Chapter 024: Migration and Staple Food Shop 3
"Father! The population loss in Oez is getting worse. How can you remain indifferent?"
"Oh, I was actually thinking of asking you this. You were secretly dealing with Lin Muqiu without my knowledge. Do you still see me as your father?"
Faced with the questioning, Augustine knelt down in front of his father's throne. The jewel-studded seat on the high seat was like a natural chasm, nailing him to the tiny ground, unable to move a single step.
He spoke earnestly, "Father, now is not the time to fight. What we need to do now is negotiate with Lin Muqiu and lower the price of the ice jelly, or provide financial subsidies to bring the price of the ice jelly to the same level as Lin Muqiu's shop..."
Before he could finish, Oez sneered and angrily threw the dragon-carved glass cup on the throne armrest at his face. "You want to empty the town's treasury? What's your intention?"
The glass cup fell down quickly and hit Augustine's head hard, creating a bloody hole and breaking the glass cup into two pieces.
In the wizarding world, dragons are mysterious creatures of great power and magic, so objects carved with dragons are extremely expensive and not for personal use. The fact that my father smashed such a precious cup showed that he was indeed very angry.
He endured the pain and said, "Father, haven't you been using the ice sales method to extort excessive profits from Ankang Town for years? Now Lin Muqiu is simply using the same method you used before to deal with you. In fact, the price she offered is much lower than what you asked in previous years. It's not that we can't pay, but the longer we delay, the more deaths in the town will increase..."
"Oh, just for a bunch of damn civilians?" Oez's smile turned into sarcasm. "I'll tell you what to do—"
He spoke each word with such intensity that each one seemed to tear a bloody hole through Augustine's heart. "We should negotiate a deal with Lin Muqiu and make ice powder available only to the nobles. That way, the townspeople will have nowhere to go and will stop worrying about it. We can also use this opportunity to further our careers."
"Nobles and commoners are different, just like humans and dogs. Why can't you ever understand this?"
"I've handed this matter over to your brother. Please don't bother me anymore."
"Why can't you be smarter like your brother Des?"
"You'll never catch up to your brother."
“…”
Every word, distant and profound, was imprinted in Augustine's mind, making him forget about time.
He saw the donated blood on his forehead falling drop by drop onto the glass cup which had shattered into countless petals, reflecting colorful light in the air, like a sinful and fishy flower blooming.
The cup was a token of love that my mother gave to my father, and it was broken just like that.
Just like his trust in his father.
For the first time, he realized that in his father's eyes, human life was so worthless.
But it was clear that my father had no power at first, right? It was because my mother, who held the town and territory, fell in love with my father that he gained the immense power he had today.
He looked a little lonely, then forced himself to calm down.
He wants to find Lin Muqiu.
*
At this moment, Lin Muqiu and Yun Yi were leisurely catching turkeys.
After all, how can you make braised chicken without chicken?
In fact, she didn't want to catch chickens herself, but when she went to Lin De to buy meat, she found that most of the meat didn't smell fresh, and it was mostly wild boar, with almost no chicken...
She thought back to the plot of the original book and remembered that it was very difficult to catch animals here, especially chickens. No wonder people in the town couldn't afford meat.
You must fill the hole you dug when writing the book even if you have to kneel down to do it.
She and Yun Yi pushed aside the green vertical weeds and saw from afar a fat, greasy hen incubating eggs. There were many yellow eggs under the hen's belly, and a bright red egg that looked like blood.
The chicken raised its comb proudly and flapped its wings a few times, creating a hurricane-like storm around it.
It was a natural disaster in summer, and everything grew faster, and the beasts were even more furious - the chicken's eyes were scarlet, like a dragon, staring fiercely at everything around it.
Lin Muqiu was both happy and worried. He was happy because he had found so many eggs at once, so he could go back and try raising chicks. He was worried because hens would be particularly aggressive when hatching chicks.
[You used the identification skill on the hen! ]
A hen
Level: lv30 (level will increase significantly under natural disasters, please be careful!)
Skills:? (To be explored)]
Lin Muqiu looked at the glittering level 30 and fell silent.
So curly?! It’s on the same level as Bob’s!
People are really not as good as chickens...
As she sighed, she added a layer of protection for herself and crawled forward to reduce the noise.
When it comes to combat, she is a professional.
Then the next second, she was discovered by the hen, and the hen's wise little eyes blinked and stared at her.
Lin Muqiu: "..."
I admit that I was a little scared when our eyes met.
The hen suddenly opened her eyes wide, clucked, and flapped her wings, chasing after them like a ferocious goose. The next second, the hen suddenly blew out a raging fire with purple light, burning the grass with crackling sounds, and even with a sense of direction, it burned straight towards them.
Real turkey.
"Fuck!"
Lin Muqiu felt that there was a ghost fire chasing them from behind, and she couldn't help but scream and ran madly in the opposite direction. What was even more terrifying was that the fire emitted by the chicken had the effect of a summer disaster, so it gradually melted her protective shield.
She quickly cast several spells, but they all went astray because of running around. This scene scared Yun Yi so much that she also ran after him, "Master, is this chicken so powerful? Then you run first! I'll follow behind!"
"No, I'm afraid of furry things!"
Lin Muqiu shouted as he ran, "I'll lead it away, you go steal the eggs!"
Yun Yi: “…”
*
Di Si ate several bowls of ice jelly and watched the food movie playing in the store, feeling very satisfied.
The magical version of happy eating broadcast is worth having.
Everything was fine, except that he met Kedero again in the morning.
Kede Luo also came to have breakfast. As soon as he entered the door, he sat in the corner and ordered a bunch of food familiarly. Since entering Lin Muqiu's store, his stomachache problem has finally been completely cured, and his picky eating problem has also been cured.
Except the wallet is a bit uncomfortable.
Di Si felt a little unhappy when he saw this scene.
Why did Kedero enjoy these delicacies before him?
Kede Luo was also very unhappy, so he secretly asked Mario while ordering, "Has Di Si come here to look for your Master Lin Muqiu?"
Mario shook his head. "No, he didn't do anything else when he came here except eat six bowls of ice jelly, three servings of mashed potatoes, four potato tarts, and kept staring at the juice, wanting to try it."
Kedero: “…”
There's no need to answer in such detail.
At this moment, Disi and Kedero were both lost in thought.
What tricks does the other party have?
Finally, Di Si couldn't stand it anymore and slammed the table in anger. "Old man, are you really going to stop me from going to Lin Muqiu's shop? Oh, who cares? I won't eat it even if it's free."
Looking at him eating the messy Kede Luo on the table: "...Wipe your mouth first, okay?"
Kede Luo paused, speechless. "If I stopped you, would you still be sitting here? If you want to find Lin Muqiu, that's your personal business, not mine. There's only one thing: you are not allowed to cause trouble in town or force my townspeople, otherwise you will be dealt with according to the town's laws."
Di Si pondered over and over what Kede Luo said, and then he woke up from his dream and suddenly realized, "Could this store be Lin Muqiu's store? How could such a coincidence happen in the world?"
The attendant beside him reminded him at the right time: "Sir, this room is an ice room, and there is an ice curtain, and Lin Muqiu is an ice mage..."
Disi blushed, "I thought this shop bought it from an ice mage! Oh, it turns out Lin Muqiu is an ice mage, I forgot..."
Now the servant was as speechless as Kedro. The ice mage was so expensive, but Di Si actually thought that everyone could afford it like him. He was really out of touch with the world.
Moreover, the mayor clearly gave him such an important task, but Di Si didn't care at all and just treated it as a fun outing. It's really hateful.
Seeing the servant remained silent, Di Si seemed to understand something and became even more ashamed and angry. "Kedro, then why are you here?"
Kedero: "Please make it clear, this is my town."
After saying that, he took out the key with a proud look on his face. "I'm here to give the key to Lin Muqiu. I'll watch her open her second store. But I should ask you, why are you here?"
"Talking about business," Di Si said with a smile on his lips. "Lin Muqiu, I'm a little curious. I want to try her new staple food. She has some of my style and is worthy of me talking to her properly."
The implication is that the mayor is unworthy.
The next second, Dis saw a woman with an ice protective shield running towards him at full speed, as powerful as a whirlwind, and behind her, a group of fire-breathing turkeys were running in a disorderly manner, cackled and flapped their wings, and... a man was chasing after them, shouting that his master had a bunch of bird eggs in his arms.
The surrounding townspeople made way for her and even admired her:
"What is Master Lin doing?"
"Never mind. The lady must have her own deeper meaning."
“…”
Di Si: “?”
What is going on?
How many eggs did this person steal to attract the turkeys' collective pursuit?!
However, before Di Si could even think, several turkeys started to spit fire. He was caught off guard and saw the flames roaring towards him. He and his guards were stunned for a moment and had no time to react. After all, they had never fought against wild animals, let alone a chicken.
It was his flying beast that reacted the fastest, standing in front and blocking most of the firepower for him. Unfortunately, the flames brushed against his hair, singed the ends of his hair, and burned his cheeks.
The guard finally reacted, drew his knife, and chopped at the scattered chickens without any harm.
It was only when Lin Muqiu cast an ice spell that he froze the chickens one by one.
"Thank you, thank you," Lin Muqiu breathed a sigh of relief and said lazily to Di Si, "I'm Lin Muqiu. What do you want to talk to me about? Um...what did you say about me just now? I have your style?"
Di Si: “…”
Is this revocable?
Lin Muqiu shouted to the stunned crowd, "The staple foods in Lin Muqiu's shop are absolutely fresh, and they are all freshly slaughtered and cooked!"
Although she hates furry things, she still tries her best to make money!
Miser can conquer fear!
She took a deep breath and ordered Yun Yi, "You cook the chicken first. Oh no, you should pluck its feathers first, and then I will cook."
After saying that, she took the egg from Yun Yi's hand.
However, after taking a closer look, her expression suddenly changed.
The blood-colored egg was covered with tiny blood-like textures all over, and those textures bulged like a heartbeat.
Isn’t this the egg of the Red Flame Dragon?
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