Chapter 10: A Hundred Gold Worth Seeds
Not long after the group walked through the green forest, a towering city wall appeared in front of them, the gate under the city had been opened, and a group of soldiers were marching up at the gate to welcome them.
"Welcome to the Grand Commander!" a big-bellied middle-aged man dressed in aristocratic attire stepped forward to greet him.
"It's really a sin and a sin to bother the city lord to go out of the city himself. ”
"The Grand Commander protects the safety of our territory, what we should do at this time, there is a place to rest inside, and please ask the Grand Commander to rest here for a day. ”
Yi Tian was silent on the sidelines, he didn't expect Harris's prestige to spread so far and wide, and before the troops were close, the lord of a city would go out of the city to greet him, which was unimaginable in Granton.
"It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, it just so happens that I'm tired, so let's rest here for a day!" Feng Yiyi ordered, all the cavalry dismounted and walked, and the wounded behind were also urgently sent to the city's medical treatment with the help of the city-state soldiers.
Feng and the city lord entered the city with a smile, and Yi Tian was not ashamed to follow the large army into the specially prepared residence, of course, in order to avoid suspicion, he still lived alone, after all, it was not suitable for female soldiers to live with anyone.
The city-state of the Green Forest is located in a huge basin, surrounded by lush forests, and in Yi Tian's impression, it is somewhat similar to Lamppat, the mercenary city of Henassas, but the difference is that Lampat was built around the dense forest, while the green forest city-state in front of him was actually built in the dense forest. Both inside and outside the city were filled with a natural smell, a fresh and moist smell that was not found anywhere else.
Due to its location in the middle of dense forests, the entire interior of the city is covered with patches of shrubs or towering trees, which also forms the special architectural style of the green forest city-state. Often as soon as you look up, you will find that there will be one or two wooden houses made of solid wood between the big trees, and most of the wooden houses are not hard to build, but attached to the big trees, and the thick forks of the ancient trees are designed to extend, often an ancient tree can connect several families. This novel residential experience was also an eye-opener for Yi Tian, who had always thought that nesting in large trees was the specialty of birds, but the people here have opened up another way of living with wisdom and sweat, proving that humans can live this way.
About one-third of the residents in the green forest city-state live in treehouses, and more people still live in self-built stone houses, when slipping away in the city, Yitian also roughly figured out the layout of the whole city, basically along a main road in the center of the city to plan the layout, the whole city has about two-thirds of the shops on both sides of the main road, among which the most interesting Yitian is the old commodity trading market in the city.
As a person who loves to shop around, the trading gold market in every city is a place that Yi Tian doesn't want to miss, and many of the treasures on his body are also from this kind of second-hand market, so when he sees the sign of the old commodity trading market, he can't walk.
Located in the center of the city-state, the old commodity trading market is a large bazaar covering an area of thousands of square meters, and now because it is the annual trading convention, the bazaar is crowded with people who come here to treasure for treasures, and it can be seen that most of them are not residents of the green forest city-state, but should be from the vicinity
Gold diggers from town.
Yi Tian is an old oil head, he doesn't pick those stalls with long queues in front of them, he picks those stalls in the corners, no one patronizes, this is not an old woman's stall to attract his attention. At this moment, there was a small stall in the corner, and on it were a few things, a few tattered plates, a few ugly-looking seeds, and some hand-woven ornaments!
"Old woman, what are you selling!"
"Young man, I sell all good things, and I don't tell anyone else. ”
"Oh, old woman, why don't you introduce me? ”
"Ahem, ahem, look at this plate, don't look at it broken, it has a long history. Saying that, the old lady picked up a plate with a notch, "Look at this plate, it is what the Grand Duke used to kill next door a hundred years ago, and this gap is the symbol of the Grand Duke who escaped for his life and fell to the ground and broke it." ”
Yi Tian was stunned when he heard this, who is the Grand Duke next door?
"Excuse me, may I ask who the Grand Duke next door you are talking about?"
"You don't know, young man, where is our Vorea next door?"
"The Elegrua Empire?"
"That's right, this plate was dropped by the Grand Duke who killed that day. The old woman said with a straight face.
This old lady really dared to say it, Yi Tian smiled and asked again, "Old woman, tell me what is going on with this kind of child?"
As soon as she said this, the old lady seemed to have changed into a different person, and leaned into Yi Tian's ear and said mysteriously, "This is a treasure! I found it in the field last year." ”
"Granny, where is this baby!"
"I only watered it once last time, and the next day it grew several meters high, but the strange thing is that as soon as I stopped watering, it immediately wilted. ”
Yi Tian is like listening to a book from heaven, how can there be such a strange seed in this world, it doesn't grow if it is not watered, it grows crazy as soon as it is watered, he was about to reach out and touch it, but was stopped by the old lady.
"Young man, you buy it and look at it. ”
"So how do you sell this?"
"10 gold grains, a total of 11 grains here, even if you have 100 gold. ”
I'm obedient, these seeds dare to ask for 100 gold, you old lady is not a clear robbery, but Yi Tian didn't show it, "Old lady, your asking price is too high, I can buy a few carts of grain for 100 gold!"
As soon as the old lady heard that she had put away those ugly seeds, she immediately changed her face and said, "If you don't buy it, leave quickly, don't delay my business!"
Yi Tian was still anxious when he heard that the old lady was still anxious, "Hahaha, old woman, I'm not joking, 100 gold is 100 gold." As he spoke, Yi Tian took out ten glittering gold coins from his bosom and put them in front of the old lady's eyes.
These 10 golden gold coins can make the old lady's eyes straight, she smiled and took the gold coins into her arms, "Hehehe, take them all, by the way, I will give you another ornament." ”
As Yi Tian took the seed, a strange feeling rose from the bottom of his heart, but it didn't take long for this feeling to disappear without a trace.
He was just about to open the cloth bag to see what magic this seed worth a hundred gold really had, when a sudden commotion from ahead interrupted him.
"If you set up a stall here, you have to abide by my rules and pay !!," a bald head with a few younger brothers scolded viciously.
The owner of the stall was an honest old man, and he just kept sorting things with his head down, obviously he was numb to the curses at this juncture.
At this time, the shouting and scolding there had attracted a lot of people to gather around, and the bald head did not show weakness but became even more domineering, not only kicking over the old man's stall, but also trampling on the old man's handicrafts.
"Please, forgive me a few more days, I'll .........," begged the old man on his knees.
At this time, the onlookers also dissuaded each other, but the effect seemed to be very bad, and the dissuasion of everyone made the bald head very angry, not only kicked the old man over, but also took out a dagger from his waist.
"Old man, don't think that I won't dare to get you if these people are here, today I will abolish one of your arms first, so that you can remember what I said. As he spoke, a few younger brothers stepped forward and held down the old man and pulled one of his arms out.
The bald head scanned the crowd of onlookers with a sneer, under the obscenity of the bald head, these people who were still supporting just now were completely silent at this time, and no one dared to stand up against this fierce bald guy at this time.
"Hahaha, a bunch of incompetent people!" The bald head approached the old man with a dagger, the sharp blade reflected in the old man's eyes, he could only close his eyes at this time, silently bear everything, and did not know whether it was fear or sadness for the injustice of fate, tears could not stop flowing from his eyes.
At this moment, a figure flashed behind the bald head, and a huge force suddenly pressed the dagger of the bald head, and the dagger turned the head of the knife under this force, until it reached the throat of the bald head.
"Be forgiving and forgiving, and leave a way out for yourself and others. ”
Beads of sweat flowed down from the bald head, and the bright dagger was already tightly attached to his throat at this time, but if this person exerted a little force, it was estimated that he would die.
"Stay... Stay...... Stay alive......... Stay alive..............."
Yi Tian kicked the bald head away, and then helped the frightened old man to the side.
"It's okay, get up!"
Feeling the wetness in his throat, the bald head reached out and touched it, and a touch of red appeared in front of him, although the bald head looked fierce, but no one knew that what he was most afraid of was seeing blood, when he saw his hands full of blood, he suddenly collapsed to the ground on all fours, if it weren't for a few of his younger brothers to catch it, maybe he would fall and eat.
Seeing the bald head being carried away by the little brother in a hurry, Yi Tian felt a burst of amusement in his heart, he wondered why he didn't do anything to him, why did he fall?
"Old man, who the hell is the bald head? Why are you kicking over your stall? ”
"Alas, that person is the head snake here, basically every two or three days will come here to collect all kinds of fees, we set up stalls here are all small businesses, how can we withstand their exploitation three times and twice!" the old man cried helplessly.
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