"Lord, lord, this jade, corn, was found by my husband in the wasteland west of the city, and when he was hunting yesterday, when he was chasing a prey, he accidentally chased it over there, and found a large area of this crop, at least, it should be more than two hundred acres. Feeling that everyone's eyes in the room fell on her, the peasant woman also looked a little nervous.

"More than two hundred acres?" Ron's eyes lit up, in his previous life, his hometown was in the countryside, for the yield of corn, he still knew a little, corn crops, if the environment is good, the soil is fertile, and there are scientific planting methods, the yield of one acre can almost come to six or seven hundred catties, in exchange for the current natural origin, one acre also has three or four hundred catties, two hundred acres of corn, enough to solve the current food problem in Boer City.

"Godin, arrange for some soldiers and residents of the city to start harvesting these corns tomorrow, although this season should not be fully ripe, but there is no problem as food, this matter is very important, you must pay attention to it, in addition, this aunt found corn, report it in time, this is a great achievement, this corn field, a little under their inheritance, and reward some grain gold coins." ”

"Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord. The peasant woman's face turned a little red with excitement, and such a reward was obviously beyond her expectations, and aside from food and gold coins, for them, the common people, the land was the most precious treasure.

"It's okay, these are what you deserve, and the people of the whole city of Pol will thank you. Ron smiled, "Herald, send this aunt, Godin and I, there are still some things to discuss." ”

When the herald walked away, an embarrassed smile suddenly appeared on Ron's face: "Meria, I'm sorry, I robbed you of power." ”

The peasant woman had apparently taken Ron, who looked taller and stronger, for the lord of Boer City, but Meria didn't interrupt Ron's conversation the whole time.

"It's okay, do you think I'm such a cautious person?" Merial laughed, "By the way, why do you call this plant corn?"

"There is a golden house in the book, and this plant, I also saw it in the book. Yang Xuan smiled slightly, picked up the corn on the table, and gently peeled off the tender skin outside, revealing the crystal clear corn kernels inside.

"Corn is a plant that is usually eaten after it has been steamed, and of course it can be roasted and eaten, in short, there are many ways to do it, and when the situation here stabilizes, I can show you a hand. Ron smiled.

The preparation of popcorn is not difficult, this snack has been popular in the previous life, and in this world where even corn is not popularized on a large scale, it can definitely conquer the taste buds of these otherworldly people in an instant.

Merial and Godin's faces were stunned.

"Godin, you're not here today just to report this to us. Ron suddenly spoke, "Judging by your expression, there should be something else." ”

The smile on Godin's face instantly froze: "My lord, just this morning, some hunters who went to the Western Mountains yesterday came back, and they found a corpse over there. ”

Corpse?

Ron and Merial looked at each other—

"What's going on?"

"My lord, this corpse is a hunter in our Boer City, named Joo. It's just that his death was very miserable, the real people were burned and the flesh was blurred, and the organs on his body were gnawed and smashed, if it weren't for the short knife held by the corpse, they wouldn't have recognized the identity of the corpse. Godin said coldly: "The corpse has not been dead for a long time, and on the day you came, this Joo was still in the city. ”

"Ron, say that—" Meria's eyes widened, "Did you ...... that night?"

"Well, the timing and the way of death coincide exactly. Ron nodded: "If it was a human magician, it would be absolutely impossible to make the corpse look like this, it should be that." ”

"Godin, you keep this matter a secret for the time being, you should hurry up and tell me so that this matter does not spread. Meria said solemnly.

"My lord, I've spoken to those hunters before. Godin touched the tip of his nose: "I feel that this matter is not as simple as dying alone." ”

"Well, you've handled this very well. Godin, you go out first, I'll talk to Ron. ”

The joy of discovering the corn was instantly washed away, and Ron and Merial sat face to face at the table, and they could both see the sadness in each other's eyes.

"It's better to suppress this matter first, once the matter of the demon spirit spreads, I'm afraid it will cause panic among the people. Merial's fingers began to tap on the table again.

"But this matter can't be all bad, there are demon spirits in the western mountain range, which means that the treasure thing is true nine times out of ten. Ron's hand rubbed against the stubble on his chin: "If everything goes well, the convoy may be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." We must deal with the affairs of the Western Mountains as soon as possible, otherwise, this demon spirit will be like a fishbone stuck in our throats! We can't spit it out, we can't swallow it!"

"The hunters who have been hunting for the past two days, tell them not to go out again after they come back. Ron said, "At least until we settle the matter in the Western Mountains." ”

"Well, then I'll make an announcement right away. Meria said as she stood up and lifted the curtain of the tent to walk out.

"Wait a minute. Ron suddenly grabbed Meria's arm: "Don't worry, I think our recruitment announcement can even expand the scope, and the free mercenaries who are active in other cities can be the ones we employ." ”

"Do we have that much money?" Meria asked rhetorically, "These freelance mercenaries are asking for a very high price. ”

"Wouldn't it be possible to find the treasure?" Ron smiled, "but it's better to recruit more people we can control, in the face of the great treasure, it's hard to guarantee that these people won't have any bad intentions." ”

Merial quickly drafted a new announcement and released it, because the demon spirit is good at fire magic this time, so the water mage can get more paid than the usual team members. According to Ron's thinking, since they have already made blank checks, the price of this reward has increased a lot. Ron and Merial believed that in the face of the lure of heavy money, there would be warriors who would come to apply.

However, the first person they waited for in the camp was Will, who had returned from Roya.