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Chapter 4 Nigel Elliott

In different countries, the conditions and thresholds for taking the subway are completely different. This is also the authority that the underground federation provides to different countries.

Due to the small constant-temperature barrier, the Principality of Winter can only use the subway for cross-city transportation in winter... In addition, the ubiquitous Hand of Winter is responsible for surveillance, counterintelligence and assassination work, which leads to them taking the subway.

The threshold is very low.

Except for a few monitored targets who are not allowed to enter the underground - most civilians can also take the subway as long as they have money.

But it was different in Noah's kingdom.

In the Kingdom of Noah, almost 90% of the subway capacity is used to transport goods.

As the world's largest exporter of grain, minerals and timber, the Kingdom of Noah owns four subway lines that transport goods abroad almost every day. It also purchases livestock products in large quantities from the Theocratic State and from the United Kingdom.

While purchasing various luxury goods and works of art... as well as the frost beast products of the Winter Principality from the Underground Federation.

The shipping route to the Principality of Winter was completely terminated after Noah launched war against Winter. It has not been reopened until now.

However, the Principality of Winter still conducts various exports to the Theocracy and the Underground Federation.

In addition to frost beast products, high-quality stone, cold iron ore, lead ore, gold ore, non-melting ice... Due to limited transportation capacity, most of them are sold directly to the underground people on the spot, and the other party is responsible for transporting them away. Therefore, Nuo

If you want to buy frost beast blood in the Kingdom of Asia, you have to buy it from the underground people.

Because of this, it is very important to control prices.

If unapproved personnel are allowed to enter the underground, a large number of smugglers of special materials will appear, which will directly disrupt the market. In other words, the Kingdom of Noah controls the right to use the subway not for political purposes...but for economic purposes.

If you want to use the subway, you must get the signature of the Minister of Transport - even if there are local nobles with the signature, although they can use the subway themselves, they cannot give the authority to use the subway to others, let alone grant others the right to enter the subway.

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And having a signature is not enough. After getting the signed pass, you have to apply to the local subway hall a few days in advance, then go through the ceremony in the subway hall to the capital, send a letter remotely to the Ministry of Transport, and then check it.

Only after confirming that your identity is correct can you use the subway within the designated time.

very troublesome.

Annan felt very troubled just listening to it.

This is probably why Noah urgently needs to build an above-ground railway...

...But from this perspective, if Annan reopens shipping to the frozen water port, will it also reduce the demand for above-ground railways in the Kingdom of Noah to a certain extent?

"Welcome, Your Highness Annan."

The receptionist at the subway hall took out a booklet, put Annan's admission pass on it, and compared it with the password. Then he politely handed it back to Annan and respectfully replied: "And Your Excellency Yiyi, Si

Your Excellency An Ke, Your Excellency Jiu'er... Shenjing is now ready for use."

That is to say, you don’t understand the meaning of the player’s name, so you can say this calmly.

Annan thought in his mind and nodded calmly: "Okay, Viscount Horatio. Thank you for your hard work."

"No, no... you are joking..."

Viscount Horatio apologized repeatedly in fear, and even wanted to take Annan and his entourage to the deep well in person.

Yes, the receptionist himself is a viscount. Although he is a relatively marginal viscount, he is indeed a nobleman.

——But it is precisely because he is a noble that he can understand what Annan's identity means.

Although he was a Viscount of the Royal Capital, he was obviously not qualified to participate in the king's funeral - therefore, although he was aware of the existence of His Highness Annan, he had never met Annan.

When he saw Annan for the first time, he was still attracted by the almost divine brilliance. Even though he knew it was a bit rude, he couldn't help but glance at Annan a few more times.

It's not his fault.

After Annan turned into frost hair, his appearance became closer to that of his grandmother and Zhi Ji.

As Paper Princess, who controls the elements of "beauty", her appearance is basically the highest standard of "beauty" for humans in this world. Although only the color of her hair has changed, Annan, who is closer to Paper Princess, has a sense of presence.

It's completely different from before.

This is why Annan decided not to use this identity to operate underground for the time being.

Boys should protect themselves when they go out and don't let some weird aunt snatch them away...

...Of course, there may be some weird uncle.

The four people took their luggage and headed to Shenjing.

The so-called "deep shaft" is a steel structure shaped like a hydraulic elevator.

The four people stood on an open earthquake-proof board with an area of ​​at least fifty square meters and signaled to the staff next to them.

As the staff pressed a button, they quickly sank down with slight vibrations and creaking sounds.

"This is too luxurious."

Si Anke whispered: "Such a big space, just transport the four of us?"

"Don't think too much, this is supposed to be used for unloading cargo."

Lin Yiyi replied casually.

Annan nodded and added: "There are not many people that Noah can take the subway, and there are even fewer people who can take them. Basically, there will only be a few of us on this trip..."

Before he finished speaking, the deep well had already fallen to the next level.

In front of the four of them, there was a strange man in his fifties with short brown hair, who was carrying a large bag of luggage, slightly stooped, and was alone on the platform.

When he saw Annan, he was slightly startled.

Annan was keenly aware that it was not just an ordinary gaze - he tasted a hint of astonishment and surprise.

Does this person know me?

Don't wait for Annan to speak.

The other party turned around to greet me, and asked nervously and uneasily in a low voice: "Hello, Your Excellency. I am Nigel Elliot... Can I take the liberty of asking you a question?"

"Please speak. But I can't promise I will answer."

Annan glanced at him and replied calmly.

He didn't say his name.

In front of Kaifuni, the seniors and the players, he would occasionally act silly or something like that - but in front of outsiders, his character and aura must always be full.

But the other party's inquiry made Annan startled:

"Excuse me...are you acquainted with 'Paper Princess'?"

Nigel asked respectfully.

You don’t know that I am Annan Lindong... but you know that I am related to Zhi Ji?

Annan was silent and suddenly remembered where he had seen this name before——

Not long after Yummy Feng Goose arrived in Noah, he had seen Paper Princess's portrait in a newspaper. A painter had a relationship with Paper Princess, and with the help of a short moment's "blurred impression", he roughly restored the portrait of Paper Princess.

Ji’s 90% true appearance.

But it is the last ten percent that lies beyond common sense and the incomprehensible "truth of beauty".

In fact, the painting he reproduced... compared to Zhiji, it looked more like Annan today.

It was normal for him to be shocked when he saw Annan.

So Annan thought this in his mind, his tone was a little gentler, and he said with a smile: "You are the 'famous painter'... I heard Zhi Ji mention you. You are a very hard-working person with good talents."

He also used an accent on the word "famous painter".

The other party waved his hands repeatedly, very ashamed: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it... I know in my heart that the Paper Princess I drew is too ordinary, far from her thrilling and dreamlike beauty. I originally didn't plan to paint this paper girl.

The paintings are only on display...the money given by the newspaper is too much..."

"Yes, I understand."

Annan nodded and comforted her warmly.

Hearing Annan's comfort, the middle-aged painter was so grateful that he almost held Annan's hand - but when he looked up and saw Annan's face, he shuddered again, lowered his head subconsciously, and forcibly lifted his head.

The hand that was halfway raised was slowly retracted in embarrassment.

"By the way," Annan asked in order to prevent the other party from further embarrassment, "Where do you plan to go? Maybe we can go along the way."

"I'm going to the St. Felix Province of the Principality of Winter, Your Excellency. The Cold Wind Fortress of the St. Felix Province."

The painter Nigel directly stated his destination without asking Annan's name or whereabouts.

...Surprisingly, it actually happened.

What Annan and the others were apparently heading to was the Razor Collar in the Bloomfield Province—that is, the place two stops after the Coldwind Fortress, and three stops later was the Frostwhisper Province.

Of course, this is only the stated goal.

Their real destination is the underground city beneath the Razor Collar—Spore Mill.

But there is no need to tell this uncle about this.

"We can really go a long way..."

When Annan said this, the train was already rumbling from a distance.

He closed his mouth and glanced at the entrance.

"Let's talk after we get in the car, Mr. Nigel."

Annan turned back to Nigel and said with a smile.

He said with profound meaning: "I still have some things to ask you for advice."

Annan has realized something.

Nigel Elliot rubbed the corners of his clothes nervously, opened and closed his mouth, and then nodded repeatedly.


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