Lord of Plenty

"Squeak~Squeak~"

Angre's black-horned horse pulled the carriage and walked with difficulty on the muddy road.

The pattern of the knight holding a flag on the carriage and the crown of thorns on the knight's head showed that there was a nobleman behind this team.

Of course, no matter how prominent the owner's status was, and how much he could make the team unimpeded in the kingdom, he was still powerless in the face of the muddy and difficult road caused by the continuous rain.

At this time, it was already seven days after the harvest festival. The team that went to the capital to sell an unknown blue pill once again embarked on a long journey under the urging of the princess of a certain kingdom who had squandered all the money she earned.

This time, the team was still led by Nia. Originally, because the transportation method had been changed from carriage transportation to space ring transportation, the round trip time should have been greatly shortened.

But this time, the team had to transport and protect not only the pills, but more importantly, the people in the carriage.

The owner of the White Fruit Pharmacy Shop, the great pharmacist, Grace, who was going to the capital to attend the Mage Conference.

According to the Lord's instructions, it doesn't matter if all the goods are lost, but the people must be brought back to him intact and safe.

In addition to Grace, Xiao Qiaoer, as the guard assigned by the Lord to Grace, also followed.

Of course, this is just a nominal guard. As a pharmacist with the title of master, Grace's strength is unfathomable, at least stronger than anyone in the caravan protecting her.

Kun sent Xiao Qiaoer here just to let Xiao Qiaoer, who has never been out of the Rich Territory, gain some experience, and by the way, get along with the famous playboy in the capital in advance, and see and hear what good things he has done in the capital.

Hearing is always not as good as seeing with your own eyes.

"This damn weather, it rains for a while, and then it stops for a while, and I don't know when it will end!"

A soldier in the caravan reached out and wiped the rain off his face, and then complained.

The rain flowed down his leather armor into the lining of his clothes, and his shoes were soaked by the rain. In addition, the weather was hot and humid, and the feeling of the wet clothes sticking to the skin was too bad. Even a person with a good temper would become irritable after staying in such weather for a few days.

The soldier's complaint aroused more resonance.

"That's right. The further south we go, the weirder the weather becomes. Isn't it said that the weather in the south is pleasant and the scenery is beautiful? Anyway, I didn't feel any beautiful scenery or pleasant weather during the few times I went out. It was just this difficult road and the continuous drizzle."

"Who said it wasn't? Hey, you're weird. The weather in our place is very normal. After leaving Fengrao Territory, it's either raining or cloudy. My skin turned white from the soaking. And my shoes, which were soaked for a whole day, smelled..."

"Enough, shut up!"

Riding in front of the crowd, the leader Nia glanced at the soldiers behind her and shouted with dignity:

"Keep discipline. Montero City is ahead. We will rest in Montero City tonight and continue our journey tomorrow morning."

Nia's order was very effective, and the team was immediately silent.

First of all, whether it was the members of the Lord's Guard or the soldiers of the Security Team who were later separated, they were all trained by Dawn, and Nia was Dawn's disciple.

Secondly, Nia has already proved her leadership in the team with her strength. While she is very talented, she has become more mature in the experience of transporting goods, which makes people dare not underestimate her.

Looking at Nia who has the final say in the team, Joel, who is mixed in the team, is sincerely happy for her. Unlike him who has a mother and sister, Nia became an orphan very early, and she has come to this point today by her own efforts.

Half an hour later, the convoy led by Fengrao arrived outside the gate of Montero City.

There was a long queue of people entering the city in front of the city gate, and there were more refugees who were stopped outside the city, with ragged clothes and hungry faces.

"Please, sir, give me a piece of black bread, I'm starving to death."

Some people knelt on the ground and begged the people queuing to enter the city.

"My lord, my lord, look at my fourth daughter, as long as three pieces of bread, she will be your slave."

Some people sold their children on the street.

"Mom, I'm hungry."

"Wow~Wow~Wow~"

There were also young children who were crying with hunger, and the skinny children looked at them with empty eyes, which made people feel distressed.

Along the way, the caravan saw too many refugees like this, all wanting to enter the city to get a meal, almost every city along the way was like this.

Little Joel had seen something even worse, a child from a noble family broke the bread in his hand and scattered it on the ground, letting the refugees lie on the ground like wild dogs to fight each other, and the child's parents were still applauding and cheering beside him.

Little Joel clenched his fists and endured it for a long time before he could bear it. He couldn't cause trouble for the lord and the caravan.

After seeing too much suffering, he became numb.

Now when seeing such a scene again, Little Joel can be expressionless and no longer impulsive.

After that, Nia secretly scolded him, saying that he had lived a good life and forgot his identity. The lord treated them as human beings. After leaving the Rich Territory and taking off this leather armor, who would treat them as human beings?

You, a commoner, dare to raise your fist to the nobles now? Are you going to die?

Yes, once upon a time, the Land of Plenty was the most dangerous and poorest place in the kingdom. People outside regarded the people in the Land of Plenty as poor ghosts and refugees.

Now the world seems to be turned upside down.

The soldiers in the convoy were wondering why they came out of the Plenty Territory. The weather was so strange, but he knew the reason.

His sister Leia said that the magic teachers in the school always said that they could often feel a terrifying magic in the castle, and they didn't know what kind of magic the lord was casting.

It turns out that the weather in the Harvest Territory is not so good to begin with, but the lord makes it better.

The entire Fertile Territory seemed to be favored by the gods, but outside, it seemed like a world abandoned by the gods themselves. Unknown corpses exposed in the wilderness could be seen everywhere on the road, and a large number of hungry refugees gathered outside the city.

Rain, famine, and...

Disease!

Grandma Grace said that there will be a great epidemic after the rain. Before setting off, she distributed a herbal pack that could dispel the epidemic to everyone and asked them to carry it with them.

In the evening, before everyone in the motorcade had dinner, the city manager hurriedly brought people to see Grace.

An epidemic has begun to spread in the city of Montero. The city owner sincerely invites Grace to stay in Montero City with a hundred gold until the epidemic is completely eliminated.

"Lord City Lord, to be honest, this time I was invited by the Mage Association to go to the royal capital to discuss matters. I really can't waste too much time. However, I can help check on the epidemic in Montero City. As long as I follow the doctor's advice, By isolating patients and thoroughly disinfecting, I think the epidemic in the city can be controlled soon."

"I feel much more relieved with your guarantee. On behalf of the tens of thousands of residents in Montero City, I would like to thank you for your selfless assistance."

Grace just smiled and said nothing, staring at Lord Montero until his whole body became hairy.

What is a guarantee? What did she guarantee? There may be a universal elixir that can cure all diseases in this world, but there is absolutely no universal doctor who can cure all diseases.

As for selfless assistance, or a gift of a hundred gold, she doesn't care much about this, but you said you would pay for the consultation at first, and then it became free. Do you think I, a great pharmacist, am someone to be bullied?

Grace poured herself a cup of tea leisurely, looked at the middle-aged bald Lord of Montero City and smiled:

"I can help eliminate the epidemic in Montero City for free, but only you..."

"Me? What's wrong with me?"

"Roll up your sleeves and see if there are some little red spots on the inside of your arms. Obviously, you are also suffering from the disease. Otherwise, why would the dignified city lord come to me in such a hurry? Simply for the safety of the residents in the city, I don’t think it’s possible.”

Lord Montero had a dark face and said nothing.

"Your consultation fee is one hundred gold. It doesn't matter if you lose a copper coin. Believe me, even if you survive until I drive away the epidemic in the city, your illness will not get better. Of course, you can also find other doctors. I’m here to help you see a doctor, but I will be leaving Montero City soon. The Lord of the City must hurry up if you want treatment.”

"Grace!"

Montero City Lord said angrily: "You have to think about it. Do you still think that you are a well-known great pharmacist in the previous royal capital? Have you thought about the consequences of being an enemy of this City Lord?"

"bite!"

Little Joel slammed the long sword in his hand on the ground, stood up from the chair and looked coldly at the cunning and stingy city lord.

He didn't want to cause trouble for the lord, but if someone else took the initiative to provoke them, that would be another matter.

If Nia were here, she would probably go even further. Instead of scaring, she would take action directly.

Grace smiled and waved to little Joel next to her:

"Joel, sit down, he is just bluffing. In such a special period when the whole kingdom is plagued by epidemics, even His Majesty the King must think twice if he wants to touch an old woman for no reason. He is just a city lord, and he does not have this courage."

Grace traveled so far on behalf of the apothecary collective, from the Harvest Territory to the Royal Capital to attend the Mage Conference.

If she really has a problem here, not to mention the pharmacists, even the Wangdu Mage Association will not sit idly by and ignore it.

Because this is no longer an internal problem among the mages, but a serious external problem that harms a great mage recognized by the Mages Association for no reason.

And in the current epidemic situation, what is the difference between offending a group of pharmacists and committing suicide?

The worst case scenario may be that no matter how severe the epidemic is in the small city of Montero, and all the resident nobles are almost dead, they will not receive any support from pharmacists.

And ordinary doctors from the human race are notoriously useless.

The nobles would rather donate half of their property to the church than undergo horrific medical procedures that involve bloodletting or scalping with a soldering iron.

That's not curing a disease, it's killing someone.

Many times, you can't tell whether you survived from those executioners because they really cured your disease or because you were simply stubborn.