Isn't Chapter 37 free?

Isn't Chapter 37 free?

"What?" Naslin didn't hear clearly.

"I mean, can I catch that? Those two beasts of burden," Harold said, raising his voice slightly. Unlike Nasrin, he didn't have the habit of speaking softly, so he didn't control his voice.

"Pack animals? You want to eat them?" Nasrin heard clearly now, but she shook her head disapprovingly. "Pack animals are not good to eat. Their meat is tough and even worse than crocodile meat."

Why did she think I wanted to eat them?

Harold was stunned for a second.

Although, in the game, killing pack animals will always drop three pieces of meat. If the original players want to farm for pack meat, they like to run around Xumi and kill all the pack animals spawned in the wild, and they can get more than 500 pieces of meat at once.

But in the real Xumi, almost no one is willing to eat pack animal meat. Not only is it expensive, but the meat is also unpalatable. Who would eat this stuff when there is mushroom pork to eat?

"No, I want to catch them, I need pack animals to carry things," Harold explained softly.

“Beasts of burden are hard to catch,” Nasrin said.

In the eyes of experienced forest rangers, wild beasts of burden are more difficult to deal with than mandarin tigers. They can grow to four to five meters long, have thick skin and rough flesh, and can run twice as fast as humans. If they rush towards people, they can crush them into meat paste.

Pack animals are very strong, and it is almost impossible to capture one alive with lasso traps or rock traps. Forest rangers usually choose to dig a large pit with a depth of more than six meters and less than ten meters, then cover the pit with branches, put food that pack animals like, and wait for the pack animals to fall into the trap.

At present, the rangers in Huachengguo have only four public pack animals, all of which were caught in this way.

This is not to say that the rangers have only dug four traps, but that the beasts of burden are huge and can weigh up to ten tons. When they fall into the traps, they are likely to break their legs. Then they lose their value as a means of transportation and can only become a dish on the table of the residents of the city.

"I can knock them out with a rock," Harold said.

Wild pack animals are not rare in the rainforest. Naslin did not feel disgusted with him because of his words. He felt that in the eyes of the forest rangers, catching one or two pack animals was allowed, which made him even more excited.

"Oh, yes, you have the Eye of the Rock Elemental God, so this should be easy for you, but have you really decided? It's expensive to raise a beast of burden," Naslin reminded.

Ah? Aren't wild beasts of burden free here?

Seeing Harold's confused look, Naslin hesitated for a moment, then reacted: "Oh, you are a foreign scholar, it is normal that you don't know this. If you just want to keep the beasts of burden in Huachengguo, there is no problem, just rent a house and feed them some materials and water every day.

But if you want to bring them back to Xumi City, you have to register them with the Magisterium, and then you have to pay taxes, which are very expensive because you have to pay them every month, and they are paid according to the number of pack animals you own. "

...Tax on pack animals, right? Xumi actually has this thing.

Harold had a headache, but it was not difficult for him to understand. After all, in certain periods of ancient flower-growing countries, farmers had to pay taxes to the government when raising cattle. However, the tax was very low and any farmer who could afford to raise cattle could afford it. Moreover, families raising cattle did not have only obligations but also rights. They could get more arable land than others.

But the tax on pack animals in Xumi is surprisingly high, and the Ministry of Education doesn't provide any other subsidies? !

No wonder pack animals are a luxury. There are only a few of them in the entire Xumi City.

"So if you don't need a pack animal every day, it's more cost-effective to rent one from a big businessman," Nasrin said. "We forest rangers don't have so many concerns. The Order of the Lords has sent people to collect money before, but because of the special nature of our work, we can always temporarily store the pack animals in temporary camps in the wild. If they can't find the pack animals, they naturally can't charge us.

The main reason is that we all find it very strange. We caught the pack animals ourselves and fed them ourselves, so why would the House of Representatives send people to collect the money? Moreover, there was no such tax before, and it was suddenly added in the past ten years.

In the desert, the desert people have more freedom to raise pack animals, and the Council of Religions cannot control it even if they want to. Therefore, some merchants who specialize in doing business with the desert people will raise a few camels (a type of pack animal that can adapt to extremely hot weather) in the desert. They will first rent a few pack animals for a short period of time to transport goods from Xumi City to Kawan Post Station. After leaving Kawan Post Station, they will use their own pack animals to transport goods and return the rented pack animals.

Mutual benefit is a tacit secret among businessmen. Since it does not violate the regulations, the House of Representatives will just turn a blind eye. "

understood.

Simply put, to raise pack animals, one has to pay money to the Ministry of Education, but the Ministry of Education cannot catch anyone here in Huacheng City, and there are lawless criminals over there in the desert. In the end, the only ones who get hurt are honest scholars like me and the merchants in Xumi City.

Harold thought helplessly.

"Look, it's such trouble. I know you have to walk a long way every time you come here, but if you are not very rich, it is better not to raise pack animals," Nasrin looked at Harold, who was a little lost, and felt a little bit reluctant.

"If you just want to keep one and ride it around the city, you can keep it together with our pack animals. Our rangers will take care of it normally. You can come to us anytime you need it."

"Is it okay?" Harold's eyes lit up.

Although his plan to travel on pack animals failed, it was not bad for him to ride a pack animal when he was inspecting near Huacheng. With a pack animal, he would not have to carry water and supplies by himself in the wild.

Moreover, he has forest rangers to help him manage the pack animals, and the Ministry of Education doesn't have to collect money from him, which sounds good.

"Of course," Nasrin said generously, "if you allow us and other residents of Huacheng to use them when you don't need them, no one will object to it, and everyone will be happy to help you take care of these two beasts of burden."

"That's great. How could I not allow something that would benefit everyone? I'll do it now," Harold said, and an elemental force condensed around his body. The "Sumeru Ancient Characters Collection" suddenly floated out from behind him and turned a few pages on its own.

"Wait," Nasrin said firmly, standing in front of Harold, "Wait until they finish drinking the water. This is the rule of the rain forest and no one can break it."

"Okay," Haroldt had no objection.

After the two beasts of burden finished drinking the water, they turned around and left. Harold waited for them to walk two hundred meters, then immediately summoned two huge rock books and smashed them at them.

"Boom!"

After two loud bangs, the two beasts of burden fell to the ground with a thud, their huge bodies shaking the ground.

Harold did not approach rashly, but threw two more rock books at him.

Add another knife to prevent the force from being insufficient.

It was the first time that Nasrin saw Harold fight with the Eye of God. After the loud noise, she stared at the two fallen beasts of burden without blinking.

Is this...solved?

So simple?

Sure enough, the Rock Element God's Eye is so powerful! The two forest rangers who possessed the Grass Element God's Eye and the Water Element God's Eye could not subdue the two beasts of burden so quickly.

Then, Harold simply threw down a few rock walls and built a rock house with windows that covered an area of ​​200 square meters and was ten meters high. He enclosed the two beasts of burden together and separated them with a rock wall.

"Starve them for a few days, then feed them some water and food, that should be enough, right?" Harold asked Nasrin.

"Well, that's the way we tame pack animals that get caught in traps. Starve them for a week, then give them a little water. On the eighth day, they'll obey you even if you throw them a carrot."

Harold nodded and decided to temporarily place the two beasts of burden here.

There is no way. They are too big and too heavy. It is impossible to transport them away. We can only tame them and let them get on the boat or walk to the residential area by themselves.

However, the rock wall he built was very thick, so there was no need to worry about the two beasts of burden waking up and breaking through the house and escaping.

Then, Haroldt built a flower farm and experimental base here according to his own drawings.

After finishing the rough house, he made furniture such as stools, chairs, beds, and also made several flower pots for the flowers.

Nasrin was amazed and exclaimed that the Eye of God really had many uses. She had originally planned to introduce Harold to a few skilled carpenters, but she didn't expect that Harold had taken care of all the house and furniture matters by himself.

In less than half an hour, three buildings were erected on the originally flat ground, making this grassland, which was rarely stepped on by humans, look full of life.

"But there's nothing we can do about blankets and quilts," Harold said with a smile.

"I know where to buy it. There is a fabric store in Huachengguo. If you want to buy fur products, you can buy them from our forest rangers. It will be cheaper than outside," said Nasrin.

Harold readily accepted the proposal, and then said, "I plan to try another route. Naslin, do you want to go back first?"

"Are you planning to take a detour back?" Naslin was quite surprised.

"Well, and I plan to try the water route in a few days," said Harold.

Before doing anything, he would first examine all available conditions. If he took the other path that Nasrin mentioned, he might find some unexpected surprises.

"It's very far," Nasrin looked up at the sky and blocked the glaring sunlight with her hands. "It's almost noon. Do you really want to leave? It will take at least six hours to take that route. By the time you get back, it will be dark."

Hiss, six hours.

I thought it would take more time, but I didn't expect it to take this much time.

Harold was a little hesitant.

Or, should we wait until the beast of burden is well recovered?

Well, let's do it.

Harold: "Then let's go back the way we came. I suddenly remembered that my peaches are still in my bag. I need to go back early and plant them in pots."

"If you really want to go, then go quickly. I can help you with the Dun Dun peaches. I can plant them in the soil, but I still know how to do it," Naslin said. "Don't worry about getting lost. I will bring Sagu to find you as soon as I get back."

"No, no need."

"Hmm? No need to be polite with me!"

"No... I can't walk today," facing Nasrin's pure eyes, Harold had to tell the truth.

He didn't want to walk for six hours, he really didn't.

"What? Why didn't you say so earlier?" Naslin smiled. She didn't think it was shameful at all. "Then let's go back."

...

The two men returned to Huacheng along the same route they had come, and Harold dug up a few more peach trees on the way.

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when he returned to the residential area. Haroldt counted the peach plants he had brought back. Nine of them had 7-9 fruits, and the fruits were relatively large. Haroldt deliberately retained the soil at the roots when digging them up. He planted them all in pots and took their fruits one by one to taste.

Now he had no equipment, so he could only compare the sweetness by tasting, which was actually bad because his taste buds would adapt. Fortunately, the taste buds adapted to and recovered from sucrose more slowly, and he only wanted to taste nine fruits today, so it was okay.

Harold cut a small piece from each of the nine Dun Dun peaches and tasted them. He roughly compared their sweetness and found that they were slightly lighter than the Dun Dun peaches he bought in Xumi City. Perhaps this was due to the lack of nutrition when grown in the wild.

He should go to the plantation in Xumi and talk to the owner to ask them if they have cultivated better quality Dun Dun peaches.

Then he turned his attention to the other nine Dun Dun peach plants. Except for two Dun Dun peach plants with divisions, the others were dug up by him casually. They were considered tools for practicing the cultivation of Dun Dun peaches. Although he had recently read a book on Dun Dun peach cultivation, he had never put it into practice.

Now, he plans to give it a try.

I unskillfully cut the stems of the seven Dun Dun peach plants into sections and buried them in nutrient soil. That's it. I'll see the results after waiting for a while.

Then he cleaned the two Dun Dun peach plants, removed some yellowed leaves, cut off part of the rot around the stems and roots, applied some rooting powder, buried them in sandy loam, and watered them.

Well, these are the two simplest ways to breed Dun Dun peaches. You should be able to see results after waiting for a month.

Harold wiped the sweat off his forehead. It was his first time doing this and his nerves were on edge when he was cutting the stems. He planned to dig some more Dun Dun peaches tomorrow to continue practicing until he was proficient in the whole process. Only then could he start cultivating Dun Dun peaches on a large scale.

But it is not enough to just grow it yourself.

After all, the probability of natural plant mutation is already high at 2 in a million, and it is not necessarily the case that the fruit will become sweeter and more abundant.

Therefore, if he wanted to obtain better quality Dun Dun peach plants by allowing them to mutate naturally, he could only rely on quantity. His own five acres of land (after obtaining the Eye of God, he discussed with the residents of Huachengguo and rented four more acres of land) were not enough, so he had to visit various plantations during the Dun Dun peach fruit ripening period.

Then he would have to establish good relations with the owners of each plantation. Fortunately, he was a scholar of the Amiledo College, and the identity of a scholar of the Academy of Teachings was well-known everywhere in Xumi. Those plantation owners would give him some face. He hoped that they would agree to let him go to their orchards to observe the Dun Dun peaches during the ripening season.