Pioneering

Wulin Province is mountainous and naturally has many fruit trees. Karl misses the apples in his hometown a little bit.

"Grandma, how do you sell these apples?" Carl walked out of the confession room, left the heavily guarded church, and found an old woman carrying a basket of apples after looking for the sound of selling.

"My lord priest, how can I take your money? If you want to eat these, I will give it to you, and treat it as a little bit I donated to the church..." The old woman who was looking for the target paused, and forced herself to get out of the basket calmly. He took out two apples and handed them over.

"Hey, old lady, you can just call me Karl," Karl waved his hands again and again, "Our believers in the Mother Earth have no bad habit of taking other people's property. If you want to donate to the church, it must be donated to the church's offering box. Where can you give it to me casually outside?"

"Well, the current market price for apples is one to three silver coins per... pound, this basket of apples is about 30 pounds, and I'll give you a weight of [-] pounds.

Your apples are plump and rosy, with big fruit and firm flesh, and they look much better than the best ones. Including the shipping cost, I count you five silver coins per pound, a total of two hundred silver coins. "

Pound is a common unit of weight in the Western Continent. One pound is approximately equal to 0.48kg of Yaxia, which means one catty is slightly lighter.

"This..." The old woman who was carrying the basket smiled reluctantly.

Carl picked up an apple, wiped it with his sleeve, and took a big bite. The crisp and juicy taste of the apple exploded in his mouth, like the first bite of sweet rain in spring.Bite down lightly, the crunchy texture bursts between the teeth, like playing a lively note.

The pulp is smooth, without any dross, and every bite is refreshing.

The sweetness is full and natural, just like summer sunshine falling on the tip of the tongue, warm and pleasant, which makes people feel satisfied.

"Yo, this taste," Carl's eyes lit up, and he gobbled up the apple quickly, "Grandma, I underestimated, your apple is not an ordinary variety, no wonder you are so reluctant, old man.

Don't worry, we are serious priests, and we don't do things like cheating, kidnapping, smashing, looting, I'll pay ten silver coins a pound for this apple, which is usually the same price as the apples on the dining table of the nobles, and you won't lose money. "

"Your apple reminds me of the taste of my hometown, alas~" Carl picked up another attractive apple and gnawed on it. While gnawing, he took out a bag and handed it over, counting, "Here are 40 gold coins , according to the current exchange rate of the Kingdom of Anason, it is equal to 480 silver coins, old lady, you can count."

'A man who doesn't do bad things can be an orthodox priest?Orthodox priests would have such an advanced enchanted hot weapon, easily take down the assassination team led by two earth knights?

The apples I chose to hook that gluttonous Nuosha were carefully selected, at least 3 gold coins a pound.You eyeless country bumpkin, why are you pretending to be generous!
Damn it, I haven't promised to sell it to you yet, why are you eating it so fast!Is the starving ghost reincarnated?Eat, eat, eat, you won't die!
I prepared this for Nuosha, not for you!

Luckily the poison doesn't work instantly, thank goodness...'

The old woman took the purse and forced a smile: "Well, I don't need to count it, I believe that the priest will not deceive me, a poor old woman.

It's just that a customer has already ordered some apples, and I have to leave some apples for him. "

Carl enjoys the sweetness of apples, how can he give up a few?
"Is that so, old woman, this basket is not much, and I plan to distribute it to other priests, but it's not enough.

Do you grow your own apples?I heard that there are many apple trees in the orchard on the east side of the town. Are they yours? "

"Ah, no, I'm a fruit farmer in the town of Boster next door. You know, it's relatively poor there, and there are not many other things except mountains, trees, and fruits.

I heard that this place is richer, so I drove a donkey cart here to sell fruit. With an idea, the old lady made up a perfect story, and secretly thanked herself for her habit of inquiring about all kinds of information before doing business.

If there is a leak, the poison can only be activated, and the leading missionary in front of him will be poisoned and then escaped. At that time, this group of people will be alerted, His Highness... no... His Majesty's task will be even more difficult to complete.

'I really deserve to be His Majesty's most capable subordinate! '

"And do you have any apples in your donkey cart?"

"No, no, it's a good day today, and the sales along the way are quite good. If there are any, I won't have the audacity to ask you to keep a few apples."

"Bostertown, Bobsttown," Carl said, reading a few times, "isn't too far from here.

How about this, old woman, these apples are not enough for us to share, please come again, and bring over two thousand pounds of these apples, we will cover them all, and buy them all at the price of 12 silver coins a pound, it should be enough before dark You go back and forth. "

"..." The old lady was silent, why is it so difficult to complete the task?

"Okay, alright, my lord priest, wait a moment!" the old woman said forcedly, "wait a moment, I will rent a carriage for such a big job, and I will bring it to you soon."

'Wow, it seems that you all believe in the Goddess of the Earth, and I don't want to implicate you, but if you take the initiative to seek death, don't blame me!Damn it, hurry up and send it before the poison takes effect. '

"Hey~" Carl waved his hand to stop the old lady who was about to turn around and leave in a hurry, "old lady, wait a minute."

"Huh? What else do you need?"

"This is a deposit. The 30% deposit is a total of 600 gold coins. You keep it." Carl bent slightly, looked at her at her level, and handed her a bag of gold coins. goods?"

【Yosena, be careful and safe on the road, do you need me to go with you...】

[No need, father, I have grown up! 】

"..." The memory of the past suddenly hit her.

The old woman wiped her eyes and said, "Priest Carl, you are a good man! I have already found a companion to act together, so I won't bother you and your companion.

By the way, this variety of apples is cold in nature. After eating apples, it is best to drink some raspberry milk and eat some beef and mutton, otherwise it will be bad for your health. "

'Seeing that you are not bad, since you are not the main target, I will spare your lives! '

As soon as Karl heard what she said, his body, which had been injured after fighting all night, felt hungry. Although he had just been promoted to the second-level physical earth knight, his food needs had dropped significantly, but at this moment, his physical injuries and sudden appetite told him , he better eat something.

"Thank you!"

"No thanks, no thanks, it's really rare to see such a nice person like you."

"Haha, it's nothing. I'm just buying and selling things seriously. It's not a good person." Carl also knew that there were many jerks in the priesthood, so he felt a little embarrassed.

'A pound of apples loses 18 silver coins, and I pay more than 6000 silver coins for a mission, and I have to prepare a large amount of poison and antidote, which is not a small expense!

What the hell... Fortunately, the big guy who took advantage of it was greedy and let me grab it, otherwise I would have been reluctant to part with it before.

Anyway, this kid seems to want to share the apples, so it should be given to Nuo Sha, so it's not a big problem. '

……

The sun was on the east side, and the time was almost up. The old woman who had been grinding and smearing the poison for a long time came to the church again with a cart of apples.

"Selling apples~"

Carl appeared quickly, surprised: "Old woman, why are you so fast?"

"You are big customers. I hired a double carriage specially to let you eat apples earlier." The old woman pointed to the two horses that were snorting and doing nothing.

"Then this horse has a good pedigree, and it runs quite fast." Carl didn't think too much about it. After all, what can an old man who is old and harmless to humans and animals do?Poison?I have been eating apples for half a day, and there are no adverse reactions.

If it was because he was physically stronger, he would have distributed the apples in the morning to other people on duty to guard the church, and there would be no problem.

Karl casually recruited two companions to count the scales together.

"Two thousand and one hundred and twenty-two pounds, 120 and two pounds more, we also took it, and I should pay you 120 silver coins after removing the deposit, you take it."

"Wait a minute, I haven't brought enough extra 122 pounds of money, you take the 1400 gold coins first."

"No, take the extra ones as my gift to you." The old woman smiled slightly.

Carl shook his head and paid the money anyway.

The old lady drove the empty carriage and pretended to leave, but actually went back around the church.

"Brothers, share the apples! These apples are no worse than the apples from our hometown in Wulin Province!" Carl greeted, and more than 200 people were arrested with him, and they were trained by Zhong Ming to become fake. People from Yunshan City, Lin Province gathered together happily.

Flatteredly divided the apples.At least one person can get 10 pounds of apples.

Even in the hometown of Wulin Province back then, many fruit growers did not dare to enjoy such good apples extravagantly, and they mostly ate some ripe or green inferior products.

It was the first time for many people to taste such a good apple.

Those who are covered in silkworms are not silkworm farmers.That's the reason.

"The apples in Yunshan City are also so sweet."

"Mom, I miss you so much!"

"Ah~"

Carl looked at his brothers with some headaches. He wanted to share some apples to improve everyone's quality of life and relieve everyone's homesickness, but he didn't expect it to have the opposite effect.

"Well, everyone, don't be discouraged. Although we are exiled now, we have at least gained the glory under the crown of the Mother Earth. I believe that in the future, there will be a day when we will go home..." Carl comforted.

In name, Karl and these people were all sentenced to exile by Zhong Ming and expelled Yasha, but Karl was able to bear the attention of the Mother Earth, so he got the current material treatment... Barabara.

In the eyes of everyone, Moramos was sent by Zhong Ming to ease the relationship with Karl, the mother of the earth, and trade some daily necessities.

Hearing what he said, the hope of returning home was ignited in everyone's eyes.

"Okay, let me go and give some apples to Princess Nuosha, lest outsiders know that we don't understand etiquette and lose face under the crown of the Mother Earth.

You go and send some outside Moramus' room, don't knock on the door, he didn't get a good rest last night. said Carl.

"Okay, Brother Carl..."

Many churches have the habit of sheltering nobles in exile, and Karl is not worried about being regarded by Nuosha as "the one who has nothing to do and is either a rape or a thief".

Carl knocked on Princess Noosa's door with the basket he bought together with apples.

"Priest Karl, what's the matter?" Nuosha asked with a haggard look as she opened the door.

The assassin Mitch was interrogated last night, and Nuosha, whose secret was exposed by him, struggled all night whether to run away with a bucket.

Insomnia all night, plus more than a month of hard work, poor nutrition, and great mental and physical pressure, even if Nuosha broke through the Earth Knight on the road, she still couldn't bear it.

"It's like this. Today I met an old woman who sells fruit. The apples she sells are very good. I will send some to Her Royal Highness," Carl said.

As he spoke, he randomly picked up an apple, wiped it and took a bite.

Karl also knew that Nuosha must be sensitive at the moment after the assassin and Mitch broke the news last night, so he took a bite first to indicate that the apple was fine.

Seeing him doing this, Nuo Sha relaxed her expression and said, "Thank you for your help, Priest Karl, you are a good person, my fiancé and I will remember..."

……

Meanwhile, Moramus stared bewilderedly at the apples that were delivered.

"You said Carl bought a carload of apples and distributed them to everyone?"

"That's right, Moramus, try it, it's really sweet." said the young man who gave the apple.

"The fruit seller is still an old woman?!"

"Moramos, why are you so rude, you are an old man..." the young man said with a little thought.

In Wulin Province, the pronunciation of the old woman is different from that of the old woman. It refers to the useless old man, which is slightly derogatory.

"Fuck! His Majesty Zhong Ming is amazing!" Moramus slapped his thigh, put down the apple and ran towards Princess Nuosha.

'Carl you stupid*!But please slow down!Damn it, it's time to catch up on sleep, so memorized! ' Moramus thought as he ran.

"Moramus, your apple!"

"Don't eat it, don't eat it! There's something wrong with this apple, go and tell everyone to spit it out!" Moramos shouted without looking back.

……

'Eat, eat! ' thought the old woman hiding in the dark.

"Stop! You can't eat it! You can't eat this apple!" Moramus appeared in front of Karl almost at the same time as his voice with a gust of wind, "There is a problem, there is a problem with the apple, you can't eat it! Spit it out!"

"?!"*2
'Damn it!Forget it, as long as this kid and Nuosha didn't eat poisonous apples, I'm only one step away from being an archmage (third-level), just a little girl who just arrived at the Earth Knight and a Gangsha warrior, I should be able to handle it. '

Thinking of it, she took out a few bottles of powder and sprinkled it out, a strange fragrance quickly spread throughout the church with the breath of the breeze she used.

The misty fragrance and the poison on the apple produced a wonderful reaction, and everyone who was still scratching their throats fell to the ground unconsciously.

"Jie Jie Jie~Little Nuosha, do you still recognize me?" said the old lady flying up from the sky.

Hearing this familiar voice, Nuosha said in surprise: "It's you?!"

Moramos, who was supporting Carl, who was foaming at the mouth and fell to the ground weakly, stared at her: "Hand over the antidote!"

Although the effect of this medicine is good, it has not yet threatened the second-level physical strength. Karl has no combat power, but his life is not in danger for the time being.But other people may not be sure if they drag on for a long time.

"Boy, give her to me, and I'll give you the antidote right away, or you 200 people, just wait to be buried with her.

A mere strange princess in exile is not worth your life. "The old lady removed her disguise, revealing her enchanting and charming figure.

Moramus was silent.

"Sana, you despicable villain, I was the one who rescued you from the bandits!" Nuosha gritted her teeth.

"Haha~" the witch Sanna sneered, "My naive stepdaughter, why, do you really think that a wizard like me will be taken away by a group of bandits?"

"You should also have some speculations, right? Or you have an idea but dare not admit it?"

"Let me tell you, it's fake, everything is fake, everything between His Highness Leon and you is a play!

With the help of a fool like you to train the army, do you really think you can marry the emperor of the Fritz Empire?
do you deserve it
I am the 'cleaner' sent by His Majesty Leon to finish you and your stupid father and erase the traces! "

"Get real, my stupid 'daughter'!"

As the villain of the witch Sanna babbled, Nuosha's hidden guess that she didn't dare to delve into completely surfaced.

"No~" Nuosha was flustered and almost fell to the ground, a crystal teardrop ran across her cheek. (end of this chapter)