Chapter 20: The Fish-Man
"Your Highness, this is Kekeluo Lake, because of the beautiful scenery, many villagers of Kekeluo Village will come here to play in their spare time, and even many travelers and rich people will come here for sightseeing."
It was Lu Na who spoke, after visiting the small city, Lu Ming planned to go for a walk around, these maids came earlier than Lu Ming, of course, they already knew something about the neighborhood, so Lu Ming asked them to lead the way.
In addition to Lu Na, Isaiah and other maids, several guards also followed Lu Ming out to protect Lu Ming's safety.
Lu Ming stood on the edge of Kekeluo Lake, looking at the sapphire-like lake, with endless grasslands to the west, forests to the north, and the fertile farmland of Kekeluo Village not far to the east.
There are many graceful birds flying over the lake, and flowers and plants are lush on the shore.
The beautiful environment made Lu Ming's mood quite happy.
He stretched, the corners of his mouth raised, and a smile appeared: "Fishing here is a good choice." It's a pity that I didn't bring a fishing rod today, so let's fish again tomorrow. ”
After having an extra brain hole in his head, Lu Ming found that he seemed to have a different interest in fishing.
"I'm a little hungry, let's have afternoon tea."
"We're ready." A few maids began to get busy.
Someone took out a dining table and chair from the space ring, someone took out food, and soon a table of delicious food was placed in front of Lu Ming.
Lu Ming sat down, looked at the scenery on the lake, and ate a piece of cake.
The rich creamy flavor spread in his mouth, and Lu Ming looked satisfied.
This is life, in the royal capital, he usually wants to be lazy, and the old man has to scold him, see how he scolds here!
Lu Ming's heart was full of joy.
After eating afternoon tea and looking at the scenery for a while, Lu Ming left Kekeluo Lake and walked towards Kekeluo Village.
There are farmland on both sides of the road, and it is now harvest season, and a large number of villagers are harvesting grain.
Seeing Lu Ming and his party, many people looked curious, but they didn't come over to ask, after all, they were too busy.
Lu Ming was also a little happy when he saw everyone busy harvesting.
Kekeluo Village is an important granary of the North Wind Territory, and if the harvest is abundant, it will be a good thing for the entire North Wind Territory.
Although the grain production in this world itself is not low, and there are alchemists in each kingdom who study how to increase food production and ensure the basic needs of the people, there will generally be no shortage of food, but the family has surplus food, and there is no panic, and it is always good to have more.
Soon, Lu Ming came to the entrance of the village and saw a group of people hurrying over.
At the head was an old man with gray hair dressed in a red maple official robe, and next to him was a man of the same age with short dark gray hair, and behind them were officials from the village of Kekeluo.
The two old men in front, Lu Ming both understood, one was the village chief Danluo, and the other was Lin Li, the commander of the defenders.
Don't look at Kekeluo Village as just a village, because it is the granary of the North Wind Leader, its importance is very high, Danluo is a fourth-order spirit, and Lin Li is a fifth-order spirit, and his strength is no worse than Wang Lao.
His palace will be on the edge of Kekoro Village, which has also been considered, at least the security is very high.
At this moment, when Danluo and his party saw Lu Ming, they immediately knelt on one knee, and Danluo, who was the leader, spoke: "Danluo, the head of Kekeluo Village, greets His Royal Highness the Third Prince, because it is the busy farming season, he failed to greet His Highness as soon as possible, and I ask His Highness to forgive him." ”
Lu Ming smiled: "Get up, you are all busy with business, I am an idler, there is no need for you to greet you, I just came to shop." ”
That is, because the villagers are busy, and there is no one at the entrance of the village now, otherwise Lu Ming would feel embarrassed.
Dan Luo got up, smiled and said, "Your Highness is here to check the harvest?" ”
Lu Ming smiled embarrassedly: "There is a special person in charge of this matter in the kingdom, so I won't make trouble, I just moved over and came over to take a look." ”
Dan Luo smiled, stopped talking about this aspect, and said, "In that case, then I'll let Xiao Wang take you around?" ”
He pointed to a good-looking woman behind him, who was also an official of Kekoluo Village.
Assigned by Dan Luo, she smiled at Lu Ming.
Lu Ming didn't refuse, and nodded with a smile: "Okay." ”
At this moment, a defender wearing standard armor trotted over and said, "Commander Lin, Captain Wang, please come over." ”
Lu Ming looked over with some curiosity: "What's wrong?" ”
The defenders glanced at Lu Ming, looking dazed, thinking who this person was, he hadn't seen it before, so he casually asked?
When the defenders were at a loss, Lin Li spoke: "This is His Royal Highness the Third Prince." ”
The defender was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed slightly: "Your Highness! ”
Saying that, he was about to kneel on one knee, Lu Ming said helplessly: "No need to kneel, what's wrong?" ”
The defender hurriedly spoke: "We have found traces of fishmen on the edge of Bibo Lake. ”
"Fish-people?"
Hearing this, whether it was Lu Ming or Lin Li, they all frowned slightly.
The fish-man thing is not that it is not strong, it can only be said that it is very weak, and there may not even be a person in a large group who has broken through the fourth order.
But this thing is just as troublesome as locusts.
The lifespan of ordinary fish people is only twenty or thirty years, and they mature very quickly, and they are very capable of giving birth, and one litter can give birth to more than ten fish cubs, and they can give birth twice a year.
Even if the survival rate of fish-man cubs is not high, you can imagine how many of them have accumulated.
Giving a few years, a female and a male, can create a race, this is not just talking.
Generally speaking, the sight of a few fish-people means that there is a large group behind them.
Fish-people are omnivorous creatures that can eat anything, and humans are also on their diets, or their preferred cuisine.
Coupled with the fact that they also have a certain amount of intelligence, it is quite cumbersome to deal with.
Fish-people can be said to be a headache for every kingdom.
Lin Li's face became a little ugly: "The fish-people in this area were killed a few years ago, and they haven't seen any more fish-people in the past few years, how could they suddenly appear again?" ”
"This, the subordinates don't know either......" The young defender was stared at by a group of officials, including His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and felt very tired.
Lin Li exhaled slightly, and then bowed to Lu Ming and said, "Your Highness, your subordinates still have something to do, so they will be out of company first." ”
Lu Ming smiled: "It's okay, go get busy." ”
He guessed that it might have something to do with the aura tide, and presumably Lin Li must have guessed too, people are professional, of course Lu Ming didn't say much.
Lin Li hurriedly left with the defenders, and the village chief of Danluo and other officials also had something to do, so they also confessed and left, and Lu Ming walked around Kekeluo Village under the leadership of Wang Lin.
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In the evening, as the sun sets, the orange glow colors the white clouds on the horizon.
The breeze blows through the lake, and the ripples on the surface of the lake form a beautiful picture with the grasslands, forests and farmland.
Lu Ming, the maids and the guards walked slowly towards the palace in the evening breeze.
He had already walked around the village of Kekeluo, which was no different from other villages, but it was bigger, and the environment and prosperity were better.
As for whether it's fun or not...... That's it.
Lu Ming plans to only go fishing tomorrow and not go shopping anywhere else, a little tired.
At this moment, Lu Ming heard a strange sound coming from the weeds that were several meters tall by the lake.
"Ahh......h
"Coo-grunt......"
Lu Ming's face changed slightly, a little strange.
Isn't it, so coincidentally, he really ran into a fishman?