Chapter 84: Attacking the Purple Fruit Tribe
The following morning, Luo Ning and the others ate a late breakfast before setting out for the Purple Fruit Tribe along the small path under Walton and Dandy's lead.
He had chosen to leave at this time rather than before dawn as they had yesterday. On one hand, he wanted the guards participating in this expedition to get more rest.
On the other hand, he wanted to arrive at the Purple Fruit Tribe around nightfall, when those working outside would be returning home one after another, making it easier for him to surround the settlement.
Because they had brought fewer men this time, the whole party appeared much lighter. Moreover, this path was frequently traveled. Though it was no broad highway, it was far better than the wilderness between Mountain Forest Town and the Green Bamboo Tribe.
As a result, they marched much faster and with far less effort than yesterday.
Yet Luo Ning was in no hurry.
To keep the group in good condition, he deliberately slowed their pace. At the same time, he had Walton and Dandy find a relatively secluded place not far from the Purple Fruit Tribe, where they stopped to rest and wait for the best time to attack.
Looking at the rolling hills before him, Luo Ning could not help worrying about future development.
Although he possessed this endless forest and its vast reserves of timber, transportation remained a problem.
Forget processing the wood into goods and transporting them to other cities for sale—even getting it from the Green Bamboo Tribe to Mountain Forest Town was a major issue. Carriages could not travel through there.
If you wanted to get rich, you first had to build roads. That was true in any world.
"The Purple Fruit Tribe