Chapter 50

After seeing the food stored by the snow werewolves, Uncle Bombur showed him the food and weapons stored by the dwarves.

Apart from the assets owned by each tribe member, the food and weapons accumulated by the tribe were stored in a large cellar.

The dwarf had deliberately dug a few more layers in this cellar. Yu Sui followed Uncle Bombur down while counting, and there were as many as 9 layers.

He couldn't help but recall what Uncle Robert had said before, that their life underground in the human world was even more exaggerated than this. Could it be that they really dug out an underground city?

Dwarves are not good at hunting, especially the various exotic beasts and monsters in the fantasy continent, which are huge in size and powerful, and they are no match for them at all.

After coming here, most of their meat was distributed by the snow wolves every day.

So their cellars were filled with food, mostly wheat, as bread had always been the staple food of the dwarves.

After seeing their stored food, Yu Sui found that he had underestimated the wealth of the dwarves. No wonder they could still exchange fine wine.

Their life is much more comfortable than that of the orcs. Craftsmen are indeed popular everywhere.

There are also three floors used to store a wide variety of weapons, including swords, knives and axes of all shapes and sizes. Yu Sui was dazzled by the sight and couldn't help but want to touch them.

But Uncle Bombur was quick to stop him.

Some weapons have built-in defensive magic patterns. Don't touch them before they recognize your master, or you might hurt this fragile cub.

Among them, wands are the least common. Uncle Bombur said that even for dwarves it is not easy to make wands, and the process is very complicated. What's more, dwarves and orcs are equally bad at magic.

There are very few dwarves who can draw magic patterns on their weapons. The materials for making magic wands are also difficult to find, and the high-level magic cores embedded in them are very valuable. Therefore, magic wands are very difficult to make and are rare.

Therefore, most magicians come from the nobility, as only they have the foundation to provide various materials for training.

Even ordinary families cannot afford to support an apprentice magician, and the poor can only rely on the nobles even if they have talent.

Uncle Bombur also told him in a storytelling tone that there was a great magician who came from the poor and attached himself to a nobleman in order to practice magic.

After being bullied in every possible way, he was still promoted to Grand Mage, and then a forbidden spell made the nobleman disappear from the world.

Yu Sui couldn't help but gasp in amazement. He had only heard of the power of the forbidden spell, but just by imagining it, he could guess its immense power.

Most of the weapons in the cellar need to be handed over to the Golden Kingdom and the elves. This tax rate is too high, not to mention that after double exploitation, it is even more cruel than the exploitation of ancient landlords.

The life of the dwarves is really miserable. They escaped capture by humans, sacrificed many of their companions, and finally came to the fantasy continent, where they are still exploited like this. Fortunately, at least their personal freedom is guaranteed.

Otherwise, after being rescued, Uncle Bangbo would have insisted on staying in the Black Rock Tribe with his people.

He must have a lot of troubles in his heart, and seizing an opportunity is like a life-saving straw.

Yu Sui sighed in his heart.

Even after merging with the Black Rock Tribe, the dwarves did not dare to take it lightly and still prepared enough weapons for the Golden Kingdom and the elves.

Yu Sui knew that this was also the dwarves' painstaking effort. Paying taxes on time would not bring disaster to the Black Rock Tribe and themselves.

The dwarves are scattered in various corners of the Fantasy Continent. Even though their tribe is small in number, the pressure from both sides has never diminished.

Most of the dwarf warriors were killed in the rebellion against humans.

But in order to prevent them from gathering together again and forming an irrepressible force, the two giants on the fantasy continent forced the dwarves to disperse. In this dangerous continent, their life was miserable.

The reason why the orcs who are unwilling to rely on the Golden Kingdom are divided into small tribes is also due to their primitive lifestyle.

The orcs' main source of food is hunting. If they gather together, they cannot guarantee sufficient energy consumption for survival.

They do not have the unique living environment like the elves, nor do they rely on controlling the borders of the continent and the taxes paid by human caravans to maintain their livelihood like the Golden Kingdom. They will not be able to survive if they gather together.

Moreover, after the rebellion of the Golden Royal Family orcs, many orcs became wary of each other and each was very independent.

Apart from exchanging food with the Tauren tribe who love farming, they basically do not interact with each other.

This is true even though many small tribes are destroyed every year.

The dwarves were completely forced to separate, even though the small orcs were much stronger than them.

Dwarves are talented in forging, but they cannot compare with humans in cultivation. The few cultivation geniuses that finally emerged were all killed in that battle.

Their survival in the fantasy continent is also very difficult. Bombur has spent the first half of his life looking for a way out for the Tu tribe, and only now has he relieved himself of the burden.

When they arrived at the Fantasy Continent, the Golden Kingdom had not yet been established and was almost involved in the war between the elves and orcs.

After living in fear for so many years, although we now have to pay two taxes, at least our clan members have been saved.

The Tu tribe was completely integrated into the Black Rock tribe and their lives became better and better. They no longer had to worry about being captured by human caravans, or a high-level monster suddenly coming and wiping out their entire tribe.

Just thinking about this, Bombur couldn't help but feel sad for the other dwarf tribes, and sincerely hoped that they would have such good luck.

After seeing the food storages at two places, Yu Sui no longer worried about the food source this winter.

In the original owner's memory, every winter in the tribe was difficult to endure.

Especially when a cold wave hits, the winter will be prolonged, and the snow wolves in the entire tribe will frown and try their best to save food for their cubs.

The original owner had experienced this once when he was very young, when his mother was still alive.

They almost didn't survive the winter that year. His mother was extremely weak, but she still saved her food rations for the two cubs.

This also caused her life to be drastically shortened, and she passed away the following year.

The original owner's fear of winter emanated from his memory, which also affected Yu Sui. He was always very worried that there would not be enough food in winter.

Fortunately, his arrival this year has indeed improved the situation a lot, and everyone’s food reserves are quite abundant.

Especially this year, there is a new dwarf tribe, and the food they store is enough to feed the entire Tu tribe for two or three years.

Now that the two tribes have merged together, if the snow wolves do not have enough food, they can take some from the dwarves' food.

However, Yu Sui felt that unless it was an extremely urgent situation, it would be best not to move, so as to avoid causing unrest among the people just after the merger of the tribes.

Given his young age, Heiyan and Bombur tacitly helped him share the affairs of the tribe.

Out of responsibility, we cannot just bear the title, we must also do something practical.

Considering that winter has arrived, in previous years when early winter arrived, Uncle Black Rock would lead the warriors to the Tauren tribe to exchange for food.

The first snow has fallen this year, and Yu Sui feels that it is time to set off. What's more, he needs to go to the beach to extract crude salt this year, so with this additional task, he has to set off earlier.

After all, no one can predict whether there will be a lot of snow this year, making travel more difficult.

Ever since Yu Sui became the patriarch, the place for discussing matters in the tribe has been moved to Yu Sui's house.

The kang in his house is big and warm, and everyone likes to discuss things here.

When Uncle Heiyan came to discuss the two matters of going to the Tauren tribe and extracting salt at the seaside, he also brought Qi and Xu with him, and also called Bombur.

In the past, they were wary of the Tu tribe, but now that the two tribes have merged into one, there is no need to hide anything from each other.

On the way to Yu Sui's house, Heiyan informed Bangbo about the salt extraction in advance to prevent him from being too shocked.

Even though he already knew that Yu Sui was very smart, Bangbo was still shocked beyond words.

This is salt, and from what Heiyan said, it’s not only crude salt, but also the method of extracting refined salt.

You have to know that their tribe is relatively wealthy, but they have only eaten refined salt a few times.

Few people know the method of refining refined salt. The powerful alchemists have long been divided up by various forces. Who would dare to reveal it to the poor?

What's more, in order to protect their own interests, they will not disclose it.

Controlling salt means controlling the lifeline of the people. The nobles and royal families would not give up such a good channel to make money.

In ancient times before Yu Sui's death, selling illegal salt was a serious crime and the entire family would be punished.

Fortunately, Yu Sui traveled to the Snow Werewolf Tribe. If he became a human in this alien world, even if he knew how to make salt, he could only pretend not to know.

Otherwise, if you are lucky, you will be captured by a noble and used as a tool to make money, but if you are unlucky, you will die on the spot.

The elves on this continent will not attack them because of this, and as long as no one from the Golden Kingdom tips them off, they will be cautious and will not attract covetousness.

Even so, Black Rock hid himself for a while, and only dared to tell Bombur when the two tribes were completely integrated.

Apart from Qi and Lu, not even the other Snow Wolf people knew about this.

Bombur could fully understand and was even very grateful for Heiyan's trust in him.

Salt is a basic need for every living thing, and its importance is better understood by dwarves who have lived in the human world.

This was the first time Xu knew about this and he was stunned. Could Xiao Yu Sui have become so powerful that he could even extract refined salt?

Only then did he remember that when he first ate at Yu Sui's house, no matter how good the food tasted, it always had a bitter taste. This bitterness was entirely due to the coarse salt, and later on, he didn't remember when it disappeared.

He thought that Xiaoyu's craftsmanship was improving, and the bitterness of the coarse salt was covered up, but it turned out that he was using refined salt.

No wonder they prefer to eat food cooked by Xiaoyu Sui rather than food cooked in the cafeteria. The coarse salt used in the cafeteria tastes a bit bitter whether it is for stir-frying or stewing meat, and their tongues are sensitive.

After knowing the truth, he suddenly felt enlightened. No wonder the meat was so delicious even when they were grilling at Xiao Yu Sui's house. Now thinking about it, it was probably because the seasoning powder Xiao Yu Sui gave was mixed with refined salt!

This guy Qi must have known this a long time ago, his expression is so calm.

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Xu deliberately slowed down his pace and punched Qi hard in the waist.

Qi flexed his wrist, turned his head with a cold look, and was about to fight back with gritted teeth.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu took a long stride and ran to the front of Heiyan. Hehe, as long as he got to Xiao Yu's house first, he wouldn't get beaten. That bastard would definitely not beat him in front of Xiao Yu's.

Xu, who was irritated, was very self-aware. He just wanted to vent his anger, but didn't want to be beaten up.

The atmosphere was ruined, and Bombur came back to his senses and looked at Heiyan with envy.

"How could such a smart child be the cub of your snow werewolves..."

Heiyan was proud at first, and then he realized the deeper meaning of these words.

"Why can't we snow werewolves have such smart cubs? If you were an orc, I would definitely punch you."

Bombur sighed deeply and shook his head slowly, saying everything without saying a word.

Since moving to his new home, Yu Sui has loved sitting on the roof to enjoy the scenery, especially when it snows, when the mountain tops and rivers in the distance are all within his sight.

The view from above was good. From a distance, I could see Qi and Xu chasing after me, followed by Heiyan and Uncle Bangbo who were chattering to each other.

He stood up and shouted to a few people, waving happily on the roof.

Qi's figure froze for a moment, and he loosened his clenched fists.

He laughed secretly in his heart, his eyes curved with laughter.

"Xiao Yu Sui, your place is great, why don't we talk there?"

The roof of Yu Sui's house is sloping. He asked the dwarves to build it according to the style of the house in his hometown so that it would not be easily collapsed by snow.

Such a roof is fine for enjoying the scenery and sitting on it to chat, but if they accidentally slide down, they will be fine, but it will be troublesome if Uncle Bombur gets hurt.

But Uncle Bombur seemed to be a mid-level warrior, Yu Sui remembered that Barlow had once told him about him.

"Brother Xu, do you want to freeze Uncle Bomb into a popsicle?"

Yu Sui jumped down from the roof with a smile, sticking out his tongue.

He took a few quick steps and walked up to Yu Sui, pinched his face and rubbed it, deforming it.

Finally, Qi couldn't help it and kicked Xu away.

Xu almost lost his balance. Qi was so strong that he almost fell face down.

Seeing that he was kicked, Yu Sui rubbed his face and smiled at him proudly.

"Alright, let's get in there. Have you two turned into cubs too?"

Completely forgetting the argument with Bombur on the road just now, Heiyan said with a deliberately serious expression.

There was a low-legged table on the warm kang, on which Yu Sui placed a teapot and a cup of water, with steaming sweet soy milk in the teapot.

The eyes of several people lit up after they entered the house. They especially liked the warm and comfortable kang in Yu Sui's house. Every time they talked about something, Yu Sui would prepare hot drinks for them, which was very comfortable.

Bombur was fine. The dwarves had always lived a better life than the orcs. Before the kang was invented, the bed they slept in was comfortable except that it was not as warm as this one.

The orcs had always slept on straw mats, and no one thought it was so shabby. It was not until Yu Sui built a new home that they realized that orcs could live such a refined life.

Even the dwarves were often amazed. They didn't know where Yu Sui got so many clever ideas, which always amazed them.

Just like this thick and sweet soy milk, it has no bean smell after boiling, and tastes even better after adding sugar. The dwarves now take out the beans from their homes and give them to the canteen to make tofu and soy milk.

The canteen helped process these things for them without charging any compensation, which made the dwarves very grateful.

Knowing that Yu Sui likes these things, everyone will give him some. Yu Sui has refused several times but failed, and now he is used to accepting everyone's kindness.

I just don’t know if this counts as a bribe, Yu Sui thought with a guilty conscience after pouring soy milk for everyone.