large-scale hunting.

The herds of large game that crowd the Dodan Canyon were hunted in great numbers right within the canyon.

The clerks of the leather shop and the butcher shop were almost guarding the entrance of the north city wall, where twenty wooden stakes were erected, and each wooden stake had an iron hook attached to it.

The elk, unloaded from the wagon, piled up like a hill.

The butcher shop assistant dragged the elk and wild boar carcasses under the wooden stakes, hung them up one after another, first peeled off the leather, then peeled off the internal organs, put all the intestines and stomachs into large wooden barrels, and transported them to the river on the east side of the town For further cleaning.

The liver, lungs, and viscera had no time to deal with them, so they were cut into cubes and thrown into a large iron pot to squeeze out the fat.

The remaining good meat will be disassembled into four hams and two ribs, placed on the chopping board, directly coated with a layer of heavy salt, and hung in rows in a wooden shed.

Dismemberment and pickling require a lot of hands.

Aung San is very prestigious among the aborigines in Dodan Town, and many of these aborigines are half-baked hunters, so they have no problem handling these prey.

This kind of hunting was carried out for three consecutive days before the groups of elk and wild boars were hunted in sevens and eights. Although many animals still flooded into the Dodan Canyon, large groups of herbivores no longer entered the Dodan Canyon.

As ferocious beasts such as Northlander bears, moonblade fire wolves, and ghost leopards gradually appeared in the canyon, the hunters in Dodan Town did not dare to go out alone.

Only some mercenary groups in the small town dared to go hunting.

In just three days, Surdak's cavalry battalion killed nearly a thousand wild boars and more than 600 elk. All prey were pickled with salt and hung in a cool wooden shed.

With five or six cases of ghost leopards wounding people in the canyon one after another, the number of people going out to hunt has decreased significantly.

Suldak leaned on the wall with both hands, looking at the beasts in the canyon.

At this time, only Andrew, Samira, and Gulitum dared to go out to hunt in the city. They were looking for those monsters in the valley to hunt and kill them.

"How long will it take for the Invercargill Warcraft Forest to recover? Three years, or five years?" Suldak asked Aung San behind him.

As an aborigine in Duodan Town, Aung San had experienced three beast tides, and his parents died in the second beast tide in his life.

Aung San looked towards the distance of the canyon, and said indifferently:

"It won't be so long. After this beast tide is over, there will be bigger and more herds migrating from the north, and Invercargill will recover soon."

His skin was bronzed in the sun, and his broad forehead was particularly oily.

Suldak turned to look at the slums behind the northern city wall. Many aborigines had hunted some small animals such as rex rabbits and guinea pigs outside the city. Rows of gray furs were drying in front of the rows of wooden houses, and there were rows of The sausages were lined up to dry, and these aborigines were given some animal oil. Almost all the residents of the small town ate meat at home.

"Is this how you make money before every beast tide?" Suldak asked Aung San.

Aung San shook his head and said: "Last time when there was a wave of beasts, the town of Dodan found a way to hunt for a license. Only by purchasing a license can you participate in the hunt. Trading houses and mercenary unions hunted monsters in the Dodan Canyon. People like me The aborigines were not eligible to leave the city in previous years."

Aung San's eyes followed Suldak's and fell on the wooden shed in the slum area of ​​Duodan Town. Looking at the food drying on the roof, he said with emotion:

"But this year is different, we aborigines can also participate in hunting..."

He repeated: "Yes, this year is different."

He didn't know that there was more faith in his eyes at this moment...

……

The city of Wilkes at dusk is exceptionally beautiful, with the burning sun sinking into the clouds on the horizon.

Golding Manor is holding a big ball tonight. The people who come to the ball are the nobles of Wilkes City. The inner courtyard of the manor is decorated with lights and festoons. Many nobles have arrived early, and some nobles gathered in front of the cold dining table. , Chatting with wine glasses, some other nobles stood by the garden pool, admiring the exquisite gardening and sculptures.

This is the daily life of the upper-class Wilkes nobles, with balls, salons, and occasionally riding horses in the manor outside the city.

Magic caravans are constantly parked in the open space in the courtyard in front of the manor.

A gorgeous magic caravan drove slowly and stopped at the gate of the manor.

The entourage of Wilkes City Consul Florian stepped out of the carriage and whispered a few words to the guard at the gate.

As the consul of Wilkes City, Count Florian seldom participated in such balls, lest he be tainted with the color of local nobles. The Count who came to Bena City has greater political ambitions However, Wilkes in the Bailin plane is just a small platform in his life.

What he needs to attend is to pass through the portal, the dance held by the nobles and celebrities of a higher level in the city of Bena.

The guard at the gate of the manor saw that the person sitting in the magic caravan was actually the Consul Florian, and hurriedly let it go.

A servant guarding the gate hurriedly ran to the manor to inform the owner of the manor, Mr. Golding.

As the magic caravan slowly drove into the manor, Councilor Golding, who was entertaining other guests in the courtyard, also received a report from the servant, and hurriedly led his family out of the villa, and stood at the bottom of the steps to greet him.

The magic caravan stopped at the bottom of the steps, and Consul Florian stepped out of the car in a noble dress, stepped on the newly laid red carpet, and walked into the villa surrounded by a group of nobles.

The scene was very lively, and the nobles surrounded the consul of Florian.

The Consul of Florian danced in the company of Mrs. Golding, and then chatted with Mr. Golding for a few words before leaving in a hurry.

After Consul Florian left, Councilor Golding's face darkened.

He let his wife hang around among the guests, went into the study alone to write an urgent letter, and then let his cronies leave Wilkes City on fast horses.

……

'The military and political governor of Dodan is a member of the Luthor family'

Baron Josh Golding was sitting on the sofa, holding the letterhead with no words in his hand, feeling a little absent-minded for a moment.

Councilor Golding's entourage sat aside and said to Baron Josh Golding: "My lord, the meaning is that you don't have any conflicts with this Baron Suldak. If you feel that the business in Dodan Town If you don’t go on, you can give up here, someone from the family will come and take over everything here.”

"But if you want to continue to operate here, you must handle the relationship with Baron Suldak well. Although we don't need you to befriend him, don't annoy him." The follower said solemnly.

Then he changed into a relaxed demeanor and said, "Master Viscount just said this in the study, Josh, what do you think?"

"Of course I want to stay here. Dodan Town is located on the northern border. The resources here are far from comparable to other towns. It's just that the profits of the trading house will be cut off a lot in the future. This is really a bit unreconciled. what!"

Baron Josh Golding clenched his fist and smashed it into the palm of his other hand.

The senator of the senator nodded and said: "You can think of it this way. This Baron Suldak seems to be here for gold plating, and he will stay here for at most three years. Every garrison commander cannot The officials are all sons of nobles."

"Isn't it just some fines... Tomorrow, I'll have someone send it to you." Baron Josh Golding lazily lay down on the sofa and said with some gloom.

The senator shook his head, and said, "I think you'd better go in person. It's best not to get angry at this time."

Baron Josh Golding glanced at the entourage and saw that his expression was very serious, so he could only snort softly and say:

"understood."

……

No one in the town expected that half a month after the Wilkes trading house was closed down, the trading house would pay the full amount of taxes for an unprecedented time.

In fact, there was only a receipt for the flattened bill of the City Guards Brigade sitting on Madam Luna's desk, and not a single copper was added to the town hall's coffers.

But even so, Mrs. Luna was relieved, because this was the biggest debt in the town hall.

At the same time, the fines paid by Manager Anthony and the waiters of the trading house were also placed in front of Mrs. Li Luna's desk. Mrs. Luna looked at the usually arrogant Baron Golding with some embarrassment, and said:

"In addition to fines, you also need to pay 63 silver coins for meals. If you want to save this money in the future, please remember to send someone to deliver meals to them!"

In normal times, Baron Josh Golding thought he would grab a handful of silver coins from his pocket and slam them in Lady Luna's face.

But now he could only hold back his anger and asked the housekeeper beside him to count out another stack of silver coins and place them on the table.

"What's the cost... Please finish talking together!"

Lord Josh Golding managed to force a smile.

Mrs. Luna stared at Baron Josh Golding with some trepidation, and continued: "No, your employees will be released before noon today, and the town hall agrees that your trading house will continue to operate, but in advance each The tax is paid quarterly, and 20.00% of the tax is cheap whole wheat flour, and [-]% is cotton cloth. The business of the business needs to be supervised by the tax officer..."

Baron Josh Golding turned pale with anger, and said angrily, "Just do as you say!"

After speaking, he turned around and left the mayor's office with the housekeeper.

Chapter 741 Trading Again

It has been almost 20 days since Viru left the town of Dodan, and there is still no news.

Suldak sent a cavalry squadron to search the edge of the monster forest for a long time, but failed to find him.

He suspected that Viru might have crossed the Dark Worm Valley and continued to explore north.

The hunting in the Dodan Canyon is still going on. The aborigines in the town only dare to move around the north city wall. Only the mercenary regiment and the cavalry battalion squadron dare to go deep into the middle of the canyon to search for the monsters active in that area.

As ghost leopards and moonblade fire wolves continue to pour into the Dodan Canyon, they are the first targets of hunters, especially ghost leopards. The fur belt has a natural jungle camouflage effect. Although it is a first-level monster, it is still popular with leather workers Followed by masters.

This kind of monster is usually difficult to find in the jungle, but after they got into the Dodan Canyon, they became untraceable.

Andrew was lying in the grass, surrounded by waist-high white swordgrass. This season's swordgrass had already spit out its seed ears, and the fluffy ones were like small tamarinds rushing to the sky. The white swordgrass in patches It looks like a wheat field, undulating when the wind blows, forming waves of wheat.

Behind the Nanai native warriors was a cavalry squadron, and all of them lay quietly in the grass.

Surdak was in the grass two meters in front of Andrew.

If it wasn't for his red leather armor that could be seen through the gaps in the wild grass, Andrew could hardly feel his presence.

Andrew was a little impatient to wait. He supported his body with his arms, prostrated himself on the grass and pushed aside the weeds a little bit. He crawled to Suldak's side, spit out the half-chewed straw in his mouth, and whispered to Surdak. Duck said, "Could it be that he ran away?"

"Wait a minute, I can feel it's there, but I can't see it!" Suldak whispered, staring at a pool of water under the slope.

"It's waiting for us to leave on our own initiative!" Andrew said.

"Let's go back and try."

Suldak made a gesture to Samira on the other side, and then he and Andrew lay in the grass and backed up little by little.

On the top of the slope, only Samira was left, which was almost integrated with the surrounding white swordgrass.

The half-elf archer has half-elven blood in his body. He is born with the ability to be close to nature and is good at hiding in nature.

A quarter of an hour later, a ripple suddenly appeared beside the pool, and the water halo continued to spread outward. A ghost leopard's head appeared beside the pool, and then the front half of its body was exposed.

Its body is slender and fit, and its body is the same off-white color as the white swordgrass, even with grass-leaf markings on it.

Lying by the pool, he licked his bearded mouth. After hunting a rex rabbit in the morning, he felt a little thirsty.

It found a pool.

When it walked to the side of the pool, it sensed an extremely dangerous sense of oppression in the distance with the instinct of a beast, and made it lie down in the grass and dare not move.

After finally waiting for the pressure to disappear, it wanted to take the opportunity to escape quickly, but it hesitated when it saw the clear water in front of it, leaned forward slightly, and licked the water with its tongue.

A ripple appeared on the water...

The moment it sensed the danger, Samira had loosened the bowstring of the withered painting, and two steel arrows flew out against the grass ears one after the other, and the sharp arrow blades cut the soft sword-shaped grass leaves .

While the grass clippings were flying, two arrows flew 50 meters in an instant.

The ghost leopard's body was like a huge spring, bouncing backwards at an incredible angle, but it still couldn't dodge, and was shot in its front leg by an arrow from behind.

Andrew stood up from the grass, holding the alloy bow in his hand, and beckoned the cavalry on the hillside to catch up.

A limping ghost leopard can't go much faster, not to mention that its legs are still dripping blood, and the blood is stained among the grass blades.

What these cavalrymen who came out of the barren land lacked most is patience and the ability to adapt to harsh environments. They rushed out of the grass one after another, fanned out, and chased after the ghost leopard that was desperately fleeing.

The cavalry in front rushed to the pool under the slope in one go, but they failed to catch up with the ghost leopard, even if the ghost leopard was injured in one leg.

But the cavalry who followed behind roared past them on their horses, and found the ghost leopard in a short bush.

Just when it was about to jump up and hurt people, the cavalry in front raised the light knight shield in their hands, and the cavalry behind quickly stabbed out the spears in their hands...

……

Andrew rode a horse, holding the limp ghost leopard in his hand, and came to Suldak's side.

"It's really a ghost leopard! Boss, how did you find it?"

Andrew threw the ghost leopard to Suldak, but was taken by Sami who was standing aside.

This is a young ghost leopard, weighing only eighty or ninety pounds. Samira easily carried it in her hand. She pulled out the fine steel arrow from the ghost leopard's leg, and she opened the ghost leopard's tight lock with her hands. Lips, look at the sharp teeth inside.

"It's a very subtle perception, and I can't explain it clearly," Suldak said.

He thought of that morning, when he was lying on the bed, letting his perception spread to the surroundings, it was a very wonderful feeling, the sacred breath in his body and the magical elements in the surrounding air produced a weak vibration, According to these subtle information feedbacks, the surrounding scenery can be constructed in the sea of ​​spiritual consciousness, just like having another pair of eyes.

After taking the ghost leopard handed over by Samira, Suldak did not rush to skin it, but waved his hand to get the rest of the cavalry on their horses.

He stuffed the ghost leopard body directly into his magic pocket, and said to his subordinates: "Let's go, don't delay here any longer, I'm afraid the indigenous friends of the Dakuni tribe are already waiting impatiently on the other side of the canyon." .”

The transaction with the indigenous people was delayed for nearly half a month before the second batch of goods was collected.