Chapter 197: Too Safe
After dinner, Wei Ce took Ji Liang, Xiao Cheng, Gong You and Si Shuo to the tribe to find the seventh elder.
The beastly husbands at home, especially those who came from the Southern Continent with Si Shuo, basically have no maternal family.
Yin Jiang has severed ties with the Eagle Clan, and Xiao Cheng has not yet brought the little female back home in a proper manner. This is the first time she has visited the Beast Husband's tribe.
Before Si Shuo went out, he prepared a rootless flower and wood spirit in a metal cage for each member of the iron-eating beast tribe. It would be great whether they used it themselves or gave it to their own females or cubs.
The rootless flower and wood spirit is not expensive, but it is the only one of its kind, so the gift is small but the sentiment is great! When they arrived at the gate of the Iron-eating Beast Tribe, the Seventh Elder was already waiting with two young and strong orcs.
"We heard you guys leaving the house, so we rushed to the door and waited for you," said the Seventh Elder with a smile, without any airs at all.
Ji Liang smiled and handed over the sack of rootless flower and wood spirits, briefly explaining their uses and benefits.
The iron-eating beasts were slightly surprised. It was not like they had never seen it before. In the northern part of the city, there were many young females with rootless flower and tree spirits, playing around like fluttering butterflies, which often made the females and cubs at home envious and tearful.
But the price of the rootless flower and wood spirit has been lowered to a level 10 crystal, and even then there is still no place to buy it even if there are crystals!
Unexpectedly, they gave a whole bag and took care of every family of iron-eating beasts, making people feel that the level 10 crystals seemed very cheap.
"No, this gift is too valuable, we can't accept it," the Seventh Elder shook his head and pushed it away. The monthly salary of the five beastmen in this small family in the beast barracks was less than one level ten crystal, but here it was five hundred.
Si Shuo chuckled and stretched out her hand. In her palm were a few seeds of rootless flowers. With bursts of fluorescent green light, the seeds quickly took root, sprouted, grew branches, and bloomed in her palm, becoming transparent and crystal clear!
"This..." The three iron-eating beastmen widened their eyes and looked at it in disbelief.
"The wood spirits that everyone in the city bought were all condensed by me. As a saint, the wood spirit energy I condensed is relatively pure, so these little things are born with some spiritual awareness. Although it's not much, it can bring us a lot of convenience.
We were worried that everyone would dislike the gifts we prepared because we didn’t spend crystals on them.”
Seeing this, the Seventh Elder did not hesitate and took the heavy sack with a smile. He turned around and asked one of the orcs to send it back to the tribe before chasing them.
It seems that the little female family that Weice has found is indeed sincere and genuine. They are willing to spend energy to maintain a relationship with the crystal and the iron-eating beast, so naturally they will treat Weice well.
"Come on, I'll take you to have a look. Should we look at the shops or the fields first?"
"Fields, fields are an easier choice," Ji Liang said with a smile as the representative of the small family.
After the group went out, they headed north. The Iron-eating Beast Tribe was located in the northwest corner of Guangshou City. Going out of their west gate, there were a large number of winding bamboo forests and mountains.
To the north are endless fields!
"We, the Iron-eating Beasts, prefer to be cautious in everything we do, no matter how we behave or what we do. We don't have the talent for business or farming, but it's always a good idea to have more land.
No matter how hard our lives are, we have never thought of selling even a piece of the land left by our ancestors.
As Guangshou City expands, no other family owns as many shops and fields as we do.
We don’t charge crystals for renting out the land, but ask the orcs who grow the land to hand over 40% of the grain, fruits and vegetables; for shops, we charge rent based on the area and market price…”
The seventh elder took them on flying beasts and pointed to the fields belonging to the iron-eating beasts.
"Our tribe has a rule that as long as there is an iron-eating beastman in the family, no matter if it's a male or a cub, they can get a piece of land and a few shops.
Wei Ce is a warrior in our tribe. He was given 50 mu of good farmland... What do you think of that one? It's not far from your home and produces a lot of grain, fruits and vegetables..."
The piece of land recommended by the seven elders is indeed good. It is close to a water source and has fertile soil.
Si Shuo looked around and found that all the orcs said that the orcs in the Central Continent City were good at planting, and the food produced in the land was enough to keep them warm and clothed and to survive the rainy and cold seasons.
From outside the Beast City, the green landscape looks very pleasing, but when you get closer and take a closer look, you can see that the beastmen are still a little rough in tending the fields. The plants are sparse, with weeds in between, and some of the leaves are yellow and look malnourished.
All I can say is that they are slightly stronger than the orcs in the suburbs, that's all!
Si Shuo pursed her lips. She had never farmed before. Even though she knew from books how to increase the yield of grain, fruits and vegetables, she didn't dare to make any promises until she put it into practice.
She smiled and asked, "Seventh Elder, after we get the land, can we take it back and hire people to plant it?"
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The Seventh Elder nodded, "Of course you can, but you have to think it over. It's less of a hassle to rent out the land. You don't have to worry about anything and just wait for the harvest to yield 40% of the output.
The orcs rented land to fill their stomachs, so they naturally took good care of it. The more the fields produced, the more they could feed the females and cubs at home!
If you take back the land and hire people, you will have to plan what to plant and when, purchase seeds, sow seeds, weed, water, etc. All these things will require you to take care of and supervise them all.
If something is not handled properly, you may work hard all year but still have no harvest, and you still have to pay the crystals you hired for a long time."
This is all based on his experience. 40% of the rent is just right.
Si Shuo smiled and nodded. He had already figured out that there were eighteen months in a year in the Beast World. It was only three months into the spring and summer had arrived. There were still six months before the rainy season, which was enough time for the crops in the fields to mature before planting another season. By then, they would take back the fields and plant crops on their own. As long as the yield of the fields increased, they believed that by next year they would be able to take back the fields of all the iron-eating beasts and unify their cultivation and management!
The Seventh Elder immediately carved the scope and ownership of the land on the bamboo slips he was carrying, and then took them to see the shops.
Since there were many shops of the Iron-eating Beast Tribe, and they were all rented out, Si Shuo and his team didn't hesitate to choose three big shops next to each other on the most prosperous main street! Coincidentally, one of the shops was a clothing shop run by the Grey Parrot Tribe. The other two were a high-end animal hide shop of the Civet Tribe, and a grain shop run by a Porcupine.
"This year, there are five couples in the tribe who have tied the knot. We have been very busy and, like in previous years, we have not yet collected rent for the shops.
We are also considering that if there are females in the tribe who are good at running a shop, they can earn more than the rent and reduce the burden on the family. "
The Seventh Elder went on to explain, "These three have been renting our shop for 120 to 30 years. The rents of other shops have increased to some extent, but they have maintained the original rent..."