Laura and the others sat in the carriage while Searle and the others followed. Now that they were out of Stony Mountain, Laura and the others didn't speak.
After a while, Laura opened the windows on both sides of the carriage and said to Searle, "Searle, have you eaten?"
Searle stared blankly. He didn't know what Laura meant. Although he was Laura's chief bodyguard, Laura had never cared about whether he had eaten or not. But since Laura asked, he couldn't not answer. He immediately nodded and said, "Replying to the young lady, we have eaten."
Laura quickly asked, "What did you eat?"
Searle couldn't help but feel strange, but he still said, "The food was delivered by Mr. Zhao Hai's undead. There were flatbread, rabbit meat, and several vegetables, but I haven't seen them before."
Laura asked, "How was the taste?"
Searle nodded and said, "It's very delicious. Moreover, all the vegetables and meat that they brought seemed to be magic vegetables. Their magic power is very strong, much stronger than ordinary vegetables. One of the dishes seems to be a magic radish dish, which is several times better than the magic radish in our store."
Laura nodded and closed the window. She turned to Quinn John and said, "Grandpa Quinn John, what do you think?"
Quinn John looked at Laura and said, "Unfathomable. Zhao Hai must have a big influence behind him. He should be a spokesperson for this big influence. But what makes me feel strange is, which big influence on the continent would use this kind of method to make money? Those big influences have their own distribution network, so it shouldn't be our turn. Could it be that they are specifically targeting us? "
Then Quinn John immediately shook his head, denying his own guess. "Impossible. Right now, our enemies are at most the heirs of the Markey Dell clan, but we can't be regarded as their real enemy. After all, our current scene is too small compared to the other members of the Markey Dell clan. We can't be regarded as a threat to them, and they wouldn't send people to scheme against us. Moreover, the Markey Dell clan hasn't gotten any fire fishes, while Zhao has a lot of fire fishes in his hands. Obviously, it's impossible for our enemies to specially deal with us. We aren't worth the enemy's effort." Quinn John nodded. He didn't know what to say, but he didn't know what to say.
Laura nodded and said, "Yes, from Mr. Zhao Hai's words, we can hear that he seems to have a large territory. This territory can produce a lot of oil fruits, raise fish, run ranches, and even produce fire fishes. I really can't think of anyone else on the continent who has such a territory. Even if there was such a territory, it should have been occupied long ago. Why would Zhao Hai want to cooperate with us?"
Quinn John frowned and said, "This is really hard to say. He said that he has done a lot of research on plants, and it doesn't seem like he was lying. If he didn't do research on plants, it would be impossible for him to make magic radishes of that quality, and it would be even more impossible for him to make vegetables that we haven't seen before. Did you notice when we were eating today? They didn't eat much of the fire fishes, and even the servants were the same. Obviously, in their eyes, fire fishes aren't something rare. Moreover, the blue-eyed rabbits they ate contained magic power that was more than ten times that of ordinary blue-eyed rabbits. As far as I know, there is only one way to raise such blue-eyed rabbits, and that is to feed them with magic vegetables. This shows that he must have an accidental territory, and his territory also produces magic vegetables. It's very likely that he bought blue-eyed rabbits from Casa City in order to make them into breeding rabbits. "
Laura nodded and said, "I told him to form an alliance with the Markey Dell clan, but he didn't want to. He only wanted to form an alliance with us. It doesn't seem like he wants to go against the Markey Dell clan, but it also doesn't seem like he wants to go against us. Moreover, his origin is so mysterious. It's really strange. In the continent, a powerful black magician like him should be a famous figure, but I've never heard of him. The strangest thing is that the level of the warrior at his side isn't low, and the level of the maid magician isn't low either. He can even turn a light magician into a high-level creature. This person's body has too many secrets, right?"
Kun nodded. "Indeed, Zhao's body has a lot of secrets. The warrior beside him is around eighth level. Even if I were to fight him one on one, I'm afraid I would lose. His maid is at least a sixth level mage. Considering her age, she is definitely a magic talent. And his cook is also a mage, and her level is higher than the girl's. If he really has more than a thousand undead summoned beasts, then Zhao's power is not small. In the Purcell Duchy, he can almost do whatever he wants." Kun nodded. "That's right, Zhao has a lot of secrets. Even if I were to fight him one on one, I'm afraid I would still lose. His maid is at least a sixth level mage.
Laura frowned and said, "In any case, it seems that this Zhao Hai doesn't have any malicious intentions towards us. We can do business with him. If he can really provide us with good quality magic radishes, then it would be very good for us. As long as we are careful when doing business with him, then it's fine. After all, having such an ally is much better than having such an enemy. We also need such an ally."
Quinn John nodded and said, "Moreover, I suspect that Zhao Hai's identity isn't as simple as being a black magician. There are many black magicians on the continent, but there aren't many who don't lift their veils when eating. Zhao Hai did this, so it's impossible for him to do this because he's ugly. It must be because he's afraid of others seeing his face."
Laura smiled faintly and said, "No matter what his identity is, it has nothing to do with us. As long as we know that he doesn't have any hostility towards us, then it's fine."
Kun let out a long sigh, then he nodded and said, "The Young Lady is right, no matter who he is, as long as he isn't hostile to us, then he can cooperate with us. However, we still need to pay attention to this person. He hasn't been in Stony Mountain for a long time, but he was able to get so many fire fishes. This in itself isn't an easy thing to do, not to mention that he was able to transport the fire fishes under the watchful eyes of so many people. This in itself shows his strength. He also has a spatial equipment in his hand, and he also knows our whereabouts. It seems like he has also arranged people in Casa City. This person's work is watertight, we must be careful."
He must be very careful. "Laura nodded and said," Grandpa Quinn John, don't worry. I know what to do, but I don't think he will do anything to us. As long as we don't deal with him and maintain a cooperative relationship with him, then there won't be any problems. Grandpa Quinn John, you can see that Mister Zhao Hai has a good impression of us. "
Quinn John smiled and said, "This is true. Hehe, I think he has taken a fancy to you, Young Lady. Otherwise, he wouldn't want to cooperate with us. "
When Laura heard what Quinn John said, she couldn't help but coquettishly say, "Grandpa Quinn John, what nonsense are you talking about? How could Mister Zhao Hai take a fancy to me? Even if he did, I might not necessarily take a fancy to him. He makes himself so mysterious that he doesn't even dare to show his face."
Quinn John couldn't help but laugh, making Laura's face redden even more. Laura's impression of Zhao Hai was very good. After all, Zhao Hai had saved her life, and he was also very mysterious. This made Laura feel grateful to Zhao Hai, but she also felt a trace of curiosity. When a woman was curious about a man, she was afraid that her heart wouldn't be far from falling.
Laura and the others had now made up their minds to cooperate with Zhao Hai. In fact, if it was the Markey Dell clan's patriarch, they would never cooperate with Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai had too many secrets, and secrets meant trouble. Moreover, the strength that Zhao Hai had shown wasn't weak. Generally, large clans wouldn't cooperate with people like him who hid their heads and showed their tails, for fear of being schemed against.
However, Laura wasn't afraid. This was because she didn't have anything worthy of being schemed against by people like Zhao Hai. Although the things that Zhao Hai had shown were from the space, Laura didn't know about the existence of the space. In their view, what Zhao Hai had shown was strength, a strength that almost didn't lose out to the Markey Dell clan. People with such strength wouldn't need to scheme against a small person like her. This was why she dared to cooperate with Zhao Hai.
At this time, Zhao Hai was also preparing to cooperate with Laura. He had to prepare several large empty rooms in the castle for the oil press. He also had to tidy up the mine to raise the blue-eyed rabbits. He also had to check the lake in the mountains with Merine and see if there were any water-type magic beasts.
In the past, the reason why Zhao Hai hadn't made any moves was because he didn't have the funds. Although he had obtained more than a thousand gold coins from Garan and the others, if he didn't have a stable source of income, then these gold coins would be spent sooner or later. Therefore, before Zhao Hai had a deal with Laura, he didn't dare to move these gold coins.
Now that he had formed an alliance with Laura, and three days later, he would receive the first funds. Although it was small, it was still a stable source of income. He believed that in the future, their income would only increase. Therefore, it was time to prepare for the things that he hadn't prepared before.
When Zhao Hai and the others returned to Fort Iron Mountain, it was already afternoon. The slaves weren't idle at this time. A large number of slaves were still repairing the castle. The female slaves were still planting oil trees and alfalfa on the mountain. Iron Mountain was very big, so it was impossible for them to plant everything in a short time. Even if they had finished planting, they couldn't just leave them alone. Now was the time when weeds were overgrown, so they had to watch and weed them.
After Zhao Hai returned, he immediately arranged for people to clean up the rooms. There were still many large rooms in the outer castle. These rooms were originally the castle's warehouses, but since no one lived in them for a long time, they were abandoned. Now, they could be used as the oil press.
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