Elf Sandstorm Lord

Chapter 71 Barren Mountain Village
On the rolling hills,

A dilapidated small mountain village.

Several ragged villagers were dragging their tired bodies to work when they heard a noise in the air.

A few pairs of eyes looked up, only to find a tall four-legged elf descending from the sky.

The giant beast had wings growing on its back, and when it was fanned, the strong wind blew their rags and clothes with a rustling sound.

It's just that this scene before them, although it is extremely rare for these mountain people who have never seen the world, but the long-term semi-starvation and labor have made them lose their fear and curiosity.

He only looked at this delicate young man who jumped from the flying giant beast with numb eyes.

Although there are elves in this world, raising them is also very expensive. Therefore, in contrast, many nobles or landowners still choose to use humans as labor.

And here is the fiefdom of Knight Lin Yi - Chushan Village, located not far from Fluorescent Village.

It was Su Yan and Tropical Dragon who landed here at this time.

He frowned and looked around, and found that compared to his fluorescent village, this place was not far superior in terms of development, but at least it could be called a "mule and horse kneeling tribe" per capita. Every family was so poor that it was heart-wrenching.

The rough bricks and tiles in the village were shaking in the wind, and the air was full of the smell of loess.

Although there were wedding decorations hanging on several simple houses, it was a bit dazzling to see this festive red hanging on the dilapidated earthen walls.

There was no festive atmosphere at all on the faces of the surrounding villagers who were busy decorating. Su Yan even felt a faint sense of solemnity in this scene of lights and colorful decorations, and did not secretly pay attention.

Looking further into the distance, the paths in the mountain villages are winding and bumpy, making it difficult to move forward.

The land in the mountain village is also very barren. It is obviously the autumn harvest season, but the rice in the fields is still growing low. It can be seen that the land is fertile and has serious drifting sand.

Among them, Su Yan actually found traces of Paras, thinking that the barrenness of the land here must be related to them.

This is an elf with dual attributes of insect and grass.Like a Chan worm, it is mostly orange in color and has three pairs of legs. The first pair is larger and has sharp toes. Two red mushrooms with yellowish spots are parasitized on its back.

This kind of elf is quite special. Its main body is not the bug itself, but the mushroom on its back.

This parasitic mushroom grew up with Paras and controlled the insect's consciousness.

Different from the edible mushrooms grown by his own sleeping mushrooms, the mushrooms grown by Paras are valuable mushrooms that can be used as medicine for longevity.After drying, it can be ground into powder and used, which is valuable.

Correspondingly, raising this kind of elves will cause greater damage to the soil than sleeping mushrooms.

"No wonder".Su Yan suddenly realized: "The quality of the land here is far inferior to that of Fluorescence Village, but so many land-consuming Paras are cultivated. No wonder the land is so barren."

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a hearty laugh:

"Haha, just be my brother Su! The remote country here is not as good as your fluorescent village. It's ridiculous."

Su Yan looked around and saw a man in his 30s coming over to greet him.

"You must be Knight Lin Yi. Thank you for your invitation. It's just a small gift, and I congratulate you on taking this concubine." Su Yan said politely.

"Hey, we are all neighbors, so there is no need to be so different. If you don't mind, just call me Lao Lin." Knight Lin Yi said boldly.

"Haha~, then I will listen to Brother Lin's arrangements today." After passing through several old and damaged houses, Su Yan was taken to a place with lights and decorations. If you add the yard, it would be a large house with several acres, or It can be called a manor.

"It's so majestic. This house can be compared to an ordinary baron's mansion! It's really a wonder in a remote place!
It is estimated that the Paras whom I saw earlier was the knight Lin Yi who forcibly raised him here for the convenience of making money. "Su Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Knight Lin Yi on the side also saw Su Yan's surprise and couldn't help but said proudly:
"Brother Su has just taken office, and he still needs to build up his foundation. But with the wealth of Fluorescent Village, I believe that your future lord's mansion will be much more luxurious than mine."

Su Yan couldn't help but feel like laughing. Such a flat piece of land was rare in the entire Chushan Village.

And Knight Lin Yi didn't even use it to plow the fields, but just expanded his lord's mansion to this point, which was a waste of money and resources.Now he was not ashamed but proud, which really left Su Yan speechless.

However, Su Yan turned around and thought that in a world with extraordinary power, the strength gap between ordinary people and nobles was not comparable to the ancient times on Blue Star.

As a result, it is basically impossible for the lower class to resist the rule of the nobles. This also makes some small nobles without ambitions usually resort to sustainable fishing methods in governing their territories.

It's just that although Su Yan secretly scolded the other party as a "lonely man and a thief", he naturally didn't say anything. Situations like this can be found everywhere in the world, especially in the barren Qinchuan County.

Think about how when you first traveled through time, you were a commoner.But the situation is already much better than that of most people in this world.

Although Su Yan would not use this kind of in-depth study for deep learning, he felt that he should organize all his subjects to come and take a look.

Recently I heard that some of my subordinates complained about the hard work. If I took them to see the quality of life in other villages, they would feel better.

Su Yan was led into the courtyard and found that there were many tables, chairs and snacks arranged here, and some well-dressed guests were chatting with each other.

Although it was much inferior to Baron Dewey's previous family banquet, it was still luxurious in this poor and desolate mountain village.

Among the guests, Su Yan discovered several knight lords who had gone to Bird Valley together before, including Zhu Fan.

What was different from last time was that when these knight lords saw Su Yan today, they all behaved very politely and took the initiative to say hello with smiles on their faces.

The reason why there has been such a big change is that there is no competition between these people this time.

Secondly, the last time the group faced the enemy, Su Yan's strength impressed them deeply.

Different from the ordinary "ranked" elves of several people, after Sun Yan showed his peak "ranked" strength, the attitude of several people towards Su Yan immediately turned 180 degrees.

When other unfamiliar knights around him learned that Su Yan was the lord of Fluorescence Village, they also stepped forward to say hello.In the words, there is a strong intention to trade and cooperate.

After a chat, Su Yan discovered that the fiefdoms of these lords all had similar problems of poor land and insufficient output.

As neighbors in Qinchuan County, our territories are almost all small mountain villages.Although not all are as difficult as Chushan Village, the population of each territory is almost no more than two hundred.

In contrast, my own Fluorescent Village has a population of nearly [-], which can be called a "super big village".

As for Chushan Village, it only has a population of just over a hundred, and there is not a single rich farmer. All the residents are tenant farmers of Knight Lin Yi.

But even if the population is so sparse, there is still often insufficient food in the territory.

Of course, there is also the reason why Lin Yi's Paras takes up too much space.

As a rare "noble place" among them, our own Fluorescent Village often has the experience of exporting food to surrounding neighbors.

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