Chronicles Of Primordial Wars (Ch. 271-500)

ch. 443-444

Chapter 443- Gifting Grains

Shao Xuan and Guang Yi’s swords were left at Gongjia Heng’s place so he could fix it. However, Heng looked at the sword with a slight cringe- after more experience and learning higher-level techniques, he had improved a lot compared to when he first made this sword. He would probably make drastic changes to this one.

As for Guang Yi’s sword, that was basically a useless weapon to him, Heng did not even look at it.

When they left, Shao Xuan and Guang Yi brought with them two swords Heng had given them for temporary use. They weren’t very good swords but a lot better than the one Guang Yi was using.

Black Bear was also thinking of asking Heng to fix his large knife but unfortunately, this wasn’t the time. He must wait and have patience. He was already allowed inside and Shao Xuan also helped mentioned that Black Bear passed the sword testing. Now that Heng knew him, the next time he visited, he might get Heng to make him an axe.

When they left, the potholes left behind from the fight were being filled. There were people from both the Black Bear and Linlu tribe. Both sides helped fill potholes far from each other. They hadn’t actually fought when the tension was at its peak and everyone had already calmed down. While they had their own opinions, none of them really wanted to fight. However, this situation could change at any moment.

Both sides had already sent gifts to the Gongjia family. The Linlu tribe was planning to send the gifts on the next day but when they saw Maoda and his men return with many gifts, they dared not fall behind either. This was King City and they might need the Gongjia family’s help in the future. Especially that Master Heng that recently became famous– even if they hadn’t met him yet, it was not good to offend him.

Black Bear was not worried though. After seeing how friendly Heng was with Shao Xuan, he was very relieved and grateful. They had helped the Flaming Horn people because of the incident at Anba City. He hadn’t expected to be so lucky. The Flaming Horn tribe hadn’t set foot into King City for decades, and when they arrived, they had already known Ji Ju and Master Heng!

Even if the people here had forgotten the tribe, after today, more people would remember the tribe that provoked multiple incidents here. One must not underestimate how nosey these people were.

After meeting Heng, Shao Xuan got himself some clothes. He’d sold two sacks of Ji Ju’s grains to the Black Bears so he had some gold leaves with him.

On the next day, Shao Xuan, Guang Yi and Black Bear went to the Golden Grains fields.
Previously, they had agreed on allowing Shao Xuan to stay for a period of time in the field so he wouldn’t attract attention going in and out every day. That was why Shao Xuan prepared clothes for about five days so he could learn more about Ji Ju’s planting methods, crops and local customs.

Black Bear was just there to create an impression for himself and borrow Shao Xuan’s name to get himself some newly harvested grains. He could not stay for long because Ji Ju did not invite him to. He understood that. After the successful trade with the butler/main housekeeper, Black Bear left happily.

Ji Ju did not usually care about the trades. If everything required him, what were his butlers for? That was why he only managed the planting parts, all trades were left to the butlers, who were basically managers. Does the outsider want grains? Fine, go look for the butler. Kiss his ass if you need to. That was why a butler was a very powerful position here.

At the fields, autumn was the season with the largest harvest. Although there were also crops harvested during other seasons, they were relatively lesser. At this point of the year, the fields had already harvested one batch of grains. The unripe grains were ripening now. That was why the slaves were very busy harvesting, caring for the plants and prepping the crops for winter.