"Alright! I understand, so how much grain can you provide me with, Baron?" The lord's spirit lifted immediately. As long as there was food, those guys who had never eaten their fill would naturally fight to the death for him. At that time, he could call over a few knights and add them to his own forces, and it wasn't certain who would win or lose in the battle against Maple Leaf Territory.
"Look at how much you want, the price! Two gold coins per kilogram of grain, you see for yourself how much you want." The price is twice as expensive as Feng Ye's, taking advantage of the fire to loot.
"I wonder how much Maple Leaf paid? What price did they pay?" The lord thought about what he needed to pay to make it suitable.
"Three thousand people's rations for two months, do you want it?" Li You Ran said lightly, after all, it wasn't a big secret, just knowing the military strength of Maple Leaf Ridge.
"In that case, you'll give me the same amount, and I'll give you... wait a minute, I don't have that much gold left. Will you accept something else?" The lord only then remembered that he had already pawned off his gold coins and magical materials, and it seemed like he didn't have anything to sell anymore.
"Of course, anything of value is on my list. The lord of the maple leaf crest gave me a title and a large piece of land, I wonder what you can offer?" Li You Ran's mouth curled into a smile.
"Damn it, how shameless can he be? If I had known earlier, I would have also offered a title. What a pity." The lord cursed the guy in front of him for being shameless, and actually thought of offering a title as a trick. A lifelong title was exchanged for a large batch of grain, which seemed like a good deal no matter how you looked at it.
"In that case, I can also give you all of my territories on the other side of the river! What do you think?" The lord said with a wave of his hand.
"Sorry, if that's all, it's not enough. Actually, I'm not very interested in the land, and my people are not enough, let alone develop it." Li You Ran shook his head, this is not enough.
"Is that so! In that case, I'll give you all the weapons manufactured in my territory! How about it? We can sign a contract and sell them only to you, as long as you can provide food for me in the long term. To be honest, due to the land here, the yield of grain is not high. If it weren't for the iron ore here, I would have starved to death by now. Originally, I could buy some grain from the Maple Leaf Territory, but since that despicable guy blocked my trade, my days have become even more difficult. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of robbing you."
"Weapons? What am I supposed to do with weapons?" Li You Ran was taken aback for a moment, this thing wasn't even selling well on Earth!
"Of course, it's useful. Your territory passes through the forest and into the endless wilderness, which is the homeland of the beastmen. The beastmen are very welcoming to ironware, but they don't have many blacksmiths, and iron ore is scarce. On the other side of your territory is the sea, and the sea tribe also needs weapons. They can't forge at all, so you can use these weapons to exchange for sea salt, which is a highly profitable thing. Of course, this must be done secretly, otherwise, you will be wanted by the empire!"
The lord's words made Li You Ran suddenly enlightened, it was himself who was being narrow-minded. If he could smuggle goods to Earth, then naturally he could also buy and sell in the other world. His thinking had been too simplistic.
"Alright then, I'll take your weapon. Bring food and the weapon with you tomorrow and we'll go to our territory to get it."
Morton returned, the wizard was raised in his hand, and the archer was simply the wizard's nemesis. From Morton's entry to catching him, only one arrow was used, this arrow shot away the wand in his hand, and then the wizard surrendered, because Morton's next arrow was aimed at his head.
When the law enforcer was brought over, Li You Ran merely glanced at him lightly and said: "Kill him, pack up all the magical materials."
A simple sentence, the law master lost his life, why did Li You Ran want his life? Of course, it was because this guy found trouble for him. Obviously, it was this kind of despicable person who provoked himself first, could he still let him go?
Since Hou Qiang was dealt with, his mentality has changed. The Liu father and daughter later confirmed that some people, even if you let them off, will not be grateful to you! On the contrary, they will want to kill you at all times. He saw the viciousness in this Taoist priest's eyes, so he simply granted him a death.
Morton carried out the order with swift efficiency, and the law master refused to believe until his death that someone would kill a law master so unhesitatingly. He thought that as long as he yielded and showed submission, Li You Ran would reuse him, and then he would find an opportunity to kill him. This was how he had dealt with those nobles before, with remarkable effect.
But Li You Ran didn't play by the rules, and didn't even give him a chance to speak.
A law enforcement officer died like this in front of him, making the lord have a new understanding of Li You Ran, who was a fearless man.
"It's getting late, let's rest. Remember to prepare the gold for tomorrow." Li You Ran instructed, then walked out with Mo Dun and arrived at their own campsite. Even if they had strong safety measures in place, Li You Ran would not put himself in a dangerous environment, it was more reassuring to be among his own people.
That night, someone was sleepless, of course it wasn't Li You Ran, he slept very well. The one who couldn't sleep was the lord, equivalent to five times his weight in gold, two were redemption coins, and three times more were grain-selling coins. Li You Ran took the carriage and walked away leisurely, taking with him the lord's tears and longing.
"Farewell! My gold coins." The lord stood on the city wall, watching Li You Ran leave. He had sent someone to drive a cart to follow him and transport grain. He didn't dare go himself, heaven knows whether the people of Feng Ye would return after he left. He still needed to summon troops, as the current defense was too empty.
It took almost a day to get here, but on the way back, it was much faster, and they returned to their own territory in just half a day. By the time Li You Ran and his group returned with a full load, the people in the territory were boiling over. Of course, the gold on the carriage had nothing to do with them; they cheered for the return of the lord. Only when the lord was present could their lives continue.
"Master, you're back! Oh! Look what I've got! Are they all gold? It's truly magnificent!" John stared at the coins in shock, the golden glow almost dazzling his eyes.
"Don't look at them anymore, these are going to be taken away. First put them in the warehouse area, I will take them with me when I leave. Where did Oak go?" You suddenly asked John.
"Oakwood went to the alchemy lab, but I don't know what he's doing there," John replied.
"Hmm! I'll go take a look, you guys do your thing well and settle the departing people, each person gets a gold coin as a reward! Go!" Li You Ran instructed, then walked towards the alchemy lab, just in time to have them take a look at something. Li You Ran took out the box that was transformed from the magical armor from his space and walked into the laboratory door.