Seeing a customer come to the door, the landlady hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes, forced a smile and stood up to greet the customer.
"Madam boss, I want to buy that plane map," Yue Jinghua explained the purpose of her visit.
Most of the items in the grocery store were ordinary items, and their prices ranged from a few points to dozens of merit points, which was still within Yue Jinghua's affordability range.
When the proprietress heard that Yue Jinghua wanted to buy a map, she showed a bit of reluctance on her face. She hesitated and said, "Guest, that map is not for sale."
Most of the items in the grocery store are clearly priced and are for sale, but that map is an exception.
Plane maps can only be drawn by people who have traveled through the four planes. This plane map is a rare map of the four planes. The strange person who originally drew this map has long since lost track of where he is. The landlady also happened to be accidental.
I acquired it, and since it is a unique copy, I have kept it privately in the store as a personal collection.
"If you can't sell the original, can you make a copy for me," Yue Jinghua asked for the next best thing. All she needed was a general understanding of the basic conditions of the four planes, and she didn't necessarily need to get the original drawing.
"Guest, you don't know. Drawing a map is a very hard job, and ordinary painters simply cannot do it. Taking the plane map in my hand as an example, it will take at least several years to draw it. Early
In the past, several customers who love to travel wanted to buy this map from me, and the prices offered were very attractive, but I rejected them all. It is said that money cannot buy a good heart, so please understand my difficulties."
The landlady was very embarrassed. She had a good impression of Yue Jinghua, and her repeated rejections made her feel very guilty.
"If that's the case, there's nothing we can do about it. Don't mind, boss lady. I just made a temporary decision and wanted to buy it for a look." Seeing that the sale failed, Yue Jinghua didn't pay much attention to it. After looking at the grocery store for a while,
, and planned to leave.
Before she left, she noticed the frowning look on the landlady's face and couldn't help but ask: "Woman landlady, what happened in the store?"
The landlady opened her mouth and sighed, "To be honest with our customers, something happened in the store, and I'm wondering whether I should report it to the city lord."
Recently, due to the affairs of the Four Elephant Team, Changsun City Lord has been busy with training matters and has no time to take care of the chores in the city. The grocery store proprietress is just an ordinary resident living in Chen District. She does not dare to harass the City Lord unless it is absolutely necessary.
What troubled the proprietress of the grocery store was the matter of transporting grain and grass that she and Yue Jinghua and others had mentioned earlier.
For most residents of Chen District, due to their limited cultivation, they cannot enter the battlefield. If they want to obtain merit points for surviving in Sixiang City, they have to complete various chores issued by the city lord's palace.
The proprietress of the grocery store has been earning corresponding merit points by delivering food and grass twice a month over the years.
Although the merit points gained from the work of transporting grain and grass are not many, the merit point is that it is working for the city lord's palace. After two trips a month, the merit points earned are enough for the boss's wife to spend on daily expenses. According to the boss's wife, Yue Jinghua said,
Only then did I realize that there were defenders stationed outside Sixiang City.
At this time, there is no peace outside Sixiang City, and I don’t know if the news of the Tianwu Pill being stolen has leaked out. The area along the boundary river of the mainland, which has been peaceful for hundreds of years, is occasionally visited by foreign ships and teleportation arrays.
In order to guard against enemy attacks, the Lord of Changsun City not only deployed a large number of mysterious formations and wind hidden bells along the boundary river, but also sent a team of scouts to station on the front line, responsible for monitoring the movements near the boundary river on the mainland. If there was the slightest sign of trouble, he would immediately report it to the city.
Since the garrison was stationed next to the boundary river, the garrison did not carry burdensome military pay, food, grass and other baggage with the army. Instead, a batch of military food and supplies was sent from the city every ten days and a half.
For several months, the landlady sent two of her hired men and a team of grain trucks through the northern suburbs of Sixiang City to the boundary river basin more than ten miles away.
This trip has been made back and forth no less than ten times, and every time it went smoothly, but just a few days ago, when the clerk at the grocery store was delivering the goods as usual, an accident happened.
"I don't know who buried some shadow antlers in that area. It's hard to find them on the ground. Only mystical practitioners who have practiced spiritual power can barely search for them. Although my guy is a master of Dan Realm, he can't cultivate spiritual power.
However, his behavior was very ordinary. He was accidentally ambushed and was seriously injured. Even the mysterious beast that transported food was frightened and difficult to control. It seemed that the only option was to hire masters with great success in Dan Realm, but Dan Realm
Dacheng's masters are very expensive, I'm afraid I can't afford to hire them for a while," the landlady said with a sad look on her face.
Deer antlers are an obstacle used on the battlefield. Most antlers are made of sharpened wood and can be used to ambush enemies and set up obstacles.
The shadow deer antlers are a special kind of obstacle, which are derived from the horns of a kind of monster called the shadow deer.
The antlers are cut off at the root, dried, and the wind attribute formation is drawn on the horns. The hidden antlers made can be hidden under the soil.
The antlers of the Shadow Deer are extremely sharp and can instantly penetrate thick armor. Moreover, because they are invisible and can move freely, they are difficult to detect.
Therefore, it is widely used in plane battlefields and is one of the most terrifying weapons on plane battlefields.
But outside Sixiang City, there were no shadow antlers in previous years, so the transportation of food and grass has always been safe, but I don't know why shadow antlers suddenly appeared this time.
The proprietress of the grocery store had a small business. After this accident, the clerk could not stop working, and had to pay for lost time and medical expenses. Not only that, the food and grass that were originally delivered as scheduled were also delayed for several days. If it happened again,
If we can't find a suitable courier, we're afraid the final delivery date will be delayed.
The landlady wanted to report the discovery of the hidden antlers to the City Lord's Mansion, but if she reported the matter to the City Lord's Mansion and sought help from the City Lord's Mansion, then even if she delivered the food and grass on time, she would not be punished, but she would still have to be punished for her incompetence.
, was revoked as a grain and grass supplier.
But if you don't report it to the city lord's palace, the shipment may be delayed and you may be fined several times the reward.
As a result, the landlady was in a dilemma: should she tell the city lord or not?
But one thing is for sure, regardless of whether the city lord's palace is told or not, if the grain and grass delivery fails again this time, it will undoubtedly be a fatal blow to the small-scale grocery store, and it will even make it impossible for the proprietress to gain a foothold in Sixiang City.
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After hearing this, Yue Jinghua thought for a while, "Boss Boss, if I can help you transport it, in exchange, can you give me that map?"