Chapter 194: King Gru's Intent
After a while, King Gru took Leo and them to the planting area, which was already the most beautiful place in the entire Gru Kingdom.
As far as the eye could see, there were green vines, all of which were clinging to special trellises, some of which were blooming with white filamentous flowers, some of which were just beginning to grow fruit pods, and some of which were ripe.
The most eye-catching fruit pods in the whole planting area are the bulging bubble-like fruits, which are crystal clear and brightly colored, like clusters of delicate flowers in full bloom.
"These are spiral trees, so named because their trunks grow in a spiral shape. King Gru introduced.
"It's delicious, this trip really didn't come in vain!" Leng Feng couldn't wait to pick a bunch of fruit pods and ate them with relish.
"This kid just makes me usually spoiled, and everyone laughs!" Seeing this, Lord Ye Gu couldn't help but be embarrassed.
"I like the hearty and uninhibited character of the young valley master!" said King Gru.
"It's just that it's so boring to be bound in these red tape and harshness all day long!" Leng Feng also smiled when he heard this.
"And what are these?"
Beoff saw that there were some plants planted under the trellises, and even on the stone walls around and at the top, there was a kind of mushroom that looked like a stone, and the Gru people were carefully tending to them.
"Underneath the trellis is ice grass, which grows fast and regenerates new leaves within a few days of harvesting, which is one of our main foods. ”
"Surrounded by these are raw stone mushrooms, a species that has a tenacious vitality that doesn't need water or soil and can grow on a stone wall, which is exactly what we need. ”
King Gru said slowly.
"I really didn't expect that not only the people in this place, but also the plants, would have such a hard time!" Leo couldn't help but sigh.
Hearing this, Lan Nuo glanced at Leo thoughtfully, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't help but say nothing.
Grandpa Tong followed behind everyone, listening and watching all the way, but he never said anything, as if he was waiting for something.
Then, I saw King Gru gently touch a switch on the stone wall, and a stone door suddenly opened, and the other side of the stone gate is the breeding area!
"Originally, the two areas were connected, but it was easier for workers to take care of the park. Leng Feng praised.
However, although the breeding area is wide, the species cultivated are very single, and the largest number is an animal with a body length of nearly half a meter, covered with scales, and likes to eat plant stems and tubers, and looks like a mouse.
"These little mice look pretty cute!" Leng Feng grinned as he teased the scaly animals.
"They are desert scale rats because they reproduce quickly and are one of our main foods. King Gru introduced.
"Then did you have ...... in those barbecues at the banquet yesterday?" Leng Feng pointed to the desert rats on the ground, and asked King Gru with a suspicious face.
"We are no better here than outside, food is quite scarce, and most of the barbecue at the banquet is indeed made of desert scale rats. King Gru said embarrassedly.
"What? I'm still eating rat meat for the first time in my life, it's so disgusting, bah, bah, bah, ......" Leng Feng suddenly vomited.
"Go away, go away......" Even the desert scale rats that came close to him were chased away by him, and he no longer thought they were cute.
Leo and Grandpa Tong had eaten a lot of strange beast meat in the Soul Broken Mountain Range before, but they didn't think anything of it.
However, when Lanno, Beoff, and Lord Yegu heard this, they all felt a little uncomfortable.
"Let's go, hurry up and get out of here, where is the next area?" Leng Feng couldn't stand it anymore, only to see him cover his mouth and nose and urge.
"You're sick again, young master?" Leo said when he saw this.
"Rat meat, I'm afraid you're the only one here who can stand it, right?"
"Oh, and Grandpa Tong, it's really an old man and a young man, two monsters!"
Leng Feng retorted, and then ran out of the exit.
Subsequently, everyone also walked out of the breeding area one after another.
King Gru then led Leo and them through the water source area and went straight to the Gru settlement.
However, from the moment they stepped into the residential area, everyone was stunned by the sight in front of them!
This area is full of tents clinging to the ground as far as the eye can see, leaving only a sidewalk every now and then.
Leo and the others stumbled down the winding path deeper into the quarters......
Along the way, Leo saw all the dilapidated tents that had been repaired and repaired, as well as the impoverished families in the tents, and the children who were waiting to be fed but were emaciated by hunger......
Leo really can't imagine, this is the so-called kingdom sitting on wealth?
"This is already the largest area in the entire underground palace, but unfortunately, it still can't accommodate the ever-increasing population. ”
"That little bit of stuff in the growing and breeding areas is a drop in the bucket for such a large population. ”
King Gru lamented.
"Aren't you rich in lapis lazuli, why don't you go out and use lapis lazuli to buy food?" Leng Feng asked.
"Do you think we don't want to? But the grain on the mainland is monopolized by the top powers, and we can only buy a small part of the grain from some small merchants at high prices. ”
"In the beginning, the small merchants were willing to sell us grain, but then they sold all the people we went out to buy grain to those in power. ”
"Those in power have persecuted our people to death in order to find the place of the kingdom and seize our mineral deposits, and since then all the Gelugs who have gone out have been persecuted by them. ”
"Even my father, the King, ...... They all worked too hard for the livelihood of the people of the kingdom, and finally died of illness due to overwork!"
King Gru choked.
"Your father is not only the king of the kingdom of Gru, but also the hero of the kingdom, he has a spirit in the sky, and he will definitely bless the kingdom through this catastrophe!"
Leng Feng comforted.
"So in recent years, we can only go out as little as possible, and living materials have become more and more scarce, and most of the subjects in the country have been impoverished and have died one after another. ”
"Pity many of them, from birth to death, they have never seen a ray of sunshine, and even the 20 million people who survived are just surviving and delaying time!"
"Our Gelug Kingdom has made great contributions to this continent, and the lapis lazuli used to exchange goods on the continent was created by our ancestors, and even the methods of refining and arranging the array outside have been passed down from the kingdom. ”
"Who would have thought that the Kingdom of Gru would fall to the end it is today?"
King Gru wept bitterly.
"This King Gru has gone around in such a big circle, and I don't know what his true intentions are?"
Seeing King Gru like this, Lan Nuo couldn't help but secretly wonder in his heart.