Gourmet Emperor: Master Of Culinary World 44 Exploring

"Good morning Henry. Can I help you?"

"Oh yeah, I want to exploring this area and uncle Jason said to take you to accompany me"

"Alright, I tell my supervisor first that I must escort you exploring"

"Okay, go on"

Claude is approaching a man that looks like his supervisor and talk for a minute. The supervisor looks at me and nodded as approval. Claude returns to me with joyful expression. I bet he's glad to accompany me to walk than clearing the forest.

"He says I can go, Henry. Let me take my swords first from my tent for precautious"

"Okay, I also want to take mine too"

After we go to our tent and take our swords, we start exploring the forest by walking. We take the opposite direction from the forest part that is cleared. Along the way during our exploration, I told Claude food ingredient that we found in there, like mushroom and berries. Which mushroom is edible and which one is poisonous. Too bad, we do not encounter many mushrooms along the way, it seems the season is not for the mushroom to bloom.

After walking for about one hour, we're entering the different part of the forest which have different trees that grow inside that part. And when my eyes see what kind of trees that grow here, I can hold my smile and finally laugh to my heart content. Claude who walk with me staring at me with a confused look

"Henry, what happened to you? You suddenly laugh like…."

"Like madman right? Don't worry Claude, I'm still sane. I just too happy with what I've seen"

"What do you see Henry that makes you so happy?"

"I see money"

"Money? But I only see the tree here?"

Claude looks at me with a confused eye again. I walk to one tree in the forest and pat the tree body

"This is the money, Claude"

"Huh? How come? The trunk of this tree not even big enough to makes a plank. It's only can be used for firewood"

"Only for firewood? No Claude, this tree can make money more than if it cut and sold as firewood. But I'm not carrying things to make this tree spit the money. Let's return here later, I'll show you how to make money from this tree"

"Really? Can this tree make money? I can't wait to see how"

"Let's return first, I don't even know if we had the thing I need to make this money here. If we don't have it, I must make or ask my father to make that and send here".

"Okay Henry, I hope we have those things you need for that"

We return to our camp and looking for the tools I needed to make money from those trees there. When we arrive, I straight go to the cart that carrying equipment tools. The cart driver that I've seen this morning also still there. What a coincidence, I don't have to search by my self.

"Hey, you! Do you have driller, iron plate or hollow iron pipe, hammer or mauler in the cart?"

"Reply to master Henry, we have it in the cart"

Oh, they did have it? Later on, I know that they carried that for repairing cart when it has damaged. Ah right, there's now tow services in this era, if cart damaged or broken, they must fix it by themselves. I see the things I mention before unloaded from the cart. The iron pipe also in the correct size, but it needs to be cut into several pieces before it can be used. The iron plate must be shaped first before it can be used.

"Do you have anvil too?"

"Yes we have master Henry, although only the small one"

"Oh, that's good. Can you also cut this iron pipe?"

"I can do that master Henry, but it needs times"

"Takes your time, I need this iron pipe cut into 15 cm length pieces, and don't cut it horizontally, cut it with 45 degrees like a spear"

"Understand master Henry, when this done, I will present it to you"

"Good"

Since there's already do this job, I leave him to do it. While waiting for him finishing his job, I take Claude to look the cliff nearby.

"Claude, let's walk to the top of that cliff, I want to take a look from above"

"Okay Henry, the scenery must be good from above"

"Um. Let's go"

Using the forest path, we reach the top of the cliff. Fortunately, the cliff is not steep on the other side, only the side that facing the sea almost has 90-degree surface. There's no big tree grows on the top of the cliff, only gra.s.s and some shrubs grow there. From the top of the cliff, I can see the area surrounding the beach. I can even see our camp, the stove that boiling the seawater and people that still do clearing in the forest. But what most impressed me is there are so many birds flying around the beach.

"Claude, when we walk in the forest, do you see many birds like this?"

"No Henry, although I heard some birds chirping the sound is far from the sound that birds in here make"

"Do you know what kind of birds that flying there?"

Claude narrowing his eyes, trying to get a better view on the birds that flying near the beach

"I see….seagull…albatross…some penguins…gannets…sanderling…but most of them are swallows I guess. There's must some caves near here to them make the nest"

Wow, Claude, you really know about birds, aren't you? But the one that piques my most interest is his words 'swallows' and 'cave'.

"Cave you say? Maybe there's one under our feet. Let's take a look"

We crawling and take a peek at the view below us from the top of the cliff. I've learned from my experience in my past life about looking something from above.

"Henry! You're right. There are swallows flying in and out of the cliff. There's must be a cave, no, maybe several caves in this cliff"

"Alright! I want to take a look and exploring those caves. Claude, call my uncle and ask him to have some strong men with him to come here. Also bring ropes, the longest one"

"You want to climb down and look at the cave? Henry! That's dangerous!"

"If only you and me of course dangerous, that's why I want you to call my uncle. With some people holding the rope for me that would safer right?"

"Ugh, okay. I call him right away"

Claude left me alone in the cliff top to call my uncle. After he left finally I can laugh to my heart content again. Heavens! This spot is a buried treasure, too bad no one realizes it. While waiting for my uncle and Claude coming, I inspect my belonging that I bring right now.