Chapter 5 The dense forest outside Ximu Village

Author: Xianyu Jienan

Chapter 5 The dense forest outside Ximu Village

In the early morning, the morning light illuminates the earth.

A group of people were walking on the road to Ximu Village.

The road from the castle to Ximu Village was much worse than I imagined before the curtain was drawn.

The road that I originally thought would only take one day ended up taking three days.

This is even with Cali as a guide.

"Mr. Yamu, you don't have to come over."

Walking on the road, Kali looked at Yamu who was riding a horse with difficulty and couldn't help but persuade him: "The road here is very difficult. For things like purchasing green stones, just let me go there."

Both Kali and Mayne didn't understand the fact that Amu personally came to purchase it.

In their view, the purchase of green stones is just a trivial matter, and they can just send someone there. There is no need for Yamu to come in person.

You know, as the owner of the market, Yamu is not as leisurely as he seems on the surface, and still has to deal with many things.

Outside chambers of commerce, market management, and regular audits all need to be done by Yamu himself.

But Yamu still insisted on coming in person.

In the short term, this green stone is his only hope of activating the root.

As for Ximu Village, the only source of greenstone at the moment, he could not attach too much importance to it.

It is quite necessary to come here in person.

However, after taking a real trip here, he realized how bad the road conditions in this area really were.

It's just that there are potholes everywhere. The key is that the terrain in some places is particularly difficult to walk, and it can even be said that there is no way forward.

Yamu was a little speechless about this traffic situation, but he was not surprised either.

After being reborn in this world for sixteen years, he naturally knew the situation in this black forest territory.

In the past few years, he has also advised Count Reagan to repair as many roads in the territory as possible.

But Count Reagan decisively refused, and the reasons were quite good.

Repairing roads can certainly bring some convenience, but it is nothing compared to the threats it may bring.

This world is not peaceful.

The Black Forest Territory is located on the border of the Kingdom of Korola, and there are also many other lords around it, some of whom are not even weaker than Count Regan.

The lords fought against each other, and from time to time they might have to start a war.

In this context, a well-established road is likely to bring transportation convenience to the enemy and allow the enemy's troops to move quickly in their own territory.

Yamu actually had other opinions about Earl Reagan's idea, but he did not try to persuade him again.

The road repair work has been put on hold for now.

Outside, a shadow enveloped the place, causing Ya Mu to raise his head subconsciously.

"It looks like it's going to rain."

Looking at the sky in the distance, Yamu was a little alert: "Stop first and find a place to take shelter from the rain."

After walking a long distance, on the fourth day, Yamu and his party finally arrived at their destination.

Compared to other places in the Black Forest Territory, Ximu Village looks relatively lively.

Compared with most serfs who were restricted to a certain area and could only farm and serve in that area throughout their lives, most of the people here were homesteaders because of the remoteness of the place.

Compared with serfs, they owned their own land and had a greater degree of freedom.

Yamu even saw a lot of strangely dressed mountain people here, all of whom also lived in this village.

However, the place is still very poor.

Their food supply is sufficient, but other aspects are very poor. Not to mention other fragmentary commodities, even farm tools are lacking.

"Most of the people here are hunters. I used to come here often to buy animal skins, herbs and the like."

Kali opened his mouth and explained to Amu.

Yamu nodded and continued to look forward.

With the arrival of Amu and his party, most of the people here also gathered.

Many people were hiding in the village, watching these outsiders with some vigilance.

This place belongs to the border of the Black Forest Territory. Earl Regan's authority here is relatively weak, and people from the castle basically only show up when collecting taxes.

Under such circumstances, it is normal for people here to be hostile to outsiders.

After a while, the leader here walked out and looked at Yamu and his party nervously.

"Gentlemen, our taxes were just paid not long ago."

Obviously, he thought that Yamu and others were here to collect taxes, and his brows were filled with nervousness.

Faced with this misunderstanding, Yamu said nothing and just looked at Kali aside.

Kali understood and immediately stepped forward.

Compared to Yamu and others who were complete strangers, Kali was quite familiar with the leader here because he often came to this place to do business.

"You want enough greenstone?"

After hearing Yamu's purpose, the expression of the leader of Ximu Village softened.

"There are still some there, but not many anymore."

He walked into the village with Yamu and his party, and after a while he brought some small parcels.

When the package was opened, all that was found inside was a pale green green stone.

"That's all."

He spoke like this.

"That's all?"

Yamu was immediately disappointed.

The power provided by a piece of green stone can support the root activation for half a day at most.

The green stone in the package in front of me is about 20 yuan, which means it only costs a little over ten days.

For Yamu, this was not enough.

"No more?"

Kali understood what Amu meant and immediately asked: "Isn't there a place where there is regular production?"

"That place is too dangerous."

The leader of Ximu Village shook his head and explained with a wry smile.

The green stone appears in a forest next to Ximu Village.

Locally, that forest is a forbidden area, and it is also a place that locals in Ximu Village are strictly prohibited from entering.

It is said that there is something in that place. Once a living person enters, he will be cursed by evil spirits and take away his life.

Of course, after living here for a long time, there will always be some people who accidentally walk into the dense forest.

This kind of green stone was discovered by those who entered it accidentally. Because it looked very beautiful, like a certain kind of gemstone, it was sold to merchants like Cali.

"In other words, this thing is only produced in that dense forest?"

Amu couldn't help but frown as he listened to the leader's story.

"Yes yes"

The leader nodded: "This is all that was discovered at the beginning."

"As for more, we can't take it out."

"Since there is it in the dense forest, then just go directly to that dense forest to collect it."

Kali looked at the leader and spoke.

He doesn't care about dense forests, whether they are dangerous or not.

He only knew that there was something Lord Ammu needed in that dense forest.

For this reason, it doesn’t matter whether the place is a dense forest or something else.

"But... that is a forbidden area passed down from our era."

The old leader was hesitant and looked a little hesitant.

"Five coppers."
To be continued...