Chapter 1414 Barren Land

The Principality of Tyros straddles the hub between the Mark Red Empire and the island nation of Elan.

This country is in a pretty good location, but the whole country seems particularly desolate.

From the moment they entered the territory of the Tairuosi Principality, Jia Zhengjin and others only saw endless wilderness on the road. Except for the pedestrians and merchants traveling along the road like them, it is difficult to see the cities in the Principality of Tyros, let alone civilians!

The wilderness is full of weeds up to the calf level, but even the weeds are withered and yellow, as if they are malnourished.

Not a single tree could be seen within a thousand miles, not even a sapling.

Except for the layer of withered yellow weeds, this place seems to be no different from the desert.

Can such a desolate land really be inhabited by people and establish a country? What do they test for survival?

Walking in the wilderness is very tiring, as you can see from the queues of pedestrians on the road, especially the road is winding, even uneven, and not smooth at all. When encountering an uphill slope, the carriage has to go very hard.

Fortunately, Jia Zhengjin and his party all rode flying mounts, which was much more comfortable than others.

After flying along the road in the wilderness for a long time, we finally saw a huge city in the distance.

It is said to be a city, but in fact, apart from the high stone walls on the outside, it is almost a collection of countless backward villages.

Compared with several countries and regional cities along the way, this so-called principality should be considered a poor area, right?

I don’t know if there is only this city in the entire country, or if there are other cities scattered in other places.

Jia Zhengjin led the team, everyone riding a tiger bee, and quickly approached the city.

After leaving the city of Domasan, he found a remote mountainous area to build a Tiger Bee nest. Then let Ruruto return to Holy Dragon City on his own, and the team instead recruited tiger bees as flying mounts to make the journey faster.

When we arrived near the city gate, we found that the civilians in the city were holding clay pots, queuing up and passing through the gatekeepers to check them, coming in and out.

People who went out brought empty jars, but came back with full bottles of water. Although they were struggling, they looked very happy.

Surprisingly, after entering the city, they found that these civilians put the water brought back from outside the city on the roadside and sold it directly to passers-by and merchants.

What's even more strange is that they don't want money, but hope to exchange water for food, clothing and other living resources.

Of course, there are some weirder ones mixed in as well. They displayed some huge insect carcasses obtained from unknown sources, mostly larvae with little fighting power. They barbecued and cooked them into strange foods on the street, and also exchanged them for various resources with passers-by.

"It seems that this country is not very rich in resources!" After entering the city, the team came down and walked. Tina looked at the surrounding scenery and couldn't help but said to Jia Zhengjin.

"It should be said that there are no resources in sight, right?" Jia Zhengjin also kept looking around, "Probably water resources are relatively scarce, otherwise they would not be exchanged for supplies."

"Are those insects their food? I don't know where they came from. Can they be eaten?" Tina felt a little nauseous.

Jia Zhengjin thought it was nothing, after all, before he traveled through time, he was born in a country where everything could be turned into delicacies: "Maybe it was dug out of the underground nests of some giant insects in the wasteland. Most insects are used to laying their eggs underneath. , let the larvae grow to a certain extent and come out on their own.”

"Looking at it this way, it's really desolate!" Christina said softly from the side.

"This road is really difficult!" Peilin said expressionlessly as she looked down at the bumpy city roads.

"Well! When cement roads are built in the future, this problem will not exist!" Jia Zhengjin said with a smile.

"Concrete road? Are you talking about the cement road that the Lord Keen of Holy Dragon City asked the entire continent to build?" The conversation between their own husband and wife was overheard by a civilian setting up a stall next to him, so he asked curiously.

"Oh?" Jia Zhengjin turned around and looked at the other person. He was a bearded man about forty or fifty years old, "You know?"

"Of course!" The bearded man nodded.

"However, we in the Principality of Teros will not build cement roads."

"Why?" Jia Zhengjin asked in confusion, "This road is very inconvenient. If we build a cement road, traffic will be much smoother. Exchanges with neighboring countries will be closer, which will help get rid of your current economic situation, right?"

"Communication with surrounding countries?" The bearded man shook his head with a dull expression, "Our country has no resources. As you can see, even the capital of Faling City has this kind of virtue, and everyone can only live hand to mouth without any capital at all. Doing business with other countries. Because of this, a country as weak as ours has never been annexed by other countries. The reason is that after occupying such barren and useless land, we will not get any benefits, but we have to pay to feed the people. Huge funds. There is no need to talk about the economic situation here, because there are really no resources! There are no trees, no ores, scarce water sources, barren land, and rare animals that are difficult to feed..."

"Then why do you still stay in this country?" Tina asked curiously, "It sounds like there is nothing, why don't you go elsewhere to find a way out?"

"Although the Principality of Teros is like this, the people are at least free and not enslaved by the rulers. Life is a little harder, but they can barely survive. Moreover, the royal family gives the people a certain degree of autonomy and dignity. As long as there is Dignity, as long as they can barely survive, the people of Tairuosi will be satisfied."

"The requirements are really low." Perrin looked at him expressionlessly.

"Haha~" the bearded uncle laughed, "Be content with what you have! Are you guys going to the Yilan Island Country?"

"How do you know?" Tina asked.

"People who pass by here are basically going to the Yilan Island Country. There are almost no people who come to visit the Principality of Tairos! After all, there is really nothing to see here except the endless wasteland." The bearded uncle laughed, "However, although the Yilan Island Country is beautiful, the water resources are also particularly scarce. Don't look at it as an island country, surrounded by the sea, but there is really little drinkable fresh water. Sometimes, people there have to buy water from our Faling City. So if you want to continue on your journey, you might as well buy some clean fresh water first."

"Oh? There is such a thing?" Jia Zhengjin was very surprised, "Is there also a shortage of water in the Yilan Island Country?"

"Short! Look at those pedestrians and merchants, who is not in a hurry to buy water?" The bearded uncle pointed around.

Jia Zhengjin turned around and saw that the pedestrians and merchants behind him had stopped one after another and were bargaining with the water seller.

"Customer, if you don't prepare some fresh water now, you will definitely regret it!" The bearded uncle smiled and patted the clay pot in front of him, "I don't want a high price, just three days of food!"

"This little water is going to be exchanged for three days of food?"

"Customer, water is very precious!"

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