Chapter 23 Warm Stone
"What?!"
Before Andrew could finish speaking, Todd jumped up from his chair excitedly, grabbed Andrew's collar directly, and shouted angrily:.
"Say it again?"
"Are you trying to get food?"
Never think too much about Antolian food, because this is a taboo in the heart of every Antolian.
The most lacking thing on this land is food.
If the robbery was money, the Antolians would probably be angry and hold grudges.
But if it's food...
no matter how far it is, no matter how difficult it is, the Antolians will fight for him!
"No! I didn't..."
Andrew waved his hands repeatedly, struggling to beg for mercy.
"Todd, let him go and let him finish."
Looking at Andrew in front of him almost made Todd choke, and Leon had to stop him.
It wasn't until he heard Leon's instructions that Todd released his hand and let go of the mountain man who almost died.
"Huh..."
Andrew gasped for breath. He lay on the ground for a while before he recovered. He immediately found the key point, fearing that Todd would hit him again:
"Deal!"
"I He is the envoy of the Lapluk people!"
"We want to exchange food with you! We have never thought of stealing or robbing food from you!" "
Oh?"
After hearing this, Leon couldn't help but become interested: "You want to How to deal?"
Andrew couldn't help but smile bitterly, and quietly glanced at Todd sitting aside, and then said cautiously: "Everything I brought with me has been taken away by that adult. I hope you can... ..."
"Todd."
Leon gestured.
Seeing his lord's stance, Todd then ordered the mercenaries present to present the things they had previously found on Andrew's body in front of Leon.
"Canine tooth dagger..."
"Beast fur..."
"That's the fur of the bear otter! It's the most cherished treasure of the Lapluk people!"
When it came to the tribal totem, Andrew immediately retorted sternly.
"Okay, bear otter fur."
Leon nodded cooperatively.
While rummaging through the mess of items, he asked casually: "What do you want to exchange for?" "
This..."
For a moment, Andrew was speechless.
Going to the Thorn Territory to exchange for food was a task assigned to him by the tribe's priest.
However,
when he sneaked into the Thorn Territory, he had clearly seen the corpses of the hounds hanging on the city wall, which meant that the original idea of using canine daggers and other items for trading was probably dead.
"Honorable Viscount, have you seen that round stone?"
After thinking for a moment, Andrew finally opened his chip.
"This?"
Leon raised an oval-shaped boulder about the size of a fist and asked with some confusion.
One thing to say is that
except for the ones he read out by himself before,
Leon actually didn’t understand the functions of other things, let alone seen them, so he asked Andrew to talk about them, so as not to make mistakes and miss something good. thing.
"Yes!"
Andrew nodded quickly:
"This round stone is the reason why the Lapluk people can survive the cold winter in the mountains." "
Oh?"
How do the mountain people survive the cold winter? It has always been a curious question in Leon's mind, and now, according to Andrew's words, the answer seems to be on this stone.
Thinking of this, Leon couldn't help but carefully observe this strange-looking round stone. The surface of the stone has wrinkles like waves. Such a strange texture can be roughly attributed to the miraculous workmanship of nature.
"The Lapruk people call it the Warm Stone," Andrew said matter-of-factly.
"Warm stone?"
After hearing this, Leon couldn't help but put his hands on the surface of the round stone.
Instantly,
a biting chill seeped into Leon's palm.
"Do you think this is called a warm stone?"
"Sir Viscount, you need to use a knife or hammer to create a notch or crack on the surface of this stone." Andrew explained quickly for fear of displeasing the nobles in front of him.
Of course, Todd couldn't let his lord do it himself, so he took the initiative to step forward, lay it flat on the ground, and then slashed at the warm stone with the battle ax on his waist.
The moment the battle ax fell,
with the sound of the stone breaking, a wide gap opened on the surface of the warm stone, releasing an orange-red color like the scorching summer sun.
With the warm stone as the center, everyone within a radius of five meters felt a rush of heat.
It is a kind of warmth that should not exist in the cold winter, and it is a kind of temperature and change that is difficult to understand.
"Ouch!"
"This is such a waste!"
Looking at the opening that was half the length of a warm stone, Andrew couldn't help but feel a little distressed: "If one person uses it, only a centimeter opening is enough."
At this time, Leon obviously had no intention of paying attention to Andrew's complaints. He walked straight towards the warm stone, feeling the heat and warmth spreading in it.
Everyone present, including Todd, stared at the luminous stone with their eyes widened.
Even though they have lived on this land for a long time, they have never seen this thing called warm stone before them.
"How long will this warm stone last?"
Leon asked curiously.
"If it is just a small hole of about one centimeter, it will probably last nearly a month, but... if it is split into what it is now, the heat will only last for about a week." "How do you want to change it?
"
" A piece of warm stone in exchange for the same weight of grain." Andrew replied quickly.
"Impossible!"
Leon shook his head firmly.
Warming stones are certainly a good thing, but if it is just for heating, whether it is yourself or the people in your territory, you can use firewood instead.
Although Leon vaguely felt that this thing might have other uses, it was obvious that the mountain people did not know it, and naturally it could not be the reason for Andrew the lion to open his mouth.
After thinking for a long time, under Andrew's anxious gaze, Leon finally said:
"Actually, I have another plan here."
"Please tell me, Lord Viscount."
Andrew said that he was all ears.
"You are short of food, but we have food."
"Yes."
"In this case, as long as your tribe voluntarily becomes a vassal of the Jimena family, then the Lapluk people will naturally enjoy the same benefits as my subjects. Treatment."
"For example, survive this winter safely."
Hearing this,
Andrew couldn't help but be shocked:
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
"The Lapluk people have their own priests and their own totems. You will become someone else's slave!"
Leon smiled and said,
"Not a slave, but a citizen."
"A citizen who has personal freedom and is protected by the Jimena family and your totem."
This chapter says Not recovered yet...
(End of chapter)