Chapter 111 Encountering a Strange Person
The city guard grinned and said, "Send out twenty men every day to cut down trees across the river, otherwise you will have no firewood."
"Every month, each person must hand over three waist-thick trees, no less than ten feet long."
"If you can't deliver three trees in one month, you'll have to double the number next month. If you can't finish it in two months, then you'll die."
After a pause, he continued, "Everyone will be given an axe. Don't lose it. If you lose it, you will pay with your life."
Su Nuan didn't think chopping trees was that difficult. It would take a whole day to walk to the other side of the river, and it would take several days to chop down a thick tree with an axe. Three trees a month would be enough to finish it.
Of course, he was calculating based on the strength of an ordinary person, not including himself.
The city keeper said, "If you can't chop down trees, send the women in your family to work at the city keeper's house. Chopping wood is a simple job."
Su Nuan sneered in her heart. Is he looking for someone to do a job? He is looking for an opportunity to take advantage of women.
The city guard added, "The other side of the river doesn't belong to our country. There are some cannibalistic tribes there. If you don't return within three days, you will be considered dead."
"If you hunt over there, you don't have to hand in the food you find. Got it?"
Su Nuan was delighted. It was good that she didn’t have to hand it in.
The city guard left after saying this, leaving behind a thin man with a goatee and Sun Yu.
Sun Yu stepped forward and said, "If you want to cut down trees, cut down these kinds of trees."
Su Nuan watched him take out a branch from his sleeve. It looked ordinary, but a hint of gold appeared on the cross section.
"Hiss... Golden Phoebe!"
There are golden nanmu trees in this place, which doesn’t seem right.
I can’t care about so many things now. Now I understand what the city guard means.
He simply let these exiled prisoners create wealth for him and serve as free labor.
Then someone asked, "Do we have any food?"
Sun Yu said, "One piece of wood is worth ten kilograms of grain."
Although there are only ten kilograms of food, people will not starve to death. With hunting and other things, they should be able to survive the winter.
The exiles stopped talking.
Sun Yu said, "Line up and get the axes. Each family must provide at least one laborer."
Su Nuan took two steps forward but was stopped by Xue.
Xue said, "Let Xiaoyun chop down trees. He's a little naive, but this little job won't be difficult for him."
"Don't do any rough work. If you want to hunt, just go out on your own when the time comes."
Su Nuan thought it made sense, so she nodded. The labor provided by their family was Ling Yun.
Unexpectedly, Xiaotian walked out and said, "I came to live with my aunt. I can be considered a laborer. After all, I can't eat and drink for free at my aunt's house."
Sun Yu nodded, "Okay, okay, what's your name?"
Xiaotian replied: "Ling Xiaotian."
Sun-woo records the name and gives him an axe.
Su Nuan didn't stop them. Those who stayed behind couldn't eat for free, they had to work.
After Sun Yu finished arranging the work, he glanced at Su Nuan and said, "The city mayor's birthday is in ten days. Does anyone know how to make wine? Or have you brought any wine?"
Su Nuan knew that he was hinting that she should take action in ten days.
She deliberately said: "There is no wine, and we don't drink."
Sun Yu nodded disappointedly, packed up his pens and other items and left.
Xue asked suspiciously, "Do you have any conspiracy?"
Su Nuan chuckled and pulled Xue back. After entering the house, she said, "I want to turn the city guard into a madman, so that his second son-in-law can take over the city guard's mansion."
Xue shook her head, "That's not right. Official positions are not hereditary."
Su Nuan quickly explained, "The city guard won't die, he's just a little crazy. He's not dead or sick, so we can't remove him from his position."
"This way, Sun Yu will be able to take advantage of the situation to manage the Northland, which means he will have full power."
Xue was still a little worried, "Then he won't have any plans for you?"
Su Nuan shook her head. "No, don't worry. He's a money-grubber, not a woman-grubber. At worst, I can just smash him to death with gold and silver."
Xue chuckled, "Okay, as long as you think it's okay."
Su Nuan doesn't fight a battle without confidence. The medicine is ready, just waiting for the right opportunity.
When everyone set out to cut down trees, Su Nuan asked Xiaotian to ride a horse with Lingyun, and she also rode a horse to go hunting.
I just didn't expect the woods on the other side of the river to be so dense, it was simply a primeval forest.
Standing by the river, you can see lush branches and extremely thick trunks that are thicker than two people's waists.
Su Nuan touched his chin and said, "Did we get fooled? He said it was thicker than the waist, but there are no trees here that are thinner than the waist."
Xiaotian laughed and said, "People who are being exploited have no right to reason."
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "You..."
She stopped talking halfway and thought, forget it, his name is definitely not Ling Xiaotian, and if he doesn't say it, she won't ask.
"Okay, you guys go chop down some trees, I'm going to go walk around in the woods."
Since the horse couldn't enter the dense forest, Su Nuan tied it outside.
The snow in this primeval forest is not very thick, probably because the dense trees and lush branches block out a lot of it.
I couldn't see the sky when I looked up. It was a little dark, and there were layers of snow supported by tree branches.
Su Nuan released the white wolf Yunyue, "Yes..."
However, Yun Yue hugged Su Nuan's waist as soon as she came out, "Go... back... to the cold..."
Su Nuan was speechless and took Yun Yue back. The space was as warm as spring, and it would be afraid of the cold when it just came out.
There was no other way, Su Nuan could only search for the prey by herself.
There were traces of wild boars rubbing against some tree trunks, so Su Nuan followed the traces to look for them.
The jungle was very deep and Su Nuan didn't know how far she had walked. She only saw traces of prey but didn't see the prey.
Su Nuan muttered to herself, "Why is there no prey? Don't they come out hunting during the day?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a loud crash, followed by countless snowflakes falling from above.
She hid behind a tree cautiously and listened with her ears perked up.
There were footsteps, but the stride was very large, equivalent to the distance of two steps I took.
Su Nuan held the bow and arrow in his hand, staring vigilantly in the direction where the footsteps came from.
Soon a tall figure appeared. He looked like a bear, but Su Nuan could tell that he was a man wearing a bear skin.
"Who are you?"
The man's face was very black, but his eyes were circled with white circles made of an unknown substance.
He opened his mouth and started talking a lot, but Su Nuan didn't understand a word he said.
"Space Spirit, what did he say?"
The space spirit said, "What? Is there anyone there? I can detect six feet now, and there is no one within six feet of you."
Su Nuan was speechless and could only walk a distance towards the man, with the bow in her hand already drawn, always on guard.
The man held a club with wild animal fangs embedded in it.
When he saw Su Nuan walking towards him, he immediately excitedly swung the stick and hit Su Nuan on the head.
If Su Nuan was hit this time, her head would be split open.
Su Nuan dodged to the side, shouted, drew his bow and shot an arrow. The man must die.
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