Xumi: I and the treasure-stealing weasel killed our way through the Church of the Lord

——After all, a trade route that can drive away enemies, repair damage, and stay unobstructed at all times is right in front of us. What businessman can resist such temptation?

Outside the rainforest.

Desert area, north of Aru Village.

In the experimental field in the lower wind erosion area, Uncle Anpu is busy with a group of young people.

Even though the high mountains blocked the hot wind blowing from the west side of the desert, the scorching sun in the evening still soaked the clothes of these strong men.

But even though they have to do such physical labor under the scorching sun, looking around, there is no sign of impatience on the face of any Aru villager.

Facing this "oasis" transformed by the gods themselves,

Including Uncle Amp, all the desert people who have personally experienced the days when they had to allow rainforest black market traders to harvest resources due to food shortages.

Deep down in our hearts, we are all grateful that Aru Village has such a self-sufficient fertile land.

——After all, this is an oasis bestowed by the gods themselves. Even in the era of the Red King recorded in history books, it can be regarded as a great favor.

"Uncle Amp, the water from the White Stairs has been brought in. Do you want to pour water on it now?"

Just as Uncle Anpu was sighing in his heart, a vibrant voice came from behind him.

"Oh, Hazaqi, are you back to pick up the child?"

"Hey, I just picked up my kid from school. He's a little late, so please don't blame me, Village Chief."

The burly man smiled innocently, scratched his head, and felt a little embarrassed.

"No, no, I remember your kid's name was Hammick, right? The ordinance officer from the rain forest praises that kid every day, and everyone in the village is counting on him to become a great scholar in the future."

Uncle Anpu remembered the religious officer who had come to the village some time ago, and he also had some impression of the promising boy in his family.

Taking his mind off the newly built school, he looked at the bucket in front of him and gave instructions:

"——Just leave the water there for now, and water the beans when the sun goes down a little. Otherwise, they will all run away again when the sun shines on them."

"Well, okay, I'll go get some more. Uncle Anpu, please wait here for a while!"

Hazaqi looked at the lush land in front of him and left excitedly.

Noticing the green bean pods on the plants that were gradually becoming full, he felt that he couldn't wait to see the beautiful sight of the bumper harvest of beans.

Looking at the villagers who still had smiles on their faces even while working.

Uncle Amp sighed with satisfaction, thinking that ever since the two gods of the rainforest came to power, life in the desert had been getting better and better.

School-age children can go to school for free nearby, desert merchants no longer need to submit applications before entering the rainforest, and the quotas for the Fertile Benefit are no longer restricted.

Now, even all residents of Aru Village can get a piece of land of their own.

From the frequent discrimination and conflicts a few months ago to the many support policies now, all of this is undoubtedly due to the kindness of the First Sage and the Little Auspicious Grass King!

But even so, after hearing recently that the rainforest area plans to rebuild the trade route, Uncle Amp doesn't think this has anything to do with the desert.

——In this endless yellow sand, no matter how well the road is built, won’t it eventually be buried mercilessly under the sand like those Red King’s ruins?

Being able to maintain the current relationship with the rain forest was something he had never imagined even in his dreams.

Thinking of the statues of the First Sage that were gradually appearing in the village, Uncle Amp sighed and looked at the hopeful villagers in front of him with mixed feelings.

Although he and Candice believed in the Red King, they did not intend to interfere with the villagers' gradual shift of faith to the rainforest area.

——After all, the Red King has never responded to the people of the desert since the construction of Aru Village, but the two gods now are truly benefiting everyone here, aren’t they?

At the same time, on the high mountains below the wind erosion area.

Although it is unclear what is going on in the heart of Village Chief Aru.

But the bridge-building and road-repairing team consisting of two people and two birds still appeared silently on the edge of the steep cliff.

Lin Feng pointed to a village on a rock pillar in the southeast direction and introduced it to the two Liyue immortals:

"This is it. The densely packed buildings in front are the largest gathering place in the desert - Aru Village. This is also an important part of my road construction plan."

"I wonder how difficult it is to build a road here compared to the rain forest, in the opinion of the two True Lords?"

He looked at the two fairy birds beside him and sought the opinions of his seniors in the civil engineering field.

Although the desert people may think that the construction of trade routes has little to do with the desert.

But Lin Feng, who had obtained a large amount of statistical data in the Church Order Institute, knew clearly that although the total population seemed small, the number of desert people in the caravan was actually no less than that in the rain forest.

The various desert specialties are often favored by many wealthy businessmen in the outside world and even in other countries.

Whether it is the sand fat pupae whose trading was previously restricted, or the sachets made by the desert people, the economic value of these specialties has been greatly wasted due to the obstruction of trade routes, and has not brought any real improvement to the lives of the desert people.

If we can reconnect the road between the rainforest and the desert,

Then, as the convenience of mutual exchanges increases, both the economic level in the desert and the rainforest residents' understanding of the desert will surely be greatly improved.

The True Lord of Lishui and Dieshan suddenly came to this arid, water-scarce, and dusty environment from a rainforest that was just lush and green with dense wetlands.

Surprised by the huge difference in environment, it took him a while to adapt.

I can't help but sigh that the gap between the two regions of Xumi is even greater than the difference between many different countries.

Although there is no such sandy soil environment in Liyue for the time being, he thought about it and gave an answer to Lin Feng's question:

"Under normal circumstances, roads in the desert are much more difficult to build than in other areas. Whether it is the road subsidence caused by soft sand or the road loss caused by wind erosion and temperature difference, these are undoubtedly huge challenges for the builders."

"But in my opinion, after owning a rare item like the Rock Crystal Flower, the only thing that can be considered a problem is probably the lack of grass elements in this environment."

"——But for some reason, the grass element in this desert is extremely dense, not much different from that in the rainforest. In this way, without moving the mountains, perhaps the roads here will be easier to build. You don't need to worry."

Zhenjun Lishuidieshan felt that the grass elements in the environment were not much thinner than those in the rainforest area, and he was a little confused by this abnormal situation.

"That's good. I was worried about some other problems before. Now that there are no unexpected situations even in the desert, I think we can start preparing for road construction."

"I wonder how long it will take the two True Lords to carve the immortal scrolls used to suppress the earth veins? Can they catch up with the deadline agreed upon by the Emperor and I to return the Heart of God?"

Lin Feng thought of the fact that one of his Hearts of God was temporarily on loan, and asked.

"Originally it would have taken some time, but now with the authority of the two of you in charge of suppressing it, it only requires simple conditioning, and it will be almost done in a few days."

"As for the Heart of God, the Emperor specifically told me to tell you not to worry and use it without worry before returning to Liyue."

Lishui Dieshan Zhenjun spoke.

"Well, I'll trouble you two then."

"It doesn't matter. Being able to witness this grand spectacle of earth-shaking change has always been our wish. Li Shui and I can't wait to get ready."

Upon hearing this, True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng also raised his head, and the expectation in his words did not seem fake.

"Well, anyway, I still thank you two masters."

"Now that the investigation is over, let's return to Jingshan Palace. Afterwards, I will arrange for some scholars from the Jiaoling Academy to accompany the two True Lords to tour the scenery of Xumi City. I hope you will not refuse."

Lin Feng thought about how he had almost traveled around Mount Sumeru in the past two days in order to investigate and mark the earth veins and various voids. Now that he had finally completed it, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He planned to assign the various guide combinations that he had prepared long ago to the woman who liked to teach others as soon as he returned to Jingshan Palace.

Looking at the blue-white fairy bird beside me, which is cold on the outside but warm on the inside,

Lin Feng, who has been troubled by the slow development of Xumi's civilian technology recently, can't help but look forward to what sparks can be created between the Liyue Immortal Art Mechanism and the Xumi Miaolun Sect Mechanism.

There have been too many happy events these past two days. I have been asked to help out frequently. I am already exhausted.

But as long as the author is fine, I will try not to delay. Just assume that I will update in the early morning during this period qwq

Chapter 162: Huh? The village has internet access? The great sage has fallen?

Xumi, the temporary accommodation for caravans in the north of the port of Omos.

As the most prosperous commercial port in the entire Xumi, the number of caravans gathering at the Port of Omos is undoubtedly the largest.

But these businessmen, who used to be scattered all over the world and busy all the time, now stopped their work and gathered in a small inn on the north side of the pier, which was unusual.

Among the many temporary resettlement places in Xumi, it has the strongest commercial atmosphere.

On this special day, Shapur Hostel in Port Ormos was packed with guests, never before seen since its opening.

Not to mention the large chambers of commerce coming from Liyue and the wine merchants coming by boat from Mondjingfu Port, even engineers coming from the Fontaine area for exchanges can be seen in the corner of the first floor.

But these new Fontaine engineers obviously couldn't understand.

Why would these usually extremely shrewd businessmen gather obediently in such a small hotel and believe in such nonsense as "The First Sage and Lord Grass God will complete the construction of the entire Sumeru Road within half a day, so please be patient."

With the idea of ​​studying the national conditions of other countries, the leader of the team of engineers glanced at the various caravans in the inn and finally chose a pink-haired merchant who seemed easier to talk to.

Savini stood up from the table and walked to the pink-haired merchant under the surprised gazes of the other merchants.

After a moment's hesitation, he took the initiative to speak to the merchant in front of him:

"Hello, we are a team of engineers from the Fontaine Academy of Sciences who are here to exchange technology with civilian agencies. My name is Savini. May I ask if you know what the 'Sumeru Road Reconstruction Plan' these merchants are talking about is? Why do I feel like they are all discussing something we don't understand?"

After hearing the outrageous words such as "half a day", "the entire Sumeru", and "comprehensive adjustment of the caravan route" from the people around him.

Having worked in a road research institute for a period of time, he knew very well how difficult large-scale road adjustments were.

For a moment, he even suspected that he had been sent to some strange place by those officers because he accidentally carried some contraband.

- For example, the mysterious tavern in folk tales used to extract information from suspicious people.

"My, my, is this your first time to Xumi? It seems that you don't know enough about the 'First Sage' and the 'Little Auspicious Grass King'. If you want to go to the Teaching Institute to exchange technology, this is not allowed!"

"In order to make your journey to Xumi smoother, would you consider buying a copy of Dolly's special edition of 'Xumeru Precautions and Travel Guide' from me?"

While the pink-haired loli's eyes sparkled, she introduced the products to this group of 'fat sheep'.

The merchants around him who knew the methods of Master Sangge Mahabayi very well,

Seeing that there were actually some young fools who dared to approach Dolly, they all looked at these unlucky guys with some pity.

——He obviously has no experience in dealing with businessmen, but he dares to introduce himself in front of Master Dolly.

Not only that, the first sentence revealed the fact that he had never been to Xumi, but when introducing himself, he even revealed his spending power.

——I hope these guys can still have money for food when they leave the inn, otherwise they will have to stay in the "Relief Hall" established by the First Sage for a while.

"Well, this is indeed our first time in Xumi. We have been working in remote places recently, and we don't know much about the two people you mentioned."

"If you are willing to answer our questions, please give us two copies of this 'Xumeru Entire Territory Precautions and Travel Attractions Guide'."

When Savigny saw the thick books in Dolly's hands, he thought that she was just an ordinary salesman. He felt a little sympathy for this little girl who was somewhat isolated. He thought it would be okay to buy two books as a reward for answering her questions.

——It’s just a travel guide anyway, how can it be so expensive?

Savini was extremely confident about his salary level and bought the goods with the merchant in front of him looking at him with shining eyes.

"Oh my! I haven't seen such a generous guest in a long time. You are worthy of being a distinguished guest from Fontaine Academy of Sciences!"

"Hehe, since you've given me so much face, I will naturally tell you everything I know, Dolly!"

Having never seen such a fat sheep that was so easily hooked, Dolly silently memorized the name of Fontaine Science Academy in her heart and labeled it as a "gathering place for fat sheep."

Since the purpose of sales promotion has been achieved, in line with the businessman's contractual spirit, Dolly is also willing to temporarily act as a guide for these "high-quality customers" in front of her.

After organizing her thoughts, the pink-haired girl decided to start from the beginning:

"Hey, I think your doubts are mainly about the 'Sumeru Road Reconstruction Plan', right?"

"From your reactions, you probably didn't notice the various reports posted in the city these days, but were temporarily intercepted by the Magisterium when you were leaving Omos Harbor and planning to enter the trade route, right?"

Although she used a questioning tone, Dolly had a very certain expression on her face.

——The House of Lords issued a notice about the temporary blockade of the road today many days ago. With the level of detail in the notice about the operation, anyone who has only taken a glance at it should not be like these fat sheep who know nothing about it except the name.

"Yes, from the mouths of these merchants, I heard that your 'First Sage' seemed to be planning to complete the reconstruction of the entire country's trade routes within half a day. No matter how you think about it, this is a fantasy and completely impossible thing, right?"

"Since the reason for blocking the road is so absurd, why are you all waiting here quietly?"

Savigny found that this plan was like a fantasy and completely impossible to achieve.

However, many of the merchants present seemed to be just looking forward to the completion of the reconstruction of the trade route, and never thought about whether this thing was true.

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"May I ask how long it has been since the guests last came into contact with information about Xumi? In your impression, who is the most senior person in the Xumi Order?"

Dolly was silent for a moment, and found that the information lag of this group of people was indeed quite serious. To be rigorous, she still asked about the specific situation.

"Ah? Not long. I just stayed in the construction base in the wild for half a year. I just heard that Xumi relaxed the port's access conditions, so I came here directly."