Chapter 268 – 3. Dongju in May (5)
Water buffalo sledding over mud.
I wondered why it had such a strange shape, and in a sense, it was also a vehicle that played the role of a half-ship.
This water buffalo sled was so great that I thought that there was really nothing like it to pass through a very deep place, but pass through a muddy field close to a swamp or a shallow river.
It is too inefficient for water buffalo to keep swimming in deep water, but admiration for this strange carriage or sled passing over moderately shallow water and mud was aroused.
“Are all the lands of Yan Kingdom like this?”
“Haha, not all, but certainly Yan’s land is usually like this. These uninhabited lands are where the country’s main facilities are located. For example, the grain warehouse we are heading to now is one of those places.”
While the water buffalo was purring, Roa looked around in amazement.
But even in the midst of that, in a corner of my head, I always kept a vigilant mind about my surroundings.
Creak. Creak…
Squeak…
Grrrr…
Whether it was a sleigh or a cart, the wagon began to creak as the ground gradually dried up.
Most of all, as the sound of the sleigh scratching the floor grew louder, she wondered if it was okay to go on as it was.
“I think we’ll have to walk from here. If we push ourselves, we can go further, but the cart is too heavy…”
In the end, they got off the wagon and went to YuRia, who was at the front, and the wagons creaked and slowly started to go back.
She wanted to go back like this, but Roa let out a small sigh of relief as she saw the wagon parked on the side of the road a little further back.
It seemed to be worrying for nothing.
It was just waiting out of the way so as not to obstruct traffic on the road.
Arriving at the rice warehouse, YuRia saw the workers inside the warehouse carrying rice seeds in small sacks the size of a person’s fist. She scooped out the chaff with her hands and scooped out the yellowish grains, blowing off the chaff.
“I thought it was an Indica because it’s on the American side, but it seems to be a mononeutral or single-grained species.”
Come to think of it, were Koreans crazy about this rice variety?
However, from Yuria’s point of view, medium-long grain Indica was better.
Especially Jasmine Rice.
Of course, this one is useful in its own way, but…
“Hmm”
It’s the first time I’ve seen it in real life, so I don’t know. Is this spicy rice or glutinous rice? Personally, I would prefer glutinous rice.
“Is this the only variety of rice?”
“No, besides this one, there are more sticky rice. There are also longer rice that are not sticky at all.”
YuRia’s eyes brightened a bit at those words.
“I want to see sticky rice and long rice.”
“Hey! Take out some glutinous rice and indica.”
Inside the warehouse, the sound of someone moving busily could be heard.
And after a while, two small sacks containing slightly different rice from the previous rice came down from the rope.
When I received the sack and unwrapped it, the first rice had a slightly transparent feel, but this rice was white without a transparent texture.
Is this glutinous rice?
Once I chewed the first rice that looked like spicy rice and this white rice that looked like glutinous rice, I definitely felt the difference.
I thought spicy rice was not very useful, but this must be useful in its own way?
After chewing on the long Indica rice, Yuria nodded slightly.
“How much rice can be traded here?”
“100 seats for spicy rice. 50 seats for glutinous rice. Up to 5,000 seats for indica rice. If you want to buy more, there are other warehouses, so please take a look.”
If you convert 1 seok, it is 200 kg for rice seeds. As a grain that has been polished, it is about 140 ~ 150Kg.
In other words, it was said that it was possible to purchase in units of hundreds of tons.
It’s not that there’s no way to get rice. There are quite a few in one kingdom.
It’s just that one kingdom doesn’t have the Indica variety that Yuria wants. That would be the case, because the location of a kingdom is a country where Korea, which was crazy about japonica rice, which is a medium-grain rice, used to exist.
Apparently, the culture has been transformed, but it seems that the nation has been maintained as it is.
If, after comparison, the quality of glutinous or spicy rice is inferior to that of one kingdom, then it was enough to import only Indica rice.
However, even if the quality of the rice here is poor, it was not a bad decision to live here to some extent, as a kingdom was busy consuming its own rice and did not think about exporting it.
Instead of the guides sent by the local governor, we returned to the wagons carrying rice, and each of us loaded a bag of rice into each wagon and moved on to our next destination.
Towards a kind of downtown area nestled near the rice warehouses.
What should I say about this place?
Is it because the rice that has not yet been polished feels almost like a currency? The rice silo was a food warehouse and felt similar to a bank.
As such, this area was the same as the financial center, and it was the center of the economy where all kinds of commerce were actively taking place.
As such, there was no better place than here to understand Yeon Kingdom.
“The delta here is a bit unusual. Usually deltas are very fertile soil, but this place is full of sand. However, thanks to that, it drains well and has solid soil, so it has become a representative market place.”
Looking at the delta that exists beyond the slightly larger river, I wondered how to cross it, but to my surprise, the water buffaloes pulling the wagon jumped into the water without hesitation.
The water buffaloes, who tumbled and swam, were moving forward faster than expected.
“The current speed in this area is much slower than expected, so even a cart can easily cross it.”
“Hmm…”
Surely. If the current speed is slow, the river is a bit large, but since the width of the river is less than 100 meters, water buffaloes could not cross it.
“Isn’t that how you usually go around?”
“Yes, I’m not proud of it, but the boy often went here. We didn’t even think of crossing this place by wagon at first, but it was surprisingly convenient.”
Yuria waved his hand as she saw Roa’s cart following her from behind.
In the meantime, Yuria flinched at the fact that her own carriage, which was in front of her, was going almost side by side with Roa’s carriage, which was at the far end of her.
Doesn’t this make her feel as if she herself is heavy?
“It’s just because the water buffalo in the wagon he rode in is the best swimmer.”
YuRia said ‘Eh?’ She did, and while she made a noise, indeed Loa’s wagon started to run ahead of her, and before she knew it, she was the first to climb the river. Loa’s wagon, which had climbed up the riverside, was waiting by the riverside without going too far.
Then, when everyone’s wagons went up to the riverside, they parked the wagons at an appropriate place on the riverside, and the party proceeded toward the downtown in the delta, guided by the people assigned by the local governor.
The markets spread across the delta were very unique.
Other floating houses also used a lot of sticks made of mangrove trees to some extent, but the houses that were opened on the market board were more severe.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that almost all parts were made of thin rods made of mangrove trees, except for the main pillars and beams that literally support the weight of the building.
Looking at it, I began to understand why this structure was created.
It’s just a temporary space to stay while selling things anyway, and it’s enough to distinguish your area and cover the sun.
There were really a lot of different things on the market.
Among them were avocados that I had already heard about, and cranberries that stood out.
Besides that, what is this even as Yuria? There are quite a few things I want to do, so I snooped around for a while.
If I had only been able to use my abilities, I would have been able to easily figure out the ingredients and characteristics.
“Yuria, look at this. It looks like a freshwater fish, but it’s huge.”
“…”
Seeing the direction Roa was pointing at, Yuria instantly felt a bit stunned.
Why is the kid here?
Where Roa pointed, she was almost out of breath, and the sight of Pirarucu snapping her gills so hard that her brain stopped momentarily.
The kid is in South America, no, why is the guy here who should be in the Amazon region of North America based on the Earth now?
Now this is North America, so this is where you live?
“Oh, it’s a pretty rare fish. I’ve been lucky. We’ll buy this one for dinner tonight.”
Soon, Pirarucu, which had been bargaining, was surprisingly exchanged for four large pieces of silver.
They said it was a rare fish, but at this rate, I don’t know how much the price of goods in the East Continent is, but the price was about the same as a month’s wage for a normal worker.
The Pirarucu purchased in this way was tied to something similar to a large jigsaw and headed straight for the ox-carriage.
A wagon wagon man and a worker left the delta, saying that they would return right away after telling the Pirarucuman mansion, and leaving the delta like that, and Yuria continued to look around the delta.
In the meantime, I saw a large mangrove crab that I had seen before.
Mangrove crabs trapped in small cages made of mangrove trees were piled up in one place, and Cheong began to salivate at the sight of them.
The mangrove crabs that I caught and ate without knowing when I caught them before seemed to be quite delicious.
“It’s better to cook it rather than eat it raw. Why don’t you pay the bill and then go to the market some more?”
“Ooh, ooh…”
Fruit and vegetables look at the crab with a very sad expression. And for some reason, Roa and YuRia broke into a cold sweat when they saw the Mangrove Crab, which seemed to be trembling in fear.
It was the moment when I really felt the feeling that blue is the natural enemy of those creatures.
At last. This time, he couldn’t win against Cheong’s earnest eyes, and the second wagon, carrying a full load of mangrove crabs, set off for the governor’s mansion.
“How long will it take to get to and from here?”
“I don’t think it matters much. Probably, the workers sent second will send a boat. We came across the rice warehouse by ox wagon, but usually the delta comes by boat.”
“Actually, it doesn’t matter if there’s only one of us to guide you, so if you have something you want, you can send it at least once. In fact, even if you send it twice more, it won’t be a big problem since the patrolman is there. You just need to refer to it.”
Come to think of it, he was definitely an official who knew every corner of the country in detail.
We drove a boat to guide us around the country, and this was where we were brought.
As I was looking around the market with a lighter heart, I saw a pile of logs piled up in one place.
‘Are these trees bold cypresses?’
With the leaves and branches removed, only the thick body remained, and it was difficult to determine the exact variety of the tree in the drying process.
Of all the wood that can grow in such a humid region, there is nothing better than deciduous pine.
It seems that this tree is the main building material here.
The log used to build the winter house must have been this tree.
“It’s big… How do you carry something like this?”
“Usually, it is transported by floating it in water and letting it flow to the desired place, then pulling it out again.”
“You’re very clever, sir. It’s common that people who don’t live in places like this don’t know about it.”
At her words of praise for Yuria, Roa let out an ahem as if she was proud, and Yuria chuckled and laughed.
Meanwhile, Yuria stumbled a little without realizing it.
“Yuria? Are you okay? Drinking a recovery potion…”
“Oh, no. Not quite like that yet.”
Although Yuria waved her hand and refused her potion, her Yuria’s complexion certainly looked a little pale compared to when she was resting properly.
“I’d rather just drink one. Don’t hold out for nothing.”
“…”
Had she gotten used to being in so much pain?
Had it become almost a matter of course for her to be patient and not to show her pain?
Even if I’m okay, if Roa is not okay by her side, she can’t say that’s okay…
For some reason, it felt more painful and difficult.
You don’t have to be patient.
Rather, do you think that it makes me and Roa more difficult?
Yuria held out her hand to her Loa, and Loa held out her belt, her potion pouch, and one of her recovery potions she had stuffed here and there to Yuria..
“Oh my God… Did you have that many?”
“So if you’re feeling a little sick, hurry up and eat. That way, I’ll feel lighter too.”
Haha…”
Having opened a potion bottle that looked like a thin and thick reagent bottle, Yuria drank her potion straight away.
And after a while, her medicine energy spread through her body, and the heaviness in her head that she was not so aware of herself. As her tiredness, which had been weighing down her body, went away, she stretched her body for a while and relaxed her body.
“Thank you”
“Thank you. Where are we?”
Seeing the two of them dripping with honey from their eyes because they really don’t like alcohol, the people around them became thirsty and stuffy.
While looking around the delta, Yuria suddenly found a family line.
Thinking it was a clothing store that sells bizarre clothes, she looked around and found out that it was a kind of lingerie shop.
The exposure was very severe, and beyond the level of exposure, the atmosphere itself was too revealing. It’s literally like a dance costume made to seduce. Like underwear for competitions, like this kind of lingerie.
However, among those clothes, Yuria found something a little unusual.
It felt like a suit similar to her own.
YuRia, who looked at it for a long time with a strange feeling, thought that this might be some kind of wetsuit.
But. Yuria had never thought about wanting to have something in private, but this time, for some reason, the thought of wanting to have something came into her mind regardless of whether or not she needed it.
“Loa! Loa!!”
“Oh, this sword is unique. The shield is also unusual.”
“You’re probably unfamiliar with it. These are styles that can only be found here in Yeon Royal Palace, even within the East Continent. There are a lot of equipment developed with the assumption of battle in the water.”
“Certainly, these armors are also very unique.”
Looking at Roa, who was consulting on armor and armor as if she was excited about something, YuRia felt… I looked at Roa for a while.
There are things I want to buy clothes for, but Roa seems excited to meet something she likes after a long time, but I wonder if I have to cut off that flow.
“…”
YuRia, who saw her clothing store again, looked at her loa again after thinking about it.
Apparently, it seemed like it would take a long time for her to look around and find out about this and that equipment, and the only thing she wanted to buy was one suit-like outfit.
I wondered if it was okay to go alone without someone accompanying me, but soon the thought came to my mind.
Loa is right here right now. There is also Qingdao. What could be the matter? After pondering for a while, Yuria finally opened the lingerie store in front of her eyes.
Hurry up and buy something similar to this suit, and you’ll be fine.
This is not a place like a criminal’s den, but a market where ordinary citizens come to shop, so YuRia entered the store the moment she entered the store wondering what would happen. She did and she panicked and she immediately rushed out of her household.
At that moment, her dirty cloth soaked in her something covered her mouth and nose, but Yuria calmly held her breath right away, and she covered her own mouth and nose as it were, covering her opponent’s mouth. He twisted as hard as he could to hold her hand.
Dduduk -!!
“~~~!!”
The assailant, who was about to let out her screams, barely held back her screams and rolled on her floor. In the meantime, Yuria hurriedly went outside again and tried to scream at her, but she covered her mouth and nose again. .
“Town?!”
At the moment when she was unconsciously breathing in a little before she screamed, Yuria hooked the cloth that covered her mouth and nose and staggered as she drank her medicine.
It was not a sleeping pill or an anesthetic of the same class.
This feeling of sudden, dizzying her head and power draining from her body…
YuRia had felt this feeling several times before.
“Eh, magic power…?”
Yuria fell to her knees at the sudden dizziness that came to her.
Rain, scream… I have to scream…
“Wow…”
Loa… Loa…
Buy, save me… I’m here…
Please… Please…
However, her futile gestures were quick, and the huge shock that hit her on the back of the head made her lose her mind and collapse.
Capturing Yuria, who lost her consciousness as she is, as fast as light, they kicked off the carpet on her floor as she was, lowered her down to a secret underground passage hidden in her floor, and hit her floor again right away. Restored to its original state.
Like that. Unbeknownst to anyone, Yuria was hidden within her family tree.
Leaving only her pitiful gaze, wishing her salvation.
