Chapter 482: A Salt Crisis Appears in the Small Town

After seeing some traces of Beastman activity, Rongdi was certain that Moonlight and his people had come to cause him trouble.

"So they really are back. Ji Lei, see where they've gone, and once you find them, surround them."

"Don't worry, I've already sent people out. Lone Wolf knows too. He said he can track them. You Beastmen can smell them out, can't you?"

"That's pretty amazing, isn't it?" Rongdi grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and nodded. "Right, as long as Moonlight is here, we can find him. That kid must be coming for me."

"Don't worry, I'll help you kill him. Alright, go back and keep Jiguang company. You don't need to go to the Military Camp today. I'll oversee things myself."

"Then thanks."

Rongdi hadn't expected Ying to be so good to him now, helping him solve so many problems. This only made him more certain that giving up the Na Shan Tribe was the right choice.

And... he had found a sense of accomplishment here!

Just as he was about to leave, Ying suddenly thought of something. "Wait, I also want to discuss something with you."

Hearing this, Rongdi quickly stopped and turned to look at him. "What do you want to discuss?"

Ying thought about how the Na Shan Tribe's land was now vacant. It might as well be used for farming.

Turning it into a great granary—then they'd never have to worry about food, right? He was afraid Rongdi might disagree and had been hesitating, but that tribe was now empty, overgrown with bushes. Rather than leaving it like that, it was better to have people clear it for farming.

"I want to turn your tribe into a great granary. What do you think?"

"A great granary?"

Over here, Rongdi and Ying were discussing the plan to clear all the land of the Na Shan Tribe. Over there, Nan Qinghuan was woken up by Axi.

"Qinghuan, get up quickly!"

Nan Qinghuan was still half-asleep, but hearing this, she immediately sat up. Axi was always so reckless.

Now that A Mu and the others no longer lived here, only she and Ying were left in the house. Since Ying had gone out, she had to answer the door herself.

When she opened it, Axi came running in, panting heavily. "Qinghuan!"

Nan Qinghuan was speechless and rolled her eyes at her. "I thought you were giving birth. You scared me to death. What happened so early in the morning?"

She was already immune to Axi. That girl was always so reckless, with no sense of proportion. Even heavily pregnant, she was still running around. These ancient women weren't afraid of losing the baby.

Truly brave.

"The salt on Market street is so expensive! We can't afford it anymore. Go take a look."

"What? Salt is expensive? Why?"

Salt hadn't been scarce before. How could the price suddenly spike? What Nan Qinghuan hadn't expected was that overnight, the price of salt really had gone up. She went to the Market street and asked around; almost all of it had risen nearly tenfold.

Looking at the salt vendors in front of her, Nan Qinghuan had already asked ten people. They all said the price was the same everywhere around here, that salt could no longer be found.

It couldn't be extracted anymore. It was scarce.

How could this be? If people couldn't afford salt, they would naturally become irritable. And now it wasn't like before. In the past, the tribespeople didn't feel anything was wrong without salt, but ever since she had brought salt back to the Tribe, every household now couldn't do without it at every meal.

So... "Alright, I understand."

"Goddess, would you like to buy some?"

Nan Qinghuan hadn't expected salt to be so expensive, but she felt this matter wasn't that simple.

It had to be man-made manipulation. Someone was hoarding salt to sell at a high price.

She was going to catch this person.

"Axi, go call Dashan over."

Axi knew Qinghuan would have a solution. She quickly went to call Dashan. Dashan was also very busy now, operating the excavator all day to build the beautiful Small Town.

When Dashan arrived, Nan Qinghuan hurriedly asked him to investigate where these salt vendors were buying their salt. When Dashan learned that the price of salt had increased tenfold, he was so shocked he said he'd rather not eat it.

"I'll just go without. What's so great about it?"

Go without salt? How could that be? Not eating it for one meal was fine, but going without it day after day would soon leave everyone too weak to work. Nan Qinghuan knew very well what consequences a lack of salt would bring to everyone.

"Oh, but you can't control that either. What if they insist on selling at that high price? How can we..."

"They are not allowed to sell at such a high price. If they want to do business in the Small Town, they have to follow the market rules. Selling salt at a high price will be strictly cracked down on. Stop dawdling and go handle it. Oh, and where did Ying go?"

Mentioning Ying reminded her of last night. When that man had carried her back, at that moment she felt so happy.

But that man seemed very busy. He had left early in the morning.

Dashan quickly replied, "Something came up this morning. He went to deal with it. He should be back by now."

"Something came up? What happened?"

Dashan quickly told her everything about Rongdi's situation. Hearing this, Nan Qinghuan grew a bit anxious. "I'm going to see how Jiguang is doing."

"Nan Qinghuan!"

Jiguang had actually come too. After her wedding, her mood had become very good. She was wearing a dress. Though the workmanship was rough, it counted as a gorgeous garment in these ancient times.

"I was just about to go find you. So, how was your wedding night? Not bad, huh?"

Mentioning this, Jiguang was speechless. She shrugged. "Don't even mention it. What a lousy luck."

"What happened?"

The two walked and talked. After hearing the whole story, Nan Qinghuan understood. "A Beastman cut off his own wings? What does that mean?"

Could it be that someone had come to take revenge on Rongdi? "How should I know? Rongdi and your man have already gone to check. Whoever it is, I'm going to catch them. How dare they ruin my good time? I'm not done with them."

"Oh, come on. You're a real Beastman's wife now."

"Look who's talking. You're no different. Don't go wandering around with that big belly. What if you give birth? That would be terrible."

"Don't worry, it's still early."

"Have you checked?"

Jiguang knew that Nan Qinghuan understood some traditional Chinese medicine, so naturally she could examine herself.

"I've checked. The due date is still two months away. Probably around May."

Jiguang glanced at her belly. It was quite big and bulging.

"That's not certain. I heard from Axi that ancient men's seeds are especially potent. You might have a premature birth. You'd better not run around. What if you end up snake..."

"Qinghuan, someone wants to see you."

"Axi walked slowly from behind, 'There's a person who says they want to see you; they know why Salt is so expensive?'"

"Person?"

"Nan Qinghuan was a little cautious; everyone she could know was already on this Small Town, where could there be any outsiders? 'Yes, he said his name is A Tu, he knows why Salt is so expensive, wants to talk to you; the person is now at the Tea House.'"

"Yes, now the Town already has a Tea House; those who meet the conditions can go there to drink tea and chat."

"Aurora also understood, 'I'll go with you to see what this person is up to?'"

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