Chapter 68: Meeting Luo Bote Again

Ore Town.

After the execution ended, it was dusk again.

The orange-yellow radiance and the pale purple twilight intertwined, forming a sky as beautiful as an oil painting.

After thanking Kalen for a long time, the people gradually dispersed, and Xia Mingyu was also ready to leave.

"My lord, there is a person who claims to be the village chief of Fruit Basket Village and wants to see you."

At this time, Old Sean, the butler of Black Wolf Castle, walked up to him and said respectfully.

Luo Bote... Did he also come to watch the execution?

"Bring him over," Xia Mingyu said.

"Lord Mingyu, may the gods protect you..."

Luo Bote greeted while bending down, preparing to kneel on both knees, but fortunately, he was stopped by Xia Mingyu.

"No need to kneel, Mr. Luo Bote; it's been a long time, is there anything you want to see me for?" Xia Mingyu held his arm and gently helped him up.

"Lord Mingyu, I wanted to ask you about the recent situation of the two children, Anliya and Boge; they are still young, and I worry that they might not have served you well..."

Luo Bote looked hesitant, and a trace of worry flashed across his furrowed face.

"Rest assured, they have fulfilled their responsibilities as maid and attendant very well; I should instead thank you for cultivating these two right-hand men for me."

Xia Mingyu smiled slightly and patted his shoulder lightly.

For this old village chief who had always been diligent and conscientious, he still respected him very much; the other party gave him the feeling of a model worker who dedicated himself selflessly to his post.

"That's good..." Luo Bote let out a long sigh as if he had untied a knot in his heart.

"Lord Mingyu, the reason the Lord executed so many evildoers and sent grain to the villages must also be your instruction, right?"

Xia Mingyu nodded slightly, which was considered a tacit agreement.

"Lord Mingyu, you are truly like the God of Sun and Justice descended to the world, selflessly sprinkling your glory on mortals wherever you go; may the gods protect you!"

After confirming what he thought in his heart, Luo Bote's expression couldn't hide his excitement; if it weren't for Xia Mingyu's obstruction, he was afraid he would have bowed down to kiss his shoes.

"By the way, Luo Bote, what is the ability of a farmer?"

Just at this moment, Xia Mingyu looked at the white farmer's blessing on the other party's head and had a sudden whim.

"The ability I obtained is that plowing the land is easier, and some people have obtained the ability to drive away insects from fruit trees..." Luo Bote answered.

"A good ability, then what about a Transcendent rank farmer?" Xia Mingyu thought thoughtfully.

"This... Lord Mingyu, I have never seen a Transcendent rank farmer, but I heard from my ancestors that it seems to be able to increase the yield of farmland," Luo Bote said with some difficulty.

Increase the yield of farmland?!

Does this mean that as long as there is a sufficient number of Transcendent rank farmers, even without agricultural improvement, one can obtain enough grain to feed everyone?

Hearing this, Xia Mingyu immediately fell into deep thought.

He discovered an extremely strange thing.

People regard food as their heaven; for a country, the most important and critical thing is to first ensure the national grain supply, just like some provinces set as granaries.

For this reason, ancient times even extended a social evaluation system like scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, ranking the social status of farmers only below scholars.

And in this world blessed by the world, where intelligent beings are gifted, under normal circumstances, shouldn't a qualified king first develop agriculture and cultivate Transcendent farmers in a regulated manner to meet the national grain supply?

Is the condition for a farmer to promote to Transcendent too harsh, with the input and output not proportional, or was there no intention to let the citizens eat their fill from the beginning?!

Xia Mingyu woke up suddenly; he always felt that the latter possibility was very high, but it was too absurd; how could there be a king who deliberately let the citizens of his own country starve...

"Lord Mingyu, it's getting dark, I need to return to the village as early as possible; please tell Anliya that I am doing well."

At this time, Luo Bote said respectfully.

"Don't you need to send a message to Boge?"

"No need, he... he will only find me, this old thing, annoying," Luo Bote smiled gently.

"May the gods protect you, Lord Mingyu, I will pray for you every day." He bowed and saluted, then turned and gradually disappeared on the street.

Evening, the night curtain hung low, and the stars were scattered sporadically like sesame seeds on a pie.

Library.

Several candlesticks on the wall were burning fiercely, and the layered bookshelves were covered with a layer of yellow light, inexplicably feeling a bit warm.

"Your Highness, is it delicious?"

The beautiful girl with golden hair and blue eyes knelt on the ground, watching the black-haired young man lying on her lap with gentle eyes.

She used her delicate, snow-white hands to take a red fruit that had been washed crystal clear from the basket beside her and fed it to the young man's mouth.

"Delicious."

Xia Mingyu ate the red fruit bite by bite, not forgetting to bite lightly on the girl's slender fingers.

What beautiful hands, who could refuse the impulse to take a bite?

"Your Highness, it's itchy..."

Feeling the warm feeling and slight pain on her fingertips, the girl's pretty face couldn't help but turn shy and red, and she let out a silver bell-like pleasant laugh.

But even so, she didn't pull out her fingers, but instead tightened her thighs to give the young man a better knee pillow feeling.

"Lewd..."

Yilisi, who was lying on the hammock on the side with two snow-white little feet raised, blocked her eyes with a heavy book, blushing and thinking in her heart.

"Your Highness, I specially made some venison pepper pies for you, would you like to taste them?" Anliya said softly.

As the maid of His Highness, no one in the castle dared to let her do any work, even if she volunteered.

Therefore, in the castle, she spent her time every day reading cookbooks in the library and learning to make all kinds of delicacies, so that she could soothe His Highness's hungry stomach at any time.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I really have no appetite..." Xia Mingyu recalled the landscape he lit today, his mouth twitched and he refused.

Hey, these days, he was either killing people or setting fires, and he hadn't wanted to eat meat for several days.

"I see..." A trace of disappointment flashed across Anliya's face.

It wasn't because the hard-made delicacies were rejected, but because she was worried about Xia Mingyu's body; eating vegetarian for a long time was very bad for the body.

"Today, I met Luo Bote; I told him that you and Boge are very diligent, he was very happy and also asked me to tell you that everything is fine."

Looking at the girl's disappointed look, Xia Mingyu stroked her snow-white neck and said softly.

After hearing the news about her foster father, the corners of Anliya's mouth lifted slightly, but soon her expression became uneasy again.

"Speak freely." Xia Mingyu glanced at her and said lightly.

For Anliya, he was now so familiar that he could guess what she was thinking by her expression.

"Your Highness, Boge has been worried these days about whether you are willing to officially appoint him as an attendant," Anliya said cautiously.

In this world, there are two types of attendants: one is an attendant in name, and the other is a noble of Transcendent rank who uses an extremely limited number of appointment quotas to modify their identity blessing to attendant.

The bond between the latter and the lord is far beyond the former, just like Knight Solin and Viscount Hughes.

"I see..." Xia Mingyu thought thoughtfully.

No wonder Boge had been wanting to speak but stopping these days, his face flushed as red as a monkey's butt; he thought it was a side effect of the hunter.

Appointing an attendant to his blessing should refer to the ability of being a comrade with the son, right?

He was also quite curious about what kind of exclusive blessing Boge would awaken with his potential and will.

"Tomorrow, I will officially appoint him as an attendant," Xia Mingyu said calmly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 69 =====