"Well, yes...... This salt ...... It turns out that there are so many uses??? ”

The city lord sat on a bench on a high place, lowered his head and said to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan and his entourage were arranged to sit on the periphery of the big tent, and each person was equipped with a short wooden stake, although the wooden stake was hard and short to sit on, but at least there was no need to stand, which was a very good treatment for a newcomer.

"Good! Yes, it was the first time that the old man opened his eyes today and saw such a magical thing......" The city lord touched the beard on his chin, the corners of his mouth were still glowing with oil, and on the table in front of him, there was a roast chicken leg that had just been bitten in.

While savoring the taste of salt-and-pepper barbecue, the city lord said thoughtfully, "This thing...... Where did Lin Zhuangshi come from? ”

Looking at the other party's expectant eyes, Lin Yuan smiled slightly and said easily:

"This thing...... It was given to me by a friend of mine who was a barbarian of mine, and I don't know exactly where they came from, but if the lord of the city is interested...... I can get back in touch with them and see if I'm willing to trade for the long term......"

The city lord nodded, his right hand kept tapping lightly on the arm of the chair, he must be thinking in his heart, how much profit would be made if this handful of broken promises were sold to the Central Plains......

"That...... Are you sure that after consuming this salt, people can live normally without drinking raw blood? You...... Are you sure? This is no joke! If I bring this back to the Huang Clan to sell ......"

"Rest assured, city lord! Everyone in my hometown no longer drinks raw blood, and they are alive and well! Lin Yuan quickly interrupted the city lord's words and said with certainty.

The city lord hesitated for another moment, then looked at the pile of skins placed on the table in front of him, which was all the table salt that Lin Yuan had brought with him, and it was piled up into a small pile on the table.

"That'...... How much does Lin Zhuangshi plan to bid for these table salts? ”

The city lord asked cautiously, he had seen the people's madness about salt outside, and this thing that could make food delicious must be worth a lot of money.

Lin Yuan smiled slightly, stood up and said:

"No, these don't require any exchange of items, they're given to you for free."

The city lord was startled, his eyes widened, and he said:

"Huh? You said...... These don't need to be exchanged? ”

"Yes! It's a greeting gift. ”

As the lord of a city, of course he knew the value of this small pile of salt in front of him, and such a valuable thing was given to himself, and this meeting gift was inevitably too big......

The city lord calmed down for a moment, narrowed his eyes, looked at Lin Yuan, and then said:

"I guess...... You don't want anything specific, do you? Grain? Weapons? You don't need any of that, you are...... Do you want me? The city lord asked tentatively.

Lin Yuan smiled.

The city lord smiled and said:

"Haha, that's easy to say! If it's just a matter of applying, it's no problem......"

"Nope! No, Lord Castle. Lin Yuan stretched out his hand and shook it, interrupting the city lord's words.

"Oh?" The city lord frowned, he didn't expect that the group of people in front of him were still standing in front of the recruiter just now and wanted to be soldiers, but now they suddenly changed their hexagrams, they really couldn't figure it out......

"Hmm...... Didn't Lin Zhuangshi just ask for ...... Forget it, what do you need, but it doesn't matter, as long as I can help you do it, you just ask! ”

The city lord said happily, he was very shrewd, and he had already made the calculations in his heart clear, no matter what the outsiders in front of him wanted, it should not be more valuable than the pile of salt in front of him, because he understood that if this salt was transported to the capital of the Huang clan, I am afraid that the value would be more than a few times......

As for the origin of these people in front of him, compared to this, it is not so important, as a small city in the northwest border, Yangcheng is constantly shuttling strangers back and forth every day, what kind of strange people he has seen, no matter what he does, whether his salt is as he said, received from the barbarians outside the Saiwai, or he grabbed it from others, so what's the matter? In today's world, the smoke of gunpowder is everywhere, and the Huang clan is in turmoil, and the immediate interests are the most important.

After making up his mind, the city lord put on a very sincere smile and looked at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan looked around left and right, and then said lightly:

"Lord Castle Don't be nervous, it's not a big deal, I just want to ask you where something goes...... I've heard people say that this thing is in Yangcheng, but I don't know which noble person is in the hands...... So I would like to ask the lord of the castle to teach you a lesson or two......"

Lin Yuan said, and those who were learning from Yangcheng bowed slightly.

The city lord's hanging heart finally relaxed, he smiled, and said:

"Oh, I think it's such a big deal, it turned out to be an inquiry, so that Lin Zhuangshi can take a fancy to it, I'm afraid it must be a treasure, you just ask, I have been the general of Yangcheng for more than ten years, I know all the big and small families in this city, and I know a little bit about the rare treasures of their family, Lin Zhuangshi, please speak, you don't have to be polite."

The city lord waved his big hand briskly, and then subconsciously stretched out his right hand and greedily pulled the salt on the table in his direction.

"It is an antiquity, a pottery, and it is said that the Xian people brought it here back then......"

The city lord's hand suddenly stopped, he tilted his head slightly, frowned and asked, "Xian clan?" ”

"Well, yes, it's the barbarian clan that was exterminated by the Huang clan decades ago......" Lin Yuan said with certainty.

The city lord suddenly sat up straight, he took a deep breath, and said with a serious face:

"Xian...... This is a sensitive topic, according to the requirements of today's young patriarch, all the things about the Xian tribe...... We are not allowed to talk about it, I think ......" The lord of the city looked at the white salt piled on the table again, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and then, as if he had made up his mind, he gritted his teeth and said:

"Forget it! You say, what is it? ”

"This thing was originally not the property of the Xian people, it was plundered by them outside the Saiwai, and then after several tosses, it was transferred to this Gobi Desert - your territory ......, it should be the appearance of a pottery plate, with a palm print on it, many people call it - 'Vulcan Badge'......"

Vulcan Emblem !??? The city lord stood up suddenly, not even caring if the chair behind him fell.

Looking at the city lord's unexpected movements, Lin Yuan was secretly happy in his heart, looking ...... This time it's the right question.

"Yes, it's the Vulcan Emblem, it looks ...... Castle Lord, you seem to know about this item? ”

"Hmm......" The city lord hesitated for a moment, then rolled his eyes and said:

"I know...... And...... What I want to ask you is, how did you come to know about this item? Not many people in the world know about this thing...... Except for those small chaotic states on the southern plains...... I heard that there is an organization between them...... What a fire ......?"

"Guardian of the Holy Fire!" Lin Yuan said decisively, the city lord was stunned for a moment, and he looked at Lin Yuan vigilantly.

Lin Yuan pointed his finger and said:

"Truth be told, this is the former member of the Guardian of the Flame you are talking about...... Of course, he is no longer here, just an ordinary businessman, and the reason why we know this thing is also because of him. ”

"Hmm...... Old man, can you ask what you are looking for this object for? ”

"Of course it's making money! As you can already tell, I'm a speculative businessman, and finding odd goods is my way of survival...... You see, that's how the salt came from, and I'm going to take this antiquity to the south and sell it, because some of them like it very much......"

Lin Yuan paused for a moment, then looked at the other party, and then said, "However, why did the City Lord ask that? Could it be that the Vulcan Emblem is with you? ”

"Ahh Not!! No! The city lord denied it, he hurriedly waved his hand, and then said mysteriously:

"Oops! I said, "You don't want to look for anything else, but you want to look for this thing...... This thing is a murderous thing!! You must know that the Xian tribe at that time may have been exterminated because of this! If I had here, I would have handed it over to the young master of the Huang clan a long time ago, we are just a small clan of the Huang clan, how dare we take what the Huang clan wants? ”

Lin Yuan's eyes flashed, and he asked:

"Listening to what the city lord said, could it be that the Huang clan is also looking for this thing?"

"Hmm...... yes, oops! How many years have I been looking for this, it is said that this pottery plate has long been broken into three pieces, how long has the young patriarch been looking for it, but if you want to make it all at once...... The land of the Central Plains, boundless and unbounded, where to find it? ”

After saying that, the city lord made an exaggerated movement, made a chair, and sighed heavily.

Lin Yuan was silent for a moment, exchanged glances with the companions beside him, and was about to say something more.

Suddenly, there was a shouting voice from outside the big tent:

"Report ............ Lord of the city, a letter from the Huang clan!! ”

Lin Yuan frowned, turned his head to look at the door of the oversized tent, and saw that as soon as the curtain was lifted, a thin herald ran in panting, knelt on his knees in front of the city lord, and lifted an animal skin above his head.

The city lord was also taken aback, but when he heard the letter from the Huang clan from the herald, he couldn't help but become serious, took the animal skin with both hands, raised it above his head, and put it in front of him to observe the torch in the big tent.

Lin Yuan's heart sank, what they said was faith! Could it be that the Huang have already invented writing? This Huang clan is already so advanced??

Lin Yuan quietly leaned over his head, and used the corner of his eyes to take a large number of animal skins in the hands of the city lord, it seemed, this was a skin on Mianyang's back, the texture was soft and thin, through the light of the torches, you could vaguely see that on the animal skins, some black representations were drawn with charcoal, there were circles, squares, and some lines.

Lin Yuan glanced at it a few times, and instantly understood, this is not so much a letter, but a painting, and the Huang clan seems to have been using this way of drawing to transmit information and orders.

After a few glances, the city lord slowly put down the animal skin and said to the herald:

"Pass my order, from now on, three more recruitment camps will be opened, and the blood reward will be halved! Be sure to get me a team of 1,000 people within 10 days! ”

The herald immediately took the order and left.

The city lord then remembered Lin Yuan, he smiled, and then said to Lin Yuan with a mysterious face:

"Oops! It's double happiness! Lin Zhuangshi, that Vulcan badge or something, or forget it, come, I'll give you a good chance to make a lot of money! ”

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. Lin Yuan said lightly, in fact, for Lin Yuan, finding the Vulcan Badge was his only purpose, and as for other money-making opportunities, he was actually not very interested.

"Just now the young patriarch of the Huang clan sent a letter, ten days later, ......" the city lord said mysteriously, "On the northwest plateau, there is going to be a migratory tribe, which is listed as an evil barbarian tribe by the Huang clan, the young patriarch asked us to prepare for a raid, haha, this is a golden opportunity, it is said that this tribe is pouring out of the nest, and it must have brought a lot of baggage treasures, this attack, should gain a lot of ......"

The city lord paused, then looked at the salt in front of him, and said:

"In this case, I have specially ordered you and your companions to enlist in the army, make you a centurion, and then ...... Well, the loot will not be distributed according to half of the rules, all will be given to you, and what you grab, no matter how much, is yours! What do you think?? This is a treatment that no one else has! And you don't need to be paid for bleeding! ”

The city lord had a refreshing expression on his face, and he waited for Lin Yuan's answer.

He didn't expect that Lin Yuan's thoughts at this time were not here at all, he had been thinking about what the Huang family said in the letter:

On the northwest plateau, there is a migratory tribe to come......

"City Lord, can I ask something?"

Lin Yuan said suddenly.

"Lin Zhuangshi, but it's okay to talk about it!"

"Did that letter from the Huang Clan mention the name of the migratory tribe we are preparing to raid?"

"Uh...... I looked, and it didn't seem to be ...... Oh, by the way, I heard the spies say that a migrating tribe has indeed been found on the Gobi Desert recently, and it seems that it should be the largest barbarian tribe on the Loess Plateau...... What is it called...... That's right! It's called Sabah!! (To be continued.) )