Chapter 400: Black Mountain Town (2)
The lizardman monster looked at the prey in front of him, its mouth cracked, and drops of fishy saliva dripped down.
It slowly approached Gerald, greed shining in its eyes.
To humans, it is a precious and supreme delicacy.
Gerald took a step back and took out the scythe he was carrying in a panic, even though he knew that the scythe would not hurt the monster at all, but the scythe in his hand made him feel at ease.
"Go away, you damn monster. Gerald raised his scythe and couldn't help but shout.
It's just that his shouting is useless to this monster.
The lizardman in front of him had already approached, and the lizardman moved quickly, walking in front of Gerald in three or two steps, and with a claw slap, he knocked the scythe in Gerald's hand away.
Gerald was startled and tripped over a stone on his heel, and his whole body fell to the ground at this point.
The lizardman opened his mouth and pounced, and when he saw that Gerald was about to die, he let out a terrified scream.
At this moment, a wind blade slashed, splitting the lizardman monster that pounced on it in half.
Gerald's eyes widened as he looked at the carcass of the lizardman split in two, his chest heaving and panting.
"Are you alright? A faint voice came from behind, startling the frightened Gerald.
Gerald quickly turned to look behind him and saw a young man standing behind him, Gerald breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm fine." ”
Gerard, who came back to his senses, looked at Gao Feng and then looked at the body of the lizardman, he already understood what had happened before, and hurriedly said to Gao Feng gratefully: "Thank you for saving your life, if you hadn't made a move, I would have died a long time ago." ”
Gao Feng said calmly: "No thanks, it should be." ”
Although the attitude of the peak is a little flat. But it was still much better than most nobles, which made a good impression on the apprehensive Gerald.
Gao Feng said: "By the way, you are going back to Montenegro Town now, I just happened to be going to Montenegro Town, let's go together, how about it." ”
"Great. You're here for the first time, let me show you the way. Gerard hurriedly said that having a master like Gao Feng with him made him feel much safer.
Seeing that Gao Feng was leaving, Gerald looked at the lizardman's corpse and said frankly: "This lord, this lizardman's corpse can also be sold for money, do you want me to help you bring it back?" ”
"Corpses can be sold for money? I don't think this corpse is of much use. Gao Feng said strangely.
Gerard hurriedly said, "I can sell it for money." If it can be sold for money, its flesh is useless, but the skin, bones and claws can be sold for money, and such a corpse can be sold for at least dozens of silver coins. ”
Gao Feng suddenly felt that in his own opinion, the corpse of the lizard man was naturally worthless and useless, but among ordinary people. Fur and bones are useful and can be sold for money. For the poor, even a few dozen silver coins are a lot of wealth.
Gao Feng smiled and said, "It was going to be killed before, but now that it is dead, it will naturally belong to you." It's kind of compensating you. ”
"It's mine? It's not good. Gerald said hesitantly.
Gao Feng shook his head and said, "I'll go first, you can do it yourself." ”
Seeing that Gao Feng really turned around and left, Gerald did not hesitate to carry the corpse on his back, regardless of the bloody disgusting corpse of the corpse, and chased after him quickly with the corpse of the lizardman on his back.
For him. Dozens of silver coins are also very attractive.
Gerald was very strong, carrying a corpse of more than 200 catties, and he also chased after him quickly.
The physique of the humans in the Radiant Continent is much stronger than that of the earthlings.
Seeing Gerald chasing after him, Gao Feng asked, "What's your name?" ”
"My name, my name is Gerald, sir. ”
Gao Feng asked: "I see that you are also very dangerous to do things, and you don't make a lot of money, why didn't you think about changing jobs elsewhere?"
Gerald shook his head and said: "I didn't think about it so much, my father and grandfather, they all do this, I will do this, I heard the mayor say that it is more dangerous outside than us, those people are more miserable than us, at least we still have a bite to eat, I heard that there will be a famine outside, and some people will be starved to death." ”
Gao Feng nodded, somewhat understanding them.
Their situation is very similar to those mountain people in the mountains of their motherland, who live in the mountains, even if their life is very difficult, but because of their limited knowledge of the outside world, they feel that life in the mountains is good, and they never think of going out of the mountains to see the outside world.
They never knew that the outside world was completely different from the mountains.
As for the mayor of Black Mountain Town, Gao Feng doesn't know much, only that the position of the mayor is not static, but will be reappointed every few years, but generally speaking, if you can be the mayor of the town, you are at least a nobleman.
Before coming, Gao Feng had already asked, because this place already belonged to his own territory, so the position of the mayor no longer existed, and he had the right to appoint the mayor or cancel the mayor.
What is a lord, the lord is the emperor of the soil here, and everything here belongs to his own management.
Gerald in front of him is the lord of the peak territory, and the peak has the right to kill him without committing a crime, this is the right of the lord.
Of course, Gao Feng is not so ruthless towards his own people, and if possible, he will find a way to make the lives of the residents in his territory better.
As for the mayor of Montenegro, if you are obedient, you will stay, and if you are disobedient, then get out of here.
Gao Feng thought for a while, but still asked, "Tell me about your situation in Black Mountain Town." ”
Gerald was stunned for a moment, what is there to say in Black Mountain Town, isn't it like that, it's just that the adults in front of him have a life-saving grace for themselves, and the adults want to hear it, but where to start?
Gerard opened his mouth, but he really didn't know where to say, so he could only say in embarrassment: "My lord, what do you want to know, you ask." ”
Gao Feng glanced at Gerald, saw that he looked embarrassed, and came to his senses, so he asked, "How do you think your life is now?
Gerald thought about it carefully and said: "It's okay, I can eat enough, I can't be hungry, I just can't save money, I always want to save some money for my kid to study, but the money is always not enough, and the cost of reading is too expensive." I've heard from others that being a mercenary earns a good income, and when the child grows up, maybe sending him to be an apprentice to a mercenary is also a good way out. ”
"Didn't you want your son to continue your path?" Gao Feng asked.
"It's too dangerous. Gerald said with a sigh.
Although Gerard didn't say much, Gao Feng could feel that their life was actually very hard, just because they had never experienced a decent life, so they felt that they still had food to eat, which was good.
Whether life is happy or not, in fact, also needs to be compared.
Modern people have developed information in life, it is easy to accept all kinds of information, know how others are, and then compare themselves, when they are not others, they naturally feel that they are not as happy as others, and when you compare with those who live more bitterly, you are living in happiness.
For Gerald, risking his life just to have enough to eat, and feeling that such a life could continue, is unimaginable on Earth.
Gao Feng can't save everyone, but he also hopes to change the lives of the people in his territory and make them happier.
"By the way, how is your mayor?" Gao Feng asked again.
"Mayor Mare?" Gerald frowned and thought about it carefully, then said cautiously, "Do you know our mayor?"
"I don't know, I'm passing through Black Mountain Town to go to another place to run errands, and I want to know about the situation in Black Mountain Town. Gao Feng said.
Gerald nodded, a trace of hesitation flashed on his face, and then he said: "Mayor Town, it's not good or bad, but if you want to do something with him, you need to have more eyes, he is very calculating." ”
"Very calculating?"
"yes. Gerald said mockingly: "His house is the lightest in our town, and the weight we weigh at home is at least a tenth less when we weigh it at his house." ”
Gao Feng nodded and understood, this is a shortage of catties.
This mayor has a really dark heart, and everyone's money for selling his life must be deducted.
Gao Feng thought of something and asked, "Since you all know about this, why do you want to sell it to him?"
Gerald shook his head and explained: "There is no way, if we don't sell it to him, we have nowhere to sell it ourselves, and the nearest town to us is hundreds of miles away, and we don't have a carriage ourselves, so we can't transport it." ”
Speaking of which, Gerald was not as restrained as before, and said some things about the mayor of the town, this guy is indeed black-hearted, not to mention the lack of catties, and the grain sold to them is also poor and expensive, some of the grain is moldy, and it is also sold to the residents of the town at a high price.
Everyone dared to be angry about this, because all their living resources were in the hands of the mayor, and they had no way to leave this town, and if they lived here, they had to accept the exploitation of the mayor.
From this point of view, this mayor is really not a good thing.
"Is this the case with every mayor in the past?" Gao Feng asked curiously.
Gerald said strangely, "Every mayor is a member of their family, isn't it the same?"
Gao Feng frowned and asked, "You mean Mayor has always been a member of the family?"
Gerald nodded and said, "Yes, the mayor of our Black Mountain Town has always been a member of the Merry family, so it is the same whether the mayor is changed or not." ”
"Merry family, do you know anything about this family?" Gao Feng has never heard of this family, of course, there are many families that Gao Feng has not heard of, and there is not one more Merry family.
"I don't know, but I've heard that this family is very strong. Gerald shook his head and said.
As he spoke, Gerald pointed to the front and said with some joy: "My lord, please look, there is Black Mountain Town in front." (To be continued......)