This city is called Diphons, which is the pass of the Warcraft Wall. Its function is to prevent the Warcraft in the Warcraft Forest of the High Mountains.
In the past, people would go on patrol every year to kill the monsters whose population had increased, but only to kill some to maintain balance.
At the same time, it prevents a certain monster from breaking the boundary, causing a chain reaction, and finally gathering an army.
Now of course there is no such thing. The new nobles above only care about profits.
There are now four leaders in the city, nominally a city lord, a deputy city lord, a legion commander, and a chamber of commerce president. In fact, the city is divided into four, each in charge of a district.
As for the level, it is said that it is level 10 and level 80, which is a very, very powerful one.
Shan Dai laughed at Yamazaki, saying who could be better than her pet bear in terms of power. Although it died in front of the light, it should be able to kill a level 300 master instantly when there is no light, if there is one.
Yamazaki ignored her and took out water and food from the magic bag. It was time for a midnight snack.
Yamazaki inquired about Shuona's attributes, and then gave her some skill books, all of which were redundant, up to level 4, and also gave her some meat.
In exchange, let Shuona help buy some daily necessities, such as toilet paper. You can't always use hay and leaves.
However, I didn’t bring the low-level magic core today, so I’ll talk about it in detail tomorrow.
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Shuona, human race, 15 years old, level 10.
Life 120/120, physical strength 16/16, magic power 370/370.
Strength 12, Agility 9, Speed 7, Energy 37.
Earth 200/436, Water 200/528, Wind 100/287,
Ice 100/395, fire 100/611, wood 200/714,
Thunder 100/874, light 200/732, dark 0/545.
Talent, learning 6, luck 7, growth 7.
Skills: Perseverance 9, Meditation 10, Brewing 8, Planting 10, Agriculture 5, the rest are ignored.
10 attribute points and 10 skill points are retained.
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In Shuona's words, her talent is pretty good, but her attributes are relatively poor. Even if she cultivates it, she can only use level 8 thunder magic, so she learned some simple magic.
In terms of skills, I only gained these skills after realizing my shortcomings later, learning from them and studying hard.
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After sending away the mysterious three people, Shuona had a good sleep. When she woke up, it was already noon the next day.
I stretched out comfortably, got up, washed, had something to eat, and then cleaned up.
After the magic was cast, the tavern took on a new look.
Trouble also ensued. The village urged her to pay taxes, but they still stood at a distance, worried that she was sick.
Shuona had an idea and continued to pretend to be sick. She frightened the village chief away with a cough and finally fooled him.
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At night.
Shuona prepared a hot dinner, and Yamazaki Shandai came again as promised.
I also brought a pack of level 1 magic cores, 127 of them, all of which Shuona can obtain.
The basic price of a level 1 magic core is 10 copper coins. In fact, it depends on the size. A deer's magic core is larger than a mouse's magic core, so it is naturally more valuable.
Shuona did the math and found that about 2,200 copper coins and 22 silver coins were far from enough to pay the tax.
The tax is 4 times the head tax, 400 silver coins per person; 4 times the house and farmland tax, 1,600 silver coins for 4 hectares of land.
Yamazaki Shandai was surprised, can farmers make so much money? Can they afford to pay so much tax in a year?
Shuona explained magical agriculture. A farmer can easily cultivate 1 hectare of land, and a diligent farmer can cultivate 3 hectares.
Taking wheat as an example, one hectare per person can harvest more than 5,000 kilograms per year, and each 100 kilograms can be sold for 15 silver coins, which is equivalent to 750 silver coins.
The normal per capita tax payment is 500 silver coins, and the remaining 250 silver coins, plus using the land to grow other things for personal use, are enough to live comfortably.
If you pay 2,000 silver coins now, you won't be able to pay 1 hectare per capita, but now you can get more land, and with the increase in food prices, you can get 20 silver coins per kilogram.
After she recovers from her illness, if she cultivates 1 hectare of land by herself, and then secretly cultivates 1 hectare of land, she can earn 2,000 silver coins in a year. No matter how hard she works, she can barely survive.
Whether Shandai understood or not, Yamazaki explained.
To put it simply, there used to be more people and less land, but now many people have died due to war, and then heavy taxes have led to population loss, and the support of soldiers has led to the decrease of farmers.
The result is that farmers can acquire more land effortlessly, but the food they grow is still not enough to eat, causing food prices to rise, which in turn alleviates the problem of heavy taxation and leads to a balance between the two parties.
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Shuona's problem is that Yamazaki doesn't want to take her away and wants to use her identity to go shopping in the city.
Because of your low status, you cannot take out inappropriate things, such as gold, silver, utensils and jewelry, as these things will cause trouble.
Level 1 magic cores are not valuable, and few people want level 1 skill books. If I take her to level up, she will not be able to explain the level changes when she enters the city.
The safest and most appropriate way is to ask her to borrow money from the Chamber of Commerce and then pay it back slowly.
Her family has 15 hectares of land, which can be staked now. If the Chamber of Commerce doesn't like it, they can just retreat.
If the Chamber of Commerce had an idea against her, in Shan Dai's words, they would simply take over the city.
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Just do what you say, have dinner and then go to the city, Shuona and Yamazaki Shandai.
Skeleton Vinio's head is stuffed into the magic bag, just take it out when needed, and it will recover instantly.
It's only a few kilometers away and only a few minutes away.
Shuona showed her magic core and explained her purpose. The guard let them in without any excuse or further inspection.
There are many pubs and restaurants in the city, which looks very prosperous, but there are four main commercial streets, one for each of the four major powers, each responsible for the bulk supply and special commodity supply in each district.
The main city area is characterized by nightclubs, the deputy city main pawnshop and gambling hall, the legion area is characterized by the market and the arena, and the chamber of commerce area is characterized by silver shops and auction houses.
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Shuona went to the Chamber of Commerce area, sold the magic core, and got 21 silver coins and 43 copper coins.
The loan was not approved because people looked down on the land.
Shuona was a little sad, but Shandai asked her to lead the way. Since there is a gambling place, that's fine.
Fortunately, there is no age limit here.
The things inside are similar to those on earth, such as dice, playing cards, roulette, etc. Although the details are different, the gameplay is similar.
Betting on big or small, 1 becomes 1, 21 becomes 42, 42 becomes 84, 84 becomes 168.
I pressed the roulette wheel with 84 silver coins, 1 got 36, and I won 3024 silver coins.
Ignore those jealous people, take 100 silver coins and press again, if you don't win, go to another place to play cards.
After losing 200 silver coins in the second game, I finally finished fooling around. I borrowed a cart and retreated with 2808 silver coins.
Go directly to the central square to pay the tax, and you can exchange 2,000 silver coins for four stamps.
There are 808 silver coins left, so no one is jealous.
Shuona also breathed a sigh of relief. She felt that these new friends were really amazing. Although they were so young, they could even gamble.
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The minimum snacks are 10 copper coins - 1 pickled sweet and sour plum, 2 silver coins in a pack of 20.
A meat skewer costs at least 20 copper coins. I heard it was rat meat, so Shandai didn't dare to eat it.