After some personal experience and Yin Talier's introduction, Allen finally had a good idea of the warships that formed the navy. He believed that the performance of these ships in all aspects was enough to complete the defense blueprint he had drawn for Fatis.
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This can be regarded as completing the main purpose of coming to Changhu Town this time, which was to arrange a new job for Fatis.
However, Allen, who had accomplished all this, was not in a hurry to leave, because Changhu Town, which had become a major trading center, was also his direct fiefdom. However, Allen, who had been busy with the war, had not stayed here even once.
one day.
So taking this opportunity, Allen plans to live with Jamila in the palace in Changhu Town for a while to experience the customs and customs here.
Although it is already approaching the New Year, Alan and Jamila have arranged a period of vacation for themselves to relieve the pressure that has become increasingly heavy in recent years.
As a king who is extremely responsible for his rights, the burden on Allen's shoulders has never been easy.
However, there is no big problem for the two of them to leave the castle for a short time at this moment.
Especially with the development of commerce, agriculture and breeding, Karl, Manid and Tuoju have all clarified their respective positions.
Although Allen has not given them the status of ministers, he has also assigned a lot of young officials to the three of them. They can handle most of the complicated affairs themselves, especially since it is still the end of the year and there are not too many things to deal with.
In other words, it has almost been dealt with.
As for the banquet held every New Year by Feslite, it no longer required the preparation and supervision of the king and prime minister as early as two years ago.
The cabinet official in charge of this matter will distribute the funds allocated by Allen according to the number of households in each community in the city, and then the community committee will discuss it and organize it according to the preferences of the residents.
Residents who like good food and wine will spend most of their money on food and drink to satisfy their appetites amid laughter and laughter.
Those who like singing and dancing will also spend money on building stages and purchasing gorgeous clothes for performances, gradually enriching the community's inventory and giving them more choices when performing.
From the beginning, Allen held this banquet to celebrate everyone's gains in the past year. The main purpose was to make the residents happy and increase their recognition of the king.
Based on Allen's experience in his previous life, if people can make their own decisions with money, they should be happier than attending a fixed banquet. Anyway, this is what Allen thinks when he attends the annual New Year's Eve dinner.
Moreover, this banquet at the end of the year can also greatly stimulate the commercial prosperity of the river valley. Businessmen from all over the country, plus the local residents of Rovanian, will always come to the Philippines with goods they think are popular.
Slater sells.
There are even many teams who are proficient in performances and come from all over the Central Plains just to put on a performance for the residents of this place on this day of celebration.
Of course, they will also receive generous rewards after performing.
On this day of celebration, some bards will also come here to compile the prosperity and wealth here into catchy songs and spread them throughout the Middle Earth.
In the past, because there were too many evils lurking in the wilderness and the journey was very difficult and dangerous, no one was willing to cross the Misty Mountains and come to Rovanion.
However, as the dark power in the north suffered a major blow, the orcs and wargs who luckily escaped with their lives began to hide in the dark tunnels to lick their wounds. In addition, Allen also arranged a large number of troops to conduct reconnaissance along the way.
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As a result, the number of travelers on the road has gradually increased, which is a good thing for the entire Middle-earth.
As for those farmers who responded to the cabinet's call and did not live in the city because they were cultivating farmland outside the city, Allen's approach to them was also very simple, that is, to use their money to buy some New Year's goods that were easy to store.
Such as sausages, pickled ham, honey, various candies, and fruit wine, and then arrange for your men to distribute them.
Allen, who guards a large number of horses, has never lacked transportation capacity. Spending some time and money is of no use to him now. The most important thing is to let everyone feel the king's generosity and kindness and let them know
Every year on this day, the king rejoices with them.
As for the above arrangements, Jamila will send cabinet officials to supervise and deal with them, while Allen will send his "animal friends" to conduct further secret observations.
Although the folk customs of Rovanian are still quite simple, power and wealth will continue to corrode people's hearts. It is always good to have more supervision, which can allow Allen to deal with him at the first sign of bad things.
Perform a thunder strike.
As for Allen and Jamila, they plan to spend the New Year this time in Changhu Town.
Lake Town, which has now been rebuilt, is very different from the past. The old city that was originally burned to the ground by Smaug has been completely abandoned, especially the cruel and evil fire dragon that happened to crash in the center of the town before it died.
It makes people afraid to approach there.
For the gold and treasures that fell from Smaug, there were indeed "warriors" who had the courage to venture to the center of the town. However, when they approached the remains of the dead fire dragon, they were immediately seized by the fear that surged in their hearts.
While yelling crazily, he jumped into the lake and swam back to the shore quickly.
He also fell seriously ill after returning home, and it took him several months to recuperate before he could barely get rid of the influence of the dark power.
Smaug himself is a war weapon built by Morgoth to fight against the Valar. Even in a dead state, the fear and evil emanating from his body is enough to scare away ordinary humans, and the hard bones all over his body are enough
With teeth, there is no material worth using.
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And what the "warriors" have experienced makes no one dare to approach there anymore. Even on the shore, people can vaguely see some shining gold and treasures.
The current Changhu Town is mostly the same as Allen's original vision. The city is mainly built at the southern corner of the Jungle River and Changhu Lake. It is protected by a six-meter-high masonry wall. Most of the city is also
It is a masonry structure.
When Allen was thinking about this, he also considered that living on the water all year round was actually very harmful to health, so he moved the main city to the shore.
But there are always some people who believe in tradition who just like the old life and are willing to live on the water. Therefore, after the completion of the main city, they still built a smaller floating town on the northernmost side that the city wall could protect.
, as the sub-urban area of Changhu Town.
Most of the people living there are old residents who like to make a living by fishing. Occasionally, they also use their old craftsmanship to make some small items for sale.
Most of the northern humans that Allen has migrated to over the years live in the newly built urban areas. In addition to opening up some farmland outside the city, some older and wiser people have also started...
Business transactions.
The main reason is also because the market in Changhu Town is built on the shore of the new city. In addition to the market for trading and shops selling various supplies, there are also taverns where people can drink fine wine and places where people can live.
Most of the inns are built in this area.
Therefore, this urban area on the shore is generally called the Golden Land by outsiders who come here to do business, as if the gold flowing in the river has gathered in this area.
The locals in Changhu Town call this place the business district. Unfortunately, most of Allen's names are so simple and unpretentious.
As the saying goes, those who are near the water get the moon first. Under the circumstances of many conditions, those northerners with business experience naturally became the first group of people to become rich under such an environment.
Of course, they also pay the most taxes.
Although Long Lake Town has begun to bring a lot of wealth to the Rovanian Kingdom, in Allen's view, this place actually has one of the biggest shortcomings, that is, merchant ships from the south cannot dock directly at Long Lake.
town.
Instead, the goods must be unloaded under the waterfall at the southern end of Changhu Lake, and then used to pull the goods to the commercial district of Changhu Town, where they can be loaded onto ships and transported to Gushan farther away.
The same is true for the goods coming down from the Lonely Mountain. In Allen's opinion, this is really too troublesome. If the caravans from the Kingdom of Gondor and the Kingdom of Rohan also come here to trade in the later period, wouldn't they have to queue up to transport the goods?
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So after wandering around with Jamila for two days, Allen decided to ask the dwarves to help him complete a not particularly complicated project.
That is to open two waterways for transportation next to the road south of Changhu Lake to connect the running river flowing south. They don't need to be particularly wide, as long as they can pass the kind of transportation ships designed by Yin Talier.
The waterway near the west mainly serves ships from north to south, which means that merchant ships coming down from Gushan can directly enter the Benliu River through the waterway, eliminating the trouble of loading and unloading cargo.
As for the waterway near the east, Allen plans to use the power of the falling water to convert them into power to pull the ship onto the long lake. However, this may be difficult to achieve by human means and will require the help of the dwarves.
Allen, who has always been somewhat resolute in his work, after carefully thinking about the feasibility of the plan, he took Jamila and the two personal guards and prepared to go to Gushan to see his good friends and also pass on this matter.
The matter was entrusted to Thorin to see if the dwarves could complete their ideas.
But on the road to the Lonely Mountain, Allen was not alone. A group of black-haired dwarves from the Far East became his companions on the journey.
Ever since the Durin clan returned to the Lonely Mountain and made the place prosperous again, dwarves from other clans would come here from time to time to exchange and learn, or to complete some transactions.
After all, the Durin dwarves who once accepted the Firebeard and Broadback clans can be said to have mastered the most advanced wrought iron craftsmanship and construction technology in Middle-earth.
Because the dwarves of the Firebeard and Broadback clans had learned the secrets of crafts from Valinor from the Noldor elves and Sindar elves in the distant First Era, while the Noldor clan had learned from Aulë.
The skills of the Sindar clan were learned from Maia Melian.
With the end of the War of Wrath, the once glorious cities of the Firebeard and Broadback clans were reduced to ruins with the sinking of Beleriand. At that time, most of the dwarves from the two clans also entered Khazad-dûm.
It was at this time that Moria integrated into the Durin clan. Of course, they also brought with them the exquisite craftsmanship they learned from the Eldar.
The dwarves who awakened in the east, such as black hair, iron fist, stiff beard, and stone feet, are naturally not as good as the Durin dwarves at this time in all aspects. After all, Sauron who occupies there will not teach others knowledge with good intentions.
Any race that has been favored by the Demon Lord will inevitably pay an eternal price. Anyone who does not believe this can look up the endings of Tar-Pharazon and Celebrimbor from ancient books.
In short, during these years when Durin returned to the Lonely Mountain and Sauron lay dormant, the dwarves of the Far East began to deepen their exchanges with Durin's clan, and both parties benefited greatly from it.
The dwarves in the Far East can bring more knowledge back to their homeland, and Durin can also gain more people. There are always some dwarves who are nostalgic for the Lonely Mountain and choose to be loyal to Thorin, and they are often a small tribe that directly joins them all. Very few
A single dwarf gave up his allegiance to the leader, which shows the dwarves' loyalty.
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In his opinion, Ashur's news is a force that can be united to fight against Sauron. He can make good friends with each one.
After being ambushed by the dwarves on the rushing river, Allen has been very entangled. During the few nights he rested in Changhu Town, he often held Jamila unable to sleep, thinking about how to solve the hidden danger of the dwarves, but after thinking about it,
There is no particularly good way to go.
Are Far Eastern dwarves not allowed to enter their own country? However, many dwarves have spent a huge price to buy shops in Changhu Town and Feslite, and after several years of operation, they have gained a good reputation in the local area.
Should we all expel them on "unfounded" charges?
If this kind of thing is not handled well, it is not an economic dispute at all, but a diplomatic issue, which may affect the friendship between humans and dwarves. This is something that Allen does not want to destroy under any circumstances.
Therefore, the matter regarding the dwarves was put aside for the time being. It just so happened that he could discuss it with Thorin and see if he could do anything. After all, the dwarves were more familiar with the dwarves.
If that doesn't work, Allen remembers that there is a gem in the Magic Continent that can help its owner identify where the enemy is. If there is no other way, he can only try his luck in the simulator.
The dwarf leader who accompanied Allen was a stocky dwarf named Tehar. He wore a jet black leather armor, messy black hair, and a copper ring inlaid with black gems. The long
His beard is made of gold rings tightly bound into three strands.
Most of his subordinates are also dressed in this way, except that there is no copper ring on the head, and the metal ring that imprisons the beard is made of silver.
Their unusual silence as they advance on foot is in sharp contrast to their leader Tehar.
During the chat with Tehar, Allen learned that he brought hundreds of tribesmen this time to defect to Thorin II. However, when passing through the Rune area, he was attacked by a Dongyi tribe. In the end, only
I got off the dozen or so people around me and experienced quite a lot of hardships along the way.
On this point, Allen naturally feels the same way, because he himself was also seriously harmed by the Dongyi people. The northern humans who were originally prepared to take over slowly lost more than half of their population due to Ashur's invasion.
No matter what, it was a heavy loss.
So the two people who had the same experience soon started chatting and headed towards Gushan together.