Lord of Flames

Chapter 160: God’s Grace! Wisdom like the sea!

Chapter: 160 God’s Grace! Wisdom like the sea!

The cleanup of soil and wood ashes was quite easy.

They just swept it directly into the forest on both sides.

With tens of thousands of orcs working collectively, there’s no need to mention their speed of cleaning.

And after cleaning up the soil and wood ash, the flat road was revealed!

“Come on, everyone, hurry up. We can’t let these humans look down on us!”

Behind these tens of thousands of orcs, two thousand bear warriors wearing armor, stood in many rows. These bear warriors were so huge that 40 bears could take up about 100 meters wide space.

So, these two thousand bear warriors then formed 50 rows and started to follow behind the tens of thousands of orcs.

Their task was simple.

Terribly simple.

They had to act as human, Nah, bear body rollers.

Each bear warrior was wearing armor on his body that weighed more than a ton.

These two thousand bear people were equivalent to about two thousand tons.

They walked back and forth on that straight road, and literally trampled down a lot of the road.

In fact, the paved road was not even a concern. There were rocks under the Misty Mountains range. Only in the volcanic area, the rock layer would have some cracks, but the volcano in the Misty Mountains range was further north, far away from here. And it was separated by hundreds of kilometers of distance.

That’s why the bear warriors just stepped over the surface.

Normally the cement hardening of a road wasn’t done so quickly, but now that the road was supposed to be used soon, they had to work with the fastest speed.

Tens of thousands of orcs, plus two thousand bear warriors, moved quickly on the road.

But the cleanup of the passage of about 20 kilometers long of soil and wood ash was still a big job.

They started clearing it from noon and then cleared it up all night.

By the next morning, the whole road was finally cleared.

The whole road was also basically trampled tight and flattened by the weight of two thousand bears!

Although the cement hardening had not yet begun, on the two sides of the road, the orcs had already started building a wall.

Lin Yan used a small amount of divine power to block the erosion of the forest miasma on this road. But to prevent the erosion by the miasma for a long time, a wall engraved with magic symbols had to be built.

In the morning, thousands of people gathered on the side of the Xi Ling Kingdom in Sir Hawk’s territory. These people were curious to see what the Yan Nation was going to do after the road was opened.

They all felt the ground shaking.

“What’s going on?”

Some civilians screamed due to fear.

“It’s not good. Could it be that the army of Orcs is going to start a war with us?”

Another civilian said.

“Look!”

Someone pointed at the passage and said.

Those people looked one after another and saw some giant bears with a height of more than five meters, like a huge beast walking in neat steps towards their side.

“It’s over. The orcs are coming to kill us, these orcs are so big!”

Some civilians had never seen orcs before. But when they saw the giant bears among the orcs, they couldn’t help but be scared and turn pale.

The appearance of the bear warriors caused a great commotion among the tens of thousands of onlookers, and some people even started to run away.

But immediately, those panicked people found out that these bear warriors did not appear to be attacking them at all. These bear warriors, after walking to the very edge of the forest, immediately turned around and walked towards the other side again.

They were just walking back and forth on the road surface.

“They are trampling the road surface!”

A nobleman spotted this immediately.

After discovering what the bear warriors were doing, these people finally relaxed because they didn’t have to worry about the Yan Nation attacking them.

As for the behavior of those huge bear warriors, whether they were commoners or nobles, they felt that it was incredible!

They all looked at it with great interest.

Finally, when the bear warriors had almost trampled the road, they left in a neat line.

Basically, the straight road had taken shape!

Looking at the road, some people with good eyesight could even see that between two high mountains, there seemed to be a pass!

That was none other than the Yan Pass!

“What a long road!”

Someone exclaimed.

“Such a wide, straight, and flat road. The fact it has actually taken less than a day to take shape, it’s indeed a miracle!”

A nobleman made a marvelous sound.

This nobleman had his own territory, and he understood too well about how troublesome it was to build a road.

In his territory, he had built a several kilometer long road and for this purpose he had to dispatch hundreds of people for a full month!

But this road, which was 20 kilometers long and 100 meters wide, was completed in less than a day!

This made this nobleman feel that the Yan Nation and the Lord of Flames were really something!

“Look, someone is coming!”

“It’s a winged man!”

At that time, the sky was covered due to the appearance of many winged men!

“Those winged men won’t attack us, right?”

Someone expressed his worries.

“I don’t think so. It’s not like the Yan Nation is at war with us right now, and last time they only destroyed the Slow family and didn’t attack anyone else.”

Someone else explained.

The winged men flew above the entrance of that passage. And immediately after that, the people saw a veiled young girl fly out, who flew to the front of the crowd and stopped at a height of more than twenty meters.

“It’s the Grand Magister of the Yan Nation!”

The crowd was once again stirred up.

After the battle of the Slow family, many people knew about the holy maiden Meng Ying.

They knew how terrifying she was!

“Grand magister? She’s clearly a Forbidden Spell Magister!”

“I also think she’s a Forbidden Spell Magister. Let’s see what she will say.”

Everyone lifted their heads and looked at Meng Ying.

Although Meng Ying was very beautiful and was not fierce at all, those people didn’t dare to have half a thought, because the Slow family was destroyed by her. In the eyes of these people, Meng Ying was a little too scary!

Meng Ying spoke. Her voice was clear and cold.

“This path is the path of miracles! It is also the Road of Hope, and henceforth its name will be called the Passage of Hope!”

Passage of Hope!

The content of Mengying’s words surprised these tens of thousands of people. They did not know what she was doing and why did she tell the name of this road?

But no one said anything. They all listened carefully.

A forbidden spell magister was speaking. Anyone who would dare to speak there should be impatient to die?

Yes, in the eyes of many people, Meng Ying was already a forbidden spell magister!

Because the power of her last strike at the Slow family castle was already no less than a Forbidden Spell Magister.

Plus, Meng Ying looked too young to be a Forbidden Spell Magister… Which seemed to be a bit unreasonable.

Well, the Magic Academy knew Meng Ying’s real age, after all, she used to be a student of the Magic Academy. But for some reason, the Magic Academy did not reveal her age.

After Meng Ying finished telling the name of the passage, she added,

“Twenty kilometers ahead along this passage of Hope, there is a majestic pass, Yan Pass. And after Yan Pass there is a city, Yan City.”

After saying this, she paused again, as if to leave time for the people to digest the information.

Tens of thousands of people were now even more curious. They didn’t know what she was going to say. All of them focused on Meng Ying.

Meng Ying continued.

“The royal family of Xi Ling Kingdom has issued a territory-wide sales permit for our divine beans. So, we’ve opened this channel with no intention of invading Xi Ling Kingdom, just to better sell divine beans. From now on, you can all eat divine beans every day!”

“Yay!”

This time, as soon as Meng Ying’s words fell, someone finally cheered.

Seeing that Meng Ying didn’t have any reaction to it, more people cheered.

The reason why these civilians came to watch was basically because they wanted to know about the future of the divine beans.

The divine beans had made a huge difference in their lives, and even made some civilians earn a lot of money. It would be more strange if they didn’t care about this.

Now that they heard that the divine beans could continue to be sold in the Xi Ling Kingdom, of course they were happy.

And the nobles were relieved as well.

Because what they were mostly worried about was that the Yan Nation might attack them.

But now it seemed that the royal family of the Xi Ling Kingdom and the Yan Nation had made a deal.

They won’t be fighting each other.

And these noblemen could also continue to sell divine beans.

This was quite wonderful!

So, many nobles also joined the cheering in a rare way.

Meng Ying waited for them to be silent again. After waiting for five minutes, the voices of the people slowly became lower. All of them waited for her next words. Meng Ying continued to speak, saying.

“From today, any of you, whether nobles or civilians, have the right to transport divine beans from Yan City to sell them. The purchase price of divine beans is twenty copper coins per catty which would never change, but a single purchase must be more than a thousand catties.”

After speaking that, she stopped again.

And below, after hearing her words, an eerie silence fell!

“Respected Mage Lord, you… Are you telling the truth that we can also transport the divine beans from the Yan Pass to sell them?”

Finally, a civilian asked in a trembling voice.

Meng Ying nodded and said, “Yes!”

That civilian’s whole body nodded and trembled, and asked again, “Is the purchase price of one catty of divine beans only twenty copper coins?”

Meng Ying nodded again, “Yes, this is my god’s grace to you!”

“Buzz!”

As soon as Meng Ying’s words fell, the tens of thousands of people below completely boiled over!

“Great, great, here comes the opportunity to make a fortune…”

“Yes, our chance to make a fortune has come. Although there is a limit of one thousand catties, if we can do it together, it should be possible. The means of transportation is a problem, so everyone needs to pull their cattle.”

“My goodness, the purchase price is only twenty copper coins per catty! We can also transport it for sale, as long as we walk 20 kilometers. This is really a gift from God, the Lord of Flames is too generous!”

Many civilians were so excited down there!

Meng Ying looked at them calmly and was not surprised by their reactions.

“My God’s wisdom is really as vast as the ocean. He can even think of such wonderful plans.”

Meng Ying couldn’t help but think.

Originally, Fox Lady Qing Ling and Meng Ying were prepared to send the orcs into the Xi Ling Kingdom to sell divine beans after opening the passage of the Misty Mountains range through prayers.

But after they prayed, they received an enlightenment descended from Lin Yan.

The content of the enlightenment was simple.

Do not send orcs to sell the divine beans.

First of all, the orcs were unfamiliar with the human kingdom.

Secondly, the orcs were now best at building and had not that many hands.

What to do if they can’t send orcs?

The method was simple, use the people of the Xi Ling kingdom!

Just like now.

Regardless of the nobles and civilians, they all were given the right to transport divine beans from the Yan Pass into the Xi Ling Kingdom for sale.

The purchase price was quite cheap, only 20 copper coins for one catty.

In the currency system of the Gods continent, 1 gold coin was equal to 100 silver coins, and 1 silver coin was equal to 100 copper coins.

The price of rice in the Gods Continent was 2 silver coins per catty.

The average commoner family with an old and a young man and a family of at least five people, all needed to eat at least two hundred catties of rice a month. Which meant that about 4 gold coins were required for it.

By working for the nobles, the common people could earn six or seven gold coins in one month. Only those with more than two laborers in the family would be more affluent!

Of course, there were some commoners who used to receive land from the nobles. And then after paying them taxes, the harvest from the land would be their own food, so they had no need to buy any additional food.

But now a large number of nobles had stopped using that method.

The current method adopted by these nobles was to work on their land, receive the payment for the labor, and the grain harvested would belong to the nobles, and then the commoners would buy the grain from them.

In this way, the nobles could make more money!

The price of one catty of rice was 2 silver coins, that was 200 copper coins.

In the past, the divine beans used to be sold for almost 70 copper coins per catty, which was one third of the price of rice per catty.

The purchase price given to Sir Hawk was also 20 copper coins per catty. But Sir Hawk was earning more than twice the profit.

But now, the Yan Nation gave this supply price to anyone from the Xi Ling Kingdom who went to Yan City to transport divine beans 20 kilometers away!

Whether commoners or nobles!

This would give the commoners of the Xi Ling Kingdom a chance to make a fortune!

Of course, the nobles could also have this opportunity.

After these commoners transported the divine beans back. Their capacity definitely won’t be enough to support them to transport the divine beans to farther places, so they would definitely sell the divine beans locally.

Once the amount of divine beans transported and consumed increased, the selling price of divine beans in the eastern region would drop and profits would decrease.

It would force the people to go to farther places to make profits!

In this way, the Yan Nation could make divine beans popular throughout the Xi Ling Kingdom in a very short period of time, without any effort on their own!

It would also squeeze the original skyrocketing price of rice.

That was exactly what the royal family of the Xi Ling Kingdom wanted. Now that the amount of rice produced in the Xi Ling Kingdom was decreasing, the royal family and the church were hoarding rice for the preparation for war.

They hoped that the divine beans of the Yan Nation would be able to ease the pressure on food, but the royal family of the Xi Ling Kingdom could not buy from the Yan Nation. Because this would cause a backlash from the nobles, as the nobles were counting on rice in their hands to make more and more profit!

The fox girl Qing Ling and the Holy Maiden Meng Ying were preparing to send orcs to sell divine beans, which would have caused a backlash from the nobles.

But now, Lin Yan through the enlightenment told them the method of using the nobles and commoners of the eastern region, so that these nobles took the initiative to help Yan Nation expand their sales. The backlash would be very small, and even if there was a backlash, the nobles would be able to bear it!

And with this opportunity to make more money, it’s possible that the nobles might go further away to sell divine beans!

At that time, the Yan Nation would be able to sell divine beans at the fastest speed and on a very large scale to the Xi Ling Kingdom, crushing everything with its price advantage!

This was where Meng Ying felt more and more that the Lord of Flames was more powerful after she had figured out the whole plan!