Suhlen was lying on a rocking chair under a tree, munching on sunflower seeds. Not far away, a fierce battle was taking place. Both sides were Barbarians, but the scene was a little strange.
The battle was completely one-sided, but this kind of result was actually very normal. After all, one side was a newly joined Giant Bear Tribe and was only a level 2 Barbarian, while his opponent was a level 4 Giant Axe Warrior. There was a difference of two levels between the two sides.
"Boom!"
A figure fell heavily to the ground. The winner was decided.
This battle was not arranged by Suhlen. In fact, it was requested by Boulder. He wanted to show Suhlen the bravery of the Bear Tribe's warriors. Suhlen tried to persuade him not to fight. He believed in their bravery, but Boulder felt that Suhlen was just patronizing him, so he insisted on fighting with Johnson.
Suhlen could only agree. What happened next almost made Boulder think that they were fighting Frost Giants. In front of Johnson and the others, the young men in his tribe were like children who had just learned to walk. They were no match for them at all.
It was just that he had arranged to have sex with her, no, the battle that he had arranged, even if he had tears in his eyes, he had to finish it. When the last warrior was thrown out of the arena, the battle finally ended.
Looking at the despondent Boulder, Suhlen felt a little guilty. Had he gone too far this time? He wanted to comfort him, but in the next second, Boulder dragged Johnson to eat.
The arrival of more than a hundred Barbarians from the Bear Tribe doubled the number of warriors in the territory. However, the food supply became tight again. These Barbarians all had huge appetites. They ate two to three times more than a normal person.
After a long period of hunting around the territory, the prey had learned to be smart and would consciously avoid Su Lun's territory. As a result, in addition to fishing every day, there were fewer and fewer game. The winter in the Northern Wilderness was very long, at least four months, so Su Lun had to prepare enough food to survive the winter.
If they couldn't find food in the Wastelands, they would have to buy it in Calt. They needed Kinnar to buy food, and the territory could be said to be extremely poor right now. They simply did not have the money to buy food. Left with no choice, Suhlen began to rummage through his belongings to see if there was anything he could use to exchange for money.
There were a dozen or so low-quality gems in one box. These were spoils of war from previous battles, and their quality varied. If they were sold like this, they would be worth 300 to 400 Kinnar at most. There were also some weapons and equipment, but because they had been given to the barbarians, there weren't many left. If they were all sold, they could be sold for around 1000 Kinnar.
After a rough calculation, there were still 1,400 pieces of Kinnar left. After deducting all kinds of taxes, they could buy about ten wagons worth of supplies from Calt. In the past, with so many supplies, they could survive the winter if they were frugal. However, with the addition of 500 serfs and 150 barbarians, the supplies could only last them for a month at most.
Five thousand mu of potatoes had been planted outside the town. These potatoes would take three to four months to mature. Only then would the territory be considered to have sufficient food. Therefore, Suhlen had to prepare at least four months worth of food in their territory. But now, the territory's food reserves could only last them for a month and a half at most. The gap was as high as two and a half months.
Playing with the gems in his hand, Suhlen suddenly thought of processing these gems into jewelry. After all, the profit from selling raw materials was a few times or even a dozen times greater than the profit from selling finished products.
Suhlen had seen a lot of jewelry from this world at his cheap father's place. To be honest, the craftsmanship of this world's jewelry was not very good. The shapes were monotonous and the styles were old-fashioned. They could not be compared to the jewelry he saw in his previous world.
After finding a few craftsmen, Suhlen handed the gems to them to be polished. Then, he took out a piece of parchment and began to design the jewelry. Because the craftsmen's skills were limited, Suhlen did not dare to design too complicated a design. He only drew a few simple sketches from his memory.
To make this batch of jewelry, Suhlen melted the few pieces of Kinnar he had into gold and let the craftsmen work on them.
The gold was soft, so Suhlen added some other metals to it to increase the strength of the jewelry. Of course, he would not admit that the gold was insufficient.
After a few days, the jewelry Suhlen designed was finally completed. The most valuable one was a pair of bracelets. The best quality gemstones in the treasure chest were a ruby and a sapphire. These two gemstones were embedded in the bracelets. The bracelets were shaped in the image of a phoenix.
Suhlen modified them according to the phoenix images he saw in his previous world. In the end, the bracelets could be called a piece of art. The two gemstones were polished and cut before they were embedded in the bracelets. The cut gemstones were embedded in the eyes and the tail. The largest gemstone was embedded in the body.
"Monseigneur, this pair of bracelets is so beautiful. It's like a piece of art that only elves can make!" Ku Li, who had just become a jewelry master, praised.
"That's right, Lord Jue. This pair of bracelets is so beautiful. The design you designed is amazing!" The craftsmen racked their brains to describe this pair of jewelry bracelets with their own limited vocabulary.
"Wait, what did you just say?" Suhlen suddenly interrupted.
"Err, this pair of bracelets is beautiful?" The craftsmen looked at each other and said.
"No, it's in the front." Suhlen shook his head and continued.
"A piece of art that only elves can make?" Another craftsman asked carefully.
"That's it!" Suhlen clapped his hands and said excitedly, "An elven piece of art!" Then, the exquisite pieces of jewelry left the place excitedly.
"An elven piece of art?" The craftsmen looked at each other and then lowered their heads to continue with their work.
Suhlen took the exquisite jewelry back to the house and asked someone to call Zeon.
"What do you think of these pieces of jewelry?"
"Superb craftsmanship, exquisite beyond compare!" Gene exclaimed in admiration as he looked at the pieces of jewelry in astonishment.
"These are elven pieces of jewelry," Suhlen said calmly.
"What?" Zeon was confused.
"I mean, claim that these pieces of jewelry are elven pieces of art!" Suhlen emphasized the word elven.
"But, but …" Zeon was hesitant.
"No buts!" Suhlen interrupted. "These are elven pieces of art!"
"Such exquisite jewelry can only be made by elves, right?"
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