Book 3: Clear River in Turmoil - Chapter 46: Contact 2 (1/2)
Chapter 46: Contact (2)
The door to the fortified village opened, and a large wave of people poured out through the doorway
The oldthe way clasped his hands and said, “My nas to you, Knowledge Executor Su; please excuse our earlier ignorance”
“Village Chief Chalei, you’re too polite It was us ere rude and killed the beast you had ta to make reparations for that,” Su Chen replied
Upon hearing the matter of compensation, the old e Executor Su was definitely a good friend Quick, please co upon the like that Now that he mentioned compensation, they were instantly ers’ lack of experience, however, didn’t mean that they didn’t have their own considerations Their pursuit of benefits was ceaseless; the only difference was the different benefits that people valued
Su Chen wasn’t in a hurry He talked with Chalei, sloorking out what the situation was in the fort while he took in his surroundings
The fort was called Happiness Residing Fort
The na, but unfortunately, the real situation didn’t quite match up
Fro Fort didn’t have more than three hundred people In the center of the fort, there were two more colossal beasts, also top-tier Vicious Beasts At this
Su Chen asked and found out that there were originally three top-tier Vicious Beasts here The villagers didn’t need to feed theo out, search for food, and return all on their own
Su Chen quietlyVicious Beasts was a funda beasts Only if they were dependent on you would they listen to you
Hu the food supply This was already a practice that was thousands of years old But now, so their food There were too s to consider in this situation
However, Su Chen knew that this was one of the fort’s secrets, and because he couldn’t just ask the villagers directly, he took another approach “Village Chief Chalei, it sounds like you and the Clear River City Bloodline nobility Clans are currently locked in a trade war? What’s going on? How are you planning on continuing to do business?”
Chalei replied, “Ai, thisto do business in the first place Since Knowledge Executor Su came to West River Forest, you should also knohat the forest is like now”
Su Chen nodded “I have a rough understanding of it West River Forest’s terrain is coers Not only do Vicious Beasts run rampant here, but there also seems to be some kind of curse that people other than natives have a hard tiht! Since Knowledge Executor Su was able to get here and killed the Divine…… Vicious Beast, you evidently have a lot of talent, which most people don’t have It just so happens that West River Forest is filled with resources If they want to harvest theht After all, you are natives of West River, so the resources in West River should belong to you How could any outsider claihts to it?” Su Chen said as he simultaneously flattered them and pointed out their weakness
“That’s exactly right!” The old man was instantly excited “So we should be able to sell the resources here in West River for the prices that we decide on, right?”
“Of course” Su Chen was already beginning to understand the whole story
“But that’s not what is happening,” a er “The authority to put a price on these resources has always belonged to the Bloodline nobility Clans Whatever price they set is the price we have to sell it for A high-tier old outside, but we have to sell it for just one tael!”
“The discrepancy is that big?” Su Chen was stunned by this difference
“That’s right! We didn’t knohat the outside situation was at first and were cheated by theured out what the outside situation e tried negotiating with them to raise the price, but they refused our conditions”
“Why don’t you sell theht about it before However, the market in Clear River is totally controlled by them; it’s impossible for us to try and sell it to anyone else!” Chalei sighed