Half a day later, Li Mufan and his party of fifty people, wearing casual clothes and riding tall horses, arrived at the human village.
When the villagers saw the group, they thought it was bandits coming down the mountain to rob them. The village immediately sounded gongs and drums and organized a defense.
Looking at the thousands of farmers who were short of clothes and food in front of him, Li Mufan clasped his fists on his horse.
"Don't panic, fellow villagers, we are not bandits; we just want to do some business with you."
An old man in the crowd shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, we have no money, no food, and no good business in our village. Please come back!"
Li Mufan frowned and nodded to Liu Long beside him.
"Bring it up!"
Liu Long signaled, and a soldier placed a wooden box in the open space between the two sides. When he opened it, he saw that it was full of silver coins!
In Tianheng Continent, silver coins are the same currency as gold coins. Ten silver coins have the same purchasing power as one gold coin. This box full of silver coins contains at least a thousand silver coins, which is enough for the whole village to buy one month's worth of food.
The simple villagers were blinded by the shining silver coins in front of them. The old man said tremblingly, "My lords, what are you..."
The villagers have identified the group in front of them as horse thieves.
Li Mufan said calmly, "Old man, we just want to buy some pigs and sheep from the village. I won't take advantage of you. One pig is 6 silver coins, and one sheep is 4 silver coins. How about it? I want as much as you can!"
All the villagers looked at each other in shock when they heard this. The price was higher than the market price. If they had these silver coins, they would not have to worry about spending the winter this year.
"This... Your Majesty is generous, but we don't have so many pigs and sheep in our village..."
"It doesn't matter; just sell it to me. I wonder if you know where anyone can sell pigs, sheep, or livestock?"
The old man hesitated for a moment. "There is a goblin tribe twenty miles away from the village. There should be many there... If the king wants to buy them, he can only go to Yunlan City, which is farther away."
"Yunlan City..."
Li Mufan was waiting for a reply when he suddenly heard loud laughter coming from a distance.
"Haha! No need to go; we are here!"
Looking around, he saw a group of short, dark-green goblins surrounded by a carriage, heading here!
The leading goblin looked at Li Mufan and the others and saw that the humans, who looked like horse thieves, all had strong backs. His momentum weakened a bit at first, but when he thought of the people in the carriage, he immediately straightened his back.
"Listen to the humans in front. On the order of the princess, we are now recruiting strong men from your village to escort the princess back home!"
"Princess!?"
Everyone in the field was surprised, and the old man said with a trembling voice, "Wulaoba, are you saying that the person in the carriage is Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
The goblin known as Wu Laoba raised his head proudly.
"Isn't this nonsense? Old man Jiang, why don't you quickly ask your people to prepare? Can you afford the punishment for delaying the princess's return to the kingdom?"
This is the territory of the elves, and the princess he is talking about is naturally the princess of the elves.
Looking sideways at Li Mufan and others, he shouted again, "And what business are you doing? I will confiscate the silver coins first and escort the princess back to the kingdom immediately!"
"Boy, what are you looking at? Don't you know that the princess's carriage is here? You are watching grandpa dig out your eyes!"
The goblin race has always been synonymous with being ugly and weak. They are lazy and often do sneaky things, so they have very bad relations with other races. But now, this Wu Laoba, relying on the name of the elf princess, is already in a state of arrogance, feeling like he has turned over and become the master.
"Dare you take my money?"
Li Mufan was not a good-tempered person. When he heard this, a vein on his forehead jumped, and he said with a smile, "Zhazai, you think she is a princess? Let her get out of the carriage and show me!"
People who knew him well could already tell by looking at his expression that the little king was on the verge of breaking out.
"How dare you! How dare you talk to me like this! Do you want to rebel?"
This goblin actually roared, and it sounded like a dog barking in joy.
But before Li Mufan could get angry, a cold light shot out from a distance!
"Dang!" There was a crisp sound! A long arrow was shot down by Fan Qingyue!
On the carriage, a tall and handsome elf man holding a long bow was looking at Li Mufan indifferently.
Killer at the slightest disagreement!
"Crash!"
There was a sound of drawing swords behind them, and all the members of the combat team drew their stainless steel swords. As long as they received the order, they would rush over immediately.
The situation in the field was extremely tense for a while.
The elf man looked at Li Mufan coldly and said, "How about it, humble human race? The princess is in the carriage; what else do you have to say?"
"I don't care what you did before. As long as you are in my clan's territory, you must obey my orders. Now, you immediately lead your people to follow the convoy. If we can successfully escort the princess back to the palace, your benefits will be indispensable."
The elves, as a Xuan-level race, have been accumulating prestige for a long time. In their view, the Yellow-level race is just a group of slaves.
Seeing Li Mufan lowering his head and saying nothing, the elf man became a little wary.
"What? Do you dare to disobey orders? I advise you to be honest. The despicable humans of the Yunqin Empire dared to attack the convoy that day. When the princess returns this time, they will definitely mobilize a large army to wipe out Yunqin! If you join our clan early, you may be able to seal the throne in the future and give you a territory; otherwise, I will destroy you now!"