Chapter 103: Too low
The proprietress was still knocking on the melon seeds, and when she ran over, she took the melon seeds back into her pocket and clapped her hands together, "Girl, put a few clips together for 4 copper coins."
Lu Jiu took 5 clips, equivalent to nearly 1 copper coin for a non-attribute item.
She had no objection and immediately took out four copper coins and handed them to the proprietress.
The proprietress saw that she was so straightforward and looked at Miansheng, so she couldn't help but ask: "Isn't the girl from Yuhong City?"
It is rare for people to be honest.
Lu Jiu nodded, saying, "That's right, I just happened to pass by here and came in to take a look."
The proprietress didn't continue to ask, but placed the things in her stall, "These are all things I saved before, do you have any souvenirs? It makes sense."
These things are indeed difficult to see after the Earth's resources have been depleted, but few people should care about them at this moment.
However, Lu Jiu intentionally made a cliché, so she carefully looked at other things with a look of great interest.
Seeing her like this, the proprietress knew she was a capable girl, and she still had enough money to buy this.
While looking at the things on the stall, Lu Jiu seemed to ask casually: "Just now I saw a lot of people talking together and seemed to be arguing. Is this often the case here?" People asked questions curiously, as if they were chatting about family matters.
The proprietress didn't think much of it, and she immediately started chatting, "Hey, it's been like this for several days, and it's not about the food for the winter. Those ordinary people don't want to sell the food, and those who go out to kill monsters don't like it. Every city-state has had troubles."
Lu Jiu nodded along with her words, "Yes, our city-state has also had trouble, so how to solve it here, this matter is a bit tricky."
The proprietress clapped her hands empathetically, "That's right! This matter is difficult to handle, but here the city lord restricts ordinary people from collecting, so he gave two pieces of land the right to collect. The rest are the sites of professional monster killers, but their family members will be collecting them."
As Lu Jiu and the others had expected, the measures taken here would directly restrict the collection range of ordinary residents from now on.
"That's it, no wonder there was a quarrel, but I heard they said that they still have to pay 90%, how can I live, I really can't tell what's going on in winter."
The proprietress smiled and waved her hands, "It's not what they were arguing about just now, it is the city lord who allows ordinary residents to collect all the grains in the fields, but they have to pay 90% of the food."
Lu Jiu seemed to suddenly realize: "Is that so?"
The proprietress seemed to think of something beautiful and said to her with a smile: "My son is also like you, he goes out to hunt for monsters, while my husband and daughter are gathering food at home, and I'm taking care of this stall."
Lu Jiu saw that the proprietress was about 40 years old, and it was not at all that ordinary residents in the city were restricted from collecting food. Worried, he thought that there was a high probability that she was a family member of a professional resident.
She smiled and said, "Then lady boss, you must be very happy. I'm afraid you won't need anything for the winter. My son can provide meat, and there is no shortage of food at home."
The lady boss liked hearing this, and the smile on her face didn't disappear. "Yes, there is indeed no shortage of food, and my son will sell some to his teammates who are close to him, but you are right, girl. I don't know what will happen this winter. More food is safer. The city lord's notice is also good. Those ordinary residents got a lot of food in the whole summer, enough for them to eat for several years."
She was right, the game hadn't been updated in summer, and the food outside was regenerated very quickly, so it's unlikely there would be a shortage of food in winter. Therefore, the residents of the two sides shouldn't make such a serious disturbance.
"That's true, but do you know what's going on in Dragon Flood City, Madam Boss? When I passed by, there were very few people in the city. My friends and I were a little worried and left quickly before arriving here."
Hearing Lu Jiu ask the proprietress, it seemed like she was recalling the matter of Dragon Flood City, and then she shook her head, "I don't know, I just know that there were deaths over there, probably because of that."
The other proprietresses didn't know either, Lu Jiu didn't ask much about the wine, just picked a few small things and left.
The proprietress looked very happy; she didn't expect that there were still people buying it at this time.
Lu Jiu only asked at this one stall and did not go to other stalls to continue inquiring, so as not to be noticed. At present, it is better to have one thing more than one thing less.
As the sky grew darker, Lu Jiu met up with two teammates outside the city, and the three of them set off directly to find a suitable place to camp, and then shared the information they had gathered during their day's inquiry.
At night, by the bonfire, several people were grilling skewers.
Lu Jiu told them the news she had gotten from the proprietress, and the other two teammates almost got the same news as well.
Zhuang Yun inquired more about the gossip in Yuhong City.
Lu Jiu felt a little regretful, "It's about the Dragon Flood City, the proprietress didn't know about it, she only knew that there were people killed, probably ordinary residents were too scared to go out."
Shen Jufeng shook the skewers in his hands, wanting to shake off some of the hanging grease, "Not only that, but it's also an invisible protest. I asked others if ordinary residents of Flood Dragon City died, and there were quite a few of them. There were nearly twenty people, which is considered serious. But there were very few people who witnessed this incident at that time."
Both Lu Jiu and Zhuang Yun were shocked, "Nearly 20 people?! This is a very serious situation."
It has been only a few months since they left the peaceful society. Deep down in my heart, I still feel that human life cannot be touched, and it is even more impossible to kill it without any grievances like wild monsters.
Shen Jufeng frowned when he heard the news at the time, "The polarization over there is serious, and He Ange is more inclined to professional players. The few people who hurt their lives were not expelled, which is also his statement, so everyone does not go out."
Zhuang Yun could only feel chills, "Whoever dares to go out will not be punished for killing someone, isn't it because the city lord has expressed that the lives of ordinary residents are not protected, and if they are killed when they go out, they can find someone to reason with."
There are no laws to restrain everyone, and there is nowhere to seek justice. If he were just an ordinary resident of Longjiao City, he would not dare to go out.
Shen Jufeng nodded in agreement, "That's the situation. Several city-states in Jinghe District were disbanded in autumn. Ordinary residents dare not leave there at will. Winter is approaching, and they all feel that we can wait until winter is over. Tell me about this. The person who happened to have friends in Flood Dragon City, and although he is a professional resident, he does not agree with these behaviors and feels that sooner or later he will get out of control, so he contacted ordinary residents he is familiar with, and plans to bring them here in the spring."
Lu Jiu said for this Flood Dragon. A certain professional resident in the city silently praised, "That's right, there is no sanction for such oppression. Ordinary residents dare not stay there. Even professional residents are probably worried about being involved in disputes. I didn't expect He Ange to be so low."
Every time Huo saw him, and when she met the manager of the pharmacy in Xuantian City, he always acted frivolously, which made her look down on him very much.
Unexpectedly, being the lord of a city doesn't even have any basic principles.
Shen Jufeng: "However, this person knows that the development of a city-state cannot be done without the help of the population. He is really stupid."