Chapter 131

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Lian Yun and Lan Na sat down on the altar steps. Fang Suo did not leave either, but leaned against the railing in silence.

"Are you stressed?"

Gary stood aside, looking at the crowd going away, and asked.

Lian Yun looked at him strangely.

“…I thought I should be asking you this.”

Gerry paused stroking his beard.

"What are you asking me? I'm not a lord. I don't have a large family to support."

"I'm the lord, so I run around and build relationships with all the races."

Lian Yun's eyes curved. "But you're an administrator. Isn't that what administrators do? Food, clothing, housing, transportation, economic laws, that's what Peisike does."

Gary's serious expression almost broke: "...You don't have to be so clear about it."

Lian Yun took the opportunity to ask back, "Are you feeling any pressure? With so many people suddenly here, you can always ask me for money if you're short on it. But what about food? Is there enough?"

Hearing this, Gerry suddenly slammed his cane and said, "You're so lucky to still remember me as the manager! Look, an old man is in charge! Lanner!"

Gerry changed his target and said to Lanner, "How dare you bring so many people back without even asking!"

Lanna glanced at his cane without changing her expression: "I don't think you're old."

If he hadn't thrown his cane, everyone would have forgotten he even needed it.

Gary pointed at Lanner, ready to curse out loud the next second.

"Ahem," Lian Yun quickly came to the rescue, "What he meant is exactly what I meant."

"oh?"

Gary pinched his beard and snorted with a forced smile, "If that's what you want, what can you do if there's not enough food?"

Lian Yun was not convinced but still confident: "I'm sure I can find a way."

Gerry raised his cane.

“I want it now!!”

"Actually..." Fang Suo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"Have you ever thought about winning over other towns?"

Lian Yun turned around.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the short-haired woman's profile. She frowned slightly, as if she had been thinking for a long time.

Lian Yun: "Any recommendations?"

Fang Suo was startled, his brows suddenly relaxed, and he even smiled a little, blaming himself for thinking too much.

"If your town goes to war with the main city, you must know that, excluding Kuoge City, there are six second-tier cities between the two. Each second-tier city has one to three third-tier cities."

"And between you and the main city are three secondary cities."

These three secondary cities, together with the small villages below them, formed an invisible wall between the two sides.

"I have been gathering this information since I heard Your Excellency intended to fight. If Your Excellency has the time, I will tell you everything I know."

Fang Suo's calm and powerful gaze fell on Lian Yun, and the latter was startled in his heart.

This matter is of no trivial importance.

Lian Yun's expression gradually grew serious: "I'm all ears."

How to deal with this "wall" may be the key to victory.

Seeing Lian Yun become serious, Fang Suo breathed a sigh of relief and began to tell him the information he had obtained in the past few days.

"These three cities, from west to east, are Jiaota City, Kaisheng City, and Buli Lake City."

The three cities are named after their special landmark buildings.

In the center of Jiaota City, there is a caramel-colored tower several dozen meters high. Standing on the highest platform, you can see the scenery inside and outside the city.

Painters often come to climb the tower to take pictures.

Kaisheng City is said to be the place where the first Son of God died and the birthplace of the second Son of God. After the second Son successfully rose to power, he named the city Kaisheng, which means the city where miracles begin.

The city of Buli Lake is closer to the grassland and has a lake called Buli in it.

"The third city has a larger population and should have more abundant food."

Fang Suo hinted at something, and Lian Yun immediately realized it.

"We were thinking the same thing." Lian Yun said with a smile, "I originally thought of just sending caravans to various villages and towns to purchase food, but I didn't expect your goal to be bigger."

Fang Suo curled his lips and said, "I originally did this just to find out the situation in each city, but I didn't expect it to come in handy. In fact, these three cities are open to you, sir, whether you want to win them over or not, but after the incident in Kuoge City..."

The town's attitude towards the three cities inevitably leaned towards an alliance.

Lian Yun shook his head without any reservation: "Bigger cities have more things, and it saves time searching everywhere, so it's not that difficult."

"only……"

How to form an alliance?

Lian Yun knew that Bubu Town was using the name of "Sun and Moon Cult" and that its reputation had spread through the mouths of the robber orcs.

What if the small town really has any ability?

Does forming an alliance with the elves and orcs count?

"The poisonous fog in the Elven Forest has dissipated, and the news has spread throughout the continent. Except for our city of Quoge, which is governed by Peth and has no intention of interfering in this matter, other towns have sent out many teams."

Although they have all kinds of high-sounding reasons, only they themselves know what is in their heart.

Lian Yun smiled and said, "The elves do have treasures, but they are the key to their survival. The elves are isolated from the outside world, but they haven't isolated their brains. Will they surrender if just anybody goes there?"

Speaking of the treasures of the elves, the first one is the various plants in the Elf Forest.

Lian Yun opened a trade route with them, and the elves will not negotiate with other parties at will in the short term.

The second is the healing ability of the elves.

In the past, people forgot the talents of the elves and thought that they only had the ability to heal themselves.

And their real capabilities can provide a steady stream of power to the fighting army.

Just like the importance of supplies to a marathon, games cannot be played without a nanny.

Lian Yun was the first to get the race that was the most profitable. No matter how others tried to persuade, bribe or reason with them, Lian Yun just watched from the sidelines.

The guardian beast gave a gift to the town, half of the Tree of Life is in the town, and the heir is next to Lianyun.

If she can be shaken, she loses.

Ultimately, what the elves seek is a way to make a living, not short-term benefits.

There have been a lot of troubles in the main city. Whether it is the Lord of Kuoge City abandoning the city and fleeing, it is still unknown whether the current incident is related to him; or he secretly tamed the Weeping Beast and told the whole continent that monsters cannot be eaten.

The elves knew very well that only the small town had the ability to help them move forward.

This small town has just started to develop but it has great potential.

Seeing that Lian Yun was confident, Fang Suo felt relieved: "Since you are so sure, that's great. This can also be used as a bargaining chip for us."

The girl nodded, and Fang Suo continued, "From what I understand, Buli Lake City, due to its safe and affluent geographical environment, has been able to maintain good operations without attracting too much attention, and has maintained a normal degree of loyalty to the main city. Apart from it, the other two cities, Kaisheng City, is jointly governed by the Magician's Association and the nobility, and has not received much attention in recent years."

"There's no need to mention Jiaota City. It's not much different from Kuoge City, except that it has an extra tower and can occasionally make some extra money from outsiders."

Lian Yun pondered, "If we want to win over Kaisheng City, it's the most troublesome one. Even though it has not received much attention in recent years, it is the birthplace of the Son of God."

Fang Suo agreed, "That's right. People in places like this are immersed in an atmosphere full of faith from the moment they start speaking. They will have more support for their beliefs."

If you go there rashly, being driven out is the worst option, but you're afraid that you won't be able to leave and will be handed over to the main city.

The city of Jiaota is the easiest to win over. If there are any difficulties, you can help them and find out what kind of person the city lord is. If reason doesn't move him, use money. If money doesn't move him, use force.

In order to reduce unnecessary losses and casualties, Lian Yun sincerely hopes to successfully persuade the other party before the third stage.

"Although it's the easiest, Jiaota City is not the best choice right now."

Judging from the situation in the small town and Kuoge City, although the town has already planted the second batch, it will take at least a month before large-scale production can begin.

They are now in urgent need of a large source of food.

"Buli Lake City." Lian Yun raised his head, as if looking for something.

"Their city lord has a very low presence," Fang Suo recalled the information he had received, "and doesn't have any hobbies."

It's difficult to please others if you want to.

but……

Fang Suo seemed to have thought of something funny: "Who can resist becoming richer?"

Lian Yun calmed down and said, "I'll have to trouble you to run some errands for me in the next few days."

"Under normal circumstances, the deal can be settled in the second stage, but if it really doesn't work, I can only trouble you to go to Jiaota City first." Lian Yun said.

"I understand. I will definitely try my best." Fang Suo said with an extremely serious expression.

After all, it was Kuoge City that brought trouble to the town. As a member of Kuoge City, she must shoulder this responsibility.

Lian Yun needs to stay in the small town.

With such a large group of people coming, it’s time for her, as the lord, to stay here and take charge.

"etc."

Fang Suo turned around to leave, but was stopped by Lian Yun again.

The girl flipped her hand, and a brand new dagger appeared in her palm. The blade was made of an unknown material, but it looked extremely sharp. A ruby ​​with an undercurrent inside was embedded in the handle of the dagger.

She handed it to him, smiling brightly, "I asked Fiona to make it. It's made from the newly synthesized materials she made. If it's not convenient to carry, I'll carry it with me. If I encounter someone I can't defeat, I can take the gem from them and delay them for a while."

Fang Suo: ...

She took the dagger, looked at the gem that was almost as long as the hilt, and fell silent.

"That suits your style very well."

"What style?"

"Prodigal."

Lian Yun: ...

"Do you want it?"

Fang Suo quickly put away the dagger: "Of course."

She glanced at the pendant on Lian Yun's chest.

It was a gem of the same color as the dagger, and it seemed to be constantly moving as if there was fluid inside.

Lian Yun stood up and dusted himself off: "I won't see you off any further."

Luo came back late at night, escorted by a group of orcs and a mushroom chicken, as well as several puppets who had cut trees in the forest with Bernie.

The puppet was arranged in a private house by the residents who had been notified long ago, and the little black chicken stayed with the weeping beast for the time being.

Fortunately, the temperature difference between day and night in the town is not too big. Although it is a little lower than that in the Elf Forest, according to Miao An, these mushroom chickens can slowly adjust and adapt to the not-so-big environmental changes.

Normally, Lian Yun should have rested long ago, but today she stayed in the brightly lit tavern to wait for Luo to come back.

The underground breeding farm was originally built very large, and although the big frogs reproduce rapidly, they can no longer fill up much of the area.

However, it is more than enough to take some out occasionally for an activity.

Luo was weak and the wind was strong at night, so the orcs gave him a leather blanket.

After entering the town, the wind became much weaker. Luo felt his hands and feet warm up a little, so he returned the blanket to the orc next to him and thanked him.

The orcs seemed to have a protective nature towards the weak, and they had a good impression of this sickly but polite young man along the way. Seeing that he was cold, they found their own blanket and gave it to him.

Now seeing him return it to himself, he quickly asked, "Even though there's no wind, it's still cold. Can you put it on for a while longer?"

Luo shook his head gently: "Thank you."

The orc said no more and quickly brought him to the front of the tavern.

The tavern couldn't accommodate so many people, so some people lit a bonfire and sat outside the tavern, many of whom were orcs.

They saw their fellow tribesmen from afar and stood up to greet them.

The orcs dispersed, and Lian Yun noticed Luo with gauze on his eyes at the back of the team.

Luo let go of the orc's stick and fell into the aimless darkness again.

He took two tentative steps forward.

The noisy talking and messy footsteps made it impossible for him to find Lian Yun's voice.

"Luo."

A familiar voice came into his ears, and Luo suddenly raised his head with a surprised expression.

"grown ups!"

He stretched out his hands forward, trying to feel the direction of Lian Yun.

But just as his cold fingertips touched the girl's soft palm, a force suddenly pulled him aside at his elbow.

Lana helped Luo to stand steadily and said calmly: "Remember to watch the road. It would be bad if you bump into adults."

Luo: ...

"What are you talking about?" Lian Yun gave him a reproachful look, then looked at Luo: "Why are your hands so cold? It's so cold at night, why don't you wear more clothes?"

As she spoke, she took out a piece of animal skin from her backpack.

The animal skin felt very warm in her hands. She took a few steps forward and wrapped it around Luo, then tightened it a little.

"It's also because I didn't notice. I'll go to the tailor shop tomorrow and make you some more thick clothes."

Luo curled the corners of his lips, touched the tip of his nose which was frozen pink, and spoke with a nasal tone: "Thank you, sir."

Lanna looked at Luo coldly, then suddenly turned around and waved to Jamie who was not far away.

"Luo has caught a cold, please take him back."

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