Chapter 254 253. Power of Holy Light
A group of people at the dining table were no longer in the mood to eat, and everyone focused their attention on this sharp-edged light yellow ore.
The caravan leader held the ore in his hand, squinted his eyes to examine it carefully and said:
"Sulfur is a military-controlled material. The logistics department of the Hailansa City Administration Office has a special purchase station. This material is officially priced, and the purchase price of the business is strictly limited. It is not unprofitable, but the price of this thing is clearly marked, so A large piece of sulfur is probably worth about three silver coins, and if the caravan buys it, we will charge a commission of 10%."
"Can this kind of yellow stone be sold for money?"
The old village chief didn’t expect his son to pick up a random stone and sell it for a good price. If he had known that this thing could be sold for money, why would he still be hunting gray rock iguanas? .
The caravan leader nodded and said: "Of course, but it must be this kind of sulfur ore with higher purity."
As he spoke, he pulled out the dagger he carried with him, knocked off a small piece of sulfur ore, and smashed the small piece of sulfur with the handle of the dagger, and a fine yellow powder appeared, which contained very little gravel.
"Look, there are very few impurities in it, indicating that the purity is very high." The caravan leader took the trouble to explain to us, and his eyes fell on Charlie.
Charlie was a little excited, and couldn't help but said: "I picked it up by accident when I was hunting salamanders..."
The old village chief kicked his youngest son hard, and his eyes were about to gouge a piece of flesh off Charlie.
Charley quickly shut up.
If there were no guests around, it is estimated that a meal of domestic violence would be unavoidable.
In front of the livelihood of the whole village, the old village head is definitely the one who has no bottom line. He does not want to talk about any details about the discovery of the sulfur mine. What happened, I told the merchants exactly what happened.
Suldak felt that this was feasible, and whispered to Charlie beside him: "I think that area is worth exploring again. Even if the salamanders can't be found, it would be great to get back some sulfur mines."
After Charlie and Luke got fifty silver coins each, they had been obsessed with hunting salamanders. When they heard that Suldak wanted to enter the Pagros Mountains again, they naturally agreed with both hands, and the two agreed together.
The leader of the caravan heard that Suldak was about to enter the mountain again, and knew that no matter whether he could meet the salamander, there must be great business opportunities here, so he said to Suldak: "If you need to trade with us, half Our caravan will come again in a month's time."
Surdak thought about it, and thought that if he really found sulfur mines, it would be a good idea to sell it to the caravan, so he said, "Okay, next time you come back, I hope to buy finely ground wheat flour and ham. thing."
The fields that can be cultivated in the village are very limited, and the villagers spend more than half of the time every year living on chestnut rice and cassava as their staple food. Suerdak felt that if he could still find sulfur mines at the foot of the pustule mountain, it would be in exchange for these sulfur mines. Money, in exchange for some food such as wheat flour and ham from the caravan, and a water reservoir will be built in the village in a few days, and Suldak promised to take care of two meals a day.
Hearing that there was business to do, the leader of the caravan agreed very readily and said:
"As you wish, Knight of Suldak."
Finally, when the old village head got drunk and was carried home by his son Charlie, the dinner party was completely over.
Old Sheila led little Peter's hand and walked in the front. Rita and Natasha gathered together and whispered together. Natasha, who usually seldom talked, seemed to become more talkative.
Suldak followed behind. He unbuttoned a button on his neckline and let the cool night wind blow on his hot chest. Selena's profile appeared in his mind for no reason.
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The next day, Suldak decided to enter the Pagros Mountains again with five young people including Charlie and Luke.
Five young people brought back five horses from Beigou Grassland. Although none of the five young people had ridden a horse before, if they just rode on the road, there would be no difficulty at all.
Six people rode horses and carried half a month's rations. They set off from Wall Village and followed the route of the previous lizard hunting group to the northwest direction. Pustules Mountain was in that direction. There are limestone rocks full of fissures all over the mountain, and one must be careful not to let the horse's hooves step in the crevasses, because it is easy to trip the horse's legs.
After the limestone on the surface of the mountain is weathered, even if it is stepped on by a horseshoe, some limestone will immediately crack under the foot.
That feeling is really walking on thin ice, but Charlie, Luke and others are riding horses for the first time, and they feel that riding a horse is very fresh. They sat on horseback for a whole day on the first day, except for the necessary toilet, even They ate on horseback, and they didn't know what kind of pain riding a horse had to bear until the tender meat on the inside of their thighs was worn away by the leather saddle the next day.
When camping behind a mountain at night, the five young people all turned into bow-legged ducks, dragging and tugging when they walked, and grinned in pain on their faces, but they still gritted their teeth and insisted on keeping the ducks. The tent was set up, and the dried meat and toasted wheat cakes were boiled into a paste in the pot. They imitated the cooking method of the old village chief, making the pot of porridge look disgusting.
There are also people who are responsible for feeding the horses. It is said that where there is sea buckthorn grass, there will be gray rock iguanas. When threatened, they will migrate to the depths of Mount Pagros. Once the gray rock iguanas leave, the seabuckthorn grass will become very luxuriant. Good forage, at least in the Badlands.
The young people sat together leaning against the stone wall, discussing: "It turns out that riding a horse is quite painful..."
There is an iron pot on the temporary stove, and the water in the pot has boiled.
Luke threw the broken wheat cakes into the soup pot, and said with some uncertainty: "Maybe it's because we didn't wear leather pants armor. You can see that the Suldak Knights are fine."
Injured Val re-tied the six horses, sat down among several people, and said with a relaxed face, "He is a knight! Of course, this small problem is not difficult to solve."
Charlie, who was sitting on the outermost side, looked at Suldak who was coming down from the top of the mountain, and said, "Maybe we can ask him for some advice."
After Suldak came back from the top of the mountain, he recorded the terrain of this area on parchment, and when he heard Charlie ask him for the secret of riding a horse, he raised his head and replied:
"Horse riding, of course, requires some skills. You must communicate with your horses frequently, and then establish a relationship of mutual trust. They will be like your friends, and your pain will be reduced by then."
"But... what!" He changed the subject, walked to Charlie and said, "These...of course are not the most important thing, the most important thing is that no matter what kind of injury you suffer, you can recover as soon as possible, just like so…"
As he spoke, he pressed his hand on Charlie's leg, letting the power of the Holy Light heal the wound on Charlie's leg quickly.
"So this is ah…"
(end of this chapter)