Chapter 105: The Great Development of the Western Wilderness
After Master 314 hurriedly left, Li Quan went to inspect his winery, and then handed a batch of freshly picked grade 6 grapes to Mabel, asking her to make a new batch of wine, and specially instructed that this batch should be made separately.
"Boss, don't worry, the brewing technology of the Makoren family is the best!" Mabel said with a grin.
Because of the success of the Red Bull Man, Mabel has become a household name in Shining Gold Town, and her skills surpass that of her daddy Marcolen. Daddy Marcoren is also honored, and has repeatedly mentioned that he wants to hand over the family business to Mabel to take care of. But Mabel insisted that she should fight for her current position, and only she knew how good the raw materials Li Quan provided to her, and even the grapes from the Marcoran Farm were far inferior to those provided by Li Quan.
"Come on, I'll give you a raise." Li Quan said with a smile.
These grade 6 wines will be used as the first batch of bargaining chips for high-end trade with Dalaran. The previous signing of the contract Dalaran was paid for in gold coins, and this time, Li Quan wanted to make the six-member council bleed. Grade 6 wine must no longer be as popular as the level 5 Red Bull Man, and can only take the high-end route. He doesn't want anything else, as long as the mages are willing to trade magic items, he will only serve level 6 wine, otherwise there is no need to talk about it.
Presumably, in order to improve their own strength, there will be many mages who are willing to exchange precious magic items for them. Magical items include, but are not limited to, magical equipment, magical appliances, magical materials, and more. Li Quan took them all.
He doesn't need it, but he can equip it to the French professions in the Dream Team. He was counting on the Dream Team to help him collect plant samples all over Azeroth, but he couldn't afford to mistreat them.
Returning from the distillery, Jordan had someone bring news from the Wild West.
The messenger sent Jordan's handwritten letter, and Li Quan sent the messenger to read it to him—because he was illiterate.
"My lord, Lord Jordan said in the letter that they had taken over the Fablon farm in its entirety, that the wheat field was well preserved, and that the new crop of wheat was ready to be harvested. Please lord order that it is a harvest? ”
"Oh? How many acres of wheat are there? Li Quan couldn't help but ask with interest when he heard this, because he was already the lord of Nanhai Town, nominally everyone had changed his name to lord lord, and he couldn't call the boss like before.
"Mu? If you mean that the wheat field is large, it is about 600,000 feet in total. The messenger replied respectfully.
"600,000 feet?" Li Quan thought about it for a while, and secretly estimated in his heart: "Hmm...... That's about six hectares? That's less than 100 acres of land, the size of 8 football fields. Not bad! ”
Thinking of this, Li Quan's mood couldn't help but improve, perhaps because of the Chinese's inherent land complex, knowing that he was also a small landowner with a hundred acres of farmland, he couldn't help but want to take a look. This feeling has not been felt even in the days of systematic plantations. After all, it's a real field.
"Let's go, let's go to the Wild West." Li Quan immediately stopped hesitating and set off immediately.
"Yes! My lord. ”
Since King Varian returned and sent Stormwind troops into the Wild West, the Brotherhood of Defia fled, and the Wild West returned to Order.
While the land requisition officers and tax collectors of Stormwind City were anxiously counting the damage and loss of farmland and making a record of the new income farmland, holding the Fablon title deed that Pippen had given to Li Quan, Jordan led dozens of Dream Team to occupy Fablon Farm, which was located at the boundary between the Western Wilderness and the Elwin Forest.
At first, Stormwind officials were very indignant at Jordan's behavior and wanted to force Jordan to hand over the farmland in the name of the king.
And Jordan did not show weakness, and immediately took out a warrant signed by Li Quan himself, with the seal of the lord of Nanhai Town.
Stormwind officials will report it immediately, and then it will be lost. Obviously, Li Quan was right, King Varian decided to turn a blind eye to this matter, and the other party also knew that he had not done enough to give Li Quan the medal, perhaps to make up for it.
In any case, Li Quan officially took over Fablon Farms and owned a large wheat field in the Western Wilderness. This will serve as the base camp of the dream team, and Jordan and his team have since gotten rid of the wandering life of boarding in the hotel and have a dream base.
A few days later, the king issued a bounty order, and in the name of the king of Stormwind, Varian called on the adventurers of the Alliance to come to the Wild West to deal with the situation that was left to work.
In recent years, the destruction of the Brotherhood of Defia in the wilderness of the West has been obvious to all. In addition to the destruction of farmland, wild creatures are also allowed to grow in the area. On the first day of the king's arrival, they were attacked by Riverclaw Gnolls, Fishmen, and Wolves. This was unthinkable before. The Wild West is the hinterland that connects the Elwyn Forest, which originally carried more than half of the food supply around the kingdom.
Therefore, in response, Stormwind has issued a bounty on the head of the leader of the Wild West Riverpaw Gnoll, the head of the Fish-Man leader, as well as the removal of the wolf, and the runaway crop golem. The bounties are extremely generous.
This attracted a large number of adventurers from all over the world, many of whom were already well-established adventurer groups. Faced with a lucrative bounty, these people burst out with a high-pitched enthusiasm for the monsters that roamed the wilderness. Nowadays, the people of the western wilderness can meet the adventurers coming and going on the road every day, or groups of people who go to the river beach with the excitement of the expedition, or bring back rich war profits and return triumphantly and triumphantly.
When Li Quan arrived in the carriage, he saw a large group of well-dressed and well-trained adventurers, well-armed and shiny with weapons, who had brought back the heads of a group of Riverclaw Gnoll leaders, who were exchanging bounties with the Kingdom Recruiters. They unabashedly brag about their achievements to the other adventurers around them, boasting about their prowess in order to win others in. Among these people, Li Quan found several familiar faces, one of whom had just said goodbye to him a while ago.
As soon as Li Quan got out of the carriage, he immediately attracted the attention of many people. The carriage was a special carriage for the earl rewarded by the king, and its appearance was luxurious and showed its status. To be able to ride such a carriage, everyone knows that the identity of the person who came is not ordinary.
When one of the adventurers in that group saw that it was Li Quan, he was immediately taken aback and walked up: "It's you!" ”
"Head Bryant, meet again." Li Quan said with a slight smile.
"You are ......" Standing opposite is the leader of the "Wetland Lakers" adventurer team, who has tried to win over Li Quan to join the Bryant team after the last time he experienced the Battle of Nanhai Town. He saw Li Quan get off the earl's carriage, not to mention how surprised he was, it was only a while ago that they were separated, how could Li Quan become an earl?
"Because of a little merit, he was named the lord of Nanhai Town." Li Quan explained with a slight smile.
"Oh." Bryant smiled a little reluctantly, feeling very uncomfortable, everyone fought together in Nanhai Town, why didn't he get the earl?
Of course, Li Quan will not explain that he helped Varian get the kingdom back, he and this person are only one-sided, and the friendship is not deep, at least not to the extent that there is nothing to say.
At this moment, Jordan rushed to greet Li Quan with all the members of the Dream Team.
As soon as he saw Bryant, Jordan's face sank, and he said to Bryant unceremoniously: "Bryant, wasn't the lesson you taught last time enough?" How dare you offend your lord, and leave quickly without taking your people! ”
"Huh, is that you?" Bryant turned around, and when he saw that it was Jordan, he immediately snorted coldly and said, "Jordan, this is not your farmland, what qualifications do you have to let me leave?" I didn't expect to meet you and your ...... here. Hey, what kind of dream team are you, there are quite a lot of people? I'm afraid they're all idiots, like their regimental commanders! Hmph, you must have come here for the bounty too, right? But why have I never seen you come to hand in a bounty? ”
As soon as the regimental leaders of the two sides met each other, they immediately became tense, and the atmosphere suddenly became very tense.
Li Quan understood at a glance that Jordan and Bryant were mortal enemies. And it looks like an old rival. Bryant, the leader of the Wetland Lakers, didn't expect that he tried his best to win over people who were close to him, but he was the behind-the-scenes boss of his rival.
It seems that it is time to get acquainted again, Li Quan thought to himself.
"Alright, let's all step down." Li Quan stepped forward and waved his hand lightly. Jordan immediately obediently led the dream team to retreat behind Li Quan, and they all stood honestly with their hands tied, guarding Li Quan.
Bryant couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this scene, and he looked at Li Quan with surprise in his eyes.
"Reacquaint, Captain Bryant. Actually, I didn't expect it either. Li Quan smiled at Bryant and said, "I'm the owner of the Dream Team, and Jordan is now my employee." I don't know much about your previous grievances, and I don't want to ask. However, since the Dream Team is now doing things for me, then, please also ask Captain Bryant to put aside my past grievances for the time being, and I only hope that there will be no unpleasantness in the future. ”
He said neither humble nor arrogant, but the meaning of his words was obvious, he didn't want to see the Wetland Lakers interfere with the Dream Team in the future, because the Dream Team was now working for him. Otherwise, it is not to give him face and to see it as a provocation.
Bryant's face was as gloomy as he listened. He never thought that the person he tried his best to win over along the way in the Arathi Highlands not only turned into the lord of Nanhai Town, the title of earl, and he had already been a member of the dream team, but he also tried his best to say good things to try to get the team to join the Wetland Lakers, it turned out to be all his own wishful thinking, I am afraid that in the eyes of the other party, he is like a clown!
Thinking of this, Bryant's face couldn't help but turn purple, and he was a little annoyed.
"Humph!" He replied coldly, then turned around and waved his hand to beckon the members of the Wetland Lakers to leave, obviously not taking Li Quan's warning words to heart.
Seeing this, Li Quan's eyes narrowed slightly, and then the corners of his mouth pursed disdainfully, and then when he turned around to face Jordan and the others, his expression had returned to normal, and he said to Jordan with a smile: "Let's go, take me to the farm." ”8)