Abadan City is one of the important towns in the western region of the Gwana Empire. In addition to its strategic importance, there are mines, forests, and a river in the hinterland of Abadan. Simply put, it is natural
With rich resources and prosperous commerce, no matter what industry is developed, it has an inherent advantage.
Therefore, such a city can easily attract a large population. Not only free civilians, but also some landed nobles will come here to look for business opportunities. This is also why this city has gathered a large number of nobles, or other
One of the reasons for being a family member.
And it’s not just humans who live here. There are also dwarves, elves, halflings, half-orcs, goblins, etc. Many non-human species of Homo sapiens live in this city. This is also the center of the Gwana Empire.
A major feature.
In comparison, other countries and other regions have discrimination problems to some extent, so there are not many species of Homo sapiens other than humans in other places. Unless they have a certain degree of confidence in their own strength, such people dare to travel around the Lost Continent.
Basically, you won't see children of different races.
The reason why this is so is because Gwana was founded at the end of the Dark Age when the demon King Tikal ruled the world. And as the oldest existing country in the surface world of Lost Land, Gwana was not an empire at first, but a nation of hundreds.
Allies'.
It is different from the integration of a so-called ethnic group on the earth. In fact, half of the population in the country is either a slave or a coolie or a criminal. The Gwana Hundred Tribe Alliance was established by many different homo sapiens ethnic groups.
In this country, all ethnic groups have been equal from the beginning.
Although the tribes declined and mankind became the only one, the common masters elected in turns became a hereditary emperor system, and the allies turned into empires, the status of each tribe did not lose power. To this day, each tribe still maintains its opposition to the emperor.
The influence of the emperor's succession. This is the only power of Midi. No other country allows such a thing.
It’s not that there are no human beings, and even the succeeding emperor himself wants to change this situation, let human beings dominate, and expel hundreds of other races. But in reality it is impossible to do so. Because the ancient world tree, Yggdrasil’s tree
The Elf tribe was located in the heart of the empire. The sixteen regular legions that the empire was proud of at that time were almost annihilated by various tribes who retreated to the World Tree.
The surrounding countries also took advantage of the empire's weakness to attack in groups. It can be said that that time was the moment when the Gwana Empire was closest to its demise. In the end, the current emperor abdicated, and the new emperor reiterated the Hundred Tribes Covenant in order to lose a large area of the empire.
At the expense of the border, the empire regained its stability with the support of the coalition forces of all ethnic groups.
Incidentally, Yggdrasil, the world tree, is a grand duke in the Gwana Empire. The scope of the wood elf tribe belongs to the principality and enjoys extraterritorial rights, just like the relationship between a suzerain and a subordinate country. But in fact, all these powers
, titles are just imposed on World Tree by the Gwana Empire, and the wood elves never fight for the empire.
For Yuctrasil, since he became conscious, the countries around him have gone from establishment to glory, and then from prosperity to failure. Who would not claim the power to rule him. As a result, those countries perished one by one.
, but he is still standing tall. So Yggdrasil doesn't care who wants to take advantage of him.
For those who hide under his protection, Yggdrasil treats everyone equally. Whether they are wood elves or people of other races, everyone must abide by his rules. Violators will only die.
Those who cannot keep His commandments usually choose to leave on their own.
In the next few hundred years, the situation of the Gwana Empire was to attack the outside world, with each other winning and losing. Under such external pressure, it made the empire more united. It was against this background that
Homo sapiens species other than humans have a relatively high status and a safe environment in the Gwana Empire.
Among other things, in the airship-related industries in Abadan City, the vast majority of practitioners are from races other than humans, mainly dwarves and halflings. After lunch, Lin asked the goblin Toto
Carney led the way to visit the airship shipbuilder he was familiar with.
Wearing the formal attire of a magician, with a golden thread tied in front of his shawl, Lin didn't bring anything with him except his wallet and the magic stone containing the design sketch data, including weapons for self-defense. Logically speaking, Hakakiri
Its appearance is extremely deceptive. No matter how you look at it, it looks like an ordinary long sword. As long as it doesn't speak, no one will recognize it.
But I was afraid that a certain weapon couldn't stand the loneliness and I couldn't talk about it, so I kept it in the hotel and didn't take it out. Anyway, when I need it, I can summon it at any time and I can get it at any time. And someone doesn't know that yesterday
, How much trouble did Haggiri cause before he dared to walk boldly on the street? If he knew, he would have to hide for a few days to avoid the limelight before going out to do things.
The craftsmen that the goblins know are not as unreliable as the goblins. In other words, the goblin engineers can produce and sell their own products, but if they really want to open their doors for business, they will have to go bankrupt.
This started from the fact that Totokani planned to use the airship he built to do business, carry passengers or goods, and earn freight. In the end, he ended up chewing tree bark and eating grass roots. If it weren't for a certain Lich Brain
Damn, they should have starved to death in Waikato.
In short, those who can open a business in Abadan have some real skills. It's just that people who can deal with goblins also have the temperament of goblins. Lin doesn't have much objection to this.
, anyway, doing business is not the same thing. Those who sell things want to make more, and those who buy things want to spend less.
However, Lin doesn't just choose to buy things from whomever Totokani introduces. Because what someone needs is actually made to order, so first of all, there is a workshop willing to cooperate.
For those dwarves or halflings who rely on their crafts and technology, when Lin made a request, they were rejected. He even swore that those things could not be used and that the system they designed must be used. Of course, someone was polite.
Decline politely and leave. Since business cannot be done with kindness, there is no need to speak harshly.
So I let Totokani take the lead and worked all afternoon. Finally, I found a workshop to take charge of all the parts designed by someone. However, everyone couldn't start work immediately. They had to make some preparations, including purchasing the required materials.
The requirements for someone are not something that can be made out of just some random piece of iron.
To buy materials, the upfront costs are of course not all borne by the craftsmen who made them, and business in Midland has not yet developed as much as on Earth. According to the custom here, the party who orders the item must bear the full cost of the materials.
There are usually two methods, one is that the materials are provided directly by Lin; the other is that the craftsmen find the source of the materials and take them back, but they will not start work until the cost of the materials is paid.
Lin was also unfamiliar with the place in Abadan City. Of course, buying rare materials was not something he could do. Therefore, everything was entrusted to the craftsmen who took over the work.
Of course, it takes time to arrange materials, so Lin had to take advantage of this time to re-draw the design. The three-dimensional imaging of the explosion diagram was presented, but it could only be done using the first coffin. It was impossible to dismantle the first coffin into
Let the several parts be given to craftsmen belonging to different workshops for use, so that someone will not be dismantled by the lich.
You have to make several low-level versions specifically for others to use, and you have to worry about this technology being used by others. Someone has a very clear distinction between what can be promoted and what cannot be promoted.
The dissemination of some basic things can promote the technological progress of the Lost Land. But the dissemination of some advanced things may become a cage that restricts other people's thinking, and may also cause destructive turbulence. This situation is what Lin wants.
avoid.
The former is like the flash technique, and the latter is a real-time communication system that has been kept secret. Of course, sometimes things are too complicated, so being too lazy to teach others is one of the reasons.
Just according to the original agreement, after the craftsmen have dispatched the required materials, they will send someone to notify them. I will bring the material costs and design drawings, and the subsequent work can begin. The scheduling time is expected to only take
Two to three days.
But four days have passed, and Lin has not received any notification. Fortunately, he and his two apprentices worked until midnight on the design drawings two days ago, just to make sure people have the drawings available in time. Unexpectedly, he worked hard
What was driven out by fate was left idle for two days.
Totokani was also puzzled by this situation. Although Uzov Gantia had gone out to inquire about the news in the past few days, of course he also informed everyone about the big thing that Shaqi had revealed. But for someone who was undergoing transformation
There was no news about the problems faced by the airship.
So those who were unwilling to wait any longer took the gnomes with them and went to the several agreed-upon workshops to see if there was a problem with the scheduling of materials and whether they needed to find replacement materials.
It didn't matter if I didn't go out, but when I went out to inquire, I was always turned down. Even the craftsmen who had been quite enthusiastic at first, asked the guests out with embarrassment.
In addition, I visited other workshops that I had not visited before. As long as Totokani reported the identity of the captain of the airship Sid, he usually got similar results. This is still based on someone using magic.
The identity of the teacher appeared, otherwise Lin Zai guessed that maybe the bad-tempered one would beat him up.
Now everyone knows there is something wrong, let alone someone who has read a lot of novels and anime about various conspiracies.
Back at the hotel, after summarizing the matter with everyone, everyone had a vague idea, but they couldn't figure out the ins and outs. Even Uzov blamed himself for not getting the relevant information.
Lin didn't blame this man who followed him shamelessly, but actually brought a lot of help to everyone. He said: "It's not your fault. In fact, there is still a gap in the focus between a spy and a commercial spy.
The matter was only spread in workshops related to airships, and not on a larger scale, which means we can only start from this aspect and look for possible clues."