"City Lord, look, these are freshly grown cabbages, picked just this morning."
The old sheep was carrying a basket, which contained a bunch of cabbages the size of mineral water bottles. They should be fast-growing, otherwise they would not grow so fast.
"Where did the seeds come from?"
Bai Yi asked, he didn't think the people in Heicun Village had the habit of collecting seeds.
After all, there was no possibility of planting in this frozen soil at all. In the past.
"They were brought from other villages."
"Refugee?"
"Yes, there are many businessmen and hawkers among them. Although they are small businesses, they have opened their doors all over Heicun Village."
"This is a good thing. It means that the environment is starting to stabilize. By the way, how is the market that I asked you to go to?"
"It's almost done. It's right in the square in the middle of Heicun Village. The place has open terrain and is very suitable for a market.
In addition...in fact, many vendors have approached me recently, and they all want to set up stalls at the market, but I haven't responded yet."
"Let them go, just leave a piece of land here in Baicheng. In addition, the market in Baicheng is almost ready. You can follow Uncle John to get familiar with it later."
"City Lord, what do you mean...?"
"It's almost time for the business channels between the two parties to start. In a few days, I will ask some people from Baicheng to set up stalls in your market, and you will also ask some demons from Black Village to come to us.
However, it must be noted that the selection of merchants must be strict, and they must be given every warning and blessing, otherwise they will not be allowed to come to Baicheng to cause trouble.
In the same way, I will also give special instructions to Baicheng.
After all, the conflict between humans and demons did not happen overnight.
So this time I just made an opening to experiment, and when the two sides become more familiar with each other, I can completely let go.
My purpose is to spread the word about my Lord Luya and expand her influence. As long as I can achieve my goal, I don't care whether the believer is a human or a demon.
In short, they must get along well."
"Understood, I understand that the city lord is indeed broad-minded. Although he is a human being, he does not favor any party. It is rare to be fair."
"Human?"
Bai Yi glanced at Lao Yang meaningfully and emphasized:
"It seems you misunderstood something."
"Uh...what do you mean?"
"I am a brave man who traveled from another world. Although I look exactly like the humans in this world, in the final analysis, I am a person from other worlds.
It’s good that I am a human being, but what does it have to do with the humans here?
I have always regarded myself as another species, neither the humans here nor the demons.
After all, the humans over there don't know how to use magic.
So in my opinion, there is actually no difference between you and the demons.
Do you get me?"
"I, I seem to understand..."
He looked like he didn't understand, but fortunately he quickly came to his senses:
"Oh, yes, yes, I understand. The city lord wants me to convey this to the villagers, let them know your point of view, and also save them from having random thoughts based on your human identity, right?"
"It's good to know."
After that, the two chatted some more, and Bai Yi asked Lao Yang:
"How do you arrange the land next to the lake?"
"Back to the city lord, except for the few pieces of land you asked for, the rest will be distributed to the villagers."
"I'm afraid that little bit of land is not enough. What about the refugees outside the village?"
"Such a city lord, I have a plan here. If you are willing to approve it, I think the land for growing vegetables should be enough."
"What plan."
"Um...that's right, I want to grow vegetables on the lake."
“You want to fill in the lake?”
"No, no, no, I'm not that stupid. The lake is the life of Black Village. It's too late to expand it, so how can it be reduced?
What I mean is... build a board or platform on the lake, and then put some soil on the platform."
"Water cultivation, right?"
"Yes, it also saves watering."
"It's a good idea, but one thing is, try not to affect the ecology of the lake."
"yes."
——
The lake is the coffin of Heicun Village, so Heicun Village will naturally find ways to use it to maximize its profits.
Presumably there will be more wonderful ideas on the lake in the future.
After all, people have always been extremely smart when seeking ways to survive.
——
A few days later, the markets in Baicheng and Heicun were officially opened.
The merchants from Baicheng entered Black Village for the first time, and the same applies to the merchants from Black Village.
At first, Bai Yi was worried that something would happen.
But fortunately, everything went smoothly on both sides, or rather, it developed in other directions.
Because he is from Baicheng and is a businessman selected by the city lord's palace.
Therefore, the locals in Heicun Village were very polite to these businessmen. They believed that these businessmen were Bai Yi's people, so they kept trying to please them.
In the end, these businessmen were flattered and all were good memories.
The same is true for the market here in Baicheng.
The merchants in Black Village received a warm welcome.
Because in the eyes of Baicheng people, if these demons can enter Baicheng to do business, it must be the arrangement of the city lord.
Since he is the person arranged by the city lord, he must give him enough face.
——
In short, the atmosphere between the two parties was very harmonious, and even after each came back, he praised the other party's customs and customs.
Baicheng said:
"Those nobles deceived us. The demons are not as scary as we thought, they just look a little scary.
There is no difference between how we talk and do things in daily life. In fact, we are just ordinary people, running around for a living."
The same is true for the demons:
"Those human races are actually the same as us. Except that they look a little weird, they are actually no different from us. They also rise when the sun rises and rest when the sun sets. They are not as stupid as mentioned above, let alone ferocious beasts.
After all, it’s all those damn nobles who wantonly instigated the war to make money.”
The business exchanges between the two parties have greatly shortened the distance between the two parties.
However, the products available for sale were somewhat monotonous, mostly snow rabbits and fish, but not much in terms of firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Fortunately, not long after that, businessman Angelo came.
There are five people in his family, including his parents, wife, and son.
They all moved to Baicheng, and also brought a caravan with about thirty people, pulling dozens of carts of goods.
Angelou found Bai Yi and said:
"City Master Bai, I, I have brought all my wealth into this time, you must help me."
Bai Yize smiled and said:
"Don't worry, the market has already reserved a place for you."
——
Except for the five members of Angelou's family, the others in this caravan are all paid escorts.
Logically speaking, they should have left after unloading the goods, but they didn't.
Because they noticed that Baicheng was very different from what they remembered, and they saw a lot of bird people in the city repairing houses.
Surprised, then curious, I walked into the city for a walk.
After getting a general idea, the leader personally visited the city lord's mansion, left his contact information, and said that he could contact him if there was any business in the future.