After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 204 - 72: Planning and Grooming Horses

Chapter 204: Chapter 72: Planning and Grooming Horses

After delaying for so long, it was finally time to return to the construction of the Demon King Territory. How to put it... *Yila had the feeling that he was playing a resource management game—after being idle for so long, resources were abundant again, and he could now go all out.*

The first thing to do was to replan the layout of the Demon King Territory.

How to put it, the current distribution of buildings in the territory was not very reasonable; there was quite a distance between the pasture and the farm, and there was also a considerable distance from the goblins and Little Demons’ residential areas.

Although it didn’t seem very far on the map, the actual Demon King Territory was much larger than a typical "manor" in reality; this distance was very long in real life.

The distance between the mill and the cooking workshop, and the food heating and distribution points wasn’t short either. The slimes didn’t mind traveling the distance, and the points were relatively close to the goblins and Little Demons.

But it was much more troublesome for some other races, such as the Insect Men in the military area who needed food. As heard from Rainbow Shell, they were too lazy to ask the slimes to heat their food, so they just roasted mushrooms themselves.

After all, they were all warriors and could not be said to be unfamiliar with cooking, but rather completely clueless, so it was common for them to eat burnt food.

The locations of shops like the blacksmith and leatherworker’s were not gathered together; instead, they were scattered in some corners of the Demon King Territory. When the Little Demons and goblins had tools that broke, they had no way of replacing them themselves.

They had to report to the little fairies, and let the fairies who knew the way handle it... Even the little fairies could get lost, especially those who had just been caught by giant bees in the forest and had only recently joined the Demon King Territory.

They were even more clueless.

Not to mention the centaurs from the Centaur Territory who had recently come to the Demon King Territory and the Witch Demons who wanted to buy some iron tools... So modular layout of the Demon King Territory was imperative.

"Good morning, Demon King, Lady Yila!"

Yila: "Mm-hmm."

"Good morning, Lord Satan Ye and Lady Yila."

Yila: "Good."

As Yila responded to the greetings of the monsters walking along the road, he was writing and sketching on the parchment in his hand, recording the number and scale of specific buildings. This was a massive project.

By then, he planned to ask the Witch Demons to use the "Building Capture Technique" to move the houses along with their foundations, just like in construction games’ "building mode," shifting buildings to another place.

It saved the hassle of materials, and more importantly, the internal structure of the buildings wouldn’t change, making it convenient for the monsters to continue living, and the original neighbors would still be neighbors, as the relative positions wouldn’t change.

"Mr. Yila, watch the road."

"Lady Yila!"

Although Satan Ye and the nearby small monsters reminded him, Yila, who was engrossed in writing and sketching, still didn’t stop and bumped *smack* into a shopping centaur as he looked up.

He immediately felt that the temperature of the horse’s body was much higher than that of a human’s.

"Sorry."

When the other party looked over, Yila nodded and apologized... This was quite normal, but if referring to the practice of common imperial nobles, they would just glance at the other person and then walk away directly.

If more excessive, they might even kick them for blocking their way... This was legal because, according to the empire’s laws, it was clearly stipulated regarding "road use rights".

In short, the road belonged to the nobles, and civilians could walk on it because of the nobles’ granting, but if they hindered the nobles’ use of the road, the most severe punishment would be a fine of 5 silver coins and 10 lashes... The whipping could be offset with money.

But civilians generally couldn’t come up with that amount, even the five silver coins, so they either had to gather the coins before seven sunrises and sunsets or become slaves of the nobles to repay the debt.

At first glance, it didn’t seem problematic, but if you skip the process and look at the worst possible outcome... A civilian buying something on the road, bumped by a noble, then the whole family became slaves.

It all depended on the noble’s conscience, which was a laughable matter...

"Gah! It’s you, Yila!!"

The female centaur, covered in a leather and thatch chest plate protecting key areas, was obviously startled upon seeing Yila. She shouted, took two steps back, and nervously looked at Yila, saying, "Didn’t notice you, very sorry."

*Was it necessary to be so exaggerated? I remember after dealing with the Lizardman Territory, there was no battle with the Centaur Territory, and you surrendered directly, right? Or was the shadow left from the battlefield too deep?*

Thinking this, Yila gently shook his head and looked at a shop he seemed to have no impression of before. He comforted, "It’s okay, it’s my fault for not watching the road. What are you buying?"

Seeing that Yila wasn’t angry, the female centaur slightly relaxed and responded, "I want to buy some food, but it seems the owner is unwilling to sell it to me."

Unwilling to sell? Could it be discrimination against centaurs? That doesn’t sound good...

Thinking this, Yila looked up at an exasperated little fairy, then raised his head to look at—

"Pasture Store"

"???"

With a puzzled expression, Yila saw the female centaur take out a purse and point to the piled-up grass behind the shop, saying, "That’s it, we often eat this in our territory."

That was alfalfa! It’s for feeding cattle and horses!

Wait... Horses?

"..."

No way, the centaurs’ main food was pasture? Then didn’t the Demon King Territory already have alfalfa? I previously asked the empire’s merchants for seeds, wasn’t that unnecessary...

"Lady Yila... is this really appropriate?"

The little fairy timidly asked.

"Yes, we use this fodder to... feed animals."

Satan Ye also weakly spoke.

"..."

Yila didn’t know what to say, he thought for a moment, nodded, and while making a clawing gesture, brushing the female centaur’s lower body fur, said, "Sell it, make sure to wash it clean, then sell it at the normal price!"

"..."

"Oh, okay..."

The little fairy replied helplessly and began to wash the fodder in the clean water on the side... She didn’t know how clean was considered clean, just that it should be washed thoroughly.

"..."

The female centaur looked content, her hind legs kicked casually, and her tail joyfully wagged. She looked at Yila who was brushing her, and said nothing... because it felt really good.

Yila brushed the horse’s body, using his hand like a brush.

Satan Ye: Stare~

...

*For some reason, Yila could always make the monsters happy and could accurately find the actions that made them feel pleasure... He was just too skilled.*

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