Duke only took a little over three hundred gold coins, along with a few valuable gemstones.
Taking all the gold coins with him would have been far too heavy and unsuitable for a long journey.
Duke gave it a try. He would have needed to carry a huge chest filled with gold coins wherever he went.
Not only was it inconvenient to carry, but it would also easily draw attention and invite trouble.
After some consideration, Duke entrusted the remaining gold coins that were difficult to carry away to Mr. Wood, allowing him and the villagers to use the money.
The villagers had no real ability to manage money. Giving it to them would only harm them. Mr. Wood was the right person for it.
Even if the money was eventually spent, Yining Village had Count Hardy looking after it, so no major problems would arise.
In early spring of March, some commoners were working in the fields across the vast plains of Maple Hill County. It was wheat-sowing season.
As Aunt Anna sowed seeds, she muttered, "Little Duke said he was going somewhere very far away. Just how far is very far?"
"Probably beyond Jade Province," Uncle John said, gazing across the endless fields before him as though he could already see the wheat ripening several months later.
He had a vague feeling that by the time Duke returned, he might already be gone from this world.
But when Duke returned, he would surely still see waves of wheat rolling across these vast plains.
Golden Port was the largest port in Palade Province. Geographically, it was like a corner extending out from the Florence Continent, surrounded by sea on three sides.
It took Duke and his group more than a month to travel here from Jade Province.