Chapter 79 Finding the Root

Chapter 79 Finding the Root

Chapter 79 Finding the Root
The four village chiefs had not shown up just now, but now they were wandering anxiously outside the castle when they saw that the new lord was so powerful. Danny quickly brought them to the lord.

Ivan discovered that all four of them were strong young men, and they should be hunters in the village.

"Let's talk about the refugees first. You have screened the refugees, so I can trust you. But they cannot use their original names. They need someone to guarantee them. Each refugee needs three households to sign or leave their fingerprints. If there is a problem, they will all bear the responsibility. Can you do it?"

He chose to turn a blind eye to the refugees. In the new territory, they were a mess anyway. As the lord, he did not bother to identify whether they were refugees or not, and the other nobles could not make a fuss about it either.

"Don't worry, lord. We will definitely do it."

The four of them looked at each other, the head of Fengchou Village was the first to agree, and the others also promised.

"No one can guarantee that they will get out of my territory." Ivan said unceremoniously. He looked at his brother Paul and said, "Brother Paul, you supervise them."

"Okay, my lord." Paul did not shirk his responsibility.

Ivan has said that he will leave in a month. He has discussed the arrangements for Sanggu Territory with his family. The family will move from Flying Fish Port to Sanggu Territory. Paul will temporarily serve as the sheriff and may also be responsible for taxation in the future. Reed will be responsible for training guards to protect the territory.

Biman will leave, and his idea is still to join the Grand Duke's Glorious Knights. With Ivan's identity as a baron, it will be easier for him to achieve his goal.

The only thing that was not considered clearly was the Giant Shield Mercenaries.

Compared with the title, the mercenary group is insignificant, this is what Lede thinks.

He would ask the mercenaries who were willing to settle in Sanggu Territory, and leave the rest to Dane who could keep the situation under control.

It's just a pity to do so. After all, the mercenaries have always supported the Marichatton family, and no one has caused any trouble for many years.

"That's it for now. If there are other arrangements, I will post the decree directly."

Ivan had no plans to take any drastic action, and any ideas he had would be put aside for solving the Sangling problem.

After sending away the four village chiefs, Ivan led a group of people to the front ridge of Sangling.

The two Sanglings together cover an area of ​​1,200 acres, which is more than twice the area of ​​the triangle area in the middle. The land in the triangle area is barren. If there were no two Sanglings in front and behind, Sanggu Territory could be said to have little value.

Climbing to the top of the mountain, looking around, you can see dead mulberry trees all around, big and small, as if they had been burned by a fire. But looking at the ground, you can see weeds and trees growing well. If it weren't for the people who often come to clean it up, the mulberry forest would probably become a paradise for weeds and trees.

Old Hank pointed to the stumps left after some trees were cut down and explained, "A few years ago, Lord Bart ordered the cutting down of a large number of sick mulberry trees because he thought it was some kind of infectious disease."

Ivan nodded slightly, and then he went to another place to take a closer look. He couldn't see anything from the outside of the trees, and found no obvious signs of ant borers.

"Are there any mulberry trees left?"

"Yes, this way please."

Following Old Hank, we came to a place where mulberry trees were taller than the rest.

The living mulberry trees are all over 20 years old. The oldest one is 109 years old. The only 100-year-old tree requires four people to hug it. It is now half-dead and can no longer grow mulberry leaves. These are the hard work of the Bart family.

Ivan stretched out his finger and poked it casually. His finger easily pierced through the bark and sank into the trunk.

It wasn't that his fingers were hard, but that the trunk was too fragile. It didn't look like a century-old tree at all. Instead, it looked as if its nutrients had been drained away by something.

"Is it a curse? Like a curse of evil."

An idea suddenly popped up in his mind, but then he felt it was impossible. He had never heard of cursing only the mulberry trees. The trees on the other side of the Black Mist Forest were alive and well.

Could it be that some strange monster escaped from the Black Mist Forest?
At the side, Old Hank's pupils shrank slightly when he saw this. He didn't expect that this lord was also a knight who mastered fighting spirit. He was really unfathomable. No wonder he could become a baron at such a young age.

"Father, have you found anything?"

"No, the tree roots died directly. There are no signs of gnawing, and there is no problem with the soil anywhere."

After checking everywhere without any result, Ivan asked his family to take care of other things, and said that he would handle the problem of Sangling. Led and others had no objection, and before they knew it, Ivan became the one who gave orders at home. He was a little uncomfortable at first, but Led and others thought it was natural, that this was the weight of the title, and he got used to it.

That night.

This was their first night in Sanggu Territory. As the lord, Ivan had to stay in Sangling. He didn't have much time and had to solve the hidden problems in Sangling before leaving.

Ivan spread a tiger skin under the century-old mulberry tree. It was a gift from the village chief of Fengchou Village. He didn't believe that there would be no movement at all.

The night is filled with the chirping of insects and the roaring of animals, interweaving into a noisy wild song.

Beeman approached in the dark and sat next to him: "I still can't believe it. You became a wizard and a lord just like that."

"Yeah, I can't believe it either." Ivan noticed that there were many more fires in Sangling, and couldn't help asking, "Are they all awake?"

Biman said, "With you, the lord, guarding the forest, who can go back to sleep? Padget and Sean are searching over there with Paul, and even the four village chiefs have brought people here, but no one has come here to disturb you."

“It seems like everyone is very enthusiastic.”

There aren't many plants in Sangling, so Ivan doesn't have to worry about the safety of his younger brothers and sisters.

Seeing that he didn't even bring a light, Beaman asked curiously, "Do wizards have such strong eyesight?"

"Should be able to see it more clearly than the Great Knight."

"I actually went for the test and I don't have wizarding qualifications."

"It's good to practice fighting spirit."

"But I can't even sense the seeds of life now."

The two chatted casually, and Ivan could sense Biman's distress.

Indeed, his younger brother's career is booming, but as his older brother, he has made no progress in anything. This comparison sometimes makes him feel a strong sense of loss.

Ivan patted his shoulder and said comfortingly, "Why think so much? We will get over this hurdle eventually. Since you are not in a hurry to go to the capital, why don't you go back to Flying Fish Harbor tomorrow to help me buy the materials for the Azure Potion. Also, bring a letter to Miss Purney of the Hobson family. I need her to do me a favor."

Biman's words made Ivan realize that the problem with the family-inherited Giant Frog Breathing Method also needed to be solved. He planned to find a way to upgrade the Knight's Breathing Technique to level 4, and then start to solve the hidden dangers of the Giant Frog Breathing Method.

In addition, he has a bold idea related to the buds of spring.

Hearing his request, Biman agreed.

It was late at night, and Ivan gave a special order for everyone else to go back and rest.

Ivan continued to pay attention to the movements around him. He had extraordinary hearing and keen observation brought by his mental power. He could also detect changes in energy particles. Even under slight mental pressure, weak creatures like mosquitoes and moths would instinctively not approach him.

However, he stayed there for most of the night but didn't notice anything.

However, his hands were not idle. He condensed a spring bud every half an hour, then selected an insect he named "Cold Water Midge" and implanted it into its body.

He basically gave up on the Bubble Leech, as it turned out that the possibility of the Bubble Leech carrying the Spring Bud was very small.

Just after planting a spring bud into the body of the winter water midge, Ivan looked at the tree trunk in front of him and blinked several times. He seemed to have seen some strange movement just now. A moth lying on the tree was absorbed by the old mulberry tree like water.

Can this tree eat insects?

He suddenly stood up and stepped back a long distance, staring at the century-old mulberry tree vigilantly.

(End of this chapter)