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Chapter 207 The Silk Road

It can be said that Alexander has obtained the weapon of "curse of blood", but it is the same as not having obtained it. After all, he does not need and cannot turn his offspring into slaves, and at the same time expressed his respect for the fertility of the slave owners of St. Banze.

Langdon sneaked a trip to Mana Well No. 2 as the coalition forces swept through St. Benzie.

[Didn't go in. 】Because some of the truth about the Dijal was not reported to the Gay Knights, Langdon was a lot more reserved in the parchment chat, 【The magic energy well seems to be closed or broken, there is no response, and no discovery Ancient magic device. 】

【Oh, then you have to be careful, that ghost place is really uncomfortable. 】Cecil replied casually,【By the way, is there any special product in St. Benzie?The kind that can be developed. 】

【ice. 】Langdon replied, 【A little further north in St. Benzie, there are also icebergs in summer, and there are very fat and fat fish. 】

【How fat? ] Cecil was refreshed. Ocean fishery is indeed a development point. In addition, once the steam-powered ship is developed, the problem of the frozen area will not be a big problem. 【How is the taste? 】

[I don't know the taste, because ordinary people can't eat it, and mages are too lazy to eat it. 】Langdon replied, 【That thing is lying on its stomach, with two fan-shaped front webs, very fat, about 1.5 meters in length. 】

【Is that thing still smooth, with a beard and two round eyes? 】

[Yes, you know? 】

Cecil laughed: 【We call them seals and they can be eaten. 】

[It's too hard to fight, very fierce. 】Langdon said, 【And once people get close, they will jump into the water, and it is difficult for underwater people to beat it. 】

[Yes, but this food is very fatty, the skin can also be used, and the meat is also good, I haven't eaten it yet, by the way, when will you come back?I'll prepare something delicious for you! 】

Before Langdon could reply, the warning from the Temple Communication Center sounded: [I've had enough of you!If you want to eat seals, eat them, don't waste mana! 】

Every night of chatting always ends in laughter.

The destruction of St. Benzie dragged on slower than that of St. Panier. For two full months, the coalition forces were exhausted on the land of St. Benzie. These slave owners seemed to have developed incredible skills, and they actually dug a lot of gold underground. The labyrinth-like caves, the slave owners and slaves who adapted to the life of Xiabao became "cavemen". Although their faces were pale, their teeth were bleeding, and they looked terrible, they were still alive. The slave owners also instructed the slaves to come from any place. Jump out to harass the coalition forces.

This kind of harassment is not worth mentioning to the coalition forces, and it will only make Alexander extremely angry. He even made a great wish that he would never return to the court until the "evil slave masters" were eliminated--he looked very handsome when he swore, but It is very embarrassing to lead a large army to chase "gophers", especially in the scorching sun. Soldiers are wearing armor and mages are holding wands. on the ground.

So far, the Middle Kingdom has captured a full 6000 people from St. Benzie, all of whom are slaves. The businessmen and human resources who came with them were disappointed. They are no longer satisfied with just a few thousand people. Only tens of thousands of people can satisfy the textile industry. The industry's desire for manpower.

At the same time, silk was being quickly sent to the Western Continent via the restoration road. Since Cecil invented this thing, silk has become the favorite of everyone in the world. Its beautiful luster, light texture and unparalleled comfort conquer everyone.

Sericulture, silk spinning, weaving, if you really want to do it, any magic country can imitate it, but the Middle Kingdom sells it so cheaply, any pattern made by magic can be made cheap in no time. Imitations, and the mages can't find an excuse to "sanction" these firms. The world's most unreasonable "commercial underworld" - the "golden tax collector" of Luoxie is "eliminating evil" together with the king of the Middle Kingdom .

Forget it, it’s cheap anyway, why not buy it!

The mages think so, the ten major kingdoms think so, and the thirty city-states think so too.

The entire Ebo tunnel and expressway have been completely blocked. Without the high-speed police, vehicles have been blocked from Yuecheng to Ebo, and then from Ebo to the tunnel, which is stronger than sausages.The silk merchants in Yuecheng used to package and deliver the goods, but when the supply was short of demand, they immediately turned their faces and refused to recognize them.

Since the cement highway in the Middle Kingdom does not allow any magic wagons to set foot, the delivery of silk has led to a wave of sales of ordinary wagons. Good to bring goods.

The Serlings did not hesitate to join the battle of "sharing the cake". Due to the unfavorable geographical location of Toto Port, the supply of goods from the Western Continent could not be earned, but the fleet to Tanbunita was ready to go.More than 1000 kilometers south of Toto Port, Dianba Port, thousands of large and small sailboats are lined up waiting to leave the port, almost covering the sea. There are not only ships rebuilt by the Serin people in recent years, but also many local As well as the ships of buyers from all over the world, everyone in Dianba knows that as long as they buy a ship of silk from Yuecheng and transport it to any mainland in any direction, it is enough to earn half a year's income.

Yuedian Expressway is also part of the high-speed network of this grassland. Although it has been robbed of a lot of business by the Ebu Tunnel, this does not affect the advantages of large capacity and low consumption of ships. In the city it's not a problem.

The beautiful silk is scattered in all directions along the gray cement road, like the blood in the blood vessels, bringing great vitality to the whole world.

King Inger of Crandall was enjoying the performance in the summer palace. These women came from the Eastern Continent and gave them a strange name called "Morning Maiden". They were beautiful, beautiful and bold, with graceful bodies wrapped in The silk fluttered like gorgeous wings, branding streaks of luster in his vision, lingering.Their singing and dancing are bold and unrestrained, the songs... are terrible, too noisy, and I don't know why the aesthetic standards of the Eastern Continent people are so poor, but, who cares, he didn't come here specially to listen to the songs.

Except for Inger, all the people present were women, including his several mistresses, and the wives of the ministers. These women stared at the clothes on the dancing girls. The plump breasts and upturned buttocks blind everyone's underwear and make them breathe heavily.

"One hundred gram, I want that diamond bra!" A countess shot first, "I want it!"

"Honey, that's not okay, your family's finances seem to be a little tight." A Viscountess smiled while covering the lower half of her face with a bamboo bone fan made of silk embroidery.

This is popular now. Women with a pair of beautiful eyes always like to do this. Due to food problems, many noble women have badly aligned teeth. Although they can be cleaned with magic, the deformity cannot be "corrected". The small fan with a unique handle perfectly makes up for this shortcoming, besides, it can also fan the wind in hot weather.

"Five hundred grams." The Viscountess quoted the price calmly, "The royal blue suits my skin very well."

"Your skin needs a man, not underwear that no one looks at." The Countess said meanly, "Six hundred grams."

"Dear Countess, the price increase should be like mine." The Viscountess sneered, "One kilogram."

The Tuhai model wearing a diamond bra shook her chest excitedly when she heard the quotation, and the sunlight reflected by the diamond facets sprinkled around.

"One thousand three!"

"One thousand five!"

"Two thousand!!"

"Three thousand!"

"That's enough, ladies." The queen, who has always been as stable as Mount Tai, spoke, "This underwear is very favorite, he will buy it and give it to the person he likes, no matter what price it is."

Model Tuhai immediately stepped on the dance point and walked over, her hands slowly slid down from her shoulders, took off her bra with a movement that a man could not bear, and handed it to Inger with her index finger.

Inger... Well, I can't stand up for the time being.

This "New Silk Underwear Launch Conference" was held by the "Banquet Etiquette Company". As for why Inger was the only male to participate, I have to ask the company boss what he thought. This "launch event" generated millions of krona for the Middle Kingdom, which is an astonishing figure.

"It's so fucking rich." Russell said with emotion after getting the bill, "There is only one Crandall in one country."

"Other magic powers shouldn't have such a strong consumption power?" Cecil asked.

"Probably not, but well, it would be nice to have it." Russell was excited for a few seconds, and said, "Did you know that some strange things have happened recently, the business of exchanging magic coins for metal coins has appeared in the black market, and magic coins are exchanged for metal coins. The exchange rate has fallen."

"What's the matter?" Cecil asked in confusion, "Didn't you do it before?"

"I was forced by you before!" Russell said angrily, "But not this time!"

Cecil thought for a while and said, "We accept magic coins, right?"

"Yes." Russell said.

"Is there no discount for metal coins?"

"No." Russell said categorically and remained silent for a few seconds, then hesitantly said, "But I have indeed exchanged a large amount of magic coins recently, there is no way, the demand for magic coins has decreased, but there have been more metal coins, because There are a lot more civil servants to pay salaries and so on.”

The financial system of the Middle Kingdom uses metal coins. This is a helpless move. Even the currency printing technology of the modern earth can be easily imitated by magic here, and the technology of magic coins is even less. It is still convenient to use metal coins. Gold, Silver and copper are relatively easy to inspect, and metal coins made by magic can also be seen through at a glance-there are magic fluctuations!

The top ten magic kingdoms officially do not accept metal coins at all. All transactions are made with their own magic coins, and official magic coins are not allowed to be exchanged for metal coins. The metal coins used to have almost no value. Now, any goods in the Middle Kingdom Invisibly, they are endorsing the value of metal coins.

"I'll have a chance to study how to make our own money in the future, such as banknotes." Cecil still had fantasies in his mind, after all, metal coins are too difficult to carry, too heavy and too big.

Russell snorted: "You might as well think about how to make gold easy to carry."

When the hottest season is gradually passing and the cool breeze blows over the grass leaves, a trace of dry air is transpiring on the ground.

The grassland where the Middle Kingdom is located has not seen a drop of rain since the end of the rainy season. This is the case in the entire Luoye Bay. Down at the same time, all the lakes also revealed moss-covered underwater stones.

Cecil's speculation has become a reality, the drought is gradually approaching, and the big dogs, the Highgarden elves, have become the "saviors" of the Middle Kingdom.He never thought that the canal would be completed so soon, and it was impossible to think about it, but after Ji Xing went back, he seemed to have researched something about the "secret" he described, and after sending several inquiries, he was very happy. Said "Maybe this is an opportunity to break the law", after that, the Highgarden elves came to dig the canal themselves.

Cecil visited once. A Highgarden elf stood by the planned canal and filled a basin with sand. After chanting a spell, he gently dug a section of the river in the sand with his hands. After that, in reality A deep trace appeared on the ground, just like the appearance in a sand basin.

"Wow, it's the first time I've seen 'Reshape Nature'." Oakes, who was the bodyguard, watched with relish. "This is considered to be a very top-level magic in the Department of Shaping, probably ranked second or third."

Nima, magic is so convenient!

In Cecil's sigh, in just four months, a main canal that completely followed the route he planned reached the vicinity of Moon City, and then it was diverted and diverted. mother river.

When the tumbling waves roared through the canal more than 20 meters deep and [-] meters wide, the people in Yuecheng cheered involuntarily. The farmers happily waited for the branch line of the canal to reach the farmland. The canals in your own fields will do.

All the water canals are planned in a unified way, and random repairs are not allowed, let alone blocking other people’s canals without permission. This big river has never dried up, so everyone doesn’t worry much about water use, and the most important thing is that there is no need to dig wells anymore!

Cecil has been worried about the subsidence of the ground for not a day or two. As the tributary of the canal was introduced into Moon City, the wellheads were closed one by one. Only the one closest to the "Royal Palace" meeting room remained unchanged. The first well in the Kingdom, because it is inside the wall of the conference room, is used by a small number of people, so it has a greater symbolic meaning.Standing by the well and staring at the dark mouth of the well, he couldn't help but miss Langdon.

When will the big cat come back?

The news from Langdon did not wait, but the news from Foster III arrived.

Tambuneta has not fully recovered from last year's plague. Talents such as David and Fred left one after another because their homes were broken. For them, Tambuneta is no longer a place of dreams but hell. One year has passed Well, the two cities of Langka and Pippen are still completely deserted. Langka has become a dead city. The city gate collapsed, and countless corpses were stuffed in the water source. There may be people living, and the Black Death killed tens of thousands of people. For a while, no one needed the city.

If the drought comes, the first to be impacted are the low-level civilians in the magical power.

Magic water needs to occupy a magic position, and the use of magic devices also needs to be used. For example, the cleaning mages who are responsible for cleaning puppets have only one magic position in the most extreme. Once the drought comes, they have to face the problem of choosing work or life—— This can no longer be called a choice - coupled with the neglect of ordinary livelihood items in the magical power, food, heating, etc. are all unprepared, the low-level civilians who were "lucky to enter the magical power" will be the first to be eliminated in the disaster people.

According to the past practice, these people will become savages, and then gradually become unable to bear the harsh environment in the wild, and eventually become the prey of wild beasts.

The magical power has never cast a sympathetic gaze on these people, and the monarchs will not look away, but this year is a bit different. Tambunita has just experienced a terrible plague, and the bottom fled and died. , There is a huge gap in personnel. In the past, civilians from nearby small countries and small civilizations would fill in. This year, I’m sorry, these people have already caused Cecil’s misfortune.

In the absence of "newcomers" to supplement, Foster III had to find ways to improve living conditions in order to maintain the operation of the country, and try to ensure that as many people as possible do not have to choose between magic work and survival, not to mention, the current The "bottom level" was actually the "middle level" last year...

"Ask me for water?" Cecil said inexplicably, "Foster III has a heart disease, not a brain disease, right? Why the hell am I sending him water across a bay?"

"I guess I saw the canal the Highgarden elves built for us." Russell muttered, "The movement was too loud, and the Highgarden elves couldn't cover it up."

Cecil sighed: "Just reply that he can't do it."

Sure enough, it will not be long before the news of Foster III arrives.

Cecil was overjoyed when he saw the news: "How dare he say 'open as you please' to the Highgarden elves?"

"He didn't mean to really ask the price, but to ask you to quote a price. He knows if the Middle Kingdom can afford it. If it is a low price, then he will ask why it is so cheap." Russell said quietly, "The money is not in vain. ah."

This "wealth" is the canal.

After thinking about it for a while, Cecil wrote a letter to the Highgarden Elf, telling the truth about the matter. Ji Xing's reply was very succinct: What do you care about him?None of his business!

Cecil: "..."

Nima Gou Dahu just does whatever he wants!

The High Court Elves can do this, Cecil can't, he stared at the letter paper for a while, and suddenly Fu Ling came to his mind, and wrote down the meaning: I have a long-term friendship with His Majesty Ji Xing, and we have a deep relationship with each other. Friendship, this kind of feeling cannot be replaced by mere money.

Russell watched Cecil finish writing with a distorted face, and then the two looked at each other and silently looked away from each other.

Sure enough, after the letter was sent, Foster III never sent another message, and he didn't know what kind of imagination it had.

The signs of drought in the Eastern Continent are becoming more and more obvious, but the Western Continent is not a big problem. The two large streams provide a steady stream of drinking water for the countries that flow through them. Although the rest of the land is slightly insufficient, the lakes still guarantee the survival of creatures. , the fundamental problem is that the population is far from exploding, and it is easier for mages to go out. Even if there is insufficient water in a certain place, they can go to other places temporarily. Not too well.

St. Benze's tenacious resistance brought a chance to survive. The slave owners and slaves hid underground, watching the coalition forces recede like a tide with resentful eyes.Three of the four cities were burned, and these cities were to be taken over by Lochere, the walls had been preserved, leaving Xia Castle mostly intact, except for the ruins of the royal palace, and this winter, the St. Hunted and tortured in the cold.

Alexander's return was not due to the drought but due to an emergency in Luoxie. As for what it was, even the new king cavalry failed to spread the news.

Cecil received a lot of news at once, and what made him most happy was that Langdon was coming back.

The big cat came back alone on a night in early autumn, and came back alone on a griffin. As soon as he climbed through the window, he hugged Cecil, who rushed over, into his arms, and took a long kiss.They lay on the bed and hugged each other, telling each other about this time of separation, laughing when they talked about interesting things, until they fell into a sweet dream.

Cecil woke up the next day and enjoyed a perfect "morning fuck". Of course, there was no "negative distance" but just gentle stroking. The big cat showed its prototype. He rode it and ran around on the grassland for a while, the soft and elastic fur really made him want to stop.

Three days later, Cecil entered the meeting room refreshed and received Jory's resentful eyes.

"Your Majesty, Langdon is back?" Jory asked.

"Yes, back!" Cecil grinned silly.

"...He just left me and came back alone." Jory said sadly, "I took those guys alone, and the journey was bumpy. Don't you feel sorry for me, Your Majesty?"

"I don't feel bad." Cecil said confidently, "Isn't this your job, have you brought everyone back?"

"...Brought it back." Jory slumped on the chair, opened his mouth and let out a painful sigh, "Your Majesty, I want to take a vacation."

"We'll talk about it when we're done." Cecil said with a smile, "What's the matter today? If there's something to do, we'll leave the court."

Russell threw a letter in front of Cecil: "Alexander sent a message."

Cecil was taken aback: "What are you doing?"

"He wants to buy food from us." Russell said, "Otherwise, we will have to re-negotiate the filling work of St. Panier's Mana Energy Well."

Cecil's first reaction: Has the brainwashing magic been discovered?