Chapter 46

  Three days later, a person from Heishi City arrived with the ransom payment, including 10,000 strings of copper coins and some salt, iron, and grain. The one responsible for delivering the ransom was surprisingly Lu Hong. Overall, the handover process went smoothly, and after receiving the gift, Lu Hong did not return to Heishi City but instead took the gift directly to Youzhou City, which shows just how anxious Xue Banquan is.

  During the handover process, Cheng Dalai could hear Lu Hong grinding his teeth with a "crackling" sound. No need to doubt, as long as he freed up his hands, Lu Hong would be the first to clean up the frog village.

  This time difference is an opportunity for the development of Haifu Village.

  Maybe it's the last chance.

  That afternoon, Cheng Dalai set up a wooden notice board on the slope of Ha Ma Zhai Mountain. On it was posted a contract signed and sealed by Xue Banquan in his own handwriting, stating that anyone passing through Ha Ma Zhai would have to pay two percent interest to Ha Ma Zhai, and what they got in return was safe passage out of Qing Niu Shan under the escort of Ha Ma Zhai.

  On the same day, Cheng Dairen let Xu Shenji and Lin Shaoyu ride horses on Qingniu Mountain to beat a circle of gongs, ensuring that each mountain stronghold could hear.

  Dong Dong!

  Dong Dong!

  When this voice came from the foot of the mountain, Gao Fei Hu was driving a donkey to grind grain. He felt a sudden shock in his heart and the winnower in his hand fell to the ground.

  "And there's more good news!"

  After several consecutive incidents like this, Gao Fei Hu already had a psychological shadow, and now the Frog Village is up to something again.

  "What did they stick this time?" Gao Fei Hu asked his younger brother.

  "This time they didn't stick... said it's all stuck outside the Toad Village, if you want to know, go take a look." High Flying Leopard just came back from outside.

  "Send a younger brother to take a look, forget it, you'd better go yourself, hurry up and come back." Gaofei knew it wasn't anything good, but he still wanted to know what was going on at Hamao Village again.

  These days, the frog village has been making a fortune, and Gao Fei Hu is watching with envy in his eyes. He can't help but feel jealous in his heart. However, he has no choice, and when he asks himself, he doesn't dare to rob Lu Hong's place, and even if he did, he wouldn't be able to succeed. But Cheng Da Lei managed to do it, not only did he succeed, but also without any casualties.

  No matter what, Gao Fei had to admit defeat to Cheng Da Lei. If someone else can do something that you can't, then you have to acknowledge it. In the past, no one had heard of Cheng Da Lei's son, and he seemed like a useless glutton who couldn't accomplish anything. But after Cheng Da Lei died, everyone thought that Heiwa Village was doomed, yet his son proved himself in two consecutive battles...

  Gao Fei Hu looked at Cheng Da Lei's harvest and felt envious, sometimes he also wanted to take over the Frog Village, but Lu Hong's miserable situation was still fresh in his memory. No matter how you say it, Lu Hong shouldn't have ended up so miserably, but he did, and Flying Tiger Village wondered if they could escape this disaster if they were to make a move on Frog Village...

  So for now, just think about it and see if there's an opportunity in the future.

  As he thought about these things, a long time had passed. Gao Fei Hu furrowed his brow: How come they haven't returned for so long...

  Gao Fei Bao arrived at Hamlet Ridge and saw a wooden board where many people had gathered, all of whom were mountain bandits from various mountains and strongholds, discussing something.

  "What is pepper... Is pepper the same as Sichuan peppercorn?"

  "After harvesting, one kilogram of chili peppers can be exchanged for one kilogram of grain, how much is the yield of these chili peppers..."

  "It's said that at least over a thousand catties, one catty of chili peppers can be exchanged for one catty of grain, that means the yield per mu is over a thousand, it's impossible!"

  Gaofei Bao listened for a while and then looked at the wooden board again. He barely recognized the words, so he could read what was written on it.

  That is, those who want to plant peppers can go to Hama Village to receive pepper seedlings. When the peppers are harvested, Hama Village will purchase them at a price of one kilogram of peppers for one kilogram of grain.

  This... is a bit far-fetched!

  Usually, the mountain village plants crops, that is, planting some wheat, soybeans, millet... In the field, plant some corn, and a yield of 300 kilograms per mu is considered high-yielding. If it's really as what the frog village said, wouldn't every mu of land be able to produce thousands of kilograms of grain?

  "High school sophomore, what do you think about this matter, is it reliable?"

  "It's reliable, how can it not be reliable? I think everyone should believe in the Toad Village. One mu of land yields thousands of kilograms, and with several mu, a village can make a living."

  "Then I listened to Er Dangjia's words and went to fetch some chili seedlings."

  "Come back, didn't hear that you were being made fun of by a sophomore."

  "Haha, this kid is from which family, so naive." Gao Fei Bao smiled with joy.

  "It's just a wild boar in the woods." Someone said: "I don't think it's true either, I've dreamed of such things before, but never actually seen one happen."

  "Right, does anyone believe them?" asked Gao Fei Bao.

  "Yes, how could there be none. The little white wolf from Apricot Flower Ridge took some away, and also Bald Head Slope... Actually, if we hadn't heard the second master say so, we several people would have thought of trying it out too."

  "Go on, why not go? The heavens have dropped a piece of cake for you, and you still don't open your mouth to borrow some."

  "Second Master, stop joking around. While the weather is still not cold, we want to plant another crop of soybeans, but we can't delay using the good fields."

  "It's good that you understand this principle. We can't follow the foolishness of the Toad Village, as for Apricot Flower Ridge and Bald Head Slope, let's just wish them prosperity."

  Everyone burst into laughter, and the crowd gradually dispersed. In the end, only a few families took some chili seedlings, and Gao Fei Bao also took some. He didn't take them to plant, but just to see what these chili seedlings were all about.

  Returned to Flying Tiger Fort and told Gao Fei Hu what had happened.

  "Big brother, I've got half an acre of seedlings, should we find a place to plant them?"

  Gaofei Hu shook his head directly: "Isn't this nonsense? This year, we can only plant another crop of beans, but there's no idle land for you to mess around with."

  "Or give me a patch of land and I'll see what grows out of it?" said High Flying Leopard.

  Gao Fei Hu Bai glanced at him and said impatiently, "There's an empty space in front of the main hall, you can clean it up and plant it there."

  Today's events were not expected by Cheng Dairen either. He thought that with the purchase price of one kilogram of grain for one kilogram of chili peppers, the chili seedlings would definitely be in short supply. As a result, only a few people came to take chili powder from him, which made Cheng Dairen very disappointed.

  Although there was no news from Luoye City, Cheng Dairen felt that the effect of chili peppers would not be wrong, otherwise, it would not have swept across the country in a short period of time.

  But the question is, why hasn't there been any news from Su Qing's side? Cheng Dairen thinks that he should go to Luoye City. Firstly, to see what's going on with Su Qing, secondly, now that the mountain stronghold has money, they can think of ways to spend it to buy some slaves and expand the population of the mountain stronghold, thirdly...

  I've been in this world for a while now, and from the start, I've been stuck in this poor mountain village. I haven't taken a single step out of here yet. What does this city look like, anyway? I want to go see it with my own eyes.

  On a windy and sunny morning, Cheng Dairen put on the Wen Shi uniform rewarded by the system, tucked a waist knife, rode a thin horse, and called up Xu Shenji.

  He went up to the city!