The City Lord of Gold Sun City was called Feng Ji. He was a Cat Clan Elite with Quasi-Heaven Rank strength.
With this strength, other than in Tianhua Region, he would probably be killed by a bandit leader in a second. But among the dozens of cities nearby, his strength could be said to be in the top five. In Tianhua Region, the closer the City Lords and King were to the battle zone, the stronger they were. Most of the City Lords who did not directly participate in the battle were below Heaven Rank. Some were even Earth Rank Level 6.
Feng Ji was not originally the City Lord of Gold Sun City.
He was an adventurer who came to Tianhua Region to train. Because the previous City Lord of Gold Sun City died in battle, the personal guard captain and butler who took over died in battle, there was no one who could take over the position of City Lord. So he took over Gold Sun City.
Adventurers like him who took over the position of City Lord were not rare in Tianhua Region.
Although the requirements for the City Lords in the periphery of Tianhua Region were not high, there were still a few empty City Lord positions. No one was willing to take over the mess. For example, there was Sheep Foot City not too far away from Gold Sun City. Because of the lack of minerals, the barren land, and the natural and man-made disasters, the citizens were all in a state of hunger after being heavily taxed. So no one was willing to take over the place. The King could only send a small team of garrison troops to manage the place and barely maintain law and order. If it was a large business group outside, sending a representative to take over the position of City Lord would be more popular in Tianhua Region. Strength was not important, but they had to complete the battle preparation tasks assigned by the higher-ups. Other than that, the higher-ups did not interfere with the actions of the City Lords.
It could be said that places like Gold Sun City and Sheep Foot City, which were in the periphery and lacked special products, had long been forgotten by the higher-ups.
"Where do you expect me to make so much food? I have no choice! " Feng Ji was angrily shouting at his butler, Sha Tong, "It's not that I don't want to care about those citizens, but I have no choice! The last seeds have been given to them to plant. How would I know that those seeds were sold by profiteers? I don't know, I don't know agriculture, and I don't know breeding. I used to be a mercenary who could feed himself and his family … I didn't come here to take over the position. I didn't want to be a City Lord, but this place is too chaotic. I just wanted to contribute to Ai cao's hometown! You want me to conjure out grains and seeds? Do you think I'm a god? You know how much money I have in my treasury. The last of my funds have all been given to the profiteers to buy those damned seeds. Now the seeds have been fried by the profiteers and can't sprout. Can you blame me for that? You can do whatever you want, I've had enough! "
"Lord, if there's no food, I dare say that half of the people in Gold Sun City will starve to death within a month!" Steward Sha Tong had a bitter expression on his face. Of course, he knew the City Lord's difficulties, but apart from reaching out to him, what else could he do? After all, Feng Ji was the governor and he was the most powerful person!
"I don't know what to do!" Feng Ji roared, "I've also been frugal. I've been starving for three whole months. In these three months, I haven't had a full meal. There's no way I can continue being such a cowardly City Lord. You can choose another City Lord. Whoever wants to do it can do it. I really don't have the ability to feed hundreds of thousands of people! "
"This …" Butler Sha Tong sighed.
He knew how difficult it was for Feng Ji because he also didn't have the ability to feed hundreds of thousands of people.
The shortage of food was not just a problem for Gold Sun City, but the entire Tianhua Region. Other than some rich lands in the Tianhua Region, the rest of the regions were poor.
The war had caused too many laboring men to die on the battlefield. Most of the people left in the outer regions were the old, the weak, the women, and the children. Other than the necessary garrison personnel and the severely injured and disabled, any adult, regardless of gender, regardless of race, as long as they had a certain level of fighting ability, would be transferred to the military camp in the war zone for intensive training. Then, they would be sent to the battlefield to fight in the Domain Emperor's War that could end anytime.
The food supply was almost finished. Without seeds and crops, it meant that the next harvest would be zero.
About a month later, all the grass, tree bark, and livestock would be finished. Finally, hundreds of thousands of starving people would enter the same tragedy as the disaster areas in Sheep Hoof City.
Exchanging children for food …
This wasn't the first time Sha Tong had seen such a tragic situation.
Could it be that Gold Sun City would also become a land of death filled with bones and corpses?
"Sir, Sir, there's good news, good news!" The world's poorest grain merchant, Oppa, rushed in with a flushed face and knocked Sha Tong, the starving and skinny butler, to the ground.
"Oppa, a merchant is here? It's a miracle that there are merchants willing to come to such a poor region like ours? "Sha Tong didn't have time to get up and directly grabbed Oppa's leg and asked.
"Where are the merchants?" Feng Ji was also very welcoming, but after asking this question, he revealed a bitter expression. "We have no money."
"They don't want money, they don't want money!" Oppa shook his head and waved his hands excitedly.
"There are merchants in this world who don't want money?" Feng Ji didn't believe it. If merchants didn't want money, then all the pigs in the world would know how to climb trees!
"Yes, that's right. They don't want a single gold coin from us. No, they don't want magic crystals either. Honestly speaking, if we give them our low-grade magic crystals for free, they won't even want them … You can't imagine what kind of merchant group would come to our place. There are a total of 50 ships with provisions and 10 ships filled with fine wine. My god, if those goods could enter the battlefield, I dare say that even the kings would be badly beaten … I'm done talking. Yes, yes, back to the trade. They don't want our money, they only want the various weapons that they retrieved from the battlefield! "Oppa was so happy that his words were a little incoherent.
"Have you lost your mind? We are in the periphery, not the battlefield. How could there be any weapons? Furthermore, those are prohibited goods. Those who trade with us will be beheaded! "Sha Tong denied the possibility of such a trade.
"That's right, you're right. But what I want to say is, what is the purpose of them wanting weapons? They wouldn't be interested in ordinary weapons like the electric sparkle ore. We can use the electric sparkle ore to exchange for a large amount of rations! City Lord and Butler Sha, think about it. 50 ships, each of which is a hundred meters long. As long as we take them down, it won't be a problem for the entire city to starve to death! "Oppa quickly explained.
"I say, Oppa, lower your voice. The electric sparkle ore was forbidden by the Domain Emperor himself …" Sha Tong felt that his heart was beating like a drum, but he couldn't deny that he was tempted.
Was there anything more terrifying than starving to death in this world?
No!
Rather than being beheaded, it was better to fill one's stomach first and die a full death!
When Oppa saw that Sha Tong, a diehard member, was starting to relent, he quickly struck while the iron was hot. "We are not trading, City Lord. We are just expressing our sincerity to our distinguished guests. As a proof of our friendship, we will give them a small gift, and they will generously repay us with the rations that we urgently need. Even if the higher-ups know about this, I believe they won't punish us severely. After all, there is a shortage of rations everywhere, and the king is also having a headache! "
Feng Ji felt that this idea wasn't bad.
However, he was worried about how much rations could the little electric sparkle ore in the Golden Sun City be exchanged for?
No matter what, he had to calm the other party down first. If the other party left with the ships, then everything would be over.
The three of them decided to take the risk and pulled a few other merchants who were equally poor to visit the leader of the merchant group. Anyway, this trade was a trade of beheading. If they lived, they would live together. If they died, they would die together. No one would be left behind!
When he saw the fifty ships, even Feng Ji, the Lord of the Golden Sun City, couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. Damn it, if only it wasn't the City Lord.
If he was still a thief in the past, he might as well rob a fat sheep.
A business without any capital.
It was better than risking his life to make a trade.
When he saw that the other party had five Heaven Rankers as guards, he was so scared that his body went limp. If he really robbed them, he wouldn't even be able to keep his skin! Without a few Heaven Rankers among the fifty ships, even with the protection of the Domain Emperor's token, they wouldn't be able to enter the central battleground. However, where did this Titan Business Group come from? Five Heaven Rankers as guards. Such a large sum of money was not inferior to the top ten merchant groups!
"You are the City Lord? Let's not talk too much. Our request is very simple. As long as you hand over the electric flower ores, other than food, we can also provide you with seeds! "Bao Gu expressed his position. He only wanted the electric flower ores and nothing else.
"Seeds?" When Feng Ji heard this, his heart beat faster. In the Tianhua Region, seeds were definitely the root of life. They could do without anything but seeds!
"The purity of our electric flower ores isn't high. Moreover, the King only collects them once every three months. Our stock is insufficient." Sha Tong, the butler, lowered his head.
He had to lower his head.
Because he could already tell that the other party was a super luxurious merchant group. They probably wouldn't care about the small stock of the Golden Sun City.
As long as they drove the ships into the battleground, the Kings would fight to trade the electric flower ores.
Although it was forbidden by the Domain Emperor, there were exceptions to everything, right?
Such a luxurious and wealthy super merchant group would usually be able to get the Domain Emperor's special approval …
"We really don't care about the little stock we have. We need a large amount of electric flower ores, a very large amount! "When Fatty Jia De said this, Feng Ji, oppa and Sha Tong almost fell into despair. They were pleading when Fatty Jia De waved his hand and proposed a plan. "How about this, we invest in mining here. You will be responsible for providing labor and we will provide food. We will allow you to exchange your wages for food. At the same time, we can also provide you with some seeds. In return, you will send as many people as possible to mine the electric flower ores. As for the purity, you don't have to worry about that."
"No problem, we don't lack manpower here!" Oppa was afraid that Feng Ji and Sha Tong would hesitate and agreed on his own.
"I might as well give the Golden Sun City to you. I am an incompetent City Lord. Moreover, any one of you is stronger than me. You can send someone to be the City Lord of the Golden Sun City. You can do whatever you want …" Feng Ji felt that he was really useless. As a dignified City Lord, not only did he not have the Gold-grade armor of the other party's guards, he even had to starve.
He took off the City Lord Ring, the only token that represented his identity, and stuffed it into Jia De's hand.
Then he held Bao Gu's hand. "Captain, can I be a guard here?"
This guy's shocking actions made Bao Gu and Jia De dumbfounded.
There was such a thing?
Sha Tong and Oppa also cried out like resentful women. "City Lord, you can't abandon us. If you leave, what will happen to us in the future?"
Feng Ji waved his hand. "Stop, stop, stop. I am no longer your City Lord. To be honest, I have had enough of this damned City Lord position! I don't have that ability, and I don't like to worry about the food and drink of hundreds of thousands of people. Ever since I became the City Lord, I have not been happy for a day! Even when I was at my lowest, I was not as poor as I am now, and I have never been as hungry as I am now. If I have to starve to death as a City Lord, why would I want to be a City Lord? Why don't I be a guard, or a mercenary like before? At least, I can still eat my fill! "
"Kid, you are not qualified to be a guard!" Zhong Guan and the others laughed until their stomachs hurt. How many people wanted to be a City Lord? But now, as an expert of a City Lord, he was worried about starving to death in office. This was truly a huge joke.
"My strength is lacking, but I have good skills and talent. Although I can't grow food, I am good at scouting and tracking!" Feng Ji quickly fought for it.
"The problem is, although I am the Captain, there is still a master above me." Bao Gu laughed. "Unless you can obtain the master's permission, it is useless no matter how strong you are. How many experts break their heads to become guards? There are even experts of Heaven Stage level 4, but they are not qualified. Here, in addition to ability, loyalty is also important. To be honest, I doubt your loyalty, because you can leave a city just because you are hungry! "
"You have a master above you?" Feng Ji was dumbfounded. What was the background of this merchant group? The master of a Heaven Stage expert, was that the king? Or was it an even more powerful existence?
"Master said that if you can find a way to cross the Still Swamp, then you can be temporarily hired as a guard for a trial period of three months."
Yue Yang was on the luxury yacht and sent a female Dragon Person from the Heaven Realm to pass the message.
Although Feng Ji was unwilling to be a starving City Lord, it seemed that there was a problem with his loyalty.
But if one looked at things from two sides, one would find that this fellow from the Cat Clan was actually not bad. If it was another City Lord, even in a poor city, would he starve? At least, it could prove that Feng Ji did not exploit the commoners to obtain wealth. He might not be qualified to be a City Lord, but it should not be a problem for him to be a pathfinder and use his specialty.
Moreover, it was indeed better to let people like Bao Gu and Jia De take over Gold Sun City than to let Feng Ji do everything.
In the mountains near Gold Sun City, the reserves of electric flower ore were not bad, but it was difficult to mine.
The problem here was that there was not enough manpower and technology to mine, which resulted in low production. If they had the technology to mine the Thunder Ore in the Thunder Fortress, with a large number of manpower, the electric flower ore might not be enough to become an elite weapon on the battlefield, but it would be enough for Yue Yang to refine a Beast Bracelet.
"Still Swamp, that's a land of death!" Feng Ji's face changed when he heard this.
"We don't want cowards!" Fatty Jia De tried to goad him.
"Who said I'm a coward? You guys found the right person. If it was someone else, they really wouldn't be able to cross the Still Swamp. Even I, who escaped from the Still Swamp, only had a 30% chance of success … You guys don't know, that place is too scary, it's basically a land of death that can't be crossed. If you want to cross the Still Swamp, other than strength and experience, the most important thing is luck! " Feng Ji bowed to the female Dragon Person who was still waiting for an accurate reply. His eyesight was not bad, he knew that this female Dragon Person's position was actually higher, at least higher than the few real guards who had the strength of Heaven Stage. Feng Ji's attitude was very respectful, and his words were also very sincere: "If you want to cross the Still Swamp, other than me, you need to find another person from another place. The two of us are indispensable."
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