Chen Shihao did not go to the territory immediately, but ran to the tavern and wandered around with a glass of ale. When he saw adventurers who liked to chat, he immediately sat down and invited them to drink, and then began to inquire about the situation in Shanxia Village. .
After a lot of work, Chen Shihao also had a clear understanding of this mountain gorge village. It is said that this village was quite prosperous decades ago, relying on mountain products and cross-border trade in the border area, before the tiger cats moved there. A large village with hundreds of households and thousands of people, but later the tiger cats moved here, and the Count of Wushan in the Gawker Kingdom across the way started to get crazy again and used this place as a training ground, and for some unknown reason, that place also appeared. In the alien passage, the little devil of the abyss comes out to play from time to time.
As soon as these disasters came, Shanxia Village collapsed immediately. Now there are only a hundred villagers in Shanxia Village at most. They rely on the meager land to grow some food and pick some yams for some change. It can be said that Shanxia Village is the poorest in Maoer Town. place, because the three major threats to Maoer Town first appeared in Shanxia Village.
Hearing this, Chen Shihao's face turned a little green. The territory transferred by Baron Cool was really wonderful. It was the first necessary path for the invasion of the nobles from the Earl of Wushan in the Gawker Kingdom. It was also the first necessary path for the tiger cat to come out of the valley. The road is the path that must be taken every time the abyss crack appears. It can be said that Shanxia Village is the worst place in Maoer Town. How can hundreds of villagers survive in such a place?
Although Chen Shihao has a headache now, it is not his style to avoid situations. Hundreds of villagers can survive in such an environment, and he, the lord, should be able to do the same. Since the place is so poor, he, the new lord, takes office. It would be appropriate to bring them some gifts.
Chen Shihao, who had this idea, spent 5 gold pounds, which was more expensive than a war horse, to buy a well-tamed, first-level monster that looked like a cow. This herbivorous monster had a docile personality, long lifespan, full of patience, and great strength. Although it has no other attack methods except collision, it is also the best animal power in mountainous areas.
Then he spent 10 shillings to buy a light four-wheeled cart, and then purchased a batch of grain, clothing, farm tools, wound medicine, needlework and other miscellaneous daily necessities. Only then did Chen Shihao discover the products in Maoer Town. The variety is complete, except for luxury goods, other products are really available.
The heavy cart was pulled by the demon cow. The kitten lay on the cart early. Chen Shihao, who had never driven a cart before, flicked his whip cautiously, and the demon cow slowly pulled the cart forward. .
Originally, Chen Shihao wanted to hire a few adventurers, but unfortunately he only had 5 gold pounds. After studying and purchasing 360 gold pounds, he only had this little money left. Naturally, he couldn't waste it. There was a level 3 kitten nearby. , plus I have some strength, I really can’t believe that the tiger cat came out of the valley at this time, and the abyss crack appeared at this time.
The adventurers in the town naturally saw that Chen Shihao was on his way alone with a large amount of supplies. No knowledgeable or cautious person had any wrong ideas, but they couldn't stop some poor and crazy adventurers from putting their minds on this young boy Chen Shihao, so As soon as Chen Shihao left the town, adventurers in twos and threes immediately followed three or four groups out. The mature adventurers who noticed these couldn't help but said disdainfully to their companions: "What an idiot. An ordinary person dares to buy gold pounds in public. So many things, and one person can take them away?"
"It should be that little guy who thinks he is a noble. He has put out the only identity badge in this town." The companion had a different opinion, but soon showed a puzzled look: "If he is a noble, how can he do it? If you are alone, why should you have attendants?"
"Hey, that's why I said those guys are idiots, but the magic pets around the little noble are all level three lynxes. With such pets, they are much safer than any attendants," the adventurer said disdainfully.
"Level 3 monsters, damn, they are existences that can only be fought by at least level 7 warriors or level 2 knights. Are you dazzled? Can the nobles whose territory is settled in Mao'er Town have level 3 monsters? That little The nobleman is not from Earl West's family," the companion looked surprised.
"Hey, I am born with accurate premonitions of danger, otherwise I would not be able to go in and out of Mao'er Valley safely. When I saw the little noble's lynx pet just now, I felt that it was extremely dangerous, but I couldn't detect the lynx's aura. , naturally we know that this is a level 3 or higher monster," the adventurer said with a proud look on his face.
"Hmm, Level 2 monsters don't know how to hide their auras yet. Brother, if your premonition is so strong, my brother will be working with you from now on," the companion immediately fawned over.
"Haha, our relationship is absolutely fine," the adventurer immediately became proud.
Chen Shihao sat on the swaying bullock cart, letting the demonic bull crawl along the winding mountain road, while looking at the surrounding scenery. The forest coverage rate in this world is really high. As long as you leave the human gathering place, everything you see is... It is a green color. In such a world, the air is naturally incredibly fresh. Every breath is enough to make people feel relaxed and happy.
But the only bad thing about too many forests is that there are too many monsters. Even on this mountain road, Chen Shihao encountered more than 10 monsters rushing out. However, most of the monsters near the road were first-level monsters, and they had thick health alone. The demonic cow was enough to not be afraid, and the kitten raised its head and stared down, these first-level demonic beasts immediately ran away without a trace before Chen Shihao could react.
Therefore, Chen Shihao always had no danger. When he reached a place that was about to go downhill, Chen Shihao couldn't help but pull the reins to stop the ox cart, because four strong men dressed as adventurers had blocked the road. Already.
"What do you want to do?" Chen Shihao asked coldly, holding the hilt of the sword he just bought, while Mao Mao stretched out and squatted at Chen Shihao's feet, tilting his head and squinting at the four adventurers in front of him.
"Hmph, boy, if you are smart enough to wait and be captured, then we will only care about your money rather than your life. If you are not smart, then we will lose both your money and your life," an adventurer who was obviously the leader said carelessly.
"I'm a noble. If you rob my property, aren't you afraid of being wanted by the kingdom?" Chen Shihao said naturally, waving the badge around his waist.
"Humph, of course we know that you are a noble, so we are not prepared to save your life. We just wanted to save our brothers some energy," the leader said coldly, drew his sword and shouted: "Brothers, Kill him,"
"You must know that harming nobles will be hunted by kingdoms all over the world," Chen Shihao said still calmly. This was the information Chen Shihao got after becoming a noble. Because the gods in this world are supreme, unless it is a hostile religion, any priest of any god Wherever he goes, no one dares to mess with him.
Faced with such privileges, the nobles who control secular power under the gods are naturally jealous. After some worldwide communication, all countries in the world, under the witness of the gods, enacted laws for civilians to kill nobles and pursue them all over the world. , of course, incidents such as tenant farmer riots, accidents on the battlefield, or unknown assassinations do not apply to this law.
"Haha, there is no village or shop here, and there are no outsiders around. Who knew that it was us who killed a noble like you?" The leader waved his iron sword with a proud look on his face, and his three men were already excited. He raised his sword and charged forward.
Chen Shihao shook his head and said: "Kitten," the squatting kitten immediately meowed and sprang up like lightning. Only a black shadow flashed past, and the four adventurers screamed in agony. They covered their necks and fell to the ground spraying blood. In just a few seconds, the kitten easily tore their throats with its claws.
"It's really boring." Chen Shihao shook his head helplessly, got out of the ox cart, moved the corpses away, and washed the corpses. Finally, he threw a few seized weapons and a small bag of pennies onto the ox cart, waved his whip, and the ox cart continued to slow down. Advance slowly.
Chen Shihao didn't know that not long after he left, several adventurers ran out of the mountain forest. They looked at the injuries on the corpse with serious faces, and each wiped a cold sweat: "Damn, it turned out to be a level 3 monster. Fortunately, we didn't act first, otherwise, It’s us who will die,”
"Damn, these nobles are so abominable. They came out to practice and practice, and they actually brought a magical beast that can hide their aura. Didn't they deliberately let us die? No wonder the old adventurers said not to provoke the nobles easily. It's really The background is too deep." After congratulating and cursing each other, they left cursingly.
Chen Shihao, who had a safe journey since then, finally saw smoke rising from the side of the road between two mountains after completing the sunset exercise as the sun was about to set.
Looking at the topography of Shanxia Village, Chen Shihao understood why this village suffered so much. It was a pity that it was blocked on this only road. However, Chen Shihao couldn't help but wonder, since the geographical location of this village is so good, how can we maintain peace of mind? Why doesn't Earl Sturt build a checkpoint here? Not only can it be used as an entry tax collection, but it can also block the enemy's attack. Is it because those tiger cats and abyss little devils often come and go here, making the cost of building a checkpoint too high, so why not just give up.
The oxcart is getting closer and closer to the village. Chen Shihao has seen that the village built on the mountain and the road is all made of granite houses. It is a pity that the outside of the village is surrounded by wooden fences. The hillsides and ground near the village There are sparse farmland and vegetable gardens.
As dusk approached, the children were chasing chickens and playing with dogs in the wooden fence, while the women started dinner. The men were either walking back from the farmland, or walking out from the mountains and forests carrying prey. When they saw them coming back, the children screamed. The voice of father calling mother immediately sounded, giving people the impression of a peaceful rural scene. Seeing this, Chen Shihao naturally recalled the scene in his own village, and he couldn't help but become obsessed with it.
However, the appearance of Chen Shihao broke the peace. First, the dogs barked desperately in this direction, but when the kitten meowed in anger, the dogs immediately fled back to the stone house in embarrassment with their tails between their legs.
This weird scene made everyone stunned, but in an instant, the hunters immediately dropped their prey and ran quickly to draw their bows and set arrows. The farmers directly held the farm tools and ran to the hunters to be on guard. The women in the village immediately pulled their bows and arrows. As the child hid back home, a burst of crying fell silent as soon as it started, and the whole scene immediately became filled with a chilling atmosphere.
Chen Shihao scratched his head and patted the kitten's head with some embarrassment: "What are you barking for? It's misunderstood, isn't it?" Ignoring the aggrieved kitten's whining defense, he got off the bullock cart and walked slowly towards the hunters and farmers. Go, and while walking, he raised the badge and shouted: "Don't get me wrong, I am the new owner of the 800 acres of land originally owned by Baron Cool here."
Hearing Chen Shihao's cry and seeing that Chen Shihao was alone, the hunters and farmers put down their weapons and started whispering to each other. Chen Shihao vaguely heard something: "What should I do? The new master is here." "They haven't paid for several years." The taxes are due, do we have to start paying again?" "What about driving him out?" "No, we can't offend the nobles, otherwise our whole village will be in trouble," "Bullshit nobles, we have to protect our current life. Yes, why do these damn nobles collect taxes?"
Listening to these words, Chen Shihao couldn't help but be speechless. It seemed that they didn't welcome him as the new lord at all. Just before the villagers came to a unified opinion, when Chen Shihao got closer and closer, a space suddenly appeared in the middle of both sides. Twisted, upon seeing this abnormal situation, the villagers immediately shouted: "The devil is coming," and immediately ran towards the stone house.
Chen Shihao, on the other hand, drew out his weapon with a wry smile. He was so damn unlucky. He had just arrived at the territory and encountered an abyss crack. It seemed that he had to fight the little devil. I hope this little devil is not powerful and there are not too many, otherwise we will have to wait. Just finish it.
Chen Shihao, who was already on alert, saw the kitten staying by his side without hesitation, staring at the crack in space with a serious expression. Chen Shihao couldn't help but want to reach out and stroke the kitten's head. It was really good to have a partner at this time. What a feeling.
But before Chen Shihao's hand touched the kitten's head, his mind suddenly went into a trance, and he couldn't help but be startled: "It's been less than 3 days since last time. Is it really true that I have to go back this time?" This thought As soon as he emerged, his thoughts fell into darkness,