Chapter 173: A Great Harvest
After looking at it a lot, they found that the carrier pigeons shuttled back and forth very frequently, and always flew in the same direction, not like wild pigeons, like artificially bred pigeons.
Some orcs are pigeon breeders, after discovering the strangeness of the pigeons, they have also followed the mountains and forests, but the distance is far away, and the pigeon keepers have followed the traces of more than a dozen pigeons along the way, and finally returned in vain.
However, he did not give up when he returned to the house, and drew a flight path of the pigeon on his revised parchment map, and after two days of investigation, it was found that the pigeon's route overlapped, and it clearly pointed to the town of Tomorrow.
"It's Tomorrowtown!" The pigeon breeder was a little panicked, and the news was not very good.
Since the start of the new commodity conference in Tomorrowtown, the royal city has issued a message to block the economy of Tomorrowtown, so that the major towns are forbidden to trade with the merchant ships of Tomorrowtown, and the black merchants from Tomorrowtown are strictly arrested.
However, the royal city side was already short of troops, and when the news reached the major towns, a few days had already passed, allowing the caravan of Tomorrow Town to retreat with a large amount of supplies.
"Tomorrowtown is a strong anti-lion powerhouse, and now that Tomorrowtown is independent, does the movement of these pigeons prove that he is finally going to attack other towns?" The pigeon breeders in Saltpeter were sweating profusely, apparently afraid of Tomorrowtown's war with the kingdom.
Once a war broke out, it was the slaves and peasants at the bottom who suffered first, then the orcs in the towns, and finally the nobles.
The pigeon breeder in Saltpeter Town was not unreasonable, and he immediately ran to the local city lord's mansion to deliver the news to the nobles.
The orcs of the City Lord's Mansion attached great importance to this and decided to transfer back the lion soldiers from other places to strengthen patrols in the city.
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The pigeon breeder walked out of the city lord's mansion, and his palms and hands were sweaty.
"Officials and merchants don't open shops without food, isn't it the life of cheap slaves to eat mush, why don't you go to another town with me, I know that there is a place to provide white rice."
The pigeon keeper heard the shouts of the orcs in the market and immediately looked over.
"Aren't there food shortages in other towns?" The pigeon breeder looked surprised.
Although he kept pigeons, he did not use them often, but kept pigeons for the nobles, only knowing that there was a small famine in the towns around Saltpeter Town, there was nowhere to provide food, and the farmers' farmland was also greatly reduced.
At the same time as the production was reduced, the tax was definitely reduced, but it was only reduced a little, and after the tax was paid, there was really not much surplus food in the house, and life was tight, and people would starve to death if they didn't grow a little mush.
"There is no shortage of grain in other towns, and even a bumper harvest, the output is at least twice that of here, and those grain merchants in saltpeter town are all deceitful, and they are reluctant to go to other places to buy grain, so that everyone will starve." This orc, who is good at gossip, has two lion ears on his head, and he is also a lion, which makes the pigeon breeder's heart slightly calm.
I heard that the main clan in Tomorrow Town is a cat-eared orc, since the other party is a lion, it should be credible, after all, everyone is of the same clan.
"This big brother, I see that you are not young, there should be old people in the family, and there are young ones, can you bear to see them starving, why don't you go with me, the day after tomorrow, a boat will stop on the riverbank on the outskirts of saltpeter town, you can go there by boat to buy food, or settle down directly."
The lion man grabbed the pigeon farmer's calloused hands and said every word to his heart, so that the pigeon keeper could also enjoy the feeling of being valued and understood.
"It's just that I'm afraid that the city lord's mansion will ......" The pigeon keeper didn't dare to confirm whether the other towns were a bumper harvest for a while, and he was hesitating in his heart.
Just now he went to the City Lord's Mansion to deliver the news, and the people in the City Lord's Mansion attached great importance to it, but they did not send him money, only verbally praised him, and did not treat the hungry people as human beings at all.
Originally, the pigeon breeder's original intention was to go to the city lord's mansion to ask for some rice and grain, but now he was a little moved, but he couldn't make up his mind for a while.
It is risky to leave Saltpeter Town with the family, and recently the City Lord's Mansion has decided to increase the number of troops, and I always feel that I will be arrested if I leave the city at this time.
"Don't worry, we can persuade more hard-working people to join our team, and when the time comes, everyone will rush to the city gate together, and those gatekeepers will not dare to stop them."
"But it's ......"
"It's nothing, big brother, I know a few strong men with quick hands, their family has no food stock, they eat mush every day, and they are so bitter that they have to vomit out, and when the time comes, with their help, a few guards will not matter at all."
The pigeon breeder was moved, "but ......" He also wanted to go, but he went to the city lord's mansion to deliver news on the front foot, and the back foot came out to run away with people, and he was too untrustworthy to be a man.
"If you have difficulties, just say it, brother, I'll help you think of a way, to tell you the truth, there are not many opportunities to get on the boat, if it weren't for your difficulties, if you really lack food, I won't help you." The informant in Tomorrow Town suddenly became a little anxious, if you have something to say, you can say it, why do you have to hold back.
The pigeon breeder gritted his teeth, his heart was crossed, and he told the direction of the transfer of troops from the City Lord's Mansion.
The lion-man boy's eyes lit up when he heard this, this is good news, he has twenty copper coins, and he can get twenty copper coins to one silver dragon by selling them to the cat-eared orcs.
"Your news is very important, I'll see if I can find more hungry men." The little lion man turned and ran, leaving the pigeon keeper glaring and struggling to follow.
"Hey, how can I contact you?" The pigeon breeder hurriedly grabbed the corner of his clothes, if he didn't say it, how to take the whole family out of bitterness.
Those mushy rice have the charm of being cooked once a month, but the bitterness is heavy and light, some are light and some are heavy, and they are so bitter that they can spit out the contents of the intestines.
Some can get stuck in the throat, making people feel bitter all day long, which is very uncomfortable, and children generally can't stand it.
"The day after tomorrow, pack your luggage and wait at home, I will send someone to pick you up, you don't run around in the early morning of that day, just sit and wait for the news." The little lion slipped away without looking back, and was in a hurry to go back to receive the reward.
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Meanwhile.
The autumn harvest in Tomorrow Town has also been completed, and this time there was a bumper grain harvest, and the output was three times higher than the previous year.
"Lord Allen, this year's grain harvest is huge, the original plan was to only feed more than 2,000 people, but now the grain produced by his own family can feed 8,000 people for half a year." Hood looked at the newly built granary, his mouth full of smiles, and he couldn't stop smiling.
"What's this, we have to expand the planting area, but also to select high-quality rice seeds, engage in hybrid rice, and double the output in the coming year is not a dream, the audit department should record high-yield rice fields." Alan said to the end, looking at the other cat-eared orc.
"I have written down, which field has high yield, which anti-lodging effect is the maximum, and I have written it down." The head of the audit department hurriedly turned the page and passed the text of the record to Allen.
"Lord Allen, why do you remember these things?" Hood's tail was raised in the shape of a question mark, and he didn't understand it for a while.
Windsor next to him glanced at Hood and said sarcastically: "It's a shame that you are still a priest, don't you take biology seriously in class, genetics!" ”
"Uh......" Hood shrunk his neck, and at Windsor's mention, he remembered the genetics content of the biology textbook.