Chapter 1175 97. Pioneer Fever
“Your Excellency Jemima, don’t worry, we have always had a lot of trade with your territory...”
Olmedo was talking to a lord Then, he noticed Annan coming back.
"Excuse me." She said to the head of the Jemima family and greeted Annan.
“How was it?”
"She decided to spy for us."
Annan didn't know how the Stuen Ratman could bear it. If it were him, the fruits of victory would have been stolen and smeared. He could have nine ways to take revenge and go back. , nine kinds!
It would be fine if the Stun Rat Man held back and plotted revenge, but if not...he would also like to pinch this kind of soft persimmon.
Cathy took the little blue dragon to eat and drink at the banquet, which attracted the attention of the guests, while Lily came to rub Annan with Bianyin.
“Meow~”
"Did you fight?" Annan picked up Lily.
"There are children chasing cats, Cathy drives them away."
"Cathy did a good job." Annan rubbed Lily's head.
Annan didn't want to be disturbed by boring guests, so he walked next to Itilia and talked about some family matters with the eldest sister.
However, the knight from Franco's territory came over again and took the initiative to talk: "Lord Annan, Lord Franco sent me here to hope for trade cooperation with Free City."
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"Trade... Go find Olmedo, she is in charge of external affairs." Annan said indifferently.
Bolo, who was arrogant at first and respectful at the other, saluted and walked away.
“You finally look like a lord.” Itilia said happily.
Annan's indifference quickly melted: "Really!?"
He just wanted to throw the trouble to Olmedo... So is this what the lord should do? !
"Only just now..."
At night, this gathering of forces belonging to the western edge of Middle-earth ended. It seemed like something happened, but it also seemed like nothing happened. After everyone went home, each force continued to live as usual.
Except Liberty City, which has new changes every day.
……
The Liberty City in the early morning is filled with humid sea fog.
After standing in the fog, your whole body will soon be covered with dewdrops. Only when the sun rises and shines on the earth will it make people warm and dry.
At this time, a large group of people were surrounded by shadows in the square in front of the city lord's palace.
Hunter squeezed into the crowd, tiptoeing, trying to hear the voice of the person in front of him reading the announcement.
After two months of hard work by the mages of the Mage Tower, everyone in Gemstone Bay was able to master the common language - but there were too many people around, and Hunter couldn't see clearly what was written in the notice.
"...Farmland leasing is open. Anyone who has ever been a farmer or wants to be a farmer can submit an application to the Ministry of Agriculture within three days——"
Wow——
The crowd in the square was in a roar.
“What do you mean?” Hunter, who didn’t understand, asked the person next to him.
“We can have our own farmland!”
“But didn’t he say we have to spend money to rent it?”
"You only need to pay 1 copper coin to rent 100 square meters, and the wasteland you reclaim is free and tax-free for the first three years. What's the difference between this and giving it away!"
"How big is 100 square meters?"
"That's 100 square meters." One hectare."
"How big is 1 hectare?"
"That's it..." The person next to me was speechless, "It's so big!"
"So big..."
The scene of a large golden wheat field of his own almost appeared in Hunter's mind.
"Brother, do you want to cooperate? Let's rent a field together!"
The person next to him bumped into him, shattering the dream.
"I...I don't have much money." Hunter's voice became much softer.
"Neither do I, so we work together to reclaim the wasteland!"
Hunter moved: "My name is Hunter, what is your name?"
"My name is Jack, and I have the same name as the lord. "Isn't the Lord called Annan?"
Jack looked proud: "Don't you know that the Lord has several names, Jack, Potter?" , Dracula is his name!”
Hunter didn't have the heart to think of names. His mind was occupied by "his own farmland." While others were still discussing, he pulled Jack and ran to the Ministry of Agriculture.
“You ran the wrong way, over there!”
A few minutes later, Hunter and Jack rushed to the Ministry of Agriculture, but were stopped outside by the guards.
"Sir, sir, we want to open up wasteland..."
Seeing "Master", Hunter, who was full of excitement, became nervous again.
Konoe turned around and shouted "It's time to work", and a young female official came out and asked gently: "What is your name?"
"I...I..."
< br>"I am Jack and he is Hunter." Jack continued.
The young female official nodded and took a parchment list and wrote down their names: "The nearest wasteland is also twenty miles away from Free City. Can you accept it?"
"No...it doesn't matter."
They didn't live in the city originally.
"Then you want to rent farm tools and seeds?"
"How much?" Hunter went to look in his pockets.
"No money. You only need to return the seeds for new planting when harvesting. Farm tools are also free to use, but damage must be compensated."
"We will borrow them!" Jack shouted .
The young female official checked something on the list and continued: "There are also cattle and skeleton farmers, do you need them?"
"What is a skeleton farmer?"
"It's a skeleton soldier. Modified undead creatures, they can help you farm, fertilize, water and drive away birds."
"We have no money..."
"The cattle and skeleton farmers are free, but you have to. Find food for them.”
They know about cattle, just cut some grass, there are many in the wild...
"What do skeleton farmers eat..." Hunter shrank his shoulders.
"Don't eat anything, just be careful not to let them do too much work at night."
"We rent!" Jack said loudly.
“However, you must cultivate more than one hectare of wasteland to be eligible to rent cattle and skeleton farmers.”
The two disagreed over how much wasteland to rent.
"We rent one...one hectare." Hunter said.
“No, rent five hectares!” Jack said eagerly.
The young female official observed Hunter and Jack, one was stout and the other was short and thin, and almost understood: "It is up to you to rent as much land as you wish, but be careful, if there is wasteland that is shelved and the output is substandard. , and will be deprived of the right to continue farming."
Jack was timid: "Then just two...three hectares."
"Registered, come and collect the farm tools from me."
Hunter and Jack followed the young female officials to the warehouse and received the farm tools... They were all brand new!
He gently caressed these farm tools made of fine iron as if caressing his lover, and was reluctant to put them back.
"Don't worry, the farm tools have been registered in your name. After you choose the wasteland, we will send someone to deliver it to you." The young female official who saw this said.
Lead them to the cowshed and the skeleton farmer's dormitory.
The Skeleton Farmer sounds gentle, but the image of a skeleton can scare many people.
"Does it bite..." Jack hid behind Hunter.
"The probability of it hurting you is lower than that of a farm cow."
Hunter stared at the skeleton farmer blankly, and his eyes that had been silent for twenty years gradually became brighter.
This is the closest he has come to magic and transcendence.
(End of this chapter)