Under the Red Dragon

From some unknown time, a rumor began to circulate quietly among the secular circles of the Cathay Empire: the young dragons captured and used as gladiators in the Imperial arena possessed the world's most fertile lands.

Their rainforests were lush, with trees that had grown for countless years, a single one capable of building a small ship; their soil was fertile, allowing for four or five harvests a year; their species were abundant, with even the most unskilled hunter able to catch plump prey with simple traps, and easily catch the foolish, fat fish with bare hands.

Their mineral veins were endless, with countless rare ores exposed on the surface, gold and silver mines everywhere, and gems and agates readily available.

Even the rivers flowing through the jungles were filled with gold; simply collect the water flowing from the golden lands downstream, and you could obtain endless amounts of gold.

Although this rumor sounded too good to be true, many people who had seen young dragons in the Imperial arena inexplicably fueled these rumors.

Each of them spoke as if they had personally experienced it in that distant land, with great conviction.

These rumors were initially said to have originated from the mouths of adventurers, who still promoted their adventures daily in the crowded markets.

They spoke of exploring that golden land and luckily finding a man-sized nugget of gold by the river.

The real adventurers, who were initially skeptical of these rumors, began to clamor after seeing the huge gold nugget displayed before their eyes, and the increasing number of ships in the Cathay Empire's port cities further confirmed their thoughts.

Those ships were filled with people and various equipment for panning minerals, the atmosphere was joyful and enthusiastic, and after receiving sufficient supplies in the harbor, they circled the harbor a few times to declare their joy to the public, and then sailed all the way to the legendary dragon territory.

These adventurers immediately boiled over, they quickly spread the word, colluded with each other, and prepared to form an adventurer alliance to go to that wealthy place.

This would not only gather the strength of everyone to protect themselves, but perhaps also occupy a rich place as a base.

As for the merchants and adventurers who had visited that place before, they thought that their exploration direction had been wrong, or not deep enough.

After all, they had also seen the situation in that place with their own eyes, so these people couldn't sit still, and began to organize their forces, preparing to go to that golden land.

Merchants with strength began to build their own fleets, recruiting mercenaries and explorers from the market as guards, and ships followed the routes of those pioneers and began to advance into the distance.

Some scattered gold diggers and adventurers rented relatively cheap medium and small ships, following the merchants' large ships forward.

Although these medium and small ships were very dangerous to sail on the sea, the adventurers didn't care, their desire for gold exceeded their cherishing of life, they were originally a group of people who exchanged their lives for wealth.

The gold diggers' understanding of life was no worse than that of the adventurers, as long as there was a place where gold might appear, they would choose to try it, whether that place was heaven or hell.

Originally, the people of the Cathay Empire, located in the north, were fond of martial arts and full of martial virtues, and there were always legends circulating about treasures hidden in the monster mountains full of danger.

Therefore, the entire country also had a strong adventurous plot and atmosphere, which further stimulated the enthusiasm of the people.

As this trend spread, it gradually passed from coastal cities to inland cities, and even Hobis, the imperial capital located in the southern center of the empire, was affected.

This wave of adventure and gold rush, as if driven by a mysterious big hand, slowly swept across the entire country of the Cathay Empire, and in just a few months, it became popular throughout the country, and countless adventurers and merchants began to go north.

When ships hanging noble family crest flags and ships hanging mage emblem flags began to go north, even the ordinary people living in the market became enthusiastic.

For a time, imperial ships were expensive, and some crazy adventurers even drove small fishing boats in the river to go to sea, but they were overturned by the waves as soon as they went to sea, and fortunately they were close enough to the shore to save their lives.

“Baklava, pumpkin soup! Come and take a look, it tastes great!”

“Fresh wheat bread, only two coppers.”

“Arugula, carrots, chives······”

The crowded market was filled with various shouts of soliciting customers, with people coming and going, not only many farmers and many residents living in the city, but even some nobles' butlers and servants would occasionally appear in this place.

The picky nobles always had some strange quirks, maybe one day they would want to taste the taste of ordinary people's food.

In front of this crowded market, there were also some mobile stalls, which were the first choice for those who did not have the ability to open a small restaurant but were very confident in their cooking skills.

Ross was one of them, although he had not yet opened today.

Ross scratched his head, he was a little embarrassed to shout to attract customers like others, just standing blankly behind the stall.

His eyes stared straight at the passers-by, hoping they would have a good eye and appreciate his excellent cooking skills and hard work.

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“Ross, Ross,” a young man squeezed out of the crowded crowd, this young man was squeezed out of a body of sweat, panting and ran to the stall, this was his good partner, Herre.

Many of the food materials on his stall came from this partner, because this partner was an excellent hunter, and also had a fluent method of handling prey, many valuable furs of prey needed excellent handling methods to ensure value.

“What's wrong, Herre,” Ross smiled honestly, he handed over a glass of water, “What happened, don't worry, take your time.”

He, he, the young man named Herre took two breaths, took the water glass and drank it all, then leaned over with a mysterious face and said: “Ross, do you know about the golden land that has been rumored recently?”

“Of course I know, this matter has spread throughout the entire capital,” Ross scratched his head, “You don't want to go adventure and pan for gold, do you, Herre, dispel this idea, we know nothing about this.”

“And even if that place is really full of gold, we can't find a boat to ride now, those boats that can travel far have already been rented out.”

“Hehe, of course not to pan for gold, that place may not really be the same as those adventurers who like to brag say.”

“But so many people have gone to that place, they must need to eat, why don't we open a small restaurant there, so they pan for gold, we pan for them, what do you think.” Herre put his arm around his partner's shoulder and came up with an idea.

“Sounds good,” a hint of interest appeared on Ross's honest face, “But how do we get there.”

“Hehe, well, I have a way!”