Chapter 91 Akham City (Part 1)

The new emperor's edict informed the entire eastern part of the empire, one-quarter of the territory and one-sixth of the subjects. Deckmont held the announcement and smiled: "Master, Cronize probably hadn't even sorted out the forces in the royal city, so he hurriedly announced this edict. As far as I know, this was the first order he had taken office except for the mourning of the previous emperor. It can be seen that he attaches importance to the master..."

Ge Zheng was a little worried. Seeing his frowning look, Dirkmont asked with a smile: "Master is worried that the new emperor wants to recruit you too?" Ge Zheng nodded: "I only ask for a corner of the place, it seems that he doesn't need to pay so much attention, right?"

Dirkmont felt a little regretful. It seemed that the second prince was the real wise ruler. He was just because he was eager to find a backer, so he couldn't wait to turn to the eldest prince. Unexpectedly, the eldest prince, who seemed to be the most powerful in the royal city, was the first person to be killed.

Deckmont couldn't help but admire Ge Zheng's "political vision". It seems that the master not only has a pair of skilled alchemy skills, but also has a pair of wise eyes to recognize people.

Ge Zhengke never expected Dirkmont to think so. He just wanted to be in the Gemen and was used to being arrogant and unwilling to be instructed by others. Think about it, when Paracelsus wanted to be his teacher, he was overwhelmed by this guy like a stubborn guy. What are the invitations of several princes?

Dirkmont knew that he had lost his backer in the royal city, but it seemed that the new emperor favored Ge Zheng very much. With his relationship with Ge Zheng, he could ensure that the new emperor would not secretly kill him. However, the premise was that Ge Zheng had to have a good relationship with the new emperor. But the master's temper... Dirkmont secretly glanced at Ge Zheng and shook his head secretly.

Ge Zheng was also worried that he just wanted to be the lord of Taiping City, collect taxes, refine alchemy, earn enough gold coins and buy materials to go home. However, if the relationship with the emperor is not handled well, he will not be peaceful. Even if he can kill the emperor again, he will manage his own stable operations and his desire to go home as soon as possible will definitely be shattered.

The two of them had their own thoughts and were silent for a moment.

"Master, when will you take over your territory?" Dirkmont asked. Putting aside all interests, Ge Zheng was also his good friend and benefactor. It only takes three days to ride a horse from Selwan City to Akhama City. This is two very close cities in the Star Refining World where transportation is not well developed.

"As soon as possible." Ge Zheng said. If you go one day late, you will collect less gold coins for one day.

Dirkmont asked, "Master, why did you choose Akham City? It's not rich." Ge Zheng smiled, "I want the fiefdom of the third prince, but do you think the emperor will give it to me?" Dirkmont couldn't help but smile: "That's true. But you may not know that a metal mine has just been discovered in Akham City, and it is said that there are a lot of rare metals inside..."

Ge Zheng was very happy when he heard this: "That's great!" Dirkmont stopped him: "Don't be happy first. Although the mine can increase your income, natural mines are gathering places for dark monsters. If you want to mine, you must first sweep the monsters in the mine. You must know that the prices of those adventurers are not cheap!"

Ge Zheng suddenly felt a headache: Everything else is easy to say, it is really difficult to ask him to pay for it.

"I'll give the master three hundred knights and escort the city of Akhama in the master district." Dirkmont said. His private soldiers in the royal city were given to Norodom, but there were still 6,000 city defense troops in Selbourne, but there were not many elite troops among them. Dirkmont took three hundred people and sent out half of his elite soldiers.

"No." Ge Zheng said: "I have the ability to protect myself, what do I need so many soldiers to do." Dirkmont waved his hand: "Master, you don't know yet, the eastern coast of this empire is not peaceful." Ge Zheng was stunned: "Not peaceful?"

Deckmont pointed to the East: "The Wuhui Mud Flat is not only a paradise for monsters, but also a paradise for thieves. The thieves here are very prosperous recently. Although they have not attracted the attention of the empire, the strength of some gangs is enough to rank among the top 100 on the mainland. These people train special monsters, which can also come and go on the mudflats. Although their number is less than that of regular troops, they are elusive. One person needs you to invest three soldiers to defend, which is very difficult to deal with..."

Ge Zheng frowned: "There is something like this..."

Akhama City is a fourth-level city with an area of ​​about 4,000 square miles and a population of 500,000. Among them, Akhama City has 200,000 residents and 300,000 agricultural population. Xinglian world has fertile soil, abundant spiritual energy, and the agricultural level is not low.

The mainland is divided into five levels, with only five first-level cities, which are five major mainland cities like the Delson King City. The fourth-level cities are only one level higher than the fifth-level cities that have just been upgraded to cities.

In addition to Akham City, there are two small towns in Gezheng's territory, one is called Ruhr, and the other is Portland, where the metal mine cave was discovered.

At the beginning, he just found a city close to the fiefdom of Deckmont, but unexpectedly he accidentally chose a place with great development potential.

Ge Zheng still refused Dirkmont's kindness and lost the support in the royal city. Dirkmont's own life was not easy. Ge Zheng only brought his entourage and Solgwilen to enter this city with a not-old history and not rich at present from the south gate of Akham City.

The lord rode a horse around his city and found that it was an ordinary fourth-level city, which was not even as good as Wangshan City. However, thinking of the metal mine, Ge Zheng's heart was full of hope.

Because this city used to belong to His Majesty the Emperor, there was no mansion of the City Lord, and there was only a municipal hall in the city. The municipal officials worked in it.

Ge Zheng showed his identity documents at the door. The new lord arrived and the guards quickly returned. Not long after, the city officials brought officials of all sizes and big and small in the city to greet them.

The city was not big, and there were not many officials. A dozen people were scattered down together, greeting Ge Zheng with the etiquette of a nobleman, and also sworn allegiance to Ge Zheng.

The process of taking over the territory was extremely smooth, and Ge Zheng guessed that the new emperor probably did a lot of work. No matter what, the "cooperation" between him and the new emperor was very pleasant.

Ge Zheng's career as a city lord began calmly. It turned out that everything was so boring. If he hadn't seen the thousands of gold coins in the tax box every night, Ge Zheng really felt that life was really boring.

Akhama City is not as rich as Wangshan City, and its annual tax revenue is only a few hundred thousand gold coins. Ge Zheng found that this speed of making money was far inferior to that of his original time in Delson City. It seems that in order to achieve his goal, he must first develop the city.

Akhama City is an entrance for adventurers to enter the tidal flats from the mainland. Now there is a mine cave, which can attract a large number of adventurers. With these two advantages alone, if you manage them carefully, the city will soon become prosperous.

Although the territory is not big, there are many tedious things, and Ge Zheng has to make up his own ideas for many things. In the past few days when he came to Akhama City, Ge Zheng has been busy from morning to night every day. Finally, today, the accumulated affairs have been handled clearly. Ge Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and rode his horse to stroll around the city.

When he walked to the gate of the west city, he was attracted by a noise. As soon as Ge Zheng turned around, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Teacher, teacher!" He frowned and looked at a group of people dressed in rags at the gate of the city, who were noisy with the soldiers.

"Teacher, where are we?" One of them jumped and jumped, waving his arms, obviously to attract Ge Zheng's attention. The guards raised Changmao and shouted loudly: "Back! You cannot enter the city without entering the city tax!"

Ge Zheng walked over and finally recognized him until he was close to him. He was shocked: "Why are you guys..." It turned out that these people were all students from Dongsheng Academy. The one who was in charge was a student from the fourth grade of the Alchemy Department.

"Why did you do this?" He turned over and dismounted and said to the soldiers: "Let them come in."

This group of people has a total of twenty-three, all of whom are students of the Alchemy Department of Dongsheng College. Each of them is ragged and pale in their faces and thin skin.

Ge Zheng took them back to his temporary residence and ordered the people to boil water and cook, let them wash them clean and eat a hot meal.

The food was served, and the room was filled with snoring sounds. The students were all greedy, wishing they could even eat the bowl together.

After finally waiting for him to have dinner, Ge Zheng asked the alchemy student named Nidek: "Why did you make this happen?"
Chapter completed!