54 Feast Inside Eastern Changzhou
For the next few days, Han Xi had it rough. The manpower has given to him by Mu Qing Lang almost cannot handle the delivery of news towards each corner to the East, West, and North. The south was neglected because the Deadly Desert is infested with creatures exceeds what they can handle.
It was supposed to become a friendly event, but for a few certain chiefs, the invitation became a gesture to show others what kind of power Eastern Changzhou possessed.
And it was especially offensive to the Jinjiang Village.
Previously, the Jinjiang Village had tried to control the entire Chang Emperor Prairie through the three worlds. But now, Namu and Yelu are destroyed. Although most of the people had been taken into the Jinjiang Village and Wuhan Village, a part of them is captured by Mu Qing Lang.
No... It's not Mu Qing Lang anymore.
It was not.
It should be Eastern Changzhou they targetting. Mu Qing Lang is just one of the people responsible for this establishment. At the same time, the chief of the Jinjiang Village is eager to start a war.
Business?
Trade?
The ruler of this Eastern Changzhou is unusually intelligent! How can he, as a person trying to rule the entire Chang Emperor Prairie did not think about monopolizing the market?
"What a loss!" the chief of Jinjiang Village sighed because he was nowhere smarter than Mu Qing Lang who can think about such a way to strengthen themselves.
He's not mistaken. Mu Qing Lang is indeed attempting to use this method to build up the foundation of his rule. While it was slower than the others in term of growth, the foundation built through the days and money is undoubtedly stronger than their fragile scaffolding.
Furthermore, the establishment of currency trading makes him indispensable to others. For the other weaker power, nothing was better than a hub that has everything up to purchase and will purchase whatever they tried to sold.
Of course, the further this discussion goes, it will end up with disputes on the issue with selling and purchasing value but why would this become a problem if they are facing the threat of village destruction?
"Tell the chief of Eastern Changzhou that we will attend it!" the chief of Jinjiang Village answered. This reply made the representative, Han Yu, brimming in a smile.
On the sixth day morning, the feast and auspicious day for the Eastern Changzhou to make themselves known in this Chang Emperor Prairie began.
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Day Fifty-One.
"I am Mu Qing Lang, the chief of Eastern Changzhou." Mu Qing Lang greets everyone present in this feast. He's dressed in a Full Ashen Armor Set, along with Guan Yi, Han Xi, and Fengbu.
To prepare for this feast, Mu Qing Lang opens his arms wide and distributes a gift box made of Yunxia Bamboo. Within the box is a bottle of Healing Ointment for limbs recovery, five Small Xian Pills, Five Xian-Qin Pills, two bottles of Recovery Ointment, and an Eastern Sea Spiritual Pearl.
The gift shows everyone how generous is Mu Qing Lang as the ruler of the Eastern Changzhou and also the firmness of his foundation. And that was not all.
Food provided to the guest was made with much effort. Mu Qing Lang introduces both flatbread, noodles, Infused Juniper Oil, and Root Sucrose Liquid to all guest to awe them with the variety of food available in Eastern Changzhou.
"Before we started with any discussion, shall we fill our stomach with food first? If that was not enough, tell me, I'll get more food into this hall!" Mu Qing Lang invited them for a meal first.
Everyone presents started to hunt for the foods. To make it easy for them to enjoy them, Mu Qing Lang arranged it into a buffet-style for the orcs convenience. Some food wasn't utensil friendly after all.
"Chief Mu, we might have introduced ourselves before but let me do this again. I am Jinya-Meng from Goldfang-Orc Village, happy to be your acquaintance!" the Goldfang Orc introduced himself.
"Chief Mu, I am Muhui-Bo from Ashen-Orc Village! Happy to be your acquaintance!" another greyish skin Orc came to greets him.
"Wuhan-Li from Wuhan Village greets Chief Mu!"
"Pang Ren from Wenchao Village greets Chief Mu!"
"Kong Yuan from Kong Village greets Chief Mu!"
"Haiwu Village's representative Labu-An greets Chief Mu."
"Jinjiang Village's representative Jiming Yuan greets Chief Mu."
"Lao Jun greets Chief Mu with a gift from our Junwang Village."
"Dongmen Yu greets Chief Mu with a gift from Donghai-Orcs Village."
"Yulan-Zhang brought the goodwill from Mushan Village."
A total of ten villages sent their representative to the Eastern Changzhou to deliver their goodwill. Except for Wuhan Li from the Wuhan Village in the north of Chang Emperor Prairie, everyone else came from a different place.
The Goldfang-Orc Village, Ashen-Orc Village, Wenchao Village, and Kong Village came from the Yan Emperor Grassland, two orcs, and two human villages. As for the smaller settlement and establishment, they did not dare to come up with their insignificant status.
As for the Hundred Beast Forest zone, the Haiwu Village, Jinjiang Village, and Junwang Village all came from that location. Lastly, that would be Donghai-Orc Village and Mushan Village, both from the Yulan Mountain Sea zone.
Altogether, they form an arrow shape coverage of the Eastern Changzhou's East, West, and North. The feast continued from afternoon to night, along with discussion, exchange, and tour around the Eastern Changzhou.
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Day Fifty-Two.
This was the first day Eastern Changzhou officially started their day known to everyone. Right early in the morning, there are already a few traders belonged to the ten villages came for exchange.
After distributing ten Eastern Sea Spiritual Pearls as a gift to the ten villages, Mu Qing Lang was left with 34 pearls. Luckily, he gave the Marquis a short period to rest, and he managed to produce twenty additional pearls for Mu Qing Lang to use.
Their business continued smoothly. Many products continued to flow into their storage, but mainly from the three Edible Category.
As for the products from the craftable category, less than two caught his attention. This means the trading is profitable, but useful for cultivation products is still limited.
Mu Qing Lang returned to his carriage and took a seat on the chair available for the Information Table.
[Toot!]
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[*Medicinal Golden Tusk*]
[*Grassland Core*]
[*Stone Cornfruit*]
[*Yulan Maple Seed*]
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"Let's go for the first option now." Mu Qing Lang tapped on the Medicinal Golden Tusk first as everything was not from the Chang Emperor Prairie.
[Toot!]
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Medicinal Golden Tusk [Unranked]
Condition: Grown / The only medicinal ingredient harvestable from the matured Goldfang Boar
Maturity: 60 days naturally (Sped up to 40 days with proper feed)
Harvest: Two tusks for every Goldfang Boar
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Item Description: a properly grown tusk from the Goldfang Boar. Durable and useful, the tusk carries a hidden medicinal value within which is beneficial for bone and cleansing. Further processing option available at Material Preparation Shelf.
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Grassland Core [Unranked]
Evaluation: a tribe-exquisite stone formed from the bloodline
Condition: 2gm in weight / capable of enhancing the life-force of plants if placed surrounding them. (Effective increases by 0.002% for each core placed together)
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Information: formed naturally inside the creatures living in the Yan Emperor Grassland. (Only on creatures with evolution ability) Capable of nourishing the grassland plants when gathered.
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Stone Cornfruit [Unranked]
Condition: Matured / one of the two dietary supplements grown in Hundred Beast Forest
Maturity: 55 days in a natural condition (40 hours if nourished by Spiritual Thread)
Harvest: Eighty kernels/cob
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Item Description: a beloved rarity plant if the Hundred Beast Forest. Once treated as treasure by the previous king of Hundred Beast, the current Stone Cornfruit no longer produce greatly due to the unsuitable soil and contaminated kernels during their growth. Capable of ten years of storage left on the cob and fifty years if separated from it, this fruit is undoubtedly the best food they can find.
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"Hahaha... As I thought." Mu Qing Lang took the ear of Stone Cornfruit in his hand, which is about the size of young suckling pig, and started to removes the outer skin known as the husk of corn.
The Stone Cornfruit revealed its second layer of protection, which is also known as cornsilk. Although the one in his own world has no uses at all except becoming a part of the biofuel pellets, over here, the possibility can be said to be endless.
Reason of this is due to the exact number of one thousand strong cornsilk extending from the head to the tail of the cob. This thousand cornsilk itself may become the newest clothing material that can only be manufactured by Eastern Changzhou.
Lastly, after removing the cornsilk, he's left with a heavy cob holding eighty kernels. They are arranged precisely in ten lines, eight small buns sized each. It already took him ten minutes of effort to remove the husk and cornsilk, and at this moment, Mu Qing Lang is struggling to remove a kernel from the cob.
"Are you a rock or a corn kernel? How can you be so difficult to remove?" the struggle is real, as Mu Qing Lang chipped the copper knife in his hand from trying to dig the kernel out.
