I led the Goblin Culture to victory.

Chapter 92 One-Day Journey

Dinner interrupted Li Mosi's discussion with his disciple.

However, the matter being discussed wasn't urgent to begin with.

The things at hand are enough to keep them busy for a while.

First, the goblins finally dried the first batch of meat.

Knock knock knock.

Li Mosi tapped it, and from the sound, she knew the meat was completely hard.

However, he still broke them open to check, confirming that the color inside was exactly the same as the surface, before putting the jerky into a clean burlap sack.

Night fell quickly, and the prisoners were once again linked together and stuffed back into the cave, while the goblins continued their overtime work.

Only Zwan was left alone.

Ziwan watched the other prisoners enter the cave, then turned to look at Li Moss and his group of four.

Li Mosi remained calm, while the saintess wore a serious expression.

Ziyi and Zian were both puzzled and curious.

He spoke somewhat anxiously, "My lord, I swear to the God of Light that everything I've said is true."

Haki Saint's brow furrowed even more.

Seeing that none of the four people in front of him spoke, Ziwan continued.

"Baron Taliss wanted to find enough valuable property in the forest to make up for the church's punishment. That's why he sent the slave-hunting team to hunt goblins and had us supervise their work."

Zi'an couldn't hold back any longer: "What punishment exactly did the church impose?"

She was so curious that she was getting a little impatient.

She remembered clearly what the saintess and her former teacher had said.

What kind of punishment would be worth risking the death of your entire family by entering the forest?

"I don't know the specifics," Zwan recalled nervously, "but the penalty seems to be as high as the value of a baron's estate!"

"I overheard the Baron complaining in the main house, saying that it was practically making his family slaves to the church!"

To make the baron's family slaves to the church?

Zi Yi's eyes widened.

Even if he had no concrete understanding of human affairs, he knew from hearing about it that the Baron was very powerful and wealthy!

Just how terrifying is this punishment?

He suddenly thought of another question and frowned: "If the church is punishing them like this, why is the Baron still sending people to hunt goblins?"

It's good that you're willing to listen to him.

Seeing Zi Yi's appearance, Zi Wang breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He then replied, "Because there wasn't enough time."

"It's already late autumn, and the church's punishment was brought by the griffins. We won't be able to assemble a large-scale transport fleet of valuables until at least next summer."

Zi Yi was somewhat puzzled.

Why wait until summer?

Zi'an then said directly, "Why wait until summer? The snow will melt in spring, won't it?"

The road was a bit wet, but it was safe to go out and live there now.

What can we eat if we stay cooped up?

Li Moss looked at his disciples and said, "The convoy transporting the goods will definitely have many horse-drawn carriages and oxcarts. Their requirements for roads are different from those of people. It will be difficult to move forward on the muddy roads in spring."

They were located too far north.

Springtime lasts for most of the year as the ground thaws, and the mud doesn't dry out in the little time that's left.

Only caravans willing to take a gamble would drive around at this time.

Any operation of any significant scale will have to wait until summer to be considered safe.

"Oh~" Zi'an nodded with a look of sudden realization, "I understand, Master."

So there are requirements for roads.

"call--"

The saint took a few deep breaths and finally prepared herself mentally.

She began by asking, "Where did the griffin come from? Didn't your local church pastor notice the Baron trying to enter the forbidden area?"

The local pastor couldn't possibly have been unaware of such a large-scale operation!

This time, Zwan spoke very quickly.

"The griffin came from the Holy Burning Church City near the capital of Snow. This time, it brought not only news but also a new priest. The old priest left directly on the griffin!"

The saintess's brows furrowed, and she was about to open her mouth when Li Mosi covered it.

Over the past few days, Li Mosi has basically grasped the prelude to Hagi Saint's opening remarks.

She always gets excited first.

The reason Li Mosi stopped her was because Zwan hadn't finished speaking.

Although Ziwan paused for a moment, he seemed not to have seen this scene, which would normally be considered "blasphemous".

He continued, "The messenger said the old priest was too old, so the cathedral decided to send him back to the cathedral city. I overheard the conversation between the old priest and the baron before he left."

"He told the Baron that the Church of Light had deliberately left a path long enough to walk a day between the edge of the territory and the true forbidden area. If one merely entered this area, the Church would not punish them too severely."

"Ugh! Pfft—Ptooey!"

Li Mosi released her grip.

The saintess glanced at him sideways and continued, "He shouldn't! Hmm!"

Li Mosi covered the saintess's mouth again.

This time he didn't let go.

He began by asking, "Tell me everything Baron Talis did, starting from the disappearance of the saintess."

Although what I just said has already given a lot of information.

But Li Mo wanted to hear how things unfolded.

Ziwan understood this well, so he started by addressing the most important matters.

"When I heard about the punishment for the saint's disappearance, I was handling matters for the baron, relocating slaves to fill the population after a manor suffered a beast tide. Then I returned to town and heard about the church's punishment."

"Next, the old pastor spoke with the baron before leaving."

"Then the Baron pondered all night, and the next day he received news of a goblin riot, so he went to deal with the goblins."

"Then the Baron sent someone to contact the slave-catching team, offering them ten goblin ears and ten bushels of barley in exchange for their services."

"A few days later, the slave-catching team assembled and set off."

This is just a sequence of events.

Not getting the information she wanted, Li Mosi asked, "That's all?"

That's all.

Zivan realized Li Moss's dissatisfaction and quickly explained.

"Sir, the harvest and next year's planting are already complete. In previous years, we should just wait for winter. This autumn has brought so many events; I've never seen anything like it in my life."

Hearing this, Li Mosi sighed inwardly.

indeed.

The busiest time of autumn has long passed.

Even the slaves who work on the plantation only need to chop wood, gather firewood, or graze livestock during this season.

Even the parts of the house that needed repair or patching have already been done.

The level of busyness he experienced after transmigrating was unprecedented.

Li Mosi waved her hand: "Alright, you can go back now. I'll give you twenty work points."

"Yes, sir!"

Ziwan turned and walked back into the cave.

Judging from the carpenter's appearance when he arrived, it seems that his value has been recognized.

It should be safe now.

Now, perhaps we can get through this winter.

Only after watching Ziwan enter the cave did Li Mosi release the saintess's mouth.

He said, "What were you trying to say?"

Hajisa must have spent a lot of time debating, because every time he refutes someone, he brings up some other things in the process.

Chun Chun was simply delivering intelligence to people.

"I am for..."

The saint instinctively resisted.

But halfway through the resistance, he remembered his plans from the daytime.

No, I must be patient.

She immediately changed her tone: "The pastors of a church in a place like this shouldn't know about such things. Only the archbishop has the right to know specific information about forbidden areas."

Li Mosi searched his mind and found that the original owner had no concrete concept of the value of the title of archbishop.

But then another thought occurred to him: "What if we change pastors? Is that normal?"