"We're here, Kusteel City!" When they climbed over a small hill and saw the towering chimneys and dense houses on the plain in the distance, everyone couldn't help but cheered, and smiles appeared on their tired faces.
Although nothing thrilling happened on the way from Bucket Town to Kusteel City, the caravan did not relax its vigilance because they had encountered bandits more than once on the road, but these bandits could tell that this Savile
The human caravan was a tough nut to crack, so we just watched them leave from a distance without taking any action.
But even so, everyone in the caravan was still very nervous. The worst thing was that a small village that the caravan was originally planning to use as a resting point had been destroyed by unknown forces. There were some relatively fresh corpses in the village. It looked like an attack.
It should have happened within the last four or five days, so they were worried that the unknown force that destroyed the village would target the caravan, so the caravan had to give up rest and rush all night until they arrived at the outskirts of Kusteel City. Everyone was nervous.
I just relaxed a little.
Dry Steel City has been the important smelting town of the Kingdom of Maris since a thousand years ago. At its most prosperous time, nearly 90% of the steel products in the entire Kingdom of Maris were produced in Dry Steel City.
At first, the rulers of Kusteel City were the Rockham family, which was the most famous and largest hereditary earl family in the Kingdom of Maris. They ruled seven castles, including Kusteel City, and were the largest earls in the northwest.
collar.
Originally, according to the principles and abilities of this family, they should have been able to continue the inheritance for hundreds of years, even thousands of years. Unfortunately, they took the wrong side in the war led by the king chooser. Not only were they deprived of their territory and title, they were even deprived of their territory and titles.
He was expelled from the Kingdom of Maris and became an exile. He is still living in Daliat as a stateless person.
After Kusteel City broke away from the control of the Luokemu family, the entire city was taken over by the kingdom. However, the kingdom did not have complete control over the city. They only sent a tax specialist to control all taxes in Kusteel City.
, and the city's municipal administration was handed over to the original City Steel Joint Board of Directors. To this day, the government affairs of Kusteel City are still in charge of this board of directors.
In order to prevent rebellion and the like, after taking over Kuangang City, the walls of Kugang City were demolished by the army of the Kingdom of Maris, and Kuangang City was ordered to prohibit the construction of city walls.
Later, although the kingdom's control over Kugang City was greatly weakened, the board of directors of Kugang City did not plan to build a city wall, because as the amount of steel produced in Kugang City increased, the entire city became more prosperous, and a large number of
Factories were built, and along with them were residential areas for workers, which also caused the city's area to continue to expand.
The total area of ​​Kugang City is now six times that of two hundred years ago, and this is only the urban area. If the attached suburban area is included, then it is possible to be ten times larger.
Although Kusteel City is the most prosperous city in the entire northwest region of the Maris Kingdom, for ordinary people, Kusteel City is the least suitable city for human habitation. There are dozens of towers in the city that look like high towers.
The same chimneys are emitting black smoke all day long. This black smoke lingers inside and outside the city and lingers for a long time. In such an environment, residents do not even dare to hang their washed clothes outside their houses, because in that case, when they take back the clothes
The clothes may be dirtier than before washing.
According to the recommendations of the medical school, all residents of Kugang City must wear masks when going out. Otherwise, breathing this dusty air for a long time will cause various fatal diseases. Therefore, in Kugang City, except for the bosses of steel plants
In addition to making money, the factories that make masks also make a lot of money.
However, even so, the number of people who die from various cardiopulmonary diseases in Kugang City every year is double that of other places combined, so it is also called the City of Death.
Although Kugang City has various shortcomings, because of its developed railway transportation network, Kugang City has become the commercial and trade center of the northwest region, and it is also the economic and trade hub of the Kingdom of Maris and the Kingdom of Dialiat.
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The first railway track in the Maris Kingdom was laid in Kugang City. This railway track is 17 kilometers long and mainly connects Kugang City and Port Keller.
At that time, the steel products in Dry Steel City needed to be transported to Port Keller, and then passed through the Dekal River to the Maam River, the mother river of the Maris Kingdom.
All over the Kingdom of Reese.
Because there is ready-made steel that can be supplied in large quantities, this railway did not cost too much money. However, the construction of the railway at that time was more because the board of directors of Kuangang City was under pressure from the upper echelons of the kingdom and was not able to spend the money to build the railway.
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It's just that the grievances of the Kugang City Board of Directors soon disappeared after the railway was repaired, because they found that the convenience that the railway brought to their cargo transportation far exceeded the money they paid, and it took only less than half a year to complete.
All the money spent on building the railway was withdrawn.
Because they felt the convenience of the railway, when the kingdom's top officials began to discuss whether to lay railways to all big cities, Kuangang City was uncharacteristically in favor of it, and even did not hesitate to act as a lobbyist for the kingdom's government. It can be said that later Maris
The construction of national railways can successfully pass the discussion, and the Kugang City Board of Directors is indispensable.
So when the site selection for the central station of the Western Railway Network began, Kugang City also became the final winner with the support of the Kingdom, and this also brought new vitality and wealth to Kugang City.
Commodities from all western cities need to be transported to Kugang City in a centralized manner, and then transferred from Kugang City to the national railway network and transported to all parts of the country. Therefore, there is also a huge train station, warehouse and trading market on the outskirts of Kugang City.
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Now the caravan is going to the trading market. Like all outsiders, the Savile people are also very dissatisfied with the air in Kusteel City. They will not enter the city unless necessary, and the merchants of Dalyat
Likewise, over time, a mixed community of outsiders and foreigners formed around the trading market in the suburbs.
The Savile Kingdom set up an office here and also purchased some properties to serve as temporary residences for Savile merchants who came here to do business.
After the caravan arrived at the trading market, it went directly to the Savile Kingdom's office, preparing to get a relatively cheap camp there.
Just after entering the trading market area, everyone felt that the atmosphere here was not right. Not only were there many military police and police patrolling the road, but almost everyone was wearing weapons, and these weapons were placed
What is even more surprising is that these weapons were exposed in a place where they could be obtained at any time. The military police and police did not even ask about this matter, as if it was a normal thing.
In the midst of strong doubts, the caravan arrived at the location of the Savile Kingdom office in their memory. However, what they saw in front of them completely stunned them, because they found that the four-story building of the office had disappeared, leaving only
There were a bunch of ruins, and a lot of blood could be seen in the ruins on the ground. It was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place here. The battle not only returned to the office, but even the people in the office died.
Otherwise, even if the office has become a ruin, someone should be guarding it.
"Please wait a moment." After Gu Sang, the caravan manager, recovered from the ruins, he looked around and saw a local man walking in front of him. He immediately chased after him, stopped him, and then
Watching with vigilant eyes, he said in the not-so-pure Maris language: "Excuse me, what is going on with this Savile Office Building? Why did it become a ruin? And the people here
Woolen cloth?"
"Dead! All dead!" The man responded impatiently, but when he saw the caravan guards following him, he immediately became nervous, his tone quickly changed, and he explained even more patiently: "
One night, many monsters suddenly appeared in the city, and they were also found here. Those monsters attacked people everywhere, and many places were destroyed at that time. This place was also destroyed at that time. Later, the police checked and found that all the Saviors in the office...
The people of Vil are all dead, and their bodies are still in the morgue. If they don't pick them up, they will be sent to the public cemetery for burial."
Upon hearing this man's words, the faces of all the Savile people present turned very ugly. Seeing this, the local man did not dare to stay long and ran away quietly.
"What do we do now?" someone asked.
Gu Sang, the leader of the caravan, pondered for a moment and said: "Let's go to our campsite first. Although the office is gone, the campsite is still there. Let's go there first to set up the camp and goods, and then you can contact Dalyat.
A businessman came to see the goods, and I took people to the police station in the city to inquire about the office."
After hearing Gu Sang's instructions, the others also felt that this was a good deal, so they drove the caravan's pack truck toward the camp purchased by the Savile Kingdom Office.
Because most of Savile's caravans are pack-caravans, the Savile Kingdom's office did not purchase any real estate around the trading market. Instead, it bought an open space very close to the trading market.
Specially provided for Savile caravans to set up tents and set up campsites.
When the caravan arrived at the open space, a group of local businessmen seemed to be measuring the land and wanted to occupy it. Because the Savile Kingdom's office was no longer there, this land seemed to them to be just that.
It has become a deserted land.
So when the caravan arrived, these people confidently asked the caravan to leave immediately. However, after all the people in the caravan showed their weapons and looked murderous, they all gave up and uttered a few harsh words.
After saying that, he ran away in despair.
Soon the caravan settled down in the camp skillfully, and carried goods, prepared food, etc. according to their respective divisions of labor. Some people who were proficient in business left the camp and went to the settlement of Dalyat to look for people who had done business with them before.
merchant.
According to the plan, Gu Sang planned to go to the urban police station to inquire about the office and see if he could take away the bodies of the people in the office. If he could take these bodies back to the country, the kingdom would definitely punish the caravan on this matter.
If people reward people, this is tantamount to a business without capital.
But before leaving, he thought for a moment and came to the tent where Leo was. He saw Leo walking out of the tent, so he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Leo, what are you going to do?"
Leave?"
"Not yet, I will stay here for two days before I leave." Leo looked at Gu Sang and said, "What if you are here for those wood carvings? Have you collected enough money?"
Gu Sang's face was a bit ugly. He originally planned to use his connections in the office to borrow a sum of money from here to buy the wood carvings from Leo's hands. But he didn't expect that the office was completely destroyed and everyone died.
, which made his plan come to nothing. Now he just hopes that the goods he brought can be sold at a good price, so that he can collect the funds to buy the wood carvings.
So he immediately said: "Not yet, can you wait for me for a few days until I sell all these goods..."
Leo interrupted him and said: "I think even if all the goods are sold, you can only scrape together the funds to buy three wood carvings at most. You use all the capital and profits from this business trip to buy
Aren’t I afraid of being scolded by the people of your tribe for the wooden carving in my hand?”
"Three wood carvings are enough." Gu Sang gritted his teeth and said, "As for the tribe, I believe they will understand."
Leo nodded, agreed to Gu Sang's request, and said, "In this case, I hope you can collect enough money when I leave."
Seeing that Leo agreed to his request, Gu Sang breathed a sigh of relief, and then left the camp with his men and went to the urban police station to handle various matters in the office.
"Mr. Leo, I..." Sanz on the side also asked at this time.
Leo interrupted him and asked, "Do you have enough money now?"
"Yes." Sanz hurriedly took off his backpack, dug into it, took out a book, opened the book's folder, and pulled out five very exquisite metal cards.
These five metal cards are all very beautifully made, with the number one thousand composed of a large number of patterns on the front, and the Holy Emblem of the King of the Hill on the back.
Seeing the metal card, Leo knew what it was, and couldn't help but smile: "You, a Savile man, didn't deposit your money in a bank opened by the Church of the Lord of Creation and Death of All Things, but instead deposited it in the Church of the King of the Hill. This
If anyone finds out, you may be regarded as an apostate."
"Everyone thinks it's impossible, so it's really safe and no one will find out that the money is in my hands." Sanz looked slightly proud, and then asked nervously: "Excuse me..."
Chapter completed!