novelraw Chapter 299 Death of Wuzhuo Society
Chapter 299 Death of Wuzhuo Society
Chapter 299 Death of Wuzhuo Society
Looking at her hurried manner, Chongzhen felt that what she said made sense. Just as she let go of her hand to say a few words, Ling Chengen slipped away in the blink of an eye.
Chongzhen stood there, watching her disappearing figure at the intersection, his eyes widening slightly. He grabbed Gangfeng beside him, pointed to his nose, and asked, "Am I some kind of monster now? Why does she run away when she sees me?"
Gangfeng looked at the dark circles under his fox-like eyes, his messy hair, and his increasingly irritable mood, touched the tip of his nose, and said, "Don't you know yourself? You've been in a manic state lately. Even cats and dogs passing by are worried about getting kicked by you?"
Chongzhen: "..."
He glared at Gangfeng and pointed at himself, saying, "Do you think I wanted to become like this? If someone could take over my job, I'd gladly hand it over and go home to lie down and sleep like a log!"
"How can you all be so useless? I've taught you so many times, and you still can't even do simple form registration or material quantity statistics?"
What use are you?
Moreover, he also had to write proposals on teaching, audit the impoverished low-income households in Beast City who lacked winter supplies, and finally arrange for people to investigate and confirm the situation before planning the distribution of some supplies to these households...
He took charge of the economy and people's livelihood in the Beast City from beginning to end.
There is no one busier than him in this beast city!
Shigeaki released his grip on Okaze's collar and was about to return to his office area to write a proposal when, after only a few steps, a crow flapped its wings and emerged from the sprawling branches, landing on his shoulder.
Chongzhen glanced at him, noticing he looked unfamiliar, and asked, "Who are you?"
The raven beastman tilted his head slightly, staring at him with his black eyes for a moment, and said, "I am a warrior of the Raven Clan. The young city lord has assigned some of our Raven Clan warriors to be responsible for communication and relay within the city. My name is Ya Jian, and I usually stand guard at the Zhenyang Gate in the east of the city."
"The captain of the city gate guards sent me to find you."
"What happened at Zhenyang Gate?"
Upon hearing this, Chongzhen immediately recalled that Ling Chengen had told him about the Crow Clan's arrangements a couple of days ago before he left. However, he hadn't paid much attention to it since he didn't need the Crow Clan's people much for the time being.
Ya Jian said, "A group of people came from outside the city. They introduced themselves as orcs from the Hailing tribe, and came to deliver supplies."
“We didn’t know them, so we didn’t dare let them into the city.”
Chongzhen thought for a moment and asked, "Who is the leader?"
"The one in the lead is called Hai Xing."
Without any hesitation, Chongzhen immediately said, "Notify Zhenyang Gate to let them into the city."
"Let them rest for a while in the greenhouse in the east of the city. I'll be there right away."
Ya Jian flew off his shoulder and quickly headed east of the city.
Crows fly very fast, sometimes reaching speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour.
As orcs, the raven race flies faster than ordinary crows.
Therefore, they are very suitable for the job of delivering messages.
Chongzhen sighed deeply and turned to Gangfeng, saying, "Find a raven orc for me to go to the hospital and ask Yuheng to borrow Xuanyan. I need him for a day to do the supplies inventory here."
Gangfeng scratched the back of his head and asked, "Yuheng won't lend you the person, will he?"
"I've heard that he's too talented, so he's not very good at teaching lower-level witch doctors. Right now, we're counting on Xuan Yan to train those witch doctors."
Chongzhen rolled her eyes at him: "Just one day! It's not like I'm not going to return the person."
Gangfeng: "What if they don't lend it to us?"
Chongzhen stared at him for a few seconds: "Then you should snatch him over, even if you have to carry him! Send him directly to the warehouse area in the east of the city."
Gangfeng: "..."
Chongzhen didn't give him any chance to hesitate. He turned his head, reached out, and waved to Wu Zhuo who was passing by: "Could you please take me to Zhenyang Gate?"
Wu Zhuo tilted his head, a yellow horned sheep that had recently died slung over his shoulder, and refused without thinking, "I'm going to feed Bao Bao! I don't have time to take you."
Chongzhen snatched the horned sheep from his shoulder and stuffed it into his spatial container, not giving him a chance to argue: "Give it to me first, it's important! I need to see the Hailing tribe, their supplies just arrived at the city gate..."
Upon hearing this, Wu Zhuo let out a long sigh, glanced at the orcs moving around in human form on the street, transformed into a giant eagle, and said, "Let me tell you, large orcs are normally prohibited from transforming into their beast forms in the city. If I get caught and punished by Su Weihua, you'd better explain this to me!"
After Wu Zhuo carried him into the sky, he flapped his wings and sped towards Zhenyang Gate.
Chongzhen said speechlessly, "Are you that afraid of him? His enforcement team has only been around for a short time, and there aren't many people in it. How could they have time to deal with an orc like you who flies so high!"
Wu Zhuo was too lazy to pay attention to Chong Zhen, but in the end he couldn't help but criticize him: "You are the boss's beast husband and have a high position of power in the city. Su Weihua will definitely not care about you, but I am an unlucky guy with no status or background. If I get caught, I will be paraded in public and I will have to accept a certain amount of compulsory labor as punishment."
Chongzhen sat on his back, clutching her collar tightly, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "It sounds like you've already been punished?"
Wu Zhuo: "..."
Chongzhen asked in surprise, "You were really punished?"
"You're Ling Chengen's little follower, does Su Weihua really not show you any mercy?"
Wu Zhuo didn't want to talk to him, but kindly offered him a ride, only to have this person bring up his sore spot.
Because Sister En has been very busy lately, she hasn't been hanging out with him anymore.
With Bai Qingyu back, he no longer needs to travel long distances, so he's been relying on Bao Bao for companionship lately.
When he had nothing to do, he would take his bag and go hunting outside the city.
After all, Sister En had long forgotten about Boss Bao and hadn't bothered with his meals during this time.
Although Bao Zong has learned a lot of hunting skills, it's freezing cold and prey is hard to find. In addition, the little Bao Zong is too delicate. As the weather gets colder and colder, he absolutely refuses to go out hunting unless he is starving.
When there's really no other way, he'll sometimes help out.
Mr. Bao simply stayed at his place.
Fortunately, when the houses were being allocated, he mentioned that he liked living in the highest place and that he also kept a little winged dragon beast, so Chongzhen allocated him the top floor of the tallest residential building in the north of the city, which also included a rooftop terrace.
Since Boss Bao couldn't move into the house, he even paid out of his own pocket to find earth and wood element warriors to build a warm doghouse for Boss Bao on the rooftop!
Otherwise, with his sister En's method of raising him for three days and forgetting him for half a month, Xiao Bao Zong would have starved himself to death long ago!
Or maybe it already flew away on its own!
Because he modified the rooftop without informing the housing and construction department, and because objects fell from the building during the renovation, almost hitting someone.
So someone reported him to the law enforcement team.
This resulted in him being taken to the enforcement center by the enforcement team, where he first copied the regulations ten times, and then publicly apologized for his illegal behavior in the community...
As a result, he was too afraid to go out for a while.
After that, he flew out from the rooftop every day, and as a result... the law enforcement team came knocking on his door again.
I made him copy the newly added regulations three times.
One of the rules is: large orcs are prohibited from transforming into beasts in the city streets except in emergency situations.
Because he usually doesn't dare to go out, he didn't see the new notice posted in the community, which resulted in him violating the regulations again.
So, he did it again, reading his self-criticism aloud in the community.
He's completely lost his mind. He really misses the days when he lived in a cave-like, unfinished house. Back then, although conditions were poor, he felt comfortable. Unlike now, where everything has to be done according to the rules!
He absolutely hates rules.
Chongzhen was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this, and said, "When the regulations were announced, did you not memorize a single one of them?"
Wu Zhuo retorted, unconvinced, "I heard it, but I didn't remember it."
"I can't read," he said, sounding both unreasonable and self-righteous.
Chongzhen looked at the Zhenyang Gate that was so close by, stood up from him, and said, "If you get punished by Su Weihua this time, just blame it on me. But the city will soon start to popularize literacy, so you have to keep an eye on the community news and make sure you attend the classes when they are scheduled."
"If you can't read, there are many jobs you can't do."
Wu Zhuo sighed and said, "I know, I know, I will study hard."
These days... living conditions have improved, but life is getting more and more painful.
You need to be able to read...
Who on earth invented such a bizarre thing? It makes him dizzy just looking at it.
"Remember to ask your boss for reimbursement for the supplies for Bao Bao. She brought that pet back from the Misty Swamp. She doesn't have time to take care of it, but she should pay for Bao Bao's food. Don't be polite with her, she doesn't need that little bit of food."
Wu Zhuo lowered the altitude, and Chong Zhen took the horned sheep out of his spatial storage and stuffed it directly into his paws. He also hung a bag of potatoes and other fruits around the horned sheep's neck and said, "Take the horned sheep back with you."
After saying that, he jumped off Wu Zhuo's back, stepped on a tree branch to cushion the fall, and then moved left and right before landing smoothly on the tree.
As soon as he landed, he saw Hai Xing standing on the street, looking around at the street scene with a shocked expression.
Chongzhen tidied his wind-blown hair, walked over to Haixing's side, looked at the group of orcs behind him with the same expression, and said with a smile, "Why did you suddenly come here on such a cold day? You didn't even give us a heads-up so we could arrange for someone to pick you up."
Hai Xing tightened his fur collar and patted Zhong Zhen's shoulder: "When I delivered salt powder and blue crystal shells to you before, I heard people in the tribe say that you built a city on the Beast Plains, but I have never seen it with my own eyes. This is the last time before spring to deliver salt powder and supplies, so I led the team to come and see."
"It's really amazing! It's especially beautiful and very clean and tidy..."
He had previously gone to Nanyuan with the team led by Shi Panxing.
Although I didn't go to Huangyan Beast City in the inland, I did experience the local customs and culture of Nanyuan in the port town of Feiyuzui.
It's nowhere near as good as this beast city before us!
His limited vocabulary makes it difficult to describe, especially coming from the east and entering the plains, where he could see the city perched on the vast plains in the distance, so solemn and magnificent... with an inviolable aura.
The closer they got, the more amazed they became.
How come the people in Shilin are so smart and capable?
All I feel is envy.
However, after entering the city, the feeling of fear gradually faded, and what slowly rose in my heart was relief!
It is an honor for them to cooperate with such a powerful and formidable tribe.
If their Hailing tribe, like the other Shanna tribes, had refused to make contact with the inland orcs back then...
They may still be that poor and wretched little tribe, whose people can't even fill their stomachs, let alone dare to dream of becoming a well-known tribe on the east coast.
Sea salt changed the fate of the entire Sea Spirits.
If possible, he would like to deepen his cooperation with Shilin this time.
If one day a city like this could appear on the coast, and the people of his Sea Spirit tribe could live there, he would have no regrets in his life.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Hai Xing, Chong Zhen asked, "Did you store the supplies in your spatial storage?"
“Yes.” Hai Xing looked back at his clansmen, who all looked like country bumpkins visiting the Grand View Garden, with silly and naive expressions on their faces. It was really hard to look at. He turned his head and said, “Let them wander around the city. I will hand over the supplies to you.”
After saying that, he suddenly remembered something and tentatively asked, "They can wander around the city, right?"
"Of course, we've been working together for so long, we trust each other enough."
Chongzhen instructed Yajian to arrange for a few members of the Ya Clan to accompany the people from the Hailing Tribe, to prevent them from getting lost in the city or causing any unpleasant incidents with other beastmen due to their unfamiliarity with the city's rules.
"Don't worry, Lord Chongzhen, leave this to me."
Ya Jian simply grabbed the thumb-thick metal flute around his neck, blew it hard, and after the rapid high-pitched sound rang out, dozens of ravens quickly flew out from the eaves and tree holes, flapping their wings and flying towards this side.
Seeing this, Chongzhen felt relieved and left with Haixing.
Not long after the two arrived at the East Warehouse District, Gangfeng brought Xuanyan over.
Xuan Yan wore a black fur coat, and his short black hair was neat and tidy. Because he had to teach medical skills and receive treatment from Yu Heng during this period, he had lost a lot of weight, but his face did not look sickly. Instead, he looked even more capable.
He confirmed his identity with the soldiers guarding the warehouse entrance before entering the warehouse area.
Chongzhen spotted him immediately and smiled, "You've come at the perfect time. Let me introduce you. This is Hai Xing, the young chieftain of the Hailing tribe."
"The Shanna tribe?" Xuan Yan recognized Hai Xing's identity at a glance. The Shanna people live by the sea and have a faint sea scent. In addition, the sun there is strong, so their skin is generally dark, making them easy to identify.
Chongzhen nodded and said, "Yes, the Hailing tribe is the only coastal tribe we cooperate with. Currently, the salt powder supply for the eastern, central and northern regions mainly comes from the Kaoshan tribe."
Xuan Yan was hearing about this for the first time. He knew that before the dry season this year, the supply of salt stones in various regions was quite tight. Even the Rattlesnake tribe, which hid in the mountains, was worried about salt stones for a long time. Finally, a light white salt powder began to appear in the central and eastern trade markets, which alleviated the salt shortage of various tribes.
I never expected it to be produced by the Hailing tribe, and it has such a close relationship with the Stone Forest.
"Haihang is here to hand over supplies to us."
"Send salt?" That was the first thing Xuan Yan thought of.
Hai Xing chuckled and turned to Zhong Zhen, asking, "You haven't told your own people the truth yet?"
He looked at Xuan Yan and shook his head, saying, "We don't need to supply the salt to the City of Ten Thousand Beasts. Shi Lin has its own salt production channels. Even the salt production technology we have now was taught to us by the young chieftain of Shi Lin. We, Hai Ling, produce salt and sell it to tribes in the central, eastern, and northern regions, sharing the profits with Shi Lin every month."
Xuan Yan stared wide-eyed in shock at Chong Zhen beside him.
Chongzhen nodded slightly and said, "That's true."
“You’re practically an outsider now, so there’s no problem revealing this to you.”
Xuan Yan solemnly replied, "I understand. I won't tell anyone."
……
After getting rid of Chongzhen, Ling Chengen went to find Lin Ying.
She planned to make arrangements for the things Bai Xi had asked her to do.
The wandering orcs of Mount Lolu do need to be dealt with, but they should be dealt with after Uga.
Now we can arrange for people to lead Bai Xi to scout the situation, to find out the terrain and dangers of Mount Luolu, as well as the situation of the existing wandering orc organizations in the mountains, so that it will be easier to wipe them out in the future.