I was a lord farming, how did I become an emperor?

Chapter 78 The Return of the Caravan
Han Shuang never expected that Lei Ting, who had always submitted to her intimidation, would resist. She didn't react in time and was directly pressed down on her.

"Ow!"

Frost screamed, her voice filled with piercing rage and shame, as sharp and grating as ice rubbing together.

It suddenly spread its wings, shook off the lightning on its body, and launched a fierce counterattack.

Its claws tore fiercely, but it could not budge the lightning even slightly. It could only fly to the side in a sorry state, creating distance, its eyes flashing with disbelief.

During these days, Rhodes treated them both equally. Although Thunder was bullied, it never lacked food.

This meant that Thunder's physique was in no way inferior to Frost's; on the contrary, it became increasingly robust, with its muscle lines becoming even more pronounced beneath the scales.

Seeing that his strength was not inferior, the pride that had been dormant in Lei Ting's bloodline was completely awakened.

With an aura of rage, Thunder flapped its wings and relentlessly pursued Frost, each dive accompanied by a whistling sound.

"Shut up!"

Seeing this, Rod rushed forward to intercept and block the lightning.

"Didn't you remember I told you not to fight amongst yourselves?"

Rod turned and pointed at Frost, "Your arrogance ends here, otherwise I won't help you next time the Thunder are angry!"

As he spoke, his finger pointed directly at Han Shuang's eyes, showing no sign of backing down.

As he spoke, Rod picked up the snake from the ground and threw it directly to Thunder.

"This is Frost's compensation to you!"

The dragon bloodline contains information for identifying food. Since Frost has captured this snake as prey, it is basically harmless to the wyvern.

The Thunder's anger had clearly not subsided, but with Rod blocking their way, they obediently stepped back.

It slammed down on the black snake's corpse, its claws digging deep into the flesh, tearing it to pieces.

Thunder seemed to vent its anger on the black snake as if it were frost, each tearing motion filled with boundless fury.

But Thunder didn't eat the snake. After a short run-up, it flapped its wings and flew into the air towards the nearby woods.

Rhodes turned to Frost, "You think you can be the leader if you're not strong enough? Stay put for a while!"

Frost seemed surprised by her failure and didn't know how to react for a moment.

But Rhodes' orders were effective; Frost stopped chasing Thunder and instead folded its wings and stayed obediently beside Rhodes to rest.

Thunder flew back again, bringing a wild rabbit to Rhodes.

Rod smiled wryly, "The master is very happy that you can bring him prey, but,"

Rod pointed to the rabbit's blackened wound.
"But the poison on your claws is too much for your master to eat."

Frost and Thunder's teeth, claws, and tail stingers had begun to secrete venom, though not much, but Rhodes had no reason to risk it for a few bites of food.

If it's a large prey, it's fine; you can just cut off the poisonous parts.

But let's skip these small animals.

As soon as Rhodes finished speaking, Frost, who had been resting quietly beside him, suddenly got up, flapped its wings, and flew to the other side of the forest.

Rhodes watched its disappearing figure, and after a moment's thought, he understood.

Because he forbade the two little ones from fighting, the fight began in a different way.

Sure enough, two hours later, Rhodes was surrounded by prey.

Pheasants, sparrows, crows, hares...

The small animals in the neighborhood suffered terribly.

Unfortunately, Rod had to disappoint the two little ones.

"That's good, at least you two have food for the next couple of days."

Rod casually grabbed a sparrow and tossed it precisely into Thunder's beak, then picked up a crow and threw it to Frost.

Just as Rod was feeding the animals with great enthusiasm, a caravan slowly approached from the distant road.

……

……

"Welcome back, young and handsome Silver Dove."

Rod and his team took the initiative to meet the caravan.

The owner of the caravan was none other than Manshu from Oak City.

"May the light of the Lord of Dawn shine upon you."

Manxiu remained as gentle and refined as ever, bowing respectfully to Rhodes.

Then, with a warm smile, he said to Rhodes,
“My lord, this time I’ve brought you new slaves.” “Oh?”

Rhodes glanced at the back of the caravan; there weren't many people there.

Seeing Rhodes's confusion, Manshu explained, "These are all high-quality slaves; you'll definitely need them."

Four carpenters, two stonemasons, and three leatherworkers.

Rhodes' eyes lit up; these slaves were indeed rare and hard to sell.

Bringing them to a place like the North to sell them is hardly a good choice.

As a businessman, Manshu was well aware of this and said bluntly, "This time it's not like the slaves from the depths of the wasteland last time, so you can't try to lower my price again."

Rod was in high spirits and said happily, "Don't worry, I'll definitely give you a satisfactory price this time!"

"I knew you weren't a stingy person."

Manxiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he showed Rod more goods.

Ten oxen for plowing, two dairy cows, and twelve draft horses.

These are all things Rhodes needs.

Oxen and dairy cows are fine, but draft horses are perfect for transporting grain during the autumn harvest.

Manxiu had clearly put some thought into the goods he brought.

In addition, there are wool, cotton clothing, spices, honey, and so on, all of which Rhodes needs.

"Did you bring all these livestock from Oak City?"

It takes at least three weeks to travel from Oakwood to the northern border town, and bringing so many livestock is no easy task.

"no."

Manxiu smiled and shook his head. "I just thought you would need these, so I specially changed some for you in the border town."

Rhodes turned to look at Mansh in surprise, "But you won't earn many gold coins like this!"

"Of course, these animals are not for making money, but for our friendship."

"I'm really touched by what you've done."

Rhodes couldn't help but put his arm around Manshu's shoulder. "Well then, this time you shouldn't go any deeper into the wasteland. The alien races there have gone mad lately and might not be very friendly to you."

As for your goods, I'll take them all.

Wool, grain, spices, and so on are all things the North needs.

Although the weather is still a bit hot now, you'll need to start wearing more clothes here after October.

In the winter months of November and December, without a down jacket, one would find it impossible to move an inch in the North.

As for grain, there are only 5,000 catties, which Black Pine Ridge can easily consume.

"You want all of this?" Manshu asked, somewhat surprised.

He couldn't help but ask, "If you don't sell the iron ore, do you have so many animal hides and medicinal herbs to trade for it?"

"Manshu, do you believe me?"

Rod smiled mysteriously, offering no further explanation.

“Of course,” Mansh nodded.

"Then don't worry, I'll make sure you leave with a full load."

Rhodes waved, signaling the caravan to continue into the town.

Manxiu didn't stop him and followed Rod behind the caravan.

“This isn’t your first time here. Lawrence will take care of the caravan arrangements. Just come with me to the manor; the kitchen is already preparing dinner.”

Rhodes wouldn't be stingy with someone like Mansh, who thinks only of himself.

Thank you for your hospitality.

Manxiu smiled and bowed. Just as he was about to stand up, a whistling wind swept past his head.

Manxiu's smile vanished instantly, and he lost his footing and fell forward.

Rod quickly helped him up and explained, "Don't be afraid, it's the same wyvern from before."

Mansh was also present when Rhodes obtained the wyvern egg. He was very familiar with the whole process and Rhodes didn't need to explain much.

But this surprised Manxiu even more. Looking at the two figures circling in the sky, he asked...
"You hatched them all?"

(End of this chapter)