The majestic Shazhou City Port dwarfs Blue Bay, the largest port in the Lion Kingdom. More than two miles away from the port, a long queue of ships waiting to enter the port has been formed.
Reggie took out his telescope and clearly saw the White Tower on the port square. This is the unique symbol of the White Tower Kingdom. Every city in the White Tower Kingdom has such a towering white tower that reaches into the clouds.
He also saw the outline of Shazhou City, with its tall city walls extending along the coastline out of sight.
This place was originally a desert, but because the land extended for more than a mile to the sea, it formed a natural port. It was precisely because of the unique geographical location of this port that the White Tower Kingdom invested a lot of manpower and financial resources.
A desert that was originally unsuitable for human survival was suddenly transformed into a prosperous city.
It is said that the gold coins used to build Shazhou City can pile up a gold mountain. In the eyes of many surrounding countries, this approach is unwise and even a bit willful and arrogant. But Baita State has the capital to be willful and arrogant. After the completion of Shazhou City,
In just a dozen years, it has become a trade center on the mainland. The city's area even exceeds the Lion City, the capital of the Lion Kingdom, and the number of people living in the city alone has exceeded 300,000.
After queuing for nearly two hours, Reggie's warship finally entered the harbor. Reggie left the orcs on the ship, took Modesa, Camilla and Ada ashore, and stood on the white stone pavilion.
Standing in the square, looking at the rows of gorgeous buildings around him, waves of pain surged from his chest to Reggie's throat.
This feeling is called inferiority and jealousy.
After the New Year, Reggie had set a goal. He wanted to make Broken Snow City one of the richest areas on the continent within one year.
Now he is standing in one of the richest areas in the world. He feels like a tycoon who has made a little fortune. Now he is looking up to the tycoons on the Forbes list. His previous heroic words seem to have become a great irony.
It satirizes the shallowness and ignorance of a frog in a well.
When will Broken Snow City become like this? A hundred years from now?
Jealousy and inferiority almost drove Reggie crazy. At this moment, a man in his thirties suddenly walked up to Reggie.
This move aroused Modesa's disgust. If there weren't too many pedestrians around, he might have chopped off the opponent's head.
The man leaned over and saluted: "Visitors from afar, you have had a hard journey, and the sandbank city welcomes you!"
Looking at the other party's gorgeous clothes, he must be a local official. Looking at the official's attitude towards guests, the style of a big country is different.
"Hello, I am Giredno from Shattered Snow City," this was the pseudonym Reggie came up with for himself, "Nice to meet you."
"Snow City, what a beautiful place. That place must be in the far north. Are you from Bayer?"
"I'm not..." This is really embarrassing. It seems that Broken Snow City is not very well-known.
Maybe Reggie doesn't need to use a pseudonym, and his popularity is probably not much better.
But then I thought about it, why would an official come to me? There were many people at the port, why was he so enthusiastic about me?
Judging from past experience, I'm afraid I'm in trouble.
"Sir, we are here just to purchase some goods," Reggie quickly explained his purpose. "Grain and charcoal are just these things. We have no other intentions, so I think..."
"It turns out that you are here to purchase goods. Grain, charcoal, and all these things are available in Shazhou City," the man smiled modestly, "I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Brooke. Everyone around here knows my name. You can believe it."
I, I will never deceive you."
"Well...of course I believe you, but you suddenly found me..."
Reggie was a little nervous. He turned back to look at Modesa, only to see that Camilla behind him had already laughed.
Why is she laughing? Did Reggie do something wrong?
Or maybe Reggie had some misunderstanding about Mr. Brooke?
Reggie looked at this man again. He had short hair and a clean shave. Men in the White Tower Kingdom did not grow beards. Reggie knew this very well.
The material of his clothes was very good, and the workmanship was also very fine. Coupled with his gentle attitude, Reggie was sure that he was an official of the White Tower Kingdom, and his rank was not low.
But when he heard Brooke's next words, Reggie began to doubt life.
"There are countless commodities in Shazhou City. You don't have to rush to buy everything in one day. Bayer Country is so far away. You have traveled all the way. What you need most now is to find a place to have a good rest. I know a very good company.
The hotel is very close to here. It only costs twenty copper coins to stay a night. You are a good person. Please trust me and let me help you carry your luggage!"
Reggie stood quietly in the wind for twenty seconds, and then a native language came out of his mouth: "Are you soliciting customers for a small hotel?"
Brooke looked at Reggie in surprise. Naturally, he couldn't understand this magical oriental language.
Reggie felt mixed emotions. In his previous life, he had been brutally beaten by a small hotel near the train station. When he saw these people soliciting customers, he had the urge to beat them up.
But when he met this man today, Reggie felt a little friendly. He didn't expect that this business was so old. In this era, there were already scammers soliciting customers in big cities.
The only thing that's a bit inconsistent is that it's usually the aunts who do this job. Why would a well-dressed man become a liar?
Reggie ignored the man and walked towards a street. As he walked, he looked at Camilla and said, "You have already seen that he is a liar, right?"
Camilla said sarcastically: "It's not that early, almost when I saw him for the first time."
"Why didn't you remind me earlier?"
"I couldn't bear to interrupt your conversation, it was so interesting."
"Are there many such liars in the White Tower Kingdom?" Reggie should ask Camilla for more information. Although she has never been to Shazhou City, she is the only one who has been to the White Tower Kingdom.
"There are liars everywhere," Camilla said with a smile, "I don't know much about the White Tower Kingdom, but I really know liars very well."
After walking not far, Brooke chased back: "Guests from afar, aren't you going to find a place to rest?"
"We're not tired," Reggie said patiently, "You can go find someone else."
"It doesn't matter if you don't want to stay in a hotel. I know several famous restaurants. The food is delicious and the prices are not expensive. Please come with me. The owner there is very familiar with me."
"You're welcome, we're not hungry either."
"Are you in a hurry to buy goods?" Brooke still refused to give up. "I know the place where grain and charcoal are sold. I can be your guide. I will take you there right now."
Brooke kept pestering, and finally exhausted Reggie's patience. Reggie's eyebrows suddenly stood up, and he stared at Brooke fiercely and said: "Stay away from me, otherwise I will be rude to you."
"Dear, distinguished guest," Brooke was a little flustered, "I, I really don't mean any harm, I just want to..."
Before he could finish speaking, Modesa stepped forward and grabbed his collar, whispering: "I want you to stay away, don't you understand?"
"I just, just..." Brooke's breathing became extremely rapid, and then stopped in an instant.
Modesa was shocked. According to his inference, this man seemed to be dead.
All this happened so suddenly that Modesa had no time to think about the reason. He quickly left Brook aside and turned back to Reggie: "We should leave, the sooner the better."
Modesa's judgment was correct. When Brooke fell to the ground, someone had already come over.
First, an old woman rushed up, hugged Brooke, and shouted: "God, my child, what the hell happened!"
Another young girl rushed over, hugged Brooke and shouted: "Brother, brother, what's wrong with you, please speak!"
Reggie was a little hesitant. He didn't know whether he should leave at this time.
There were many people in the square, and the cries of the old mother and little sister soon attracted many onlookers.
This time Reggie couldn't leave even if he wanted to. The young girl hugged Reggie's leg and shouted loudly: "He is a murderer! He killed my brother!"
Reggie didn't know how to explain it, but suddenly he heard Camilla saying in his ear: "Don't worry, that man is not dead."
Modesa said from the side: "It's impossible, he has lost his breath."
"Gladiator, you'd better trust my judgment on this kind of thing, because I have been a liar for many years," Camila pointed to Brooke's chest and said, "See, there are some slight ups and downs. This is
A breath-holding technique is all a trick I played back then."
Hearing Camila's words, Reggie smiled bitterly, and then said another sentence in his native language: "Well, this time, I met another troublemaker!"