From pioneer lord to king

Chapter 105 Food is in a hurry, Xiyue's experiment (4K is delayed, sorry)
Is there no noble in Marton County who takes in refugees?This is naturally impossible. It must be known that Marton County, which is also a border county, is also a county with a very low population. It is impossible to allow so many refugees to cross the border.

Moreover, there are also many refugees in Marton County, which is a bit unbelievable. The orc invasion has passed, why are there still refugees?
Drey quickly gave him the answer. According to the refugees, rebellions broke out in several counties in Gothic Province after the orc invasion, and it also spread to Marton County.

Now the nobles in Marton County are in a state of desperation and are busy quelling the rebellion. Naturally, they have taken care of these refugees flawlessly. It is said that hundreds of thousands of refugees escaped this time, which shows the scope of the rebellion.

"Rebellion, how long has there been no such large-scale rebellion in the history of Tistan..."

Ryan was silent at first when he heard the words, and then sighed. This is not a good sign.

But it's just a sigh. At present, it seems that the rebellion will not affect Kana, so it will have no effect on Ryan, but it will bring a lot of labor.

Population is what Ryan needs most at present. At present, Khanna only has a population of more than 2, which is far from enough. He will not refuse these refugees.

But Drey soon poured cold water on him.

"We can't continue to accept refugees. The city originally had a lot of food surplus, but it has accepted thousands of refugees before, and more than [-] more recently.

Our food reserves have now reached a very dangerous level. If we continue to receive a large number of refugees, we will soon fall into a food crisis! "

Drey smiled wryly and handed over a piece of animal skin paper, which recorded the amount of food that Doman City needs to consume in a day, as well as the food reserves in the city.

It was clearly marked on it that the food would only last until the summer grain harvest, and no matter how many people there were, they would starve.

"The people outside the city should return some food stock, right?"

"Yes, but no one can say for sure how many. After all, the orcs ransacked and searched everywhere. Who knows how many are left. We can't bet."

De Lai blocked Ryan's thoughts unceremoniously. In the southern border county, the land has always been sparsely populated, and the grain production is high, so even if it is always facing looting, there is rarely a shortage of food.

If Ryan makes the people hungry, his position in the hearts of the people will immediately return to the initial state, and all the previous investment will be in vain.

Ryan suddenly felt a little headache, sat on the chair and gritted his teeth after contemplating: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We can't just give up expansion like this, even if we use money to buy food."

"However, the surrounding territories are no longer accepting refugees, and there is not enough food. Where else can we buy it?"

"If you can't buy food around, go further to buy food. I will find a way. You just continue to receive refugees!" Ryan said with firm eyes.

After Drey left, Ryan immediately started writing a letter, not to others, but to his old boss, Viscount Chelsea.

The territories of the two are actually quite close, but Ryan has never visited, and now he has to ask for help. As for food, as the only Viscounty in Linton County, Cheers must not be short of food.

Coupled with the previous friendship between the two, Ryan felt that it should not be difficult to buy some food, and at worst, adding money was acceptable.

The only surprise is that before his letter was finished, the messenger sent by Cheers arrived at the castle first, and it is said that he brought the letter from Cheers.

Ryan received the knight who came from afar in the lobby. The knight seemed a little anxious. After handing over the letter to Ryan, he politely declined Ryan's hospitality and left in a hurry.

He didn't force it. He checked the emblem on it and confirmed that no one had opened it before opening it. Inside was a letter from Chelsea and a gold-plated invitation letter.

The content of the letter is roughly as follows:

Dear Ray:

How are you doing?I was very surprised and pleasantly surprised when I found out that your fief is in Linton County, this is simply what I dreamed of...

Oh, and congratulations to you for successfully repelling the orc attack, you are as good at surprising people as ever.Did you know that my knight commander was already on the way with a squad of knights, but unexpectedly, he received the news that the orcs were defeated on the way...

Okay, let’s get down to business, the Zhengdan Festival is approaching, I sincerely invite you to my territory to attend the banquet, the time is just three days before the Zhengdan Festival, I hope you can come to attend...

After reading this somewhat unofficial letter, Ryan felt a little warm in his heart. There was no need for Cheers to deceive him. He said that if he sent someone, he would definitely send it.

You must know that his territory was also facing the attack of orcs at that time, and he could still take care of himself at that time. This kind of favor is heavy.

Although it was not used in the end, Ryan still remembered this kindness.

Calculating the time, he found that the date of the banquet was more than ten days away, and it happened that he still had something to ask from the other party, so he could save writing letters, and it would be better to have a face-to-face meeting.

"Maybe we can try the green sugar market at that time." Ryan muttered to himself, the green sugar has not stopped refining during this time, although the output is not high, but it has accumulated a little.

If it can be sold, it will definitely bring a lot of income to the territory, and maybe the money to buy food will come out of it...

Time passed quickly, and one day, Xiyue, who had been lying in bed for a long time, was finally able to get out of bed and move around. Although the fracture in her right hand still needed a considerable amount of time to heal, it did not affect her activities.

The first thing she did after she was able to move was to go to the kitchen, which shocked Joel who was developing a new snack. Although she knew that there was a special guest living in the castle, she never expected it to be a special guest. Just a beautiful elf.

Under his dull gaze, Xiyue took away his newly made snacks.

Although Xiyue is lying in bed these days, she feels that she is in heaven, and she can eat a lot of delicious snacks and sweets every afternoon, just like soaking in a honeypot.

So she decided to thank Ryan, but she couldn't go empty-handed, so she robbed Ryan's kitchen and brought a snack.

Ryan looked at the snacks on the plate in front of him with a weird expression, looked at Xiyue and said, "Do you have any special obsession with robbing my kitchen?"

"What, don't I thank you for saving my life? This snack is delicious."

Xiyue picked up a piece from the plate and sat opposite Ryan, with a pair of long legs overlapping each other, which was quite eye-catching.

Everyone will be amazed when they see it, with fair skin and beautiful long legs, but when their eyes move up to the chest, they will all feel a pity that there is an airport there.

"Eat too much and be careful of tooth decay. How do you feel? There won't be any sequelae, right?" Ryan pouted and asked with a little concern.

Xiyue's small mouth was filled with snacks. Hearing this, she moved her fractured right arm, and said curiously: "The recovery was very fast, but now it has slowed down. I don't know what kind of baby you used. Follow me." The water of life of the clan is somewhat similar."

He does not mean that.Ryan has always wanted to figure out what Yuanli is, and now that Xiyue said that, he couldn't help but have an idea.

"Of course it's not as good as the famous water of life. I also got this by accident. I never knew what it was. You are well-informed and can help me find out what it is."

Speaking of which, Ryan pretended to get up, went into the room and fiddled with it, but in fact, he just forced a drop of source liquid out.

The reason why he did this was also with a just in case idea. The elves are the oldest known civilized race in the mainland, and they are also recognized as having a profound heritage.

And because of their longevity, they grow slowly in the early stage, and they have to be a full hundred years old to be considered an adult. This is unimaginable in human society, and many people's lives are not so long.

During their adulthood, they will have been receiving various educations. Except for a few scumbags, almost everyone is knowledgeable. Maybe Xiyue will be able to recognize what the source liquid is?

A huge and pure wave of magic power bloomed from his fingertips, and the body of the elf who was feasting outside trembled slightly. This breath...

I didn't care about eating for a while, and turned my eyes to the room where Ryan was. My heart was full of curiosity. The feeling was very wonderful. She once felt a wave of fluctuation when she was chased and killed by the armored bear in the Warcraft Mountains, but she didn't feel it. Thoughts popped up here again.

Ryan quickly came out of the room, but she didn't mean to look at him at all. Instead, her eyes were fixed on the crystal on his fingertips. In her eyes, the small drop of liquid was as dazzling as a star.

Seeing her unusual reaction, Ryan's face brightened, as if there was a joke?

"Do you know what this is?"

"It's very similar to a substance I saw in ancient books, but I'm not sure yet."

Xiyue's beautiful eyes were a little blurred, but her mind was flashing through the things she had seen with relevant characteristics before, and she said in a dry voice: "If you want to prove whether it is the kind of thing I thought, there is A method that works."

"What do I need to do?" Ryan almost jumped up when he heard the words, and quickly suppressed his excitement and asked.

"It's very simple, some ordinary seeds are enough, but this process will be a bit long, and some of this liquid may be consumed, have you thought about it?"

Although the other party didn't say how much they had, in Xiyue's opinion, it shouldn't be much. According to the stingy nature of nobles, she still reminded her.

At this time, it's almost time to hit the door. Ryan will definitely not be cowardly, otherwise what is the difference with a shrinking turtle?
"It doesn't matter, as long as you can prove what it is, the consumption is worth it, and I will send someone to find the seeds!" Ryan said in a deep voice, and then called someone to go to the warehouse to get the seeds.

Soon, the servant brought a few small cloth bags and placed them respectfully in front of Ryan.

When Ryan opened it, he found rice, wheat, peanuts, and some flower seeds.

Conditions are limited, and we can only find these things. Fortunately, this experiment is not picky about the type of seeds, as long as they are seeds with vitality.

As for whether it is convenient to have vitality or not, as an elf, Xiyue is very good at it, and quickly picked out some seeds with tenacious vitality.

"The process is very simple, you just need to drop this liquid on the seeds, and if the seeds can absorb it, then my guess is in the right direction.

If these seeds are planted after absorption, and they can undergo some benign changes, it means that my guess is completely correct, which is why I said that the time is a bit long, and it needs to wait until all these seeds grow. "

Xiyue's expression was serious, and she was also looking forward to it in her heart. If it was true, it would be a good discovery, and she could write it in her adventure log. After all, it was something in legends.

"Okay, I'll try it first." Ryan didn't ink it, he was a pure layman in this area, and he could only follow the guidance of professionals.

He cast his eyes on a peanut on the table, carefully let go of the mental power enveloping the source liquid on his fingertips, and let it drip on the peanut.

The instant the source liquid touched the surface of the peanuts, it was absorbed. Obviously the volume between them was about the same size, but they were all absorbed.

Ryan was not idle either, staring intently at the changes in the peanuts. For this reason, he also used a drop of source liquid to strengthen his eyes, in order to be able to detect the changes in more detail.

In his field of vision, the peanuts at this moment have been shrouded in a layer of purple fluorescence, and the slightly shriveled seeds have become rounded visible to the naked eye, and there is a feeling of fresh peanuts.

Xiyue was also observing, and after seeing this result, she couldn't help but let out a cheer, she seemed more excited than Ryan, seeing Ryan looking over, she hurriedly said: "It seems that our direction is not wrong, but one is not safe enough, You have to try a few more."

This result also gave Ryan some confidence. He picked up the selected seeds and went straight to the previous room, and he had to do a full set of acting.

Xiyue's reaction proves that this thing should not be common or even available even in the elves. Possession and mass possession are two concepts, so it is better to be cautious.

Add a drop of the source liquid to each seed, and the magic is that even the flower seeds that are less than one-fifth of its volume can be completely absorbed, without any waste.

A row of seeds was placed in front of him, all emitting purple fluorescence, which made him have a strange idea, the seeds had such a change after using the source liquid, why did he use it for a long time to practice without any obvious changes?At least nothing noticeable has changed.

"Well, I'll give myself a few drops to try later."

On the way out with the seeds, Ryan murmured to himself.

"How do you store this seed now?"

"You don't need to store it, just plant it in the soil and wait for it to germinate. The vitality of the seeds is many times stronger than before, so don't worry that they won't germinate next spring.

It's a pity that I'm not a druid or a priest, otherwise I would have a way to germinate them now to judge the correctness of my guess. "

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(End of this chapter)