Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton-Chapter 822 - 462 Trouble Has Come_2
Chapter 822 -462 Trouble Has Come_2
Negris was startled, “Like you? Your body cost dozens of liters of Essence Liquid.”
Such a high cost, not many patients could afford it, a peaceful sleep with a smile was their best option.
The deceased patient was carried away by family members, and the queue resumed as before, but no one blamed the priests for failing to save a life. Instead, they were grateful that the priests could end the patients’ pain in death, and couldn’t help but mimic them, chanting, “Light bless you.”
Anthony whispered, “Medicine, food, the two most practical weapons in the struggle for belief.”
Durken said, “Are you saying that these magicians are competing for belief? Aren’t they atheists?”
“Don’t know, but they’re definitely vying for the people’s hearts. Belief is just incidental. Look over there,” Anthony gestured subtly.
Centered around the ‘umbrella ribs,’ there was one group for medicine, another for food, and a third stall in a different direction, unseen from the approach from Northern Wind City, easily overlooked if not given attention.
Therefore, the third stall didn’t have a long line, only a few scattered people, all dressed like magicians, nobles, or wealthy merchants.
Negris trembled with emotion, for it saw its own statue, or rather, the statue of the God of Knowledge—a Giant Dragon clutching a book with a smug expression.
Ji Li had said that the Hall of Knowledge was the largest religion in this world because magicians worshipped knowledge. The common people, influenced by magicians, deified knowledge and believed in the God of Knowledge.
But in reality, Negris could not turn these beliefs into its own power. Aside from that vagrant child outside Desert Town, Negris had not seen any more Soul Flames sent its way.
But that vagrant child from Desert Town had received Elf Beans from Ange; whether he truly believed in the God of Knowledge was hard to say.
Unexpectedly, it encountered a statue of itself here, clearly having undergone secondary processing to become a dragon holding a book, but that expression… a beaming smile, identical to its own.
So, food, medicine, knowledge—they were the three weapons used by the Sorcerer Alliance to win over public opinion?
However, there was no time for thorough investigation, as they had pushed their cart to the innermost row, where various supplies were piled up like mountains, stretching out ahead. They found a Goblin worker and explained their purpose.
The Goblin’s eyes lit up when he heard about the vegetables paid for with silver coins, and he immediately said politely, “Please wait a moment, I’ll get the supervisor.”
Soon, a human was brought over, giving silver coins a meaningful glance, “Hello, I’m Rafite, the deputy supervisor of the second materials team. What have you brought? Vegetables? Who placed the order?”
“Oh, it’s Wrench ‘Headburst’ from team one? Deputy Supervisor Wrench is so capable, quickly finding a source of vegetables; we need to learn from him. However, we still need to conduct the routine inspection.”
“You know, our Sorcerer’s ladder is entirely enclosed, we can’t have any diseased or dirty things getting up there. So, your vegetables, are they clean?” Rafite smiled as he looked at silver coins.
Silver coins almost instantly grinned, “Lord Supervisor Rafite, might I inquire as to the standard of cleanliness? This is our first visit, and we’re not quite sure of the procedure. Perhaps I could invite the supervisor for a drink and you could clarify it for me?”
While speaking, one hand moved behind his back, gesturing quietly to Ange and the others.
This was a signal agreed upon by silver coins and Anthony. Seeing it, Anthony chuckled softly and whispered, “This man is looking for trouble. Silver coins is fishing for information, telling us to be ready.”
“Looking for trouble? We’re just selling vegetables, what trouble could there be for us? Are they trying to drive down the price, or not pay at all?” Negris wondered.
Anthony coughed twice, explaining reluctantly, “If vegetables are particularly important to them, then finding a source is a great achievement. If your colleague finds a fast and good source, that achievement is his. If you can find a flaw in this matter, the achievement might become yours, and all he’s left with is a mistake, right?”
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Negris had an epiphany, but then quickly realized, “Wait, that’s not right. You two are so shrewd; couldn’t you foresee this? Wrench ‘Headburst’ who placed the order, what a nice name, didn’t he leave contact information?”
Anthony rubbed his nose with embarrassment; though Negris didn’t quite grasp those workplace tricks, it understood Anthony and silver coins quite well, seeing right through them.
“Don’t you think this is good news? They are not united internally, which means they can be divided and used to our advantage. Such information, gained just by delivering the wrong vegetables, is extremely valuable,” Anthony said.
They were chatting on this side, and the conversation with the silver coin had also concluded on the other side. Although Rafite had come to cause trouble, no one knew how the silver coin had talked to him, but they ended up with him smiling broadly and nodding contentedly as the silver coin walked back.
“What did you guys talk about? Why is he so happy?” Negris asked curiously.
“Ah? Just some pleasantries, told him he’s young and promising, good-looking, dedicated to his job, capable, has a sharp eye and wide connections, admired by many, and gets promoted quickly,” the silver coin casually replied.
Negris couldn’t help but praise, “Silver coin really has a way with words, you should talk more like that in the future.”
“No, no, no, it’s Lord Nage who truly has a way with words, knowledgeable about everything, fluent in all languages, I have to learn from you,” the silver coin sincerely said.
Luckily Negris was now projecting onto Ange, or it would have been carried away.
The silver coin turned to Ange and said, “This Rafite says the Magician’s Ladder is a sealed space, vegetables have to pass inspection and quarantine, can’t have any living things, pests, or plant diseases, or else they will be rejected.”
“He also hinted to me that he knows someone who can clean these things up, make the vegetables clean, and if I really can’t manage, I can find that person, as the purchase price for clean vegetables is higher.”
Anthony’s eyes gleamed as he said, “Bribes? Taking credit?”
“Probably both,” the silver coin said. “He’s hinting that the purchase price can be higher, probably wants to give me a taste of sweetness, but I’d have to share that sweetness with someone he knows.”
Negris couldn’t help but ask, “So what do we do?”
With an innocent look on his face, the silver coin said, “I didn’t understand his intention, so I just had to cooperate with his inspection. Alas, our vegetables are too clean, no bugs or germs, hehe.”
“Pfft—” Inspections for pests and diseases? Vegetables from the Divine Realm that Ange brought out could be eaten raw without any cleaning.
The silver coin played dumb slowly, cooperating with Rafite’s inspection.
Time ticked away, and the silver coin had chosen this time slot to be just about ten minutes earlier than the time he and Wrench, the deputy manager, had agreed on.
Just as Rafite finished his inspection, a Goblin carrying a large wrench stormed over: “Rafite, what are you trying to do to my supplier?!”
Rafite’s face looked awful — how could the vegetables be so clean? Not a single bug, disease, or even a bit of dirt? He had set the inspection standards to the highest, and still couldn’t find anything wrong?
It was a pity. If he knew that these vegetables were grown by Ange in a sealed cultivation sphere, hydroponically, with the moisture controlled by the Water God Tom, and transported through the Divine Realm, he wouldn’t have had such a thought.
Vegetables grown this way were cleaner than if they had been washed, ready to eat right after being harvested.
Unable to find fault and being in the wrong to begin with, but with the silver coin being so cooperative, Rafite couldn’t vent his frustration on him. After getting a mouthful from Wrench, he left with a black face.
Wrench complained to the silver coin, wondering why he had come so early without notifying him.
The silver coin in a simple and confused manner, with a face that said ‘I also don’t know what happened,’ which made it hard for Wrench to get angry.
However, when he saw the amount of vegetables, he couldn’t help but complain, “Why so little? Is there more stock? This is only five hundred kilograms, right? How is that enough to eat?”
“Uh, not enough? Then how much do we need?” the silver coin asked.
“Any amount is fine, we’ll take as much as we get, money is not an issue, we have no place to grow vegetables, it’s too hard to get vegetables normally,” Wrench said.
No place to grow vegetables? On hearing this, both Anthony and Durken’s eyes lit up with the same thought.
