The gate of the village opened, and a large group of people poured out from inside.
The headed old man arched his hands and said: "Old Chale, the village chief here, has seen Su Zhixing, please forgive me for being rude before."
"Village Chief Chale is polite. We were reckless and mistakenly killed Guizhai Tamer. I am willing to make compensation for this." Su Chen replied.
Hearing the compensation, the old man immediately beamed his eyes: "I knew that Su Zhixing must be a good friend, hurry, please come in."
Damn, why didn't you say this when you were facing the enemy, now you get excited when you hear compensation.
The villagers have no knowledge but no knowledge, but those who have no knowledge have their own minds, and the pursuit of interests is endless. The difference lies in what interests they value.
Su Chen was not in a hurry, talking and chatting with Chale, touching the bottom of the village, and observing everything around him.
The stockade is not big, it is called Lejuzhai.
The name is quite meaningful, but unfortunately it is not.
In terms of scale, the number of people in Leju Village does not exceed 300. In the open space in the middle of the village, there are two huge monsters, they are also two super fierce beasts, they are sitting on the ground in a daze at this moment.
After inquiring, Su Chen found out that there were originally three fierce beasts here. They didn't need to be fed by the villagers. Every day they went out to find food by themselves and then came back.
Su Chen was secretly surprised.
Breeding is the basic condition for animal taming, and it is the so-called dependence that will obey you.
People control beasts by controlling food. It has been a habit that has been formed for thousands of years. But now, there are fierce beasts that can be controlled without being tamed. There are many things worth thinking about.
However, Su Chen also knew that this was about the secret of the village, and it was not easy to ask directly, so he just knocked on the side and said:
"Listening to what the chief of Chale said just now, you and the bloodline nobles in Qinghe City seem to be at war? What is going on? How is the deal done?"
Chale replied: "Oh, this happened because of the transaction. Since Su Zhixing has come to Hexi Forest, he should also know some of the conditions in this forest."
Su Chen nodded: "Know a little bit. The terrain of Hexi Forest is complex, and there are many dangers in it. Not only are there beasts to abuse, but there are also mysterious curses. Apart from the locals, few people can enter it without dying."
"That's right! Su Zhixing can enter here and kill the holy... Fierce beast, obviously has great ability. But most people do not have this ability. But this Hexi forest is rich in various resources. They want to collect , After all, we have to rely on natives like us."
"That's right, besides, you are originally from Hexi, and Hexi's resources should be given to you. How can you allow outsiders to pick and pick them?" Su Chen flattered and pointed at the point.
"That's it!" The old man was immediately excited: "So what price we want to sell the resources in Hexi, should we have the final say?"
"That's natural." Su Chen already understood the whole story.
"But this is not the case." The samurai leader next to him said angrily: "The resource pricing power of the Hexi Forest has always been in the hands of Qinghe's bloodline nobles. We can only sell at whatever price they offer. No. 1 herbal medicine, sold out for 100 gold and one tael, but they bought us for one gold and one tael!"
"The price difference is so big?" Su Chen was also taken aback by the price difference.
"Isn't it! At first we didn't know the outside market, we were deceived by them, and we sold it. But later we learned about it and we talked to them about the price increase, but they didn't agree with them life and death. "
"Then why don't you sell it to others?" Su Chen asked.
"I also thought about it. But Qinghe's business is controlled by them. It's impossible to sell others!" Chale sighed.
From the dense forest of Hexi, the nearest city is Qinghe. Those bloodline nobles directly controlled Qinghe City's business, from cargo ships to docks to shops, all under their control.
If the resources of the dense forest in Hexi want to enter Qinghe, they must be under their control from the moment they board the ship.
Without the permission of the blood nobles, their goods cannot be loaded on the ship, and even if they are on the ship, they cannot be unloaded at the dock. Even if the goods are released, no merchant dares to accept their goods.
By the same token, the money you get from selling resources still needs to buy things, and these shops are also in the hands of the blood nobles. In other words, even if you solve all the previous problems, sell the goods, and get the money, you still can't buy anything.
Through this kind of commercial monopoly, the villagers in Hexi had to be sold cheaply to them.
"Then you didn't go to other cities to see?"
"I've been there too. But I don't have a boat, and the river channel where I came here has water bandits. The water bandits are also controlled by the blood nobles, and some are even directly their people. We used to work hard to build a boat and transport some goods. I went to the downstream cities to sell goods, but before I got there, I was slaughtered by the water bandits. The heads were sent by the bloodline nobles."
"Sure enough!" Su Chen was also slightly surprised.
The methods of those bloodline nobles are equivalent to controlling all sales channels and seeking high profits through channel monopoly, but as the owners and producers of resources, they can only be exploited.
But even so, the stubborn villagers still did not give in easily. They grow their own land, pick wild fruits, and hunt animal meat, in this way reduce their dependence on the outside world.
If you can control the channels, I can control the output!
Confront the opponent in this way.
When commercial methods are used to the extreme, and no one can do anything about it, violent and bloody methods are often followed.
The bloodline nobles were quite angry at the villagers' non-cooperation.
They began to send people in and attack the villagers directly.
Although the curse of Hexilin is quite terrible, the bloodline aristocrats have been operating here for many years, and they also know the situation of the dense forests of Hexi and know some secrets about the curse.
To say that they can't avoid the curse 100%, but some proper precautions can still greatly reduce the probability of being cursed.
As long as people dare to die, it's okay to enter the dense forest.
This made the natural defenses of the dense forests of Hexi wiped out most of them.
The Hexi Forest had two armed struggles against the bloodline aristocrats to plunder their hard-working wealth, but without exception, they all suffered miserable failures and paid a lot of blood.
Since it is in a wild land, no one will stand up for them.
The result is that the local villagers can only bow their heads and let the other side exploit them.
But this situation suddenly changed not long ago.
All the villagers united again and launched a struggle against the blood nobles.
The reason for this is because they have acquired some kind of technology that can control the beast.
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