253. The Power of Light
A group of people at the table were no longer in the mood to eat, and everyone focused on this angular pale yellow ore.
The leader of the caravan took the ore in his hand, squinted his eyes and examined it carefully, and said:
"Sulfur belongs to the military management materials, the logistics department of the administration department of Hailansa City has a special purchase station, the official price of this kind of materials, and strictly limit the purchase price of the trading house, it is not unprofitable, but the price of this thing is clearly marked, such a large piece of sulfur is about worth about three silver coins, if the caravan buys, we will charge a commission of 10%."
"This yellow stone can also be sold for money?"
The old village chief didn't expect that his son could sell a good price if he picked up a stone casually, and he knew that this thing could also be sold for money, so why did he hunt limestone iguanas, and just take the villagers to pick up stones all over the mountains.
The leader of the caravan nodded and said, "Of course, but it must be this sulfur ore of high purity. ”
As he spoke, he pulled out the dagger he had with him, knocked down a small piece of the sulphur ore, and used the handle of the dagger to break the small piece of sulphur, and a fine yellow powder appeared, which contained very little grit.
"There are very few impurities in this, which means that the purity is very high." The caravan leader took the trouble to explain to us, his eyes falling on Charlie.
Charlie was a little excited, and couldn't help but say, "I picked it up by accident when I was hunting salamanders......"
The old village chief kicked his youngest son so hard that his eyes were about to rip a piece of flesh off Charley's body.
Charlie hurriedly shut up.
If it weren't for the guests around, it is estimated that a domestic violence would definitely be inevitable.
In front of the livelihood of the whole village, the old village chief is definitely the most bottomless one, he didn't want to talk about any details about the discovery of sulfur mines, he seemed to forget that just now, it was he who held the ale, and told the merchants in detail about the hunting of salamanders.
Surdak thought it was feasible and whispered to Charlie beside him, "I think that area is worth exploring again, and even if you can't find salamanders, it's nice to be able to pick up some sulfur ore." ”
After Charlie and Luke each got fifty silver coins, they had been thinking about hunting salamanders, and when they heard that Surdak wanted to enter the Paglos Mountains again, they naturally raised their hands in agreement, and the two said yes together.
When the leader of the caravan heard that Surdak was preparing to enter the mountain again, and knew that no matter whether he could meet the salamander or not, there must be a great business opportunity here, so he said to Surdak: "If you need to trade with us, our caravan will come again in half a month." ”
Surdak thought for a moment, and decided that if he did find a sulphur mine, he would sell it to the caravan, so he said, "Well, next time you come back, I hope to buy things like finely ground wheat flour and ham." ”
There were only a limited number of fields where wheat could be cultivated in the village, and the villagers spent most of the year on chestnut rice and cassava as their staple foods, and Surdak felt that if he could still pick up sulphur mines at the foot of Pubao Mountain, he would exchange the money from these sulphur mines for some food such as wheat flour and ham from the caravans, and in a few days the village would build a cistern, and Surdak promised to take care of two meals a day.
Hearing that there was business to be done, the leader of the caravan agreed very readily:
"As you wish, Knight Surdak."
Dinner didn't end late, the villagers had to help each other renovate the red thatch on the roof tomorrow, and today was another busy day, and after dinner, they all went home to sleep one after another, and soon the village square was deserted.
Finally, when the old village chief got drunk and was carried home by his son Charlie, the dinner was completely over.
Old Sheila took little Peter's hand and walked in front, Rita and Natasha got together and whispered, and Natasha, who usually rarely spoke, seemed to have become more talkative.
Surdak followed, unbuttoning one of his necklines and letting the cool breeze of the night blow on his somewhat hot chest, and Selena's side face came to mind for no apparent reason.
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The next day, Surdak decided to re-enter the Paglos Mountains with Charlie, Luke, and five other young men.
The five young men brought back five horses from the Beigou grassland, although none of the five young people had ever ridden a horse, but if they were just riding horses, there was no difficulty at all.
The six of them, riding horses and carrying half a month's rations, set off from the village of Wo and followed the route of the previous lizard hunting regiment all the way to the northwest, where Pusbag Mountain was located. The mountains are full of limestone full of crevices, and care must be taken not to let the horse's hooves step in the crevices, as it can easily trip the horse's legs.
After the limestone on the surface of the mountain is weathered, even if it is stepped on by a horse's hooves, some of the limestone will immediately crack under the feet.
It was a feeling of walking on thin ice, but Charlie and Luke were riding horses for the first time, and they felt that riding horses was very fresh, and they sat on horseback for a whole day on the first day, except for the necessary toilet, and even ate on horseback, and only on the second day that the tender flesh on the inner thighs was worn out by the leather saddle, they knew what kind of pain they had to endure to ride a horse.
When camping behind a mountain in the evening, all five young people turned into ducks with looped legs, and when they walked, they all dragged and dragged them, and their faces were grinning and very painful, but they still gritted their teeth and insisted on setting up the tent, and put the dried meat and baked wheat cakes in the pot to cook into a paste, and they learned the cooking method of the old village chief, which made the pot of porridge look a little disgusting.
There are also people who are responsible for feeding the horses, and they all say that where there is sea buckthorn grass, there will be limestone iguanas, but obviously close to the hunting places of the village chiefs, there is basically no trace of limestone iguanas, when they feel threatened, they will migrate to the depths of the Paglos Mountains, once the graystone iguanas leave, the sea buckthorn grass here will become very luxuriant, although the spikes on the sea buckthorn grass are a little prickly, but the sea buckthorn grass is also a very good forage, at least in the barren land.
The young men sat together against the stone wall and discussed: "It turns out that riding a horse is quite painful......"
There was an iron pot on the makeshift stove, and the water in the pot was boiling.
Luke tossed the broken wheat cake into the soup pot and said with some uncertainty, "Maybe it's because we don't wear leather pants, you see that the Surdak knight is fine." ”
Val, who had been wounded, re-tied the six horses, sat down among the men, shook the pot with a relaxed face, and said, "They are knights!" Of course, this small problem is not difficult to solve. ”
Charley, who was sitting on the outermost side, looked at Surdak walking down from the top of the hill and said, "Maybe we can ask him for some methods." ”
When Surdak had returned from the top of the mountain, he had written down the terrain of the area on parchment, and when he heard Charlie asking him for advice on horseback riding, he raised his head and replied:
"Horseback riding, of course, requires some skill, you must communicate with your horses often, and then build a relationship of mutual trust, they will be like your friends, and then you will have less pain."
"But...... This! He turned to Charley's side and said, "These ...... Of course, it's not the most important thing, the most important thing is that no matter what kind of injury you have, you can recover as soon as possible, like this......"
As he spoke, he pressed his hand on Charlie's leg, allowing the power of the Light to make the wound on Charlie's leg heal quickly.
"I see......"