OBS Chapter 388
Chapter 388
After he finished speaking, Hu Jiang seemed not to understand what he meant and looked at him blankly.
Lin Baiyan scratched his head. "Well, I'm almost done with my business these next few days, so we can start working on it together tomorrow." He couldn't quite explain it to her.
"How about I do it?" Xiong Zhi stepped forward and said, "Weren't you busy revising the law these past few days?"
Lin Baiyan shook his head. "It's almost over. Let me finish."
Seeing that he was determined to do so, Xiong Zhi had no choice but to give up.
After finalizing the matter, Lin Baiyan was about to leave. He turned around and glanced at the corner of the wall, where a simple board had been set up with a few pieces of animal hide and a pillow scattered on it.
Seeing this, Hu Jiang felt a little embarrassed, "Sometimes I just rest here."
The research trip took too long, and going home was too much trouble. Sleeping here is much more convenient.
Since he's all alone anyway, he might as well go back and live with his little apprentice.
Lin Baiyan patted him on the shoulder, "I know you're hardworking, but you also need to take care of your health."
Hearing Lin Baiyan say this, Hu Jiang looked at him with great emotion, "High Priest, rest assured, I will definitely create better equipment for our Beast City!"
Lin Baiyan looked at Hu Jiang, who seemed to be on steroids, and felt a little bewildered.
The people of the Beast City are all too indecisive. He feels a bit of pressure, so it seems he needs to speed up the revision process!
After Lin Baiyan left, Hu Jiang resumed his relentless work on the loom. It was one thing for the High Priest to come and help, but if he dared to make the loom before the High Priest, wouldn't he avoid wasting the High Priest's time?
A good subordinate should learn to save their boss's energy!
If Lin Baiyan knew what Hu Jiang was thinking, he would definitely complain. Someone like him is simply the chosen worker that all the bosses in the future would love to have!
……
Time slipped by unnoticed, and the hunting party returned to Beast City with a full load of prey. In the blink of an eye, winter arrived.
The wind in the forest gradually became bleak, and all the leaves fell. After checking the supplies in the storage cave, Lin Baiyan sent Ma Yuan with three teams of orcs to the sea to collect salt.
"Please bring me a few pieces of brine when you go this time," Lin Baiyan instructed.
Ma Yuan nodded seriously, "High Priest, rest assured!"
They now know that brine is an important starter for making tofu, and tofu has become extremely popular in the City of Ten Thousand Beasts.
What everyone looks forward to most now is a bowl of hot tofu pudding in the cafeteria in the morning, paired with roasted sweet potatoes that are dripping with oil. After eating this bowl, it seems that the chill of early winter has been blown away quite a bit.
"There are also seafood products from the beach. If we bring them back now, we can freeze them after it snows in a couple of days, and we can eat them all winter long."
"correct…"
Lin Baiyan muttered many things, and Ma Yuan took out a small notebook and wrote down everything the high priest wanted.
"How about I go with you guys?" I haven't been to the seaside for almost a year. I don't know if the salt fields there need repairs or anything. I'd feel more at ease going by myself.
As soon as he said this, the orcs beside him immediately objected to his suggestion, "No way!"
"High Priest, please reconsider!"
Lin Baiyan looked at the people around him with a blank expression. He was thinking that he had only said that he wanted to go to the beach together, not to the battlefield, so why were they all reacting so strongly?
The orcs who denied their origins exchanged glances, and Rabbit Forest launched the first attack, saying, "The city lord is not here, you must stay in the City of Ten Thousand Beasts."
"Yes, High Priest, the city still needs you to take charge."
Lin Baiyan was both amused and exasperated. "The beach isn't far away. It will only take me about five or six days to make a round trip."
It takes two days to go back and forth, and the remaining three or four days can be used to boil salt and collect seafood, which should be enough.
“That won’t do either. Just a few days ago you taught us that a gentleman sits in a bright hall. It’s going to snow in a couple of days, and who knows how dangerous it is outside, let alone for a sub-beastman like you?” Hu Kuo made his final conclusion, even quoting an ancient saying that Lin Baiyan had taught them before.
Lin Baiyan looked at Hu Kuo with amusement, "Grandpa Hu Kuo, you did quite well in your ancient Chinese lessons!"
Hearing this, Hu Kuo smiled smugly, "Of course!"
When they had nothing else to do, these old folks liked to go to the school to hang out with the kids, where it was lively and they could learn something new.
Not only them, but also everyone was idle because there was no need to cultivate or tend the fields in winter, the land was frozen, and there was much less work at the kiln team.
When I have free time, I like to go to the school in the central square. It's more lively with more people, and we can chat together in the sunshine.
"Wait, even if you praise me, I won't let you go!" Hu Kuo looked at Lin Baiyan with a slightly wary expression.
Lin Baiyan chuckled, "Alright, alright, I won't go. Just have Ma Yuan bring back what I need."
Hearing him say that, everyone was satisfied.
“However, since you’re all so free, that’s perfect. The laws of Beast City have been revised. Notify all clansmen to come to the central square this afternoon. I need to hold a meeting!” Lin Baiyan stroked his chin and thought for a moment before making the final decision.
We all looked at each other, and none of us realized how serious the situation was.
After Lin Baiyan issued the notice to start the meeting, a male orc slammed the iron bell in the central square three times.
Upon hearing the summons, the clansmen rushed from their homes to the central square.
Lin Baiyan, dressed in the robes of a high priest and wearing a feathered crown symbolizing his status, held a scepter in one hand and three thick books in the other. He stood solemnly on the altar, with several elders behind him.
The tribesmen stood below the altar, looking up at their most respected high priest.
Lin Baiyan smiled, a kind and gentle smile playing on his lips as he looked at the beastmen of Ten Thousand Beasts City, "My people—!"
His voice was deliberately drawn out, and the ending notes circled several times. His originally clear voice faded away, becoming slightly heavy and full of divinity.
This was a unique way of speaking that Hu Kuo taught his priests, saying that it would increase their prestige and make it easier for the tribesmen to believe in them.
Although it sounds a bit awkward to say it like this, judging from the reactions of the beastmen below, it does seem to have some effect.
Didn't you see everyone's solemn faces as they listened to the High Priest's instructions?
Lin Baiyan gently tapped his cane against the ground. "The Beast God has blessed the Cangyan Tribe, granting us the peaceful and harmonious life we enjoy today!"
"But every tribe has its own rules, and without rules, there can be no order."
He raised the booklet high in his hand, his face solemn. "Now, the laws unique to the City of Ten Thousand Beasts have been compiled!"