Chapter 887

"Oh? Is the Does Bailie people's territory not good?" He He Lingchuan asked curiously. "I heard that the place is fertile and rich in products." "Not good, not good." The man shook his head. "No matter how the Qing Nation is, it is stable. If you go to Does Bailie, you might be requisitioned halfway through your business!"

"Forcibly requisitioned? How did this happen?"

Any country, any force, must ensure the stability of the economic environment.

Unless absolutely necessary, how could the Does Bailie people "requisition" the money and goods of foreign merchants?

The Yuan Nation fought wars and used every possible means to raise food and pay, but no matter how they squeezed the people's fat and cream internally, they didn't dare to "requisition" the silver of cross-border banks like the Fenglong Bank.

You can't control "foreign capital," so you have to treat it a little better.

"Isn't the Mou Nation fighting with Between Beijia in the west? They always need these surrounding small countries to help raise military supplies; hehe, this is no secret. I heard that once they were urged too urgently, and the Does Bailie people really didn't have any in their hands, so they urgently requisitioned the foreign merchants'... you know." The diner shrugged.

Someone else interjected: "It's a must-sell, my uncle is one. He had two warehouses of grain taken away by Does Bailie, leaving behind a few exchange tickets, saying that he could find the official to exchange them after three months. But that price, oh my, it's so cheap, less than sixty percent of the market price. Grain was expensive at the beginning of the year, and the purchase price was more than sixty percent."

"And there is a time limit."

"Yes, yes, there is a time limit. If you don't exchange it within a year, even this little money will be gone."

"Isn't that still requisitioning?" The previous diner sucked a marinated snail and spat. "Anyway, that disturbance was very big, and many merchants withdrew, no matter how the Does Bailie people comforted them. Now who is willing to go there?"

"Oh, are the Does Bailie people and the Mou Nation on such good terms?" Qiu Hu drank some water. "The Mou Nation doesn't ask the Qing Nation for things, but asks the Does Bailie people?"

"Who said the Mou Nation doesn't ask the Qing Nation? But it's not every time." Everyone laughed. "Can't run, can't run."

"The Ya Nation in the east is also always beating Does Bailie. If it weren't for hugging the thigh of the Mou Nation, the Does Bailie people wouldn't be able to gain a foothold here long ago."

He He Lingchuan shook his head secretly.

The territory of the Qing Nation is not much larger than the Fu Nation; in his eyes, it is a small country, but the Does Bailie people dare not easily offend it.

And there is the Ya Nation—he has only heard the name of this country—that can also beat Does Bailie.

What is the difference between the so-called descendants of immortals and mortals today? Family status will decline, bloodlines will become thin, and only ability will follow people.

He He Lingchuan packed two more portions of food and then settled the bill and left.

Returning to the inn courtyard, Dong Rui, who had finished washing up, came over rubbing his hands: "What delicious food did you bring back?"

He was full of expectation, but He He Lingchuan only pushed a bag of fried rice and a cage of fish-meat dumplings to him. The dishes at Old Yao's Salty Fish Stall were all delicious, but it was inconvenient to pack soups and waters.

He was very disappointed with He He Lingchuan: "Just this?"

"Doesn't money have to be spent sparingly?" He He Lingchuan said seriously. "There are more than a dozen big-bellied men here, plus a Mother Zhu whose appetite is comparable to ten people; we will sit and eat until the mountain is empty in the blink of an eye."

Dong Rui picked up his chopsticks with a look of disgust and shoveled the rice into his mouth.

Hey, delicious!

"Isn't money a small matter?" He chewed the rice grains, his speech slurred. "I'll find a rich merchant fat sheep, slaughter him with one knife, and it will be enough to eat for many days."

Mother Zhu just walked out, and upon hearing this, she scratched her belly with her front paws: "Where is it enough to eat?" It was only enough for her to take two sips.

"... I mean the rich merchant's money is enough for us to eat and drink for many days!"

That's right, so many people, these few months, have all been eating He He Lingchuan's and drinking He He Lingchuan's. Fresh food and water during the voyage were the most expensive, but he and Mother Zhu could drink and play whenever they had nothing to do; that was all paid for by He He Lingchuan.

If that man surnamed He doesn't find a way to make money, he will sit and eat until the mountain is empty sooner or later.

"If you kill someone, you have to change places; no wonder you are a wanted criminal." He He Lingchuan grabbed a dumpling and put it in his mouth. "We will stay longer this time; if we do well, we won't leave in the future."

He asked Mother Zhu again: "Where is your sister?"

There is a strange and powerful way of communication between these twin sisters. After he and Mother Zhu made a scene in the Heavenly Palace, Mother Zhu's sister could immediately slip out of the Demon Nest Swamp to meet them. So, Mother Zhu should know her sister's whereabouts now, right?

"A forest canyon." Mother Zhu said. "Six hundred miles east of the Mou Nation."

"How far from here?"

"At least two hundred miles. Counting the terrain, it's further." Mother Zhu basically said the straight-line distance.

"I thought she would stay in the Mou Nation." The Mou Nation has many Taoist sects; don't they welcome great monsters like Mother Zhu's sister?

"What if the Mou Nation loses the war and offers my sister up? For safety's sake, she didn't go to the Mou Nation." Mother Zhu's sister is the second on the Between Beijia wanted list; no one knows how many people are looking for her openly or secretly, and it's not easy for her to show her face in the Mou Nation. Now the Mou Nation and Between Beijia are attacking and defending each other and fighting fiercely, but what if it loses in the end? It might just offer Mother Zhu's sister up to pay for the crime.

And the probability of this "what if" seems to be not small; Between Beijia is recognized as the number one powerful country today.

The victorious country has the right to ask for anything.

"As expected of Mother Zhu's sister, she is far-sighted." He He Lingchuan gave a thumbs up. "Is she living well there?"

"Average." Mother Zhu shook her head. "The mountains here all have owners. For my sister to gain a foothold, it's not enough to just beat away the original landlord; she also has to go to the Mou Nation to report for approval. You know, the territory she needs is large, and the terrain requirements are also special. So she and the original landlord are both very unhappy."

Earth-hole spiders originally like to live in environments with crisscrossing gullies and connected earth holes, preferably karst caves, which are cool and humid, suitable for the growth of bacteria and algae.

The problem is, this kind of environment is also liked by other monsters.

Mother Zhu's sister also has a whole family to support, so the territory she wants to occupy certainly won't be small.

Just looking at her mode of getting along with other great monsters in the Demon Nest Swamp, one knows that her neighborhood relations in her new home probably won't be harmonious either.

He He Lingchuan said happily: "We are going to be neighbors again; we will find time to visit her and reminisce about the old days."

Dong Rui was also quite happy: "There are several kinds of mushrooms growing on Mother Zhu's sister's bacterial mat; they are very good for roasting fish!"

Mother Zhu raised her front paws and wiped her eyes. How could she open her mouth to make this guy understand—no, to make these two guys understand—that her sister doesn't welcome them!

In the evening, the members of the outgoing team returned one after another.

Everyone sat in the courtyard to cool off, sighing with comfort.

So spacious, so stretched, so stable.

Afterward, everyone talked about the news they had inquired about outside: "Since Blade Harbor was rented out, the Does Bailie people have lost two more territories, both occupied by the Ya Nation in the east. Have you heard of the Ya Nation before?"

Everyone shook their heads one after another. Things in distant foreign lands had never been heard of before.

"The Ya Nation is a country established by the Hengding people, bordering Does Bailie to the west; thirty-some years ago, it was still a tribe on the plains, good at riding and shooting."

(End of chapter)