Novel Bin Book 1: Chapter 12: This Place Is Too Run-Down!
Book 1: Chapter 12: This Place Is Too Run-Down!
When we had just arrived at West-Resisting City, I actually couldnt believe the scene before my eyes.
How on earth could there be such a run-down city in this world? Was this place truly not a garbage recycle station or doghouse or something like that??
What the hell.
The city walls can still be considered tall and you can see a shadow of its past glory. But now its full of scars and cracks and it feels as if a gentle nudge can cause it to come down collapsing. On the outskirts of the city is farmland, full of weeds, birds chirping, and filthy dogs on the road clutching their tails. What was unexpected was that when the dogs saw me, they sent me a sympathetic gaze.
Do I look like a stray dog to you??
What made me even more baffled were the people inside West-Resisting City.
Their clothes were shabby and filled with patches. On first glance, they seemed fundamentally no different from savages and many of them still held wild fruit or tree bark in their hands. In short, they were more miserable than miserable. As they say, raise your son poor and raise your daughter rich, but from what I saw, the children looked the same whether they were male or female. Even those somewhat good-looking little girls looked at me with their pitiful gazes; two steamed buns would probably be enough to kidnap a batch of them.
But even weirder was that their gazes were still bright and full of expression, and some gazes were even filled with excitement.
It gave me that type of feeling you get when celebrating the new years. Is there some happy occasion thats going to happen soon in West-Resisting City or something?
After I entered the city, I was quickly met with a large quantity of nobles from the city welcoming me.
What made me angry and have a good laugh is the fact that each and every one of them wore clothes full of patches, pulled back their hands, and generally shipped out an appearance of poverty. However, each and every one of them were light-skinned, healthy, and pot-bellied. I just dont understand it, cant you guys use your small pig brains to carefully think? Could someone who wears these kinds of clothes eat until theyre this fat??
Do you really think my IQ is on the same level as my older brother??
Although I was very angry, I didnt expose this matter. Since theyre cupping their hands in greeting to me, Ill do the same back.
After a few empty pleasantries, the chubby person leading them coughed and said:
Oh my, noble son Li De is indeed youngcome, weve prepared some food and drinks, and invite you to attendWest-Resisting City is poor and doesnt have many good things. Our several families had to carefully gather ingredients and were able to reluctantly put together a decent feast, but were not sure if it can enter your discerning eyes
Whats that supposed to mean??
Youre speaking as if Im a ******* that collects taxes with force.
Youre really skilled in this set of behavior, huh?
I smiled and replied:
Oh? Then Ill accept your invitation, lead the way.
When we arrived at the restaurant, I went towards a shabby stool and sat down, sizing up the food and drinks before my eyes as I did so.
To be completely honest, the quality wasnt the best, but it also wasnt the worst. However, my intuition told me that the dishes before me were done just for show and didnt cost them anything at allat least, it definitely wasnt considered much in their eyes. But before I could open my mouth to speak, the leading fatty added:
Noble son Li De, you are the Overlord of Yunyangs son and have experienced the world. As for us, we are just some small-time countryside fellows without much knowledge. However, the situation in West-Resisting City is quite special and is most likely something you have never seen before. Those Demons are ruthless and frequently come to rob us of our meager profits. Us old fellows are barely keeping this city together and every night, were terrified and unable to relax
I nodded.
Since I didnt know why this city was still able to hold on, I didnt mind if these fellows took the credit for themselves. Id just treat it as the truth until I discovered something.
The fatty continued illustrating:
Oh, I still havent introduced myself to you; my name is Pierce. Before you came, I was the decision-maker of this place. Since you have come now, then you are of course our Lord. But West-Resisting City isnt that good of a place. Those Demons are fierce and our personal armies are lacking in food, water, and fodder. In short, our situation is quite pathetic. What Im about to say isnt my own words, but I will tell it to you straight: if you are to take over these duties, you wont be able to figure things out in a short while and those Demon fellows wont care if you do or not, they will come per usualif this situation happens, Im afraid that West-Resisting City will truly be in danger.
Pierce, youyou really are full of ****.1
I declined to comment on his words, instead shooting him a simple question:
What do you want to say?
Pierce coughed, raised his hands, pulled out a stack of banknotes and stuffed it into my hands.
All of us are barely able to make a living in West-Resisting City. We just want to maintain a peaceful coexistence with you, what do you say? Thisapart from this, weve already arranged several maidshowever you lived before, it wont change at all over here. We guarantee that youll even be living a more comfortable life than before.
I used my chopsticks to pick up a piece of chicken breast and placed it into my mouth.
The flavor isnt bad.
After I swallowed, I looked Pierce in the eyes and smiled:
I still have a question.
Pierce lowered his head and shipped out the appearance of being all ears.
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West-Resisting City, how were you able to defend it?
- In Chinese, his name is , and the line for this was , the latter part of which I translated to you are really full of **** because I think the author was using the first part of his name, , as a homonym for , which can be translated as nonsense(or full of ****).