"Don't think too much about it, I'm going to visit the local old shaman, Lord Lu. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info and then see if Ang is fit for their life here!"

Waving his hand impatiently at Hiko, Dome clearly didn't have any intention of explaining to him now. And for this statement, Yan himself is very willing to accept it. He didn't want to wait until he arrived at the port to be accompanied by such an annoying guy. So he immediately nodded and said.

"That's for the best. Wait a minute, I'll go get something!"

Before he could wait for the dome to attack, Hiko rushed into his room and wrapped the backpack left by his mother around his waist from the box under the bed. There's the goods he wants to sell, but he can't just forget about being in this place. And after doing all this, he immediately rushed out of the house and sat on the pile of goods pulled by Uncle Gu. At the same time, he urged impatiently at the firmament.

"What are you waiting for? Come quickly, we're about to leave now. ”

Rolling his eyes, the dome jumped to the edge of Hiko, like a monkey, with a quick leap. Seeing that the two children were already seated, Gu immediately laughed and shouted, and the sturdy cattle rushed down the mountain road like a car that had stepped on the accelerator in his shouting.

This stout animal, with thick horns like a canopy on its head, and a somewhat similar look to an elk, is one of the most common animals kept by the Nords, the bighorn deer. This animal is hard-working and has amazing physical strength, and can run sleepless for a day and night after a full meal. The two-and-a-half-meter-tall body has great strength, and when it comes to transporting large cargo, they are the best choice for the Nords.

Lumberjacks like Gu are inseparable from the help of these animals. Even for this bachelor, these animals are his family. Yan Ke knew very well that the pure white bighorn deer that took the lead was Gu's treasure, and he basically treated this guy as his wife.

Of course, this is Uncle Gu's private life, and Yan has no idea of any interference. He just lay comfortably on his back in the carriage and put on the appearance that I hadn't slept well today and wanted to catch up on the sleep now.

And seeing him show this appearance, Qiong, who didn't feel very comfortable no matter how he sat down, gritted his teeth and kicked him, and said viciously to him.

"Don't sleep, get up, like a pig. ”

"Eldest sister, it's still half a day's journey from the port, you won't let me sleep for a while now, what are you letting me do?"

Turning over, Hiko sat up directly from the carriage and said to the dome with a look of disgust. And looking at his face, a smug smile immediately appeared on the firmament's face. Then she patted the goods under her and said to Hiko.

"Talk to me and tell me what you're doing at the port?"

"What are you doing, talking about business!" Shrugging his shoulders, Hiko looked like he didn't talk much. At this time, Uncle Gu, who was driving in front, said to the dome with a big smile.

"Haha, this little girl, don't underestimate this guy Yan. Although this little creature looks like a bean sprout, his brain is better than that of any Nord. Like this icebreaker deal, we all have to rely on him. ”

"Rely on him, what can he do?"

Glancing at the lazy Hiko, the tone of the dome was full of suspicion of him. And in this regard, Gu just grinned and laughed.

"He can do a lot of things! Like in the past, a truckload of goods like mine could only be exchanged for a truckload of grain at most. But now, I can get back two carts full of food and more cloth. All of this is the result of Hiko's dealings with the cunning merchants. ”

"You say he?" Even though Gu explained, Qiong still looked suspicious. She didn't believe what Gu said, or as long as it was about Hiko, she didn't want to believe it. This is clearly a kind of manipulation. But it's really normal in her.

In this regard, Gu obviously regarded this as an awkward behavior between young children, so he just smiled and stopped explaining anything more. However, it is clear that the firmament's interest in this matter cannot end here. Her gaze circled around the lazy Hiko, and then fell on the cargo beneath him.

This made her immediately ask at Gu.

"Uncle Gu, what are these goods you are transporting?"

"That's what you're talking about!" said his own goods, Gu's face obviously showed a very proud meaning. "I've got the finest wood, a great cedar that's over two hundred years old, and a rare golden oak. I'm going to use this to buy a few better animals, and bring back two more slaves who can make fires. ”

"Slaves, what, the merchants brought the slaves this time?"

As soon as he heard this, Hiko, who was still lazy, immediately became energetic. He asked Gu this, and it was evident that he was very interested in what he said about the slave.

"Hmm!" Hearing Yan ask, Gu naturally poured out everything he knew. "I heard that the kingdom of mankind is at war with the empire again, and several towns near the border have all been ruined because of the war. The people of the empire captured the kingdom, and the army of the kingdom captured the empire, and in this way, there were a lot of slaves in the hands of those merchants. Fearing that they would be held accountable afterwards, they sold these slaves to places beyond our control neither the empire nor the kingdom. I've heard from the people on the ship that these slaves are quite cheap. So, I thought about buying a few to reduce the amount of work I had to do. ”

Saying such cruel words in plain language, Gu's attitude made Yan sigh deeply in his heart. From the point of view of a native inhabitant of the world, Gu's idea is not wrong at all. The slave trade has always been one of the mainstream businesses in this world, and even the empire has special laws to protect slave owners and his slave business. Moreover, the whole world does not think that there is anything wrong with the existence of this kind of business.

However, for Hiko, who lived in a truly civilized society in his previous life, the slave trade itself was a barbaric, dehumanizing, and trampling on human dignity. It is a system that should not exist at all, or must be destroyed.

He was disgusted with the slave trade, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he hated it. However, as a single individual, he does not have the ability to resist the inherent institutions of this world. So he could only forcibly endure this discomfort and let this dirty deal go on under his nose.

Ignoring these seems to have become his only option. And how to ignore these, Hiko chose to divert attention.

"Uncle Gu, you said you have a golden oak here?"

"Yes, you're lucky, aren't you?" said Gu immediately with interest when talking about the treasure in his hand. "I didn't expect that there would be a golden oak tree in the forest where I usually cut trees. I was cutting wood that day when I saw a snow deer scurrying in front of my eyes. Then I chased it until I got into a col that I had never been to before. And then right in that place, I saw this good guy. Seriously, that golden leaf is so beautiful. ”

"But you cut it down anyway!" Rolling his eyes, Hiko was powerless to complain about this kind of behavior of saying something beautiful and then destroying it in the blink of an eye.

And Gu was not ashamed of this, but said proudly.

"Isn't that a matter of course? I'm a lumberjack, isn't it a waste not to cut down a good tree?"

In this regard, Hiko really can't make any refutation. And he didn't need to refute, because he had already slapped his attention to the golden oak under his ass.

You know, the Golden Oak is not an ordinary oak, it is a variant of the rare wood White Oak, which has a tough texture and aromatic aroma of the white oak tree, and it also has a magical and indescribable power.

Because the Golden Oak is the symbol of the goddess of the forest, the Golden Oak Lady Elifer, it also has a part of the goddess's divine blessings. You must know that the Golden Oak Lady is a goddess born from the first oak tree planted by the Mother of Life, and she is equivalent to the daughter of the Mother of Life. Therefore, her divine power also contains the power from the Mother of Life, the purest life force.

Mortals holding artifacts made of golden oak will be protected from all diseases and plagues under this magical power, and even in the hands of some druids who have studied the natural way of life, the golden oak can burst out with the power of life to heal all injuries. And even in the hands of a mage, the Golden Oak is the best conductor of mana, the best staff material.

It can be said that the wood of such a golden oak tree is definitely a treasure that cannot be exchanged. It may even be hundreds of thousands of times more than other goods of the ancients. It's just that if he wants to give it to those cunning merchants, then it is absolutely inevitable that he will be slaughtered fiercely.

Those cunning merchants had long been united, and if they knew that Gu had such a thing as a golden oak tree in his hands, then they would definitely suppress the price of this treasure to a point where it was unbelievably low. And as the official representative of the Nords, Hiko naturally couldn't allow such a thing to happen. So he immediately said to Gu.

"Uncle Gu, this thing of yours is not easy to sell. Those merchants will definitely not give you a suitable price. ”

"I know, so I'm not relying on you? Yan boy, as long as you can help Uncle and I sell it at a good price, Uncle will definitely not treat you badly. ”

It seems that the upright Gu actually has his own flowery intestines, and hearing him say this, Yan immediately smiled slightly.

"It's easy to say, but Uncle Gu. I need a piece of wood from a golden oak!"

"No problem, as long as you help me solve this problem, uncle, I will cut the best piece of wood from this oak tree for you. ”

With an open-minded smile, Gu said that this was not a problem at all. In this regard, Zhou Yi patted his chest and picked up the big bag.

"Then you can rest assured. I promise, I'll make the merchants cry. ”